I lost my breath the moment he hugged me. He hugged me as if he hasn’t seen me in a long time. Hours ago was our first meeting, why is he acting like this?

I do not know what to do. Should I hug him back?

I am standing still like a stick, flustered. I am feeling euphoric all over my whole body.

He released me after a long warm hug and spoke his words,

“I am finally relieved that I finally get to see you”

“Errrr, nice to see you…too”

Relieved? What does he mean? Does he mean that he has wanted to see me all this time?

“Now, let’s sit on down on your comfy bed while I am story telling you. Just don’t fall asleep”

We both are sitting on the edge of the bed, both of us are being silent at first. He then turned his body to face me. I am still looking down, not wanting to have an eye contact with him, still feeling flustered.

“Angel”

There, his sweet soft voice calling my name.

“I hope you are not going to be shocked when I tell you this. All the words that are coming from my mouth are true. This is how my heart felt when I first saw you back then in 2010”

2010? That was the year that I first migrated to Japan since mother left us.

“I was there to see the blooming of Cheery Blossom trees in Ueno Park. I went to ease my mind from the pressure I have received at work when suddenly I saw a girl sitting on a bench under a huge beautiful sakura tree. She sat there alone while reading a book in her hands. From that moment, that was the moment when I thought I have seen the most prettiest girl in the universe. I am watching her from afar. I was trying to approach her but I am afraid that she will get scared of me being a stranger so I kept on admiring her gorgeous self at a distance. After minutes of admiring her beauty, she was standing up, about to leave the area. I regretted not approaching her. The moment when I regretted, it was the most awful moment in my life”

What was he talking about? Is the girl really me? From what I’ve remembered, I was there too in 2010, reading a book to ease my pain away about mother’s decease. But I do not remember a guy watching me from a distance.

Oh, I was reading a book so I didn’t notice that to happen.

“Who do you think she is?” I asked nervously.

Kang Seung Yoon continued with his story….

“I walked back home with sadness and regret. It was my only chance. The pressure in my head is increasing when I thought, “what if I never get to meet her again”. After minutes of feeling tensed and frustrated, I sat on my thinking chair in my room. I think and think, hardly, and I finally came up with an idea. I should look for her online. She might have at least one social site where I could look up for her. But then I am feeling tensed again. I do not even know what her name is. Anger flushed throughout my whole body. “Ah, what a regret. Why didn’t I ask her name!”

I am amazed how he never gives up on looking for the girl. She must be really special to him.

“Then suddenly I came up with another idea. I decided to make up names for her. “Since she looks like an angel from heaven, pure and innocent, goddess-like looking, could it be that her name is Angel? Or Angelina? Angela?” so I try to search with the names that I have in mind.”

Gasp. I don’t think every person that comes with an ‘Angel’ as a name is goddess-like. I barely have a figure of a top model.

Kang Seung Yoon paused for a millisecond.

“When I typed the name ‘Angela’ on the name search and on the first try, I succeeded. I am seeing the girl I seen at the park hours ago again, but sadly, virtually. Her profile picture shines like how shes shining right infront of my eyes this afternoon. Moreover, she placed her phone number publicly on her page. “This is my lucky day afterall””

Oh my. I thought I set my account as private years ago????

“I went to sleep peacefully after that and was thinking about her before I close my eyes. She is like a dream figure that came to life. On the next morning, I switched on my laptop and wanting to view her profile again, but she made her account private. Thank goodness I have saved her phone number in my phone, and it’s still in my phone for 3 years.”

So…..the person who called and invited me to Winner’s showcase was him? Hah, I couldn’t believe this. He must be lying.

“Do you remember when you got a call from a person saying that you got invited to Winner’s showcase and he will pay for all your expenses?”

“Yeah…..ofcourse I do. Was…..that…..you?”

“Yeah, it was me. Please don’t be shocked…..”

My eyes became bigger. I closed my mouth with my hands in state of shock.

“Are you happy now? Happy that you unexpectedly got a call from YG’s Winner Kang Seung Yoon?” the way he said like it’s like he’s teasing me.

I am easing myself from what I just heard just now. What a story.  But why me?

“I…..am sorry. I am still in a state of shock. But why me? There are many other pretty girls who are crazy about you around the world”

“Well….dont you feel lucky? Haha. It’s because the moment when I see you at the park, the sense of calmness and peace starts circulating my body, easing the stress that I have endured during work. You just have that kind of aura to me, you know?”

“Oh…..I didn’t know that. Good to know”

“Well then, I guess I am done with my story. Anyway, New Year 2014 is approaching. How about if I show you around how the people In Korea are celebrating their new year”

“Sounds….good to me”

“Okay! I will see you during New Year’s eve alright”

New Year’s Eve is in a week. I am finally celebrating New Year with someone, after years of spending it alone. I couldn’t describe well about how I am feeling right now but somehow I feel special to someone for the first time.

Its time to say goodbye to Kang Seung Yoon. If only every night were like this, listening to a wonderful story and get to be with a charming person, my nights would be a million times better.

“Hey….Angel. Don’t be said about us parting. We will see each other again in a week alright”

He held my hands as he walked towards the door. I still do not know how to respond to his skinship.

“Bye, Angel. I hope you will have a pleasant sleep”

“Goodnight, Kang Seung Yoon”

I closed the door and he left. I figured that I wasn’t stuttering when I said goodbye to him.

I went to sleep with a bright smile on my face.