mrs. kai: "Welcome in!" (smiles) "Soobin, hello!"
soobin: "Hello."
mrs. kai: "How are you?"
soobin: "I'm good, thank you. Actually, I was wondering if Kai was here?"
mrs. kai: "He's not, actually, he ran an errand with his dad."
soobin: "Explains why he hasn't really answered the phone... that's alright, I'll get going, then."
mrs. kai: "No, no, sit. I'll make you your usual boba drink. On the house."
soobin: "Oh no, that's okay--"
mrs. kai: "I insist."
soobin: "Really, that's alrig--"
mrs. kai: "Sit."
[SOOBIN sits down]
mrs. kai: "So, are you happy to have a little break from school?"
soobin: "Yes. And our teachers haven't given us any extra work, since it's halfway through the year already."
mrs. kai: "Soon you'll all be graduating... oh, how time flies."
soobin: "It really does."
mrs. kai: "I remember when Hyuka was nervous about the first day of high school."
soobin: "Hueningkai, nervous?"
mrs. kai: "Oh yes. He has his anxious moments, as we all do. But I'm so glad he met [y/n]. She pulled him out of his shell."
soobin: "Wow."
mrs. kai: "Now she's pulling you out of yours."
soobin: "What do you mean?"
mrs. kai: "I just mean that it seems you've grown a lot more certain about yourself and what you want with [y/n] around. When I first met you, you seemed lost."
soobin: "I definitely still feel lost."
mrs. kai: "At your age, of course. But you seem to know the path you want to take, even if you haven't taken it yet."
soobin: "I guess..."
mrs. kai: "[y/n] is very driven and very smart."
soobin: "She is."
mrs. kai: "She's also a good friend."
soobin: "A really good friend."
mrs. kai: "And is this what you're afraid to jeopardize?"
soobin: "Yes-- wait, what?"
mrs. kai: "Soobin... it's very obvious."
soobin: "........really?"
mrs. kai: "You like her."
soobin: (silence)
mrs. kai: "Now, it's not my place to tell you how long you've liked her because only you can know that. But Soobin... honesty is key."
soobin: "Not if it means she doesn't like me back."
mrs. kai: "How do you know she doesn't like you back?"
soobin: "She told me."
mrs. kai: "She said, 'Soobin, I don't like you like that'?"
soobin: "Well, no..."
mrs. kai: "Then you don't know that."
soobin: "She's into another person."
mrs. kai: "She might be 'into' him but it doesn't mean she doesn't like you."
soobin: "It does."
mrs. kai: (sighs) "I know it should be that black and white but unfortunately it's not. You know that."
soobin: (silence)
mrs. kai: "You might be afraid but imagine how she feels. Maybe she's afraid, too."
soobin: "I don't know what to do."
mrs. kai: "First, drink this boba."
[MRS. KAI hands SOOBIN boba drink]
soobin: "Thank you."
mrs. kai: "Then, tell her how you feel. All of it."
soobin: "Right now?"
mrs. kai: "It's up to you when you want to speak with her. But the sooner, the better."
soobin: "I need to talk to Kai first--"
mrs. kai: "Trust me, he is well aware that you have feelings for [y/n]."
soobin: "He is?"
mrs. kai: "If I can tell, then so can my son."
soobin: (laughs)
mrs. kai: "If you get hurt, you get hurt. But at least you said what you needed to say. Right?"
soobin: "Right."
