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BONUS #2: The Talk

It was early in the morning, must be around six as the sun was already out and shining brightly as ever. The steaming tea poured into a cup as I yawned, feeling slightly dizzy with sleep and fatigue.

The night before was...rather long, considering Soobin was still asleep. He was barely able to walk after we...well, did stuff. Not so family friendly stuff. Yes. Moving on.

It was finally the end of a really memorable holiday. The house would feel rather empty after Soobin's leave, even though we will live in each other's DMs everyday.

Maybe next time I could travel to Ansan, maybe even take Beomgyu and Hueningkai along. It would surely be fun.

And then maybe we can all go for a big tour around South Korea— me, Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Kai. Sounds even bette-

My train of thoughts come to hault as I hear someone clearing their throat. I turned my head to the source, finding my dad standing there, holding today's newspaper in one of his hands. I smiled sheepishly.

"Good morning appa."

He nodded in acknowledgement, walking around the kitchen island and coming beside me. I slid the cup over to him which I had just prepared and poured another mugful for myself.

But dad cleared his throat again. I frowned, looking over to him. "Appa did you catch a cold?"

He continued to stare at me as if I took away his favourite cookie right from his plate. I blinked at him, a bit confused. He remained silent. "Appa-"

"The weather seems good today." It was random and I almost laughed out loud out of surprise.

"Why, yes. It is," I could only say.

He lifted his cup to his lips, taking a loud sip from it, almost a bit too loud and I internally cringed. What was even going on?

Unable to understand any of his actions, I slowly took my mug and turned on my heels to take a leave.

"Taehyun." I stopped in my steps, looking over to him once again.

"Yes?"

And now I could see the way he was struggling with his words, it was obvious as he scratched the back of his neck looking pained with slight frustration.

Frustration?

"I am listening, appa."

There was a long pause in which dad took another sip of his tea and suddenly I felt nervous.

"From the next time...just know that the walls aren't soundproof in our house."

My eyes widened as his words slowly made into my brain. Shit.

"Appa..."

"And...please tell Joobin that I know my son's name is Tae. He doesn't need to say it out loud at night while I am very much trying to sleep... that's all."

My ears felt like burning. I prayed for the ceiling of the ground to swallow me. I was pretty sure I was blushing as I held my mug tighter. "...right."

Damn that was all too embarrassing.

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