guidance | BbangKyu ✅

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~Time skip: 3 weeks~

Younghoon took a sip of his drink then started typing again. He ended up doing the project with Chanhee and a few others, but he managed to convince his boss to give him the less time consuming portion of it. Everyone always bagged on their boss for being cold and unreasonable, but Younghoon believed they were just asking for unreasonable things then. Yeoeun quietly watched her father from his bedroom doorway wondering if he would play with her.

"Daddy." "Yes, my little angel?" "Do you have time to play with me?" He looked at the time, at his work then back at Yeoeun. "I can spare a little time." He soon found himself sitting on the floor and being told that he had to put on a good performance or else he would receive a punishment. "Was it good enough, Princess?" Yeoeun gave a look of deep thought then nodded. "You pass, villager." "Thank you, your highness." "You are free to work again." "Thank you." She gave him a hug then scurried off to the living room.

Younghoon rubbed his temples as he reread the sentence for the nth time. "Why doesn't it make sense?" No matter what he did, it seemed wrong. He sighed then went with the original sentence. His ringtone went off but it was faint. Just as he was getting up to find it, the ringtone steadily became louder. "Your phone!" "Thank you, Yeoeun." She ran out of the room then he answered the call. "Hello?" "Hey, is everything well?" "Yeah. Yeoeun's behaving better and we seem to understand each other better now." "That's great to hear." Younghoon continued to work as Changmin had fallen silent.

"So, why did you call? To check up on Yeoeun?" "Y-Yeah...and you said everything is fine so..." "Then shall I hang-" "No!" "No...?" Changmin had fallen silent and Younghoon wondered what was going on. "I'll just-" "Do you want to have dinner with me tonight?" "S-Sure, but I'd have to find someone to watch Yeoeun..." He eventually hung up then saved his work before putting his laptop to the side. "Maybe I can ask Eric..." He dialed his number and received a warm response. "So, you want me to watch her while you go out and snoodle?" "Alright, I get it. I'll tell him I-" "I'll do it. I miss her anyway." "Thank you so much, Eric."

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Younghoon checked himself over in his car mirror before stepping out. The last thing he wanted was to look scruffy. He noticed a familiar figure standing in front of the restaurant and broke into a grin. "Changmin." "Younghoon, I'm glad to see you." Younghoon went in for a handshake then only moments later realized Changmin had went in for a hug. "Wow. Awkward..." They tried once more and ended up shaking hands. "Shall we?"

They say down at their table and Younghoon avoided making eye contact with Changmin. It's not that there was something wrong with Changmin, it was more within himself. "So, what are you getting?" "Oh, just something simple. Some steak...veggies..starchy starch..." He mentally face palmed himself as he realized what he had said. Changmin was in tears at Younghoon's "delicious" description. Younghoon hid behind the menu as Changmin continued to laugh.

Little conversation was made as neither wanted to embarrass their self, especially Younghoon. "Hey." Younghoon looked up at Changmin wondering what he had to say. "Thanks for coming out...I...didn't want to be alone tonight..." Younghoon's face became one full of worry. "Why? Is there something wrong?" "Not per say..." Younghoon put his utensils down then held Changmin's hands, ignoring his hammering heart. "We're friends...so you can talk to me." Changmin's eyes softened as he was thankful to have met someone as kind as Younghoon.