The news hit her like a ton of bricks. Why did she invite him to dinner? “I don’t know,” she shrugged, and came up with the excuse that normally worked with anyone, “You seemed like a nice guy.”

He stared at her for a second, before he burst into laughter again, “That’s it!” he said between breaths.

“Well, yeah,” Sua huffed, “you did save me after all…”

He calmed himself down, before dropping to his knees to the blue furred cat, “She’s a weirdo, ain’t she, Bunny?”

She sighed, “And you’re a crazy cat person.”

He looked up at her, curious to what she meant, as his hands gripped Bunny’s belly, “What’s wrong with liking cats?” He stood up, and placed Bunny on his shoulders.

“Nothings wrong with liking cats,” she responded, “just most people don’t talk to them.”

“Okay,” he replied, before turning around to keep walking, “come on, let’s get some food!”

Sua followed him down the sidewalk, and took notice of the place he was heading. He glanced behind him to make sure that she was following him, before he ran across the street, so much for waiting, to the other side. She smiled, and waved back, but walked over to the crosswalk, and pressed the button, waiting for her opportunity to walk. Seonwoo had rushed over to the other end of it, and waited for her. His baseball cap was put on backwards to reveal tufts of his pink locks poking up from under it, and through the hole normally on the back.

She glanced across the street, before talking her steps onto the crosswalk. It was nice meeting someone with such a laid back attitude, then someone who wanted to just use her. It had been a while since she had met a man who was just kind, because he was kind. Even if this said man was a complete idiot, and had a strange obsession with his blue furred cat. His smile though. She hadn’t really thought about it much, but he was attractive. He had a very defined jawline, and his slanted eyes were large, and curious. It was a little strange that his hair was pink, and as far as she could tell, it wasn't dyed either.

She reached the otherside of the crosswalk, and he smiled. If anything, his smile was attractive. He had oddly sharp canines, but his teeth were white as snow. His eyes squinted when his lips stretched as far as they could go, and his onyx irises were practically hidden from view. His smile was so wide, and caring. He had a free-spirited personality, and he gestured with his hands toward the place he had been leading her. It was still strange though, that he had wrapped a scarf around his neck.

“You know, I feel like I’ve seen ya somewhere before,” he stated, leaning his face in to examine hers.

“I’ve never met you before,” she answered, slightly surprised by his sudden intrusion of her space, but used to men doing it nonetheless.

“No, I’ve seen you before,” He stated, bringing himself to stand up straight again, his cat rebalancing itself on his shoulders.

“I’m pretty sure I would recognize a guy with pink hair,” Sua reasoned.

Subconsciously, it seemed, he brought a hand up to play with his locks, “It’s not like it’s natural. I only started dying it a few years ago,” he replied, before going back to his train of thought, “I can’t place it, but I think it was today.” His head tilted off to the side, as he brought the hand that was in his hair to his chin, furrowing his brows.

“Whatever the case, it doesn’t matter,” she sighed, “We’ll probably never see each other again, anyway. That’s how these things go, afterall. Did you dye your cat’s fur a few years ago, too?”

His eyes snapped open and he looked over to her, “Never see each other again?” he asked, “That’s bullshit. And Bunny wanted to be blue ‘cause he picked out the dye himself.”

She sighed, he might be the kind of person she was used to after all, “Well, do you plan on meeting up with the girl again?”

“Well, yeah! Don’t you want to be friends?” he asked.

Friends, “Of course, but let’s be honest,” she sighed, as he opened the door to the cafe she had been at earlier that day, “I’m just some girl off the street, taking you to dinner cause you helped me get away from some creep.”

“I don’t remember doing anything,” he mumbled. He glanced around the place after he came in after her.

She felt his heat behind her for a moment, before he stepped around her and further into the cafe. She hadn’t actually expected he’d lead her back to this place, but, considering the house she had seen earlier, maybe his attire was the only nice thing he owned. She followed him as he found an empty table, a four person booth, to be precise. He set Bunny down, before yelling out.

“I’m back!” he yelled, causing a few people to glance in his direction.

“Welcome back, Seonwoo!” A man called, before adding in a teasing tone, “Was that guy him?”

“What! Hell no! That guy was just some poser!” Seonwoo yelled back, “Why the hell did ya send me on some wild goose chase?”

At least with more people around, it would be easier to sneak away, should he start to do some things she expected out of guys. She took her seat, and eyed the blue cat, as he sat on the table watching the pink haired idiot she had run into. Now that she took a deeper look at him, the dye wasn’t very even along his coat, it made her wonder if he dyed the cat himself. She reached a hand up the pet's head.

“I was just passing on a rumor,” the man with the gap between his teeth called.

“A rumor!” Seonwoo yelled, before kicking the man’s chair, “You sent me all around Seoul and Incheon for a dumb rumor!”

“Seonwoo, calm down, I’m sure he didn’t expect you to actually go,” a woman’s voice called out, and Sua recognized it as the waitress who had come to her table.

