“Yeppeo,” I said as she looked up at me, wondering, as I gestured to the ring.

“Gomawo, it was a gift from a.. friend,” she said as she looked down at the said ring. The expression on her face became so dark. We walked in silence for awhile.

“What do you like Junho-ssi?” she asked suddenly, still looking down.

I looked at her, eyebrows arched, “So sudden?” She shrugged and moved her gaze to the front. “Umm, I like going for walks like this and have a picnic. Art stuffs. What about you?”

She just shrugged, “Ahhh, I don’t think it would be interesting to you.”

“Try me,” I challenged her, “Who knows we have a common interest?”

“All I do is managing my parents’ business. That’s all,” she cut me off.

“That can’t be. Perhaps, you like shopping? Baking? It may not be interesting to me but it has to be something that you like from your heart,” I urged, pointing at my heart.

She didn’t respond.

“Or.. you like composing flowers? I know it’s a bit-”

“I don’t want to tell you. What part of that don’t you understand?” she snapped.

“I-”

She stopped walking and faced me, “Mianhe, that was very rude of me.” She bowed and I did the same.

“Gwenchana,” I said, feeling bad for pushing her at it.

I let out a sigh as we continued to walk in the park. Hye Jung didn’t utter a single word after the outburst.

“Don’t you have friends to hang out with?” I asked, feeling a bit strange.

“I just don’t go out that much. That’s all,” she muttered as she kept her head down.

I simply nodded my head, not knowing what to say. Suddenly, a thought came into my mind, “Hye Jung-ah, when’s the last time you went out for a picnic?”

“Wae?” she asked, eyebrows furrowed.

“Why don’t we have a picnic tomorrow? It could be fun,” I suggested.

[Hye Jung’s POV]

“Picnic? Tomorrow?” I asked again, slowly.

“Ne, just the both of us. Sounds fun right?” he exclaimed excitedly. Oh God.

“I guess so,” I replied, unsure.

Junho suddenly stopped walking. I stopped too and turned to face him. I stumbled a bit when he placed his hands on my shoulders, “Hye Jung-ah, what’s with the long face? Go out and have fun once in a while, arasso?”

“Ne, arasso,” I replied shortly and he flashed me his same smile from before.

I didn’t realized I was staring at him for so long until he snapped me out of my trance. He had an amused look on his face.

“Am I that good-looking that you’re drooling over me?” he asked cheekily, wiggling his eyebrows.

“Mwo? Ahhh jinjja,” I rolled my eyes.

“You like me, don’t you?” he teased.

I continued walking, leaving him behind. He jogged up to me and matched his pace with mine. He chuckled slightly as he glanced at me.

We ended up calling for the driver to pick us up as the day was getting dark. Junho walked me to the door as we reached my house, or should I say mansion.

“Gomawo, Junho-ssi. For today,” I bowed to him and he does the exact same.

“Gwenchana. Don’t forget about today, arasso?” he said as he held out his pinky finger. Strange.

“Wae-yo?” I asked, completely confused.

“This is to make a promise to not to forget about today, our first date, ireohke,” he explained as he intertwined our pinky fingers together.

I feel the heat rising up to my face. I looked at our intertwined fingers and looked up to face him.

“Arasso, I won’t forget about today.”