The same day
At the cafe
7:00 PM

Ireul could not forget about the hospital scene, even if she wants so. She still looked dull with her sorrowful face and not even a slight smile on her face was there.

She was such a cheerful person, She is everyone's sunshine;
Wherever she goes, she radiates a lot of happiness and energy.

But seeing this dull and sad Ireul, made all the staffs and even customers feel odd.

She was working for the orders. She took a cup and pours tea in it.

“Hey, what happened to you today?” Aera asked.

She took the plate with the tea in it.
“It's nothing, Just leave me alone.” She said in a dull voice and went away.

Meanwhile,
With black coat and black trousers, a black mask and a black cap,
A man enters the cafe.

He approaches the main counter where Aera was standing,

“Umm, Hi!” He hesitantly greets her.

“Hello sir! What would you like?”

“Umm, well, Can I meet that girl?”

“Uh?”

“I mean, She works here, Ireul?”

“Oh, Sure. But, may I know who are you?” She asked.

He takes off his mask slightly, and smiled,
“Kim Namjoon.”

Aera's mouth goes wide open and she smiles teasingly,
While Ireul appears from behind, who didn't saw him, but he saw her.

“Ireul!” He called.

She slightly moves her head, not fully, and recognises him.
But she still avoided him as if he's not there and approached to Aera,

“Unnie, there are a lot of customers today. I'm working with the orders of table 2, 5 and 7, you please do with the others.”

“Oh, Sure!”

“Ir-”

He tries to approach her but she tries her best to ignore him, and cuts his words.

“And if there are any issues, please tell me.”

“Okay.” Aera smiled.

And Ireul left again. Namjoon kept watching her going away with slightly furrowed brows.

Aera saw him being so confused.

“Sorry, sir. None of us know what happened to her today, ever since she has entered, she has been working with a down face and is even talking to no one.”

“Oh.. Okay. Please take care of her.” Namjoon said and left the place.

Aera suddenly starts sniffing and chuckles hard,
“I sense the smell of love! Aww!”
She keeps laughing and giggling.

Meanwhile, Ireul appears from behind,

“Unnie..” She said in a ghostly voice that can scare anyone.

Even Aera got scared with such a voice,
“Gosh you startled me!”

“Well, why did he came?” She asked.

“Oh he-” She chuckled, “He was looking for you. I know you saw him, but you kept ignoring him. It's so bad.” She said, pursing her lips.

“Ok then, I'm leaving. Good night!” She said, Not caring about Aera's words.

“Good night.” Aera still looked at her with confusing eyes and watched her leave, with the same dull face.

She came outside the cafe and sighed.
But within the blink of an eye, She was dragged by someone covering her mouth and closing both her hands tightly.

She screamed but it was not audible.

She was then taken to the separation section between two buildings, just beside the cafe, where no one could see them.

The person then takes the hand off her mouth.
She jerked off and turnt back.

“Who are you?”

The person then takes his mask and the cap, and waves his hand through his hair.

“Namjoon?”
“I told you I'm not in a mood to hang out, please don't bother me.”

She was just leaving, while Namjoon held her hand and pulled her back to him.

“I don't have any free time either.”
He said, “I see you have been avoiding me ever since you've got back from the hospital. Did anything happen?”

“You don't have to worry for that. Nothing happened.”

“Just say it. I know something is breaking you. And I feel worry for that. It's bothering me.” He said in a mournful voice.

“Go to Suhyeon then! She'll comfort you! Why are you again and again looking for me?!” She shouted in a hurried voice.

“What? What does she has to do with me?” He had no idea what she was saying.

She smiled a painful smile,
“Oh, You really don't know? Or do you think I don't know?”

“What are you trying to say?” He looked confused.

And Ireul couldn't stop herself, The words of her heart, spitted out off her mouth,

“I like you..!”

Just then, it became so silent, it seemed as if the time has stopped.

Namjoon had nothing to say, his ears and cheeks had become red.

“..When I look into your eyes, it seems as if all my sorrows have vanished away. I feel grateful, I feel happy, to have you by my side.
You don't just matter... You are everything..” She said with her eyes shining out with tears,
“But you already have someone else. You have Suhyeon with you. But it's all my fault, I never knew. Anyway, you two are a good match.” She broke the eye contact and began glancing here and there with her teary eyes.

“Who told you these?” Namjoon asked in disbelief.

“What's the need of telling? I saw it with my own eyes, at the hospital. You were hugging her, caressing her hair, and comforting her with your words, just as a usual kind, loyal and sweet boyfriend does.” She said pursing her lips.

He broke out into a laugh making Ireul glance at him.

“W-why are you laughing? Is it that fun?”

He came close to her,
“How can hugging someone, caressing hair and comforting with your words determine that you're in a relationship?”

Ireul was so surprised.

“You're so innocent, so much that you didn't even took a moment to think deeply about it. You misunderstood, It's nothing like that.” Namjoon cleared it.

It was like as if the heavy stone that Ireul was carrying in her heart, just melted away. She felt so relieved.

“Is that so? Woah..” She sighed in relief, “I'm very much of a foolish person, you know, Please don't mind me.”

She was just about to leave,
while Namjoon again held her hand and pinned her to the wall.
Ireul had her eyes go wide open and her heart began racing as fast as it could.

“By the way, What did you say before?”

Ireul remembered it, and gets highly embarrassed.

“What? Is that so? I-I don't think-”

He stops her mouth as he come a little more closer, his hand on her cheeks, slowly sliding through a strip of her hair and tucking it behind her ear.

He takes his face more closer, untill he could feel her breath.
Ireul got cold shivers all through her body. She felt nothing, neither even her legs shaking nor her hands trembling, Because all she could feel at the moment was him.
She felt his lips on hers. Her eyes still remained wide open.
He then slowly slides his hands to her back, pulling her close to him.
But she got embarrassed as hell, and stepped back.

Namjoon smiled,
“I like you too..”, He whispered in her ears.

It made Ireul blush hard,
“Oh.. Umm.. Okay, I'll be leaving then.”

And she walked away.

Namjoon didn't stop her this time, he leaned towards the wall with his arms crossed as he smiled fondly and watched her  leave.

But it was not the end,
She turnt back, smiled, and ran away towards him.

He didn't know what happened.

She came close, stood up on her toe, smooched on his cheeks,
And then ran away chuckling, as fast as she could.

He kept smiling his heart out.

The moon shined bright in the sky. In the falling season, when the winter was just about to come, it was as if the spring was approaching.

Hope this spring never changes into winter in their lives.