'Oppa!? Did she really call someone 'oppa'?! Had he heard it correctly...no no, he must have been mistaken.'
Ji-hun shrugged the thoughts emerging in his mind like bubbles rising to the surface of a boiling pot and turned his head sideways to look at her, only to find that she was not standing beside him any more.
She had turned around, with her back now facing towards him. She had taken almost five steps away from him and when he strained his ears, he could hear her saying something like, "Oh my God! Oppa, I can't believe it's really you...I never imagined meeting you like this."
'So, no mistake had been made in hearing, then. What a relief! That was good to know. Really, really good.'
Ji-hun was fixed to the spot, along with a running commentary by his inner voice.
"Neither had I!"
