Chapter 139: A Mysterious Second Invitation
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Not in a million years would Su-Jin have expected that she would go on a date twice in a single week. And with the same people no less!
The message Mi-Suk received Friday evening was indeed from Do-Yeong. The man invited her out to watch a movie on Saturday.
"He says we can grab lunch before the movie and maybe even do dinner afterwards." Mi-Suk reread the message out loud.
They were now sitting in the living room, enjoying their celebratory food: fried chicken and beer. The two young women were occupying one side of the table, while Min-Jun was sitting across from them.
When he heard Mi-Suk talking about the date plans, his hand paused as it reached for a piece of chicken.
"Is he taking you to see a horror movie?" he asked while his fingers hovered above the food.
"Of course not! Do you think he's like you?" Mi-Suk scoffed, then added in a teasing tone. "Who else apart from you finds murders and horror mysteries to be romantic?!"
"I never said they are romantic." Min-Jun defended himself without much feeling. In the end, he grabbed a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth.
Seeing him beating a retreat, Mi-Suk smirked. She wasn't going to stop badgering him until she was satisfied.
"Then what?" she asked, placing both elbows on the table and leaning forward as if ready to pounce.
"I merely find them entertaining and…" Min-Jun stopped to chew and swallow. "... rather instructive."
At this, Mi-Suk finally exploded. She pointed the tip of her chopsticks at Min-Jun's face and her words came out in a rapid torrent.
"Ha! This is exactly what I am talking about! What normal person thinks murders are instructive?! This is why you are still single, you know. Always stuffing your head with gore stuff, not being romantic at all. What kind of woman would want to go out with someone who only reads those types of books?"
Hearing these accusations, Min-Jun's eyebrows twitched. The hand holding the chicken trembled and the food almost slipped down on the table.
'I swear, this person is getting more and more… impossible to deal with.' He grumbled with a dark expression.
During this time, Su-Jin glanced around nervously. Her eyes kept going back and forth from Min-Jun's scowling face to Mi-Suk's cheeky grin.
For a moment, she thought her brother was going to hurl the piece of chicken at Mi-Suk's face.
In the end, though, Min-Jun merely closed his eyes and remained quiet. It was clear that he opted for the 'out of sight, out of mind' approach and Su-Jin, once again, applauded her brother for his forbearance.
Nevertheless, she knew that the reason behind all this was the great friendship and closeness they shared. The three pf them were almost like a real family.
'Min-Jun is really great at handling Mi-Suk's taunts. Anyone else would have probably thrown a huge fit by now.' Su-Jin silently commended her brother.
As she mused about this, Su-Jin unexpectedly thought of Director Kang.
'How would that person react if someone were to tease him like this?' She quietly wondered.
It's true that Seo-Jun was always acting unruly with Ji-Won, taunting the man until breaking point, yet, Ji-Won never got seriously angry. Not that she had seen anyway.
Nevertheless, more often than not, Ji-Won would still tell Seo-Jun off in a cold tone of voice. Occasionally, he would even glare ferociously at his friend's cheekiness or threaten with one thing or another.
But what if someone else were to do all those things, say all those words? What if that person was someone… closer? Would Kang Ji-Won get angry and flip a table or would he tolerate it in silence, just like Min-Jun did?
Ultimately, since Min-Jun didn't deign to answer Mi-Suk's words, the conversation steered away from the subject. But it was quickly pulled back on the same track as Mi-Suk received another message.
"Su-Jin." Mi-Suk called out to her friend.
"Mh?" Su-Jin grunted with a face stuffed with chicken.
"Do-Yeong asks me if you would also want to come tomorrow."
This unexpected development almost caused Su-Jin to choke to death. She hastened to swallow the food, gulping two mouthfuls of beer in order to alleviate the impending coughing fit.
"Shouldn't last time have been the only double date? Why does he want to ask me out as well?" Su-Jin finally asked after her throat felt less sore.
Mi-Suk didn't answer for a while. She typed something, then waited for an answer.
A couple of seconds later, her face lit up.
"Ah, it appears Jeong-Ho has taken a liking to you." she raised her head to grin at her friend. "It was Jeong-Ho who asked Do-Yeong if you could come as well."
"Whaa..?" Su-Jin's mouth stood agape. Yet, she still tried to hold onto reason. "Mi-Suk, are you sure you didn't interpret it wrongly? Maybe he didn't mean it like that."
After all, how could that be the reason? Haven't they already talked it out? Jeong-Ho was even the first one to say that he wasn't looking for a relationship, that he wanted to be friends at most. So what was happening right now?
