He Really Missed Her

"You… I know you. You are…. You are Miss… Simmons right? Kiera Simmons? Right, that was your name."

All of a sudden, their conversation was interrupted by a stranger. Actually, after seeing the person clearly, both of them got to know that person was definitely not someone stranger to them. What is he doing here?

Annabelle tried to hide her face by wearing glasses in an instant which she took them off a while ago because the shop was less crowded at this hour. But it was too late. Damn, she shouldn't have taken them off. How can she run into another trouble in this very short time?

"Wait? Am I imagining things? Wow, Annabelle! I never thought I would meet you today like this, huh?"

That's it. This blabbermouth surely is gonna make her exposed like this in the public. She has to make his damn mouth shut before anyone notices. Anna dashed towards him and covered his mouth with her hands in an instant.

A while ago, when he saw a shabby-looking girl standing beside Kiera, he never thought it would be Annabelle. The great Annabelle D'Costa, his one and only failed confession. The moment he got to know that that hideous-looking fella was Anna, he was more than shocked. He was also a bit disappointed to see her in this state.

What has she become? Who could tell her that she was the one taking the heart of the great lady killer Park Yujun? But then again, at least, Yujun had huge confidence in his choices and so making his delusion false, she actually did something that was more just like her.

While covering his mouth with her soft skin, she gave total access to him to look at her face closely. Damn, actually she was still the most beautiful and breathtaking creature to him. He saw many beautiful and enchanting girls but never met someone pure and untouchable beauty like her. Somehow, he found that shabby hoodie of hers cool too. Though it was also him sneering inside his mind about that a while ago.

"Shut that damn mouth of yours, or else I will choke you to death," Anna said, giving him a murderous gaze.

Yeah, he didn't make any mistakes. It was really her. It was really Annabelle. So, he really met her like this today, huh? It was surely kinda dramatic.

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"So, I am really not dreaming, huh?"

"Why would you dream, you fool!"

Three of them were sitting in a quiet cafeteria corner on the first floor of the mall. Annabelle never thought that she would have to meet this pumpkin again. He was not actually pumpkin to be true, but Anna was too egoistic to consider him as a handsome guy.

"What are you even doing here?" Anna squinted her eyes as if it was her own area.

"Why? You bought the whole of Los Angeles or something?" Yujun smirked as he was quite amused to see her aggrieved expressions again after a long time.

He really missed her. Apart from his crush on her, he really admired her personality. She always held a persona of professionalism and also it was quite inspiring for others to see her. When he had heard about her retirement three years ago, he was more shocked than anyone as he never ever thought she would do something like that. Her actions never felt like she would quit. Actually, she is someone who always did something unpredictable, without giving a single warning. All of these happened a long time ago, now after meeting her again, he felt both happy and nostalgic. He was also curious, why she hid herself from all the people and how she led her life this whole three years. Curiosity was getting his best.

"Hey… Anna! Forget about this. How are you doing?"

"Just fine," Anna cut it short as she was a little annoyed by his sudden intimacy of addressing her. Though he always called her 'Anna' back then, she is suddenly irritated by it for no reason. Did she somehow grow old and get irritated by every little thing happening around her?

"Man…. it's been so long, isn't it? I really miss working with you like the old times."

When Yujun said those words, his voice was full of mixed emotions. To tell the truth, Anna also liked working with Yujun. Though he was The Park Yujun in front of the media, he was just an ordinary Yujun on the filming set. A simple guy who was very passionate about his work. Everything was great and right between them, until one day he confessed to Anna. Anna was more than shocked as she never assumed being friendly with him could make him fall for her. It was not his fault, but still, after that, Anna avoided her involvement with other male co-workers. She never actually gave anyone the opportunity to gossip about her. A clean and flawless career, that was the most expensive jewel to her in this entertainment industry.

All of a sudden, meeting Yujun made Annabelle remember about their many works together. The memories of working on the same songs; him as a model and her as a singer; made her nostalgic. At this moment, Kiera thought she should give some privacy to them. So, she went up making an excuse to make orders.

"So, are you planning to come back?"

"What shit did you eat, Yujun? I didn't leave that world to come back someday again."

Though Anna felt more annoyed for some reason, Yujun chuckled at her remark.

"You really are the old Annabelle. You actually never changed since then, always cursing me out for no reason."

Hearing him say these, she also couldn't help but smile a little.

"Didn't I? I thought I did though."

"Not a single bit. You are still the same."

"I guess so…."

Anna became a little absentminded after hearing it. It really made her happy to think that she didn't change. That's why she never could hate this great haughty man. After all, they were good friends before. She was somewhat kinda glad to meet him here like this all of a sudden.

"What are you actually doing these days?" Yujun asked, expecting an honest answer.

What was she doing? What should she answer for this question? Should she say she was leading a perfect 'neet' life? O should she tell him the truth?

Annabelle remembered mentioning to him that she wanted to be a writer before. That time, they were having fun playing truth or dare with the crew workers at the set. Anna was asked at that time, what her aim in life was when she was very little. Some guessed that she wanted to be an actor, other people guessed to be a doctor or engineer. But what she answered was beyond their imagination. She said she wanted to be a writer at that time.

All of them were astounded to know that except one person. It was Park Yujun. He was someone who cherished everyone's dream beside his own dream.

So, even if she tells him the truth, he won't be much surprised but actually, be happy for her. Then again, it was the same Annabelle who couldn't tell Theodore about her being a writer let alone Yujun. So, she decided to avoid the question.

"Doing this and that. Tell me something before that. I heard you are busy filming a new movie in Korea. Why are you here then?"

Anna tried her best to change the topic and somehow it really did work.

"Yeah, I am. Just had some work to do here. I am surprised to find you know that, hehe. Actually, I came here to meet my friend. Remember? The journalist friend I used to talk about. I came for him."

"I see," Annabelle fumbled through her memory to remember someone like that and finally remembered Yujun mentioning a certain friend of his. At that time, he was accused of some false rumors about an assault on some drunkards though he would match more with the victim than the culprit. It was that journalist who gathered up the right information about the whole incident and saved him from the media to be exact. Later, he expressed his gratitude towards that guy so much, and soon after that, they somehow became quite good friends. That article about the real incident of that assault also made that journalist famous, though he already had quite a good reputation among other journalists of Korea at that time. What was his name again? She really forgot about it.

"In fact, I came here today just to meet him. Look, now I got to meet you. That guy really brings me a fortune every time."

This time, Anna rolled her eyes big time. Where did the heck Kiera go? Why isn't she coming back? Is she making orders for the whole cafeteria?

"By the way, you didn't tell me, who was the guy?"

"Which guy?" Anna twitched her brows with confusion. Which guy is he talking about?

"Your boyfriend."

Her boyfriend? When did she start to have a boyfriend? She doesn't remember. In an instant, something clicked in her mind. As soon as she understood what he was implying, she slammed her head on the table.

"Hey, hey! What are you doing?"

"You saw it too?" Anna was on the verge of crying though not for him to find out about that rumor but for hitting her head on the table. Urghh, it really hurts.

"Don't kid me. The whole world saw it. I am not that unsociable not to know about a news which was trending for the whole week," Yujun laughed loudly saying that.

Anna held her head in utter frustration.

"Look bro, this is not something like you are imagining. You know me right? Me and having a boyfriend, it's something kinda impossible," Anna crossed her fingers to make him believe her theory.

It wasn't in vain though. Yujun felt a bit confused about it too. After all, Annabelle and love were two opposite words to him. If love goes to the East, she will happily choose the West just only just not to cross that 'love' thing.