Then her gaze falls on the flower that is clipped upon her hair beside her ear, that flower is looking fresh as it was in the morning time, she caressed those soft petals, then Yeong's face pops up in her mind.
She then realizes that Yeong didn't disturb her once after dinner as he usually does to let him inside her house. Yeong is quite a stubborn boy.
Then Saeng feels nervous thinking about Yeong, which urged her to check once upon Yeong.
She walks up to the door and was going to unlock but then she hesitates for a second and turns back and moves back inside her bedroom and lies on her bed and closes her eyes and her face turns neutral again.
Then after some minutes, someone knocks on her door, and Saeng was fast asleep but after constant knocking, Saeng woke up and walks with a sleepy face, and opens the door, and then suddenly she feels someone hugging her knees.
Saeng looks down and then front and finds Yeong's mother looking guilty for disturbing her sleep but it was necessary to wake her up, then she notices that Yeong's mother was not alone, Si-U was also there with her.
Saeng felt a little surprised to find him in front of her flat, she then lets them in, and then Yeong's mom explains, " Yeong lay unconscious on the grass beside that river, and this boy brought him safely back to me", then with sobbing tone and stuttering, his mother says," Yeong was not saying anything but was only repeating that he wants to see you and also repeating your name and he looked so lost. Saeng-a, please help him. I know you are not so good and familiar with these emotions but please help him somehow".
Then Yeong's mother starts sobbing, and Si-U comforts her with his words and observes the Saeng.
He was quite surprised to see her again and standing inside her home. He was confused about Yeong's affection towards Saeng as she is not the type to play with kids or be an affectionate girl. Then how this child is attached to her.
Yeong held her hands and looked at the ground with a lost expression. Although Yeong was a stubborn boy and annoyed her daily somehow Saeng has become habituated to his cheery personality.
Saeng feels pain in her chest observing the expression on his face as this expression doesn't suit him at all. She then asks him to look towards her in a soft tone rather than the usual neutral tone, which amazed both Si-U and Yeong's mom as they have never heard her soft tone.
Yeong obeys her command and looks at her, then starts crying and suddenly hugs her tightly. Seeing Yeong cry, Yeong's mom felt pain in her heart. Saeng is surprised by his sudden hug and her hands are placed flat against the sofa.
They both noticed her surprised expression, Si-U was going to gesture to her to hug Yeong back but before that Saeng closed her eyes and hugged him back and remembers her mom's way of comforting her when used to get hurt in childhood.
Saeng then caresses his hair softly and starts humming a strange lullaby. Yeong hugged her tighter and then slowly his sobbing stopped and he became calm. Then after some time, he withdrew from her hug and gives her a cute smile, to which she used to remain neutral but this time she gave him a sweet smile, which was beautiful, and made Saeng's face more beautiful than she looks, which was also noticed by both Yeong's mom and Si-U.
Both of them are shocked and touched by that sweet scene in front of them. Her smile captivated Si-U's heart.
Si-U exclaims, "She looks, even more, prettier with a smile".
Saeng then wipes tears from his face and tells him in a soft tone, " My mother used to hug me and sing me a lullaby whenever she felt I was injured or hurt even though I always had a neutral expression on my face". Yeong expresses his wish of meeting her parents, which she denies as they are quite busy and she doesn't want to meet her parents.
Yeong was going to again ask her more questions but he stops when his mother signaled him to be quiet.
Saeng stands up and walks back into her bedroom, both of them felt it was time to leave, but then they saw Saeng return with a medical kit with a neutral expression.
Saeng asks Yeong to come closer and face his mother, then she raised his back shirt, grabs a cotton swab and dips it in disinfectant liquid, then slowly wipes over the wound on his back, seeing blood covered cotton swabs made Yeong's mom worried.
She hurried towards Saeng and saw a deep bleeding injury on his back and Si-U also comes to her side, Saeng softly wipes the blood from the wound and Yeong hisses feeling pain when she puts ointment, as it felt little burning.
Saeng orders him to stay still, then she covers the wound with a cloth bandage and then puts his shirt back.
All of them had one question in their mind how did she know that his back was injured, so, Si-U asks her in real, then Saeng answers that she is a veteran doctor and animals cannot talk like us to tell where they feel pain and what they feel, so veteran doctors need to figure out on their own.
