ephemeral | pjm

0.7

"hyung, now. how do you know her? " the clueless boy asked his friends.

"she is our neighbour," the pissed off boy replied with a yawn.

"neighbour? i felt like i was going crazy around her," the youngest among them finally spoke after they entered cafe.

"control your ass down, maknae. you should be careful around her," the older replied and every one was silent as they walked until one person decided to break it up.

"hey. let's go to our place kookie and taehyungie. it's getting late we can probably get a sleepover," jimin wrapped his arms around the neck two boys.

"yeah, we should. it's been ages since we met like this. but i wish others were also here. "

"me too. i wish they were here with us. where are they actually? "

"i don't know. well we'll meet them soon. "

and with this the boys started walking towards the apartment.

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"—so i'm going now, mark. take care," yun exclaimed from the door of the cafe and stepped outside.

the girl gripped her coat and breathed out in her hand to keep herself warm.

"damn! it's so cold I should have wore something thicker than this," she said looking down at her clothes. and she started walking to the apartment building without having anybody accompany her.

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"jongsuk, i'm home. what did you make for dinner," yun asked as soon as she reached her shared apartment with her brother.

"chicken and rice," she heard her brother say from the kitchen.

sitting in the counter of the kitchen,  she looked up to her brother and said, "how was the day today? and what—why are you cooking such larger portion of food? " she gaped at her brother.

the 25 years old looked up from his cooking "it was same as always. we hired a new boy for cooking there.  and boy he is the best there. and some of my friends are coming over today. " he exclaimed.

"really? what's the name of the boy who impressed this lee jongsuk? " the young girl nodded but raised her eyebrows playfully and moved her legs back and forth.

"his name is kim seokjin. and i must say, his cooking skills are amazing. and i only hire the ones who are best in my place," her brother said proudly.

"yeah yeah, whatever. i'm going now. call me when it is ready. "

sliding herself off the counter top, she made her way to her room.

she changed into her casual clothes i.e., sweatpants and tank top. her phone started ringing and to her surprise it displayed the name the two siblings were waiting to talk to for long period of time.

"mom! how are you?" she asked at the same time as her mother.

"i'm fine dear, how are you doing? and how about jongsuk? "

"we are fine mom,jongsuk is doing great work in taking care of me," the girl replied with a cheeky smile. "how about you and dad? how is business going? "

"it's alright. and jongsuk's restaurant?"

"it's going well. and how are you and dad? why didn't you call us? "

"we were busy dear, lots of business. it's difficult to handle the transaction of five hotels dear. anyways I'll be going now, your father says he misses you and loves you guys. I love you,  say it to jongsuk too," the woman from the other line of the phone said.

"okay mom, i'll say it to jongsuk. bye mom. say to dad we both love him too and i love you too mom. "

"i'll be going now. bye!" her mother ended the call.

the girl heard her brother calling for her from the kitchen , so she walked to the kitchen.

"what do you want? mom called. and she said she misses and loves you and dad said it too," i said to he brother.

"really?! woah you get to talk to her and I didn't get to do anything, " the boy pouted but arranged the dishes in table.

"sometimes i wonder whether you are older or i am," the girl muttered and shook her head.

and at the same time the bell to their front door created a loud ding in the apartment.

her brother looked to the door "it must be them! go and open it. " he ordered the girl.

"them? how many are there? " yun asked in disbelief.

"probably around five? yeah. now go and open it," jongsuk pushed her to the door and he started arranging the plated for the dinner.

meanwhile on the other side of the apartment, the girl swung the door open only to be greeted by the familiar faces in front of her.

"jimin? what are you doing here? " yun asked confused.

"your brother called us for dinner as a welcome party as we are his new neighbour," the silver head boy answered it without any difficulty.

"oh. then come inside," she said with a smile and gestured for the five boys to be inside.