The Art of Saying 'Why Not'

三 | three

A week had passed and Hoseok still stared at the last message he had sent to Sarang. Thinking about it, but right now I'm going to sleep. Good night Sarangi. He was tempted to send her a message but something kept stopping him. What would he even say?

정호석 : Hey, it's Hoseok. I asked Sarang for your number, hope that's okay! | A bit of panic coursed through his body when he sent the message.

강예철 : it's completely fine by me :)

정호석 : I was actually wondering if i could see you? I thought we got along great and i'd like to spend more time to get to know you better.

강예철 : seriously? i'd really like that. i feel like we got along pretty well too. | Hoseok smiled as he read the message. He liked knowing she also felt like they'd clicked.

정호석 : of course, when are you free?

강예철 : Weekdays after 6 and all day on weekends

정호석 : Perfect, I'll let you know in advance

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"You'll never guess what happened." Yecheol began, Taehyung had just walked into the nap room in the daycare.

"What happened?" He asked, not seeming extremely interested.

"You could at least pretend that you want to know." Yecheol complained. "I got an interesting text message from someone."

"Cheol, just tell me." The tired man said, laying on one of the children's cots, it had been a long day and he was ready to go home and sleep.

"Your friend Hoseok said he was wondering when he could see me. He asked for my schedule to be able to find a time when we're both free." She said with a smile. She liked Hoseok, at least by the little information and the small interaction they shared. "We're meeting this Friday."

"You're lying to me, Hobi would've told me." Taehyung was in disbelief, not because his friend didn't mention anything, but because he was only teasing the two about getting together.

"Well looks like he and I are gonna get to know each other more. He's pretty cute." She shrugged.

"He's also a dad and four years older than you." Taehyung pointed out.

"What does that have to do with anything? I love his kid and I'm 26. It'd be a whole different story if we were 12 and 16." Yecheol stated. "And any single parent in the dating game deserves to find someone who loves their kid." She retorted, matter of factually. "My mom did it, so can he. Plus, I already love his little munchkin."

"You're really willing to give it a shot with him?" Taehyung asked, not skeptical, but with a hopeful tone.

"I really am, Tae. I haven't been in the dating scene for a while so I'm a little rusty, but so is he. And I really like him, we had a really nice conversation the night we went out with you guys and I think we clicked pretty well." Yecheol commented.

"I'm really happy to hear that. You deserve a good guy and Hobi is the best there is. He deserves an amazing lady and you aren't too bad, Cheol." He said in a teasing manner.

"We'll see how it goes."

-

"Huimi, you have to go to bed, it's getting late." Hoseok was making the attempt at scolding his son but was failing miserably.

"But I'm not tired." Huimang said as he laid in his bed with wide open eyes. Normally, Hoseok wouldn't mind if Huimang fell asleep a bit later, but he had plans tonight and was looking forward to seeing a certain daycare worker.