Minju's POV
I arrived at the ramen place Malcolm told me he was in. I opened the doors and I saw him with his head down while he played with his chopsticks. I made my way to him and sat on seat across him.
"I said one minute. What took you so long?" He asked, not even looking at me.
"Sorry. I tried to hurry" I replied with a small smile.
"Why?" He asked as he looked at me.
"Was it that hard for you to leave your true love, Hyunjin?" He scoffed and I couldn't help but have a smile on my face.
"What are you talking about? So why did you call me here?" I asked and he was quiet for a moment.
"I need you to pay for my drinks" He said as he dropped one his chopsticks on the table which made a thud.
"You still haven't paid for my phone, so you can atleast pay for this" He said as he pointed at the food.
"I still haven't paid you yet for your phone?" I giggled.
"Are you calling me unreasonable?" He asked as he slightly leaned forward.
"No. Feel free to order more. Anything you want" I smiled at him and he scoffed.
"You've become generous since you started dating" He said, bitterly.
"I'm not dating anyone" I giggled.
"So are you happy? You're so happy that you're losing your mind?" He asked in annoyance.
"A little bit? Maybe" I teased, wanting a reaction out of him.
He leans back on his seat and scoffs before drinking again. He finished the entire glass at one go and I couldn't help but feel concerned.
"You're drinking too much" I said.
"It's past midnight. Shall we go?" I asked and looked at him as he looked at his food.
"Why? You worried?" 'Cause Hyunjin drinks like a fish, so I should be fine" He replied which made me snigger.
He looked at me with an annoyed face and our eyes met.
"Am I funny?" He scoffed.
"No. You're cute, that's why" I giggled.
"What?" He asked before groaning and dropping his chopsticks.
"Yeah, fine. I can be cute too, if I want to" He rambled.
Oh...he's drunk now
"I can talk in a baby talk too. Wake up, baby" He said, trying to be cute.
He accidentally pushed the button for the server to come to our table.
"Coming!" The server and Malcolm both say as he stood from his seat.
"Hey, no, just..." I said as I stood up from my seat and put my hands on his arms to make him sit down.
"I can sit by myself" He said as he removed my hands and we both sat down.
"What does Hyunjin have that I don't have?" He blurted and I looked at him.
"I dress like this 'cause I'm always working. I have a good body too, if you look closely" He rambled before striking some poses to prove his point.
He almost pressed the button again and thankfully, I was able to catch him before he could.
"Okay, I got it. You can stop" I smiled at him.
He rested his head on his hand and looked at me with a tired face.
"You're really annoying, you know that?" He said in a low voice.
"What? You think so?" I asked.
"You enjoy making a fool out of me?" He asked.
"Why do you like leading people like that?" He asked as he leaned closer and I felt confused.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Well, when you brought that umbrella to my work..." He sighed.
"I thought you came to walk back with me" He says with sad expression before sighing which made me feel bad.
"I thought...maybe you liked me. So I got a little excited and I thought you were going to ask me out today" He confessed.
"So I got nervous. How humiliating" He sighed as he looked down.
"So annoying" He scoffed before drinking again.
This is it...you can do this
"If I had asked you out tonight, would you have said yes?" I asked and looked at him.
"No way! Are you out of your mind? I'm never going out with anyone" He said in a bitter tone.
"Then why were you upset? Why are you feeling bad just because I might like someone else?" I asked.
"It's because..." He stayed quiet for a moment.
"...Thinking that someone liked me made me happy, that's why" He explained as he looked sadly at the bottle of soju.
"Because it's been a really long time since I've felt that" He said and I couldn't help but feel sad.
He accidentally clicked the button again which made a server come to our table.
"Yes?" The server asked.
"Oh, I'm sorry" I apologized.
"Why do you keep pressing that?" The server asked as Malcolm drank another glass.
"I'm really sorry" I said to the server before sighing as I looked at Malcolm.
