chaerin lifelessly walk to the coffee shop downstairs and sat there. wonwoo's parents came to visit her dad and they asked her to wait outside for awhile.

"i'm sure they mentioned about marriage earlier," she pursed her lips into a thin line. thinking about all the possibilities, she sighed.  "ah i hate this feeling.."

when she's losing herself in the thoughts, suddenly someone come and put on a jacket on her back. chaerin flinched and quickly turn around.

"you," she exhaled a relieved sigh. "you startled me, jeon wonwoo."

wonwoo laugh and sit in front of her. "here, coffee for you," he put his chin on his palm. she still wear the same clothes from this morning.. he concerned. too bad there's barely any girls here.

"aren't you busy, dr jeon?"

"not really, are you staying here tonight?"

chaerin nods. "yes, minsu will take care of the cafe, " she sips the iced americano. chaerin wear the jacket comfortably. it smells nice like him. so comfy and warm.

"minsu? who is that?"

"a close friend of our family. his family is staying overseas so he often hangout with us since i was in middle school."

"ohh," wonwoo nods. he got nothing to comment, or to ask about this minsu guy.

"but do you know your parents come here?" she asked, after she planned the strategy of the conversation.

"yeah, i met them inside earlier," he said calm. "why? did they talk about marriage with you?"

"huh what? no," nervously, she answered. "so they talk about it with you?"

wonwoo nods. "yes, few times."

"what do you think about it?"

"what do you think about it?" wonwoo answers her question with the same question.

"i asked you first though,"

"but i want to know what do you think about it to answer the question. so your answer?"

"why a person is weird like this? i asked him first," she mumbled. somehow the complaining and short tempered attitude from her dad is slowly showing.

"yes?" wonwoo widened his eyes. he's shocked to see her talk back, but he certainly not hating it. its fascinating to her new side.

"no, isn't it a law? i asked you first. why would you ask me back? you even copied my question. its unfair,"

ah darn it. why is she so cute? wonwoo try his best to conceal his laugh. "i just want to be considerate, in case you dont want to, you know.. marry me and stuff?"

"then how about you?" chaerin look away, avoiding eye contact. suddenly it feels quite awkward to be with him, talking about marriage when this is their second time meeting each other.

"well i'm okay if you're okay with it."

"then i'm the same," chaerin replied. as this is her first time being in such situation with a guy, she can feel her face and her ears are freaking hot.

"i will tell my mom about this and we will start to discuss things after your dad is well enough. okay?"

after he got the agreement from chaerin, he excuse himself to get back to work. right when he got into the office, his colleagues quickly attacked him with tons of questions.

"who is her?"

"is she that girl that your mom choose?"

"is her tattoo real?"

"how far did you guys go?"

"i'm jealous!"

wonwoo step back and ask them to calm their shit down. "why are you guys are so interested with my life business? did you check your patients yet?"

yoon jeonghan hit his head with a book. "we're just happy for you. can't you tell?"

"i know right? all this while i thought he's going to grow old alone." joshua added. "congrats, dude."

"whatever, whatever." wonwoo brush it off. he's not telling them anything yet until he confirmed it with their family first. after awhile, everyone get back to their natural habitat and be busy again.

wonwoo who got nothing to do just casually search for chaerin's webtoon comic online. "so she's the fantasy-action type. cool. its been awhile since i read anything. the last time i only got to read the webtoon bastard."

"who is that girl earlier?"

suddenly the sound of the door closed and heels clicking sound coming near to him. wonwoo didn't bother to look at that person and sigh.

"its none of your business, moran lee."

her arms were folded as defense. she rolls her eyes and took a seat besides him. "whoever she is, she's uselessly so loud. its annoying,"

wonwoo who's scrolling through the webtoon stops and look at her. "what did you just say?"

"what?"

"let's hear it again. what did you say?"

moran look at him. "i said, she's loud. its hospital with many patients and they need to rest. she don't have to cry so loudly like that. its obviously seeking for attention and very childish."

"get your shit together, you're a doctor!" wonwoo slammed the table. "we were trained to deal with those things for years, why are you acting dumb and heartless like that?"

"why are you raising your voice at me?"

wonwoo ignore her shaky voice and continue, "to you, you might lose one of thousand patients you treated everyday and it wont affect you at all but to a person like her, she will lose the whole world if her dad is gone." wonwoo stressed every words. "why did you become a doctor if you can't understand a simple thing like that?"

"but she was too clingy to you--"

"wether she want to be clingy or not, its our business." wonwoo gets up. "its not something that you should care about. just worry about yourself. work on your humanity."

he canceled his resting plan and walk out of the office. moran clenched her fists and held in her tears.

"you'll regret this, jeon wonwoo."