Truly Yours • Kim Mingyu

[twenty-eight]

Time flew very slow after Jeonghan left. Days appeared monotonous, sleepless nights seemed longer. The house felt empty and lonely even with all these people around, as if it had lost it's exuberance. There was no laughter; no smiles for days. Sometimes, we would just cry on each other's lap for hours, because we would miss him too much.

He did say before leaving that he was only one call away. But in actuality, it's not the case. He is so busy over there that he doesn't have time for calls, nor chats. Most of the time he is unavailable or extremely busy, other times it would be his manager who'd pick up his calls, because he is too tired from practice and schedules that he couldn't answer it himself.

In here, due to lack of authority, the guys no longer obeyed the house rules Jeonghan had made. They started to work overnight, they went to bed late and woke up much later. As a result, they ran behind schedule few times.

They were so chaotic and enthusiastic before, and now, they all suddenly became quiet. It's too somber.

All these happened because the one who constantly nagged them to go to bed early, woke them up in the morning, made sure no one dares to skip any meal, listened to how their days went and their worries, cheered them up when they were exhausted from work . . . was no longer there for them.

It's unfortunate that it'll continue to be like this time to time. We know we have to get used to it, but it'll take time. We're trying to adjust, slowly cope with the change of system.

There's this saying, you don't understand the true value of something unless you don't have it with you anymore. We are starting to live under that saying. We never discerned how much of a big role my brother plays in this family until now. He really balanced his personal life and work well.

Wonwoo has been engaged in preparations for his upcoming exhibition. He has a studio in the basement, he's been on the go inside there all day and night. We live in the same house, yet I haven't seen him for days.

I haven't had checked on him that much, on the grounds that I might distract him. This exhibition might be the most important one he had till now. He can't afford diversions like me, he needs to focus. I hope he's doing well.

I can't help but acknowledge. It's been quite solitary without him.

***

I've been pretty busy myself. In fact, this is the busiest I've ever been. I thought it would be fun, but no. It's not. Being busy sucks. I feel tired all day.

I sometimes wanna go back to the time when I was unemployed and slept all day. Those were some golden days.

I had to attend compulsory modelling classes and workshops arranged by the company. Mingyu wasn't bluffing when he said he'll be strict with newbies like me.

Even if I was only one minute late to the classes and workshops, he scolded me dreadfully infront of everyone, gave me arduous penalties, made me work overtime and threatened to cut my salary.

I don't think I'll ever get used to his current image.

Also, turns out Rowoon and I are the only applicants who got accepted. I don't know about others, but I was entirely certain that he would make it.

There's no way in hell anyone would ever reject a visual like him.

Rowoon claimed that Mingyu potentially begged him to join KMG Entertainment, since he already had a good number of agencies lined up for him.

He was like, "It was nice to see the CEO desperately plead, trying so hard to peruse me to join his company instead of the rival companies. I knew from that moment that he needs me and would do anything to keep me for as long as he can. He won't fire me that easily. It would be fun to torment him a little bit and earn some good amount of money at the same time."