Chapter 23: Chapter 23

●Nuri's P.O.V.●

Daniel whispered, "Smile, or we have to stay in this pose for more time."

I instantly smiled, and the stranger clicked a picture of us. The picture was clicked, but Daniel was still holding me in his arms.

"He clicked the pic, Daniel," I said with a low voice.

Daniel was staring at me with a smile.

"So ?" He asked.

"Let me go now~, " I said as I was unable to maintain that eye contact.

He smirked, and then he let go of me. I blushed, keeping my head low.

How could he make me blush so easily? And I felt like he did it on purpose.

"Devil!" I cursed.

After visiting the place by wearing hanbok for some time, we gave it back.

But I loved it so much that I didn't want to change it. But it was on rent so I had to give it back and we moved to our next visit place.

After spending 4 hours there, I felt my stomach crying for some food. But Daniel was so excited while explaining all this that he didn't even notice.

Finally, I tugged his shirt, and Daniel glanced behind. I said while giving an awkward smile,

"Can we eat something? I am hungry already!"

Daniel's eyes widened as he glanced at his watch. Then he gave an awkward smile.

"I am sorry I didn't notice. It's already 3:00 pm," Daniel said while scratching the nape of his neck.

"Let's go to Samcheong-dong. we will find something to eat there." Daniel explained as he guided me towards a Restaurant.

As we reached Samcheongdong, I saw many restaurants and shops. After having our lunch from a restaurant we made our way to Insa-dong.

Insadong is a street selling souvenirs from postcards, bookmarks, notebooks, etc. I bought some gifts for my family from there.

I was already tired from visiting the palace and the hanok village. But still, I wanted to visit the Namsan Seoul Tower. I glanced at Daniel, who was sipping his smoothie while sitting beside me on a bench.

He seemed so chilled. I couldn't even see a single drop of tiredness on his face.

"Is he even a human?" I thought while observing him. He glanced at his watch and then asked me, "So? Now, where ?"

I sipped my juice as I replied, "I wanna go to the Namsan Seoul Tower !"

"Cool !" He replied casually.

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We took Subway Line 4 to reach Myeong-dong Station, then exited line 3. After walking for like 20 minutes, we saw an elevator.

Daniel guided me to the elevator up to the Cable car boarding point.

We bought tickets for the Cable car and went inside the store.

I saw a lot of key-locks hanging for sale.

Then I remembered that this tower was also a place for love locks where people locked their love with key locks.

"Do you wanna buy a lock ?"

I heard a whisper and spun. Daniel was smiling, standing there.

"I don't know ~ " I shrugged.

"You don't know? You don't have anyone you love ?" Daniel asked with a confused face.

"I do love my family. " I replied.

"Pabo!" He replied, making an annoyed face.

"Here in Seoul Tower, couples come and lock their love with locks hanging on the railings.

So their relationship with their loved ones stays locked and stays forever." Daniel patted my head lightly.

"I don't have a boyfriend or lover right now," I said casually.

"You should do it !" I said excitedly, clasping my hands.

"I am single too," Daniel replied.

"Ah! Then let it go. Let's just enjoy the view." I said to cut the awkwardness.

Daniel placed his hands on his denim pocket and nodded. We went to the cable car line, and after some time, we got one cable car.

The cable car moved upwards. I glanced outside of the window and saw the surroundings were becoming little with time, and the view was so gorgeous that I kept staring.

As we said bye-bye to the cable car, we moved towards the staircase from where we could reach the actual Seoul Tower.

The staircase railing was filled with lots of locks, with several things written on them. I stopped midway only to watch them for more time.

Suddenly I felt two hands pulling me back.

I turned back only to see Daniel with a cold face.

"Don't stop like that midway. You might get injured. " Daniel explained.

I saw the place was heavily crowded.

"Ah! Sorry. " I said, being embarrassed.

"Let's go up to the open square. You can see as many love locks as you want to see." Daniel suggested.

I nodded, and we started walking up again. Daniel pushed me to his left as he guarded me while walking. I glanced up at him.

Daniel was watching here and there while walking, making sure that I was safe.

I felt my heartbeats became faster. He always took care of me so well.

Sometimes I wonder how I would have survived without Daniel here.

I smiled, staring at him.

"What ?" Daniel asked, watching me smiling like an idiot.

"Nothing! Just remembered something funny." I lied.

He nodded and we kept moving.

As we reached the open square, I was having a good view of Seoul Tower. It was beautiful, and the environment, people, colorful love locks everywhere made the place so overwhelming that I felt I was lucky to visit this place.

"Come with me. There is a photo zone, and you can see the Love Locks more closely," Daniel suggested as he pulled me by my hand.

I followed Daniel excitedly and arrived at a place where everyone was taking photos, hanging locks, and there were some heart benches where people were taking pictures.

I leaned to the railing to see the Love Locks. There were so many colorful locks with messages written on them in many kinds of languages, Thai, Korean, Chinese, Indonesian, English, etc.

One lock I could read was " My Family -l Love Jin and Kai 4/9/11."

I smiled.

There were many kinds of messages. The environment won my heart.

"Let's take a picture here, Daniel," I suggested.

Daniel glanced at me. Then he nodded and came closer to me. I gave my phone to Daniel as he was tall. He took some selfies, but in every picture, only my head was there.

"Daniel, What the hell! Why is my head only in the picture ?" I said, making a mad face.

"What can I do? You're too short! " He laughed.

That Evil stupid man. My anger level increased.

"You tall rude uncle! How dare you call me short !" I was furious.

"You shortly !" Daniel kept laughing.

"I will kill you, Daniel. Stop calling me that! "

"What? Shorty ?"

"Aaaaiiissshhh" I clenched my fist in anger.

"I am sure You can't even take the phone from me." Daniel placed the phone high in his palm as he teased me.

I tried to jump, but the phone was too high. I became furious. I grabbed Daniel's shirt collar with both of my hands and pulled him close to me. I directly stared at his eyes as I said, "Give my phone back! "

Our faces were inches away. Daniel stared back at me with a blank expression on his face. His black hair swung in mild air.

His face looked so handsome. I couldn't look away for a moment. The time stopped there as Daniel stared down at me. My mind went blank. He was dangerously close.

"Umm.Nuri? What are you doing ?" Daniel asked in a low voice.

I came back to reality as he asked. I glanced at my hands on his collar.

I almost pulled back my hands, but someone impinged me from behind, and before leaving Daniel's collar, I ended up hugging Daniel

And my lips met Daniel's.

The Sun had already set. And the Millions of lights glowed up in a fraction of a second.