❝in a way it enthralled me more than how we met.❞
a hello flies in the wind, wondering if it would be enough to make her look at him again, to say hello when they meet in the train station.
a story revolving around forced departure, gaining trust, l...
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friend
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jaerin wakes up to the blinding light seeping through the curtains and heat traveling past the glassed windows.
she goes on with her own mind deciding whether she's going to put up with this disturbance and continue her sleep or wake up and wait for what kind of occurrence will happen on her last day in her hometown. she decides the latter one.
so like everyone else does in the blinding light of morning, she opens her eyes first and tries to avoid from stumbling down the stairs to meet the already wide awake jaewoo in the kitchen.
"you look like a mess," jaewoo says it with a snicker and for once jaerin didn't mind his words.
jaerin rolls her eyes to the back of her head and grumbles something incoherent before sitting down. "no shit, i came down because i smelled something worth to eat," jaerin says sleepily and went on to continue her sleep on the aisle with her head on her folded arms.
"touché," jaewoo says as he passes her his freshly cooked banana pancakes with small shreds of bacon on top. "i didn't hear you coming home last night tho, when did you come?" he asks her as he's now already seated face to face to her, using the aisle as their little table.
"i think it was around twelve to one o'clock..." jaerin mumbles, thought it only comes out as a fuzz for jaewoo he simply hums and start to cut his pancake.
jaerin eventually eat with the help of jaewoo spritzing mists of water at her. amidst of them eating, jaewoo remembers something he's supposed to do a few days ago.
"... i guess that's kind of rare? well it's the first one to b-" jaerin's fervent excitement never fails to amuse the older figure, yet he needs to stop her for something she might be thankful of later on.
"yoongi's in town by the way." that's all what it takes for jaerin to stop her overly-excited prompt presentation about her discovery to jaewoo.
her eyes widen and it almost scares jaewoo to see her eyes that big. "what do you mean he's in town?" jaerin asks confusingly. though as much as jaerin would like to meet her childhood buddy, the information given to her wasn't actually processed by her brain correctly at this point.
jaewoo chuckled at her stunned reaction, "your only childhood friend, min yoongi." in a way the second word made jaerin smile and yet her heart to ache momentarily. "i met him a week ago when i was buying batteries at the electronic shop. he asked me if you're going to come home or not, i answered i don't know yet."
"why did you answer you don't know yet? i'm literally here..." jaerin rushes herself to say that only to meet her brother's very judgemental stare. "you didn't even call me that you were coming, i thought you're supposed to be smart or something." jaewoo scoffs histrionically and rolls his eyes as dramatic one could do.
jaerin smiles sheepishly to her own careless remarks and she doesn't know how to reply her brother now, "do you have his number?" she finally asks and it relieves all kinds of hesitations she has had.
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"when will you leave?" a figure approached taehyung from behind
"tomorrow, actually." taehyung answers while focusing his attention towards the attic.
"well that's not fun..." the other one answers and goes down the stairs.
"i'm sorry i only stayed for a week." taehyung drops his tone at the end of his sentence and taehyung swears he can hear his brother's giggle.
"at least i'll now know my brother is off to the world with at least a little more idea." taehyung this time laughs at his words, "you speak like mom, stop. it's too much..." he wipes the few tears resting under his eyes.
"yeah sure, tell her i said hi. don't forget to mention me when they interview you."
taehyung nods and lays down on the couch, more or less shifting on it. "you're going back to the states right?" taehyung asks his brother as he can't seem to remember whether or not have he asked him this.
"yeah, a day after you go, i guess." when his brother finally answers him, he's taken down the memory lane. the days where he would come home and see his parents sitting at the edge of the room, facing each other from afar with bruises and shattered glass and frames flooding the floor.
taehyung remembers how confusing and wrecking to be separated with his one and only brother, for each parent gets to take care of one kid. "tell dad i said hi too. also the exhibit is possibly in three months, it might happen earlier if ideas suddenly come to me everyday. can you possibly come? i'll tell you a week before the news is spread."
"i'll see, but it's possible."
•• update! this chapter seems like nothing much is going on, but there are lots of clues i'm leaving so i hope you'll get it. till the next chapter xxsunny.
