When Sun had decided to break up with Gyeonhui and went to Santiago in Chile, she realized the change resentfully. She grabbed her phone in the morning to text good morning to him, but she had to put it down when she realized that she was in Santiago. It was such a significant change, similar to the strange feeling she had living in a foreign country. The worse thing than the wound that he gave to her was her own miserable mind that still missed him so much.
Sun exhaled a long sigh because of the memories that she never wanted to recall again. To calm herself down, she struggled.
“Just stay with me for a moment. That’s all I’m asking you. Please.” He calmly pleaded with her.
Her mind barely calmed down while she started shaking again because of the one word from him.
She knew she had to refuse it, but her body was already turning his way.
With a firm expression, she went past him and headed toward his car.
Gyeonhui stayed there and watched her back as she got into the car.
“Hah…”
He clenched his chest with a distorted look on his face. Because of the terrible pain that was conveyed to him, his face hardened.
***
Ojae passed the Kiz Fan office, pretending like he was reviewing the documents in his hand.
When he snuck a look into the office, he realized that the lights in the office were still open, but the door was shut tightly.
Ojae went to the end of the hallway and turned around. He walked towards the Kiz Fan office and passed it again. He had no idea how many times he had repeatedly walked around the office.
“Did she eat it?” Ojae lifted his heels to look inside the office.
‘Bang.’
The office door was unexpectedly opened all of a sudden.
Ojae was so surprised and froze at that moment without being able to run away.
Eunyoung opened the door, came out of the office, and started asking Ojae once she saw him, “What are you doing here?”
“I… I was just passing by. Hmm. Hmm.”
“Okay, then go on.”
“What? Oh, yes.”
Ojae tried to walk away when he awkwardly greeted her. However, he turned his body and looked at her again, not wanting to go.
“Do you have anything to say to me?” Eunyoung said bluntly.
“No, I don’t. I’ll see you around.” Ojae was embarrassed and said goodbye awkwardly before turning his body around.
“Why can’t you just ask her if she enjoyed the soup… you idiot.” Ojae stopped walking and blamed himself for not being able to say even a word to her.
“Excuse me?”
Behind him, he heard her voice.
“Huh?”
“It was great.”
“Did, did you eat it?”
“Would you rather see me dump it into the garbage instead?”
“No, you shouldn’t waste it. Haha..”
Ojae smiled awkwardly while scratching his hair.
“Are you busy?” Eunyoung asked him while looking at the documents in his hand.
“I suddenly have to do something. Haha.” Ojae quickly made up a story and said.
“Is that so? I’m sorry. I was about to ask you for a drink if you weren’t busy. Maybe next time. Bye.” She turned her body like it didn’t bother her at all.
“Wait!” Ojae called and stopped her. He approached her quickly. “I’ll go with you,”
“You just said that you’re busy.”
“I can do this tomorrow. Haha.”
“Are you sure? Then why did you stay at work so late?”
“That’s because I’m a person that does things in advance all the time.
Hearing him, Eunyoung started speaking again in doubt. “Are you sure you’re not going to be in trouble with Mr. Woo?”
“Trouble with him? No, I actually control him when it’s just the two of us. He seems to be strict with me only when there are people around us.”
Ojae answered, pretending like he was strong.
“I don’t think that’s true…”
“You don’t? Why would I lie to you? Hmm. Hmm.”
“You can always make up false info about someone whenever they aren’t around, you know?”
Ojae justified his own action and lifted up his chin awkwardly like he did the right thing.
“If you say so, then that’s okay. Let’s go.” Eunyoung turned and went to the elevator.
Ojae was so excited and clenched his two fists before quickly following her.
After a moment, the elevator went to its destination, and the two of them got out of the elevator.
When he was walking through the lobby with Eunyoung in excitement, a lady had passed by them.
He smelt a familiar scent from the lady that was wearing very dark sunglasses.
“Hmm?”
It was the perfume that his ex-girlfriend Sarah used to have.
Ojae was surprised and turned his head before looking at the woman.
The lady looked very familiar, somehow. She moved far away, and once she turned into a corner, she disappeared.
Ojae was lost in thought for a while but soon shook his head.
“There’s no way Sarah would come here. I must have seen something wrong.”
He mumbled to himself with a smirk in disbelief.
“Are you coming?”
“What? Oh, yes. I’m coming.”
Something felt strange, but he started walking again toward Eunyoung, who was waiting for him.
***
The coffee in the cup was already empty for a while now.
They could only hear tranquil, soft, flowing music in the café since the two of them were only the ones in the café.
“… Do you have anything to say?”
Gyeonhui then broke the silence.
Sun’s lips twitched, wanting to say something.
She had so much to ask and talk about, but she couldn’t say anything—not even a word.
“… You said you have something to tell me.” She said, struggling to let the words flow.
“… Yes, that’s true.”
A bitter smile crept upon his face. Looking at him, Sun started speaking. “I’ve heard that you went to Jeongsun.”
As soon as he heard her, his face hardened. Ojae must have told her everything.
Gyeonhui nodded instead of answering.
“Why did you go there?”
Hearing her question, Gyeonhui looked at the bag that was beside him with a firm expression.
The doll that he brought from Jeongsun was in the bag, but he didn’t know what to do with it. He was still debating whether to give it back to her or bury it in the capsule again.
“… It was just a business trip.”
He decided to lie to her.
Perhaps she believed his lie, for she seemed to be relieved.
However, when he saw her face, his face sunk deeper.
“If you finished your coffee, then I’ll go home.” Sun said.
“We… do we really have to break up?”
His words felt like it was banging her heart with a hammer.
“I understand that I’ve done wrong to you, but I’m not sure we have to break up because of that.”
“… I’m really tired of listening to that again.”