As we grow older together .....

"Ah..... so you want me to teach Henry Hangul?"

"I'll be teaching you the basics starting next month thus by March you should be able to master it then you can teach your son," he said with clenched teeth.

"Oh..... can I ask for an explanation why you don't want me to join the academy anymore Mr. Kim?"

"I don't owe you an explanation and besides I don't trust the academy."

"Uhm..... you don't trust the academy but do you think you have time to spare for me as a teacher Mr. Kim?" Amor roared into laughter.

"Michin yeoja (Crazy woman)," he told to himself out loud.

"Ah..... there you go again Mr. Kim I don't understand you," Amor was uncontrollably shaking with laughter.

"I don't know how to deal with stubborn students, I've never even dealt this with Ae Cha," he said with clenched teeth and wrinkled chin.

"Oh..... your wife? Mrs. Kim?? Ae Cha???" Amor feels that she is about to weep and embarrassed for Do Yun to see her she got out of the car.

Even if she can't walk straight, Amor tried to walk away from Do Yun's car, saw a bench nearby and sat on it. Do Yun silently sat beside her leaning on the bench staring at the grassy ground with his arms folded and his legs crossed. Seeing him look the same way when she saw him for the first time, Amor can't seem to stop her eyes from shedding tears; "Uhm..... I'm sorry Mr. Kim."

"This is not the first time you apologized and I've been expecting more apologies from you since then."

"Ah..... it's not that Mr. Kim, I'm really sorry. I really am, I should have apologized to you when we met in the cafeteria. Then maybe none of these will happen, maybe you should have hired someone else."

"Why are we talking about this again?"

Amor moved a little closer, "Oh..... I'm not drunk Mr. Kim. I..... I can think clearly but please let me say things to you that I may not be able to say again. I'm sorry."

Do Yun has heard and seen Amor apologize to him a lot of times but her eyes are now apologizing for something they both share and know about.

"I once was angry at myself for not being able to control the butterflies in my heart that seemed to have populated in seconds when I met you. At that moment I already feared Mrs. Kim, fearful that as a woman she might see through me that I admired her husband. I was anxious at that time whether or not I will get the job. I've never been with any other man except my husband thus you can imagine the surprise to myself that I can still admire someone as beautiful as you Mr. Kim. I may not have been a happy wife for a long time but I've always been a happier mother all this time and seeing you with your family everyday I can only feel a disgust to myself knowing that I am still a married woman after all."

Do Yun handed her a pack of wet wipes and as she wiped her tears she buried her face onto it and wept bitterly for a few minutes.

"Does Mrs. Kim trust you?"

"Of course I'm her husband. I can give you reasons why my heart opened up for you but you may not fully understand it. At the end of the day, I also need to feel like what I see and feel matters and that's how you make me feel Amor. We both have reasons why we want to leave our marriages but I guess we share the same reason why we want to save it. Most marriages can recover from short periods of unhappiness, poor communication and conflict but for me and Ae Cha the periods of unhappiness has grown longer yet still divorce has not been an option, it still isn't and will never be. Your cries have sobered you up, it's time to go home," then Do Yun stood up and walked back to the parking lot leaving Amor helping herself to stand up and catch up with him.

Before Do Yun could get inside their unit he called her out, "You can work from here until the weekend, make sure you are online all the time and presentable when you join meetings. Let's not see each other for now until the day of the orientation," he calmly said as he went inside before Amor can protest.

Amor was left standing outside unit 1203, frozen as if ice-cold water was poured over her head. Just when she thought she has cried out everything earlier, tears freely flowed from her eyes once again but this time it tastes bitter. Her heart is beating again like a drum with a faint sound as if losing from war. "If he doesn't want to see me until the day of the orientation, how about if I don't come back at all?" she thought while wiping the tears scattered all over her face as she went inside their own unit.

Inside unit 1203, Do Yun listened behind the door and waited for Amor to get in; "Dangsinboda na-ege deo mianhabnida. (I'm more sorry to you than you are to me)," he told himself. Tears has fallen from his eyes and he was surprised to feel the bittersweet of its taste, "Ulgehaeseo mian haeyo. (I'm sorry I made you cry)," he thought. Thinking of the days he won't be seeing her caused a sharp pain in his chest, "Jeonhyeo dol-a oji anh-eumyeon deo joh-eul geos-ibnida. (It'll be better if you don't come back at all)," he told himself. He has never spent any effort trying to forget a woman, "Eotteohge noh-ajuji? (How do I let you go?)" he thought. He just realized this is the first time he cried because and for a woman, "Geunyeoneun naega geunyeoleul deo salanghandaneun geos-eul almyeon andoebnida (She shouldn't know I love her more)," he told himself as he entered their room but as to who he's referring to he is still unsure.

Can they still deny to one another that they both felt love when they touched each other the first time?