Monday came again, and I was unemployed once again. Looking for a job was not in my list because I knew the shit I had to go through to get that teaching job; looking-for-job stress was not something I wanted to go through again. I hated it with all my heart. I could only pray and hope that a job would miraculously come to me somehow.

“Are you sure you’re okay?” Yu Ri asked me, she had turned all mother bear on me. “Yeah, I just- uh, nostalgia,” I forced a smile. Yu Ri wasn’t falling for it.

Yu Bin’s POVFinally, it was Friday, which meant Jumy was coming over to tutor the twins, and then spend time with me. She kind of made it clear that we couldn’t meet any other day of the week, only when she had to come tutor the

The table had become livelier, but the look on Yu Bin’s face told me he wasn’t enjoying himself. He never for once engaged himself in the conversation, he just ate, looked around, drank wine, nodded, smiled, then continued eating. For his sake, I wanted to leave.It turned out that two of the men that were seated arou

All the time I tutored the twins, it was at Yu Bin’s house, and he was always the one who received me, offered me water, food, then led me to the room where I’d tutor the kids. He’d also be outside the door, waiting for me to finish with my lectures for the day before we would find a way to spend the rest of the day. But as I stepped into the house, Yu Bin was nowhere to be found, and I had to let someone else, receive me, offer me water, and lead me to the room where I tutored the twins. I was hurt. Yu Bin was serious about giving me space; space I didn’t want and didn’t need. I wanted to be close to him all the time, but I c