Chapter 3

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"Hey, babe. Your phone is ringing." Jungwan softly spoke as he gently rubbed Yoshi on his arm.

The man just tucked Junkyu to sleep in their guest room and after closing the door, he tended to his phone. He saw Jia's name on the screen. That's when he glanced at the time, it's already midnight.

"Hey, Jia."

"How's he?"

Yoshi sat on the couch beside Junghwan who was working on his presentation about the seminar he had the other day in Japan.

"We just had a few beers and he's sleeping in the guest room now."

"I've been calling him and he hasn't replied to any of my texts. I was worried."

"Don't worry. I'll drive him home tomorrow. Are you in his condo?"

"Yes. I tried checking up on him. His condo was empty. When did he arrive there?"

Yoshi glanced at the wall clock this time before responding. "Around seven?"

"Thank you, Oppa. I'll just sleep over here then. See you tomorrow."

Yoshi just hummed and ended the call after saying goodbye. He turned to Junghwan and carefully snuggled in the space of his neck.

"Are you still working on that?"

Junghwan planted a soft kiss on his temple. "I'm almost done. You can go to bed first."

"No, I can wait."

A minute of silence followed before Yoshi spoke again. This time, he comfortably leaned on the couch.

"Junkyu wants to open his pastry shop as soon as possible. I think that's what is stressing him out. He's been having these weird dreams lately."

"Did you tell him that?" Junghwan paid him a quick look before focusing on his laptop screen again. "That his dreams are weird?"

"No. Those were his own words. But I'm starting to get worried, too. I understand Jia."

Junghwan finally finished his work and shut down his laptop before throwing his arms around Yoshi.

"Good. Now, let's go to bed."

The cab stopped in front of a huge house. It must be Haruto's house, Junkyu guessed. Haruto did tell him he already had his films developed, so before gets busy with his training he wanted Junkyu to see his photos and maybe give some to him.

As they entered the gate, he was welcomed by the massive lawn that extends to the pond in front of the property. The house looked modern with its industrial design. Junkyu was used to seeing this type of rich houses because he is from a middle-to-upper class family, but he realized then how rich an athlete can be.

"You have a nice house. Is anyone home?"

They were already inside and Haruto invited him to sit on the sofa while he fetched him something to drink.

"I live alone. Keep yourself at home," he paused and opened the fridge before looking back at Junkyu, "do you want juice or cola or maybe tea?"

"Tea please. Hot. Thank you."

Haruto prepared his hot tea before he went upstairs to get the photos from his film yesterday while Junkyu discreetly scanned the house as he sipped on his drink. The house looked undeniably clean. Maybe because Haruto is just living alone or he's always away for training and matches. Junkyu also noticed there was no single picture frame in his common area which looks perfectly normal though. But the house almost felt lonely, Junkyu thought.

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