The Close Strangers

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"I'm sorry it doesn't go the way we planned yesterday."

Yerim nods as a response to Yoona, the one who has apologized for a hundred times today.

As they planned yesterday, they are going to accompany Yerim to buy some stuff she needs for her bedroom in the house. But then, the plan changed all of a sudden.

Marcella got a call to attend a meeting with the brand she's modeling for. Minhee met his boyfriend at the Church and decided to go watch some movies together afterward.

Yoona and Lee Chang Wook, the parents, suddenly need to check the bakery store which Yoona has because some force majeure happened.

Then, the ones who are left are just Yerim and Mark.

Yerim knows that Mark is probably forced to accompany her, but since she also has no other choice, she decides to pretend not to know.

"Goodbye, guys," Lee Chang Wook says, "We will join you after we fix the things up."

Yerim gets off the car, following Mark who is already walking in front of her. Thank God, she wears sneakers because the black-haired guy walks super-fast as if he forgets about her existence.

Her phone suddenly vibrates, so she immediately pulls it out from her jeans pocket and checks it. An unknown number appears on the screen.

She usually doesn't pick up an unknown number, but since it might be someone she knows in Korea, she decides to pick it up.

"Yerim-ah," She hears Minhee's voice, "Are you with Mark?"

"Yes, Eonnie," Yerim nods even though she knows Minhee couldn't see it.

"Please tell him to check his phone out," She says.

Yerim has a little more talk with Minhee before they end their phone call at the time Yerim enters the main door of IKEA.

She suddenly realizes how Mark is not in front of her anymore. She gets a little panic since Minhee just said to be good with Mark today.

The guy is currently having a high temper and acts even more annoying than a girl usually does on their period.

Yerim decides to stop in a way to search the not-so-tall guy in the hall.

It's not that crowded, but it's still hard to find him in this big hall.

Yerim's eyes keep scanning around the hall until those eyes meet the eyes of the guy she's been searching for.

She feels relieved to find him because it will be such an embarrassment to go to the information desk and ask the person in there to give an announcement for Mark Lee.

She immediately walks toward him while secretly feeling annoyed. He definitely has seen her first, but why didn't he come to Yerim instead of waiting for the girl to spot him.

He should've known how hard it was to stand on tiptoes just to find him because Yerim is kind of short.

"Minhee-eonnie asked you to check out your phone," Yerim says at the time she stops in front of him.

"My phone is running out of battery," Mark says before walking away to get a bag to keep their stuff later.

Yerim reaches out her hand to pull Mark's shirt, causing the latter to turn his head around.

"I just lost you and it was hard to find you in this big place," Yerim says, still holding his shirt, "So, could you please stop walking away? At least, as long as it's only the two of us. You can do whatever you want once your mom join us."