This Time

8: Gwiyeowo

"Aish, there was literally a trash can not far from him. He could've thrown it there." Sol sighed.

But then, a familiar man walked towards it. He picked it up and threw it in the trash can. It was Jong Hoon.
'He keeps acting cold and all but he's definitely warm and kind deep inside.' Sol couldn't help but admire him. It was just a small act but it made her smile. 'And did I realize it just now? He has broad shoulders and his back is memorable.'

"Gwiyeowo," She smiled shyly.

--

Joon Hwi read Sol's message. And since the concert was almost about to end, he instead came out to go to the convenience store and meet her there.

"Kang Sol A, I've been wanting to confess my feelings for you for years now." He rehearsed as he was walking to the convenience store. "No, that's too cheesy!"

"Kang Sol A, I like you... No, that's too straightforward!" That was when he spotted her. "Should I go back instead?" He nervously said. "No, I'm already here! You can do it, Joon Hwi!"

He took deep breaths as he walked towards her. 'You can do it, you can do it.' He thought. "K-Kang Sol A," he spoke. "I-I li---"

"Gwiyeowo," she said smiling shyly at someone.  He couldn't continue what he was saying. "S-Sol A?" He turned to what she was smiling at and he was surprised. Turned out she was blushing as she watched her former professor - the one whom she hated even more than the man who threatened her and her family, Lee Man Ho.

"Sol A?" He approached her bravely. She got back to her senses finally.

"You didn't tell me you were here. What is it?"

"Nothing." He lost his courage as soon as he saw her smiling while watching Jong Hoon.

--

As they were eating tteokbeokki together at the convenience store, Joon Hwi couldn't stop thinking of her and Jong Hoon. "I have a question." He said.

"What is it?" She said with her mouth full.

"What did you and Yang-gyosunim talk about a while ago?"

"Ah, that? Nothing." She answered. But he could definitely tell it wasn't nothing.

"At first, during Park Shin Wook's trial, Sol A was so nervous. It was as if she couldn't speak. But we noticed she looked at Jong Hoon and it was as if they were having a conversation through their eyes. That was when she finally had the courage to speak."

He remembered Prof Kim saying that to him just days ago. 'What if she likes Yang-gyosunim?' He thought. "That's absurd. Even if he's the last person left on Earth, that would never happen!" He said out loud.

"What are you talking about?"

"Nothing."