One and Only // lucas wong (#34)

18

Yuqi

It was a little over 9 pm and I have just stepped out of the shower after having my dinner, I heard my phone ring and I was at the other end of the room and I walked over to the bedside table, it was from an unknown number and I debated whether I should pick it up and I still did because I didn't want to keep the other person at the other end of the phone call waiting.

"Hello?" I held the phone to my ear, taking a seat on my bed.

"Hey, I am Im Haewon and I am an insurance agent at Korean insurance, and I am here to help you--" I immediately hung up the and wished that I can return to 30 seconds ago so that I don't have to answer this unnecessary phone call and wast my time, I could've just ignored it and mind my own business.

I sighed, my finger clicked the 'block and report' button on the phone number that just called me, I hoped that she wouldn't try to find a way to call me again or I will be changing my phone number. I know that they are trying to make a living this way and I am bad for not letting them do their thing but I don't want to waste my time doing things that I don't need to do, I would rather block anyone who is irritating me and force them out of my life.

Just like Lucas Hwang who I chose to break up with him and returned to my home country and avoided coming back to South Korea so that I would have a chance to meet and reconnect with him again, he is someone from my past and I don't rekindle my relationships with people who I chose not to associate with anymore.

But I was fated to come back here again with a valid reason of getting posted from the company that I worked at in Beijing and they wanted me to work here for the next 2 years since they had an opening here and the conditions that they gave me are reasonable, they have paid for my accommodations and the only thing that I need to pay for is the bills but they don't cost that much since I am living on my own, I chose not to live with my colleagues who also got posted here and wanted an apartment for myself.

And I am already used to this place because I have spent my high school years as an exchange student and I know the language well, I wouldn't be so confused over the language and I can converse to people quite fluently as well. And I know some of the people here as well, to name some of them, there are Seo Soojin and her husband Kim Jungwoo and the girls that I used to hang out with alongside Soojin, there is Minnie, Miyeon, Soyeon and Shuhua but there are a lot more people that I know and that is enough reason for me to move away from my home country once again to the country that I loved for the second time.

And I think that I am going to enjoy it even more now that I am a working adult and I don't have curfews and it would mean that I will be able to do anything and no one can say anything about it, it is one of the things that I enjoyed being an adult. I laid down on my bed and I switched on my laptop, going to Netflix and looking through some shows that I want to watch for tonight, there are some new shows and some old Korean dramas that I used to enjoy it a lot during my high school days.

I decided to watch 'My Love From The Star' for the second time to refresh some of the memories and fangirl over Do MinJoon who is played by the actor Kim SooHyun, I remembered fangirling over him when the drama was still airing and I wished that I could get married to him in the future but sadly he doesn't know that I exist. But that is okay, at least I can still fangirl over him and get a chance to meet him since we are in the same country right now.

My phone started ringing again and I looked at the time, it was almost 11 pm and I have just finished watching the second episode. Who the heck thinks that it is the best time to call me and expect me to pick up?

I ignored it and went back to my drama, clicking on the third episode and the phone started ringing and I couldn't pretend that it wasn't there anymore. I paused the drama and I looked at my phone to see the person who had been calling me for a few times now, it was Lucas Hwang but he didn't have a reason to call me at this timing and I remembered taking all of my belongings out of his apartment earlier this morning.

I decided to pick up his call even though I didn't want to but I don't want to keep him waiting, at least he is not some insurance agent asking me to sign up for some insurance policy that I didn't need. "Hello?"

"Hey, I am calling from the pub at Itaewon. Do you know someone by the name Lucas?" It was a voice that I have never heard before and he is calling on behalf of Lucas, did something bad happened to him?

"Yes, I do. May I know what happened to him that he is unable to call me himself?" I asked the person.

"About that, he drank a little too much and now he is drunk. I have no idea where he lives and I can't bring him back to my place as well because I am not living on my own and I hope that you can help me with that. I can help you carry him home and you bring him back home if you can't carry him by yourself."

I gave myself a few seconds to think about it and my answer was very clear, I knew what exactly I needed to do in this situation. "Can you send me the address of the pub right now? I will be here in about 15 minutes or less." I hang up the call and walked over to my closet and picked up a bra for me to wear when I go out at night and I am ditching my drama just to pick up Lucas Hwang who is dead drunk.