112 What Could Have Been Volume 1 Epilogue (1/2)
A girl swung her legs as she half-heartedly paid attention to the television.
She sighed, feeling utterly bored.
Then, a young man came down the stairs, twirling a set of keys in his hand.
The girl, noticing the man, shot up into a proper sitting position. ”Oppa, where are you going?”
The young man was slightly startled, but did not get angry at the girl. He smiled slightly, ”I'm going out to meet my friends,” he told her truthfully.
The girl smiled prettily while batting her eyes, ”Can I come too?”
The man smiled helplessly, ”Why would you want to come? It's just a couple of us guys hanging out together. You'll definitely find it boring.”
The girl whined, ”But it's so boring at home! I have nothing to do!”
”Yeo Ri-ah...” The man sighed. The girl could be so childish sometimes.
”Oppa, please?” She gave him a puppy-dog look, which she obviously knew was his weakness.
The man hesitated for a while, but in the end, he relented. ”Fine. Go and get dressed; I'll wait for you.”
”Yay! Thanks, Oppa!” The girl cheered happily, running to her room to get dressed.
”Don't run or you'll fall,” the man reminded her. He chuckled in amusement. He could never say 'no' to her. Fine, it was his fault for spoiling her so much!
A few minutes later, she returned to his side, wearing a newer and prettier dress, and even added some lipstick on her lips.
The man frowned, ”Is that makeup? Hey, you're too young to be wearing makeup!” He chided in dissatisfaction.
”Why not?” She pouted at him. ”It's just lipstick! I'm fourteen; Everybody in my class wears thicker makeup than this to school,” she grumbled.
The man rolled his eyes, ”Fine, you win. Do whatever you want.” Then, he pinched her cheeks, ”Aigoo, you spoiled brat! What am I ever going to do with you?” He asked rhetorically with an affectionate tone.
The girl pushed him away with a glare, but they both burst into laughter afterwards.
After the banter, the man drove the two of them to the agreed restaurant where he would meet his friends.
It seemed like they were early, so the man went ahead and found them a seat first.
Soon enough, a familiar face popped into the restaurant with a grin.
The new arrival walked towards the two, ”Oh? Yeo Ri also came, huh?” The man greeted them cheerfully. He ruffled her hair familiarly.
”Ah, stop it!” The girl glowered at the man. ”In Guk-oppa!” She scolded him with a whiny voice, clearly annoyed after the man ruined her nicely-combed hair.
The man apologised with an unapologetic face, ”Sorry, sorry.”
In Guk settled in on the seat next to Yeo Ri. He looked around as if searching for someone. He then turned to the other man next to Yeo Ri, asking, ”Where's that guy?”
The man shrugged, ”You know him. He's never on time. I keep telling him to get a new bike, but he says he can't afford a new one right now. And he's been saying that for almost two years! Is he kidding? What kind of bike is he going to buy? A gold-plated one?”
”Woah, woah, calm down!” In Guk laughed. ”Ah! There he is!”
The three's gaze darted to the area that In Guk had pointed.
”Hey, why are you so late?!” The man scowled.
In Guk felt that he was overreacting, but he merely smiled as he felt that it was amusing to see his reactions.
”What late? We're supposed to meet up at ten; it's only 9:58!” He defended himself. Gruffly, he dragged the other person following him and sat down across the trio.
”Ah,” the man exclaimed. He looked at his sister, ”Yeo Ri-ah, it's the first time you've met him, right? This is my friend, Hyuk.” The man kicked Hyuk's leg from under the table, ”Oi, introduce yourself.”