Hong Joo hit her head against her desk. She felt she made a fool of herself in front of him. She wasn't even wearing make-up today "How is it that the days I don't care for my appearance are when I meet attractive and important people?" she asked herself.
As the day came to a close, Hong Joo made her way to the bus stop. While waiting for the bus, she sat down, yawned and slouched. She took out her phone and started to scroll through her social media. She looked up for a second and noticed none other than Ji Seok, waving at her from the backseat of a black car.
He grinned at her. Hong Joo wanted the planet to swallow her whole. She had to meet him twice in one day. And both times she didn't make a good impression!
She tried to hide her face with her hair and waved at him. She noticed how his expression changed and started to point somewhere. She wasn't understanding. He quickly looked towards the driver and got out of the car.
Hong Joo was quickly taken aback by Ji Seok's swift action. What was he planning on doing?
Hong Joo then felt a tug on her bag. She looked to her right and saw a man in a dark hoodie holding onto her purse. He quickly pushed Hong Joo, which sent her stumbling to the ground, and he ran off with her bag.
"Hey!" Hong Joo yelled. Ji Seok ran past her, following the man. She then realized why he was giving her such an expression and ran out of the car. He noticed and tried to tell her that she was going to get robbed.
She didn't want to stand there, so she ran after them.
Ji Seok was catching up to the man, but he wasn't much of an athletic guy. He was already getting tired but having to go back to Hong Joo empty-handed made him feel like a loser.
"Why am I even running after this guy?" he asked himself. He could have done nothing and waited in the car for the light to turn green, or maybe leave the car and ask her if she was okay, tell her to go to the police and cancel her credit card, he just wanted to be kind, yet he did something this stupid.
"Jeez, and my foot still hurts" he said "I swear to God, if this girl doesn't offer to buy me a drink after this I will flip a table" He yelled to the robber to stop running, but that didn't work at all.
Suddenly he noticed Hong Joo run right past him. She jumped in the air and managed to kick the guy in the back which sent him flying forward.
She took her purse from the slightly unconscious robber.
Ji Seok was taken aback by her actions. Hong Joo looked over to Ji Seok, placed a strand of her hair over her ear, and slowly walked over to him "Thanks for the help" she told him, but that just made Ji Seok feel bad since he didn't actually do anything.
"I'll call the police" he said, feeling a bit awkward.
The two of them and the robber went to the police station and gave their statements. By the time they were done, it was already dark.
Hong Joo felt terrible since she kept such an important person busy. She was sure that this incident would hit the news since he's famous. She didn't mean to cause trouble to the Oh family.
Once outside Hong Joo wanted to apologize to Ji Seok, since they didn't manage to talk much with each other.
Before Hong Joo could say anything, Ji Seok blurted out "What the hell was that?!" Ji Seok yelled, which made Hong Joo jump. What was he referring to?
"Um…what?" Hong Joo asked.
"Are you some sort of ninja? You sent that guy flying, like a kung-fu movie. You were awesome!" he said.
Hong Joo wanted to correct him that ninjas have nothing to do with kung-fu, but it didn't seem like the right atmosphere to correct him. She then realized that he was complimenting her, which surprised her. Usually, guys feel intimidated by her when they find out she can fight, but Ji Seok was impressed with her.
Hong Joo didn't know what to say, so she just thanked him. Since it was already dark, she decided to say goodbye and make her way home, but Ji Seok stopped her.
"Let me take you home" Ji Seok said. Hong Joo felt like floating on air. Ji Seok was asking to take her home, but she also felt a bit uncomfortable getting the car of a complete stranger.
Ji Seok noticed Hong Joo's expression. It wasn't hard to figure out what she was thinking. He was famous, and many people liked him, but that didn't expel the fact that she was a young woman and he was a young man and that they were strangers.
Ji Seok decided to fix his question "By that I mean, can I walk you to the bus stop?"
Hong Joo's cheeks flushed red as she nodded.
As they walked, Ji Seok told Hong Joo "You're an interesting person. Did you know that?"
Hong Joo shook her head "I'm nothing special"
"I reject that statement," Ji Seok said. Hong Joo widened her eyes at him, while he gave her a wide smile "Although I have to admit, you are a force to be reckoned with"
Hong Joo realized he was talking about this morning "I knew it! The lamp thing did hurt you!"
"Well, of course. It's a lamp, and it fell on my foot. Why wouldn't it hurt?" he asked her, so matter-of-factly.
"Then why did you act like nothing was wrong?!"
"I didn't want to look uncool. I have an image to maintain after all" he grinned. Hong Joo nodded.
"It must be tiring" Hong Joo said. Ji Seok looked at her confused "I mean, you said you have to maintain an image. I was thinking that it must be tiring, always acting like someone you're not. I'm sorry. I don't mean to be rude."
"Don't worry about it. You weren't rude at all. I'm guessing you know how that feels like" Ji Seok "No one knows that you can fight like that, right?"
"No guy likes a girl that's stronger than him" Hong Joo said as she looked down. Suddenly she felt like she said something unnecessary. She worried that he might think that she's hiding her abilities just because she's desperate for a boyfriend.
She should have phrased it differently.
"Not all guys" Ji Seok answered. She looked up at him but he was looking forward "I'm sure you'll find someone" he added. Hong Joo wanted to hit herself for thinking that he was talking about himself. They just met and why would he be interested in a nobody like her? He should date models, or another chaebol not an intern who's playing secretary for his brother-in-law.
They arrived at the bus stop. Once the bus arrived, the two waved goodbye at each other, and Hong Joo entered the bus.
Ji Seok watched as the bus left. Suddenly he placed his hand over his face "Not all guys?!" he whispered, "I bet you'll find someone?!" he whispered louder. He passed his hands through his hair "I was practically throwing myself at her!"
"Ji Seok" he placed his hands together "You don't go for girls like that" he said to himself. He looked to the rode and saw his driver waiting for him. He was following the two of them as they walked and was now waiting for Ji Seok to enter the car.
Seeing Ji Seok acting all flustered made him chuckle. He thought it was about time that he saw girls other than one night stands and for publicity.
Although he did worry that Ji Seok seeing an average person would be a bad idea. Ha Eun is married to Chang Wook, but he is from a family with old money, but that girl Ji Seok was walking with was just an average person.
Ji Seok got into the car "So, who's the girl?" the driver asked, teasingly. Ji Seok looked at him surprised then looked down.
"Nobody. Let's go" Ji Seok said.