At this point, Mi-Suk's voice came from next to her.
"I don't think it's a misunderstanding. See, it says so right here." she pushed the phone towards Su-Jin, reciting loudly. "[Please ask your friend if she wants to join us. Jeong-Ho is also coming and he told me that he would like to see her again.]"
"Oh heavens, don't tell me he actually fell for me?" Su-Jin gasped.
After reading the message she felt even more confused. Could it really be that Jeong-Ho had taken a liking to her? Perhaps, despite his initial reluctance to get closer, he had now changed his mind?
Just then, Min-Jun decided to mercilessly burst his sister's bubbles.
"Sorry to pour cold water on your fantasies, sis, but I don't think that's the case."
"What do you mean?" both Su-Jin and Mi-Suk asked at the same time.
"Have you two ever thought that he is doing this for an entirely different reason?" Min-Jun glanced between his sister and their best friend, but seeing how both their faces looked blank he could only sigh. "Honestly, you two…"
With that, Min-Jun placed the chopsticks down and slowly got up. Before he left the living room, he turned his head and said something more.
"Just think about it, what kind of man invites a woman out through his friend, especially after they already met once? If he really was interested in her, shouldn't he get her number and personally ask the woman out?" He paused, then added in an undertone. "At least that's what I would do."
With that, he looked away from them and started climbing the stairs.
"I'm going to wash up and go to bed. You two should sleep early today or you'll look ugly tomorrow."
Min-Jun's voice trailed away, until they could barely hear him. By the time his last word fell, he was already out of sight.. A second later, the bathroom door opened and closed with a loud click.
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Not in a million years would Su-Jin have expected that she would go on a date twice in a single week. And with the same people no less!
The message Mi-Suk received Friday evening was indeed from Do-Yeong. The man invited her out to watch a movie on Saturday.
"He says we can grab lunch before the movie and maybe even do dinner afterwards." Mi-Suk reread the message out loud.
They were now sitting in the living room, enjoying their celebratory food: fried chicken and beer. The two young women were occupying one side of the table, while Min-Jun was sitting across from them.
When he heard Mi-Suk talking about the date plans, his hand paused as it reached for a piece of chicken.
"Is he taking you to see a horror movie?" he asked while his fingers hovered above the food.
"Of course not! Do you think he's like you?" Mi-Suk scoffed, then added in a teasing tone. "Who else apart from you finds murders and horror mysteries to be romantic?!"
"I never said they are romantic." Min-Jun defended himself without much feeling. In the end, he grabbed a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth.
Seeing him beating a retreat, Mi-Suk smirked. She wasn't going to stop badgering him until she was satisfied.
"Then what?" she asked, placing both elbows on the table and leaning forward as if ready to pounce.
"I merely find them entertaining and…" Min-Jun stopped to chew and swallow. "... rather instructive."
At this, Mi-Suk finally exploded. She pointed the tip of her chopsticks at Min-Jun's face and her words came out in a rapid torrent.
"Ha! This is exactly what I am talking about! What normal person thinks murders are instructive?! This is why you are still single, you know. Always stuffing your head with gore stuff, not being romantic at all. What kind of woman would want to go out with someone who only reads those types of books?"
Hearing these accusations, Min-Jun's eyebrows twitched. The hand holding the chicken trembled and the food almost slipped down on the table.
'I swear, this person is getting more and more… impossible to deal with.' He grumbled with a dark expression.
During this time, Su-Jin glanced around nervously. Her eyes kept going back and forth from Min-Jun's scowling face to Mi-Suk's cheeky grin.
For a moment, she thought her brother was going to hurl the piece of chicken at Mi-Suk's face.
In the end, though, Min-Jun merely closed his eyes and remained quiet. It was clear that he opted for the 'out of sight, out of mind' approach and Su-Jin, once again, applauded her brother for his forbearance.
Nevertheless, she knew that the reason behind all this was the great friendship and closeness they shared. The three pf them were almost like a real family.
'Min-Jun is really great at handling Mi-Suk's taunts. Anyone else would have probably thrown a huge fit by now.' Su-Jin silently commended her brother.
As she mused about this, Su-Jin unexpectedly thought of Director Kang.
'How would that person react if someone were to tease him like this?' She quietly wondered.
It's true that Seo-Jun was always acting unruly with Ji-Won, taunting the man until breaking point, yet, Ji-Won never got seriously angry. Not that she had seen anyway.
Nevertheless, more often than not, Ji-Won would still tell Seo-Jun off in a cold tone of voice. Occasionally, he would even glare ferociously at his friend's cheekiness or threaten with one thing or another.
