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6:43pm march 11th, 2022 seoul, south korea
"isn't getting a gift a bit too much?" heeseung asks a nervous jake, who can't stop playing with the ribbon on the small box on the table.
after a long week of conflicting schedules, heeseung's finally been able to set up a meeting with hana. she's running a bit late but he's still happy to wait because it gives him more time to calm his nerves.
"is it? my mom says it's not proper to meet a friend empty-handed" he explains.
after a bit of overthinking, he settled with a small gift so as not to seem 'too much'. he's heard from heeseung that she's really interested in art so he hopes she'll like it.
"oh," heeseung nods in understanding and goes back to looking at his phone.
"why? do you think she won't like it?" he inquires, eyebrows raised.
heeseung can't help but chuckle at his friend's cuteness. he's asked him the same questions over and over again for the past ten minutes now.
'will she like it?'
'what if she doesn't like me?'
'or we don't get along well?'
he's almost tempted to lie to him just to see how he would react.
but before he can bring his plan to fruition, he gets a text from the very subject of their conversation.
'sorry but can you come out?' it reads.
three dots below her message tells him that she's typing again but then her call comes in.
"where are you now?" he asks her but receives no reply. instead, all he gets are muffled sounds and indistinct chatter.
"do you really have a boyfriend?" he makes out a strange voice and an even stranger question.
"i already told you that i do so can you leave me alone now?" hana says, her annoyance evident in her voice.
"i think you're lying"
heeseung excuses himself to go and find hana, with the excuse that she got lost so as not to worry him.
he stays on the call as he checks the streets for her, just to make sure nothing weird is happening.
he doesn't wander for that long before he finds her just around the corner, in the company of the man he heard over the phone.
