'Golden Mary'

Part 4

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So in a small restaurant sitting across from Victoria and Luhan, Seohyun silently muttered to herself while picking away at her salad. Victoria was enjoying to herself another cup of coffee and a bagel while Luhan already finished his pancakes. It had approximately been 10 minutes since they'd been sitting there in absolute silence.

Seohyun was aware that Victoria wanted her to explain to her about the meaning of Luhan's sudden appearance and how they knew each other. She just wasn't in the mood to talk about such things at the moment, but she knew Victoria wouldn't leave the restaurant unless she said what Victoria wanted to hear. She silently sighed to herself and chewed continuously on her salad leaf.

"So Seohyun, Luhan here says that you two have been good friends since high school," Victoria started running her finger around the top of her mug. "That's been some time since you two've known each other. Why are you so stiff?"

Seohyun pressed her lips together and continued stabbing at her salad leaves. Their waitress stopped by and poured some more coffee for Victoria before walking off. She glanced up to see Luhan peering out the window, his childish eyes watching everyone as they passed the restaurant.

"He's only someone I knew in high school, nothing more," Seohyun groaned.

"There's more than just that. We were good friends," Luhan turned his head away from the window to look at Seohyun who glared back at him.

Victoria watched him amused.

"So there's something unresolved here? Right," Victoria spoke.

"No." Seohyun replied setting her fork down. "The day you left to study abroad was the day we already cleared everything up. And no, we didn't date, Victoria. You left without telling me anything and you left a stupid note behind. A note! Therefore, I no longer know you."

"You were having family issues, it was difficult to move around with my father being so widely known," Luhan stated. "How could I call you out in the middle of that mess? As a friend I'm only asking for your help. I need it now. As a friend, I need you to help me."

Seohyun stared at him with every decision possible running through her mind. In the middle of the silence Victoria suddenly shot up from her seat surprising her. Seohyun who'd sunk back into her seat stared up at her friend.

"Seohyun, wait here. I'll be back," was all Victoria said before darting out the door.

Seohyun twisted her body around to watch Victoria exit the restaurant.

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Victoria pushed herself through the crowd being careful to keep him within her eyesight. He wasn't too far away but if she was too hasty she'd lose sight of him easily. She turned sideways to move between crowds of people who didn't seem to know that they were in the way. The annoyance growing within Victoria was suddenly too much that she felt like grabbing a speaker to swear at everyone of them.

She darted across a red light and narrowed her eyes at his back. Just who was he?

"Where are you going?" Victoria whispered when she saw that he was walking toward a park.

After crossing the last crosswalk Victoria finally allowed herself to run after him.

"Hey, you!" she shouted when she grabbed onto his shoulder.

Everything seemed to flash back in slow motion when he spun around to look at her. When their eyes met, his eyes grew wide, Victoria narrowed her eyes even more. Neither of them moved or spoke for a moment.