But what if someone else were to do all those things, say all those words? What if that person was someone… closer? Would Kang Ji-Won get angry and flip a table or would he tolerate it in silence, just like Min-Jun did?
Ultimately, since Min-Jun didn't deign to answer Mi-Suk's words, the conversation steered away from the subject. But it was quickly pulled back on the same track as Mi-Suk received another message.
"Su-Jin." Mi-Suk called out to her friend.
"Mh?" Su-Jin grunted with a face stuffed with chicken.
"Do-Yeong asks me if you would also want to come tomorrow."
This unexpected development almost caused Su-Jin to choke to death. She hastened to swallow the food, gulping two mouthfuls of beer in order to alleviate the impending coughing fit.
"Shouldn't last time have been the only double date? Why does he want to ask me out as well?" Su-Jin finally asked after her throat felt less sore.
Mi-Suk didn't answer for a while. She typed something, then waited for an answer.
A couple of seconds later, her face lit up.
"Ah, it appears Jeong-Ho has taken a liking to you." she raised her head to grin at her friend. "It was Jeong-Ho who asked Do-Yeong if you could come as well."
"Whaa..?" Su-Jin's mouth stood agape. Yet, she still tried to hold onto reason. "Mi-Suk, are you sure you didn't interpret it wrongly? Maybe he didn't mean it like that."
After all, how could that be the reason? Haven't they already talked it out? Jeong-Ho was even the first one to say that he wasn't looking for a relationship, that he wanted to be friends at most. So what was happening right now?
At this point, Mi-Suk's voice came from next to her.
"I don't think it's a misunderstanding. See, it says so right here." she pushed the phone towards Su-Jin, reciting loudly. "[Please ask your friend if she wants to join us. Jeong-Ho is also coming and he told me that he would like to see her again.]"
"Oh heavens, don't tell me he actually fell for me?" Su-Jin gasped.
After reading the message she felt even more confused. Could it really be that Jeong-Ho had taken a liking to her? Perhaps, despite his initial reluctance to get closer, he had now changed his mind?
Just then, Min-Jun decided to mercilessly burst his sister's bubbles.
"Sorry to pour cold water on your fantasies, sis, but I don't think that's the case."
"What do you mean?" both Su-Jin and Mi-Suk asked at the same time.
"Have you two ever thought that he is doing this for an entirely different reason?" Min-Jun glanced between his sister and their best friend, but seeing how both their faces looked blank he could only sigh. "Honestly, you two…"
With that, Min-Jun placed the chopsticks down and slowly got up. Before he left the living room, he turned his head and said something more.
"Just think about it, what kind of man invites a woman out through his friend, especially after they already met once? If he really was interested in her, shouldn't he get her number and personally ask the woman out?" He paused, then added in an undertone. "At least that's what I would do."
With that, he looked away from them and started climbing the stairs.
"I'm going to wash up and go to bed. You two should sleep early today or you'll look ugly tomorrow."
Min-Jun's voice trailed away, until they could barely hear him. By the time his last word fell, he was already out of sight.. A second later, the bathroom door opened and closed with a loud click.
Not in a million years would Su-Jin have expected that she would go on a date twice in a single week. And with the same people no less!The message Mi-Suk received Friday evening was indeed from Do-Yeong. The man invited her out to watch a movie on Saturday."He says we can grab lunch before the movie and maybe even do dinner afterwards." Mi-Suk reread the message out loud.They were now sitting in the living room, enjoying their celebratory food: fried chicken and beer. The two young women were occupying one side of the table, while Min-Jun was sitting across from them. When he heard Mi-Suk talking about the date plans, his hand paused as it reached for a piece of chicken. "Is he taking you to see a horror movie?" he asked while his fingers hovered above the food. "Of course not! Do you think he's like you?" Mi-Suk scoffed, then added in a teasing tone. "Who else apart from you finds murders and horror mysteries to be romantic?!""I never said they are romantic." Min-Jun defended himself without much feeling. In the end, he grabbed a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth. Seeing him beating a retreat, Mi-Suk smirked. She wasn't going to stop badgering him until she was satisfied."Then what?" she asked, placing both elbows on the table and leaning forward as if ready to pounce. "I merely find them entertaining and" Min-Jun stopped to chew and swallow. "... rather instructive."At this, Mi-Suk finally exploded. She pointed the tip of her chopsticks at Min-Jun's face and her words came out in a rapid torrent."Ha! This is exactly what I am talking about! What normal person thinks murders are instructive?! This is why you are still single, you know. Always stuffing your head with gore stuff, not being romantic at all. What kind of woman would want to go out with someone who only reads those types of books?" Hearing these accusations, Min-Jun's eyebrows twitched. The hand holding the chicken trembled and the food almost slipped down on the table. 