“Are you going to pick up the phone or not?” Mir said throwing his floral pillow at me.

“I don’t know.” I said throwing it back at him, the pillow lands on the ground between our beds.

He glares at me and picks up the pillow, brushing off the dirt. “What is there to know about? You like her, and she very clearly likes you.”

“I don’t know. I’m just..”

“Just very pure? Just very innocent? Yes, I understand that.” Mir said sitting up and getting up to lie on my bed. “That’s why I’m here to help you.”

“What do I do then?” I said as he laid down next to me. I placed a pillow on his hideous face. He smiled deviously and put my pillow on my face.

“She called you three times today. She is sooooo into you, now you call her back and tell her that you’re sorry for being soooo busy with your doctor stuff. And then.” He said sitting up and pulling me up with him. “You meet her and you confess your undying love.”  He placed his hands on my cheeks and pretended to kiss me. I slap his face away and laughed.

“Isn’t it a little too soon?”

“Cheondoong, you innocent lamb.” He said pinching my cheeks. “You’ve waited four years for her to come back from America, and here she is in front of you. She is practically running into your arms and you’re gonna reject her by saying it is too soon? Are you sure you aren’t a player?” He laughed at his own joke and passed me my phone. “Call her.”

I looked at the phone and then back at Mir.

“Come on. If you don’t do it, I will.” He said pushing the phone into my hands.

I unlock my phone,scroll through my contact list, and pressed on Jeon’s name. My heart starts running in circles as the phone rings.

When the ringing stoppped, my heart also stopped with it. “Hello?” She said softly into the phone.

“Uh..” I look over at Mir, he motions for me to say hi. “Hello.” I said as I felt the blood rush to my face.

“Cheondoong oppa?” She says as if she has been sitting here by the phone waiting for me to call her back.

“Yes.” I said followed by a long silence.

“Sorry about what happened last time. I thought you might be mad at me for doing that. You know. Kissing you. I should have asked if it was okay.” She explained.

“No! No. It’s okay. I mean it isn’t ,but it is.” I said as I watched Mir slap his head mouthing the word pabo over and over again. I take a deep breath and gather up my courage to tell her. "I guess it's cause you lived in America for a while." I laughed awkwardly waiting for her to laugh with me. "You know, cause Americans don't see skinship as a big deal." She chuckled and I swore I could see her shaking her head over the phone. 

I cleared my throat and spoke again. “Look, Jeon.”

“I understand." Sh said cutting me off.  "You don’t like a girl like me. I’m a teacher and you’re a doctor, I get it. Your parents have always wanted you to marry a elegant woman with class. I get it. I’m embarrassing. I make half of the salary you make.” Jeon said with a sad tone. What is wrong with this woman, never once had that ever crossed my mind. I never saw her as an embarrassment and definitely didn't care what she did for a living. 

“No. Stop! Just let me finish my sentence, Jeon.” I sighed and gathered my thoughts. “I like you a lot. I’ve liked you ever since you left for America and I still haven’t stop. It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s just that.. I don’t know how to like you.”

“What?” She said giggling.

Oh my god this is going to be so embarrassing. How in the world am I gonna admit this to her. I looked over at Mir who looked like he was holding his breath. "TELL HER!" Mir mouthed. I sighed and cleared my throat again. “I’ve never been in a relationship before, and I was saving myself so that you could be my first girlfriend.”

I looked over at Mir who was dying from laughter. He kept hitting me with the pillow and eventually had to excuse himself to go outside and laugh. “Jeon?” I said into the phone.

“Oppa, why didn’t you just say so?” She giggled again making my cheeks burn.

“I don’t know.” I said lying down on my bed.

She giggles as the silence settled. “So can I be your first girlfriend?”

I stare at the phone in disbelief. She doesn't think it is weird that I've waited four years? She doesn't even think it is weird that I'm twenty-two and still haven't had a girlfriend? "Oppa?" She said when I didn't reply. “Uh.. Please?” I said smiling at the phone.

“Of course.” She said giggling again.

“Then, I’ll pick you up Thursday for that movie date?”

“Why next Thursday? Why can’t it be sooner?”

“Oh. I’m going on a promotion tour.. ah, uh, um for helping kids with no medical care.”

“Really? You’re so kind to children!”

“Yes, always.” I said as I hit myself on the head. Promotion tour? What are you saying?

“Okay, I’ll see you then. Promote well then!”

“Umhm, bye.”

“Bye oppa.”She giggled again as I hung up the phone.

“She giggles too much.” Mir said entering the room again. “But congratulations my little lamb, you’ve landed yourself a girlfriend and she isn’t ugly.”

“Thank you.” I said smiling to myself.

“Come, let’s go to the club and look at some cute new girls.” Mir said tugging my arm.

“No way!” I said hanging onto the edge of the bed.

“I was testing you.” He winked at me.

“Right.”