“Oh, hi Liza,” he said, calm.

“Did you come here with Bunny again?” Liza asked.

“Yep! Suga is gonna give us dinner!” he smiled, before sliding into the booth across from her.

“It’s Sua.” Sua responded, slightly annoyed by the sudden change to her name.

“I think we’ve met before!” Liza cheered, grabbing at her hands, pulling them away from Bunny.

“Yeah, I had come in earlier to work.” Sua answered, as she pulled her hands away from the short haired woman.

“But you really don’t need to waste your money on these guys,” she began explaining.

“It’s just dinner,” Sua argued, “and besides, it’s not like I’m broke or anything.” What was with these people accusing her of being broke. It annoyed her.

“Yeah,” Liza smiled, “I didn’t say you were.”

“Hey, Liza!” Seonwoo interrupted their conversation, “Can I get my usual?”

“Yes, of course!” Liza replied, before turning away and yelling to the kitchen, “All hands in the kitchen, Mira! Seonwoo’s here!” She laughed as she walked away.

Sua watched her retreating figure, before turning back to the man across from her as his attention was focused on the blue cat. They were playing together, his hands playing with the paws, as they tried to slap each other, “Come here often?” she asked, causing his eyes to lift to her.

“Yep.” he answered, before bringing his gaze back down so that he didn’t lose his little hand war with the cat.

“You seem close with Liza,” she started, “I shouldn’t have invited you to dinner.”

“Liza’s nice,” Seonwoo replied, before frowning at the cat, and bringing his attention up to her, “You should really get to know her.”

“She seems nice,” Sua responded, “but I shouldn’t be taking you away from her.”

“It’s no big deal,” he shrugged, “She’s got lots of friends, too!”

Sua’s eyes widened, “I’m sorry, I didn’t know.”

“Well she does work here a lot, so I guess it's expected, but she spends time with her friends, I think,” his brows furrowed, “I don’t know she doesn’t tell me everything.”

“I know I shouldn’t be stepping into your personal life, having just met you and all, but this doesn’t seem healthy.”

“It’s a cafe,” Seonwoo stated, “It’s got some salads on the menu, if you're worried about your weight.”

Sua was annoyed by the comment, but she decided to let it slide for now, “I’ll have to try one,” she sighed, before folding her hands across the table, “and I get that you’re trying not to think about it, but, believe me, it would probably be best if you two ended it.”

Seonwoo looked at her, confused, it seemed, “Us two?” he repeated.

“Yeah, I mean your relationship isn’t healthy, and-” he cut her off.

“No way I’m just gonna leave Bunny out on the streets!” he exclaimed, slamming his hands onto the table.

“No, not Bunny,” Sua sighed, “I wouldn’t expect you to.”

“Oh, than who are you talking about?” Seonwoo asked, relaxing a little.

“You and Liza,” Sua sighed, “I mean I know I’m an outsider, and all, but-”

“I’m not gonna just end my friendship with someone, that’s ridiculous.” Seonwoo stated, annoyed.

“You can still be friends, I’m just saying…” Sua looked back to his eyes, “wait, am I reading things wrong?”

“Yeah,” he replied, “I don’t know what you're talking about, but I can’t just stop being friends with someone, that’s not how friendship works.”

“Aren’t you and Liza a thing?” she asked, slightly hesitant.

“A thing?” Seonwoo repeated, before trying to process what she had meant by it, “Oh!” His eyes widened, before he shook his head, his hat falling off in the process, “No!” he laughed, “We’re just childhood friends!”

“She’s pretty,” Sua hummed, watching the waitress as she gathered food for another table.

“I guess,” Seonwoo replied, as his attention was focused back on the cat, his hand running through its fur atop its head.

“Well, I should probably get going,” Sua broke the awkwardness that suddenly loomed over the table, “I’ll just leave you the money.”

Seonwoo’s eyes widened as she got up from the table, “Wait!” he exclaimed, a little louder than he meant to, because everyone in the cafe turned their attention to him.

Sua turned around, and her eyes met his, as he twisted himself to look over the back of the booth, “I’m not hungry,” she sighed, “besides, I need to get working on my novel.”

“Oh, okay.” he stated, as he turned back around.

The less men in her life, the better. She still wasn’t sure why she had asked him to dinner, maybe because he seemed like a genuinely nice guy, and it had been a decent amount of time since she had seen one of those. But she knew better than to judge by first actions, and he was probably one of the guys that said what she wanted to hear.

After all, it was best not to let people get too close. Should they achieve that, she’d be left alone again, once they find out about what she is, her father made that all too clear to her. Her feet found their way to the bus stop so that she could get back home. Home. Had it been before she moved out, it would have been terror to just say that word, or hear it. Her mother had died when she was young, and her father? Her father left her. Abandoned her. She was no longer in his life, no longer evident in how he did things, all because she wasn’t what he wanted. Her heart clenched at just the image of him.