Jake let out a breath as he looked at the home he was staying in with Yeonjun and the others. Jeonggeun stood beside him, looking at the house before turning to Jake.

“This is where you live?” Asked Jeonggeun as he took in the home that would be his place to stay for the foreseeable future.

“Yep,” responded Jake as he nodded. “This is the guard house I'm a part of,” he added, adjusting the pack on his shoulder before walking up the stairs and opening the front door. “Come on in,” he called, turning to Jeonggeun before heading inside.

Jeonggeun quickly ran after him, entering the house and closing the door behind him. He turned when someone cleared their throat, coming face to face with someone unfamiliar to him.

“He's finally here huh?” Asked Yeonjun as he eyed Jeonggeun with a calculating look.

“Leave him be Yeonjun, we literally just got back,” Jake shouted from the kitchen.

“You're no fun,” huffed Yeonjun as he relaxed into a more neutral stance. “Welcome to Korea,” he added.

“Thank you,” mumbled Jeonggeun as he blinked at the sudden change in demeanor.

“Well, come on,” demanded Jake as he walked out of the kitchen. “We'll be sharing rooms,” he added. “I hope you don't mind?” He asked.

“I'm fine,” mumbled Jeonggeun as he turned to Jake, lowering his head as he took in Jake's serious expression. “We can go,” he added, motioning for Jake to go ahead.

Jake seemed to judge him with a calculating stare before turning and heading towards the stairs that would take them to the hallway up to their rooms.

Jeonggeun moved around Yeonjun before following after Jake.

~

Jeonggeun found himself falling into a familiar routine as he started the new semester at the university that Jake had been attending.

It was hard to understand his classes at first, since it was mostly in Korean and he knew very minimal Korean. It got better when he had been transferred once again to the English speaking classes, and found himself sitting with Jake and Allen during those times.

Most of the time he was by himself though, and that was fine with Jeonggeun. He didn't want to deal with everyone more than he had to, especially when Jake gave him the cold shoulder. All Jeonggeun wanted was to finish his school year and be done.

~

Jake had never given Jeonggeun the cold shoulder, but Yeonjun apparently had pointed it out after Jeonggeun got back from school and was sulking in their shared room.

“Why are you sulking?” Asked Jake as he entered his and Jeonggeun's room.

“I'm not sulking,” mumbled Jeonggeun before he shook his head and turned to look at Jake. “Who told you I was sulking?” He asked.

“Yeonjun hinted at it,” replied Jake as he shrugged, going to throw his bag into his computer chair before going to flop face down on his bed and bury his face into his pillow.

“I wasn't sulking,” sighed Jeonggeun as he shook his head again. “What's wrong with you?” He asked.

“Long day at school,” grumbled Jake, his voice muffled by the pillow.

“We all have those days,” remarked Jeonggeun before he got up from his bed. “I'm going for a walk,” he added, making sure to grab his phone and wallet before leaving, making sure to close the door behind him.

Jake let out a soft sigh before glancing at his wrist where his tattoo was before pushing himself up and getting out of bed. He went to grab his phone before going to follow after Jeonggeun, putting his phone in his back pocket before stuffing his hands in his hoodie pockets.

~

“You didn't need to follow me you know,” remarked Jeonggeun as he and Jake walked in mostly comfortable silence.

“You didn't stop me when I went to join you,” retorted Jake as he shook his head. “Besides, who's going to keep you from getting lost?” He asked, laughing at Jeonggeun's frustrated sigh.

“You have me there,” grumbled Jeonggeun, though he didn't look too displeased. He didn't know where he was, just how to get to school and home when Jake or Yeonjun weren't there to accompany him to school, which was for the one morning class he had every other day.

“I mean, GPS works too, but you'd still somehow get lost,” remarked Jake as he shrugged.

“True,” sighed Jeonggeun before the continued to walk in silence.

~

They ended their trip at the cafe just outside campus, Jake offering to order them both coffee before they headed inside.

“Long time no see Jake,” greeted Sunghoon as Jake walked up to the counter.

“Hey Sunghoon,” greeted Jake as he grinned in greeting.

“Jake's actually here for once?” Came Jungwon's voice as he stepped out of the backroom.

“I wanted to show Jeonggeun around,” responded Jake as he shrugged. “Two coffees please,” he added, going to pay for the coffee.

Suunghoon rung up the coffees before handing the cup to Jungwon who went to start on the coffee.

Jeonggeun was left to look around the cafe, examining the area around him as he took in the little things.

“Any new workers recently?” Asked Jake as he kept an eye on Jeonggeun while waiting on their orders.

“We have some more members of the morning crew,” responded Sunghoon as he shrugged. “I think their names were Minyoung and Chanyoung,” he added.

“Morning crew means freshman and sophomores huh?” Asked Jake as he nodded in response.

“Yep, it makes it so much easier to do scheduling for the owner,” explained Sunghoon.

“I would've been part of the afternoon crew then,” mused Jake as he looked thoughtful.

“It's never too late to come back you know,” remarked Jungwon as he passed their drinks down to where Jeonggeun was waiting.

“I know,” hummed Jake as he walked over to grab his cup and go to sit down by the windows. Jeonggeun followed after him, sitting across from Jake before sipping his coffee.

~

“Well,” sighed Jake as he looked at the tattoo on his wrist again, noticing something new with it. “It's finally been colored in?” He asked, blinking in surprise as he realized what that meant. “But what does it being in all black mean?” He asked himself as he stared at the colored in rose.

~

Jeonggeun looked at the tattoo of the rose in the palm of his hand, noticing that it was also colored in before he clenched his hand into a fist, huffing a sigh before focusing on the ongoing droning of the professor. He had better things to do right now than worry about what the color implied, instead choosing to pay attention to the class.