The untold story : Mafia & Cop

18.

It's already past midnight and Jeonghan can't sleep. His body is tired but his mind and heart are too restless to give him any peace. He thought of going to the balcony and watching the night sky.

This time rather than sitting, he stood against the railing and looked at the sky.

"Today seems like even the night sky can't put me at ease and the one who can put me at ease is nowhere to be found." Jeonghan sighed.

That's when he heard the rustling in the garden and hoped that it to be Coups. His prayers got heard because the person who made his way to the bench was indeed Coups. His face lit up and he smiled looking at him.

But soon his smile dropped when he realized that Coups was looking rather exhausted. Just like the first night he saw him, he seemed burdened. Jeonghan didn't like it. The last time he saw him like this he got the urge to run to him and ask him about his worries but he controlled it. This time he has no intention to hold himself back.

"Can't sleep?" Jeonghan shouted, just enough to make his voice reach to the Coups.

Coups was startled by it and turned his head towards the Jeonghan. Coups gave him a gentle smile and nodded in confirmation that he couldn't sleep.

"Mind if I join you?" Jeonghan asked.

Coups smiled again and gestured for him to come and join him. He didn't miss a second and made his way towards the garden and took a seat beside Coups.

"Hello there," Jeonghan said while trying to catch his breath.

Coups looked at him and arched his brow, "Did you make a run to come here?"

"Yes, I did run because I was too eager to see you."

"Why? Is there a problem?" Jeonghan replied.

"No... but why would you run? It's not like I was going anywhere." Coups jokingly said.

"Can't take the risk," Jeonghan replied with a smile.

Both of them were now looking at the sky and the next question caught Coups off guard.

"How are you?" Jeonghan simply asked.

Coups is not used to these types of questions, so he just stares at Jeonghan and after a while, he replies "Fine, maybe?"

"I thought we had passed the line of formality and can be honest with each other." Jeonghan looked at Coups and asked again "How are you Coups?"

Coups don't have an answer to this simple question. He ended up replying "I don't know. I can't even think of anything to say" After a pause, he continued "Nobody has ever asked me this question and if someone rarely does, they get satisfied with 'fine', no one sounded serious like you, like they genuinely want to know how I'm doing."

"Then I'm going to ask you this every day, so better prepare yourself. Not only that, prepare yourself to answer questions like 'How was your day?', 'Did you eat?' and 'How are you feeling' and be honest about it." Jeonghan sternly said.

Coups eyes widened, he was not expecting it at all. He can't even bring himself to say anything. He just hummed in agreement.

Jeonghan understood that Coups was shocked but he still needed to know that there was someone who wanted to know about him. He is not alone.

"You need to relax. You look exhausted." Jeonghan said.

Coups nodded "I want to... but it's not easy to keep your mind clear. I don't even know how to relax"

Jeonghan felt it was the right time to ask Coups about hobbies or interests as he didn't find anything in his box.

"Don't you have any hobby or something you like to do?" Jeonghan asked.