ETERNITY ; [윤정한 x 최승철]

ETERNITY : Five

"Seungcheol, you came." Mr Choi greeted and stood up to greet his son with that wide smile he plastered on his face.

"Hi, Dad."

He also went over to Nagyeol when he noticed her, "Nagyeol," but then when he saw me, his smile suddenly vanished away.

"Annyeonghaseyo, abeonim." I greeted and even bowed a bit. But Mr Choi just took a look at me and didn't even bother to greet back.

"Take a seat." Mr Choi said.

We entered the room and I saw eommonim (Jeongyeon) and Beomgyu already sitting down together with the Cho's.

I was kinda taken aback when there's no seat provided for me. I don't wanna think about it since Mr Choi probably didn't know that I'm coming too.

"Oops. Sorry, I didn't got to provide a seat for you." Mr Choi seems unapologetic and sarcastic when he spoke to me.

"Please get Jeonghan a seat." Eommonim ordered to the staffs. I really feel assured that they're here with me.

Few moments later, a staff came with a seat for me to sit. I intentionally sit beside Seungcheol, and I'm sitting in front of no one.

"It's been a long time since we saw each other, Mr and Mrs Cho. Well, except yesterday of course." Mr Choi chuckled with his statement.

I feel kinda awkward with these people but I'm kinda relieved that eommonim, Nagyeol, Beomgyu, and especially Seungcheol are here with me.

"About five years am I right?" Mr Cho replied with a chuckle too. If I remember it right, Seungcheol stayed in States for two years, and he came back after that, and we've been together for three years so that means...

"Yeah. After Soohyang left Korea." Mr Choi replied. Now it's getting even more awkward for me.

"How are you, Soohyang-ah?" I lifted my head and saw her face this near. She's really pretty. No wonder Seungcheol fell for her.

But wait, did Mr Choi just call her 'Soohyang-ah'? Mr Choi never even calls me by my name. He never calls me that's why.

"I'm doing great, uncle. I'm pursuing my studies, something related to business." Soohyang answered. She's so confident, and more likely, smart.

"I like that. Seungcheol here, is also pursuing the same thing. You can be partners one day. Right, Seungcheol?" I don't know if Mr Choi just wanted his son to be business partners with Soohyang or he's just being insensitive especially that I'm here?

"Yeah, maybe we can be business partners." I'm glad that Seungcheol emphasized the word business.

I suddenly felt a hand squeezing mine. I looked up to see Seungcheol giving me a warm smile.

"I know we will be the best partners, Cheol." Seungcheol and I turned our heads on Soohyang who's giving him her sweetest smile.

"We'll see that," Seungcheol gave her a little smile.

I took a sip of the water in front of me that was served by the waiter. Everything is neatly placed. Looks like the Cho's is the type of family who live their life with too much etiquette and table manners.

"You must be wondering why the utensils are well placed?" I looked up and saw an old lady looking at me. Is she talking to me? "Yes, I'm talking to you." She said as if she read my mind.

"U-Uh.." I couldn't utter a word and scratched the back of my head. "I really care about etiquette, especially table manners. I raised my two children with lots of trainings. As a well known family, we should always show that we're well mannered and decent wherever we go." She told me. But, did I asked though? Just kidding.