[joongdok]

daily dose

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- yoo joonghyuk, you good?
- ... what.
- ummm, nothing.

ever since they cleared the previous scenario, yoo joonghyuk was being asked that silly question almost everyday. the one and only person who kept asking him frequently was kim dokja, his companion – that was what he saw kim dokja as. athough, joonghyuk was a cautious man, he tended to be wary in every given situations, hence that suspicious behaviour of kim dokja was definitely bothering to him.

- kim-
- ah, i should go and check the others too!

not giving yoo joonghyuk a chance to ask any further, kim dokja just quickly glanced away and fled, leaving him there. of course joonghyuk was quite irritated with both having his words cut off and that sudden leaving. eventually, he let out a dissatisfied sigh, then narrowed his eyes while watching his companion's back. to be honest, he did not mind kim dokja repeatedly asking him that. what was really the matter there was the motive behind all this. kim dokja was an unpredictable man, who knew if he was planning to die somewhere alone yet again?

although yoo joonghyuk seemed like a cold-hearted regressor, perhaps a 'bastard' in someone's eyes, but he really trusted and cared for his companions, which was rather subtle most of the time.

therefore, yoo joonghyuk had an ominous hunch about it. he then tried to figure kim dokja's scheme out, but failed.

[constellation 'demon-like judge of fire' is looking at you with worried eyes.]

- what now?

yoo joonghyuk raised his head just a little, and was still frowning. it was uriel, a powerful constellation. because he detested the constellations, let alone the fact that this almighty archangel was rather fond of his companionship with kim dokja. in quite a strange way, as if she was obsessed for real.

[constellation 'demon-like judge of fire' says she may know what's going on.]

huh. yoo joonghyuk slightly scoffed.

...

it sounded reasonable though, he could not deny. that uriel had been watching kim dokja through all these times, perhaps she did know something that yoo joonghyuk did not.

- tell me.

he said. as if uriel had been waiting just for that moment, messages started to pop-up right in front of him. a lot of them, to be precise. yoo joonghyuk was trying to keep up with the stupidly fast pace of the messages were being sent to him, which made him frown even more deeply. that constellation did know better than him, did she not? despite his bothered expression, yoo joonghyuk actually, read every word he saw.

but it was rather nonsense to him.

by the next day.

- yoo joonghyuk. how are you today?
- ...

and yoo joonghyuk expected kim dokja to ask him that. he did not answer anything, just stared at kim dokja's face instead.

- kim dokja.
- huh? h-hey... why are you looking at me like that? are you going to hit me?

kim dokja stumbled with his words, and formed a nervous and kind of silly smile on his face. yoo joonghyuk caught that smile fully in his eyes, he then spoke up again after a moment of silence.

- how are you, kim dokja?
- ... what in the constellation-

kim dokja was completely stunned by that. for god's sake, how that regressor even came up with the idea of asking that, kim dokja questioned himself, while was completely dumbfounded. because of kim dokja's expression and the transparent awkwardness wandered in the air, yoo joonghyuk was ashamed of himself. as if it was all just a moment of weakness.

- tch, forget it.

then yoo joonghyuk turned his head sideways to hide his pathetic embarrassment. he only did that because uriel told him to, she made him say it for their benefit and would be a way to understand kim dokja's motivation.

that was what she said.

kim dokja was still full of surprise, but also kind of interested in the current situation shortly after. he knew that yoo joonghyuk would not act like this by his own, therefore he looked up to the sky and let out an awkward smile.

- uriel...

[the constellation 'demon-like judge of fire' says she has nothing to do with the current situation!]

- yeah... yeah, right.

[the constellation 'demon-like judge of fire' explains that she just wanted to help!]

she did not even try to defend herself, huh. he - after a short sigh escaped from his lips – looked at yoo joonghyuk again, who was still facing somewhere else rather than directly at him. kim dokja must admit, it was quite heart-warming of yoo joonghyuk to ask that question.

- hmm~ pretty good.

after kim dokja's short answer, yoo joonghyuk finally turned his head to face his companion again. his eyes were unfazed, but his left eyebrow was twitching. he always did that when he was interested or questioning something. that pattern of his was way too familiar to kim dokja anyway, of course he was able to notice it.

kim dokja then asked yoo joonghyuk back with his slightly playful tone.

- you're acting like it's strange.
- it is.

kim dokja widened his eyes a bit at his unexpectedly straight-forward reply, and chuckled right after.

- what, haha. i should answer your question though, should i not?

yoo joonghyuk just went silent, instead of giving kim dokja another response. but he felt like he should, since kim dokja had asked him first anyway.