It was him!

Sulli was in a daze and slightly shaken. After literally bumping into her past, she barely managed to collect herself and apologized to the visibly surprised Minho. She thanked her lucky stars that there was another person in the elevator, so, she just moved away as far away as she could in order to avoid any contact or communication. When the door opened at the third floor, she quickly made her exit.

 She found Taemin’s room only to find it empty. A passing nurse informed her that he was having his foot being put in a cast, so he was with a doctor. Hearing that, she decided to go back to her car and this time around, she took the stairs, fearing a second encounter.

Fortunately for her, her car was parked near the emergency exit door. She unlocked the door and got into the car. Once she closed and locked her car’s door, she sat quietly with her head resting on the headrest. Closing her eyes, she replayed the scene over and over again. It was definitely him and he recognized her instantly. She saw those big eyes widen in shock and the look of recognition in them mirrored hers.

“Ottoke, Omma?”, she said out loud.

“He’s back, Omma. Minho’s back”. She started crying as the floodgates of her emotions broke. Old memories came haunting and old wounds became raw again.

Was it eight years ago, Omma? I guess so. Eight years ago, when I was a young budding dancer under Madam BoA’s tutelage, I met him at our high school alumni event. There was a charity dinner organized in order to raise some funds for the school’s selected societies and clubs. For each of the societies and clubs, an alumnus and a member were paired up for a showcase. Lots were drawn and I ended with him. How fateful was the match up.

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It was her!

Minho was seating behind his desk staring at the wall in front of him. He was so stunned to meet her again today at the hospital. He knew there was a chance for them to meet again but he never thought it will be so soon and so abrupt. He wondered why didn’t he follow her when she made a quick escape from the elevator, instead he rode it till it arrived to its next stop. Only then, he punched again GF, his original destination.

“Sulli”, he tried to say her name again. It came out like a reverent whisper.

“Ssul baby”, he said shaking his head. It was a very long time since he said her name out loud.

Alone in his office, he let his mind wandered back eight years ago.