'I swear, this person is getting more and more impossible to deal with.' He grumbled with a dark expression.During this time, Su-Jin glanced around nervously. Her eyes kept going back and forth from Min-Jun's scowling face to Mi-Suk's cheeky grin.For a moment, she thought her brother was going to hurl the piece of chicken at Mi-Suk's face. In the end, though, Min-Jun merely closed his eyes and remained quiet. It was clear that he opted for the 'out of sight, out of mind' approach and Su-Jin, once again, applauded her brother for his forbearance. Nevertheless, she knew that the reason behind all this was the great friendship and closeness they shared. The three pf them were almost like a real family.'Min-Jun is really great at handling Mi-Suk's taunts. Anyone else would have probably thrown a huge fit by now.' Su-Jin silently commended her brother.As she mused about this, Su-Jin unexpectedly thought of Director Kang. 'How would that person react if someone were to tease him like this?' She quietly wondered. It's true that Seo-Jun was always acting unruly with Ji-Won, taunting the man until breaking point, yet, Ji-Won never got seriously angry. Not that she had seen anyway. Nevertheless, more often than not, Ji-Won would still tell Seo-Jun off in a cold tone of voice. Occasionally, he would even glare ferociously at his friend's cheekiness or threaten with one thing or another. But what if someone else were to do all those things, say all those words? What if that person was someone closer? Would Kang Ji-Won get angry and flip a table or would he tolerate it in silence, just like Min-Jun did? Ultimately, since Min-Jun didn't deign to answer Mi-Suk's words, the conversation steered away from the subject. But it was quickly pulled back on the same track as Mi-Suk received another message."Su-Jin." Mi-Suk called out to her friend. "Mh?" Su-Jin grunted with a face stuffed with chicken. "Do-Yeong asks me if you would also want to come tomorrow."This unexpected development almost caused Su-Jin to choke to death. She hastened to swallow the food, gulping two mouthfuls of beer in order to alleviate the impending coughing fit. "Shouldn't last time have been the only double date? Why does he want to ask me out as well?" Su-Jin finally asked after her throat felt less sore. Mi-Suk didn't answer for a while. She typed something, then waited for an answer. A couple of seconds later, her face lit up. "Ah, it appears Jeong-Ho has taken a liking to you." she raised her head to grin at her friend. "It was Jeong-Ho who asked Do-Yeong if you could come as well.""Whaa..?" Su-Jin's mouth stood agape. Yet, she still tried to hold onto reason. "Mi-Suk, are you sure you didn't interpret it wrongly? Maybe he didn't mean it like that."After all, how could that be the reason? Haven't they already talked it out? Jeong-Ho was even the first one to say that he wasn't looking for a relationship, that he wanted to be friends at most. So what was happening right now?At this point, Mi-Suk's voice came from next to her."I don't think it's a misunderstanding. See, it says so right here." she pushed the phone towards Su-Jin, reciting loudly. "Please ask your friend if she wants to join us. Jeong-Ho is also coming and he told me that he would like to see her again.""Oh heavens, don't tell me he actually fell for me?" Su-Jin gasped.After reading the message she felt even more confused. Could it really be that Jeong-Ho had taken a liking to her? Perhaps, despite his initial reluctance to get closer, he had now changed his mind?Just then, Min-Jun decided to mercilessly burst his sister's bubbles. "Sorry to pour cold water on your fantasies, sis, but I don't think that's the case.""What do you mean?" both Su-Jin and Mi-Suk asked at the same time."Have you two ever thought that he is doing this for an entirely different reason?" Min-Jun glanced between his sister and their best friend, but seeing how both their faces looked blank he could only sigh. "Honestly, you two" With that, Min-Jun placed the chopsticks down and slowly got up. Before he left the living room, he turned his head and said something more. "Just think about it, what kind of man invites a woman out through his friend, especially after they already met once? If he really was interested in her, shouldn't he get her number and personally ask the woman out?" He paused, then added in an undertone. "At least that's what I would do."With that, he looked away from them and started climbing the stairs. "I'm going to wash up and go to bed. You two should sleep early today or you'll look ugly tomorrow."Min-Jun's voice trailed away, until they could barely hear him. By the time his last word fell, he was already out of sight.. A second later, the bathroom door opened and closed with a loud click.
