'Golden Mary'

Part 12

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Siwon returned to his place a bit stunned, a bit surprised, and with a rushing heart. It was the first time someone had take the initiative to kiss him. His excited heart confused him a bit, but he couldn't think of anything else but the soft lips on his cheek. Seohyun wasn't just Victoria's friend anymore, but she was becoming someone much more of an incomprehensible person through his eyes.

Just what was this now?

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In the early morning Donghae found himself traveling by the subway with a many other people. Some who were ready for work, dressed neatly in skirts and matching jackets, men in suits. There were students who were lazily sitting about, heads falling to and fro from lack of sleep, busy mothers holding the hand of their child. As busy as they all would become during the morning, Donghae's heart was striving with early joy. The smile that lit his face was really one he could not stop.

An announcement came on overhead warning them of the next stop and once the long steel train finally stopped Donghae walked out with those many others. As he exited others entered. It was definitely a bright morning.

Chatter, footsteps, and the clicking of heels bounced off the ceilings as he made his way through the large accumulating crowd. He passed glasses, hates, hair, and more hair before finally arriving at those suddenly beautiful concrete stairs. Making his way up sometimes skipping a step or two he paused at the top to watch a large bus with the most recent advertisement with Song Joongki pasted on it. Early morning traffic quickly followed without a moment's hesitation already honking their horns at each other.

Donghae shut his eyes for a few seconds to feel the blissful wind fly by and opened them again. He'd dressed his best and hoped to impress, but really he just wanted some time with Victoria. He turned to walk down the walk and passed a many other people before he recognized Victoria standing not too far away, her hands tucked into the pocket of her shirt. She was flawless.

Jogging over he paused by her staring at her side profile with an energetic, "Hi!"

Victoria turned to look at him, "I didn't wake you too early, did I?"

"Uh...no," he shook his head.

"You lived in Seoul?"

"Huh? Oh, yea. I grew up here."

A smile flickered across her lips increasing his heartbeat. He wasn't so sure he'd survive the day like this. Was it possible for a racing heart to suddenly stop?

"You know the Park Side well?" she asked.

"Park Side?" he repeated. "Ah...are you planning to look for some apartments there?"

Victoria's eyes lit up with numerous ideas before nodding.

"Yes, I know my way around there. I used to play at their big playground as a child," he beamed a smile at her. "I can take you to look around. You want to look around, right?"

He found himself sitting on a seat on the bus beside Victoria, their legs slightly brushing the other's, shoulders next to the other. Donghae thought he could feel his heart weakening by the second.

"So, where are you from?" asked Donghae.

"I'm normally from Sokcho," Victoria answered, "my parents were born in Seoul, but my father died early so my mother moved to stay with her parents. So I grew up in Sokcho."

"Ah...really? Sokcho's all the way by the sea. Wow, it must be really pretty there."

Donghae could only wonder about what kind of life she'd lived.