The Bold & the Ruined (A SunWon Fic)

Chapter 9

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The night was young and the moon was bright. Makati City was in its noisiest part of the hour, considering it was Friday and the end of exam season. The two of them had chosen to hang out in Jungwon's condo on the grounds that both of them were sick of the blandness of Sunoo's home.

They were up on the 14th floor, and the people below seemed like inanimate caricatures. Jungwon's room was lit with the ambient glow of his floor lamp. A random show was playing on the TV but there was no one to watch it.

Sunoo remembered the first time he came to this place. It was the night that they first met each other. He remembered specifically where he found the pen and paper where he wrote the note that one morning. His eyes scanned around Jungwon's room. So full of life and traces of him. The bulletin board with a list of to-do's. The shelf with trophies from taekwondo meets that he did in college. The countless books that littered on his desk, both textbooks and novels alike.

Sunoo could see the life teeming from this very space. And although it should make him feel comforted, never in his life did he seem so out of place.

"I'm back, love," Jungwon entered the unit with McDonald's takeouts in hand. "Hungry?"

"Not really."

"But I bought fries."

"I guess I could eat fries."

In no time, they were now on the floor where they preferred to sit and the food was set up on the coffee table before them.

Sunoo would glance at Jungwon from time to time, not knowing what it was that he wanted to say but just having the unexplainable urge to do so.

The other, who was well aware of it, took notice but did not point it out. A smirk on his lips formed each time it happened, and Jungwon was sure that the other didn't have a clue how obvious he is.

"I think this calls for a celebration," Jungwon suddenly said.

"For what?"

"For passing the first year," Jungwon smiled. "We did it, Sun."

Sunoo turned to Jungwon who was already staring at him.

"Congratulations, Wonie," he said.

Jungwon bumps his shoulder. "Congratulations to us, Sun."

Jungwon gasps a sudden 'oh' before he stood up and walk towards his pantry.

"What is it?"

Jungwon did not answer him until he came back with a bottle.

"I was saving this for some time. It was a gift," he showed the bottle of Jack Daniels to Sunoo.

"Uhh, that's a huge bottle."

"Who cares? We're just here in my condo. Let's enjoy tonight. I deserve a good night's sleep for the longest time."

Sunoo smiles at the sentiment.

"You're right. Let's."

A few hours later, it has become apparent to Sunoo that the reason Jungwon was drinking root beer at the bar the first time they met was that he could not handle his liquor well—or at all.

"Looooveeee..."

"Shut up!"

"You're hurting me," Jungwon put an arm around Sunoo as he was guided towards the bed.

"If you just brushed your teeth properly like I said, then I wouldn't have smacked you."

"But it hurtsss," Jungwon fell on the bed with a soft thud.