“ … ”
“ … ”
Strangely, I didn't open my mouth. It seemed like that person was the same. The person who had been so noisy was just drinking the drink he'd ordered earlier.
Strawberry latte with whipped cream on top that doesn't go well together.
In the end, I forced myself to speak first.
“..is that tasty??”
" yes..? "
“ … ”
I failed. I thought it was a decent opening line, but it seems it wasn't. Hi..
In the end, a void once again formed between us. It seemed as if the time we'd spent apart couldn't be ignored.
” …. “
“ … ”
at that time,
“.. I asked a question earlier this afternoon, but I didn’t get an answer. Can I ask it again?”
" ..? yes. "
" .. that is "
“ ..? ”
Why are you taking so long to ask?
“How have you been?”
“.. haha really”
“..? Why is that..?”
“No.. it’s nothing.”
That seemingly simple and light question perhaps best reflects our current state of mind. We're most curious about how we've been doing with each other.
Was there anything difficult, or was there anything that made you feel like your heart was going to burst?
From the good to the very bad.
“First of all, as you can see, I threw away that shitty hospital.”
“ … ”
“I came down here and got a professorship.”
“ … ”
“I also got a pretty nice studio apartment.”
“ … ”
“But when I applied here, I wrote in my self-introduction that I wanted to do hard labor, so I’m currently doing almost all the work at this hospital, including patching up the emergency room.”
" .. haha I see "
" and.. "
” ..? “
"I missed you. Kwon Soon-young, you."
” … “
I was sincere. From the day I quit the hospital, to the days I studied hard to become a professor, to the present day, I've strangely missed that person.
It's enough to make you wonder why you couldn't have chosen that person back then.
It was only then that I realized it was far away.
"..more than I thought"
“ ..? ”
“I love you more”
” … “
How much I love that person now and how much I love him more than anyone else.
“Well… it’s been like this for me all this time. What about you, Captain Kwon?”
" I am.. "
“ … ”
past,
Author's point of view,
On the day he sent Yeoju away, Sunyoung got back into the jeep and thought for a long time. In one hand, he held the letter Yeoju had written.
Soonyoung also thought about it again. Was it really okay to cling to that woman again? Perhaps it would be like throwing yourself into a battle you couldn't win.
In the end, Sunyoung turned the car around and went to find her assistant, Jihoon.
dripping,
"Boss, are you busy?"
“..come in”
Squeak,
“Were you working on the documents?”
"That's right, but the person who usually comes in without knocking was knocking, so I thought it must be important and told them to come in."
“ … ”
At first glance, those words sounded like consideration for Sunyoung, but the underlying meaning was anything but. He'd told her to come in because he thought it was important, implying he'd kick her out if it wasn't.
“..It’s about Mr. Kim.”
“.. That story will be long, so please sit here for a moment.”
"This boss.. "
"The company commanderI hope you won't be moved by this, as it's more for Mr. Kim's sake than for my own sake."
“..tch”
After a while,
"Yes. Now, please speak. What is it?"
“..Teacher Kim left a letter”
“ … ”
"I was just wondering if it would be okay for me to try hanging out with a girl again. It felt like I was heading straight for the ground."
“The person who said that going straight is the answer to love seems to have gone to Korea with me on a helicopter earlier.”
"But..! Things are different now"
“If you really like Mr. Kim...”
“ ..? ”
“How about trying something for Mr. Kim that the company commander really can’t do?”
“Are you saying I can’t do it..?”
"It means to wait. Trust Mr. Kim."
“ … ”
“Don’t you already know how good of a person he is that the company commander is so obsessed with him?”
” … “
"So, what I'm saying is, please trust that person and wait for him."
” … “
"Well, since you like it so much, I think you'll like whatever you choose."
Back to the present,
Yeoju's point of view,
“I’ve been waiting like that all this time until today.”
“ … ”
“I believe in you, whom I love”
“..if I had chosen that person over you.. “
"Then I would have liked that choice"
" really.. "
It seems like there's no solution, but why do I like that saying so much right now?
"And above all, I think the reward for that wait was something I heard earlier."
“Chi.. haha I hope this was a reward you like.”
“I felt like I was flying because I was so happy.”
“Haha.. Me really”
“So now we can just relax and enjoy it?”
" .. is it so. "
So we chatted until the cafe closed, and I went back to my studio, while Kwon Soon-young went back to our hospital to protect this boss.
Finally, one more crisis is coming, completely unaware of it.
Why didn't I think of that?
“What did you say..?”
“Was it difficult when I told you to stop?”
The calm is always before the storm,
That nothing lasts forever.
I'm sure you can turn me around
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“..why are we like this”
“ … ”
“I only love hard.. why on earth..?”