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chapter 5

"We really messed up big time," Soon Young says to his friend Joshua as soon as Wonwoo left them.

Joshua playfully rolled his eyes. "You messed up big time, dimwit,"

"Wow, says by the attention-seeking jerk who asked me to visit Wonwoo just to tell him about his sick boyfriend," Soon Young counters.

"We have to, he deserves to know," Joshua argues back.

"Fine, you win, you faithful bastard,"

"I'm just being a friend here,"

"Hellaur? I'm the best friend here, you're just his high school classmate whom he reunited with again three years ago!"

The argument between Soon Young and Joshua kept going, then the door which Wonwoo left slightly opened was pushed and there was--

"These two, at least keep it down!" Seungkwan yells.

Soon Young rolled his eyes, "At least keep it down!" He imitated, sending Seungkwan to throw his slipper at him.

Joshua sighed. "Ah, you kill this lion, I'll leave," he chuckled before leaving.

"Oh, hi," he greeted an unfamiliar face standing outside Wonwoo's apartment unit, in front of Seungkwan's door. 

Hansol nodded, "Hi, sir," 

Joshua chuckled, "Hm, wow," he softly laughed after being called 'sir'. 

***

"Wow, your former employer just emailed me. They didn't really like it. What on earth happened back there, Hansol?" Seungkwan sighs as he scrolls through his laptop, while his best friend, Hansol, was re-typing his resumé.

"I did great GIFs," the younger answered nonchalantly.

Seungkwan sighed. "That is not very good," he whispers.

"Um, when will Wonwoo-hyung come back?" Hansol randomly asked.

Seungkwan was stunned --- "Um, hello? We're looking for a job for you right now? How can you be so random?"

Hansol softly chuckled. "I'm just curious,"

Seungkwan rolled his eyes. "Curiosity kills the cat, Chwe."

"I'm not a cat though, he is," he laughs. "Wow, I'm so quick-witted," he said to himself in a whisper.

"Well then, you should've been a comedian," Seungkwan replied sarcastically. "Wonwoo-hyung might've gone to the Small City of Hanya. Most of us from this place usually go there,"

Hansol nodded at that. "Hmm, OK. I guess I'll go now,"

Seungkwan was dumbfounded as he watched his friend fix up his things before bidding goodbye nicely and shutting the door.

What the hell was that? Did I just waste 2 hours from my afternoon looking for jobs he wouldn't take?

***

Wonwoo just sat on the bench after getting tired from strolling around the city-like place at Hanya. With a can of soda in his hand, he rethinks what just happened. What really just happened? 

What came into Mingyu's mind? If he knew the loopholes, he would've not drank with his friends. But he didn't, he didn't think about the possibilities.

"What's up, subway guy!" 

His eyes accidentally rolled when he heard the familiar voice -- Hansol's voice, who just sat beside him on the bench. 

"You called me coffee guy, now subway guy?" He asked sarcastically.

"Yeah, Coca-cola guy," he laughs at his own joke, sending Wonwoo's lips to curve upward.

"OK, you seem to be unwell. What happened, cemetery guy?"

The question left silence between them. Then, Wonwoo sighed heavily. 

"You keep calling me names for the things I had. What's wrong with you," a small chuckle escaped from his lips.

"I'm not witty, I guess that's why," he said nonchalantly.

Wonwoo nodded, and another set of momentum of silence embraced them. 

"I'm sorry for earlier. I look stupid, I know. I was just really drunk. You know, people get their hearts broken, and some of their solutions 's to drink it up," Wonwoo speaks up, even he was surprised that he did. 

Hansol nodded with a serious face. "Hm, OK. I don't wanna know anything more about it,"

Wonwoo's brows furrowed. "Huh, why now? You've been really nosy, what's with that now," he scoffed.

Hansol took the soda can from Wonwoo's hand and took a sip from it. He exhaled after. 

"Yah, what was that for--"

"You'll only remember it again if you tell me. Reminiscing such a memory would hurt you again," he says, leaving Wonwoo with amusement.

Little did Wonwoo know, that meters away, there was a regretful young man watching him talking to someone unfamiliar to him; even worse, he may not look fine, but he seemed to be comfortable, which stung him so badly to see Wonwoo become a stranger just like that. Just because of him.

Meanwhile, going back --- "You juvenile. Why are you even so interested in me? Do I look interesting?" He asked, where after a short while, his narrow eyes widened after realizing it sounded a bit wrong.

Even though Hansol noticed that too, he didn't make it obvious so Wonwoo wouldn't feel uncomfortable. 

"Um, excuse me, broken guy. Not that I'm making fun of you, but your tragic experience along with your wasted side cheered me up after getting out of hell," he softly chuckled. 

Wonwoo's brow arched. "K, what's in it for me?" 

"Oh, I have an idea! What if I tell you mine? I'm sure you'll feel the same way as I did!" Hansol gets hyped up. "Uh, wait, but does that mean I have to be wasted too?"

All of a sudden, finally after his nonsense jokes, Wonwoo finally laughed. Hansol once again looked like a kid being so amazed at how his hyung was smiling, you know his signature expression? His mouth forming an 'o' with eyes broadened and his hand covering his mouth.

But his genuine smile immediately faded as soon as his eyes met the gaze of the man who shattered him, staring at the two of them, looking so vulnerable.