Photographer ✰Hwang Hyunjin✰

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About 2 hours later, we finished with all the solo shoots and we were finally able to enjoy our well-earned dinner.

"Are you guys up for some grilled meat?" I asked "I know a great place and it's just around the corner"

"Yeah, grilled meat is what I need" Felix said "Can we go, hyung?"

"For me, it's fine. We all deserve some good meat since we did really well today" Bang Chan agreed

The boys cheered "Lead the way, Hanseo!"

I laughed "Let's go"

We all left the studio and walked for a short while before reaching the restaurant.

We went inside and the smell of meat instantly filled our noses.

"Hanseo!" One of the waiters said "Usual place?"

"Yes, thanks Johnny" I smiled at him

"Go on then, I'll come take your order in a sec" he smiled back

"Okay boys, follow me" I told them "Let's go sit down"

They nodded and followed me. I took them to a room in the back.
I always come here with my customers from the studio and since they're usually famous people, they let me use this room for more privacy.

And that's also how Johnny and I met, when I first came here, I was on my own and he took a break from his shift to eat with me so that I wouldn't be alone. From that moment, we became great friends.

I made them sit down at the table "I'll go grab the drinks. Do you guys want anything in particular?"

"Everything is fine. You can choose" they said

"Okay, I'll take the drinks and I'll be right back" I told them before quickly walking out of the room

I opened the fridge's sliding door and started to take the different bottles in my arms. But I figured I couldn't carry 9 bottles on my own.

"Need a hand?" Someone asked

I turned my head and saw Bang Chan smiling at me. He came here at the perfect time.

"Yes, please" I said "Why are you here, though? Not complaining, just wondering"

"I thought that carrying 9 bottles on your own was going to be pretty difficult, so I wanted to help you"

I chuckled "Yeah, you're right, thanks"

We filled our arms with bottles and walked back to the room where the other boys were waiting for us.

We placed the drinks in the middle of the table so that everyone could take what they preferred.

Chan and I sat down with the others and soon after, Johnny came to take our orders.

"What can I bring you?" He asked

The boys all looked at me, clearly wanting me to choose for them "Uhm, we'll be getting a bit of everything"

Johnny nodded and wrote it down on his notepad "Do you want to grill it by yourselves?"

"Yes, thank you Johnny"

"Great, the meat and the grill will be coming soon" he said before leaving

Just as Johnny told us, a few minutes later, another waiter came in the room with a cart full of meat. She put the grill on the table and lit it up.

She then proceeded to put the meat down on the table along with some side dishes and 2 pairs of tongs and scissors.

She briefly instructed us on how to grill the meat and then left.

We started by grilling some pork belly.
Lee Know carefully cooked it and I chopped it with the scissors before putting the pieces of meat on a plate.

When we had grilled about half of the meat, we started eating.

The meat was great. Tender and full of flavour, just perfect.
As we kept on eating, we cooked more meat until we finished it.

The last piece of meat disappeared in Jeongin's mouth, putting an end to our dinner.
We talked a bit more before leaving the room and going to the cashier's to pay.

"It's 164,000 won" the cashier said

I took my credit card and handed it to him.

"Are you sure you want to pay for it yourself?" Felix asked "We ate most of it so we should be the ones to pay"

"Don't worry, it's fine" I replied "If you really want, we can all go out another time and you can pay"

He nodded and gave me a warm smile.

Meanwhile, the cashier had already used my credit card, so he gave it back to me.

"Have a good night and come back soon" the cashier said, with an almost emotionless tone

"You too" I replied before leaving the restaurant along with Stray Kids

"He could have at least tried to sound polite" Hyunjin complained as soon as we stepped outside

"Maybe he was tired of saying it" Seungmin replied "I would be getting bored too if I had to say that to everyone"

"Yeah but that's not an excuse" Hyunjin muttered to himself

"Our driver is here" Chan said, pointing at the black van parked a few meters away from us

It was really dark outside, but the van had the lights on, so we were still able to see it.

"Okay then, I'll go too" I stated "See you tomorrow at the studio"

"Do you want a ride? It's really dark and it could be dangerous for you to wander alone" Hyunjin asked a bit concerned

"No, no, don't worry" I shook my head "My car is parked at the studio and it won't take me long to get home"

"Oh, okay then"

I waved at them one last time before turning around and walking back to the studio.

It took me just a few minutes to get to my car. I hopped in and began my drive home.

While driving, I thought about the great night I had. They were all really fun and caring guys and it was really good to see Jeongin after all this time.

When I reached my destination, I got off the car and went inside the house.

Just then, I realised how tired I actually were. I quickly brushed my teeth and put on my pyjama before going to bed.

As soon as I laid my head on the pillow and my eyes closed, I fell asleep.