Chapter 1 Millions of reasons

The silent between us.

"Then..." CNU looked impressed at his friend. "Let me understand, you found your ex girlfriend in a short trip to our hometown, you decided you two are in love again and want to marry three months later?"

They were in one of the tables of Baro's fancy bar 'All Night'. That was their usual place to meet up and the five friends always were there early to relax before it was opened to the public.

Baro sighed. Had he heard any of what he was telling? He filled his glass with more whisky. "Six months. Six months had passed and we're not marrying tomorrow, we just took the decision yesterday. Probably next year or so."

"And we're meeting her after that?" The tallest man frowned.

"Leave him alone, Hyung." Sandeul told CNU with a smile. "He's in love."

"Besides..." Jinyoung drank from his glass before talking again. He felt good today. He ended his work for that new pop group and now he could relax. "We're not his mother, right?"

"It's not that, Hyung." Baro giggled. "It's just. The past months had been so amazing. I had been so happy and time passed so fast we didn't realize we haven't introduce each other to our friends and families."

"Awwwww. That's kinda sweet!" Sandeul said resting his cheek on his hand. He had always loved to hear people's thoughts with a dreamy understanding.

"Doesn't your family know her either?" CNU asked again. Even if he worked with books filled with love stories he was a practical man.

Then Gongchan noticed how different they were. "You said your mom already knows her, right?" He talked before Baro could answer. "From the time you were together."

Baro nodded. "We were together about... Two years. Until she went to a college here in Seoul."

"That long?" Again the tallest had a weird expression. "I should remember her."

"It's normal you don't. We started to go serious when you were already in college. Jinyoung-hyung and you never meet her before."

"But we did." Gongchan focused his gaze on the table. "I have no idea who she is."

"I do." Confessed Sandeul. "She was cute. And I remember... You know..." He cut himself.

"When she left me?" Baro smiled. "It was hard. But now things are very different. We don't talk about it anymore."

CNU pouted. He didn't like it. He took a sip of his drink.

They went silent for a moment until Gongchan saw Baro's phone screen light up.

"I think she is here." The tall boy pointed out.

Baro brightly smiled when he read the message. "She is. And the other girls too."

"Who?!" Jinyoung and CNU asked.

"Her friends." Baro explained to the olders like he did twenty minutes ago. "She's meeting my best men and we're meeting her bridesmaids."

"Are you sure you're not planning on getting married tomorrow?" Jinyoung asked with a high tone.

Baro chuckled whilst he stood up. "I wish I could." He said walking to the entrance.

"Now we're meeting her friends too..." CNU mumbled.

Gongchan throw him a napkin. "Stop, hyung. You're too worried."

"He said her friends went to the same highschool than us." Sandeul said. His eyes fixed on the wall.

"Oh! Do we know them?" Jinyoung didn't hear that... Or didn't pay attention.

"I think I may know one of them." The shorter confessed.

Gongchan tilt his head to a side. That was unexpected.

A sweet music started.

Surely Baro asked some of his employers to put the sound equipment on. He really wanted his fiancee to be impressed by his friends.

Gongchan knew the song.

An old song.

Years had passed since the last time he heard it.

He was unconsciously humming it.

His back was facing the entrance of the place so he had to turn around when Baro announced the women were entering.

They were five but his eyes focused on one of them.

They're eyes found each other as natural as always had been.

The sweetest song filled his ears.

.

He loved that song. He really did.

That's why he asked Jinyoung-hyung to include it in their next performance.

That song makes him think on her.

When it came to an end he did what he always do, took his iPod from his pocket and put it on repeat.

A soft wind ran through the empty station he was waiting in.

The train won't come in some minutes yet but he always made sure to come by this time. He sighed and closed his eyes. He really loved this song.

Then, he felt it.

Someone came from the stairs and stood some meters away from him.

He opened his eyes and slowly looked at her.

She was alone today and his heart started to beat fast.

He didn't know her name.

He thought she was from the senior class of middle school of his own academy. But he's not sure.

She was smiling.

She was always happy. He loved to see her happy. That made him happy too.

Suddenly she turned and her pretty dark eyes were looking at his.

It was for a few seconds.

After that Gongchan couldn't stan it. He felt a pain on his chest that forced him to look away. To the trails. Like he was looking for the train that won't reach soon.

The song started again and his heartbeat didn't let him hear it.

He didn't know when it started.

But when he noticed it was too late. He had fallen for that funny girl who was always the center of the groups she was in, who was passionately dancing on the school festival, who was always being punished on the garden for being talking too loud in classes, who forced her friends to eat part of her own food and stop dieting...

When he realized his eyes were always looking through middle school groups... Wanting to see her... But being incapable to talk to her.

