go piss girl.
@bewooyoung
staying busy is the best thing that yinuo can do for herself this time of year. sure, a flight home wouldn't be terribly long and jindallae is sure to give her the time off of work, but it's expensive and rent isn't getting any cheaper and... if she goes home, she might not come back. whether it's her parents convincing her to stay or situations beyond any layperson's control, it's a risk she knows she would take. but it's not like yinuo doesn't miss her family, especially during this time of year when loved ones are supposed to gather a little closer. she misses the warm, grainy smell of the brewery and the constant hope for snow that only very rarely fell. it's colder here in south korea. not by much, but enough that she notices it.
yinuo is a bright girl though, both in intelligence and temperament. she knows better than to dwell on things that can't be changed; wallowing in her own misery will get her nowhere. so staying busy and distracting herself from the loneliness in her tiny studio apartment is the best she can do in this situation. she make friends wherever she goes, so taking herself to the market to walk around and enjoy the lights and sounds and scents of holiday spirit all around her is no big deal even alone.
that said, she didn't exactly plan for this situation.
cold air and one too many coffees this morning has put her in a rather uncomfortable position, but she didn't realize it until just after she bought herself a hot serving of rose tteokbokki from a street vendor. yinuo will tolerate many things that are a little bit gross, but taking food into a public bathroom is simply not one of them, and it's not like she can just leave it out in the open for anyone to steal or mess with. ah, relying on the kindness of strangers is scary, but necessity demands it's either that or something far more embarrassing.
yinuo fancies herself a good judge of character anyway; she's intuitive like that. so when she spots a man roughly around her age with kind eyes, she hardly hesitates before approaching him. "hi! i'm yinuo, and i really need a favor, if you have a minute?" she doesn't give him much of a chance to respond before she continues. "i really have to go to the bathroom but i eat too slowly and it'd be so gross to take this in there with me so do you think you could just... hold this for a second so no one takes it or anything? i'll buy you a snack or drink or something when i'm back, it'll just be a minute, i promise!"