Remember Me

Epilouge

Word Count - 1770k

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Yuto entered the coffee shop, looking around he very quickly found who he was looking for, Hongseok.

"Yuyu! Over here!"

Yuto rushed over to the booth he was sitting at.

"Please don't yell that in public."

Hongseok got up to greet him with a rib-crushing hug. With the way he works out he honestly could crush a few of Yuto's ribs if he tried hard enough. Yuto gingerly returned the hug.

"Happy birthday, Yuyu."

That's why they were here, to celebrate Yuto's birthday together before the big celebration with the rest of the gang.

Hongseok took note of how Yuto squeezed his head within the crook of his neck to hide himself. Considering that Yuto was much taller than him, that was a feat.

"Aww, did I embarrass you?"

"Yes, yes you did. Can we please sit now?" Yuto unwrapped his arms around him and awkwardly let them flop to his side.

"Yah, you should treat me with more respect," he said but allowed Yuto to sit across from him.

Only for Yuto to get up again as he remembered that he needed to order something.

When he came back with a receipt in hand Hongseok inspected him more closely.

"You don't look bad in red."

Yuto looked down at himself. As cheesy or dumb as it seemed, he actually replicated the outfit he wore on his first date with Wooseok as well as in the dream, bright red overalls and all.

Right, it's been a year since he left Japan and came back to the place he found home.

When the sun had fully risen from the horizon Yuto decided he needed to get his life back together, for Wooseok.

He went to the bathroom to bandage up his self-harm wounds and threw out the extra razor blades he had. He wasn't able to fully stop cutting himself even after he came back to Korea. When he was in emotional turmoil he still felt the need to feel the cold blade slice through his skin, but at least when that happened he was surrounded by people who loved him and would help him through it.

He then started packing his bags. He really needed to stop making impulsive decisions like these, especially when he was in a high emotional state, but he knew that this was the right way to go.

When he had finished packing what he wanted to bring back with him he knew the best thing to do next would've been to call someone. His older brother.

He sat on his bed and went to his messages to find the name "Hongseok."

The message he had sent him today was a little different than the previous days.

Usually he was sent messages of "Please have a good day today" and "I hope you are well" Occasionally if Hongseok would need it he would vent to Yuto. He still wouldn't answer him, but the guilt does weigh down on him.

Today's message was simply "How are you."

The same question Wooseok had asked him.

He allowed himself to smile at that as he willed away tears since he already fixed himself in the bathroom. Today...was just an emotional day for Yuto.

He was still embarrassed to call him, scared for what he would say, but he knew he needed to do this. After all, Wooseok would have wanted him to.