"It's been a while, Kim Yeo-joo."Han Dongmin stood in front of the gymnasium door, holding a bouquet of flowers the size of a refrigerator in both hands.
It's been over a year since I returned to Korea, but facing the female lead in person like this has a whole new meaning.
We'd spoken to each other countless times on social media, in text messages, and over the phone, asking if she was safe, but my heart still fluttered when I saw her. She'd been by my side since I was little, and I was so familiar with her, but one day when I saw her, my heart would flutter, and I would want to protect her endlessly, and I would think that she should only be by my side.
But I was afraid to name that feeling. I wanted to simply cry and say, "We're like family."
But today is different.
"Kim Yeo-joo!"
The moment Dongmin spotted Yeo-joo taking photos with her friends after the graduation ceremony, he instinctively ran towards her.
"What?! What's going on? Why did you come?"
Yeo-joo looked at him with wide eyes in shock.
"You're at your graduation, and of course you have to come. I missed my elementary school graduation and still have things to do. I'm going to make up for it this time."
She also handed him the bouquet she was holding. She stood out among the graduates filling the gym. Her long hair was gently wavy, her neckline flowing down beautifully, and her eyes were sparkling with half expectation, half surprise. Without even realizing it, Dongmin smiled at her.
"Brother, this is too big!
Yeo-joo was reluctant but hugged the bouquet tightly, her face red.
"Well, he's my brother."
"younger brother?"
Dongmin's answer made the hostess's eyebrows quirk. Dongmin wanted tea for a moment, but before an awkward moment could pass, he laughed and shrugged.
"Or what, my precious little brother?"
"Oh, a real murmur!"
The hostess tapped him mischievously on the shoulder.
At that moment, the friends next to her gathered around the hostess one by one.
"No, who is that?"
"Could it be, Big Brother Mistress? But he was very handsome?"
"This is total drama, drama."
"Haru, what's an Instagram ID?"
The host scratched her head in a panic and gave up, but when her friend started to persistently try to catch her, she finally said something.
"Oh, no. Han Dongmin has a girlfriend!"
Dongmin's mind instantly became terrible.
…What? I have a girlfriend?
The hostess' words were so grand that it made her friend feel sad, but her fellow citizens couldn't get those words out of their heads.
He tried to pull his mouth away, but the mistress was already heading towards the school gates with her friends.
The fellow citizen who was left behind laughed alone, speechless.
"Girlfriend...? I don't have one?"
But why Kim Yeo-joo?
Are you sure about that?