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So here I go with Yunjae’s POV for this chapter…

There are 3 timeskips, the first one’s obvious and the other one is with Taewoong. The last one is back at Yunjae’s apartment~

Aigoo~ >_< Hope you guys will like this~~~

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6. True Friends

I really didn’t know what came over me, making me ask such a question to him. Watching Junhee, I could see that my question made him feel uncomfortable. Aissh, what was I thinking? Anyways, I started to panic a bit so I thought about intervening him as he takes a deep breath.

“Ya, what I meant is that if Yuchun’s a better friend than me. He seems to be a pretty nice guy.” I blurted out in a casual manner, crossing my arms over my chest as I watched him look at me again.

Junhee’s eyes softened, speaking calmly as usual. He seems relieved since he looked somewhat worried or nervous about my question a while ago, “Ya, you two are good friends of mine. No need to compare yourself to him.”

As usual, Junhee’s a nice guy who wouldn’t do anything to hurt a friend. But my first question lingered inside my mind. I wanted to know his answer, but I might end up hurting him. I wouldn’t want that. So I just answered, nodding at him and turning around as was about to head out to the dining area.

“I see, a nice guy as always. C’mon, let’s eat breakfast.”

“Yunjae, is it all right if I will be completely honest with you right now?”

He sounded a bit shaky while asking me, so I stopped from my tracks, not facing him as I replied, “What is it?”

“Promise me that this won’t affect our friendship and your relationship with Siwon first.”

“All right but spit it out already.” I groaned a bit, nodding slightly as I slowly turned around to face him. I admit that I have this feeling that I knew what he’s going to tell me.

Junhee’s eyes looked scared as I met his gaze, with his hands clenching themselves tightly as he forced himself to talk a bit louder, coming out as a bit fidgety, “You remember way back when I told you that I liked you? I-It was true, but don’t worry about it, it’s history.”

Quietly exchanging awkward glances with him, I didn’t know how to react. I already knew of course, but hearing him say it himself to me personally, I felt somewhat angry with myself. Why would he like a jerk like me? It’s quite strange if you ask me, I mean maybe I should ask Siwon one of these days why she likes me.

“You shouldn’t think too much about this, Yunjae. It’s been years… I’ve moved on. Friendships are more important to me than these kinds of things.” Junhee said, smiling in a carefree manner to lighten up the mood, walking towards me and punching my shoulder jokingly. “Remember what you promised, this thing in the past won’t change anything between us, okay?” He added with his eyes full of hope.

How could I say no to my sincere best friend? He had been completely honest with me, pouring his heart out to me even though I’ve been such an to him. I really am angry with myself. I really don’t have something against same relationships, it’s just that it surprised me that Junhee had feelings for me and I was really stupid for not seeing how nice and caring he was to all of us. He really values friendship a lot.

I told him, faking my smile while I nod as I felt disgusted with myself for being a bad friend, “Of course, a promise is a promise.”

“Since it’s already out anyway, can I tell you another thing?” He casually asked.

“Sure.”

“It’s about Yuchun. He said that he’s beginning to have feelings for me… I was going to tell Siwon first but you’re pretty knowledgeable about relationships than Siwon.”

Somehow, I wasn’t really surprised hearing that about Yuchun. He is a nice guy based from what Junhee and Siwon told me about him and from when I met him back at him apartment.

“Ah, so do you like him?” I simply asked.

Junhee directly answered, shrugging his shoulders, “I don’t know to be honest. I’m still trying to figure out my own heart.”

“I see. Well, let’s eat first. This talk made me really hungry.” I sighed, turning away from him, making my way out of the bedroom.

“Ah, sure. I’ll go back to my apartment after. No need to take me home.” He said, following me out of the room.

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We ate breakfast silently, just the sound of our chopsticks hitting our plates as we concentrated on our food. Junhee went home afterwards, giving me one last smile before hopping inside the taxi cab. I went back to my room, sitting on my bed as I recollected my thoughts from earlier.

Okay, even though I knew how he felt from the beginning after accidentally hearing his conversation with Siwon weeks ago, hearing him confess it himself felt different. He had the courage to actually say it despite of what would I think. But what do I think about it? I don’t know, I really don’t know. He did say that he already moved on, but still.

My train of thought was disturbed, hearing my phone ring. I snapped out and pulled it out from my inside my pocket. It was my hyung calling, so I answered, “Oh, hyung, what is it?”

“Yunjae-ah, let’s have dinner tonight at the diner near your apartment. Just you and me.” He said, sounding a bit serious.

“Sure, I’m free. What about Siwon?”

“She’s busy with her story writing, so it’ll be just the two of us.”

“All right, see you then.”

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I casually waved at my brother who was already sitting on one of the chairs. We ate first, telling him stories about how my last case went and how my friends are. He in turn just listens, giving some feedbacks. When we finished eating our meal, I asked him after drinking the glass of water.

“Hyung, what about you? Aren’t you gonna tell me stuff happening with your life?”

He breathed deeply first, nodding, “I am.” He paused and then stared at me seriously, “And it’s about my feelings… for Siwon.”

My smile faded away, smirking as I carefully said to him, “Figures. Feelings won’t just disappear right?”

“So you do understand. All is fair in love and war, right? So don’t expect me to back down just yet.” Taewoong told me with a smirk as well, raising his glass at me before drinking from it.

I nodded, winking, “I know and I won’t take you lightly just because you’re my brother.”

He chuckled, “May the better brother win.”

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After dinner, my hyung left and I walked back to my apartment since it’s just a block away from my place. Arriving at the apartment, I head to the bathroom and took a shower, after that I head to my bedroom and put on a white wife-beater and pajamas. I hopped onto my bed, holding my cellphone and as I was about to place it on top of the bed-side table, it started to ring.

“Siwon-ah?” I answered after seeing my girlfriend was calling me.

Siwon’s voice sounded careful as she spoke through the phone, “Ya, Yunjae… When Taewoong oppa took me home last night, he told me about his feelings… I was - ”

I quickly responded to avoid being awkward with her, “Pabo, I already know. He beat you to it on telling me. The final decision’s in your hands. Don’t worry, we’re not going to fight or anything, we are brothers after all.”

“Jinjja? Well, if you put it that way…”

“Don’t rush on it too… If you feel that spark, you’ll know.”

“Oh, are you okay? It’s not like you to say deep stuff or are you missing your old roommate?”

I sighed, “Of course I miss my best friend. Anyways, it’s late and you still have work to do right?”

“Aissh, you have to remind me you bastard… All right, I’ll hang up now, goodnight.” As soon as she said that, she hung up.

I placed my phone on top of the bed-side table and then lied down on the bed. My mind was like in a rollercoaster ride since a lot happened in one day concerning Junhee, Siwon, and my hyung. As I soon as I closed my eyes, I couldn’t sleep as soon as I did after remembering what Junhee said about Yuchun developing feelings for him. Aigoo, this is gonna be a long night.

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