Joomyeon frowned when glancing at Sunhee, who sat on the couch while distractedly doing something on her mobile phone. There was clearly something wrong between them, the atmosphere was heavy and he couldn’t look her in the eyes. Before he left for Italy, they had a small argument, but the chef really thought everything would be alright by the time he returned. “Are you really just going to sit there all day while I cook our lunch, mhm?”, his tone was casual, almost a playful attempt to break the ice.
“Fine, I’ll leave.”
Her harsh tone made the male raise an eyebrow, firstly taken by surprise. “Yah, Sunhee, I was kidding.”, he kept an eye on the boiling water in front of him, but raised his sight to see where she was going. “Come back here, stop being like this!”
She couldn’t even remember why their relationship became that awkward after being close to one another. They would spend a lot of time together, at her apartment, at his restaurant or go out for a walk, but then something happened that broke that special bond they had. Sunhee knew that whatever it was, made her feel really upset, to the point of not even answering his calls. But it was pointless to think about that after so long, he had gone to his trip and well, she had gotten over it. Her feelings toward him weren’t bad, but she felt rather uncomfortable around him, unlike before.
Not even a single word was said, Joonmyeon was focusing on cooking and Sunhee just played games on her phone. "How was your trip?” “How have you been?” She wanted to say so many things but none of it came out, it wasn’t good to ask such questions as if nothing happened, perhaps they had to talk about the misunderstanding between them. She was sure he was thinking about the same thing. But his attempt to break the ice, didn’t really help.
Her words were sharp and came out without her even realizing it, and when she noticed she was already on her way toward the door and she was clearly too stubborn to stop half way and turn back or to apologize for being rude. “Come back here, stop being like this!” He had that sort of power over her to make her stop from whatever she wanted to do, no matter how hard she tried to avoid it. She rolled on her heels and walked inside the kitchen, stopping only when she was right in front of him, her face being completely blank and arms loosely crossed against her chest.
❝ Okay, I’m here. What now? ❞