At 16 we used the same class desk, with less than 10cm between our arms. My peripheral vision was full of him.At 26, I woke up in the morning, and saw the sunlight softly shining on his face. I thought, this is how I want to grow old gradually, toge...
Once, when we were still students, Taehyung and I got into a squabble. Although I am unable to recall the reason of the quarrel, we ended up intentionally ignoring each other for a long period of time.
During the summer break, the class representative called me and asked me to contact Taehyung as he was organizing a birthday celebration for our form teacher.
I hesitantly agreed, and dialed his number with great difficulty. As his mobile was switched off, I was left with no choice but to dial his home number. His mother picked up the phone and informed me that he wasn’t at home as he was in Jeju for a holiday.
A few days before school reopened, Taehyung suddenly called me and asked me why I had called him previously.
It had been more than a month since I called him this fellow’s reaction time is crazily long! It suddenly struck me that previously, when his mother picked up the phone, she hadn’t asked for my name. Thus, I asked Taehyung how he knew that I was the one who called him.
He said, “My mum mentioned that the caller was a female, and you happen to be the only girl who knows my home number.”
A sudden sense of elation washed over me , and a big grin formed on my face. The next day, I even tried to ingratiate myself by taking the initiative to purchase breakfast for him and yet, this fellow still had no idea what happened.
Ah, I’m truly a woman with no principles.
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In the office, a colleague (male) was sharing the correct steps to be taken when one quarrels with one’s girlfriend.
First step: Shut up. No matter what your girlfriend says, you should not retort or rebutt her; a lack of forbearance upsets great plans. If you’re unable to control yourself and start quarreling with her, you would encounter even more trouble subsequently.
Second step: Apologize and admit fault. Do not ask why, just take the initiative to apologize.
Final step: Hug and confess. You must hug the other party extremely tightly, look the other party straight in the eyes, and use the most sincere tone that you have ever used in your entire life to say, “I’m sorry, and I love you.”
I sat at the side, taking notes silently. My colleague asked me whether I was taking notes to show my husband in order to help him learn how to react when we quarrel. I shook my head, and said no – it’s for my own learning purposes, so that I know how to coax the Male Capricorn at home.
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We did have a very serious quarrel once.
One day, whilst we were window shopping, I spotted a flowery maxi dress which I really liked. After I tried on the dress ecstatically, he shook his head and told me that it wasn’t nice.
Before I could respond, he had already dragged me out of the shop. When we returned to the car, he chided me, “The cost is not the issue, if the dress is nice, I’d buy it for you no matter how expensive it is.”
“But I like it, so who cares whether it’s nice or not? Why can’t you indulge me for once?”
He replied in a domineering manner, “When you buy dresses, you only wear them for my viewing pleasure. So if I say it’s not nice, it’s not worth buying!”
I got so mad I yelled at him to stop the car, “I don’t want to talk to you right now! I’m getting off the car!”
The car came to a stop with a screeching sound, and I keeled forward, nearly knocking into the windscreen this person had really stopped the car!
I couldn’t go back on my word now, so I opened the door and got off the car. The moment my feet landed on the pavement, he revved the engine and drove off without second thought. I was enraged there are so many men in the world, so how did I manage to find a male chauvinist pig with such an overblown male ego?
After I took a few steps, I realized I had left my wallet on the car. Since there was a Starbucks nearby, I went in and borrowed a mobile phone to call Chahee. The more I talked to Chahee, the more aggrieved I felt.
Naturally, the tears started flowing.
Chahee urged me not to cry, and that it was just a dress after all. If I really wanted it, she’d buy two for me – one to wear and the other to hang in the closet just for my viewing purposes!
Ah, only women understand women best.
Not long after, Chahee came to pick me up. The first sentence she said when she saw me was, “Your husband is going crazy from worry. He called me, saying that he went back to look for you but you were nowhere in sight.”
I said the he deserved it, since he was the one who ditched me in the first place.
After eating dinner at Chahee's house, we gossiped and watched Korean dramas. At 10PM, I told her I had to return home.
“Aren’t the both of you quarreling right now? You don’t have to go home, you could stay here for the night.”
“I can’t, he has to go overseas tomorrow for work, so I have to return home to help him pack his luggage.”
Chahee walked me to the ground floor as the lamp below her block was spoilt. Suddenly, a bright light shone in the distance a car had turned on its headlights in order to help us light the way. As I neared the car, I chucked in glee. Isn’t this Taehyung’s car?
He got off the car and obediently opened the door for me. I asked him, “When did you arrive?”
He replied, “I just reached.”
Chahee said, “I made a bet with him, saying that you’d sleep at my house tonight. He said that it was impossible, and insisted on coming to fetch you.”
Hehe. I giggled mindlessly.
Chahee scolded me, “You terrible person who only cares about your spouse, get lost!”
I followed him home dutifully.
Although I get riled up easily, I also get pacified easily. Every single time after we quarrel I’d start to regret my actions, and would scratch my head trying to think of ways to apologize. Subsequently, Taehyung told me that he too, was like that.
