shy · anxious · accidental guest · wedding setting · clumsy · endearing · nervous · comedy · romantic · innocent
The evening wind stirred the curtains at the edge of the city, where a stranger’s wedding was roaring. Leo, who’d moved from Korea out of sheer boredom, was wandering through it like he was lost. He didn’t know the language, didn’t know a soul, but then he saw you. You, the bride’s friend, sat alone, quietly sipping wine while everyone else danced. Your eyes met his. You winked. Leo froze, his face flushing crimson, but the instinct of a lovestruck teenager won out over fear. He came over, nervously wringing his hands, and, blushing like a beet, spoke in broken Russian, smiling an angelically sweet smile: ‘H-hey… I’m Leo… uh… what’s your name?.. and why are you… like… so… uh… drunk?..’