Outside Juho's apartment door, Kamou fixed her clothes for the last time. Hesitantly she ringed the doorbell, her heart pounding on the thought of seeing him after that day.
'Just relax. You have met him numerous times earlier.' she tried to calm herself down.
The corridor was empty and she could soon hear footsteps from behind the door. She closed her eyes clutching the bouquet in her hands harder, wishing he would be in a good mood. She waited there hoping the door would unlock but after sometime there was no movement. Kamou rang the bell again.
'I am sure I sensed movement behind the door. What's taking him this long?' she thought.
What Kamou didn't knew was that Juho was standing there, inside his apartment leaning on the door. He was going to open the door earlier but he saw her on the screen. Juho had a camera installed outside his apartment to check on his visitors. He stood there watching her on the screen, observing her every action.
It was difficult but he had already made up his mind. He would break all his ties with her, so he stood there pretending he wasn't at home.
'She would go away after waiting for some time.' he thought.
Standing outside his apartment, Kamou was quick to realize what he was doing. She looked up and saw the camera. She looked straight into the camera and said, "I know you are in there. Open the door, we need to talk."
"What does she want to talk about? Hasn't she done enough?" Juho sighed. "You are making this more difficult for me."
"Juho. Open up. Please listen to me." Kamou said knocking his door. Her eyes starting to get wet.
Juho silently witnessed everything but he refused to surrender. He knew she was hurting but his anger didn't allow him to forget what happened in the past.
Kamou waited there for about an hour crying. She wanted to talk it all out but after seeing no response from his side she decided to go. There wasn't much she could do.
"Fine, do as you wish. I won't be begging you." she said giving up.
"I will place these things outside your door. I got these for you. I will come back later." she said keeping the box of chocolates, flowers and the bracelet outside his door.
Seeing her walk away, Juho finally opened the door. He looked in her direction but she was already gone.
"I am sorry Kamou but I have to do this in order to move on. If we can't be together then what's the point in meeting. I won't bother you and I know soon you will stop trying to reach me as well." He said looking down at the things she left her.
He closed the apartment door leaving the gifts she brought outside. After a few minutes of helplessly walking around in his apartment, he couldn't control his urge. Juho went outside again, picked up all the things she had brought.
Slowly he started looking through them. The flowers caught his attention first. He grabbed the bouquet to see them closely. Tears started forming in his eyes.
'So, you remembered, tiger lilies mean something special to me.' he smiled faintly in between his tears.
While he was placing the flowers in a vase, he found a note in them. He opened it up to see Kamou's handwriting.
'I know you are angry but just listen to me once. It's important and I want you to know.' the note read.
Juho sat on his couch, keeping the note aside, moving on to chocolates. Tears flowing from his eyes, he picked two chocolates at once and gobbled them down. Crying like a baby he said "You also remembered I got a sweet-tooth. All this and still you love Taehee."
Finally, he grabbed the last item remaining. He opened the jewelry box and saw the bracelet she brought for him. He saw the symbol of infinity engraved on it and started thinking why did Kamou gift him this.
When nothing came to his mind, he placed the bracelet back inside the box. Juho didn't even try the bracelet once. He safely kept the box inside his wardrobe. He tried to make himself strong but Kamou's sudden visit had already done some damage to his determination. He started to question his actions.
'Maybe I should listen to her once.' He thought.
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In a private room:
Taehee sat alone waiting for someone to show up. Kamou called him up while leaving Juho's apartment. Her voice sounded a bit off. It was easy to conclude that the meeting wasn't a success. They needed to come up with some other plan.
The door opened and Kamou entered the room with a rather blank expression on her face. She took a seat, greeting Taehee. Soon she started narrating the whole scenario to Taehee. How she went up to Juho's place, how he didn't open the door and how she had to leave without even meeting him.
"We have to do something else." He spoke after thinking a while. "Today's plan wasn't a failure, because it surely had an effect on him. I am sure of it."
Kamou listened to him attentively. She didn't have any idea what Taehee was thinking but she hoped for the best.
"Then what should I do next? The guy refused to meet me, how am I supposed to talk to him and confess my feelings." Kamou questioned.
"Leave it to me. Tomorrow make sure you are free. Don't plan anything." He said giving off a weird smile.
"What are you planning Big Brother?" Kamou asked concerned.
"Just a date for the two of you." Taehee said giving a smile.
Kamou gulped, she didn't know what he was thinking but by the looks of it, it would be something major. She had all night to mentally prepare for tomorrow. After their small chit-chat session both of them headed to their respective homes.