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I sat up and looked around the room. Streaks of sunlight were streaming in through the Venetian blinds. A steady stream of violin music was coming from my alarm clock, more urgent this time than the last four times it had rung this morning. And a young Asian man with blond hair sat in my chair at my desk. He was pale, as though he rarely saw the sun, and had both of his ears pierced.

"Finally, you wake up!"

"Yeah, good morning to you too." I grumbled. I dug back into the covers.

"Aah, get up, you!" He scrambled onto the bed, pulling off the bedsheets and the cover.

"No! Min Woo!" I giggled as he sat on top of me, tickling my sides.

"Not until you get up!"

"All right, all right, I'm up! Min Woo!" He sat back, satisfied, as I sat up.

"Good morning, sunshine." Min Woo planted a kiss on my cheek.

"Good morning, my faithful alarm clock. How'd you get in today?"

"I climbed in through the window." He grinned sheepishly.

"Isn't that what you did last week?"

"Yeah. I'm starting to run out of ideas."

"When are you going to get a girlfriend? Then you might actually pay attention to someone else besides me."

"You know you like it." He smirked.

"You're right. I do like it."

"May I use your bathroom really quickly?" I looked him up and down.

"You've never asked before."

"I know. I thought I'd be polite for once."

"It doesn't suit you, not in my eyes. I like the pompous Min Woo better." He laughed.

After I had taken a shower and gotten dressed, Min Woo took me out for breakfast. The autumn morning was a little crisp, a brisk wind tugging at our coats.

"What's with the service today?" He looked up from his meal.

"Nothing; what do you mean what's with the service today?" He looked down again and went back to eating.

"You've been acting really funny this morning… and not just asking to use my bathroom. Instead of just reminding me to get my coat, you handed it to me. And you laid out my clothes."

"I've done that before."

"Not my underclothes." He smiled hesitantly. I smiled, looking up from my cup of coffee.

"It's just… well, first, promise me you won't get mad."

"That depends on what it is."

"Jeong Mi, please."

"All right… I trust you, though why I do I have no clue." I sighed.

"I… kind of set you up…"

"What?"

"…With one of my friends."

"You did what? Min Woo, you didn't." He flinched.

"Sorry."

"Did this friend ask to be set up?"

"I know you didn't ask., but…"

"Not me, your friend… the guy? I hope."

"No, he didn't. I told him yesterday."

"How'd he react?"

"Pretty much the same way you did."

"Why'd you do it, then?"

"Well, you're not seeing anybody, and he's not seeing anybody, so…"

"You shouldn't have done that, Min Woo. I love you and all, but I can't have you going around and setting me up on blind dates, you know."

"I know, and I'm sorry. Just, please meet this guy for me. He's a good friend of mine."

"What's his name?"

"You'll meet him?"

"For you."

"Thank you, Jeong Mi! You won't regret it."

"All right, all right, just give me his name, phone number, where to meet him, anything."

"I can't tell you his name." I shot him a look. "But I can tell you where to meet him tomorrow." He said hurriedly.

"Where?"

"Just go to the restaurant that we go to the most, and ask for a reservation under Lee Min Woo."

"Fine." He grinned again, more confidently this time. "Happy now?"

"Yes." I shot him a look again, and he shrugged. "It'll be good for both of you."