Seeing through glances

Location: New York

Laila sat in her living room, eating a large hamburger

"Um.. yeah, this is a good hamburger"

She said after eating a bite

"Oh my goodness, I ought to be on diet and I'm here eating this hamburger"

She stared and smiled

"Oh well"

She took another bite

Immediately, she heard a door open and she knew who it was. Quickly, she hid the hamburger under her pillow on the couch

"Hey babe"

A guy entered and smiled at her

"Hey sweetheart"

She said sitting on the couch

"How are you?"

He said after kissing her

"I'm good and you?"

She asked but didn't get an answer instead she got a frown

"What's wrong?"

"Did you eat a hamburger?"

He asked and she widened in shock

"What!! Not"

She denied

"Really?"

He moved close to her

"Yes"

"Don't lie to me, your mouth taste like a hamburger, now spill it"

"Fine, I'm sorry"

She said bringing out the food she hid under the pillow

"Laila, you know very well you ought to be on diet, you have a modeling job in the next few days"

"I know, but I can't stand eating...

"Laila, if you want to get the job, you have to lose weight"

"But I'm perfectly okay"

"You need to look séxy, I'm doing this for your sake, my mom is the owner of the company and I volunteered you to model her designs"

"I know Adam, I'm sorry baby"

She said and hugged him

Adam smiled before answering

"Nah, it's okay"

"Good, since you are here, we can both go out"

She smiled

"Um...I came here to have fun with you indoors"

He caressed her hair

"I know but I'm in the mood to go out, don't you think?"

"Um..no, I'm in the mood to stay with you, let's have fun here"

"Adam!!"

She whined

"Laila!!"

He did the same and smiled just to tease her

She gave him adorable puppy dog eyes

"Please baby"

"I'm not falling for that again"

He ignored her looks

"Pretty please"

"No, I want to stay here with you"

"Whatever"

Laila said angrily and avoided his looks

Adam rolled his eyes and stared at her

"Fine, where do you want to go to?"

Laila smiled and turned back to him

"Let's go to the beach"

"Beach?"

He arched

"Yes, it's been long since I have gone there, this is summertime so we should enjoy it"

"Okay, we will both go"

He smiled...

"After our exercise"

She stared at him confusedly

"What exercise?"

He claimed for her lips and smiled

"You know the exercise I'm talking about?"

He whispered caressing her body

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Both Laila and Adam got to the beach as promised, Adam drove her there but unfortunately, no one was on the beach

"Oh no, we are the only ones here"

Laila said

"So what? It's no big deal"

"No, it's will be super boring, let's leave''

"Not, I drove for a long time and since we are here, let's have fun"

"Okay"

She said softly

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15 minutes later

"I'm gonna go take a dive into the water"

Laila said

"Sure.....um.... have fun"

Adam replied staring at his phone

Immediately Laila put on her bikini and dived into the water, she swam from one wave to another

She decided to go deep into the water, she entered and swam inside the water but immediately she got out running towards Adam

"Adam! Adam!!"

She yelled running towards him

"Yes baby"

He replied still on his phone

"There is something in the water"

She said worriedly

"Uh"

He rolled his eyes

"It's called a fish"

"I know what a fish is, you have to come"

"Then it's a jellyfish"

"It's not a jellyfish, believe me, you have to see this, come to the water"

"Ughhh, I just put on sunscreen lotion"

"Adam!!'

"Fine"

He stood up from his mat and walked towards Laila

He dived into the water and went deep until he spotted something

"Oh my goodness"

He yelled rushing out of the water

"Did you see it?"

"I saw it, what is that?"

He asked worriedly

"Oh come on, don't tell me you are scared".

"Of course I'm scared, that looks like a nightmare"

"Did you at least know what it is"

"It's looked like a human statue "

"That doesn't look like a statue, it looks like a human body"

"What!! That is way worse, it's so creepy"

"We have to get it"

"Get what?"

"Get the body"

"Are you out of your mind? You want to get a dead body"

"It's might not be a dead body, it's might just be someone in there who needs our help"

"No way...

