Chang Wook followed Mi Jin to where she was with their other classmates. They all wanted to see him again and cheered when they saw the two of them together.
"Look who's back!" one of them yelled.
"How have you been?"
"It's been so long"
These people were Chang Wook's classmates from highschool. Although he got along with them, the one he talked to the most was Mi Jin.
They handed Chang Wook a beer and yelled "one shot!" he remembered how he used to drink with all of them, at night, behind the school.
They all talked about the good old days and how they once ran away from a school officer that caught them drinking. Chang Wook laughed and remembered all of that like it was just yesterday.
"How are all of you doing now?" Chang Wook asked them. They all went around in a circle talking about how their life had turned out after highschool. A few of them got married, one of them already had kids but no partner, one was already divorced and a few where barely getting by with how today's economy was going.
The conversation started to get depressing, so they asked Chang Wook about his fiancée. They heard she was beautiful and that she was his boss "She really is beautiful" Mi Jin answered.
"Are you saying that she's more beautiful than our Goddess Mi Jin?" one of the guys asked. Mi Jin was considered to be the prettiest girl in high school. She would get confessed to on a daily basis. Although Chang Wook agreed that in a certain light, his boss was attractive, but with that f*cking attitude of her's the chances of any guy getting even remotely close to her is impossible.
In all the years he's worked for her, never once has she received flowers to her office or gotten calls from guys asking for her schedule, unless they were paparazzi.
"Well, she is something" Chang Wook chuckled. Mi Jin noticed how he said the same thing when they were talking. Why isn't he bragging about her? Why isn't he expressing how much he loves her? Why isn't she here with him?
The conversation went back to talking about high school, but everyone remained in an awkward silence when one of them ended up mentioning…him. They all turned their heads over to Mi Jin and Chang Wook. It has been years since Chang Wook last heard that name, that name was one of the reasons he couldn't be here anymore. Mi Jin was flooded by memories of that time. She looked up at Chang Wook, his expression showed how hurt he was.
"Would things have turned out differently between us, if I had just said no?" Mi Jin asked herself. She was reaching her hand over to touch Chang Wook when flower petals suddenly hit her face.
"Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow!" Chang Wook said repeatedly. Mi Jin noticed how Chang Wook was constantly being hit in the head with a bouquet of flowers. He slowly got up while still being hit by them. Everyone around was shocked by the sudden change in mood.
"How dare you?!" Mi Jin looked closer and saw it was none other than Ha Eun. She had all sorts of jewelry on her, she was also carrying different types of food as well as a painting of her and Chang Wook "Running off and leaving me!" she kept hitting him.
Mi Jin looked over at her friends, they were looking at the couple fighting in awe. They had never seen a bouquet be used as an instrument of pain, so they had no intention of stopping the fight.
Chang Wook would back away but Ha Eun would keep coming at him. He started to run but she was right in his heels. Even strangers stopped to look at what happened. Mi Jin was the only one to get up and run after the couple to try and stop Ha Eun.
Chang Wook turned around, grabbed Ha Eun's wrist, twisted it to the side which made he drop the bouquet. Ha Eun hit Chang Wook on his knee which made him lose his footing and fall back. As he was still holding onto Ha Eun's hand she fell forwards with him.
Chang Wook felt a huge pain on the back of his head and Ha Eun felt a huge pain on her hands and knees. When they both stared at each other they noticed how extremely close their faces were, with the slightest movement they could lock lips Chang Wook quickly pushed Ha Eun off of him.
"Are you crazy?!" he yelled at Ha Eun.
"Are you crazy?!" Ha Eun yelled at him "What do you think you're doing leaving me all on my own and going out with your ex? Think for a second about what people will think about us!"
"What are you talking about?!" Chang Wook yelled.
"I got lost, people started selling me stuff and I hate flowers, why did I buy flowers?...and then I got even more lost…and…and I…I..." Ha Eun lowered her head trying to calm herself down. She felt, weak and a bit embarrassed. She let her emotions get the best of her when she saw Chang Wook right next to Mi Jin. When he left her to go after Mi Jin, she was walking after him but was stopped by people that were looking for actors as well as models. When she got away from them, she was stopped by food vendors and then the human traffic suddenly picked up and she was dragged away by the crowd. At the end she had nowhere to go and Chang Wook wouldn't answer his phone.
Chang Wook had no idea what was going on in that woman's head, but he knew something happened to her. He slowly crawled towards her and sat down next to her. A strong wind quickly blew, and a bunch of cherry blossom petals were blowing through the wind.
Ha Eun looked up at them. Chang Wook took this opportunity to take out his phone and take a selfie of both of them, he smiled at the camera while she looked up at all the flowers. It looked like it was snowing. She noticed Chang Wook taking another picture of her. This time she looked over and smiled.
Chang Wook was surprised by this. She was angry at him and about to cry just a minute ago "What? You said we needed pictures together. I should at least smile in them" she said. Chang Wook smiled. This woman changes moods as constantly as she changes clothes.
He noticed how she had a lot of petals on her hair, so he decided to take them off her. Ha Eun felt her heart skip a little faster. They don't get along, she's his boss, she's blackmailed him, she's done horrible things to him yet for some reason, her heart can't seem to stop beating at un unusual speed when he's this close to her.
Chang Wook noticed he was a bit too close to her. He also noticed how her face was red though he didn't know if it was from anger or embarrassment, so he stopped and moved a few inches away "You have petals on your hair" he told her.
Ha Eun reached her hand out to Chang Wook's head and took out a petal "You have petals on you too" she said, a grin on her face.
"You should smile more often" Chang Wook told her "Why don't we go back?" he asked her. Ha Eun nodded. They stopped by his classmates again. Ha Eun bowed and introduced herself. They didn't know what to say, should the act like they didn't just see Chang Wook be attacked by her? Should they compliment her or her awesome skills in combat?
"The way you kicked Chang Wook's ass was awesome!" one of them said. The other's looked at him but they weren't surprised. He's that one guy in a group of friends that has no filter, but now that he mentioned it, the others decided to talk about it as well.
They all talked about all the embarrassing stuff that's happened to Chang Wook and about all the crazy stuff they did in high school. Ha Eun was surprisingly having a good time with them and before she knew it, the fireworks commenced. She wondered if this is what its like to have friends. Its been so long, she can't even remember the last time she had any.