Umbrella☂️
Why is this damn weather forecast always wrong? No matter how hard the weather forecasters work, what's the point? The sky keeps messing around. I grumbled and ran into the convenience store across the street.
"umbrella…."
Fortunately, just as I was placing the last remaining umbrella on the counter, a man came in with a jingling sound and found the umbrella.
“Umbrella… Isn’t there an umbrella over here?”
“This will probably be the last time…”
The employee pointed to the umbrella on the counter with his finger and said it was the last umbrella. The man looked back and forth between the umbrella and me and then asked
“Would you like to split it half and half?”
Suddenly, laughter erupted. Half and half on an umbrella? It's not even chicken, like half seasoned and half fried chicken. It's half and half.It might look weirdHe pursed his lips and hid his expression.
After a while, the man came over, looked at the umbrella price tag, and put down 5,000 won, which was actually half price, on the counter.
“Isn’t that right?”
I took out my card and put five thousand won into my wallet.
The man picked up the umbrella for which the payment had been made, opened the package, threw it into the trash can, opened the convenience store door, and spoke to me.
“Shall we go?”
Fortunately, the umbrella was bigger than I thought and wasn't too small, so it didn't have to be too close.
“Excuse me… which direction is left or right?”
“On the right…”
“Should I go to the bus stop or walk?”
“Walk”
“Oh, me too.”
After this conversation, silence fell, and the only sound was the sound of rain. I was curious about the whereabouts of this half-and-half umbrella, so I quickly broke the silence.
“Who owns this umbrella?”
“Hmm… So there are two owners in that class.”
“Oh… right.”
“My name is Jeon Jungkook. I work at the company next door where Kim Yeo-ju works.
“I work for a BT company.”
I was very, very embarrassed. How did he know my name? How did he know where I worked? I looked at him with a puzzled expression, and soon the man took out his employee ID and pointed to mine.
"ah…"
That's right, there was a company ID hanging around his neck.
This man is laughing, then he turns his head, then he puts his head down and his back twitches.
Fortunately or unfortunately, I arrived in front of the house.
After receiving my number, Jeongguk held an umbrella half full of my own and gradually disappeared from my sight.
Hours and days passed after I received the contact information, but I still didn't receive a single call. I felt a bit disappointed, but I just assumed it was something like that and went on with my daily life as usual.
“Ha… I really need chicken and beer today.”
It's finally time to get off work after such a hard and tiring day!!!!
The moment I opened the company door and stepped out, it started raining.
Thump thump
The phone vibrates at that moment
I ran to the convenience store, thinking it was a relief.
"ah…"
I thought I had just left my umbrella, but there was a person standing there holding an umbrella.
“Oh, here it is! Umbrella plus that… 1+1 haha.”
Why am I excited?
This man is dangerous
If the path I walk with my umbrella feels completely different than last time, it's not because of my imagination. This man's right hand was covering my upper shoulder with his, telling me not to get wet, and he was only about 1cm away. The size of the umbrella is the same, but the relationship between this man and me doesn't feel the same.
“You’re new, aren’t you, Miss Yeoju?”
"yes!"
“Me too haha”
We had something in common: We were new employees from different companies, and we were the same age, so we quickly became close. We laughed and chatted the whole time we were walking, as if we had known each other from the beginning.
As we were getting closer to home, I said goodbye and told him to be careful. I waited to see his back, wondering why he was so sad, and then he suddenly spoke to me.
“Miss Yeoju”
"yes?"
“Want to get to know us better? Chicken and beer…”
"Yes, I like it."
“Which one is better… hehe”
“Chi-maek… half and half like an umbrella? Hahahaha.”
“I lost to the chicken…”
“Ah… no, Jungkook is good too… no, that’s why.”
“Haha let’s go”
Jungkook takes my hand and leads me back into the umbrella
The temperature difference between this cold weather and inside the umbrella is probably significant.