10 일만 내놔 : Give me 10 days (MICHAENG)

CHAPTER 17

[Chaeyoung's POV]

I'm trying to walk as fast as I could. Like I just drank three cans of Redbull.

Don't make her wait. Don't make her wait. I can already see the parking lot.

Dammit. Why are my legs so short??

The cold breeze is piercing through my skin. I just realized that I forgot to wear my jacket. I stopped and looked back at the restaurant.

Nevermind. I resumed walking and picked up my pace, ignoring the chills running up my spine.

I got to the van and knocked. No one answered.

Isn't this our van? I took a step back. Black, Gray, White. They were riding the white one. I knocked again.

"Minari?"

"Chaeyoung-a!" I heard Mina's voice. I turned around and I saw her waving from a bench at the opposite side of the parking lot.

I practically ran towards her.

"Why are you here?" I asked as I catch my breath.

"You came faster than I thought." She looks pleased. I smiled back at her while still panting.

"Here." She handed me a carton of strawberry yogurt drink.

"Where did you get this?" I took it from her and sat beside her.

She pointed at the vending machine three benches away from us.

"Oh." Of course. There's vending machines everywhere.

I pierced the carton with a straw and took a sip from my drink.

"Ahhh~tasty..." And cold. Really really cold.

As much as I love strawberry flavoured anything, a cold drink is the last thing I would be drinking in this weather. But I'd rather freeze to death than decline anything Mina gives me.

I smiled at the cold carton of strawberry delight. When I was about to say something to Mina, a cold breeze passed through us, sending shivers down my spine.

"Are you cold?" Mina asked.

"A-a-an-iyeo." I gritted my teeth. Trying to stop my lips from trembling.

She smiled apologetically.

"Mianhe, Chaeyoung-a." she wrapped a red knitted scarf around my neck and placed a jacket over my shoulder.

"I took the jacket from the car. I figured you won't be able to wear your jacket. It's Sana's so let's just return it later." Mina said as she fixed the scarf on my neck.

I'm staring down at the red scarf wrapped around my neck. I looked back at Mina, a little confused.

"That one's from me. It's supposed to be my Christmas gift for you. But I guess I couldn't wait for Christmas." She bit her lip.

"W-Why... When did you finish knitting this?" I haven't seen her knit recently.

"I finished the scarf two weeks ago while I was in Japan." That explains it.

"But decided to put a finishing touch last night." she continued.

Last night. I ran my fingers over it. The scarf is so nicely knitted. At the opposite ends of the scarf, I saw two cross-stitched characters.

The first one is a yellow tiger. It made me smile instantly. And the other one is a blue... penguin. I looked at her. I forgot about the cold. My whole body felt warm.