"Please, what if the person drowned and it needs help"

"I am not going in there just to bring a body"

He yelled and they both stared at each other for a while

Laila arched and folded her arms

"Fine!! If you will not go, I will have to do it myself"

She said running towards the ocean

"Wait, it's way too deep, you might drown.....

He yelled but unfortunately, she didn't hear him, she had entered the water

"Oh my God, this girl is impossible...

He muttered and later followed her

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It's taken three minutes before they both got back with the body they found

"I knew you would come around"

Laila said dragging the body

"Yeah whatever, do you have any idea what you've done"

He yelled

"No!"

"Ughhhhhhhhhhhh, we could get arrested for this"

"Why? We didn't do anything"

She smiled and stopped with the body

"That's not what the police will think when they find out"

"Don't yell at me"

She said

"Whatever, I'm out of here"

"Wait babe, I can still feel her pulse, she is just unconscious"

She said immediately

"Laila, for crying out loud, we don't even know her, she doesn't look like us, she looks like a Chinese lady"

"I know right, so cool"

"Ughhh, I'm leaving and this time I'm not stopping"

He said walking out of the beach

Laila felt the lady's body and she felt cold, she could still feel her pulse, which means she wasn't in the water for long

Unexpectedly, the body woke up breathing heavily........

"Oh my goodness"

Laila yelled

Still breathing heavily, Laila pressed her chest repeatedly and yelled...

"Adam, look"

Immediately Adam turned around and his eyes widened in shock

"Adam, come quick"

She said still pressing the lady's shirt

Quickly, Adam ran towards Laila and stared at the body coughing and gasping for air

"Adam, we have to give her CPR"

"CPR? Mouth to mouth...

"Yes"

"Okay, I'll do it"

"No, let me do it, I don't want you to kiss her"

She said and quickly breath air into the lady

She did the first time, second time, third time until she felt the heart of the lady

"She is breathing"

She said

"Oh!"

"Let's take her to the hospital"

"What!!"

"Hospital now!!"

"Ughhhhhhhhhhhh, but...

"We have to save a life"

She yelled and Adam sighed

"Fine, you owe me for this"

He said and carried

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"Doc, is she okay?"

Lilia asked staring at the unconscious lady lying on the bed

"Well, she suffered from a shock, that's all I could say"

"But she's going to be okay right?"

She asked again

"Of course she is, let's just be patient still in the next morning, I assure you, she will be fine"

"Oh thanks, doc"

"No problem, if I may ask, how are you related to her"

"Um...I am her friend, she just drown in the ocean so I decided to bring her here"

She lied

"Oh alright, do you mind calling her guardian, I need at least one of her guardian signature'

"Um...yeah, I would do that but her parents live so far away"

"Where?"

"Um... San Francisco"

She lied again

"Oh okay, I guess I will need your signature then"

"Oh okay"

She beckoned the doctor out of the room leaving the patient alone

Reaching the reception office, she signed the necessary documents she needed to sign and she also indicate that she was the patient's friend, and lastly, she put down her number just in case of emergencies

Before leaving the hospital, she got a call from Adam.

She sighed before answering the call

"Hey Adam, are you home?"

"Yeah, I just want to ask whether you are done with miss China over there"

"Adam?"

She yelled

"What? We don't know the stranger's name"

"Yeah you are right, I tried looking for any ID card, but nothing was on her"

"Babe, we saw her underneath the ocean, where on earth will you see an ID card"

"I know, I'm just really worried about her, and I'm also curious, how on earth did she land in the water"

"I'll tell you how?"

"How?"

She asked again

"Well, isn't it obvious, we saw her underneath the ocean and she was still alive, she is a mermaid"

Laila rolled her eyes and smiled

"Really? A mermaid?"

