Old friend

I was woken up by the sunrise, which I missed mercilessly. I looked to the side where my fiancé was lying, frowning sweetly. I shook myself off remembering that he had lied to me again, this time with his father. I saw him play and he was happy. He made jokes about Gi-hun, but he continued to pretend. I lifted myself off the bed with my weight and put on my pink bathrobe and pink slippers and went out to the balcony to admire the beautiful sky. When I came back after 30 minutes, there was no trace of In-ho, only a nicely made bed. I put on my makeup and tied my hair into a nice bun and left the bedroom to go to the kitchen to make myself a coffee. I closed the door and going to the kitchen through the living room, on the same couch as yesterday In-ho's father was sitting, today there is a handsome man dressed elegantly. It was in contrast to my beloved, who had hair in all directions and was only in boxer shorts.

-Good morning- I greeted hesitantly walking towards the kitchen. The stranger replied to me in the same way, and In-ho grabbed my hand as I walked behind him.

-Hi, did you sleep well?- he asked, kissing my cheek.

"Even," I muttered and went to make coffee, "Maybe you want coffee or tea?"

-Make us coffee as you can- said my fiancé and returned to the conversation with the stranger. I brewed three coffees and served two of them to the men on the coffee table. I went to the bedroom with mine, but I was stopped by the voice of a stranger.

"Miss Scoot, I'm pleased to meet you," he said, and I turned to face them. The stranger was smiling slightly in my direction, which I tried to reciprocate, but I didn't really want to.

-Sit next to me, baby... please, I want to introduce you to someone," In-ho said quietly, and I sat next to him, curious about his interlocutor.

-So who are you? In-ho's brother? His boss? Cousin? Or someone else from his second life?-I asked like a hired man and the unknown laughed quietly at my desperation.

-No, but seeing how handsome he was, I would like to- he joked and my fiancé rolled his eyes.

-Honey, when we met in this café, he was with me then. We have known each other since elementary school, which is about 33 years. Yes, it is related to these games.

-I'm exactly a recruiter for games and I play ddakji with them. If I win, I hit them, and if they win, they get 100,000 won and a piece of paper with a number to sign up for the game. And if you are in-ho, you are not cultured, you did not introduce me, Salesman, nice to meet - he said and stood up, stretching out his hand to me, which I did the same.

-Beverly Scoot nice to meet.

-Mutually. I heard a lot about you, when you met by chance, In-ho was so infatuated with you that he forgot about his first wife a long time ago-he said, and I knew the story. Before me, my fiancé had a wife with liver cancer and she was pregnant. She wanted to have a baby, but died while In-ho was in the game, as it turned out.

-He had a wife at the time- I remembered. He didn't like to go back to those memories with his previous wife. He felt that he had betrayed her because he had signed up for her, and in the game he was already thinking about me, not her. We haven't been to her grave for a long time. I didn't feel jealous, because I had boyfriends before In-ho, but I didn't want to be in this woman's place. Never

-It was gone, now it has you. The most popular influencer in the world and the future child with her. And congratulations!

-Thank you- the boy said hesitantly, and I took his hand in mine, encouraging him.

-Yes, thank you... I don't know you were then," I said, recalling the situation from the café.

-Because I was sitting against the wall and watching his stupid pick-up- he said and I smiled sincerely.

-Unlike you, I know how to settle down and find the love of my life- my fiancé bit back and my smile widened.

-I'm living life and I'm not 39 years old, In-ho, let me live. You know perfectly well that diapers and childcare are not my strong point – the Salesman defended himself, and I started laughing uncontrollably. Their argument was at the level of kindergarten, but it was funny.

-And why do I renew contact with you every year?- In-ho asked himself.

"Because you love me too much, man," the other man probably said.

"I'd sooner jump off the balcony than say I love you," he said and kissed me on the forehead.

-I feel jealous. How did you do it? I'd like to too," he said in a serious tone, but after a while he laughed at his words, and In-ho and I joined in.

-It's good that Veronika and I don't argue.

-You argue where to go out or what to eat, and not. And it's worse than ours!

-We don't have arguments like from kindergarten!- I argued with my beloved until his friend intervened.

-Hey, hey, hey, don't argue Beverly, because anger harms beauty, and with him you lose your nerves easily, but never mind. Who is Veronika the fuck!

-When I spilled my coffee on Bev, she came with such a brunette and she's been her best friend since childhood - In-ho explained to him.

-Ah, that short brunette, I already remember.

"With your memory, it really is," said the resigned, black-haired man.

-Always younger than you, father.

Salesman stayed with us for a good two more hours and left. Before I met him this morning, I was all nervous, but when I started talking to him and I saw these taunts of men, which looked funny, because they were already adults. One is slowly becoming a father and the other a playboy.

-I liked him. It's funny, I said, putting the dishes in the dishwasher and the man was putting on a tight black T-shirt.

-It's cool until he drinks- he said and hugged me, kissing my neck but not making raspberries, which meant he was depressed.

-And what for?- I asked, turning to face the front.

"You've been through too much of me this week." These games, my father and now my friend. I'm putting too much stress on you.

-Hey, not too much. Of course, I got at you yesterday, but I finally met your father. Salesman is funny, but you will repay me.

-Sure, whatever you want- he said and snapped his knuckles.

-There is a dance trend on tik tok for couples and we will dance it. So I've already learned, so only you and it's going to be beautiful. And tomorrow is dinner at my parents' place, so remember to dress nicely!

-You know that I can't dance and don't even remind me about dinner- he said, grabbing his head. The two worst things happened to him today.

-It's not my problem anymore. I'm going to get dressed and I'm teaching you how to dance!

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeK94upa/

(link how the dance looks like)