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Son Ye Jin

𝖨'𝗆 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨'𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍, 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗎𝗉. 𝖨 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝖩𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗂𝖾-𝖺𝗁.
𝖡𝗂𝗇

I smile seeing his message. No call this morning means he is pretty tired. But still his message means I start the day right. Just need a cup of coffee and it'll be perfect.

I get up and make way to the kitchen dialing Bin's number humming the familiar melody of the upbeat BTS song 'Dynamite'. Usually, he answers on the first ring, but not this time. I will just call him later after my photoshoot this afternoon.

After my coffee is brewed, I'm making my own sandwich for breakfast when my phone vibrates. Thinking it's Bin, I check it immediately. But no, it's from my agency.

I ignore the message, they can wait a bit. Strangely, it doesn't stop there. My phone keeps vibrating against the kitchen counter and then the dining table, and one by one the messages come through. All from my agency.

The message is almost the same every one of them. A blurry picture and some texts. I look at the picture closely and curse when I realize the persons in the picture are me and Bin.

I abruptly stand up. Oh my god, does Bin know about this? Is he okay?

On a second thought, is this why Bin asked me to call him once I'm awake?

𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐇𝐲𝐮𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐧? 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬? — 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝

𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐞 𝐉𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝? — 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐥

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞  𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦? — 𝐓𝐌𝐙

I stop reading the rest of the messages. And frantically dial Bin's number, this time not stopping when he doesn't answer.

"Come on, come on. Answer my call, Bin." He finally answers in his sleepy voice after the 6th time.

"Bin! Finally."

"Ye Jin?"

"Are you okay? Did they stop you at the airport? My phone blew up since half an hour ago." That seems sober him up as his voice sounds more alert now.

"Shit, I'm sorry, I fell asleep. Yeah, yeah. We need to talk about that. Wait, let me wash my face first." He keeps the connection open and I wait worriedly.

"Let's switch to video call." Bin says before his request comes in. His face looks really tired and dark circles under his eyes seems more visible in the blurry video.

Bin groans when he sees me and stares longingly. "It's so good to see your face," he smiles.

"It's only been a day." I reply, can't help but smiling seeing his face.

"I know. Still, I can't wait until you're back here. Although..."

"Tell me. My agency forwarded several messages from tabloids all over the world, and it seemed like the world finally caught up? How were things there?"