He tried once. On that station.

She was desperately looking into her bag. Gongchan thought she lost her card, he wanted to help. But he didn't have the opportunity. When he was next to her... Her friends came from nowhere, hugged her, took her hand, and talked to her like he always wanted to.

He wondered if he would capable to say something to her.

The train stopped and the wind filled the station again.

He looked at her one more time before stepping in. He froze.

Her eyes were on him again.

She smiled at him. And it was like the Earth decided to stop. Not even the wind wanted to interrupt.

She looked away and fixed a lock of her dark brown hair behind her ear.

He didn't know her name.

Their eyes met again. And this time her hand waved at him.

She hurriedly stepped in.

He reacted just when the doors started to close.

Gongchan got into the wagon on time... But it was the wrong wagon.

The song started again.

His eyes looked at the lateral door, she was there.

.

And Gongchan thought she was precious.

His heart didn't care how many time had passed, it was beating like he was on that station again.

She looked so beautiful.

His long dark hair was wavy now but that was all, she looked precious and he would recognize her everywhere.

Gongchan felt stupid for a moment. His body was acting like he was some teenager.

He should say something when Baro spoke the name of his girlfriend but he couldn't. He had a knot on his throat.

"Chanie?" Another girl called him. And that was the only thing that forced him to take his eyes away from her. Now focused on the short haired girl who smiled at him.

"Eonnie?" A tall woman looked at that girl curiously.

"Keri? Don't you remember?" She looked accusatory to her taller little sister. "He's Chanshik-ssi. We both studied on the same class until we graduated." She was looking at him again. Her brown eyes smaller for her smile. "You remember?" She pointed herself. "Hook Taeni."

Of course he remembered. They were in the same class but they never were friends. He wanted to be her friend though because she was a good friend of... His eyes were again on her. She wasn't looking at him. Her nose was precious too.

He looked back to Taeni. They were not friends. Right. She only talked to him after his hyungs graduated, just to ask for... He looked at CNU now. The tall man's face was calm.

"What a coincidence!" Baro happily said with his hand on the waist of a blonde eye-catching girl.

...

NOW: We're so different from our past selves.

CNU didn't feel good.

He didn't feel good at all.

He thought looking at the woman with short dark brown hair and skinny black pants who was dancing on the dance floor.

He remembered her. On highschool she was shy and calm, she blushed at everything. She was so cute. But now...

He needed some minutes to recognize her. In fact, when they were about to be introduced he was studying Baro's fiancee and how sweetly the blonde looked at his friend when he heard her voice. He didn't pay attention until that. It sounded more enthusiastic but it was her voice. That was when he realized.

She was a pretty woman. And had so much confidence. She openly talked to Gongchan, Jinyoung and him. And tried to befriend with Sandeul and Baro with natural manners. She talked a lot.

And when the place started to fill and music got more energetic, she herself and not her noisily friend was who said 'I love that song' and dragged the girls and Gongchan to where they were now. She didn't dance as good as her sister or the other tall girl (who his younger friend keep eyeing time to time), but she's not shy at all.

He was alone.

Sandeul was no stopping talking to the older girl. A short woman that was keeping an eye on the others like a wolf mom. And Baro got lost with her girlfriend.

Jinyoung left him too. He was being stalked by a group of nice girls.

He drank from his glass. Why was he feeling sad?

"Don't you want to try one of our coctels? The boss showed me how to make it." He heard one of the bartenders offering a drink next to him. Even the VIP zone was full that day.

"I don't think so." Her voice answered and his body immediately turned to see her landing on the counter. "It's not good to drink different things at the same time. Another vodka and a Coke for my sister, please."

The boy made a face. "The boss asked us to attend you well."

"And you're doing perfectly. Another day I'll come for that coctel." She smiled and took sit right next to CNU when the bartender handed her a glass.

"You didn't drink back then." CNU said looking at her face when she lifted the glass to her lips.

She smiled after a sip. "Yes. That's true." Taeni turned to face him. It passed some seconds before she turned around to see the dance floor.

She smiled to her sister showing her the bottle of Coke. The younger tried to approach but the other friend didn't let her.

She giggled. "I was seventeen then. Of course I didn't drink." She eyed him again. And he wanted to slap himself. What a stupid thing he said! "You didn't drink either." She pointed his half empty glass. The transparent alcoholic drink bubbling. "I'm a responsible girl who won't lose control and my sister is our driver. Don't worry, Oppa." She winked.

He looked down at his glass and hummed.

The dark liquid reflected his eyes.

.

He fixed his big glasses before thanking the waitress and going back to his book.

He was starting to read it and wasn't sure if he liked it. But he was sure he liked to read in that coffee. It was nice and had a nice view.

