After that day, time seemed to pass by at lightning speed. SM CoffeeHolics suddenly had an average of 500 customers a day instead of 100, and we even had some celebrity customers a week!

“Can you close up for today?” Emmi asked around 8 p.m. She was dressed formally and was ready to leave.

“Why? Where are you going?” That must have been so important that she was willing to leave work for it.

“Woollim. Sunggyu will pick me up, don’t worry.”

“What are you going to do there?” I asked, but she was already gone. I sighed, and had no choice but to continue wondering as I worked. Was she hired as a leading girl in a music video? Infinite’s music video, maybe? But why didn’t she tag me along? I would have been fine as a bystander or a janitress.

It was already ten when we started closing up. The other employees left one by one, until I was all alone in the silent place, making sure everything was locked and safe. I was about to lock the back door too, when someone suddenly grabbed it. I let out a half-scream and immediately grabbed a nearby mop.

“Wait, it’s me.” I froze, completely terrified.

“M-myungsoo? What the hell! You scared me to death!” I sighed and rubbed my temple. “It’s late at night. What are you doing here?”

He didn’t answer and headed towards the front, hands in his pockets. It was quite strange, as I haven’t seen him, or any of the boys, for almost a month already. I just watched him, secretly glad that he actually came even though he was not even supposed to be here.

“We’re leaving for our world tour tomorrow.”

“Oh,” I wasn’t sure how to react. “Good luck, then. I think you’ll do really well.” I said in a bright tone, though I was aware that I wouldn’t see him for a long time. He finally turned to me, and he looked like he was disappointed by what I said.

“We won’t be in Korea for a year. Maybe more.” He took a step forward.

‘I know,’ I answered in my mind, but I didn’t speak.

“We didn’t end on good terms, did we?” he took another step. I slowly nodded and looked down at my feet. It was starting to get awkward. “I just thought I should clear things up. I know I have no right to take you away from Hoya anymore, but I’d like to warn you that he might not be able to protect you from the mess when your relationship gets revealed.”

“Wait, what? Relationship? We’re just friends!”

He froze, “The two of you are not in a relationship?”

“No!” I laughed. “So you were thinking about that all along?”

His head tilted to the side in confusion. “But when I asked you if you like him, you said you think so.”

“So that was the actual question! I wasn’t really paying attention. Sorry.”

“Who do you like, then?” his eyes narrowed. I gulped. When I didn’t answer, he stood so close to me and made sure to make me feel uncomfortable under his stare. “It’s me, am I right?”

I froze. He noticed this, and chuckled. God, how could I hide my emotions when he’s this close to me?

“M-maybe we should go now,” I turned to get my bag in the kitchen, and also to have some breathing space, but he grabbed my arm to stop me.

“Do you remember that day when I followed you to the playground?” I slowly nodded. “I woke up early because I dreamt of you.” His hand slid down my arm, and he held my hand. As he spoke, he looked at the pink scar caused by the “beating the red light accident.”

“It said that we left Korea for a long time, and when we went back, I couldn’t find you anywhere. Nobody knew you even existed. You just… disappeared.” He looked up and straight into my eyes. “At first, I did not want to admit it. Everything will be complicated and many things might go wrong, but when I thought you and Hoya were together, I couldn’t stand still. I tried to fight it, but it really wouldn't go away. Just recently, when I didn’t see you for a long time, I felt… odd.”

He paused for a while. There was complete silence, and I swear I could hear my heart pounding. The way he held my hand was so gentle, as if it was so fragile.

“Yuan,” I felt butterflies in my stomach. I realized that it was the first time he said my name in such a soft tone. It rolled down his tongue perfectly. He lifted my hand and placed it on his chest. His heart was also pounding. It quite surprised me that he actually was nervous though his face looked composed. “This feeling...."

"Does this mean I like you?”

“W-well… I…” he softly smiled at my flustered face.

“Basically, I’m saying that you’re mine now, and you shouldn’t disappear when I get back.”

“What?” I snapped back to sanity. “Whoa, wait a minute. This is waaaaay too fast to process.”

“Does this need to be processed? I like you, you like me, and you’re not in a relationship, so you’re mine.” He shrugged. I stared at him incredulously. “Shall we seal it with a kiss?”

He held my cheek, and I automatically jumped back due to shock, confusion, disbelief, and other hella emotions I could possibly feel. “Are you refusing me?” his face became stern.

“Wha—No! Oh wait—“

Before I knew it, his lips have landed on mine. It was all so confusing, but then I just gave up trying to comprehend it and indulged myself with the sweetness. It was the first time I felt such a thing. It was unfamiliar, yet blissful.

How could he be nice and rude at the same time? I have no idea. All I care about now is that I’m enjoying it.

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But what could Emmi be doing in Woolim? And why exactly does the piggy doll mean so much to Myungsoo? The sweet concluding chapter is up next, so stay tuned everybody!