It was 1.30 am in the morning when I heard my phone ringing. I was sleeping and forcefully opened my eyes, sat on my bed, only to see that it was my brother, Kim Jungwoo, calling me. With eyes half-opened, I answered his call. "What?"
"Open the door for me," he said from the other side. "You have hands, don't you?" I replied while yawning. "If I could, I would open it since just now. Please just come out from your damn room and help me open the door, would you?" he mumbled as I turned his call off and went out of my bed, going down to open the door for him.
I was shocked and raised my eyebrow when I saw another man wrapping his arms around my brother. I identified him as Johnny Suh, my brother's closest friend.
Before I could ask Jungwoo anything, he put Johnny's body on the sofa. "Is he drunk?" I could definitely smell the scent of wine from Johnny's body. Jungwoo nodded. "Yes he is but no, I'm not."
"Why don't you bring him home? Why are you bringing him to our house?". I could hear Johnny's faint whisper and mumbling in his sleep, but his words were all juggled up to be understood. "I don't even know his house." I let out a huge breath after listening to Jungwoo's response. "Seriously, Kim Jungwoo? You guys have been besties since god knows when and you didn't even know where his house is?". Jungwoo gave out another nod. "Not like it's my fault though as he always comes here or we always meet in the bar nearby."
I rushed to the kitchen to bring two glasses of mineral water, giving one to Jungwoo, and one still under my grasp.
"Johnny, drink some water." I put the glass closer to his mouth, helping him to drink from his sleeping position. Suddenly, his eyes were opened. "Oh, look whom we've got here. It's the beautiful Elena Kim," declared the drunk man, while trying to balance his body to sit on the sofa.
I helped him to regain his balance and then I chuckled and blushed, replying "yes, it is me. The beautiful Elena Kim. Now, drink this water."
Jungwoo sat beside him and patted his shoulders gently. " I hoped you aren't that drunk to be vomitting tonight because I'm not cleaning your mess." After Jungwoo finished his sentence, Johnny finished his glass of water too. I took the glass from his hands and put it on the table.
Just as I was about to get back upstairs to my room, I felt someone grippping my wrists. I turned and saw that it wasn't my brother. "Thank you, Elena, and... you know..." Johnny uttered his gratefulness to me and he was saying another sentence but paused half-way. I looked at Jungwoo, and he shook his head, meaning that he too didn't know what Johnny was about to be uttering.
"You are welcome, Johnny. And what about it that you want to say?" He adjusted his seating position, whilst making his eyes opened wider. "You know that I think I like you more than anything."
I was surprised and couldn't process his words for a second. My ears turned red, my face turned red too, and I wasn't able to say a single word.
"Wait. Is this a confession you are making to my sister?" Jungwoo replied, sharing the same amused face as the one I was making.
"Uh-hum, yes. I like you, Elena," slurred Johnny out, and the next second losing his consciousness again, leaning his head onto my brother's shoulders.
I smiled and blushed once again. "Make sure you put him to bed properly today, Kim Jungwoo."
