When love was not meant for us

Chapter 3: To come across again

Alya felt one word as she and her family arrived at Mr. Haga's place.

"EXPOSED."

She knew she was really showing some skin but when her mother found out all the dresses she owned were out of fashion, Mrs. Kim drove all the way to a clothes shop and bought Alya a dress.

Alya felt like her mother was taking revenge on her for not being excited about the party that was going to start in a few hours.

As she was standing behind her parents, at the front door of Mr. and Mrs. Haga's house, she felt self conscious. She left the cardigan she had brought with her in the car. She wanted to show her mother she could dress well besides her collection of scrubs and white coats.

The dress her mother had bought for her was a satin cowl mini dress.

When she had said no to the dress the first time her mother had shown her, she had got a splitting hearing.

"Oh come on. These are in fashion and the girls here wear them."

"I don't think this dress is right for my age. Girls younger than me wear them. I'm almost turning 27. Don't you think I'm too old," said Alya, trying to justify in every possible way she could.

"You're always in those filthy scrubs and not giving a chance to let guys see how beautiful you are."

"Is this why you haven't got yourself a boyfriend all these years."

Alya gave her mother the "what the heck" look.

Just because Alya refused to wear the dress her mother brought her, her mother was now talking about her love life.

"Also how will you catch Dr. Kim Dongwoo's heart if you don't dress up nicely every now and then?"

Alya gasped and asked her mother, "Excuse me! But how do you know about Dr. Kim Dongwoo?"

Mrs. Kim chuckled and said, "Honey, you're my daughter. I see how you look at Dr. Kim Dongwoo. I also know about your one-sided crush on him. If you want him to love you back, then maybe try to ask him on a date. And wear something other than your work clothes."

Alya couldn't help but turn red on hearing her mother's sudden proclamation. As much as she hated and wanted to prove her mother wrong, she couldn't disagree with her mother.

Alya did in fact have a crush on one of her team members, Dr. Kim Dongwoo. But she never had the courage to confess her feelings.

Mrs. Kim knew she had won when she saw her daughter's face which had turned the colour of a tomato.

"Wear this and add some heels," she said as she walked out of the room.

Alya picked up the dress and sighed in defeat.

Alya thought the dress was a bad idea when she saw who had turned up to open the door.

It was Asahi and although it had been a long time since they even talked or met, she couldn't help but turn a little shade of red.

Her parents hugged Asahi and were immediately tackled with another round of hugs from Mr. and Mrs. Haga.

Alya froze at the door because Asahi had turned to face her.

Asahi couldn't help but gape at Alya who was standing at the front door of his parents.

Alya was beautiful as always. He remembered his childhood crush on her. But why was his heartbeat increasing? His throat suddenly felt dry but he replaced his nervousness with confidence this time and said, "Hi. You look good."