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"I can't wait to get home." Yeosang said with a sigh while resting his head against the back of his seat. He let his hands drop to the bottom of the steering wheel and focused on following the car in front of them.

The group of friends made a little 'car train' so they could stick together and at this point in time Youngjo was in front of them leading the way.

San hummed and turned to look out his window. Part of him was ready to be home too. But a bigger part felt like he had left the best thing that had ever happened to him behind... And it was just getting further and further away.

His heart was heavy in his chest, something he had never experienced before, and all he could think about was the bright smile and contagious laugh that haunted him.

"Are you going to be ok?" Yeosang asked, glancing over in San's direction. When he didn't get an answer, he let out a more frustrated sigh and continued, "This is why I told you not to get attached."

San pursed his lips and balled one of his hands into a fist, but held back every angry statement and he wanted to start spewing.

"But... I can see why you did. Wooyoung is definitely a very unique person. I'm... I'm sorry we had to leave. Did you get his number so you can stay in touch?"

"No." San closed his eyes and was only mildly surprised when he felt a tear roll down his cheek. He made a quick movement to wipe it away and hoped Yeosang didn't see it. "We both kind of agreed that it wouldn't work."

"Well, then maybe it wasn't meant to be."

San found himself nodding along with his friend's words. But there was something about the statement that didn't sit right with him. 'Meant to be'...

"Oh, Jongho talked to you about a job, right?"

"Yeah."

"Are you going to do it?"

"I'll apply." San commented. He could feel Yeosang's disapproval at the short response, but thankfully he didn't say anything else.

He had spoken the truth, though. A couple of weeks ago Jongho had overheard Yeosang and San talking about what he was going to do for a job when they got home and had told San about an opening at his work that he could apply for and he would make sure his resume got to the top of the list.

It would be a unique opportunity for him. It was a night time security guard that they would provide the training for. And really, Jongho made it sound like the most he would need to do is just make the rounds and watch the cameras.

San figured it would be good for him to have a job like that. He could be by himself and it would still force him to be active. And, as guilty as it made him feel, he was kind of looking forward to being on an opposite schedule from Yeosang too. He knew the older would become obsessive over his mood and would start constantly checking in to make sure he was ok.

And knowing Yeosang, he would probably try to start setting San up again too. A few of San's past relationships or flings had been started because of blind dates initiated by Yeosang, so San couldn't deny that his friend had good taste and knew him well. But... he had never felt like he was in the position to be able to have a healthy relationship.

Right now the last thing San wanted was to be forced into blind dates. No one had hit him as hard as Wooyoung did...

He hand drifted up to his chest and he gripped the mermaid scale he had hidden beneath it. The motion was something he had been doing ever since he put it on. For some reason, touching the scale brought a certain level of comfort to him.

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