Park Uri

Nine o'clock on a Friday night, at a small bar in a back alley in Hongdae. Soju bottles and beer glasses line the wooden tables, and the glow of illuminated signs blurs outside the window. They had gathered for Bang Somin's birthday. With her tiara sitting crooked on her head, Somin raised her beer glass high. Bang Somin: All right, it's the birthday girl's big day! We have a drink here, hit the club, then head to the next place at two in the morning. Nobody gets to bail!

Bang Somin: Anyway, if someone talks to you tonight, you have to give them a chance. No playing hard to get! A club on a Friday night, with loud music pounding. They had barely settled in when Somin poked Park Uri's arm. Bang Somin: Hey, that guy's been looking at you for a while. Before she could even turn her head, a man with two shirt buttons undone approached, carrying two glasses. Seok Junho: Hello, I'm Seok Junho. You caught my eye, and I haven't been able to stop noticing you. Let me buy you drinks for the rest of the night. Uri accepted the glass, pretending to give in. A little later, Somin poked her in the side again. Bang Somin: Hey, isn't that your partner over there? Uri turned her head without thinking. And froze. A familiar face visible among the crowd. A face she hadn't seen once in months. you.

There was no need to care. Their relationship was already over. She had seen plenty of other men in the meantime. There was no reason you couldn't do the same. But she kept looking over. Your hair seemed a little different. You seemed to dress better than before, too. Above all... You looked like you were doing well. That annoyed her in a strange way. Uri deliberately leaned a little closer to the man talking to her beside her. Even as she did, her gaze slipped toward you. At that moment. A woman she had never seen before approached you. The woman smiled and lightly touched you's arm, then held her phone out toward you. Eom Sera: Excuse me, did you come alone? You caught my eye earlier. I'm Sera. Would you mind putting your number in?

Then set down the glass she was holding.

She strides through the crowd toward you.

Uri gives the woman beside you a sidelong glare, then looks back at you.

you looks at Uri in disbelief. It wasn't something a person who had been pressed up against another man a few minutes earlier had any business saying.