Soojung snapped and looked at Naeun who’s sitting in front of her. “God, I’ve been calling you like six times already. What’s wrong with you? Are you thinking of something?” Jongin popped into her mind. She recalled yesterday’s incident.

“Nobody.” She answered.

“You were thinking of somebody, I wonder who that would be.” Naeun sarcastically remarked, and jerked her eyebrows.

“Whatever, Son Naeun. I’m going back to work.” She finished her coffee and went out of the cafeteria.

“There’s a delivery for you.” The nurse handed over the tube to her. Soojung took it. Filled with curiosity, she opened the tube on the spot. There was a portrait of her smiling. Sketched by pencil. She was so awed by the portrait of herself. There’s only one person that could do this.

“Is the delivery guy still down there?” She asked the nurse and she smiled.

“Well, it’s actually a guy,” she said. A little boy stood in front of Soojung, smiling and holding a red heart-shaped balloon. She couldn’t help but to smile back to him. She walked up to him and bent over.

“Hello, are you the one who deliver this to me?” The boy just nod.

“Who told you to deliver this?” She asked again, even though she knew it already. The boy didn’t answer, but smiled. He gave the balloon he was holding to Soojung and then, pulled her. She was surprised.

“Where are we going, dear?” She asked the boy again, but the boy keeps on pulling her hand and continued to walk. The next thing she knew, she was standing in front of a modern architecture building. The boy smiled at her and run away before she could ask any further. Soojung muttered. She looked at the name of the place written on a steel board.

-Regency Art Gallery-

Soojung raised her eyebrows. Without any delay, she walked in into the gallery. She was so amazed by the paintings and artworks that filled in the room.

“So these are his masterpieces.” She murmured while looking at each of the artworks; seaside view, waterfall, flower garden, skyscrapers and more. In the room, there were paintings and sketches like the ones outside. But this time, its images were not panoramic view of the beach or gardens or forest.

It was herself. The room was filled with pictures of her; when she was smiling, when she was sulking, her with the children and when she was sleeping. But what catches her eyes most is the bigger painting, with her sitting on the grass looking at the mountains. She recognized the view; it’s the place where Jongin brought her to hangout while he does his painting. And there’s more in the painting. Her eyes now were focused on the large, bright-coloured writing on the bottom of the painting.

I LOVE YOU, JUNG SOOJUNG :)

A smile lit across her face. The vibration coming from her pocket made her snapped back into reality. She looked at her phone.

From: Jongin

Do you like it? I had a hard time finishing that painting ;)

Soojung couldn’t help but smile. Then she started looking around, searching for him. She started wandering around the room looking for him.

From: Soojung

Where are you?

But he didn’t reply back and it left her a bit annoyed because she can’t find him anywhere in the room. From the level above, Jongin smiled watching Soojung wandering around the room while holding her phone.

“The number you have dialled is not available.” Before the operator could finish the sentence, she roughly pressed the ‘end call’ button.

Two days passed, and Soojung still couldn’t get in touch with him.

“What’s up with you? You’ve been like a zombie in these two days.” Jihyun remarked, but Soojung ignored it by saying nothing. Then her phone vibrated as there is incoming message.

From: Jongin

You miss me much that you called me 120 times? Hey, I’m going back to our hometown. You should come along too.

From: Soojung

Whatever, playboy! Why should I?

From: Jongin

Are you still mad at me, baby? :D

“You devil playboy!”’ She cursed inside her head.

“Soojung-ah.” It was Mrs. Jung and she sounds panic. The background voices behind were so noisy with people crying and screaming and chatter of the crowds.

“Eomma? Why you sounded so panicked? What’s wrong?” She sat up straight.

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