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thirty four

The older sat opposite to Joon-hee. He was not slightly but very much happy that he got to sit with Joon-hee.  He had so many questions to ask but had no idea how to start.

"Do you have something to say?" Asked Joon-hee politely as he saw the older looking at him. Taeyang cleared his throat hoping to not to sound awkward. "H-How h-h-have you been?" He asked.

"G-good..you?" Joon-hee asked back as he earned a nod. "Our..friends miss you " stated the older. "Me too!..I wanted a fresh start..s-so I cut ties with e-everyone" Joon answered.

"You wanted to run away from me..so you left everything.." thought Taeyang for a moment as he stared at him. They ordered their food as they sat still.

Joon-hee then noticed the ring in Taeyang's finger. "Congratulations..on g..getting married" he faked a smile as he looked at the floor sighing. Taeyang frowned as he glanced at his ring. "So according to you..only married people are allowed to wear a ring?" The older asked in a teasing manner as he wanted to Joon-hee's reaction.

"Means?" Asked Joon-hee frowning.
"Means I'm not married..I just wear it..because-" Taeyang stopped as he didn't want to reveal why he wears the ring. "Because I like the ring" he lied. Joon-hee nodded as he glanced at the waiter who was serving the food and then at Taeyang as he replied "it looked like...like a couple ring..t..that's why I thought" the younger explained.

"D..do you still play basketball?"  The younger asked. The older chuckled as he nodded as no lazily remembering how important part basketball was in his life. However he now doesn't even have the time to even think about basketball.

"Leave it..tell me about you.." Taeyang stated. Joon-hee sighed as he played with the forks and answered "I have nothing special to talk about..". "I am not someone special..I'm boring.." he further added.  "You are not..". Joon-hee made a confused face.  "You're warm, loveable and most importantly special" Taeyang claimed as he continued eating his food. 

Joon-hee chuckled. "I'll believe it..since you're a lawyer.. you speak truth". Taeyang nodded as he asked "so  have you succeeded to open a bakery shop of your own?"

"He...still remembered about my dreams.." Joon-hee thought as he looked at Taeyang. "Yes! I have my own shop now" he answered. He took his business card out of his pocket and handed it to Taeyang.  The older took it as he read it carefully.

"If you have any occasion..contact in this number..I deliver cakes..as well.." stated the younger. The older chuckled as he answered "sure.."

"Our..friends...what are they upto?" The younger questioned being curious because it's been 8 years and he had no idea about anyone.  "Joon and Yeol started their own startup in New York" said Taeyang.  "Minhyuk works as an architect and Ha-neul is a assistant director of a TV show".

"Minhyuk and Ha-neul..are they still not dating?"

"They are..They were meant to be together" stated the older as he received a grin from the younger.  "It's been soo long since I saw you smiling.." thought Taeyang. 

They continued with the conversation about their lives. Taeyang came to know Joon-hee lives in Incheon and never came back to Seoul for living since his older brother and his sister-in-law died. He only visits Seoul for important purposes and lives with his brother's 5 year old son.

Taeyang was playing with the forks as he was quietly watching the other enjoying his meal. "Joon-hee..." he finally got the guts to call the younger as he looked at Taeyang.  "I..missed you...a..lot" the older stated as he smiled. Joon-hee grabbed the fork a little tightly as he felt dumb, because he had no clue of how to react.

"Thanks for.. for the food Mr. Lee" stated the younger as he changed the topic. Taeyang sighed as he felt terrible for saying that. "He hates me..a lot I guess" Taeyang mumbled.

Kiho X Byeol

Kiho watched his boss and his past lover having food and exchanging words. "Seems like the ship will sail soon" he muttered as he smirked. He looked at the one sitting opposite to him. He scoffed at how Byeol didn't care about anything but the food.

"Byeol-shi..are you enjoying the food?" The older asked. Byeol smiled as he nodded happily. Ki-ho smiled back as he furthered asked "what do you do for a living?". "I work at a pizza shop" the younger replied as he took out the card of the restaurant he works for. "Do visit the place..we make the best pizzas...we also do deliveries" Byeol stated. "Well I'm not really interested in the pizza-" claimed Ki-ho.  "That's not a big deal..we make other food items" replied the 23 year old lad.

"C'mon dude.." Ki-ho mumbled getting frustrated. He exhaled as he asked "wanna sleep with me? Just for this night!". Byeol looked extremely dumbfounded. "You crazy or what?". Ki-ho frowned as he mentioned "what's wrong? You see..you're just my type..you're cute,sexy and most importantly pretty". Byeol sighed he put the spoon he was holding aside and said "sorry!"

"I guarantee you that you'll have fun"  assured the older. "You're not my type..mister..I prefer men who would want me forever not for just a night" Byeol stated. Ki-ho rolled his eyes as soon as he heard the word forever.  To him forever is a myth. He cringed at the idea of spending a lifetime with only one person.

"I guess I was wrong..not at all my type..." Ki-ho murmured as he looked at the other.

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