After eating the cookies she bought, she takes out her Instax camera and observes the photos with a keen gaze, they were photos of the Upo Marshland, of plants species, of animal species like other times, but this time, there were also photos of her and Yeong together.
She just keeps those photos a little away from her sight but then, she picks up those photos and puts them inside the bedside drawer in her bedroom, and the remaining photos were put in a small rectangular metal box, then she took an aroma bath, and did some skincare routine.
While doing a skincare routine by looking at the mirror in her bedroom, she unintentionally stares at her reflection in the mirror, mainly she stares upon her eye area.
She slowly traces the thick black patches with a rough-edged outline in a wing shape around her eye, then her pupil seems to darken more, and the mirror reflects a flashback memory, but only a small glimpse of her early childhood, when she was teased by a kid of her age for her thick black patches, then suddenly scene changes into a small Saeng crying, and screaming, then that mean kid is seen being pushed harshly to the ground, and that kid was calling out his mother and father with a sobbing tone.
Then the scene turns into a darker and dull hue, and an anxious atmosphere and tension-filled scene are shown, where small Saeng is seen laying awake on the hospital bed.
She was just looking around her with a neutral expression on her face.
Her parents were seen being worried for her and they looked in devastating condition as they saw stitches present around her eye area on both sides of her eye.
But, she looked neutral and unbothered by physical pain, and she was least interested to look upon her parents.
Her parents embraced her but she remained still like stone and asked them to not worry over such little things, and what she did to that mean kid was just her instinct mechanism, and I am not at all sorry for that. She deserved it. Saeng's parents made her understand that sometimes even when we are hurt by someone, still it doesn't permit us to hurt other people because if we do hurt, then it will be wrong too.
small Saeng just shrugs off and rests for some time on the hospital bed.
After some time, small Saeng is discharged from the hospital, and her mother carries her in her arms, but when they were outside the hospital, she asked her mother politely to put her down as she wants to walk on her own, and she doesn't need to carry as her hands are hurt.
Her mother refused to put her down, but she was stubborn, she kept on insisting, then her father told her mother to let her down.
Her mother agreed, and, when she put her down, she still wore that hospital bed and didn't change it as she didn't want to change it, her parents assured them that they will send it back to the hospital when they reach home.
Here, she just normally walked on the road but her mother stops her and orders her to change that dress, when they are back home and wear the civil dress, that she bought for her yesterday.
They reached their home, and she immediately runs to her room upstairs, locks the door, took out the new dress from the shopping bag, and changes her dress
While changing her dress, she takes out a small mirror in her dress pocket which she always carries with her, and looks upon her reflection in the mirror and traces those stitches.
Then the mirror becomes normal, and Saeng is back to the present moment.
She then puts her hand inside her pant pocket and finds that same small pocket mirror, that she has it since her childhood.
Then, her eyes glow a flicker glint of comfort reflecting through her eyes upon gazing at that small pocket mirror.
She combs her hair and puts it in braids and lays down on her bed and fell asleep by staring at the pocket mirror in her hands.
The next morning, the scene opens with bright sunny weather, hustle noises, footsteps noises, cars and vehicles running noises, people murmurs, and whisper sounds can be heard from afar.
Many people are gathered around a café, which has a modern tech theme combined with ancient aesthetics looking inside the cafe.
Two people stood in front of the café, in the center, before the crowd, and those two people looked in their mid-twenties, one of them is a beautiful lady, with fair skin, monolid doe eyes, black medium length hair, slim body, round shaped face, thin lips, wearing an apron upon pastel pink knee-length gown, complementing it with cream colored sandals.
Another one standing beside her is a charming and good-looking gentleman, with a slender body, a little bit taller than that lady, a beautiful tanned skin tone, and foxy black eyes, with a short wavy black hairstyle, wearing the same apron upon a white formal shirt and black pants, and a black belt watch on his left hand, complementing it with black boots.
The beautiful lady speaks after bowing her head slightly, a sign of welcome and respect," Dear people, as you know that this cafe has been running well for long 5 years, and we hope, our cafe continues to run for many years like this.
Today is the date when we opened our cafe for the first time and met our first customer, we were quite young at that time, but now with experience and your support, we have learned so much about handling business and also withstanding ups and down in this business.
But, to be honest, it is more of a passion for us than just being a mere business. Most important truth is, that it wouldn't have been possible without our customers, you helped us to grow our cafe into a cozy, calm, and well-known place within our city.
We both thank you from bottom of our heart, for always being there for us. I, 'Han Mi-Ok' along with my life partner as well as my business partner ' Gim U -ram', make a promise that we will always serve our customers with loyalty and compassion".
