How It Should Have Ended Part2 (The Continuation)

Chapter 2

He looked at her and lifted her chin up. "But I promise, next time I'll bring you with me."

She nodded, though she was on the verge of tears. She had been an emotional mess since she overheard Yi Jung and Ji Hoo's conversation at the restaurant a few days ago.

She had also been looking forward to going to Canada with Ji Hoo, since they discussed it a few times already, but now that he was going he had decided not to bring her. She couldn't understand it.

"Hey," he pulled her in for a hug. "I'm just scouting a team. I'll be back soon."

She looked up at him. "How long will you be gone?"

"A week at most."

She forced a smile. "Okay."

"I promise to call every day." Ji Hoo looked at her with concern. "Jan Di?"

"Yes?" She couldn't look him in the eyes.

"I love you. Always. Don't ever forget that."

Her voice broke as she answered.

"I love you too."

...

It had only been two days since Ji Hoo left for Canada and Jan Di was already going crazy. She missed him so much at times she found herself staring at his picture on her phone for hours.

She scolded herself and told herself to smarten up. He was only gone for a week. She counted the hours, minutes and seconds until she saw him again.

At least she had the clinic to keep her busy.

At the end of another long day, her phone rang. Her face lit up as she thought of hearing Ji Hoo's voice again. She looked at the caller ID.

It was So Yi Jung.

She hadn't seen him since their dinner almost three weeks ago. She wondered if maybe he meant to dial Ga Eul but accidentally called her instead.

"Jan Di," Yi Jung began, dispelling Jan Di's doubts about being misdialed.

"Yi Jung sunbae!" she exclaimed. "Is anything wrong?"

He snorted. "Do I only call you when something's wrong?"

She thought for a moment. "Actually, you never call me."

"Darn. I better start," he laughed. "Hey, I need to talk to you. When are you free?"

Jan Di's heart jumped. Maybe he was going to tell her what he and Ji Hoo talked about that night. She glanced at her watch. Her shift was done soon.

"Let's meet at the coffee house across the street in an hour?" She answered, hopefully.

"Deal."

By the time Jan Di got to the coffee house, Yi Jung had already finished his cup of coffee. He smiled when he saw her come in.

"Sorry, sunbae." She got so excited about meeting Yi Jung that she couldn't focus on her work and made several mistakes. Dr. Lee made her repeat some tests twice, much to her chagrin.

"You look like you need a hug," Yi Jung observed, looking her up and down. She opened her mouth to speak but he cut her off. "Too bad Ji Hoo and Ga Eul aren't here right now."

She frowned at him but he just chuckled.

"You are too easy, Geum Jan Di."

She sat down as the server brought out her coffee. The server was a cute young girl, she guessed to be at most 5 years younger than they were. She had big, brown, round eyes and her hair reminded Jan Di of her own hair when she was in high school – short with straight bangs. She looked like one of those anime dolls. She was also quite short – just around 5 feet tall.

"I took the liberty of ordering for you," he said, as the server also placed a cup in front of him.

She mumbled a quick thank you and then took a long, slow sip of her coffee. Even though she knew it wouldn't be there, she still turned the cup around to look for the smiley face out of habit.

"What did you want to talk about?" She looked at him expectantly.

His mouth formed into a straight line. He was deep in thought, unsure of how to begin.

He sighed deeply.

"I've been thinking a lot lately," he began, then he pursed his lips together as if contemplating whether to tell her something or not.

"That's dangerous for you. You might pop a vein or something!" A voice shouted from behind.

Jan Di and Yi Jung turned around to find a grinning Woo Bin walking casually towards them.

"Dude, you're like, late." Yi Jung reprimanded, while Woo Bin just shrugged.

Woo Bin sat down and yawned. "I'm tired. It's been a long day." He smiled at her. "How is our Geum Jan Di nowadays?"

"I'm good." She was glad to see Woo Bin again, who have somehow become the big brother of the group, even though the boys were all the same age.

The server came to their table and plopped down a cup of coffee in front of him. Woo Bin winked at her and said thanks, but the server seemed taken aback as she stood there, frozen, staring at him. Finally, she shook her head and hurriedly walked away. Jan Di saw her cheeks redden. She got a peek at her name tag before she disappeared. Her name was Park Hye Jin.

"You've got to stop doing that," Yi Jung scolded. "You get them all flustered for nothing." He leaned towards Jan Di. "One time, one of them was so ruffled she spilled a cup of hot coffee on my lap. It looked like I had an accident!"

"Hey, I replaced those pants!" Woo Bin chuckled. "It cost me a pretty penny too!"

"Forget the pants - I was worried I'd never be able to have kids one day!" Yi Jung retorted.

"I feel sorry for the kids you'll have," Woo Bin teased, but Yi Jung just glared at him.

After a minute though, they grinned at each other.

"So, why have you called us here?" Woo Bin inquired, leaning forward in his seat.

"I was just about to tell Jan Di when you interrupted us earlier." Yi Jung sighed, exasperatedly.

His face turned serious once more.

"Like I said, I've been thinking a lot lately." He paused to glare at Woo Bin, daring him to interrupt again.

Woo Bin pretended to be engrossed in drinking his cup of coffee.

"And?"

This was it. He was going to tell her what he and Ji Hoo talked about. She tried to sound casual even though inside she wanted to scream at him to go on.

"You know, all my life I've seen people who are supposed to be in love and stay together for life fall apart." He smiled a sad smile. "It makes one wonder if any love lasts nowadays." He looked into her eyes and she felt her heart clench. Is he going to tell her Ji Hoo's leaving her now? That his love is over?

"Loving someone and choosing to be with them is such a huge risk." Yi Jung cocked his head to the side, observing her. "It scares me to death." He picked up his cup and took a sip. "But once in a while, you find someone you're willing to take that risk for."

Jan Di wrinkled her forehead. "What are you saying, sunbae?"

Yi Jung's face turned serious.

"I'm going to ask Ga Eul to marry me."