It will be an understatement for Jinyoung to say that he didn't feel lighter after confessing the long strained truth to Jaebum.
Life went on, Jinyoung didn't return the borrowed clothes as promised and Jaebum repeatedly tried to contact him after obtaining his phone number from somewhere.
At one point Jinyoung thought that it was enough. He showed his true self to Jaebum and he had no reason to hide from him anymore. Though Jaebum's reaction after finding him in female outfit terrified Jinyoung as well, he didn't give a damn about owing Jaebum an explanation anymore.
So he finally decided to meet Jaebum on a Saturday night. Saturdays were Yeojin's days and nights to come alive. Jinyoung would never sacrifice Yeojin for the sake of pleasing Jaebum anymore. Either Jaebum will accept him as he is or he won't. But Jinyoung won't chance. Not for anyone other than himself.
He throws on a dress, the most comfortable and his favorite one. Jinyoung had been doing this for a while now and he had built a bigger wardrobe than Bambam. It wasn't easy to choose but he wanted to be at his confident best while facing Jaebum again. It has already been a few months into the New Year but the city still looked like it was celebrating something.
Jinyoung is all dressed up for the evening. Transformed as Yeojin, he takes it upon himself to book a table at a fancy restaurant as well. Jinyoung not only goes out to walk among the posh public in his female attire but also communicates with them freely.
After years and years of confusion with his own image and body and being a not so sociable creature, Jinyoung has finally embraced his second persona with confidence.
So Yeojin goes out to find Jaebum already ahead of time waiting for her or more exactly, him. Yeojin can read the surprise on his face upon finding out that the expected Jinyoung hasn't showed up.
Jaebum looks older than his age of 28. Maybe it's because of the ways his hair was styled immaculately or maybe it's the dryness of his facial expression. But he doesn't say much, escorting Yeojin inside the restaurant like any gentleman would.
They find their reserved seat and Jinyoung decides to break the awkwardness by flashing a sweet smile. Jaebum is still observing him as Yeojin, drinking in the details of her face and outfit. He still doesn't know how to react this time.
When Jaebum first found Jinyoung like that, his first thought was horrendous. He flat out believed that Jinyoung has come down to prostitution and that's how low he has fallen. The severed communication between them didn't give Jaebum enough room to interrogate further with decency and hence he used forced and basically kidnapped Jinyoung back to his apartment.
That wasn't the boy he fell in love with. Behind the lip gloss, smudged mascara and fit inside red stiletto.
But he had seen a glimpse of Jinyoung's passion about dressing up as a girl which he couldn't understand unless Jinyoung had explained.
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a summer like that | jj project
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