Then U-ram announces in a happy tone," Well, we have prepared surprise gifts for all of our customers, who will visit our cafe today and also many discount coupons will be given to the customers, but that coupon is valid until a week from now.
And, for old customers, they will be given a bonus gift too. So, celebrate the 5-year completion cafe's anniversary with us and enjoy the gifts.
I, thank you, once again for your support, and for helping us grow our cafe. Visit our cafe named ' 더 블리스 ( The Bliss )'. Have a nice day".
This café is famous for its modern touch themes which look quite realistic with an ancient touch of vintage items, which fascinates both older and younger generation people, this has been running for 5 years.
After they went back inside their cafe, some people started talking about the café in quite a positive, which is genuine as the owners are nice and humble to their customers
And, on special occasions, they give gift coupons to their customers, which is really good service. They also talk about the owners having a few celebrities as their customers, visiting their café and those celebrities also gave genuine comments for their warm and welcoming nature.
Other good qualities of them are also mentioned by those small groups of people having a conversation about the café owners, sitting outside the cafe
Saeng was just on her way to her clinic, but as she felt hungry, she stops her scooter near her best friend's cafe and witnessed their interaction with the crowd and also heard all the conversations among the people.
She looks at the café, then a memory pops up in her head, she then goes into a flashback memory, how she met them in their college time and also how the café planning started.
The scene opens with a college scene, where Saeng was in her early 20s, in the library reading some books, the library had a quiet and calm atmosphere, and many college students from different subject departments were present there too.
She was peacefully reading lengthy biology books, writing the important points in her notes, but her peaceful time comes to an end, as she hears a loud thud, outside the library, she ignores it, then, boys and girls laughing and fighting noises reached her ears, still, she was unbothered,
But she couldn't concentrate because of their loud noises, she stood up and walks out of the library and witnessed a scene in the corridor, where a gang of few girls and boys encircled a boy of her age, who was standing boldly against them and giving them a lecture about manners and moral values, which she too didn't understand.
The leader of the gang, which was a beautiful but rude girl, stepped closer to him and tried to flatter him with her looks, according to Saeng's perspective. And that rude girl, whispers something in his ears, to which that boy turns full angry.
He steps away from that girl and rudely asks them all to get off his way and never disturb him again.
Saeng stepped closer to the scene, she observes the boy, she feels that he looked familiar, and then she remembers something and recognizes him.
Still, that gang didn't leave him alone, one tall, handsome boy wearing black from head to toe, comes forward and stands in front of that boy and speaks, Listen, mister, you need to give us your introduction and help us in our homework, it is not a request, it is an order to you. And, you have to obey it. Otherwise, you might face consequences for disobeying us ".
That familiar boy replies in a sarcastic tone, " I am so scared of your threats. I might faint right now due to your scary tone".
Then he again speaks with an annoyed tone, " I am sorry but I do not obey stupid people and we should do our work on our own. You all are just pretty from the outside, but empty from the inside. You all are a disgrace and shame to your parents".
Hearing this comment, they angrily comment him back, " I am sure, your parents feel the same too. You act like goody two shoes in front of us but you are also empty like us, as you just act as if you do care about others, I have seen you fighting verbally with some college boys. So don't act like some good guy. Pretentious and two-faced".
Hearing his last comment, that familiar boy holds the tall boy's collar of his tee and pulls him toward him, and speaks angrily," How dare you? Who are you to pretend as if you know me so well? So, just keep quiet and step out of my way".
The tall boy refuses to move, he then comments again, " I will let you go, only if you shout and call yourself a ' two-faced coward' here and right now. Come on, fast. I don't have time for stupid and two-faced people".
Hearing this, his anger was now uncontrollable, his hand fist in anger, he raises his fist and was going to punch him but he stops when he saw a girl come and stand in between him and that tall boy.
He lowers his fist down and grits his teeth in anger and asks that girl, which is Saeng herself, " Miss, you do not have any idea about what happened here, so you should step aside".
Saeng stands still in front of that tall boy and looks at that familiar boy with a neutral expression on her face.
That boy tries to speak in a calm tone," Listen, Miss. You are supporting the wrong side. They were badmouthing me and ordering me to do their chores, which I won't accept at all. I request you to step away from this matter".
Saeng speaks in a neutral tone, " You were lecturing him about manners and moral values recently. Like we should not act irrationally and be humble to others and ignore naive and stupid comments. Then, why are you acting irrationally and judging him? Why are you letting them influence you? One fact, that Dae-jung said was true, which is, we all are similar from the inside but the intensity level of emotion and behavior is sometimes high, low, or neutral. I assume you are smart and practical enough to know whether to satisfy your emotions or act mindfully according to the situation's demand".
