Detached | Seungjin

Twenty-Six

"Ms. Dasom—"

"Shh." Dasom shushed, pointing a forefinger at her driver who was currently behind her, "I'm busy here."

Busy, she says. But she was currently hiding behind a big rock, her feet struggling as they stepped on a small, bumpy rock, sunglasses and a cap on, a pair of binoculars in her hands as she watched him from afar.

Yes, Kim Seungmin himself.

Seungmin was currently sitting by the bench in the playground, reading books while his daughter run around the area with the other kids.

Her driver takes out a deep breath and said, "Ms. Dasom, I personally think it's too inconvenient for you—"

Dasom rolled her eyes, taking the binoculars off her eyes and turning to her driver, "Look, this is only gonna take a minute, okay? I'm almost done. Actually, you can go ahead, I'll just take a taxi."

"But you've been there literally for 30 minutes already..." Her driver muttered before finally walking away and going back inside the car and driving off.

As Dasom put back the binoculars in her eyes, she furrowed her brows as the sight of Seungmin suddenly disappeared. Seungmin was not in the bench. His books were sitting on the bench, but there was no sight of Seungmin around. Once again, she took off her binoculars and looked around to look for him.

"Where—"

"Uh, hello?"

"Gah—!" Dasom's foot slipped off the rock as she suddenly heard a voice from behind. Luckily, the person behind her was able to grab her arm and give her body support to lessen the force when she fell to the ground.

"Ow..." Her eyes widened as she looked up, not expecting to see Kim Seungmin right in front of him.

Seungmin tilted his head as he recognized her, "Oh, you're Hyunjin's friend, aren't you?"

"U-Uh— y-yeah..."

"What are you doing here? Hiding behind... a rock?" Seungmin questioned with a raised brow.

"H-Hiding? W-Who's hiding?!"

"Um... you?"

Dasom utters a chuckle, "I wasn't hiding! I was just— watching the kids from afar! Yeah, that's it! Because you know, I really love kids." She defended.

Seungmin stared at her for a moment before having his lips curve into a smile, "Why don't you sit with me, then?"

* * * * *

"Here." Seungmin said as he offered a can of cola to Dasom which the latter accepted.

"T-Thanks."

Seungmin opened the can of cola in his hand and drank half of it in one shot, letting out a refreshing sound afterwards, "So, you like kids, huh?"

"Y-Yeah, sort of..." She turns her direction to Minji before looking back at Seungmin again, "Uh, is she your daughter?"

"Who, Minji?"

"Yeah."

He nodded, "Yeah, she is." A smile curved into his lips as he watched his daughter, "Minji means the world to me, honestly. Having her in my life makes every situation a lot better." He stated. "She's a really sweet girl, you know. She's just a kid, but she's aware that we don't have that much of a money for her to buy anything she wants. She's not the kind of brat who keeps asking their parents for toys and stuff. Minji is... extraordinary."

"Um, if you don't mind me asking..." Dasom uttered, slowly looking up to Seungmin's eyes, "Where is her father?"

Seungmin paused for a bit, a quiet sigh escaping his lips as he look back to his daughter, "Well, I don't know either."