"Of course, there is absolutely no way a person could have survived that, do you know how deep the ocean is"

"Adam, don't be ridiculous, She is not a mermaid, she was lucky, besides the doctor said she wasn't in the water for too long"

"Yeah, that's what the doctor wants you to think, because he is also a mermaid, and he wants to brainwash you into thinking that she is not a mermaid'

"Adam, we've been dating for two years and I have never heard you utter those ridiculous things you said"

"Oh I see, you are also part of this, that means you are also a mermaid, that explains why you are good at swimming"

"Adam, I'm hanging up now"

"Oh okay mermaid"

He muttered while Laila chuckled

After that, Laila hung up the phone

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"Hey babe"

Adam said after seeing Laila walking into the house

"Hey"

", how is the babysitting service"

"Babysitting? What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about your so-called friend, aren't you babysitting her"

"Don't be ridiculous, I am just glad that she is okay"

"Oh good, she is okay, now the universe is saved"

He said sarcastically and went back to his video game

"What is your problem?"

She yelled

"My problem is you and that girl lying on the hospital bed using my credit card for the bills"

"I told you I will pay you back"

She arched

"Do you know how much the bill is"

"I said I will pay you back"

She yelled

Adam stared at her and realized that she is annoyed with him

"Babe, I'm sorry"

"Whatever"

She said searching her bag

"I'm sorry sweetheart"

He pulled her to his arms

"I'm just really worried, we are helping a stranger, it sounds so odd"

"I know, but my instinct tells me that she means no harm"

"So you are a magician now?"

He arched

"Are you trying to make me angry again?"

"Okay okay, I'm sorry"

He smiled cuddling her

"Nah it's okay, you are right she is a stranger and I have to find out who she is"

"Goodluck"

He released her and went back to his video game

"Maybe I should put an ad online for a missing person, what do you think?"

"Hmm...I think it's a great idea, but we don't know where she is from, we don't know her family, we don't even know the language she speaks"

"Well, she looks like a Korean"

"She might be a Korean or a Chinese or a Japanese or a Hong Ko......

"Okay I get it, I will look online for a missing girl"

"There are a lot of missing girls online, let's start from a country"

"Okay, let's start from Japan"

"Yeah whatever"

He said concentrating on his video game

"Aren't you helping me?"

"Nah, it's your problem"

"Dumbàss"

She muttered

She clicked on her phone and went through all the missing girls in Japan, it turns out that many girls are missing

"This is going to take a while"

She muttered and drafted her attention back to her phone

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1 am

*****

There was a nurse with the patient, making sure her system is okay and filing in her files

She checked her pulse, her heartbeat rate, her temperature, and the rest

She wrote down any other things that the patient will need afterward

Unexpectedly, she notices something with the patient, the patient's hands are moving, and she is again gasping for air

The nurse walked towards her and tried to calm her down, but she was still breathing heavily even than before

The patient mumbled some words, and immediately the nurse tried to get what she was saying

"Chan yeol....... Chan yeol....... Chan yeol......

The words she mumbled made the nurse confused

Immediately, she called out for the doctor, and after some minute, the doctor entered the ward

Immediately after the doctor entered, the patient stopped moving

"Are you sure she was moving"

The doctor asked

"Yes sir, I'm sure, she was also mumbling some words"

"What words was she mumbling"

"She kept saying....um... Chan...yeol...I don't understand"

"Don't worry, let me check her first"

The doctor checks her pulse and her heartbeat rate

It was all normal again

"Thank goodness she is alive, don't worry, she might just be having a nightmare"

He said and the nurse nodded

"Alright sir"

She smiled

Immediately after both the doctor and the nurse left, the patient opened her eyes gently and stared at the room

And it turned out to be Mi Cha

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In the morning

"Doctor is she okay"

Laila asked staring at the patient

"She is okay, don't worry"

"Oh good"

She said

"Oh doctor, Can I take her.....

Before speaking any further, Laila noticed something

The patient's hands were moving

"Doc, look, her hands are moving"

She said and immediately the doctor walked towards her and checked her eyes

Behold, the patient eyes were opened, the oxygen was removed from her mouth, so she had the chance to speak

"Um.. hello"

Laila said and Adam rolled his eyes

Mi Cha stared at Laila for a while

"Maybe she doesn't speak English"

Adam muttered

"Uhhh"

The patient muttered sitting up

"What happened?"

"I should ask you the question, how on earth did you end up in the ocean?"

Adam asked

"Ocean, have you lost your mind?"

She yelled and Laila stared at her bluntly

"Excuse me?"

