the penthouse

56 | with a lot of hope.

" and he was being so romantic, like it was not one in the morning and people wanted to sleep. " doyoung said, slowly lighting up his cigarette. the sun was shining, and he decided that work was not a big problem for him.

he called jungwoo, who had no intention of going to his father's office, and the two men met at a café. jungwoo seemed extremely interested about the story with jaehyun and sooyoung, as he had noticed signs of them not doing well.

" you know, it is crazy to me that they are not working out. why is it so hard for two grown adults to communicate properly ? " doyoung let out a sigh. jungwoo could not help but laugh at his friend's words.

" did you ever consider the fact that jaehyun might think that you and sooyoung are too close with eachother ? " jungwoo asked. doyoung brought the cigarette closer to his lips, and shook his head. " a person who has never met you might think that you are dating. "

" nonsense. it is clear that jaehyun is fine with me being sooyoung's friend, but they have many other problems. " doyoung replied to jungwoo, but it did not look like jungwoo agreed with him. he was not letting go of his idea.

" everyone around you thinks differently. wendy asked me if you two ever dated. " jungwoo suddenly said. doyoung tried to laugh it off, as it did not sound serious. but, in the end, doyoung realised that it was very important.

was he the problem ? seulgi found him and sooyoung to be weird, and jaehyun was probably hiding the same issue. but, it was doyoung who allowed sooyoung to get close to him. he was the person she could rely on.

maybe it was his fault. if doyoung would have never gotten sooyoung to think of him as the only person she had in her life, then their friendship could make more sense to others. yet, what would have happend, if he did not involve himself with her ?

doyoung had no idea how to fix everything. he had no idea what to do with his life, and how to work with it. he was not the teenager who was allowed to do whatever he wanted anymore, he was thirty, and needed to build something.

yet, he was not able to keep his relationship with seulgi to a normal level, and everyone thought he was involved in a romance with his best friend. doyoung could feel that his head began to hurt.

he let out a sigh. jungwoo looked at him with a concerned expression, and wondered if everything was alright. " jungwoo, i have no idea what to tell you, but me and sooyoung have always been very important to one another. "

" that is not even close to being the issue. you two are always together, she spends your money, you watch movies at night, that is all very weird. " jungwoo laughed. " though, i am quite sure you two do not have feelings for eachother. "

" that is true, it is only a friendship we have. and, i think it is nice that we are still close. " doyoung smiled. he looked around, then noticed someone getting out of the car. it was seulgi, and she seemed to be heading to work. " i have to go somewhere. i will be right back. "

doyoung got up from his seat. he walked up to seulgi, who did not notice him. doyoung pulled seulgi into a hug from the back, making her flinch. when she turned around, she let out a laugh and smiled.

" are you also going to work, that you are awake this early in the morning ? that party did not finish you ? " seulgi asked, holding doyoung's hand. he replied by smiling, and leaned in to kiss her. " is everything okay with sooyoung and jaehyun ? they seemed tense. "

" they are fine, jaehyun came last night and they made up. but, i made a little mistake. " doyoung told seulgi, who raised her eyebrow. she could guess it was something really bad. suddenly, she wondered of all the bad things doyoung could have done.