smiling wistfully at the memory of her homeland, malee nodded at the other’s words. “yes, it’s beautiful,” she replied, “the nature in the countryside is lovely, if you get to look past the usual tourist attractions.” considering his question, she answered sheepishly, “i’ve only been here for about two years now.” looking at him, she bit her lip. “probably explains why my korean is a little awkward-sounding, huh?” it was nice, how attentive daewon seemed to be to her words, making genuine attempts to get to know her like this. he was pretty cute, too, but malee quickly pushed the thought out of her mind so as to not disrupt her concentration in her endeavour to paint. “thank you,” she bowed her head a little, upon hearing him compliment her name. listening to him speak, she turned back to mix some colours to get just the right shade for her piece. “that’s great,” malee shot him a quick glance to acknowledge his words, “so i guess i’m in the company of the next steven spielberg, then?” she laughed. “in all seriousness, though, i love a good film, and it’s really cool that you’ve got the passion for telling stories and all. have you ever made short films and the like before?” malee’s cheeks were tinged with pink when he passed the remark about her. “i’m actually planning to be a marine biologist,” she said, as she carefully applied strokes onto the canvas with a light hand, “but teaching doesn’t sound so bad, either… i have been tutoring the high school kids ever since the school opened, and i’ve found that i quite like doing it.”
Even if he wasn’t looking at her face then, by the way, she spoke, it was obvious that she loved her homeland and that she missed it. When he first came to Korea, he felt the same way but now that he had no one to go back to, the desire to go back was not there anymore. Well, he did want to go back to see how much L.A. had changed but that was all. “You must miss it a lot. Do you have plans to go back during the holidays?” The more she replied to his questions, the easier it became to ask her more questions and he was slowly forgetting that he shouldn’t be so noisy. When she mentioned that her korean was awkward-sounding, he immediately shook his head as he looked her way. “Is it? I didn’t even notice. I think it’s admirable that you learned the language and even came here to study.” A smile was sent her way and when she thanked him, he murmured a ‘you’re welcome.’
Of course, when she joked about him being the next steven spielberg, the misfit choked on his own saliva and then began coughing until he regained control. Thankfully, the pencil was nowhere near his pad and at her question about whether or not he had made short films, he sheepishly nodded. The only people that he had talked to about his films were his friends and it was strange to tell her, someone that had been just an acquaintance until now, about them. “I have. Not many, probably six at most and most of them are for my classes or I am still not done with them. Sadly, I am in my junior year now and I have less time to film or think of any ideas for my next short film.” If there was something he didn’t expect was for her to tell him that she wanted to be a marine biologist but that was mostly because he had met someone else in the past that also wanted to be one. “That is so cool. Are you planning to go into the ocean and study them there? Because I have seen photos of some of the marine life and the deeper they go, the scarier they look. Since you like teaching, is it safe to assume that the high schoolers are not giving you trouble?”
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