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The 5 months time

0020 a.m.






" Beomgyu, you look tired. " Eunjoo tugged at his arm, " Let me drive. "



" No, no. I can drive. " He yawned. " Just a little sleepy. "





" I don't want to die, " She pursed her lips. " Yet. "





They switched places while zooming down the road. They didn't have a certain place to go but driving on a long highway at midnight seems like the best way to kill time. Eunjoo relaxed a bit while keeping both her hands on the steering wheel. Beomgyu rested his head against the window, still couldn't wipe the smile away from his face and he started to hum some tunes.





" Is that one of your band's songs? "




" Yeah. " He closed his eyes. " I wrote it when I was 17? 16? I can't remember. "







Silence...









" I like it," Eunjoo said sincerely. " Can I listen to the whole song later? "






Beomgyu opened his eyes.





" You want to listen to my songs? "




She turned to look at him and grinned. " Mhm. I want to know what it's about. "




The tears welled again. Eunjoo is professional in this, Beomgyu had to admit it.




" Why? " Eunjoo frowned. " Don't tell me nobody has ever asked what you wrote, Beomgyu... "



He laughed and a tear fell, " I'm sorry to disappoint you but yeah. Nobody except my bandmates would genuinely ask me that. "





" What on earth- "




" Are you sure you want to hear me sing that? "




" Shut up, Beomgyu. Of course, I do! " She scoffed. " Why on earth would God let you meet those kinds of people? Well, except your bandmates. They sound nice! Are they single? "





" Goodnight, Joo. "






" Oh, come on! " She whined while trying to poke Beomgyu's cheek. " Tell me at least a little about them! "






" They're my friends. We share the same interest. That's all. "




Eunjoo rolled her eyes and purposely sped up the car, shocking him.






" Oi! Slow down! " Beomgyu half screamed. " Okay, let's have a little story. "





" Yes!! "






Beomgyu readjusted his seating and had his vision forward. The car moved swiftly, passing the gleaming street lamps. He felt so private with Eunjoo now.



" We bonded during high school. Yeonjun is the oldest and Kai and Taehyun were classmates. All four of them are annoying. "



" Don't lie, Beomgyu. Friends don't lie. "





He stifled a laugh.





" We sort of like, clicked, you know. We talked about music stuff and started to join school clubs until we formed a little band. " He crouched down and grabbed the cereal. " They are family, Joo. Even if it's only 5 of us, it feels like a full triumph in my whole life whenever I'm with them. I feel whole. "






" Cuties. "




" I know I am. Thank you for pointing that out. "





" Che. "








The drive was sealed with silence again as both of them drowned in their own thoughts. Thankfully this time, they weren't the bad ones, but good old memories.





" I used to play the piano but I quit. " Eunjoo sighed. " I wasn't the talented daughter my parents were expecting. "




" But they didn't resent me, that's alright. They asked me to be who I am. Just right before they passed away. "



Eunjoo put some of the cereal into her mouth. Her eyebrows knitted and Beomgyu wondered what she was thinking about.





" Joo? "



" Hm? "





" Why didn't you go and see your brother just now? "







Eunjoo looked far to the road. Her eyes began to sting and her lips quivered.







Was it too harsh?






" Was it too much, Beomgyu? " She asked. " Do you think it hurts him a lot? "






" No- I mean- "








" I just don't want to remember his face. " Her voice trembled. " It's more than enough for him to ask me if I ever forgive him. I can't bring myself to look at him again and have trouble ending myself. I will feel it's selfish. "







Beomgyu understood what she was trying to say and it made sense to him. Eunhyuk probably had done so many things to her that she may forgive but to forget, it's one of the hardest things.






" I'm sorry I asked that. "





" Don't apologise, please. " She tried to smile. " It's just a question. "











Silence....








" Don't you want to go home?"





" Huh? "




She turned and gave him that beautiful smile again.





" Don't you have someone who's waiting for you to come home? "



" No. Not at all. " He cleared his throat and later was given a picture from Eunjoo.





A picture of him and his sister.







" Guess her name is Hyoyeon. Got your handwriting on the back of it. "





" She doesn't want me home anymore. " Beomgyu put that picture back into the dashboard. " What's the point? "







" How would you know? "




" I've left my house for her. It should be more than enough if she's going to live alone! "






Unintentionally he raised his voice to her.






" I don't want to talk about her anymore, Joo." Beomgyu sternly spoke. " Just drive us somewhere else. "
















And again, they were just strangers, what was more to that?

























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