living on top of the tavern is actually more interesting than minah thought it'd be — not that she'd be picky and would decide to live with someone else just because it wouldn't be "interesting" enough, after all, her friend is making her a favor and she's just more than happy that she isn't bothering her family as she would if she were living with them — and it's a very nice surprise, because not only she ends up passing a lot through the tavern to get home, she ends up spending quite the time there and consequently meeting some new people and befriending them.

which leads to where she's now.

haneul is a nice person, she thinks, always willing to talk to her whenever he isn't too busy serving other people and it's fun that they can bond over their own kind of arts, haneul being more of a photographer and minah much more of a painter, but they both feel quite uninspired and are trying to help each other find that inspiration again. but not only that, the younger bartender has managed to find his way under minah's wings — a feat that isn't very hard, if she has to be honest, not when she has always wanted to be so caring with someone without worrying about backlash and haneul is sweet, deserves someone to look after him.

which leads to where she's now.

not that yunhwa is a dangerous town, not like a big city like seoul or even paris, but it's still important to not put oneself into too risky situations or at least it doesn't stop minah from worrying that something might happen with haneul on his way back home especially when some of his shifts finish so late. and that's why she's waiting for him to be done, sipping on a lemonade while she waits for the time to pass by and haneul to come back to her when he finishes serving the few patrons at the bar.

"a slow night?" she asks when the other is close enough, seeming to be able to give her a little of attention again. "well, not surprising since it's in the middle of the week, i suppose."