When We Return

Chapter Two

Argh!! This is too much already!

With a panic, I drank my still hot coffee to get the lump off my chest. The heat stings my tongue that I almost spit the drink but it would be more embarrassing so I gulped everything down.

"Ow! Hot, hot!" I let my tongue out and fanning it with my hand, still feeling the burn on it. I almost tear right then and there when I my eyes trailed to the man sitting on a table across from mine. And I wish for the floor to open and swallow me up right now.

He's looking at me.

While leaning his head on top of his hand.

And a teasing smile is plastered on his lips.

Double kill, a handsome guy is making fun of you. Great!

Leaving my food behind, I gathered my things and stood up. Making my way out of the embarrassing scene.

Not knowing where to go, I walked around. Making sure that I knew my way back to the hotel. I don't travel much so I don't know what to do especially when I'm alone right now.

In a distance, I saw a park so wide I'm instantly awed by the view. At the end of the park, is a river so I half ran to reach there. I fumbled for my phone on my pocket while running but it's not there. I stopped on my tracks, panicking, and started to rummage my bag.

"Where is that phone?!" I retraced my tracks, thinking it fell when I ran when a realization hit me.

"You left it at the coffee shop!" I let out a grunt and pulled on my hair. "stupid, stupid! Ah! Sowon!" while hitting my head. without much choice, I left the park and made my way back to the coffee shop.

"I just hope it's still there." I mumbled to myself.

Running all my way to the shop, in no time I'm inside the shop and went for the table I previously occupied, sparing a glance on the guy's table earlier on the process.

Thank God, he's not here.

The table was now occupied by a Korean couple laughing and all giddy.

"Tsk." I got to my table but it's all cleaned up and not a phone in sight. Panic rises on my chest and moved around the table to make sure it's not on the floor.

"agassi, doum-i pil-yo hasingayo?" (miss, you need help?) I turned to the voice and saw it's the waiter.

Not sure if he understands English, but fuck it, I don't know how to speak Korean.

"u-umm, I left my phone earlier on this table." Pointing at the table behind us to make my point. The waiter seems to understand me though.

"Have you noticed it? Maybe you have picked it up, or someone on the staffs." I said teary eyed. Why am I so unlucky today? Second day just started, for Pete's sake!

He motioned for me to wait and went to the counter to ask some of the staffs. But I can't stay put so I followed him on the counter and trying to understand what their saying in Korean.

"naneun geu teibeul-eseo jeonhwaleul boji moshaessseubnida." (I didn't saw a phone on that table) and the other staffs agreed too.

The waiter who asked me earlier turned to me and tried his best to tell me that none of the staffs haven't seen a phone.

"if, uhh, someone see phone, I, we, uhh, contact you." I wanted to say that he's such an idiot because how can he contact me if I just lost my phone but of course I stopped myself.

So, with disappointment I just walked out the coffee shop after saying thanks and went back to the hotel. How can I call my mom now? Sure, I can buy a new phone but I can't memorize her phone number. And that phone is just 5 months old!

Why are you acting so carelessly now, Sowon?

When I arrived at my hotel floor, I walked with my head down. Grunting and making weird noises to express how I'm so upset right now.

Not paying attention to my surroundings, I was pushed back when I bumped into someone. I instantly looked up and about to say sorry when my mouth seemed to be stamped shut by its own.

Damn, it's him! Omo! Omo!

Just like that, I don't know what to say, or not sure now if I know how to speak. Now that we're face to face, I can see the cute double eyelids, and thick pink lips. And how can a guy have a perfect shape eyebrows?

"josimhae, geuliwo" (careful, miss) he smiled coldly and went ahead. And that's when I woke up from the daydream.

"what the heck, Sowon! You just daydreamed in front of him!" I said slapping myself lightly and looked back to watch him go.

He walked without turning back, a guitar bag slung on his right shoulder and entered the elevator. Before he could turn back and caught me staring at him again, I ran to my hotel room and about to open the door, almost missed the box taped on it.

It's a small flat box that only thin small objects can fit. I looked around and saw no one.

"Maybe it's the wrong room?" hesitating, I pulled it off the door and turned it around, seeing that there's a handwritten letter in English and the handwriting looked like for grade schoolers.

Looking for this? Please be mindful next time. -_-

Is this what I think it is?

I instantly opened the box and jumped giddily.

"Ahh! It's my phone!!" I screamed, "Thank you!!" saying to nobody.

With a happy heart, I entered my room.