Winter Sonata Fanfiction 12 of 38

"I got it.  Kang- Joon-sang!"

Yoo-jin lightly nudges Joon-sang after she approaches him.

"You haven't changed a bit in three years, Mr. Misunderstanding!"

He stands silent for a moment, while she continues:

"Do you really believe that I married Sang-hyeok?"

His face gets stiff.

"Joon-sang, that girl wasn't mine! "

"  !  "

"She is Jin-sook's daughter."

He doesn't or can't move, hearing Yoojin speaks.

"The five of us got together for the first time in three years. I never dreamed you were there. Oh dear, God's playing a trick on us."

"..."

He is at a loss for words.

They hear a rattling sound. Kim brings a chair from the back room.

Looking at the two standing in front of the puzzle, he says in his usual tone.

"Hey man! Completely mistaken!"

Kim chuckles, places a third chair to the table, and turns to them.

"But I don't laugh at you, Joon-sang. Anyone would have thought they were a family." 

Though Joon-sang looks still in a state of shock, a smile gradually returns to his face.

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They are sitting at the table on the terrace.

The sun has tilted west, shining.

Yoo-jin pours tea into three cups, saying:

"Oh my, your imagination leaped too far, didn't it?"

She puts the pot on the table.

"I had no boyfriend for three years because I was so busy with classes and submitting reports. No way I could ever get married!"

Kim laughs as Joon-sang smiles, showing his white teeth.

"Cool! Yoo-jin-si !"

Kim says teasingly.

"Apparently Joon-sang's been too intent on his studies to think of anything else as well."

(to be continued)