The weekend is finally here. Lia was getting ready in her room picking outfits to wear for today. She can't really sleep last feeling nervous about going for a site visit with Dan for the first time today. "Gotta choose the most comfortable outfit. We might walk a lot for today…" muttered Lia alone as she was standing in front of her wardrobe. After a few minutes of choosing, Lia has chosen black skinny jeans, plain white long sleeves t-shirt and a pastel purple cardigan because it's getting colder nowadays so cardigan is a must. She let down her long wavy hair and put on a little make up.
"Done." Said Lia after she's done putting on her lipstick. Then, she took her bag that was filled with her site visit checklist form and also her ipad for a discussion later. "I didn't miss anything right…" muttered Lia alone while she was drinking a plain water in the kitchen. Then, when went to the front door and slips on her pastel purple high cut converse shoes to match up with her cardigan and lock the door.
After a few minutes of riding a bus, finally she reached the university. Then, she found out that most of her group mates have arrived, including Dan. *yikes. I'm late* thought Lia as she ran lightly and entered the discussion room. "Sorry I'm late." Bowed Lia feeling apologetic to her groupmates. Park In Ha who was irritated at her was giving her a look "Yah, we have discussed till the methodology part. Why are you late?" asked Park In Ha.
"S-sorry… I took a bus and the traffic was heavy… I promised I won't be late for our next discussion." Answered Lia while looking down. "That's alright…" said Dan and went near Lia "I have just arrived too." Added Dan. "Come on guys... Chill… I know all of us are stressed out, but, once in a while being late to a discussion is not a sin~" said Dan and In Ha was rolling her eyes feeling annoyed by how Dan just defended Lia. *annoying* thought In Ha and continued talking with Dong Hoon who was sitting next to her. Then, Dan brought Lia to sit next with him and started their discussion.
Their discussion ended at lunch. Dong Hoon, suggested for them to have a lunch together, but both Dan and Lia told him that they have to go for a site visit. With that, both of them left the campus and waited for a bus at the bus stop. "I'm hungry. Should we stop by a restaurant or something for lunch?" asked Dan "yeah… I'm hungry too~" pouted Lia and Dan found her cute.
Once they have reached Hanok Village area, both of them decided to have some sandwiches as it was the easiest and the fastest food for them. Once they're full, they started their site visit. "We should have a proper meal for dinner later." Said Dan as he walked next to Lia while holding his camera.
"S-sure…" smiled Lia. Then, both of them were walking side by side doing their observation for Lia's thesis research. "There's not many people around this area… I wonder why…." Mumbled Lia alone as she jotted down something on her checklist. "Dan, could you take a photo around this area for me please?" asked Lia. "No problem." Said Dan as he took a few photos around the area. While Dan was taking some photos for Lia, he noticed that Lia looked so beautiful when she was focusing on writing some notes on her checklist. Without her noticing, Dan took a photo of her.
"Are you done?" asked Lia as she walked to him. "Yup." Answered "are you done here? Should we move on to other places?" asked Dan and Lia nodded. "Yeah, let's go~" said Lia as she led the way. While they were walking suddenly, both of them saw an old man selling a Dalgona on the side of the road. "Oh, Dalgona!" exclaimed Lia happily. Without she noticed, she took Dan's arms and dragged him to the small stall.
"Ahjussi, can we have two Dalgona please?" ordered Lia happily. Both of them were sitting on a small chair while looking at the old man making a Dalgona for them. Dan noticed that Lia kept on smiling while looking at the Dalgona in the making.
"What kind of shape do you want?" asked the old man.
"I want the star, please." Answered Lia
"What about you?" asked Lia as she looked at Dan. While Dan who was busied looking at her was surprised by the sudden question. "Er.. Give me the heart shape." Answered Dan.
"Pftttt" said Lia tries to hold her laugh.
"Are you sure?" laughed Lia as she covered her mouth. All this while she thought Dan was the cool guy and so on and hearing him choosing the 'heart' shape for the Dalgona is just too childish and cute.
"Hey, don't laugh. You've already chosen the star. And I don't really like other shape so I've got no choice but to choose the heart shape~" explained Dan but Lia was still laughing at him.
"Okay okay I get it…" said Lia.
Then, as soon as their Dalgona has been made Lia took a toothpick and started to prick the Dalgona slowly into a star.
"Can you do it?" asked Dan while looking at Lia
"I did it once. I'm gonna try it again now." Answered Like as she was focusing to make her Dalgona turn into star shape. Dan just couldn't stop smiling admiring how focus she was whenever she was doing something.
"Lia, look here." Said Dan
Lia, who heard it and when she looked up, she saw Dan was holding his camera.
"Smile~" said Dan
With that, Lia smiled and Dan captured a beautiful photo of her. Then, Dan too started to prick his Dalgona into a heart shape. A few minutes later, Lia has successfully turned her Dalgona into a star.
"Done!" exclaimed Lia happily as she giggled while showing Dan her Star Dalgona.
"Are you done?" asked Lia and saw that Dan's Dalgona has been cracked.
"Aww too bad… never mind, just eat that… or you can try another one~" said Lia.
In the end, Dan tried more than 2 times and he finally gives up because he keeps on cracking the Dalgona and also they had to move to Cheonggyecheon for Dan's site. They took a subway and both of them arrived in the area past six in the evening and the sky has turned dark.
"Great timing. I can do research about the night activity in this recreation area~" muttered Dan alone as he took some photos while Lia was walking next to him.
"Do you need to ask a few people here like survey question or something?" asked Lia as they were walking side by side. "I did. I will just take some photos as evidence today…" answered Dan and Lia nodded. Then, both of them bought some bubble tea to drink while they were walking in the area.
"Do you know why I've chosen the star just now?" said Lia as she was twirling the bubble tea straw. "Why?" asked Dan as he too was curious why she chose it and why she was too focused to make it turn into a star.
"The star is my goal. Something that I want to achieve." Answered Lia "one day, I hope I could grab the star and achieve my life goals." Said Lia as she extended her hands and trying to grab the star at the night sky and gave him her sweetest smiles.
"If I told you what my life goals are you're gonna be bored." Said Lia making Dan chuckled. "And why is that?" asked Dan while looking at Lia. "People don't wanna know what our life goals are. All they wanna see is what we have achieved. Some people might even laugh when they know other people's life goals." Answered Lia
"You know, in my opinion, it's not wrong to have a life goals. So what they are laughing? Each life goal has a meaning to someone. So we shouldn't get bored nor laugh, knowing other person's life goals… am I right?" asked Dan and making Lia thinking about it and somehow, she agreed with his statements.
"Yeah, you're right." Said Lia
Then, both of them took a dinner together as they promised and Dan sends Lia home right after they had their dinner. Today was so enjoyable for both of them.
At night, before Lia went to bed, Lia got an idea for her new online novel. She turned on her laptop and starts typing.
"Dear Dahlia,"
"Chapter 1"
On one fine day, a girl name Dahlia was walking along the hallway in her faculty. It was her first day of class as a freshman and she was so nervous in meeting new people. She was an introvert. She don't really talk to people unless people ask her something. While she was walking, looking for the lecture hall, she bumped her head into someone's back. "oww…" said Dahlia as she rubbed her forehead. "Oh my god I'm so sorry, are you okay?" asked the person. When Dahlia looked up, the person turns out to be one of the boys that she saw during the orientation last week. He was the popular guy and his name is Daniel.
And that's how they first met.