Jaehyun dreaded the days until he will finally get the rest he deserves.
His schedule is piled and cramped for almost a year, only got to sleep for at least an hour or two before his manager would wake him up again for another work.
The 2022 Netflix Music is his last schedule– at least in his chart. He was granted a long break after that.
But seeing how the event went, Jaehyun doesn't think that he will have a well-deserved break.
And he's right.
"My daughter!", Taeyong hollered as he caught the running girl on his arms, engulfing her in a tight bear hug, "I miss you so much, it's boring without you."
"Really? It's just been four months, oppa."
"Those four months are like four years! Come on do you have plans for dinner yet?"
Harin cutely scrunched her nose, "I do. I'll join the Hollywood friends as this will be my last night with them since they'll be flying back on the early morning."
"They will? How about you? Are you staying?", Johnny joined after awhile
Harin beamed the biggest smile she can do and excitedly hopped.
"I have a month break and it starts tomorrow!"
And the specific waiting room swarmed with loud cheers.
All of them hugged and chatted with their princess, lightly catching up with her like they didn't have plans to go home.
It continued until Harin had to go first and bid goodbye to all.
Except for one.
He just stilled on the corner seat, letting the makeup artist erase his makeup and purposely slowly changed into more comfortable clothes.
When he heard the goodbyes, he walked out of the dressing room, working on his facial expressions.
"Oh Jaehyun here you are, Harin just went first for dinner with her folks. It's a shame you didn't said goodbye."
"Oh she did? It's okay, I think this won't be her last day here.", Jaehyun casually answered
"Oh it wasn't.", Doyoung spoke flashing a small smile, "She has a month to stay with us."
Jaehyun just understandably nodded and proceeded to fix his things, while others rapidly fixed themselves too.
The car ride is suffocating.
Mark is beside him, and then Haechan who's sleeping on the former's shoulder.
In front of them are Taeil and Jungwoo whom he assumed are sleeping too, and the two managers accompanying them.
Jaehyun's eyes remained outside the window, taking in the beautiful scenery and the breathtaking city lights.
He was lightly surprised by the sudden pour of the rain, tainting the peaceful view.
"Oh it rained."
He heard Mark mumbling and he hummed.
"That's bad.", the younger chuckled, "Seems like the skies are with you."
"Hm?", Jaehyun finally looked at him and just received a small grin
"Hyung you're so obvious.", Mark mused, "Still her hm?"
"What are you saying?", Jaehyun timidly replied and shifted back to the windows
"Stop denying, it'll make it harder. Then it will be more painful for you to move on."
I don't even think I can move on, Jaehyun kept it on his mind
"I'm one of the few people who knew the exact reason, you know. And the only thing I can advice you both is– accept.", Mark continued, "Accept so you two can move forward. It would be hard, yes. But you can never take at least one step if you haven't accepted the reality still. After it, you both can do whatever you want. Either you accept it and call it quits, or accept your mistakes and start again?"
"I doubt that. I messed up big time. She's tired Mark, and I'm the sole cause of it."
"True. Harin will never get tired if you won't tire her. But hyung–"
"Noisy", Haechan sleepily whined, making Mark immediately drop his words and caught the younger's head, shifting to a more comfortable position
They didn't had the chance to continue the topic as tiredness slowly crept onto them.
Though Jaehyun's mind is still a giant mess– it always is.
It's been four months, but felt like four years.
Jaehyun was and still stuck on the past.
It is always been her.
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