Again. Bye.

5. Meeting

When we arrived at the meeting place, no one had arrived yet.



-What? Am I the first?



In Jay's words



-I'm first. My brother is in the bathroom, you're third.

Ho-seok answers, saying,



-hello.



Hoseok sees Jungkook taking off his hat and mask and greeting him politely, and says, "It's been a while, my little brother who's doing well!!!!" and runs out with his arms wide open. Jay laughs as he sees Jungkook stepping back, saying it's burdensome.



-Are you here?



Seokjin greets her by tapping her shoulder, asking when she has arrived.



-When did you come? Jungkook came too... He kept nagging me to come. Are you okay?

-It's okay. I just got here too. Let's sit down.



Seokjin knows. That the two of them are physically intertwined.

Hoseok too. It's strange that he doesn't notice because Jeongguk is so reckless and Seokjin acts like a show-off.

Is this the spirit of a younger person...?

One time, I saw Jungkook proudly talking about the location of her mole and scar, and while Jay was drunk and leaning on my shoulder to sleep, he lifted up my clothes and showed me the mark on my shoulder that he had bitten. I thought, "Ah... that's right... that's how it turned out..."

Seokjin smiled, thinking to himself that it was okay since he had no feelings.



Jeongguk grabs Seokjin's arm as he tries to sit next to her naturally.

Seokjin gives up his seat next to Jungkook and sits down across from him.



They say that the place where you make eye contact is across from you, kid.

He thought and smiled leisurely,

Jeongguk responds with a glaring gaze to that smile.

Alcohol and snacks are placed on the table, and a knock is heard on the locked door.



Jay's footsteps as he walks towards the door, letting me open it, are full of excitement.



- Okay. Don't be surprised! Kim Namjoon is back!!



Jay speaks with his arms spread wide behind Namjoon.

Seokjin and Hoseok look surprised when Namjoon waves saying it's been a while.

Hoseok jumped up and ran to hug her, saying, "Huh!" Seokjin slowly got up and shook her hand, asking how she was doing.



-That's the person I wanted to show you. Are you surprised?



Seokjin smiles and raises his glass as he watches her raise her voice, as if she is excited.

Everyone clinks their glasses and empties them.

She had an interview and was going to work with him. Seokjin filled her glass with water as she chattered about how Namjoon's photos looked.

Jay smiles while drinking water from a filled glass.

Seokjin wipes the water droplets running down his chin with his hand.

Namjoon saw her naturally sticking out her chin as her hand reached out.



Jay, who clearly got divorced and couldn't tell me the reason yet, made a face like he was going to collapse... What is this natural situation...? Namjoon is puzzled.



After her babbling ended, Hoseok and Seokjin asked Namjoon how he was doing.

After graduating, Namjoon went to Hong Kong to see his older brother, and he apologized for not being able to say goodbye properly because he had to rush to get there due to Junghee's pregnancy.



Jeong-guk, whose mouth is sticking out because people are enjoying a story that only he doesn't know about, stands up.



-Where are you going?

-Sister, go smoke a cigarette.



Huh? Jungkook wakes up Jay, who has a blank expression, and goes out to get some fresh air.



-I heard you got divorced?



Seokjin nods while downing a glass of alcohol in response to Namjoon's question.



-Jay said that?

-Yeah. Because I said I'd tell you that slowly.

-Then listen to Jay... I can't say anything. It's all my fault.



Namjoon asks Seokjin if he cheated while looking at him as he answers with a sigh while messing up his hair.

Next to Seokjin, Hoseok says, "That's absolutely not true. It was an accident. It was because of the accident. I'm sorry I can't say anything else."

Namjoon was curious, but he couldn't ask any more questions because his friend was so dead.



-Ah. I have nowhere to go today. I'll sleep at Kim Seokjin's.

-Don't let me sleep, kid.



Namjoon finally feels a little relieved at the answer mixed with laughter.

I'll sleep no matter what. "Today, my home is either your house or the bathroom at a commercial building," he jokes, clinking his glasses.



-Please pay attention to me too.

-Huh? Suddenly?

-You're just talking about things I don't understand. You're more tense than usual, and you talk a lot. You don't even look at me.



A sullen face. A sullen face, literally.

He sits on a high flower bed that reaches up to his waist, traps her between his legs, wraps his arms around her waist, and whines.

When I see this, I can't help but think that he's a younger man.

To express jealousy so openly...



Jay lights a cigarette



"You said you wanted to come. It's been 11 years since I've seen you, Namjoon-senpai. Of course you're happy. Of course you're only talking about things you don't know. Because you weren't around during my time there."

-This is too much...Should I just hold it like this and run away?



He puts strength into the hand that wraps around her waist and pulls her closer to him.



-Just do that. Let's go later. I'm just feeling really good after a long time. Okay?



He puts away the cigarette he was holding in his hand, grabs Jeongguk's face, and gives him a brief kiss.



-It's annoying... I hate you because you know too well that I have no choice but to listen to you like this.

-Don't lie. You don't hate me.

-That's right. I can't hate you. Even if it's a one-way street, I love you to death. Seo Jae.



He sits up and kisses her deeply.



-Let's go in. It's cold.



The two of them go back into the store after hearing her say that her lips are parted and it is cold.



How much time has passed? I looked at my watch and saw that it was already past 2 AM. Looking at the piled up bottles of alcohol, I sighed.



-Wow... I knew we all drank well, but... 12 bottles makes sense...



Ho-seok burst into laughter at the sight of their innocent faces contrasting with the pile of alcohol bottles.



-Hey. Is Jungkook sleeping?



At Hoseok's words, the eyes of the three men, excluding her, turn to Jungkook, who is sleeping leaning on Jay's shoulder.



-I've been asleep for a while now. I can't move, I'm dying.

-Hey... he's an actor... he's really handsome even when he sleeps.



Jay smiles brightly at Hoseok who is joking and asks, “Then who made it?”



-Get up. Let's go now.



When I wake up Jeongguk by tapping his cheek with my finger, he rubs his face on her shoulder and makes a humming sound.



-I'll go first.



Seokjin tells her that he'll take her to Jeongguk, who's half-asleep and has a hat and mask on. She declines, saying, "Today's their house."



-Are you going?

-Yeah. So come to your senses. We're going.



Seokjin stares blankly at Jay and Jungkook as they leave the store, then lowers his head and fills his glass.