Jamais Vu

Chapter 47

It was another day for Sunhee and her running pals. Days of exercising already made Haewon a steady jogger. She was able to cover 3 km without complaint before switching from jogging to brisk walking. To Sunhee, that was good enough.

Younha became a regular too and when there's Younha, Jaesuk would join in. The evening jog was just leisurely for them but sometimes when Sunhee get stressed out, she would leave Haewon with Younha for a while to go for her fast-paced run before circling back. By the time she joined them, Jaesuk would already be there. As Jaesuk and Sunhee were running at a different pace, Sunhee prefers going alone when she does her sprint. Jaesuk was too fast to catch up with anyway and she didn't plan to run just with him. It was enough that the pictures Aera's spy took caused damage to her relationship with Hoseok. She didn't want an encore even when Hoseok was now accepting the fact that they were just that.

Friends.

Sunhee found out Younha had the same interest as Haewon which was HGTV shows. They both favoured the same TV personality and they sometimes went fangirling on the recent show, much to Jaesuk's consternation. They paid too much attention on the personality instead of the content the show.

Sunhee's phone rang as four of them were walking to the nearest coffee shop after their exercise at the park.

"Hiya babe, what's up?" asked Sunhee.

"Had a break and just calling you up. Are you done with your run?" asked Hoseok.

"Yes. I'm going to the café with everyone after this," said Sunhee.

"Everyone as is Haewon, Younha and Jaesuk?"

"Yes. Do you want to join us?"

"I'll take a rain check for that, but do you want to go for dinner? I can call up for a last-minute reservation and pick you from where you're at."

"I'm in my running clothes," said Sunhee.

"So? I'm wearing my practice clothes too."

"If that's the case, I'm in. When will that be?"

"Enough time for you to have a drink with your friends. I'll call you when I'm about to reach there. It's the café near the park, right?"

"Yes, you can't miss it. It's the only one near the entrance. You have to send me back to the park after dinner. My car's at the parking lot."

"No problem. See you later. Love you."

"Me too, babe."

"Stingy," he complained and Sunhee just chuckled.

She knew she didn't say the L-word as much as Hoseok did. She just needed practice. "Okay, I love you too," she conceded before ending the call.

"Your boyfriend?" asked Haewon.

"Yes. I'm going for dinner with him after this," informed Sunhee.

"That's a first," commented Haewon.

"What is?" asked Younha curiously.

"Her boyfriend is busy 24/7 that they hardly go out anywhere even for a meal," supplied Haewon.

"Really? Don't you go out on dates?" asked Younha again.

"We do go on dates, only that it's not the usual place people go to," explained Sunhee.

"Such as?" asked Haewon.

"The bakery," replied Sunhee, not willing to give more details. Haewon would have a field day knowing those places were mostly her house, any random storeroom or empty room wherever she does her delivery for Hoseok, and now, his house.