So, years of practice made her able to recognize pain or wounds if present in a living being. Yeong's mom feels respect for her and Si-U is also amazed by this super ability of hers.
Then Yeong observes that his teacher still wears the flower, which he clipped on her hair. He expresses his happiness by kissing her cheek and says in a happy tone, " Thank you, Seon-saeng nim. You are the best. And, this flower looks pretty on you".
Si-U also noticed that flower on her hair when she opened the door, looking beautiful as usual and mostly her thick black mask-shaped patches around her eyes made her look like a mysterious beauty.
Si-U nods at Yeong's statement while staring fondly at Saeng, which doesn't go unnoticed by Yeong's mother, and she giggles softly at his smitten expression.
After some minutes, Yeong and his mother return to their home after wishing her good night and Si-U too wishes her good night, Saeng waves her hand lightly wishing him good night.
She then closed the door and Si-U is still staring longingly at the door, Yeong's mom notices this while closing the door and says teasingly," Are you trying to melt the door with your love for her through your eyes?".
Si-U blushes a little and clears his throat, and says, " No, I was just thinking about her. I have never seen a lady so different and unique as her. She feels like a mystery to me.
She looks neutral but still I feel there is a chance of finding her other expressions which are unknown to her.
I don't know how I fell in love with her. I feel it is too fast to fall in love but from the moment I saw her, I felt like there is something different about her.
She is quite opposite of me but still, she is somewhat similar to me ".
Yeong's mom laughs and says, " You are really in love with her. She is not the usual you know, you need to have patience and time to understand her, and she is beautiful as she is.
She is like my daughter even though she is neutral but still, she is affectionate. So, take care of her. I just hope she reunites with her parents, her parents love her a lot, but I don't know the reason why she doesn't live with them or never tries to meet them.
Okay, Good luck and Goodnight ''.
Si-U greets her by slightly politely bowing her head and departs back to his home. His mind replays the image of Saeng's smiling face.
She was looking beautiful in a cream color nightgown with a flower attached to her hair, which made her look like a moon queen.
He smiles thinking of her and then he reaches home and falls asleep as soon as he lays on his bed. He smiles waiting for the next day.
On the other hand, Saeng is also thinking about tomorrow but her eyes express some kind of excitement, and whisper before falling to sleep, " The beautiful day is gonna come very soon than I thought".
Saeng is in deep sleep, and windows are waving due to airflow, the warm sun rays fall upon her eyes, which made her thick black patches look bright and shining, and her pale skin was, in contrast, to warm golden rays, making her figure appear more warm and calm vibe.
On the other side, Mi-Ok is also asleep but the warm golden rays reach her bed and highlight her warm pale rose skin tone and her sleeping face radiates a more soothing and sun-like warmth from her.
Mi-Ok opens her eyes, rubs her eyes, walks in half asleep condition to the bathroom and gets ready, and completes her morning routine.
After that she prepares breakfast for both of them as they have to reach in time to their respective places (one to school and another to café), she then wakes up her brother, and then Si-U gets ready meanwhile his sister also gets dressed up.
Si-U quickly ate his breakfast and left for his college.
Here Mi-Ok is almost ready, she also packed her essentials in her handbag, then she looks last time in the mirror and stares at her reflection, feeling that today also, everything will go nice for us. She feels a different glow in her appearance, she feels happy to see the glow and then went to her café.
Si-U reaches college in time and walks into his classroom and then after some time, his classes start, then in the third period, Si-U seemed more attentive to classes and also answered many questions from the teacher, the teacher praised him for that.
During break time, in the canteen, Si-U and his friends ate their lunch and ran to the vast playground, and played basketball, after some time, they got tired and took rest for some time and sits on the bench in the playground, his friends asked him about Saeng and him.
Si-U denies that he is not sure if she likes him or if he has any chance to earn her heart. His friends encourage him to keep trying and be honest, that would be enough, she is not the usual type but still, she looks good person somehow.
Si-U tells them about yesterday's night incident and what he observed about Saeng.
Aera recommends, " Si-U, you need to have the patience to understand her, maybe she needs time, Or maybe she needs a friend like you".
Si-U agrees with Aera's point of view. His friends give him a friendly warning to not forget to invite them to join in any of his plans along with her as they also want to know about her.
Si-U playfully denies it and says, " Why should I? What if you try to steal her from me, I can't take a risk in this serious matter". They all laugh and he too laughs.