DRIVE! (hiatus)

are you a quitter?

21.

"I really want to cast you, you know?" Jinu slide his sunglasses between his brunette long hair.

Hanbin who just arrived in the circuit offer him a loopside grin.

"But Jinan said you supposed to be death."

Now he's snickered, he almost forgot that most people at least the one who follow the racing news should think that B.I is dead. "That's true."

"So, what we got here?" Jinan came alongside Bobby and Lisa. Lisa doesn't suppose to come, she's practically a celebrity, she'd draw too many attention but she pleaded to Jinan that she needs to go out. Jinan always have a soft room for Lisa and Hanbin hates him for that.

Jinu lead them to his team pit, above the pit was their small gathering place, like an office room.

"Guys, this is Kang Seungyoon, my team mate, call him Yoon." Jinu introduce them, Jinu immediately greet Yoon, he's one of the firsts friend in Seoul. but Bobby freeze. He knew who is Yoon, he was kicked from the legal team before because of him and his father.
Lisa caught Bobby's tense, "you good?"

Bobby's jaw tensing, but he manage to nod.

"You're not good, are you?" Lisa ask again, now she drew Hanbin's attention.

"My father be here for the interview, and some of the racers are gathered downstairs, the have a nice room with vending machine and all." Yoon said.

The went out the room and Hanbin swoops Bobby's arm, "wanna talk?"

Hanbin gave Bobby a small cup filled with black coffee he got from the vending machine, Bobby waited for him at the pit, looking at the circuit.

Hanbin didn't say anything, nor he asked anything, he just standing there sipping his coffee and pitching his gaze so far at the track.

"Did you knew that I was about to be a legal racer three years a go?"

Hanbin furrowed his eyebrows, "really??"

"I had the contract handed on me, but they abort it."

"Why?"

"They said because I'm smoking, but the fact, I know the CEO wants his soon to be get in and there's only one seat left."

Hanbin carefully shift his eyes to see Yoon whose talking to Jinu. Two best racer of team A. Jinu was the number one but Yoon is also fast, from what Hanbin study about the A team—he had to do it to instruct Bobby to drive like somewhat Team A style so he'll get in easily—Yoon was the one with the good attitude while Jinu caught in a bad blood with some people. Anger management is what Jinu and Jinan should enrolled.

"You sure?"

"I would never forget the face of people who look at me like I'm a worthless garbage."

Hanbin turned and sign Bobby to follow his gaze, he was looking at the racing suit in a glass box, definitely a display.

"Have you ever wear that?"

"Of course not. Why would I ever been inside a million won fire retardant suit?"

Hanbin smiles, "Bobby, I've experience street racing, thanks to you." He said, "and I know you think a legal racing is just some trashy political event wrapped in a million of dollar equipment, but it's not, Bob, it's not only speed, it's team work, it's strategy... it's a dream to know people are rooting on you from tribune, people appreciate your achievement not by giving you stack of money at the end but planning to tackle you the next day. Legal racing is about gaining respect through games, just like any other sport."