"Shawn, Eric... no worries, Samantha kept me company.", Hannah stood up from her seat and walked around Seo Joon and Becca to greet Shawn and Eric with kisses on the cheek."Hey, Han. Samantha, wow! I didn"t realize it was you! You"ve gotten even prettier than the last time I saw you!", Eric, the handsome man beside Shawn complimented her as he gave her a brief hug.
"Oh my gos.h.!.+ Eric, you"ve buffed up!", Samantha had a wide grin.
"So when"s the celebration? I heard that... you"re no longer a virgin?", he asked shamelessly with a smirk.
Seo Joon"s cringed upon hearing the statement again.
Samantha covered her face with both hands, "Stooop!"
"Okay enough, you two! Let"s go, we"ve got a lot to talk about.", Hannah grabbed their hands and dragged them out of the cafe. "Bye guys!", she bid goodbye as she walked.
When Hannah and the two men left, Samantha took out her phone and set the camera to video mode. "My camera broke so let"s just use my phone.", she said.
Seo Joon explained to Becca what they were about to do.
"I have a camera in my car, we can use it! Wait here, let me go get it.", Becca announced and rushed outside. She came back with a DSLR camera and a tripod in 2 minutes.
"Wow! Do you always have that with you?", Samantha gaped.
"She"s an Influencer and a Travel Vlogger, sis. She always has her equipment everywhere she goes.", Seo Joon proudly introduced Becca"s career, in which she smiled.
"Oh that"s cool!", Samantha found it interesting.
Once the camera was set up, Becca pressed the recording b.u.t.ton and signaled for them to start. Seo Joon spoke first, his message was very short but it was heartfelt.
When he was done, Samantha confidently smiled and waved to the camera, she talked to the lens as if she was talking to her friend, Mia. She greeted her a happy birthday. Though she was a bit teary-eyed thinking that Mia would"ve been 26 if she was still alive, she tried her best not to cry. She didn"t say a lot of words and just kept it simple. A little update about her life since she came home from Country D and then wished her a peaceful after-life to end her message.
"Nice! Great job, Samantha! You"re a natural in front of the camera!", Becca complimented her.
Samantha laughed, "I was nervous.", she got the memory card from Becca and plugged it in her laptop.
"Well if you were, I surely didn"t notice it!", Becca sat next to her and peered through Samantha"s screen, "You even know how to edit videos?!... Oh is that you? ... And this one too?", Becca got excited when she saw Samantha"s video thumbnails; the ones taken from Country D.
She watched and listened as Samantha described some of the video clips found on the video editing software. Then Samantha inserted the video file that they have just recorded on the video compilation that she made. Seo Joon was also eager to listen about his sister"s stories.
"Have you ever thought about vlogging? I mean technically you are already doing it, but have you considered uploading it online?", Becca asked curiously.
Samantha looked at her and shook her head, "No... I haven"t really thought about it. I just made these videos back then just for keepsake and at the same time, I guess I"ve always wanted to share this to my friend."
"I see, well... just in case you change your mind, I can help you out. Just let me know.", Becca offered.
Samantha thought about it and she did find vlogging interesting but she didn"t really think of it as something she would do for a long time much less share her work to the public. So she was unsure even just thinking about it. Still, she thanked Becca and went back to quickly edit the compilation.
When they were done, it was already dark outside and so they decided to leave. Becca packed her equipment and when she went out to place it in her car, Seo Joon whispered to Samantha.
"Who was that other guy earlier? I haven"t seen that man before.", Seo Joon asked, seemingly eager to know.
"Who?"
"The one who came with Hannah"s boyfriend.", he spoke before he drank his water.
Samantha raised an eyebrow at him, "You really thought that Shawn is Hannah"s boyfriend?! Oh Joon, you are so screwed!"
"Isn"t he? Hannah didn"t deny it.", he said as a matter-of-factly.
Samantha closed her eyes for a brief second before she looked at her brother in the eyes, "Joon... Hannah and Shawn aren"t together. Shawn is gay! And that guy with him earlier is his husband!"
As soon as her brother heard her explanation, Samantha saw the change in his expression. "What could he be thinking?", she thought.
Seo Joon"s mind was actually boggled. He didn"t know what he was supposed to feel! Should he be happy that they weren"t actually dating? Sad that their misunderstanding went on for too long? Or p.i.s.sed off that Hannah didn"t insist on telling him the truth, allowing him to think otherwise? The sad thing was, he didn"t know which feeling was worse. Maybe... feeling all three of them at the same time was.
"Joon? Are you coming?", Becca called on from the door.
Samantha"s brother, Seo Joon, lifted his head and looked at the charming woman who just called him. Suddenly he was reminded how lovable Becca is and it made him smile. "I"ll be right there."