"Excuse yourself, poop face"

She said

"What!!"

Adam yelled

"Um... you don't sound like someone who just woke up from a coma"

Laila said

"A coma, what are you talking about tiny legs"

Mi Cha arched

"Tiny legs?'

Lilia yelled

Immediately everyone in the room stared at her

"Who are you people, and why are you moróns staring at me as if I just woke from the dead"

"Because you kinda just did"

Adam said

"Oh shut up rattle face"

She yelled

"Why do you keep on insulting Adam"

"It's not your business fish eyes"

"Okay, I have had enough of you...

"Shut it, tiny legs you are making my ears bleed, and where the hell am I? Forget that, who am I?"

She yelled

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I wanted to say this but I forgot, she is suffering from amnesia"

The doctor said

"Amnesia, what does that even mean"

Mi Cha yelled

"Amnesia is a condition where somebody doesn't remember anything or just doesn't remember any part of...

"Okay enough, you are boring me with your nerd talks"

Mi Cha said interrupting the doctor

"Even if I'm suffering amnejug"

"It's amnesia"

The doctor corrected

"Yeah I don't care and don't you ever interrupt old man, why did you put me in these ridiculous clothes, seriously?"

She yelled trying to take off the hospital clothes

"Don't remove your clothes here"

Lilia yelled

"Oh shut it buffalo, I'm not taking off my clothes, I am trying to make something out of it"

She said and immediately she tore one sleeve of the shirt and shortened the short

"What is wrong with you?"

Adam yelled

She ignored him and left the room

"If you moróns are done, come and take me home or I'll do it myself"

She said before leaving

"Adam follow her"

Laila said

"To where?'

He arched

"She doesn't remember anything, she is just rude and annoying, so I don't think we should just let her walk on her own, just stay with her in the car, I'll be there later"

She said and Adam sighed before leaving

"Fine, but if that girl insult me again, I won't hesitate to punch her in the face"

He said before leaving

"Um... doctor, even if she is suffering from amnesia, how on earth does she know these insulting words"

Laila asked

"Um...I think some part of her is rude and besides, I think she is remembering new words by the minute"

"Oh okay"

She said after a sigh

"Um...miss, before you go, do you know the meaning of Chan yeol"

The doctor said

"Chan yeol? No, why did you ask"

"Well, last night, she was breathing heavily and saying only one thing 'chan yeol'

"Really?"

"Yeah"

"Well, I think Chan yeol is a name"

"Um.. okay"

"Maybe she is connected with him somehow"

"Oh okay, it's all up to you"

"Thank you so much, doctor"

"What are you waiting for, you freaky ostrich, take me home"

Mi Cha yelled coming inside the room and immediately going outside

"Oh no, I hope I haven't made a big mistake"

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After a long drive

"Here we are, home sweet home"

Laila said after arriving at her house

"What's a home?"

Mi Cha asked

"Really? You kept on insulting us in almost fifty words and you don't know what a home is?"

Adam asked

"I asked a question dummy"

She yelled

"Insult me one more time and I will make I put you back in a coma"

Adam said and Mi Cha rolled her eyes

"Anyway, let's go in"

Laila said after a long silence

"You haven't answered my question"

"A home is where you live"

Adam yelled

"Do you have a home"

Mi Cha asked

"Of course I do, everyone does except you apparently"

He muttered before getting down from the car

"Look girl, I think you are being a little too rude, just don't insult people, I have no idea where you came from but since you are in this country, you have to watch your tongue"

Laila said

"Yeah whatever"

Mi Cha muttered before hopping down

*******

"This is what you call home"

Mi Cha after entering the house

"What's wrong with it?"

Laila yelled

"Oh nothing, it's just that I have this feeling that this home doesn't suit me"

"Oh I know a place that will suit you, have you met our garbage"

Adam said

"Adam?"

Laila said

"You know what I'm leaving"

He said

"Wait, you can't leave me here with her"

Laila whispered to him while Mi Cha stared at the house in disgust

"You were the one who pushed me in helping her, now it's your problem, deal with it"

He said, pecked her on the cheek before leaving

"Gosh, I have to find out who this girl is fast before she ruins my relationship"

Laila muttered

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*****

After dinner

"What are you doing?"

