prior to coming to korea, luke mentally promised that he was going to do what he wanted whenever he wanted. there was going to be no more stepping on egg shells to avoid his mother’s constant judging and nagging. and yet, even though it had already been two years since he was essentially mailed off to korea signed off to his father’s care, somehow he managed to get tangled in her web. it first started off with forcing him to sign up to go to university in the fall, to then suggestions of getting a part time job and now after years of nagging and own arrival to korea, a girl she wanted him to meet. for some, gaining a possible girlfriend through their mother’s acquaintances didn’t seem too bad. his mom knew a lot of people, ranging from fashion designers to professors. there was a chance that maybe he could meet his own modern day princess and fall in love with all of the additional bullshit that fairy tales somehow managed to throw in. but for luke, it was a threat. a threat to his newly found freedom that suddenly the few girls he managed to date for a handful of months here and there simply weren’t good enough. that is, until he met her.
the first meeting with solbin wasn’t too bad, aside from the obvious awkwardness. but as soon as they managed to warm up to each other, it was like talking to one of his good friends. she didn’t mind his crude jokes, or constant chatter about himself. she didn’t limit him on the amount of beers he drank, or cringe too hard when he swore about his mother. and so, the moment he spotted her while deciding to go out on a walk afternoon was a pleasant surprise. not to say that he didn’t think that she would contact him after that but…
slipping his sunglasses on his face, luke stealthily walked with the crowd as he kept his eyes on the target. what was she passing out? does she have a part time job or something? it didn’t occur to him that he should probably think about what to say when he eventually got to her, so when he managed to appear from her he awkwardly took a flier from her before awkwardly taking some of her stack from her. “is this your job or something? i don’t remember if you told me you had a job…” he muttered, tilting his sunglasses down just a bit to look her in the eyes. “hi… do you remember me?”
without classes to attend and deadlines to meet, solbin found that she had a lot of extra time on her hands. this meant that she could meet her friends, stay out until late at night, and of course, spend more time rallying for her cause. today was no exception, as the girl stood out on the sidewalks, passing out flyers and talking to whoever would stop their walking to listen to her.
a tall boy came and took a flyer from her, which she passed to him with a smile before looking up in surprise when she felt a sudden weight lifted from her arms. a look of confusion spread across her features as her mind tried to process what was happening, only clearing when the dark sunglasses revealed his eyes.
“oh, luke!” her puzzled look was replaced by a grin as she saw him, one hand raising in a small wave. “hey!”
they said that parents did strange things when their children went off to college, a result of a so-called “empty nest syndrome”. while solbin’s father didn’t go off and get pets or adopt children or anything, he developed a newfound interest in her love life, always asking if she had a boyfriend or if she liked anyone in her university. she always sighed when she thought about it. her brother hadn’t gotten this kind of treatment when he left for college, but she supposed she was the baby of the family, and always daddy’s little girl, so it wasn’t altogether that surprising.
what was surprising, however, was when her father told her that he wanted her to meet a son of someone he knew. she was frustrated at first, not exactly liking being set up on a date, especially by her father, but relented, expecting some stuffy corporate style boy probably majoring in something like economics or computer programming.
but luke turned out to be fun. he was tall, attractive, and bold in a way that she liked. in short, he was completely different from what solbin expected from her father, though she had a feeling he didn’t exactly know all the parts of this boy. they got along well, and by the end of the night talked like they knew each other for two years instead of just two hours.
“no, not a job.” she laughed, looking down at her flyers. “just an important cause. did you know that a lot of girls can’t get an education just because they’re girls?”
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