Things changed when Kisu was sent out on a mission. "Cory," said Kisu on the day he had to leave. Cory turned to Kisu, his head tilted to the side. "Stay strong hyung," Kisu said in Korean before getting in the rental car and starting it, backing out and driving off heading to his mission. Cory was left standing on the front porch, looking confused for a second before turning and walking back into the house.

Jimin and Kihyun were on the couch watching TV with Youngjae and Jooheon sitting on the floor when Cory came in. "Kisu left for his mission I assume?" Asked Kihyun as he tilted his head at Cory. Cory nodded. "Yeah," he said.

"Well," said Kihyun as Cory took his usual spot on the love seat, playing on his phone as he laid on the love seat, his feet hanging off one end. "What do you guys wanna do? Namjoon should be back from his missions soon," he said. "We could go to the mall again," said Youngjae. "I didn't get to go when you guys went," he said. "The one in the city? We could go again," said Cory. "We can do that I guess," said Jimin. "Who's car are we taking?" He asked. "Mine," said Kihyun as he scratched the back of his head. "I call shotgun!" Said Cory as he hopped off the love seat, standing. "I call window!" Said Jimin and Youngjae. "Aw man," said Jooheon. Kihyun chuckled and turned off the TV and got up. "Let's go," he said. before going to grab his keys and wallet and heading out to his jeep. The others followed after him.

The drive to the mall was quiet, Cory being his own thoughts while everyone else was listening to music on their phones. Kihyun just focused on driving and tried not to road rage too much as traffic going into the city was always horrible.

When they got there Jimin dragged Youngjae around the stores, Jooheon and Kihyun staying with Cory to keep an eye on him. "You've been spacing out a lot Cory," said Kihyun as they stood in front of a store Jimin had dragged Youngjae into. Cory shrugs. "I guess I'm home sick," he said, scratching the back of his head. "Yeah, that's understandable," said Kihyun as he scratched the back of his head. "You've been away from home for close to about 6 months now?" He asked. Cory nodded. "I'm sad I didn't get to see Jeonguk when ya'll had your video call," he said. Kihyun chuckled some. "Well, you can talk to them next time," he said. "It was still quite early for us when we did the call so," he said, shrugging. "Mm," said Cory as he looked towards the store.

Jimin and Youngjae came out of the store with a couple bags, Jimin taking a look at Cory before dragging him off to the next store, leaving Youngjae to walk with Jooheon and Kihyun. Jooheon sighed. "He better just be getting clothes," he grumbled before walking after them. Youngjae laughs and followed after Jooheon with Kihyun following after them after a minute.

Cory was immediately reminded of when Hui would drag him around the stores as he walked with Jimin. He didn't mind it, since it was with Jimin but it made him realize how homesick he actually was. Jimin tried to distract him as best he could with having him trying on different clothes. "Try these," he said, pushing Cory towards the changing rooms. "It's getting cooler now, and you need jackets," he said as Cory protested. Cory went to try them on to keep Jimin from whining.

Jimin stood outside the changing rooms to see which jackets fit Cory better as Cory came out with different jackets on. "You fit the zip up hoodies more hyung," he said as Cory finished trying on jackets. "I figured," said Cory as he looked at the jackets that Jimin had handed him. "I want this one," he said, holding up a blue zip up hoodie. "Sure," said Jimin. They went to check out and then met the others outside the store. "It's starting to get colder, we'll take Kisu and Hui out when they get back," said Jimin. "Oh yeah, you guys didn't pack for the winter did you?" Asked Kihyun. Cory shook his head. "Apparently not," he said.

Cory checked the group chat as Jimin decided it was Jooheon's turn to be dragged around the stores. Jimin dragged him into a store to get some shopping done as Youngjae walked with Kihyun. Cory lagged a little behind as he answered text messages from the group chat, Jeonguk and the others asking how things were over there. It was pretty late there when Cory checked what time it was so he told the others to just go to bed.

"Cory! Come on!" Kihyun called and Cory looked up before walking faster to catch up to them. "Sorry, got caught up in the group chat," said Cory as he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "It's fine," said Kihyun as he chuckled some. "You really are home sick it seems, how's Jungkook and them doing?" He asked. "Fine," said Cory. "They asked if they could set up a time to Skype in a few hours," he said. "If Jimin doesn't spend the entire day here like he usually does sure," said Youngjae. "It's pretty late there," said Cory. "So they want to sleep first," he said with a chuckle. "Yeah, then Jimin can spend all the time in the world here," Kihyun said with a chuckle.

After Kihyun got dragged around they went to get a late lunch, sitting around a table. Youngjae and Jooheon made small talk as Kihyun and Jimin talked with Cory about his home life, asking him about what it was like back home.

"It's been pretty calm back home," said Cory. "Nothing's been too exciting except when Hongseob comes back from his missions," he said. "He always talks about the faction he managed to join, which is nice for us because we aren't exactly hurting for money, but we aren't rich either," he said, shrugging. "He gets paid more when doing missions," he said. "The fact that we have this kind of long term mission helps us too, we get paid monthly," he said.

"Do you all have separate bank accounts or is it just one giant one?" Asked Jimin. "One giant one, we share the money," said Cory. "We've all lived in poor homes, having one giant account is a way of us keeping the money together," he said. "That's a good idea actually," said Youngjae. "You can keep track of expenses easier that way," he said. "Yeah," said Cory as he scratched the back of his head.

After lunch Cory got a text in the group chat and he checked on who it was. "Oh, Hui's back," he said. "Really?" Asked Jimin. "Yeah, might as well get lunch for him," said Cory. "I got it," he said before going to order some food. Once that was done everyone headed out to the jeep, with Kihyun driving home and Jimin in the passenger seat. Youngjae ended up in the middle this time, with Cory and Jooheon on either side of him.