Mi Cha asked after seeing Laila with her phone

"I'm trying to find out who you are, apparently I can't find anything before I know anything about you"

She said

"But I can start now"

"Whatever"

She muttered

"Firstly we have to find your home town"

"My home town?"

"Yes, okay, where do you live?"

"Not sure, like the old man said in the hospital, I'm having anxious"

"It's amnesia"

She corrected

"Yeah whatever"

"Okay, first of all, you should be thanking both Adam and me"

"Who is Adam?"

"My boyfriend"

"What's a boyfriend"

Laila sighed before answering

"Really? You know what an ostrich, imbecile, poop, tiny, fool, moron, idiot means, but you don't know what a boyfriend"

"Yeah never mind, you are way too sassy"

"And great, you remember what sassy means"

Laila sarcastically said

"Okay pushy pants, I think every word that comes out of my head comes out at the same time of my mouth"

"Okay then stop saying it"

Laila yelled

"I thought you ought to be caring for me, you are the rudest person I have ever met"

"You only met me after you woke up from a coma"

"Yeah whatever"

Laila breathe out for a minute before proceeding

"Okay, let's continue, do you at least remember your family language"

"Um...to my definition of language, I'm going with no, wait a minute what language am I speaking right now?"

"English"

"Uhhh, it sounds so unusual"

"Yeah, that's because you have an assent, but what kind.....

Laila thought for a while

"Wait a minute, with all the Korean movies I've watched, I think you talk like them, you might be a Korean"

"Um... now that you say it, it kinda rings a bell to my head"

"Oh good, now let's give you a name, a Korean name"

"What about my real name*

"Oh that's okay, I will call out all the names until one ring a bell to your head"

"Whatever"

Laila brought out her phone and checked out all the Korean girl names

"Seo-Jun"

Laila called

"No?"

"Ha-Joon"

"Gross"

She said

"Do-Yun"

"No"

"Eun-Woo"

"No"

"Si-woo"

"No that's not it"

"Ji-Ho"

"No"

"Ye-Jun"

"No"

"Yu-Jun"

"No"

"Ju-Won"

"No"

"Min-Jun"

"No"

(15 minutes later)

"Bora"

"No"

Mi cha said

"Ughhh, I can't take it anymore, I have said up to five thousand names and none of them ring a bell to your head"

Laila yelled

"Oh excuse you for being so impatient"

"Impatient, you know what I'm done"

She said standing up

"What!! But I haven't found a perfect name"

"I'm sick of you"

"Oh come on, okay just say ten more names and I promise to see one of it"

She said and Laila sighed

"Fine! But if you don't find a name, I guess you will be nameless"

She said scrolling through her phone

"Okay, I have... Eun-Kyung

"No"

Mi Cha answered bluntly

"Haw"

"No"

"Hea"

"No"

"High"

"No"

"Jang-Mi"

"No!"

"Jia"

"That sounds great but it's not perfect"

"Jin-Ae"

"No"

"Kyong"

"No"

"Kyung-Mi"

"No"

"Mee"

"No"

"Mi-Cha"

Immediately Laila said the last name, mi Cha frozen

"Well, that's it, you are officially nameless"

"Wait a minute, I felt a tingle, go back to the names"

"Really? From where"

"Um...say the name before the last"

"Uh... Mee"

"No, says the next one"

"Mi Cha"

"Yes, I think that name is perfect, I'm feeling a command like someone calling out for me, I think that's my name"

"Are you sure"

"I'm sure sassy pants"

She whined

"Okay, I'll call you Mi Cha, I also like the name"

"Yeah"

Mi Cha said after a yawn

"Okay since that's settled, let's try to figure out who you are actually, what you do for a living, who your family is? We have a lot to do"

"Yeah, you can do all that, I'll just go to bed"

"What!! But this is about you, you need to find out who you are"

"Yeah that can wait maybe tomorrow"

She said heading upstairs

"Fine, I guess I will go to bed also"

"Yeah, good night Laura"

"It's Laila"

"Whatever"

She said and left

*********

Laila headed upstairs to her room but saw Mi Cha lying on her bed

"Hey what are you doing"

"What do you think I'm doing, I'm trying to sleep"

"Okay but that's my bed"

"Oh I know"

"Then why on earth are you sleeping on it"

"Because the bed you gave me is disgusting"

"It's not disgusting"

"Pretty sure it is"

"Mi Cha, get out of my bed"

"No can do, now stop yelling, I'm trying to sleep"

"Mi Cha!!!"

