{Turbulence}
Unfortunately, Gain is definitely not the kind of girl who picks up on the latest techie gadgets, so when she’s presented with her phone, she has to take a good look before she even begins to try to input her contact. It takes a little while for her to figure out how to pull up the address book, and she is slow at typing, but eventually she gets it done and hands him back his device. “I could go for a coffee,” she says it with a laugh, amused at how easily he’d like to extend the evening.
After a nod of confirmation, she followed him on the walk back towards the front reception hall, and her attention perked back up at the mention of the artist from before. She watches with confusion and wariness as he takes out his wallet, not seeing the connection until he said it. Her fingers are immediately curled around his wrist as she snatches the card away to examine it more closely. The picture really was of his likeness, the height and description matching as well. “You–” she was momentarily speechless, lips parted and brows cinched.
“Then everything you said before. Those things are true?” Her mind was racing back to their conversation, trying to remember everything that had been exchanged between them. He probably didn’t mean to make her so, but she was embarrassed by what they discussed now. Love and troubled feelings; and all the assumptions she had voiced about “Ian Anderson" right in front of him. She could feel the heat on her cheeks as she fumbled for words and hastily drew back her hand and returned his ID. “You… made… beautiful work.”
Gain’s reaction is priceless and Minki thinks that it was definitely worth it to keep the mystery about himself until now. “Yes,” he replies, nodding once he has heard her question. He takes his ID when Gain returns it and puts it back into his wallet. “Thank you.” He couldn’t remember the last time someone had complimented him over one of his artwork. Then again, he wasn’t using his English name in Korea and not only that, he had also not expected to find one of his paintings presented in this exhibit.
They stop at the coat check and he hands out his ticket. It doesn’t take long before his jacket and his umbrella are returned to him. He thanks the employee and puts his jacket on. “I’m sorry for not telling you right away that I am the one who painted it, but I really wanted to hear what you had to say about it. It’s been years since I last had the chance to discuss my paintings with someone, so I really enjoyed our conversation earlier.”
He’s also glad that Gain agreed to go for a coffee with him. He opens the door for her when they reach the exit and he motions for her to go first before falling into steps behind her. It is still raining outside so he opens his umbrella. “I know a café not too far from here we can go to,” he tells her because he doesn’t really want to make her walk too much when Gain is wearing such expansive looking high-heel shoes.
”I painted ‘Turbulence’ when I was twenty-one years old,” he tells her as he start walking. “I was dating someone at the time and their parents were really against us being together so things were not always easy, but at the same time we loved each other and wanted to make everyone realize that we were not about to give up on our feelings.” There was still a touch of innocence back then.

















