Fool For You | HoonSuk [✓]

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"It has been days you are here. Are you not going to work?" Mrs Park asked. Jihoon turned to his mother.

"I kinda took a break from work. There's no major thing I need to handle. And if there's anything, they'll just send me an email. I'll go back to Seoul if they need me urgently. But for now, I'll just stay here," Jihoon said.

"Why do you suddenly want to stay here? In my house? You used to always wanted to go out but these few days you have been just staying home. Don't you have any plans or anything? You didn't even want to stay home for more than 5 hours other than your sleeping time during your college break," Mrs Park said.

"I just changed, I guess?" Jihoon stated. Mrs Park sighed. He noticed the 'change'. And it's a little too obvious that it's because of Hyunsuk. But Mrs Park tries not to bring up the topic. Who knows that her son will be back to his normal self later.

"Don't forget that you have a date with Yujin tomorrow," Mrs Park said.

"I know. I'll drive to Seoul tomorrow morning. I've told Woojin hyung that I'm going to borrow his car," Jihoon said.

"Alright then," Mrs Park said. Jihoon threw his sight out of the window. Staring blankly at anything there. Flowers, grass, sky. Mrs Park felt bad that Jihoon suddenly acted like that. He is always just spacing out and doing nothing. He didn't even touch his favorite stuff; his books, manga collection. He hasn't even watched any animation since he's back home a few days ago. Which has never been done by Jihoon even though he's going to sit for a test.

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"Oppa! Sorry I was late. The meeting got dragged and I didn't have my phone with me. I'm sorry for making you wait for so long," Yujin said as soon as she approached Jihoon who's waiting at the parking lot. Yujin looked at the car behind Jihoon. "Did you really drive from Busan? Alone?"

"Yeah," Jihoon said. "It's not my first time. Rest assured,"

"Are you not tired? You're on a long drive just now. You should just rest at your house and I'll just tell our moms that we already spend our days together. And just tell me when you're going to drive back to Busan so we can match our stories," Yujin said.

"I'm hungry," Jihoon said.

"You're hungry? Ah! I know a place that's quite famous around here. It's 2 blocks away. We can reach there by walking. But if you're still tired, I can drive you there," Yujin said.

"Let's just walk. It's not like I'm that weak.  I still can walk for miles," Jihoon said.

"Alright. Let's go," Yujin giggles. The two of them walked toward the restaurant where Yujin led the way to. Jihoon almost froze just a few steps away from the entrance of the restaurant. It's not the first time he's ever come here. Jihoon has been here many times already. Because it's the place that Hyunsuk liked to go to whenever they went out and decided to eat out but didn't have any plan of trying a new restaurant. Hyunsuk's favorite place. "Oppa?"

"Oh. Coming," Jihoon said. He followed Yujin entering the restaurant.

"Welcome," the owner of the restaurant, Mrs Jung, greeted.

"Hello Mrs Jung," Yujin greeted back brightly.

"Oh. You're here again today," Mrs Jung said.

"I brought a friend. He's like my older brother," Yujin said while pointing at Jihoon.

"Oh? It's you," Mrs Jung said as she recognized Jihoon.

"Hi, Mrs Jung," Jihoon bowed a bit.

"It's so weird seeing you here but not with that flashy kid. He came here a few times alone too these few days. He said that you're outstation or something that you're not around. That's why he's alone," Mrs Jung said. "But seriously. It's so weird seeing him eating quietly. Not like when you're around with him,"