UNEDITED
Kim Hara
At first all i heard was silence from the other side of the call so I urged him to speak since I didn't have much time before I had to board my plane. "Coffee-nim if you called so many times today you should be saying something you know", I asked again. I didn't mean to call him coffee-nim but it just slipped out, I guess old habits die hard.
"Oh Ne, Kim Hara-ssi, sorry I didn't expect you to pick up", I chuckled at his reply and apologised for not picking up my phone.
"Sorry I was busy today", I said looking over at my watch, before he had the chance to reply I continued, "Listen coffee-him, I'm actually heading back to Silicon Valley today so I was busy the whole say. I just heard your message a minute ago and I thought I needed to clarify. Actually I should be the one apologising since I interrupted your personal time last night, hopefully everything was all right in the morning, I had to drop off some files to Do San so i thought having him hand over your stuff was also right....", I let out in one breath and breath in more before continuing, "AND sorry for going through your kitchen I already explained it on my sticky note, hope you read it".
I should be a rapper.
In any case I did lie about hearing his voice mail a minute ago since I think it would be rude if I said 'I heard it a while back but I just thought to make you suffer a bit more in guilt also cause I didn't want to call you in front of the guys cause hey I don't think our conversation would be flowing in the professional direction but please don't hate one me, kthxbye'. For some reason I don't think coffee-nim wants anyone to think he's being affected by the wedding invitation and just in case we talk about it, it probably wouldn't be right in front of Do San and Dal Mi.
After this the rest of the conversation was just free flowing, though our conversation was cut short when Chul San and Do San called out for me, telling me my gate was open. I didn't notice I had taken so much time and surprisingly I kind of wanted more time. Teasing coffee-nim was fun.
"Hey coffee-nim, i have to go my flight is about to start boarding...", I let out, while walking over to the group slowly. He agreed and wished me a nice flight to which I replied, "bye ballerina, see you whenever". I hung up after that last stunt and made a mental note to being professional if i ever saw him again.
I wonder if I'll be able to see him again?
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It was a long and tiring flight back to the States but finally I was back home. This country provided me the escape i needed when I first came and became a home away from home. After coming out of the immigration, I sent a quick message to Do San stating that I've reached safely an heading back to my house. With that I made my way to the parking area since I parked my car here. Thank god I did since it's the middle of the night and taxi fares are crazy during this time.
Once I found my car, I stuffed my baggage and other belongings in the back seat and made my way to the drivers seat. After settling down on the seat, I let out a tired breath. The jet lag must be getting to me already, I silently thanked whoever was listening that I have a paid leave from work tomorrow.
At least I don't have to deal with Alex right after I come back. That's the worst. Him and his manipulative-teasing ways.
I started driving and went out the parking lot. By 10 minutes into driving I realised I forgot something. I took a wrong turn.
"ARRGHH", I groaned out loudly within the walls of my car and opened google maps. It was always a habit for me to open google maps here in the US but I must've lost the habit back in Korea considering the amount of times I didn't open google maps and the amount of times I let others drive me back to the hotel.
Just thinking about how many times I made coffee-nim drive me back, I want to hide in embarrassment but I decided to let it go. It's not like we'll ever have the time to talk or see each other until the wedding, even after that would be a question.
Thinking about the wedding, I remembered how broken he looked that night. But instead of him, my thoughts strayed to the person who he reminded me of. Mom. And thinking of mom led me to think about dad. I didn't meet dad this time either. I spent two weeks in my home town and I didn't think of visiting dad.
When I felt the unshed tears in my eyes, I quickly distracted myself with other thoughts. I didn't want to think of depressing things.
Pizza
Unicorns
High ROIs
Work
Pizza
Chicken nuggets
Latte
Americans
Coffee-nim
NO
"I should really stop thinking about him now", I mumbled to nothing and turned on the music instead. Future by Red Velvet played, and with that I kept driving to my home keeping my thoughts to zero.
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Once I reached home, I visibly relaxed and dropped my stuff at the door and plopping down on my couch. Whatever work or productive stuff I had to do, I'll do it tomorrow. Jet lag is not something to be taken lightly, I made the excuse to myself, settling comfortably on the couch.
"Yeong sil, turn on the lights", I said to my AI. Do San and the boys really wanted me to buy one and honestly i don't regret purchasing it. Though it sometimes doesn't give me the answer I want, it does give some precise fortune readings.
"Of course Stella", it replied and the lights turned on a moment later. I cringed at the sudden brightness but quickly got used to it. After that I just laid there tired and about to sleep but somehow can't sleep. I kept staring at my phone thinking if i should tell him that I'm back or if wanted to discuss anything with me? Without my knowledge, my thoughts kept going back to coffee-nim and everything that happened back in Korea. I knew I found him cute but that's it. Right? He was just supposed to be some eye candy while I was there, right? It felt like a mental struggle to even think about it and this is taking time away from my beauty sleep.
"Yeong sil, what is this feeling", I just said out loud without meaning to.
"Sorry Stella I can't find any song under that name", it replied. I ignored Yeong sil and kept staring at his contact on my phone. "But if your feeling down I got just the song", Yeong sil continued. I was about to command Yeong sil to stop playing anything but the AI chosen song blasted on the speakers. It was 'Dumb Dumb' by Red Velvet.
I scoffed out and accidentally let my phone drop on my face.
Ouch.
I sat up and looked over at where the AI was and glared at it hoping it knows what I'm doing. "Your actually a real person set to give savage remarks aren't you", I said out loud.
The music paused for a while and the AI replied, "I don't know what you're talking about", and continued to play the music.
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A/N: lol finally a yeong sil X Hara scene. I hope it's up to your expectation but hey it's up to mine *shrugs*
Sorry not sorry for the long update with a filler chapter but inspiration hits when it want to,,, sadly not when I want to.
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