Thorned Rose // chae hyungwon (#31)

Thirty-three

Yiwon

"So I will repeat your order once again. A plate of pasta carbonara and a plate of pasta Kimchi, and a side of chicken wings. Drinks would be 2 glasses of orange juice and one tiramisu. Is that right?" The two customers at the table that I am in charge of nodded their heads and I feel assured to leave their table and send in their orders to the kitchen so they can start preparing their order as fast as possible.

I swiftly walked to the kitchen and I passed the order to the trainee chef who took it and processed the order with the sous chef, the head chef is on leave today and he wouldn't be here until tomorrow. I am still envious that Chae Hyungwon can have a day of any day he wants because he is the co-owner of this very restaurant and Yoo Kihyun doesn't have a say with his days off, I just wished that I have this right but I am just a waitress earning the basic pay, although we all lived together in the same apartment.

And I requested for that pay because I want to start from the bottom and slowly work my way up, it is tough working with a basic pay but I get to learn so much more compared to when I was working back in Osaka where the Minatozaki empire headquarters is behind held at and I didn't have a day where I would be happy, every day is miserable and I am glad that I have worked out of that life now and chosen the life that I wanted to live for myself.

I got out of the kitchen and noticed a suspicious person lurking around the restaurant wearing all black and he was wearing a black cap as well, his back looked kind of familiar but I can't be too certain that it is Chae Hyungwon, he can't be here because he told me that he would be using up his off day to the fullest and he is going to stay at home and sleep for the entire day.

He is also holding onto a huge stack of papers, he is doing something suspicious but I don't see anyone trying to stop him from doing that. Does Yoo Kihyun know that someone is doing this to his restaurant?

He turned around and I gasped, it is really Chae Hyungwon and he is here at the restaurant on the day that he should be resting at home but he is here with a huge stack of papers in his hand and sticking them around on the walls and handing it to the customers as well. I walked up to him and attempt to interrogate him with my height that doesn't seem to make anyone intimidated but Chae Hyungwon yelled as if he saw a ghost.

"What the hell? What are you doing, trying to scare me like that?" He said and I dragged him to the locker room, there was no one inside and I lock the doors before turning back to him.

"That should be my question to you, why are you acting like you are trying to do something bad to the restaurant? You are wearing all black and you had a huge stack of papers in your hand, what are you exactly trying to do?" I asked him, I know that I should be focusing on my work but I can't help but ask Chae Hyungwon why he is doing here on his day off when he could be resting and recharging his energy.

"You don't need to know too much about that, just get back to work and I will see you later at home. Just text me whatever you are craving and I will make it for you, don't ask Yoo Kihyun what he wants to eat, he will treat me like a delivery service." He tries to push me away but I am not that easy a person for him to push me like that. "Just get back to work, Woo Yiwon."

"Not until you tell me exactly you are doing this for." I leaned closer and then saw the face that I have never wanted to see again, it is the fact that I know that I will get caught and never get to escape the Minatozaki empire ever again. "What are you trying to do with this face?" I asked him.

"I told Kihyun about your identity and the two of us will now be in charge of protecting you and making sure that you don't get captured by the people of the Minatozaki empire, I did that for your good." I got angry at his words, I can't believe that he told someone about this and he is the last person who should know about this other than Myoui Mina who is the person who officially registered me as Woo Yiwon in her way. "Don't get too angry at me, I need someone to help me and Yoo Kihyun is the best choice. Anyways, I am printing this poster to let the other employees know that we must never let your father get into the restaurant and anyone who does it will get fired by the restaurant without any hesitation."

"Burn all the papers, that would only make my father know my whereabouts even faster. Look, I know that you are trying to help me but that is not the way to do things, what you think might be beneficial to me might not the same to me and you are harming me instead." I told him. "I will fight against my father on my own if things come to worse and I have no way to avoid him but for now, I should draw no attention to myself and live like a nobody until my father gives up on finding me and be convinced that I am dead and there is no other person who has the same name as me. And for you and Yoo Kihyun, just make sure that you don't talk about me in public and trust me that I will be able to do this on my own but I will ask for your help when I have to."