Ji Hyo’s long awaited lunch time break had finally arrived and before she could even form a coherent sentence, letting her colleagues know she was stepping out, she was already out the door and heading to the closest cafe for a much needed cup of coffee.
Sure, there was the station coffee, but that just wasn’t the same and she was sure someone was adding too much water to the coffee to water it down a lot. She was pleased when she saw there was no line and quickly ordered a cup and decided to sit there and enjoy it, but she paused momentarily when her attention was caught by a slice of strawberry shortcake that looked particularly appetizing.
There was a line now though, and Ji Hyo really needed the caffeine so she told herself she would wait until she finished her coffee before making any moves towards the cake.
Time seemed to fly by though and before Ji Hyo knew it, her coffee was finished and the line was gone. She got up and headed back to the counter and was pleased to see the cake slice still in the display case and without a second thought, she ordered it. “I’ll take it to go,” she informed the cashier, thinking that she would take it back to the station and enjoy it a little later on.
With a big smile on her face she headed outside again, her mind fully wrapped around the cake but as she turned a corner, she bumped into someone and stumbled back and as fate would have it, dropped her cake on the floor.
She looked up at the person she had bumped into and saw an unfamiliar face and then looked down at her cake, which was now all over the floor. “Well....” she sighed, defeat clear in her tone. “The world is cruel and unforgiving.”