Confession

33

The next morning, Jungkook, who hadn't slept a wink the entire night, got out of bed. He washed up, changed his clothes, then left his room. As he did so, the drooping Jungkook looked up towards the second floor. Usually, Lisa would've come down by now to do their morning run.

"Good Morning, Sir." Mrs. Miso came out of the kitchen with Chu Wu's food bowl in her hands.

"Yes, morning." Jungkook immediately straightened, then solemnly replied.
　　
When Mrs. Miso left, Jungkook turned back towards the second floor, eyes fixed on the stairs. There was nobody there, but his eyes were unwilling to turn away.

Mrs. Miso waited outside while Chu Wu happily ate his breakfast. After about 15 minutes, she picked up the bowl and went back inside.

When she did so, she saw Jungkook still standing in the same spot as before. It seems that he didn't even move a single muscle. So Mrs. Miso asked: "Is Sir not running today?"

"Go, I'll go." Jungkook sighed and walked to the door. When he reached the front door, he couldn't help but look back one more time. Unfortunately, the staircase was still empty. The lonely Jungkook had no choice but to do his morning run alone.

Their usual jogging route was out the door, then turn left towards the ginkgo trail up the mountain. But today, Jungkook changed directions and turned right and ran down the hill. Jungkook vaguely remembered that there was a flower shop in this direction.
　
Jungkook went down the mountain with Chu Wu by his side, and the man and dog ran non-stop for 20 minutes. When they found the flower shop, however, Jungkook realized that it was too early in the morning, and the flower shop was still closed. But after seeing the owner's number posted on the store window, Jungkook dialed the number without hesitation.

The person who answered his call was a woman. The voice didn't sound young, and her tone was sleepy and full of impatience.

"Who's calling so early in the morning, ah? Not letting people sleep..."

"....." After a moment, Jungkook said: "I need a bouquet of roses."

In the end, Jungkook bought a bouquet of day-old roses for triple the price. Jungkook looked down at his watch and noticed that it was already 8:00 a.m., the time they usually had breakfast. Jungkook was worried that Lisa might wait for him, so he decided to take a taxi home.

The cab driver didn't mind the dog, but wondered, wasn't the address his passenger gave him just up this slope?

"Sir, could you please hurry up? My wife is waiting for me to have breakfast." Jungkook urged.

"Bark!" Chu Wu added.

The driver who was being urged to hurry depressedly made a U-turn and drove for less than five minutes to the given address. When his passengers left, he couldn't help but shake his head, "These rich people nowadays! They can't even walk anymore!"

Jungkook looked at the beautifully packaged roses in his hands and thought about how to apologize to Lisa. Although he tossed and turned all night, he still couldn't understand where he did wrong. But that didn't matter.

"Sir, you're back." Mrs. Miso, who was putting some chopsticks on the dining table, looked up and saw Jungkook holding a bunch of roses. She smiled and said: "Ah, Sir brought flowers to surprise Madam this morning!"

"Cough...is she up yet?" Jungkook awkwardly asked.

"Madam is out." Mrs. Miso replied.

"Out? Out of the house?" Jungkook asked in disbelief.

"Yes. Just after you left, Madam came down and told me she would be going out for the whole day. She said she was going to meet with Miss Park, and to not expect her back until the evening." Mrs. Miso explained. "Please give me those flowers, Sir. I'll put them in some water to keep. That way, Madam can see them when she comes back in the evening."