"Ughhh, fine we can just share"

"No, just sleep on your bed now"

"Why are you so pushy on me?"

Mi Cha asked

"Pushy, do you have any idea how annoying you are, ughhh I don't want to talk about it just leave my bed and sleep in your room because I spent so much time cleaning it"

She said and immediately she noticed Mi Cha sleeping

"Mi Cha! Mi Cha!! Mi Cha!!!"

She yelled but Mi Cha snored out making Laila even more annoyed

"Ughhh, I can't believe I have to put on with this girl"

She said and drafted her attention to her laptop on a table right beside her bed

An idea popped into her mind. She sighed before walking towards her laptop, she turned it on and sat down

Immediately, she put on the WiFi and went to chrome

"Now, let me find out more about this Mi Cha"

She typed the name Mi Cha on goggle and it brought out many results

"Ugh, I can be here all night"

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(Japan....)

(noon)

Chan yeol sat comfortably on his chair and type some buttons on his laptop

Deals from one person to another kept on popping on his email every single second

"Oh I'm gonna be so busy"

He muttered

Immediately his door opened and a lady entered

"Hey Bora"

He said staring at his laptop

"How on earth did you know it was me"

She whined

"Because you are the only person in this entire world that doesn't knock my door before entering"

"Oh, that makes sense"

She said pulling out a seat to sit

"How are you?"

"I'm good and you"

"Same, did you come here to visit or to gossip"

"Both"

She said with a smile

"Really?"

He finally drafted his attention to her

"Yeah well first of all mum wants to see you, she said it's really important"

"Okay when"

"Tomorrow"

"Tomorrow? I can't, you know the real reason why I am in Japan, I have a big movie to shoot"

"But you know how mum is...

"I don't need to visit because I know exactly what she is going to say"

"Yeah.... getting married"

They both said and laughed at the same

"But you have at least pay her a visit"

"I don't know, I'm gonna be busy for two months, but I can bring her here"

"Um... okay, I'll tell her, so how is that assistant of yours"

"You mean Ju Won, she is good why did you ask?"

"Oh I was thinking about her"

"Oh my goodness, Bora don't tell me you are into girls"

"Of course not, what I meant to say was...she is a pretty and hardworking lady, maybe you can just give her a chance"

"Bora, you know that I don't want to date"

"At least give her a chance, it's super obvious that she is in love with you"

"I know"

"You do?"

"Of course, the way she looks at me, it's quite obvious, and besides I'm an actor, it's every girl's dream to get married to me"

"Yeah I guess, but look at her, She is sweet and pretty"

"Okay, enough I'm busy"

"What is wrong with you, why is that every time I mention a girl to you, you act so strange"

"Because I'm not ready for a relationship"

"When will you be ready?"

"I don't know"

He yelled

Bo ra stared at him for a while

"Oh I get it, you are thinking about that girl, Mi Cha.....for crying out loud Chan yeol she is dead, long dead, she committed suicide"

"No, she didn't"

"Yes she did, you know that yourself"

"That's what I heard but I know she will never attempt suicide, we both love each other"

He said and she scoffed

"Yeah right, like she has any feelings for you, wake up Chan yeol, this world is out there waiting for you to grab your opportunity, just find another girl to date and forget about Mi Cha, she is never coming back okay, she is in heaven or should I say hell"

"Enough!!"

He banged the table in anger

"Enough, I have heard enough of you"

He said standing up

"Where are you going?"

She asked but he ignored her question and walked towards the door

"If you are done, tell my assistant to lock my office"

He said and left

"I can't believe this dude, ughhh"

She muttered

....

TBC