Chapter 12.1 - - Part 1

Chapter 12 – Part 1

Ryu’s restaurant.

I sat face to face with Seon-jae and Baek In-hyuk in front of me in the corner of the restaurant. Seon-jae’s mother, who recognized me, was surprised to see that I knew her son, held 2,000 won in her hand, and said I didn’t take the change.

I was going to say that I had never been here, but I thought I would mess it up even more.

“Thank you very much.” I bowed my head and crumpled those notes in my pocket.

Baek In-hyuk was going to help Seon-jae’s mother. He went into the kitchen. I almost grabbed him not to let him go without realizing it.

Seon-jae and I were the only ones left at the table, so Seon-jae placed the spoons and chopsticks side by side on the seat of the three of us. I looked down and saw the spoon in front of me.

How could he put it so neatly that the ends fit perfectly? I forgot that I was dragged into the restaurant and admired Seon-jae’s sophistication.

“Yes, you.”

I looked up to find Seon-jae looking at me with his elbow on the table and his chin on his hand. I swallowed my saliva and waited for the next word to come out from Seon-jae’s mouth.

“What’s your name?”

“Huh?”

He asked back the unexpected question with his eyes wide open.

“You’re not Kim Chun-baek, you’re not 70 years old. I thought the name on the name tag you’re wearing right now might not be yours.”

“Oh, the name tag is mine.”

“Im-sol?”

I looked into Seon-jae’s eyes and nodded. Seon-jae kept staring at my face without saying a word. It was difficult to look into his eyes anymore, so I turned to look around.