94°c Café

Apology

In the cafe, I was still cleaning up and preparing to go home. I asked Yeoneu to go home first, together with the rest of the part-timers.

As I cleaned up, I went to the forbidden area. The area which Yeoneu told her Oppa not to touch. I took out the photo behind the photo frame. It was my Bok Joo. I touched her face in the photo.

Suddenly, someone snatched away the photo.

"Hey!" I shouted.

It was In Yeop. He saw the photo.

"If I hadn't left my phone behind, I wouldn't have found out about your secret. You didn't lose your memory, you still remember Bok Joo. You're cheating Yeoneu of her feelings!!" In Yeop shouted as he smacked me with the photo.

At then, my phone rang. I looked at it and it was Yeoneu.

"Yeoneu called right? Tell her yourself!" In Yeop said and sat down.

I answered the call, "Hello why did you call me?"

Yeoneu said it was nothing.. just.. and then I asked her again," Is it something important? If not, let's talk tomorrow!" And I hung up the call.

"Why didn't you say?! You're lying to Yeoneu!" In Yeop snatched away my phone.

"It was for the sake of grandma!" I shouted back anxiously.

"My grandma just had a surgery and she was worried I couldn't get over Bok Joo.." I continued.

"You do it for grandma just to hurt Yeoneu? You're too selfish!"

"I know.. this matter has been bothering me. I want to tell her the truth but I don't know how to say it..!" I replied.

"Let me show you something!" In Yeop said as he take his phone out.

He showed me a photo of my name on the latte. 혁.. was the coffee art on the latte.

"Look at this! Yeoneu really likes you. Can you bring yourself to hurt her? You better come clean with her if not she won't be able to get out of this situation!" In Yeop continued while I looked at the photo in a daze.

"Call her!" He said again. I pressed Yeoneu's contact on my phone. The call went through and I placed it against my ear.

"Wait wait.. this isn't it. If you tell her you didn't lose your memories but you're just making use of her, it will hurt her even more!" In Yeop snatched away my phone again and ended the call.

Next day morning, before I leave the house, Hwang In Yeop appeared in front of me and showed a box.

"I predicted you are about to have a really bad luck so here's a care package for you!"

"Care package?" I took the box and opened it.

"A portable charger?" A cute power bank with a wink face on it.

"No no no, this is no ordinary power bank. It will make you feel recharged and drive your bad luck away!" In Yeop shook his finger as he said.

"You and your foul mouth! Don't curse my daughter like this!" Dad came out from the toilet.

"It's just a power bank so why did you call it a care package? You and your weird ideas!" He continued asking.

Hwang In Yeop ignore dad and sat beside me.

"Adorable right?" He asked.

"It's really cute! Thank you!"

"Are you going to the cafe? Let's go together!" Hwang In Yeop offered.

"Nope.. I'm going somewhere else, you can go first!"

"Meeting Ju Hyuk?"

"Busybody! Bye!" I left the house.

When I reached the cafe, only Js was around.

"Js, where is boss?" I asked.

"Not here yet! Yeoneu noona didn't come with you?" He asked.

"Oh she said she will be here later because she has something on.."

Ju Hyuk isn't here.. Yeoneu too. Did they really met together?

I called him and asked.

"Not yet, I'm meeting her soon.." Ju Hyuk replied.

"Listen up, break up with her nicely and don't hurt her!" I warned.

Ju Hyuk called me and asked to meet at the park we had a stroll before. When I reached, I called out to him.

"Why did you ask to meet me so urgently?" I asked.

"I have somethings to tell you, I'm sorry."

"Why are you apologising for no reason?" I asked.

"I don't wish to hurt you but I have no feelings for you."

"Things were going well between us.. why did you say this suddenly..?"

"I didn't know how to tell you.. but I don't wanna waste your time any longer.. Let's break up.." Ju Hyuk said.

"Are you serious?"

"I'm sorry.."

"Did you hide something from me? Tell me!!" I begged him as I held onto his arms.

"I really can't..." Ju Hyuk stopped.

"Really can't..? What?? Tell me!" I cried.

"I just no longer have any feelings for you, I'm sorry." Ju Hyuk said and left.

I looked at him leave, further and further. More tears dropped. I turn the other way and started walking, aimlessly. My phone rang. I ignored it and continued walking. I thought about all the happy moments I had when I was with him. I walked till my legs gave out. I fell to the ground. The power bank that Hwang In Yeop gave me in the morning fall out from my bag. I took it and looked at it while crying.

Suddenly, I heard his voice.

"Where do you go Jung Yeoneu?! Do you know I'm so worried when you didn't pick up your phone?!" It was Hwang In Yeop.

I turned and look at him. Eyes red and crying.

"So..sorry.. I didn't mean to scold you.. I just.." Hwang In Yeop said.

When I heard him say that, I cry even more.

"Ok ok.. what do you want me to do for you to stop crying?" He asked.

I hugged him and cried more. He hugged me back and consoled me while patting my back.

I went home and slept the whole day. When I woke up, it was dark. I went out to the living room and saw a figure moving. Hwang In Yeop.

"You scared me! You're so childish!" I hit him.

He turned on music in his phone and started dancing. Weirdly. He started removing his shirt. I covered my eyes. Then he turned around, showing his belly and started to do belly dancing. Eyelashes, eyes and lips stickers pasted on his belly. As he moved, the face moved too. I laughed.