He has always liked her, she only ever saw him as a kid. As the lines between them start to blur and dormant feelings start to awaken, will the way she sees him change or is it already set in stone?
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
“Argh what the fuck is it morning already?” you mutter as you pick up your phone to dismiss the alarm. Why the fuck do I even have an alarm set? I don’t have classes today.
BZZT BZZT
Single uncle🧍♂️
Ahn Jae-Hyeon
Are you up? Don’t forget you promised to come with me to pick your cousin up from the airport at 10:30 this morning.
7:32
Ugh fuck that’s today? I guess that’s why I have that alarm set. And what’s with the whole government name? Jesus Christ.
Yes uncle I’m up. What time are we leaving again? 7:32
Single uncle🧍♂️
We leave at 8:30 sharp, there’s some roads under construction on the way to the airport and I don’t want to keep your cousin waiting.
7:32
Okay uncle, I’ll get ready now. Just honk or text when you’re outside.
7:33
You quickly get yourself ready as your uncle is going to be arriving soon. As you get done getting ready, you decide to wait for your uncle by drinking some tea while scrolling through reddit. You read about the latest gaming news, some random nonsense, and a guy asking if he was the asshole (he was). As the clock strikes 8:30, you get up from the couch and head out to your uncle’s car.
“Good morning Uncle” you say as you enter the car. “Good morning kid, for a minute there I thought you were gonna leave me hanging” he says chuckling a little.
“To be honest I almost did,” you replied as you yawned, sleepiness kicking back in. “I’m going to sleep for a while uncle, just wake me up when we’re near the airport”. As your consciousness slowly drift away, the last thing you see is a sign on the side of the road that said “ROAD WORK AHEAD” (yeah I sure hope it does).
I jolt awake at the sensation of someone tapping my shoulder. “Hey sleepyhead wake up, we’re almost there.”
“Mmm…. that was fast.” I say groggily as I stretch out my arms and legs. “Let’s go find a parking spot and go straight to the arrivals”. He says as he gets a parking ticket from the automated machine.
After finding a seat at the arrivals area, you take a look at your watch as it says 10:35. Your uncle breaks the silence as he says “So, how are you feeling about these next couple of weeks kid? Seeing our family members after years of them not coming back home. And of course, the reason they are all coming home, your sister’s wedding next week. You must be ecstatic.”
“Of course! I’m very excited for the next couple of weeks, I just have to study for a quiz tomorrow, then I’m chilling”, you say while smiling.
“That’s nice to hear. How is Yujin? She must be the feeling the opposite of you now that the wedding is a few days away”.
“Oh tell me about it, she’s been on edge these last few days and I’m sure it’s just gonna get worse as the wedding gets closer. She’s been snapping at everyone other than grandma. Thankfully I’m at school majority of the time so I don’t get snapped at too often.”
“Yeah that tracks,” he says while chuckling, “she’s been a little controlling ever since you guys were kids. Why’d she even hire a wedding coordinator anyway if she refuses to let go of control? But you know, at least we can be sure that the wedding’s gonna turn out great knowing that she’s hands on with it.”
You nod in agreement with your uncle. “Yeah that wedding’s gonna be soooo fucking great. And besides, she isn’t carrying the burden alone anyways, she has her bridesmaids helping her, and of course, her bestfriend and maid of honor is always by her side,” you add as a big smile develops on your face.
Okay now why is there a stupid smile on your face right now? Well it’s all thanks to her. Yes, your sister’s best friend: Gaeul, who you’ve always had a little crush on ever since you were a kid. Really? A little? Do you actually believe that? Okay okay, maybe, just maybe you are absolutely smitten and head over heels about her, but I mean, who wouldn’t be? With her angel-like personality and heavenly looks to come with it, you’d be an idiot not to fall for her. Yep, safe to say you’ve fallen for her and there’s no coming back.
Your uncle arches his eyebrows in confusion at the sight of your big smile as your thoughts trail off into the distance. “What’s got you smiling like that all of a sudden?”
“…….”
“Hey kid!” Your uncle snaps his fingers in front of your face to end your day dream. “Hmm, what? What’s up?” You say as you shake your head, wiping that big smile off your face.
“Huh? What do you mean ‘What’s up?’ you were the one who suddenly stopped while we were talking! You were telling me about how your sister’s friends help her with the wedding’s final touches but then you suddenly trailed off mid sentence when you mentioned her best friend, Gaeul was it? Wait, isn’t that the girl you had a crush on when you were a kid?”
“What?! Who told you that? That’s not- I don’t- I mean I didn’t have a crush on her back then!” you manage to get out as you scramble your brain for a response.
“Oh please, with that reaction, I think it’s safe to say that you STILL have a crush on her.” Your uncle says as he grins. Realizing you played right into his trap, you just give up and come out with the truth. “Ugh fine, there’s no point in denying it to you I guess, you were always able to read me like a book ever since I was a kid, how and when did you know?”
“Oh come on kid, I’m surprised I was the only one that knows. You haven’t been entirely slick with it you know. Every time they were at your house I would catch you staring at her for 10-15 minutes at a time.”
“…….Huh, didn’t know I was that obvious, good thing you were the only one who noticed huh Uncle? I wouldn’t be able to live it down if someone else, especially eomma or noona were the ones who noticed it.”
“Don’t sweat it kid, I only noticed it because I also went through my fair share of crushes when I was at that age, so of course I’d know if my most handsome nephew is has a crush.”
“Thanks Uncle. And tone down the flattery please, if only you can flatter women as well as you flatter me, maybe you’d have a wife, or at the very least a girlfriend right now.” You say as you try to stifle a laugh, but ending up bursting in laughter making the other people around you look.
“You brat! I’m not that old! Come here!” Your uncle says as he tries to grab you. As you manage to avoid his “attacks” you end up running in the open floor. As you continue laughing by yourself, you look back to see if your uncle is following you.
THUD
You look up as you look at the person you bumped into. “Oh shit I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to— Daniel Hyung! You’re here!” you say as you realize the person you bumped into is your cousin.
“Jae-Hyeon? It IS you! Why were you running around the airport?” your cousin says, slightly confused.
“Oh nothing, I just teased uncle Jun about the lack of women in his life, and now he’s out to get me” you say while trying to catch your breath.
“Still a menace I see, shouldn’t you change now that you’re about to graduate college?” he says.
“Yeah yeah I know, but where’s the fun in that? Anyways, good to see you Hyung! Glad you can make it. Come on, Uncle Jun is this way.”
BZZT BZZT
BRIDEZILLA🦖🔥
Where are you?
Why aren’t you in your room?
You have no classes today right?
I need someone to lift some heavy boxes so we can get started with the souvenirs and dad just went to work.
It’s just me and my friends in the house right now, we have no one to do the heavy lifting.
11:58 a.m.
On the way back from the airport, me and Jun uncle went to fetch Daniel hyung.
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