Lessons From Romance

One Person's Importance

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"Sorry Namjoo," Kai apologized over the phone, "mom wants to train me a few more days so that I can get familiar with the work around here."

"That's ok," Namjoo replied. "Have you been eating well?"

"Of course I have, I'm at home," Kai said matter-of-factly. "Compared to you I have it a lot better. You?"

"Well you know...the usual."

"Stop eating soup all the time. It won't be good for you. Eat some meat too and some greens," Kai told. "Your friend handed Aunt Jin a wedding invitation. She was going ballistic over it."

"Really?" Namjoo sounded amused. "You should come in Aunt Jin's place."

"Should I?" Kai played along before they both laughed.

"It'd be nice to see you," Namjoo said after a few seconds. "You should get a break from work too. We're only young once."

"I know, right?" Kai stated in a joking manner, but Namjoo knew her mother wasn't about to give him a break just yet. "Have you eaten? It's a little past dinner time."

"I'll grab something after I run an errand."

"Errand? This late at night?"

"It's not that late. I need to return something."

"Return what?"

"Just...something," Namjoo told. "Get some rest Kai. I'll see you soon?"

"Yes, I promise. Good night."

When Namjoo hung up she felt all warm inside her heart, but she missed him. It'd been almost two weeks since she'd seen him even if they lived in the same city.

Tucking the phone into her back pocket she grabbed the gift box before heading out the door.

Namjoo wasn't a very materialistic person, nor did she know much about fashion. After Chae Yoon's comments she'd taken a trip to the mall one day before work and found the store Luhan had bought the shirt from. Other than the sale going on, she easily discovered the shirt among the others. It was a pricey thing and she felt bad that Luhan had spent so much of his money on some piece of cloth just to thank her.

After knocking once on the door she could smell the aroma of beef and food on the other side when Luhan opened it.

"Oh, Namjoo," Luhan greeted upon seeing her. "What are you doing here? Want to come in?"

"No it's fine," Namjoo shook her head before holding out the gift box. "I actually just wanted to return this."

Luhan's eyes lowered toward the gift box and became smiled a little embarrassed when he recognized it.

"What is it?" He asked looking back at her to make certain it wasn't what he was thinking it was.

"It's a bit too much for me," Namjoo explained, "you should take it back. I'm not very good with all these clothes stuff, so if you want to thank me in the future, I'd rather have a simple meal."

Luhan stared at the box again before laughing as if he was even more flustered.

"Why? You don't think I'm capable of affording such a shirt? Is this your way of looking down on me?"

Her brows shot up almost confused before immediately shaking her head, "I didn't mean it that way."

"How can you return a gift? I've never heard of anyone who returned a gift before," Luhan fairly stated. "Isn't it always the thought that counts? Is it not important enough?"