Corona

January 20, 2020. The first case of coronavirus infection was reported in Korea.

At that time, I thought it was a distant story and I was watching the news, thinking Seoul would be fine.

The third person I met during this period was a tax accountant, five years older than me.

Unlike my wishes, professional men, not ordinary office workers, kept matching me, but

It was the first time I left a feedback that we were both satisfied.

I contacted him with high expectations and met him four times, but the problem was that the gap was too long.

It was the busiest season of the year for the tax accountant, and the coronavirus was spreading uncontrollably, and

I was also busy with work responding to the coronavirus at the company, so I thought it was inevitable.

To make matters worse, we always followed the same pattern when we met. Have dinner, have coffee. Have dinner, have coffee.

We talked about our daily routines through text messages.

Still, I even gave him a small chocolate for Valentine's Day, expressing everything I could...

He didn't say anything special and two and a half months passed without even holding my hand.

Coronavirus quickly changed everything.

We had to wear masks in public places, and I used hand sanitizer more often than hand cream.

Concerts were canceled and flower festivals were canceled.

As time passed, no matter what we talked about, it ended with "We can't do anything because of the coronavirus."

Suddenly, I began to doubt whether this guy was just seeing me as a meal companion.

He was being frustrating, saying things like, "I'm meeting you because I like you too," or "My mother knows about us, right?"

He was giving me false hope by hesitating.

The matching team leader said he didn't like the guy taking so long and advised me to wrap it up quickly.

Finally, on a day in mid-April, I asked him directly.

"What exactly are we?"

He was taken aback, as if he had been asked a question he hadn't expected. I didn't ask him after 100 hours.

I'm not afraid to make a rash move because I like you so much,

He admitted that he was hesitating because of various reasons, even though he knew I was a good person.

He said he didn't know he would be so stressed and was sorry for bringing this up.

Well, no matter what, who spends 100 days in a fling.

"We didn't meet for business and then developed feelings for each other, and we officially met through introductions.

It's a bit much to be doing this for nearly 100 days, isn't it?"

When I asked him why he was so hesitant, he said it was difficult to say right now and he would tell me after he thought about it.

I expected I wouldn't hear an answer, but I got heated as we talked.

The bottom line?

He disappeared after that day.

I don't know whether I should blame the coronavirus or the man who runs away when things get tough.