The atmosphere in the taxi was uncomfortably silent. But Woojin was first to break the silence. 

“Why were you avoiding my calls?”

“Uh? Just…”

Was there a word more ambiguous than the word ‘just’?

“Do I make you feel uncomfortable?”

“N…no. It isn’t like that.”

It was less uncomfortable, and more nervous. 

She might come to like him.

She felt nervous at the prospect of starting to like him, when she wasn’t qualified to do so.

She was forcing herself to ignore him, but he had come to her instead…

“So what’s the real reason you’re here?”

“No reason. I just had something to give you, and since I’m here, I might as well go on a date.

“D-date?”

Ah. Too many surprising events kept happening to her one after another, so she was dazed.

“We’re here. Let’s go.”

She automatically got out of the taxi when Woojin spoke, but it was only after the taxi had sped away that she realized that she was downtown Pyeongtaek. She had never come before since there were always too many people.

Woojin smiled, “It’s a little bit too early to eat dinner, so let’s go watch a movie.”

Jiwon turned to him, “Woojin. This place is a little bit…”

Woojin glanced at her, “What? Is it because there are a lot of people here?”

Jiwon averted her eyes, “Uh? Yes.”

Woojin’s voice turned serious, “Are you that worried about other people’s gazes?”

Jiwon reached for her hat, and pulled it down further, “Uh?”

How could she not mind other people when her face looked like this?

Woojin eyed her curiously but took her hand. He led them to a street stall and bought two cheap...