"Now where is my goddamn luggage?" you focused on the large conveyer belt at the airport, patiently waiting, a bit too patiently, it's been 10 minutes and your luggage still hasn't appeared. you were growing tired and a tad bit anxious. then you finally see it, relived, you took it off the conveyer belt which was another feat.
Now with your belongings with you you happily walked out to the terminal quickly searching through the contacts of your phone and dialed a particular number.
"hey! what's up" you heard on the other side. Your heart beating faster with excitement as you heard the voice
"where are you?" you asked calmly, trying to mask the excitement as much as you could. "I'm at work. why?" the voice answered you back
"oh no reason. I'll call you later then, bye!" you quickly hung up
You spotted a man near the car at the exit and you beamed a smile at him immediately. "Mr. Lee!" you rushed to him and he smiled right back at you "ah Miss. Hwang, It's been so long, you've grown up so much!" he took your luggage and put it into the trunk as you climbed in the car.
"How has your trip been? you must be tired." he asked starting the car and driving out of the airport.
"It was tiring but I'm so excited to be back in Korea" you replied "but can you please drop me somewhere first? I need to meet someone"
"Oh? Is there someone more important here than your family?" he chuckled
"Oh please. you know they're the people who would be the least bit excited about my return" you sulkily replied back browsing through your phone "well maybe my brother will be a bit pleased but my mom? I highly doubt it"
"so where would you like me to drop you off?" he asked coming back to the topic.
"Wusang law firm!" you immediately answered to Mr. Lee's surprise "why? do you want to sue someone or are you in trouble ma'am?" he joked back
"There just is someone I want to meet. an old friend if I can call it" you shyly told him
"Alright. I'll drop you off there and take your luggage back home. I'll tell the housekeepers to set your things up"
"Sounds good!" you smiled back at him
the rest of the trip went by you telling him about all the things you did back at college. all about the crazy and hilarious events and some complaining about the people who got on your nerves
...
You got off the car bidding Mr. Lee good bye and him telling you to call him if you needed to be picked up later
You walked towards Wusang and ready to enter the office but halted when you remembered were you even allowed in there? it's going to be so embarrassing if he's not there. or maybe he'll get mad at you for appearing out of no where when he was busy at work. he might get embarrassed in front of his colleagues if you just appear out of nowhere.
A hundred thoughts ran through your anxious frozen state. You didn't think this through, you were most defiantly stupid enough to not think about this variable.
And then that's the moment you saw someone walking out the building in a suit but with sneakers and a poofy curly perm. 'what a weirdo' you thought but as he got closer, you realized that weirdo was your best friend. he was your weirdo
For a moment you gave another second thought about surprising him and run back home instead of being seen with that tie and sneakers wearing poodle head. you looked at your phone searching for Mr. Lee's number but then to your dismay you heard his surprised voice calling out your name
"Hwang Haru!"
you looked up terrified. he noticed you. You quickly made a 180° turn and speed walked away from him pretending to not know him.
"Hey! Hwang Haru! it's you isn't it?" he yelled as he followed you
you picked up your pace and almost started to run occasionally turning your head back at him and yelled at him "Oi don't follow me! I don't want to be seen with you! I don't know you!" as he picked up his pace close to you. you two were almost running around the premise
unfortunately he was quick enough to overtake and stop you thanks to your small legs and his long ones.
you were going to make an escape from the side but he held you in your place, holding your arms.
"why are you avoiding me? and when did you come to Korea?" he panted out looking at your face.
"I came just a while ago. you were the first person I wanted to see but..." you looked him up and down "...not anymore I guess"
you couldn't believe him. He was one of the most stylish people you knew in college. how did he end up looking this way. he looked a baby poodle wearing a suit.
"Hey! that's mean" he scolded but smiled at the fact that you were there right in front of him and that he was the one you came to see as soon as you landed. he couldn't hide his glee and hugged you
"ew I don't want to be seen with your embarrassing looking ass! let me out! I don't know who you are" you lightly slapped his shoulder and tried pushing him off you. after a few seconds he let you out
"what is that look? are you a kid? what's going on with your hair more importantly" you pointed out
"it's intern fashion. I want to look fresh and trendy." he said it like it was the obvious.
you rolled your eyes and giggled. "whatever. are you off work now? buy me food. I'm starving" you emphasized patting your stomach.
"Sure! one second! I'll tell my boss and come back" he ran off to a distance and yelled at a man "BOSS! I'M LEAVING WORK NOW! SEE YOU TOMORROW!" he waved at a man and started running back to you
The man yelled back at your best friend "YAH! JANG JUN WOO! COME BACK!"
completely ignoring the shouting of the apparent boss he held your hand and started to run out of the premise of the law firm.
...
"who uses a scooter?" you slapped him in the arm with your handbag as you two waited for the taxi.
"oh I am so deeply sorry for the inconvenience ma'am. I didn't know you were coming or I would have arranged for a limousine" he said with sarcasm dripping from every word
"shut it or I'll kill you" you fumed through your teeth
"I'd like to see you try" he smirked at the comment
the taxi arrived right at the moment and you both sat down and headed to the restaurant
...
"this is so good! I really did miss the food here. It tastes like home" you devoured another spoonful of rice and gulping down some soup
Jun woo just chuckled watching you eat "what are you saying idiot? you're back home of course it tastes like home. slow down, you look like you haven't eaten in three days" he refilled your glass and handed it to you
"It feels like I haven't eaten in 3 days. nothing in the airplane menu was tasty" you complained to him drinking up the water
Jun woo just laughed "do you want to get a drink? like the old times" he asked
"I would love to but not today, I am so exhausted. if I even take a shot I'll drop dead right here, right now" you said, doing a cutthroat gesture towards yourself
"alright fine, next time then. But mind you, I am the tired one here. you gave me a workout there making me chase you" he pointed his spoon at you
"so you're not going by Jason here?" you asked remember what his boss called him by.
"no, I'm just going with Jun woo here. Jason was my American name anyway. I'd rather not get my name butchered here or there" he explained taking another bite and you nodded in understanding
"I missed you" you blurted out of nowhere "it sucks that you graduated so much earlier than me. it was so boring without you"
"I missed you too" he smiled back at you
the rest of dinner went by like that with the two of you laughing at old memories from when you met in college and recalling all the comical memories
you called Mr. Lee and got in the car. You offered Jun woo a ride home but he dismissed it and told you to just go home and rest up, making promise to meet again
you bid goodbyes and went back home and crashed. not bothered to meet anyone.
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