Smile More

08

That night, they were eating outside. Sana was buying Mingyu dinner because he has helped her with the work. 

"Finally, the works are done, let's go get some food," Sana said. 

"What are we going to eat?" Mingyu asked. 

"I don't know! Let's see what the vendor has." She said and brought Mingyu to some truck that selling food on the side of the road. There were a lot of people there. 

"Are you fine with Spicy Rice Cake?" Sana asked. 

"I'm not that hungry though," Mingyu said. Sana sighed and pouted. 

"Hmph! No, you have to eat! Then let's have this cold rice noodles and black bean noodles and spicy rice cake with soju." Sana said. 

"And aunty, please add some fish cake." She said to the woman that looked in her 40s.

"Okay dear, just like your favorite." The woman said. They sat at the table that was not so far from the counter. 

"You always eat here?" Mingyu asked,

"Yes, if I have a late shift before I went home, I eat here. That lady rice cake was the best I have tasted." She said and Mingyu only nodded. 

'Since the time was getting nearer, I thought I already found someone to take care of you.' Mingyu whispered in his heart. He stared at Sana. He didn't know if he could just leave her all alone. Will she be alright? Sana was so happy with the smile that she had on her face now.

 Finally, Mingyu can make her smile instead of showing her tired and sad face. But, will the smile permanently stay on her face?

Will it be back to the same face she had before? Mingyu swore that this task was the hardest. Because the clumsy attitude was coming from herself not because of the situation around her. So, it's not an easy thing to solve. He looked down at the table as the food was being served. 

"Aigoo~ Our Sana, you have been living a hard life with school and work. You didn't come for like a week already. I was wondering where are you going?" The woman said. 

Sana smiled and replied, "I'm just fine aunty. It's just I'm so busy with school and work. But, I like it." She said.

"Stop working and focused on your school!!" The woman said. Sana chuckled. 

"And who is this handsome boy? Your boyfriend?" The woman asked and Mingyu and Sana were shocked. They looked at each other before Sana answered. 

"He's not my boyfriend! Not yet!" Sana said and she chuckled. Mingyu's eyes widened. The woman laughed. 

"Really? Why not yet?" She asked.

"I'm just kidding. He is just my friend." Sana replied.

"He has helped me a lot these few days," Sana said. 

"Aigoo! Why don't you just date each other already? You were perfect together." The woman said and they just laughed it away. Mingyu was smiling and without knowing, he was hoping if they could date each other too. 

"Aunty!! There's a customer." A guy shouted loudly so the woman could hear. 

"Right! I'm coming." She said. "Enjoy your food dear." The woman said before she left. Mingyu looked at Sana. Sana was looking at the woman and flicked her eyes to Mingyu. Their eyes met.

"Are you serious? Not yet?" Mingyu asked. Sana laughed. "I'm just kidding." She said. 

"Really? Just kidding? I kinda wish you were serious." Mingyu said and held his chopstick. 

Sana's smile faded away. "I wish we could be serious about it too." She muttered under her breath but loud enough for Mingyu to hear. 

"But we can't," Mingyu said and laughed even if he also felt hurt by the statement. 

"Can you tell me why we can't? Can you explain to me why did I meet with you? Why you were in my house on the first day we met?" Sana said and their eyes met each other. Mingyu took a deep breath.

"I already know you will ask this,"

"Then, explain it. Why you know everything that could happen to me?" Sana asked. 

"Okay! Listen carefully because I'm not going to repeat it and please believe anything that I will say." Mingyu said. Sana nodded and was ready to listen to Mingyu. 

"I am an angel. I was sent to you to help you. But, I just found out today that I couldn't help you. Because clumsiness is not a problem. It can't be solved. Even if you have tried to focus you still couldn't get away from it. There were times when I couldn't use my powers at all and during those times, I can only rely on the voice talking inside my head. Just to realize that it was called instinct. I wish you could use more of that thing. And as to why we can't be together, it's because we are different, you are a human, I am an angel. I will go back to my place soon and you will stay in your world, we can exist together but in different frames, different timelines, and different spaces. The time will come when I'm going to erase all of your memory about me later and nothing of this will stay in your memories." There he said everything.

"Is it really forbidden for us to be together?" Sana asked. 

"It's not necessarily forbidden but, we are going to forget each other anyway. So, what's the point?" Mingyu said. 

"So, you will go back at any time? Even now?" She asked. 

"Yeah, I don't know when I will be leaving. So, if I got a call from my Lord, then I need to go not even late for a minute or a second." He explained. 

"Then, let's make some more memories together. Even if we or only me going to forget about it. Let's just have something happen between us. At least, I was able to be happy even for a very short moment." Sana pleads on the verge of crying. 

"But-" Mingyu stopped. He looked through Sana's eyes and he saw hopes. She was begging for him to let her last wish come true. That's all she ever asked.

"Let's have some moments together." He said. Sana smiled and held Mingyu's hands so tightly.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She said and Mingyu couldn't help but smiled.

After eating and talking about many things, Mingyu went to pay for the food. "Er, aunty.." He said.

The lady looked at him. "Oh! Sana's Boyfriend." The woman said playfully and Mingyu just smiled. 

"Aunty, may I request something from you?" He asked after he paid for the food. 

"Just tell me anything." The woman said. 

"Then, please take care of Sana very well." He said. 

"What do you mean? Why? Are you going to leave her? You bad boy!!!" The woman said and hit Mingyu several times with quite a strength. 

"No aunty!! I didn't mean it that way! I just.....I just, I'm going to somewhere far soon." He said.

"Somewhere far? Do you mean studying abroad? Oh...how so sweet of you. You need to study well so you can have good work and get married to Sana. Right?" The woman said as she rubbed Mingyu's back that she hit. Mingyu just nodded agreeing with the woman. 

"It's fine. I will always take care of Sana and I won't let any guys get near to her." The woman said and Mingyu laughed. 

While Mingyu went to pay for the food, Sana took out her notebook and write something in it.

'I'm not going to forget about this. I will remember this forever. So, I write it in this book and if I found this one day later, please believe this. You have met an angel and he has helped you a lot. So, you can't forget him. Because you love him. It was forbidden, you can't hope for him to come back. But, anyway please believe he was there. You may forget and not sure but, he did exist. Don't wait for him because he may not come back. I just want you to remember him. Treasure the memories that we made together. Even if the picture that you took was fading away, that face that you remember has become blurry. He was there beside you at this moment.'