Yes. He loved to wait in that coffee.

Suddenly the book was taken from his hands and he frowned. Then he saw her standing next to him looking the cover of it, her lips pouting a little.

He adored her.

His face surely softened.

When she noticed he was staring she flushed. "I'm sorry... I wanted..." She pressed her lips in a thin line and sat up in from of him. "I was checking."

"Checking what?" He asked and couldn't help to openly smile.

"This." She avoided his eyes and looked through her bag. Taking out a new copy of that book. 'The future is now'.

He surprisedly looked both books before getting back to her blushed face. Her hair that reached to her shoulders had a hairband today. She was cute.

"You bought it." He said. Oh. He wanted to gift her his own copy because they commented how funny it would be if they can compare their opinions. "Did you started?"

"No yet." She said looking at the table. "Maybe today."

He really adored her.

Then the waitress came with a coffee for her. He asked her to do that.

"Thank you." She hurriedly said. "And... I..." She was struggling with words and he thought that was incredible cute. "Thank you, sunbaenim."

He chuckled. "How many times should I tell you? It's ok if you call me Oppa." She blushed again. "I'd liked that too." He was blushing now. His eyes on the glass wall.

"Sorry... It's not easy... I'm not... Used." And she mumbled "Oppa."

Even so she smiled.

"Aren't you going to put sugar on your coffee?" He asked looking how she lifted the mud without paying attention.

Her lips formed a perfect 'o' as she reached for the spoon.

Five.

She liked sweet things.

"Aren't you making me try sugar like last time?"

Her cheeks were dark red even if her skin was slightly tanned. "Last time I... I didn't know you had put sugar already... It was like... Poisoned?"

He chuckled again. She was funny too. "Oppa liked it." He assured her. "And this time my coffee is sugar free so you can show me how you like it."

She nervously giggled. Her perfect smile didn't left her face.

She leaned over the table and took the spoon.

God! He adored her.

She avoided his eyes.

.

But he wanted to see them. Her light brown eyes were beautiful.

"Did you become a writer? Or a painter?" He asked so she had to look back to him.

"No." She said. A big smile on her face. "Didn't think you would remember something like that." She let her glass on the counter. "I'm a interior's designer for our own little company."

Her smile was still perfect.

But she was so different now.

...

The words we spoke were full of sincerity.

Sandeul laughed along with her. Her long black hair was dancing on her delicate shoulders.

They're by the same table were they started the night. What a good night. When Baro came with his fiancee he knew she was coming with them.

He felt so nervous.

When he saw her... She looked so different now. She looked so much mature and calm, she had a dark make-up and he had never seen her like that, she walked so confident and was so caring with her friends. Her hair was darker now and she was wearing shorts. Her legs were beautiful as he remember from the time she graduated from highschool.

He thought it would be hard for him to talk to her, but she was who touched his shoulder to say hi and she was who sat up with him after dancing two songs with her friends.

They had been so close the rest of the night.

He smiled to her.

"You look beautiful, Noona." He said. He didn't avoid her eyes.

She sweetly smiled. "You're always so sweet, Deullie. Thank you." He didn't lost she called him like that. She looked at her phone before looking back at him. "You look very handsome too. I didn't recognized you. You're very tall now."

He chuckled. He wasn't tall. But he was tall enough for her.

Her phone started a music. It sounded cute.

Her face illuminated.

"I'll go to answer this." She said and stood up to go to the office area.

Sandeul was happy. They were still friends.

When she came back her smile were brighter.

"I think I have to go." She said and took her handbag. "I'll drive Jieun home, where she is?"

Sandeul stood. "She's with Sunwoo in his office. But I can make sure he'll take her home." She looked at him and he thought her eyes were prettier than before. "Can I take you home?"

"No. It's ok. I'll drive." She smiled. "I don't drink now. Not if Mino is at home."

His heart stopped with that.

She intensely looked at him. "Can I ask you something?"

"Whatever you need, Eunjung-noona." He couldn't denied her anything she wanted.

"The girls. Can you make sure they'll be ok? I don't want to interrupt them and..."

"I let them know you leave. And I'll text you when they're on their way home." He could do that. And he wanted her number.

"Thank you so much." Just for her relief expression it was worthy. "God, Junghwanie, I'm so happy to see you again. You look so well."

"You too, noona." He said. But before letting her go he also asked. "Noona? Can I ask you something?"

"Yes. Yes, of course, honey." He would die just for the pet name.

"Who's Mino?"

She blankly looked at him. "Oh." She smiled and took her phone. "Horvejkul Mino-yah." She handed it to him. A pic on the screen. "He's my son."

A cute baby boy who was about three or four years old was making the cutest aegyo to him.

Oh! He was as pretty as her.