“Let’s go out to eat delicious food together like this sometimes. How about it?”
“Yeah. Let’s do that.”
While Yuho agreed with Seonchan’s words, he thought it was a promise he couldn’t guarantee.
Over the past five years, there had been a pile of relationships that had passed by like that.
Until his debut, Yuho, who had been sociable, was a well-connected teenager who made friends with anyone—school friends, neighborhood friends, even those who barely brushed shoulders with him. But the situation changed once he started his trainee life.
At first, he didn’t have time to meet friends because he was busy, and later, their lifestyles became too different to find common topics of conversation.
When are you releasing an album? What was your group name again, Seven-something? He often became hurt and withdrawn by words carelessly thrown out.
As a result, he gradually only hung out with members in the same environment, and now he had no one to meet separately besides the members.
More than anything, Yuho currently had no energy left to put into other relationships.
“Let’s do that when you become less busy, Seonchan.”
But today he decided to make a new promise, even if it was just lip service.
They say time heals, so a day would come when Yuho would have peace of mind too, so he decided to look forward to that possible time.
“Good. It’s a promise.”
Having gotten a positive response from Yuho, Seonchan showed a satisfied smile.
Yuho smiled back at him.
The time Yuho arrived at his parents’ house in Jamsil was 10 PM.
Seonchan’s manager showed the kindness of taking Yuho all the way to his house in Jamsil even though he said it was fine. Thanks to that, he could arrive home comfortably, but it created the hassle of having to make up a reason for not going to the dorm.
“I’m in a break period right now, so I’m resting at my parents’ house.”
“Then you’ll have a lot of time to hang out?”
“I… suppose so?”
He also had to think of an excuse for why he wouldn’t have time to hang out for a while.
“Yuho. Go in. I’ll contact you.”
“Okay. Seonchan. Get home safe.”
Yuho gave Seonchan a brief greeting and headed to his parents’ house. Today felt especially long.
As soon as Yuho entered the house, he went straight to the bathroom, finished washing his face and brushing his teeth, entered his room, and went back into shutdown mode.
As soon as his head hit the pillow, he fell into a deep sleep, and when he opened his eyes again, it was 11 PM the next day, 12 hours later.
Looking at his phone, there were a ton of accumulated messages.
Seonchan – [Yuho, are you up?]
Soi – [Oppa, did you go see Seonchan oppa yesterday?]
Suhyung – [Nothing happened yesterday, right?]
Six Dot Boys Room 6 – [ㅇㅇ] (19)
There was one message each from Seonchan, Soi, and Suhyung, and 19 messages had accumulated in the 7SPOT group chat. Yuho wanted to check on the members first.
– Six Dot Boys Room 6 –
Yeomin – [Photo][Photo]
Yeomin – [Hyo hyung, what’s this?] [Why did you go on a date without telling me?] 1
Raulie – [What, who’s next to you?] 1
Yeomin – [Actor he filmed Mallang Web Drama with] [He went to the premiere alone yesterday] 1
Raulie – [Wow, traitor]
Raulie – [Photo][Photo]
Raulie – [You were photographed with Seo Domyeong hyung-nim too?] [What, Jung Inhan, did you know?]
Raulie – [What, Jung Inhan] [Answer] [Answerrrrr] [Don’t leave me on read] 1
Jueon – [Raul, Han seems to be filming] [Stop sending messages] 1
Raulie – [ㅇㅇ] 1
—————-
Looking at the chaotic group chat, Yuho’s head spun. Going to an official event without the members knowing didn’t make sense in the first place.
The photo Yeomin posted in the group chat was a photo taken together with Seonchan leaving a meat restaurant. Of course, the source of the photo was Seonchan’s SNS.
The photo Raulie posted was an article photo from the movie VIP premiere showing him with Domyeong. They were even whispering to each other.
Looking at it like this, we look really close. Yuho entered a message in the group chat with a complicated heart.
Yuho – [A friend invited me to the premiere, so I went for a bit] 1
Yeomin – [Friend?] [Friend?????????????] 1
Yuho – [Yeah, friend] [Not a younger brother, not a hyung, a friend] 1
Yeomin – [Hng, I want to be friends with Yuho hyung too] 1
Yuho – [You should have been born a little earlier then] 1
Yeomin – [ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ] 1
Raulie – [What about Seo Domyeong hyung-nim?] [Didn’t Inhan go with you?] 1
Yuho – [No, I coincidentally met sunbae-nim there] 1
Yeomin – [Hyo hyung, coincidentally meet me too and take 500 photos with meㅜㅜㅜㅜ] 1
Yuho – [Got it, I’ll take them in continuous shooting mode next time] 1
Raulie – [So when is Yuho hyung coming?] 1
At Raulie’s directly thrown question, Yuho couldn’t readily answer. Still, he couldn’t just keep avoiding an answer, so he decided to speak at least vaguely.
Yuho – [Within this month?] 1
Raulie – [ㅇㅇ Then come Monday morning next week] 1
Yeomin – [Good, I’ll clean the room and wait, my bro] 1
Jueon – [I’ll make omurice that Yuho likes on Monday evening] 1
Our unstoppable Raulie arbitrarily set Yuho’s comeback date to Monday. Yeomin and Jueon joined in, and Yuho had no choice but to answer the members.
