KBIN - CALL ME K

MY HEART IS RIGHT THERE!

A winter night, a cold one, 2020.

After the Jamsil Station incident, Hung and K have to be extra careful whenever they want to go out together. K often goes to Hanbin's room after finishing his practice, or they can wait till most people go to sleep to take a walk along the Han river. Tonight, K grabs two Caramel Coffee from Cộng before picking Hanbin up. Hanbin is like Vietnamese coffee, sweet and addictive, but K might have to leave it behind soon...

Hanbin walks out in a long coat with a turtleneck sweater inside, looking exactly like a boyfriend walking out of a manga. K reaches out to hold Hanbin, afraid that he might fall. It happens every single time, his 22yo boyfriend is always running like a happy kid in a candy store whenever he sees K. Although K is only 3 months older than Hanbin, he's got the feeling that Hanbin is still a baby that requires constant attention.

K takes off his gloves, rubs his hands together to warm them up, holds Hanbin's face, and leans on slightly to give him a lingering kiss as if he never wanted to let it go. Hanbin can feel something is strange, but he can't figure it out yet. Is there anything that makes K sad? Hanbin has to spend most of the time practicing with Doobu seonsaeingnim recently, does it make K feel lonely? Hanbin then puts his hands in K's pocket, stand on tiptoes, and gives K a gentle kiss on his lips again:

- I'm sorry that I can't be with you much these days. What do you like to eat? My treat!

- You know you are the best dinner I can ever have, right? But, Hanbin ah, can we have an overnight date? Can we go to places we can't do during the daytime?

Hanbin has to be at the company early the next day, but an overnight date is what he has always wanted, and as K already asked, why not? Hanbin then nods his head, quickly drags K to a karaoke he's always heard of. They have sweet Vietnamese ballad songs there and Hanbin really wants to sing his heart out to K tonight.

Their next destination is a sauna. Hanbin has always seen it on Kdramas but never had a chance or a boyfriend to go there with. Isn't it perfect to be in a steamy room on such a cold night, next to a hot guy?

But the pleasant warmth makes him sleepy. Hanbin stands up, asking K for a walk along the river. K strolls slowly as if he wanted time to stop. Tonight, on that windy riverbank, he will have to say goodbye to Hanbin. It reminds him of the night in Hoi An, when he was thrown on a ship to go back to Japan. Hanbin ah, why does it always have to happen to us?

K gives Hanbin a hug from the back, trying to let the words slide out of his mouth quickly before he gets too emotional:

- Hanbin ah, the company told me this afternoon that they are opening a new branch in Japan and they need me for the group's success.

That caught Hanbin by surprise. He has always thought they would debut together under !00%, but why? Why are they separating him and K again? However, Hanbin tries to pull himself together, listening to every K's word.

- That group includes me, Taki, Nicholas, Kyungmin, and EJ. They said that I am the ace, and my fans are desperately waiting for my updates...

Hanbin can feel the pain in K's voice. K of today is different from the Iland's K. He can no longer put aside everything just to be with Hanbin. He now has to take his friends' future as well as his fans into consideration. K's eyes quickly get teary and Hanbin knows he needs to do something to help.

- Kyungmin? Kyungmin??? If you let that ship reborn, you know what will happen!

K immediately comes up with an excuse:

- It wasn't that... I just wanted to make you jealous. I will follow the "no touching" rule, there won't be any moments between us. You see, I really didn't have any ship back in the Iland days, unlike someone else...

Hanbin bursts into laughter, his attempt to break this sad moment become a success. Hanbin wipes off the tears on his handsome bf's face, trying to comfort the depressed K:

- K ah, I'm actually happy for you all. Whenever I read Keiys' tweets, my heart is broken. At least I had a fan event, I'm about to open an SNS to connect with my Hannies. But Keiys, they have gone through months without any news about you. They haven't had a day in peace as those antis keep bugging them. I'm glad Nicholas can be there too to protect you. Just that, keep it in mind, Hannies are fierce, don't ever jump on a ship or they will destroy them all!

- Also, K ah, you no longer have to write letters and bury them deep down, right? We are luckier this time when Japan is not closed and wifi is in every corner. Whenever you miss me, hit the video chat button, or send me a message. Or if you are too busy for that, just look up to the sky. My heart, it will always follow you, no matter where you go...

THE END