With U // YunGi

Contract Signing

A white Tesla pulled up onto the driveway outside With U. The driver left the engine idling and hurried out to open the passenger door. A shorter, younger, bespectacled man stepped out, wearing a suit under his grey topcoat. He thanked the driver, who got back into the car and headed to the back of the building to park it.

Wooyoung and San were lounging in front of the TV watching Netflix when the man entered the common area.

Wooyoung paused the show. "Oh? Jongho! Why are you here?"

Jongho took off his coat and hung it on the coat rack. "The meeting this morning ended earlier, and since I'm going to lunch with Yunho-hyung later, I decided to wait for him here." He acknowledged San's presence with a nod. "Is he here?"

Hongjoong walked out from the kitchen holding a cup of coffee in his hands. Seonghwa, trailing behind, said, "Yunho is meeting with a renter upstairs."

"Oh?" The corner of Jongho's lips curled upwards.

"He'll be down soon," Wooyoung assured. "Come here." He waved Jongho over to one of the square glass tables in the dining area. Seonghwa, Hongjoong and San followed, and they sat down together.

Wooyoung turned to a man working in the kitchen. "Yeosang, can you bring us four cups of coffee? Thanks!"

Jongho brushed a damp strand of his chestnut hair away from his eyes. It had started snowing just now. "Who's that? I don't think I've seen him before." Being the sole client of Yunho, Jongho was a regular customer and he always visited the shop, so he knew most people around.

"A new part-timer we hired to help with cleaning. We're getting more and more boyfriend applications." Hongjoong stirred the dark liquid in his mug.

Yeosang approached with a tray of four steaming instant coffees. As he transferred the cups onto the table, Wooyoung introduced San to Jongho.

"San, remember this face - he's the son of the founder of the Nebula Group. Be careful around him," Wooyoung joked, mischief glinting in his eyes. "He probably owns all the restaurants you ever went to!"

Jongho rolled his eyes, but he was smiling. "He's just exaggerating. And you make it sound like a good thing. The only thing my father - if you can even call him that - cares about is money."

Jongho dragged a cup of coffee in front of him but didn't drink and instead smiled at Yeosang to thank him. The latter blushed violently and hurried back to the kitchen, making Jongho chuckle to himself.

Meanwhile, one floor above, Mingi had just finished meeting the second With U boyfriend and was leaving his room. He sighed as he closed the door behind him. Remembering Seonghwa's instructions, he walked to the end of the hallway to the stairs, passing by a few other men.

Yunho's room was on the third floor. Mingi found his name tag easily enough and knocked on it three times.

"Come in," a muffled voice replied.

As Mingi turned the door handle, he was aware that his palm was sweating. Was it the heat? Or was it the fact that he was about to meet the most expensive boyfriend and he was being overly conscious?

No matter what it was, the young doctor took a few breaths and muttered some encouraging words to himself. The door barely opened a crack and he was already overwhelmed with a fragrance of sweet-smelling shampoo.

Yunho turned around as his visitor stepped in. He was using a pale yellow towel to dry his damp hair. "Hello, you must be Mingi. Please sit anywhere you like. I don't have a roommate."

Mingi surveyed the surroundings: a two-person bedroom that was symmetrical down the middle, with two small desks and two closets. Both sides looked uninhabited with the exception of a change of clothes on Yunho's side. He chose to sit on the desk chair.