Bits and Pieces (One-shots)

Episode 15.5: A Happy Life

The next scenario isn't a continuation of the previous scene, rather another flashback that inspired Hyun Bin of his own description of a happy life. This is a fanfiction, and everything written here is just based on the author's own view and imagination.

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"I think it's something that's so close, yet so far. It's something you can find with a little tweak of your thoughts, or the smallest things in life. It's something that's there, but it's hard to catch. Something that I always want, yet it isn't easy to get."

Bin's Apartment, 4th week of January

It was another Sunday morning. Bin and Yejin woke up to their phones ringing together. It has been five days since Yejin came back to Korea after their trip to the United States. It was also just the night before that she and Bin saw each other after he left Los Angeles, and went home ahead of her. And just like always, they decided to spend the night together after endless catching up about how their past few days went since the last time they saw each other.

And now, with the loud rings the two phones create in sync, how could the two devices ring at the same time at this hour?

The two glanced at each other, sleepy eyes, and tousled hair; this morning was supposed to be a peaceful one, like how they usually spend it: happily making breakfasts together, eat it together, and plan for how they'll be spending the rest of the day with each other's presence.

Yejin who has not fully-risen from her sleeping position just reached for her phone on top of the side table. "Hello?"

Bin immediately got his phone, "Hello? What's the urgent matter at this early hour?" he answered as he stood up and walked to the door, ready to leave the room.

"What? What photos?" He heard Yejin utter with a transition from her usual sleepy morning voice to a shocked one, so he glanced at her as she now shifted herself to sit on the bed.

She then too transferred her eyes to look at him.

And that moment, they knew, there was something big going on.

Bin had already left the room, sitting on the living room couch as he talks to his manager scolding him this early morning.

[Bin I told you, you guys have to be careful. We're unaware of the possible chances that people can recognize you two in wherever place or country you'll be going in.]

"I understand your frustrations, manager. We would be even more careful now."

[You guys really should be. This would be the second rumor of you and Yejin this month. Check on her after this call. We're also now in contact with the other agency. And he sighed. How should we handle this now?]

Bin turned silent, trying to think of a reason to save themselves from the rumor that has been caught up. It was not like the previous one, where there was no evident proof; it was just a statement from a person who saw them together with her parents. But now, in this current scenario, there's this solid proof of them, walking in that grocery store, he pushing the cart, and both of them choosing the groceries together.

[I'm sorry that this is how you'll be starting your morning, but we have to release a statement about this. Don't worry, I think we can deny it again and say that it just happened that you guys knew that you are in the same country and decided to meet.]

"Uh, I'll call you back. Probably in an hour or two? Yejin and I will talk about it first."

He ended the call as he went back and opened the door to his bedroom. There he saw the love of his life, sitting on top of his bed, her eyes wide awake compared to earlier, well who wouldn't be awake receiving news like that just before you even start doing anything for the day?