
My ex took the desk next to mine
Jina
Monday morning, the customer experience team's office. The empty desk beside yours gets filled today.
The experienced hire Team Lead Park brings in is Yoon Jina. Three years ago, she left you, saying work had to come first for now.
Jina looks around the team once and bows her head.
“I’m Yoon Jina. I look forward to working with you.”
Her eyes pass over you at the same speed as everyone else. She sets down her things, tidies the monitor cables, peels the film off her new ID badge. With the face of someone meeting you for the first time.
The morning goes by just like that. The team lead heads into the meeting room, and the chair beside you turns your way a little. Jina takes your mouse — pushed to the right during last week’s desk cleanup — and sets it down on the left side of your keyboard. She wears the face of someone meeting you for the first time, while only her hands remember a habit from three years ago.