Around The Corner

2. drunk dazed

After what felt like eternity, Jihoon opened his eyes and felt a little bit better. He remembers himself drinking on the rooftop with a stranger, but the whole surrounding to his now groggily opened eyes have already changed. He was supposed to see an open area, but instead, he was in a room, a hotel room to be more specific. He heard the water running from the bathroom, and his sense alerted. His first instinct was to look down under the sheets. Clothes were on which was a good sign but the clothes he was wearing weren't his which seem to be the problem.

What had happened yesterday?

He tried to remember. He heard water stopping from the bathroom. The bathroom door clicked, a familiar face immersed from the bathroom wearing a robe and patting his hair with a towel. As Soonyoung saw Hoon awake, he started,

" You're awake?How are you feeling now?" Ruffling his hair with the towel before tossing it on the nearby chair, and the memory of yesterday came rushing in.

~Flashback~

" My name is Kwon Soonyoung, and I'm not Ha- Jeonghan's best friend or lover. I'm just here for the engagement party." Stranger now with the name spoke.

"Ohh, I thought we had something in common... Then why are you here, at the lovelorn Lane, crashing my pity party?"

" Lovelorn Lane?" Soonyoung eyebrows furrowed on confusion.

" Yeah. I named it." Hoon said proudly.

"I think you're drunk. Let me get that bottle from you." He motioned to the almost empty bottle in Jihoon's hand. He tried to resist, but to no avail. Soonyoung took it from his hand.

No Boos, boo hoo.

Hoon makes a sulky face at Soonyoung, placing his index finger across his lips to which Soonyoung just simply smiled, which Jihoon found very charming.

God, I'm drunk. Jihoon thought to himself. Then, a melancholic mood surrounded him as song in the playlist changed.

" 3 years,....I literally waited for him for 3 years."
Jihoon broke the silence, surprising both Soonyoung and himself.

" I never had a single relationships then I met him, and then I thought I had a chance with him, and he'd be my first forever.....Bu- But now, today, I got the memo loud and clear."

A single tear slipped down his cheeks as he continued, "and I need to move on real quick. I knew i wasn't the exact type Cheol wanted, but sure,'he'll love me in the way I am' theory of every romcom movie killed my chances of being with him." The squeal came out of Jihoon when he continued. He was in pain, and it was getting too much, and he felt like he just might explode if he didn't share it with anyone, a stranger or close one; he was too drunk to differ.

" But I won't sulk on it and die. I know I can do better, and I will. From today till the wedding, I'll find myself a date to attend the wedding."

He looked at Soonyoung, took off my glasses, wiped his tears, and fixed his hair.

"Do I like decent enough to find someone?" Soonyoung looked confused but looked at him and answered.
"Your eyes are pretty."

"Do you not wanna answer? I'm not pretty, or is this your silly way of dodging the answer? I meant my face, like overall. Is it durable to land a date?" Jihoon asked, forcing Soonyoung to look at him, cupping his face in his small hands.

" Yeah." He said, clearing his throat as he tried to look the other way when finally Jihoon took his hand away from his face.

"Hair good, face decent, dress check and now all I have to do is find myself someone." Then Jihoon maliciously looked at Soonyoung, who looked at him confused.