A Melody of You: Book Five

Leanne

"It's me."

"Okay."

I close my eyes as I let the warm water run down my body. My headache continues to thump in my temples, but the warm water has helped a lot. Jar unnie was right. A warm shower and coffee are the best remedies to recover from a hangover.

The faucet turns off and I know Emma is about to leave. But I suddenly see a bucket at the top of the shower door and I can't react fast enough to dodge the cold water coming from the bucket. I let out a yelp and Emma bursts out laughing.

"You punk!" I yell.

I step out and push back the headache. I keep my towel steady on my head as I take a large pillow from my bed. Before she can look up from her phone, I strongly slap the large pillow at her face and she falls back onto the couch.

We bicker and end up fighting for just a little moment longer. If it weren't for my awful hangover, I would have slammed her head onto her bed. Instead, I lay in bed and try to find sleep so I can recover from the horrible headache. Emma comes into the room and tries to open the curtains and I groan.

"Oh sorry. Why did you drink so much, Unnie?"

"Yujun," I grumble.

"Dr. Kim made you drink?"

I let out a soft sigh as I kept my eyes closed and saw the blurry memories of last night. Nothing made sense to me except for when he teased me that I couldn't handle a whole bottle of soju myself. I reminded him that I had before when we went out to eat after a long exam we both passed. He then leaned closer with his eyes wide filled with tease. I leaned closer as well with narrowed eyes as he said, "Oh yeah? I bet you couldn't do more than a single bottle. You were always a party pooper."

I sat back in my wooden seat and crossed my arms on my chest. "Says the old man. How old are you now? Thirty-three?"

His mouth fell in offense. "I'm thirty-two years old! I'm not that old! I'm practically a newborn! My neurons are at their peak! You barely got your brain developed just four years ago."

I snorted and rolled my eyes. "Sure. You keep telling yourself that, punk."

"Hey now," he said with a smirk. He then raised his hand and said to a waiter, "Two bottles of soju please!"

I raised my brows at him with surprise. "Really? Do you care that much what I think of you?"

"No. I don't care at all," he said as he poured me a shot. "But I must prove you wrong."

I laughed and took the shot cup. "Fine. Be careful though. I don't want you to hurt yourself."

"The only thing that will get hurt tonight is your pride, Dr. Nam." He took his first shot as I let my mouth fall with offense.

I drank up my first shot faster than he did. "Very well then, Dr. Kim."

The rest is...blurry history.

"I couldn't let him win," I finally say to Emma. "So I drank faster every time until we stopped at three bottles each. I think. I don't remember."

Emma gasps. "Unnie...I didn't know you could drink well!"

I sit up to hit her arm but I let out a groan from the pain rushing up my stomach and head. She giggles and gestures at my phone. "Someone was calling you while you were showering. It must be Cristina. She was the one that let me know you were somewhere out there embarrassing yourself."

"Cristina?" I say as I look at my phone. "How did she know I was drunk?"

"You called her last night. You even insulted her."