That Night It Rained | Yuta

26 | One and Only?

Yuta and Jina were inseparable, lost in their own world together, their own conversations, language only they understood, unaware of the world around them. Yuta's eyes followed her everywhere she went noticing the little things about her and learning about her all anew. Jina would only speak of Yuta. When he was around, she would only talk to him and when he wasn't, she would find excuses to bring him up in every conversation she had with someone else.

In the days that followed, Jina also showed Yuta her writing. This was the first time Jina had ever shown anybody what she had written and Yuta was not only impressed but discovered a new facet of Jina. She truly did have a talent for it and Yuta didn't want to let it go to waste. He, along with the members encouraged her to show it to a publisher. They found a publisher after some researching and set up a meeting with him for today.

'Jina!' Yuta called out from the living room. Jina rushed down the hall, dressed in her best formals.

'How do I look?', she asked.

'Perfect,' Yuta replied.

They were all going out for some work at the company except Johnny. He was going to accompany Jina to the publisher. Yuta felt a bit upset that he couldn't go himself but nonetheless he was happy she is going.

'Kept your manuscript?' Yuta checked with Jina.

'Yes.' She placed a hand on her bag, nodding her head.

'Come straight to home and tell us how it went, okay?' Yuta was walking with her to the car she and Johnny were going to take.

'Yes, okay,' Jina replied and Yuta gave her a tight hug before getting into their respective cars.

'Nervous?' Johnny asked Jina.

'A bit,' she sighed.

'I am sure it'll be fine,' he assured her and she nodded.

~*~

It was almost evening when they all came back home except Mark who was still at the company for his individual schedule and Johnny and Jina who were yet to come back from their meeting with the publisher.

'Why aren't they here yet?' Yuta standing next to the big windows in the living room, looking out at the darkening sky.

'Hyung, the office is far away, it'll take them some time to drive back,' Jaehyun said looking up from his phone.

'She hasn't even called.' Yuta hadn't seemed to register what Jaehyun had said at all.

'Yeah, because you told her to come back home and tell you how it went,' Taeyong said to Yuta.

'Yeah, and she might think you're still at the company, hyung,' Jungwoo added.

The second the sound of the front lock opening came from outside, Yuta hurried towards the door to find Johnny and Jina's tired figures entering through it.

'How did it go?' Yuta asked and the other members followed him to the living room as well.

Johnny looked at Jina as though waiting for her to reply and she did, in a soft voice, 'It didn't work out.'

'What? Why?' Yuta was looked from Jina to Johnny.

'Just didn't,' Jina was looking more downcast than ever having to answer these questions. Yuta understood that he can ask the questions later and so did the other members.

'It's okay, it was just one publisher, there will be many other.' Taeyong hugged Jina and rubbed the back of her shoulders trying to cheer her up.

'Cheer up, noona!' Haechan said. 'It's just like failing an audition, you'll get another in no time, don't worry about it.'

Jina tried to put on a smile for everyone's sake.

'Go ahead, wash up, you must be tired.' Johnny handed her the bag he was holding for her.

'I'll make something tasty for you to eat and we'll watch a comfort movie after that. How's that sound?' Yuta asked and Jina nodded smiling slightly as she went inside.

'What happened? Were you there?' Yuta immediately turned to Johnny when he was sure Jina was out of earshot.

'Just creative differences,' Johnny said. 'Don't ask her about it. I am sure she doesn't want to talk about it,' he added and they let it go. They instead shifted their focus on cheering her up which took a lot of good food and a very long comfort movie and some laughs but she finally laughed at the end of the night.

~*~

Mark was working late at the company and had just gotten free. There were only a few people this late at the company. He was talking to Min-hyuk in one of the breakout areas, finally relaxing.

'Today was a long day for you.' Min-hyuk patted Mark on the shoulder. 'Go home now and get some rest.'

'Yeah, I just want to stretch my legs for a bit before the car ride back home.' Mark lounged on the couch, extending his legs in front of him.

Suddenly, the door of the breakout area opened, interrupting the calm. The person halted seeing Min-hyuk. 'I have been trying to find you everywhere Min-hyuk.' The person panted.

'What happened?' Mi-hyuk ushered him inside.

'The fortune-teller.' the man was trying to collect his breath. 'He is on the line...in your office.'

Min-hyuk and Mark both looked confused.

'The fortune teller says that he saw something, a new clue about the Han Jina's soulmate. He sounded very sure as though he knows who the person is,' the man said and Mark and Min-hyuk got up at once. They rushed to Min-hyuk's office.

Bursting in through the door, they found Kyung-mi with the receiver of the phone on her ear in Min-hyuk's office.

'Yes, okay, noted. I will convey the exact message to him,' she spoke on the line and put the receiver down.

'Did you speak to him? What did he say?' Min-hyuk asked Kyung-mi, his assistant.

Kyung-mi paused. 'Yes.' She looked at Min-hyuk.

'And?' Min-hyuk asked.

'The fortune-teller has told me the name of Jina's soulmate,' she said, this time surer of herself.

'Well? Who is it?' Min-hyuk was running out of patience.

'Nam Min-hyuk,' Kyung-mi replied.