That familiar boy becomes a little bit calm and observes her face and realizes something and his eyes shone with some kind of affection.
Saeng speaks again," U-ram, they are just asking for help in understanding the homework but because of their stupid emotion and wrong way of expressing their need, they sounded more like a bully. That's it. And, lastly, you are not like this, and you know it deep inside, neither of us intentionally acts irrational, it is sometimes unpredictable but we can tame it".
Then she turns to Dae-jung and speaks, " You and your friends are also at fault in this situation, you should be direct, do not need to act like superior, which is no one in this world, not even powerful people. So, please, let this college be a college and not some k-drama".
Dae-jung replies, smitten by her, My dear genius Saeng is right, we all are one. And, Mr. U-ram, I will be direct to you. We just wanted to ask for your help in our studies but due to feeling insecure, we acted a little bit rude to you. For that, we are sorry, and yes, if you agree to help us, then we will be waiting for you in the library after the end of classes. Okay, see you then. See you too, my genius Saeng.
Then they walk away from him, and U-ram was still staring at Saeng, then she too walks back into the library.
After some time, U-ram walks into the library and sits beside Saeng, U-ram asks her whether he can study with her in the library along with those people after the last class.
Saeng agrees as she thinks in her head that she doesn't get bothered by it anyway, and he needs her again. So she nods yes.
U-ram becomes happy with her decision. Slowly, with time, that gang become their friends, they all used to hang out together. U-ram and Saeng were really good friends, but sometimes U-ram gets annoyed or jealous whenever Dae-jung tries to get closer to Saeng, which U-ram himself was confused about.
Then he started to distance himself a little from Saeng, which she noticed too, but she didn't bother as she felt he doesn't need her anymore.
But, still, they were good friends.
Then after some weeks, Saeng met a girl while she was eating her lunch alone in the cafeteria, that girl became quite popular in the college from the first day of her college, that girl joined her as she saw her eating alone at the cafeteria, and she was new, so she wanted to be friends with her.
That girl initiated the conversation with Saeng, then Saeng too talked with her as she had kind and sweet nature, they started talking like long-lost best friends, and although Saeng was always neutral, that girl didn't mind instead she understood her quite well.
After some days, Saeng observes that her best friend has been staring at someone, when she follows her gaze, she sees U-ram talking with boys, laughing and cracking jokes.
Then she observed her best friend for a few days, and she always saw her best friend staring at U-ram sometimes every day, she confirms that her best friend maybe has become attached to him, so, she decides to speak with her.
Saeng speaks to her alone in the park in the evening time, " Mi- Ok, I have been observing you for a few days, you stare sometimes at U-ram, every day. Are you attached to him?".
Mi-Ok giggles softly and replies in a soft tone, "Is this way of your asking' Do I like him ?', then my answer is, yes, I do like him a lot, and I want to get to know him better, and be friends with him. But, he is so cool and handsome, why would he talk to me?".
Saeng then replies, " Why?, he isn't an angel, and it is not impossible to be with him, you just need to initiate the conversation as you did with me. Do not worry, I will introduce him to you".
Then, she stands and walks up to him and speaks, U-ram, I want to introduce you to someone special to me.
Please come to that 6 no. table and also bring our other friends along with you, right now. We both will be waiting there".
Saeng then went back to her table and Mi-Ok tells her that she doesn't need to do that for her.
After some minutes, U-ram and his friends came to her table, U-ram then notices that girl, who was hiding her face with a cap.
Then Saeng speaks, "Actually, I wanted to introduce you all to my best friend, who joined later in our batch but she is new to this college, so, I just thought that I should introduce her to all of you".
Saeng then uncovered her face, and Mi-OK felt her beat fasten seeing U-ram, she took a deep breath and stood beside her friend with a confident posture, and introduced herself with her sweet voice, then slowly they started interacting with her.
Mi-Ok was a really sweet girl to them, they immediately became her friend.
U-ram also befriended Mi-Ok, then she, Saeng, and U-ram started studying together, first few weeks, Mi-Ok used to sit beside her friend, but after some weeks, Mi-Ok and U-ram sat beside and close to each other, which Saeng too noticed.
After some months, they began to love each other, and soon U-ram proposed to Mi-OK to be her girlfriend, then their relationship became stronger and sweeter as days pass by.
Saeng, Mi-Ok, and U-ram became an unbreakable trio, who are more like a family to each other.
After passing out of college with good grades, Mi-Ok and U-ram decided to open a cafe together and grow this business.
While Saeng continued to study and graduated Master's degree in doctorate studies. After studying for years, she became a veteran doctor at the age of 23 and opened her clinic immediately after completing her graduation.