Yuho – [Yes, I’ll come on Monday] 1
Yeomin – [Yay, I’m excited. I should ask them to clear the schedule that day] 1
Raulie – [Schedule has been shared.│Monday 07:00 PM ~ 09:00 PM│6 invitees]
Raulie – [Attendance is mandatory] 1
The conversation wrapped up quickly.
However, what kept bothering him was the number 1 displayed in the chat window.
Since Taylor treated the group chat almost like spam, the owner of the number 1 was obviously Taylor.
Which meant Inhan was watching the chat window in real time.
If it were before, he would have already called, making a fuss about who he met without telling him.
Yuho felt sad even though he knew he had to adapt to the change.
* * *
After finishing a late lunch, Yuho was lying on the bed fiddling with his phone.
He looked for a while to see how many article photos came up, and finally entered SNS, which he had resolved not to go into, and was searching for names.
This was why phone addiction was dangerous.
[Nan met with an acquaintance separately from Hyo? This is really a rising stock]
└[NanHyo really exploding secretly is the real genuine vibe]
└[Even if SS (referring to SS Entertainment, the agency) keeps storing them away, they can’t hide itㅜㅜ They’re in love]
└[Yeom said he’s never met Seo Dom separately, this is amazing]
Our great NanHyo fans were even eating up Yuho and Domyeong’s meeting as content. They seemed to have completely forgotten the fact that Yuho had dinner with Seonchan on the same day.
[Seonchan x Hyo also seems like a viable stock, anyone joining?]
└[What should the CP name be? SeonHyo? ChanHyo?]
└[ChanHyo seems better. SeonHyo overlaps with Hyo’s full name]
In the midst of it, crossover fest supporters also emerged.
[Te has met Seo Dom separately too, NanHyo fans should moderate their fabrications]
└[When did Te see Seo Dom?]
└[Te’s best friend Hyeongwoong is close to Seo Dom’s best friend Seokjae, they’ve all met together]
└[They even met before Nan]
[By NanHyo fans’ logic, NanTe is more real]
Yuho learned a new TMI too.
So that’s how Taylor hyung and Domyeong sunbae know each other, there was this behind story. Yuho realized this and accelerated his search.
The search term was ‘Inhan.’
[How far has Inhan’s selfie come? It’ll come next week, right?]
[Our Inhan, you got a selfie addiction, why aren’t you coming?]
[SS bastards, work Inhan moderately. How long has it been since he was sick and you’re running him on a full schedule?]
[Inhan must not have been able to go to the premiere with Yuho because he was sickㅜㅜ]
The reason fans were in chaos was simple.
Because Inhan, who had been posting selfies every Monday for the past two months with the tag #MondayInhan, didn’t appear this week.
The reason was too obvious, so there was nothing more to search.
Yuho exited SNS.
The mood he thought had gotten better hit rock bottom again.
Yuho put down his phone and tried to take a nap again. Facing sadness head-on was hard, and for a while, he decided to overcome the pain of heartbreak by avoiding it.
As Yuho lay properly on the bed and closed his eyes, his phone started ringing loudly. When Yuho checked the screen in surprise, a call was coming from an unexpected person. It was none other than Jung Inhan.
Naturally, he didn’t answer. It was closer to saying he couldn’t answer. Yuho was afraid of Inhan.
Inhan – [I have something to say, answer the phone]
As if anticipating Yuho’s reaction, Inhan immediately sent a message.
Haah. Yuho grabbed his head with a deep sigh.
At the same time, his phone rang again. This time too, the caller was Inhan. Yuho reluctantly answered the phone.
“Yeah. Inhan.”
– Are you really coming back next Monday?
“…….”
– Why aren’t you answering?
“……I don’t know.”
Yuho barely opened his mouth and answered Inhan. Inhan’s voice was in a low, sunken state.
– I came back too, so hyung just come back too. Even if we’re going to end it, we should do our duty and then end it, right?
In fact, Yuho was also thinking of going back. The disbandment wasn’t certain yet, and since he had left the dorm without discussion, it was right to go back immediately.
He just had no confidence in what face to make when facing Inhan.
– Are you listening?
“……I think I explained sufficiently why I can’t go back.”
– It wasn’t explained at all though?
“Did you properly understand what I said?”
– I understood. And I came to a conclusion too.
At Inhan’s words that he came to a conclusion, Yuho bit his lower lip. The conclusion had already been made long ago. Yuho had been proven of that fact by Inhan many times.
“You don’t need to make a conclusion.”
– I know. That hyung confessed because you wanted to end everything with me. I don’t know since when love confessions were used for that purpose though.
“……I’m sorry.”
– You don’t need to be sorry. Thinking about it, it actually worked out well.
Yuho couldn’t understand what Inhan meant by working out well. Not only did he not expect Inhan to call first, he also didn’t think they would be having a conversation with each other so nonchalantly like this.
But Inhan continued with unexpected actions.
– Let’s date. Hyung.
Inhan was truly saying nonsensical things to Yuho.
