2. Kir invited me to stay for a few days but I haven't unpacked yet.
3. Now, I'm going to pack few clothes for tomorrow.
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1. I run my fingers over an old magazine..
2. It all started because of this book.
3. ...and I remember the promise we'd made.
4. I'd found it at a local book store...
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. And loved it because it had this blue marine wedding dress
2. I never understood why brides always wore white and thought this elegant blue dress was what I would wear when I got married.
3. I brought it everyday in my bag...
4. And kir saw it one day when I was tutoring her.
1. "Who's getting married?"
2. "I am."
3. "Not today. But one day."
1. "I'll never get married. That's boring."
2. "Yes you will. Everyone does."
3. "Not me, but if I have to thennnn..."
4. "I'm gonna marry you."
5. It wasn't a romantic candle lit dinner with champagne and get down on one knee type of proposal...
6. "No way, you are kidding."
7. "R-really?"
8. But at that age, it was all I needed.
9. And...
1. And I wouldn't trade that memory for anything.
2. "Let's make a promise."
4. "When I'll turn thirty. And neither of is married, we'll marry each other."
5. In that office that day, we deliberated and it evolved into that promise.
6. I'd turned thirty five a few months ago....
7. And the promise had been lurking in the back of my mind ever since.
1. But did that mean I actually needed to spend the last few dollars I had running across country to see kiran?
2. It seemed like a good idea at the time...
3. But the more I analyze it now, the sillier the whole thing seems.
1. I pull out my phone and dial my friend number.
2. "I can't believe you went there for real. You are crazy, baka."
3. "You're the one who said I should go."
5. "So? We were drinking. Besides, I was 100% kidding and you know that."
6. I think back to when we met for drinks just after I was fired. We were talking over my options, or lack of options...
7. "I know."
1. I was about to get evicted for non-payment of rent...
2. ..she offered me her sofa in the tiny one bedroom she shared with his fiancé and kids.. (I declined)
3. Then she suggested my parents' place, which was even smaller than hers.
4. The next thing out of her mouth was a joke.
5. For her. Not for me.
6. "Maybe you should move to seoul and marry lee sama"
7. It seemed like an option, one as good as any other. Maybe even better.
8. Just the thought of seeing kiran again had been so enticing.
9. "I shouldn't have come. She has a kind gorgeous, most important "Young" girlfriend."
1. But now that I was really here, I was questioning myself...
2. "Aoi chan, I'm sorry. But what did you expect?"
3. "I know. It was childish of me to come."
4. My inner romantic knows exactly what I expected.
5. She was going to open the door, recognize me at once, and we would be married the next day.
6. "But you're in her house? Does that mean she invited you to stay?"
7. "For a few days."
8. "And she has a guest bedroom, or a couch or whatever?"
1. "It's more like a guest suite. She's doing really well. Her house is amazing, fumika chan."
2. "She's got so many guest rooms."
3. "Well, sounds like you might be okay there for a few days then."
4. "But remember my couch is always open if you need a place to crash."
5. "And if things get weird there, I will find a way to loan you the money for a ticket home."
6. "I'll be fine. Thank you~"
7. "The offer is there. Call me whenever you want."
1. I know she means it.
2. Fumika chan is a great friend...
3. ...but there's no way I'll let them cut into their small savings to fly me home. Not with their kids and all.