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I Regretted Leaving You

Omo. It was him. It was CAP Oppa. I could always tell it was him with that look in his eyes. It really was him, it was CAP. It had been years
since I last saw him. I couldn't believe that he was actually sitting in a table that was across from me.
"Oppa?" I said again.
CAP's eyes widened and he replied back. "Jae In-ah?" 
"Omo!"  My eyes widened back at him. He had remembered me.
CAP got up from his chair and grabbed onto his latte and walked towards me. "Jae In-ah?" He said again with his eyebrows raised up.
"Mm." I nodded my head.
"Waah. Chincha? You're really Jae In-ah? Waah, chincha daebak." 
I laughed at his words. He really hasn't changed after all these years.
"Yaah. Olenmanieyo! How have you been?" He sat down in the chair in front of me in an eagerly fashion.
"I've been good, still hanging in there. I finished college and I got a job as an in intern at an advertising company." 
"Yaah. You were always were interested in advertising. It suits you." 
I smiled at him. "Kamsamnida. What have you been up to lately?" 
"I just got back from America a week ago. I'm taking a break from my studies and I came out here so I could breathe in some of my
hometown air." 
I nodded at his reply. I figured that's where he had come from. That would explain the accent as well as where he had been all this time. We
sat there for awhile in awkward silence, quietly drinking from our lattes. It was hard to find something to talk about. It had really been a long
time since I saw him.
"Oh!" CAP said as he put his latte down. "Did you happene to see a girl around here? I was suppose to meet her earlier." 
I raised an eyebrow at him. So he was into girls now? Well, I guess it was about time. He never was into them before, but I guess being in
America had changed his mind about them. "Nope. I haven't seen anyone around here." 
"Hmmm. I was suppose to meet her here at 3." He pulled his sleeve back and looked down at his watch.
At 3? Huh, that's when I was suppose to meet my date. 
"My Omma set me up on one of these blind date things even though I begged her not too." 
I nearly choked on my latte again when I heard him. A blind date, set up by his mom? This had better not be what I think it was. "You were
suppose to meet someone here by 3?" 
"Mm."
CAP nodded his head and looked at me. "Wae?"
"Because.....I was suppose to meet someone here by 3."
"Oh kure?" 

"Ne, it was with a blind date that my Omma had set me up with." I looked back at him shyly and our eyes met again. Then suddenly the corners 
of his mouth went up and mine did too. Then we both started laughing at each other. We just kept laughing and laughing, I was surprised that
the workers didn't kick us out.
"So...so. Our Omma's set us up with each other?" CAP said in between laughs. He looked like he was wiping tears from his eyes. This just made
me laugh even harder and then I started wiping tears from my eyes.
"I guess they did." I said as I slowly calmed down.
"Yaah. Our Omma's are really something." 
I nodded my head and smiled at CAP. It was great seeing him smile again and laughing too. We sat there and talked, this time in a more comfortable
manner. We talked about our childhood times and about our famalies, and what he had been up to lately. It was really great to see him again. I 
had missed him a lot, I never forgot about him. Honestly speaking, I thought he had forgotten about me. But I guess he didn't. It made me feel good
inside, it reminded me of the old times we were together. It actually just made me...kind of miss him some more. I sighed and finished the rest 
of my latte.
"So. What do you think?" CAP asked as he rested his chin on his hand.
"About what?" I replied back, looking around for a trashcan.
"About us." 
"What about us?"
"Do you think we could start over again?"

I stopped looking around and looked at CAP. I thought he was joking, but he looked pretty dead serious to me.
"Oppa..." Was all I could say. I couldn't find any words to say to him. It was too sudden of him to say anything about us. We had just reunited and
started being friendly terms. The feelings that I had for him, that I still had for him were...confusing. He had left so suddenly before, I didn't even get
a chance to say goodbye to him. Wanting to start over with him...it was something I had to think about.
"Oppa." I said again.
CAP removed his head from his hand and looked at the ground. "I guess I already know what you're going to say. I was just hoping--"
"You left so suddenly." I broke off his words. I didn't want to hear what he had to say knowing that it would just hurt both of us.
"Jae In-ah. I know I did, it was wrong of me that I did and I regret it. But please." He reached his hands out and placed them on mine. "Can't we just
forget about what happened in the past?"

"Biane. There's just too much to think about. I need time to sort things out." 
CAP slowly pulled his hands back from mine. My fingers nearly went out to reach back for his hands but I restrained myself.
"Araso. I understand."
I put my hands underneath the table and looked at them. I glanced over to my watch and realized what time it was. "Omo! Its already 5! I missed my
bus ride."
"I can drive you to your place."
I looked back at CAP and shook my head. "Aniya, you don't have to do this. I can jus--" 
"Please. Just let me do this." 
I could see the look in his eyes that he wasn't going to take no for an answer. I sighed and slowly nodded my head.

 

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