Author's Note #2: First off, I've reached 205 subscribers for this story, and I thank all of you for showing your support towards my writing. I know I have a lot of dumb mistakes here and there, and I'm grateful you guys are still reading although some parts don't make sense; like the fact that I wrote out everyone's full name but Joon's, which I fixed a couple of days ago. Right now, I'm wondering if maybe I'll stop writing after the last chapter of this has been posted, which by the way, will be stretching past 20 chapters. I have a bunch of stories in draft mode for Jongyu, but I'm lacking in inspiration, so I don't know if I'll be uploading them or completing "The Bright Side" any time soon. Lastly, this chapter might seem short in comparison to the chapters before it, so I apologize for that. As always, enjoy your chapter and please continue supporting this story.

Seoul, 2013

"Aish, I don't know how to shop for furniture." Onew muttered to himself, his hands deep in his pockets as he roamed the furniture store. He had decided to buy as much as he could without Jonghyun around, but was now wondering why he didn't invite Kibum to shop with him. When they were a lot younger, Jonghyun had told Onew of the story when Kibum first visited inside Jonghyun's house. Kibum had a very straight forward personality, so Jonghyun did nothing but blink dumbly as Kibum pointed out all the things in the living space that he said didn't look good enough to be placed in a home.

He'd already been to three different furniture stores, but as Onew was always simple minded when it came to where he lived, he had no idea what he was supposed to look for, or what Jonghyun would like. Onew would have called Jonghyun, but he didn't want to distract the younger male, as he was probably knee-deep in his schedules. Minho and Taemin were also unavailable, which left a sulking Onew to continue shopping with his shoulders drooped, until he bumped into someone and fell onto the ground with another thud just after his own.

"Are you okay?" The voice asked, and freezing for a moment, Onew slowly turned his head to what he now recognized to be Kim Sunggyu, his former Vice President and good friend. The male he was looking at had already gotten to his feet with a slightly sheepish grin, holding out a hand for Onew.

"I'm alright, Sunggyu-ah." Onew said without realizing, his grin wide as he took the outstretched hand and stood properly on his feet.

Sunggyu leaned in slightly to take a better look at Onew, before his eyes went wide in surprise, "Jinki-ah?! You're back in Seoul?!"

Despite himself, Onew started to chuckle, nodding as he did so, "It's been a long time since we've met, Sunggyu-ah. What are you doing here?"

It seemed that Sunggyu finally realized they were in a furniture store, his hand waving off the store in a half-amused motion, "I finally agreed to move in with Dongwoo, but now he demands that I find all the furniture we need by myself."

Onew couldn't help but laugh as he realized the two of them were in the same situation of having to shop for furniture without knowing what to buy. An eyebrow raised in amusement, Onew turned to another section of the store, "Well, you and I are in the same situation, so why not help each other?"

Sunggyu beamed, his eyes widening slightly as he grabbed onto Onew's wrist, pulling him around the shop. During the few hours they spent shopping together, Onew learned that even mentioning Dongwoo's name brought a wide blush to the male's face, even if he tried to hide it quickly.

"He proposed to me a couple of days ago." Sunggyu admitted, holding up a wall clock, "He took me out to dinner in a secluded area of the beach, and when we were done eating, he danced for me and held out a ring."

In a way, Onew was always a bit envious of his Vice President. He had so many people backing him up, as well as someone like Dongwoo who had always had his heart set on Sunggyu. Sunggyu didn't have as many expetations to uphold, either, in comparison to Onew; who always had to make everyone around him happy.

"How are you and Jonghyun?" Sunggyu asked hesitantly, before noticing Onew's raised eyebrow, as if to ask why he would ask such a thing, "Kibum seems to know a lot about you two and he tells Woohyun everything, and you know Woohyun- he can't keep his mouth shut. Except, we don't really know how you two got together again."

So, Onew told Sunggyu the entire story, from that phone call he received over a month ago, up until recently, when the two men decided to live together. Sunggyu listened with a small grin on his lips, nodding as he heard the entire explanation, and even ruffling Onew's hair as he used to when they were younger.

"I hope you stay happy, Jinki-ah. You deserve it most." Sunggyu chuckled, seeming to have given up on furniture shopping as he rubbed a side of his temple, "And I deserve some sleep after all the shopping I've been doing. Aish, Dongwoo can't do this to me, I'm not young like him."

Agreeing wholeheartedly and ignoring the fact that he didn't correct Sunggyu's calling of his name, Onew slipped his hands into his pockets and walked out of the shop with a little scoff escaping his lips, "I'm hopeless when it comes to things like this."

Sunggyu let out a frustrated sigh to say he was exactly the same, "I'll just tell Dongwoo to find the rest himself."

"Speak of the Devil." Onew said with a soft chuckle as Sunggyu's phone rang, resting back against the wall as he watched Sunggyu converse on the phone, his face lighting up. Seeing the expression on Sunggyu's face, Onew couldn't help but take a glance down at his own phone, biting his lip gently as he wished to himself that Jonghyun would call him or send him a message of some sort.

It wasn't that Jonghyun didn't show him enough affection, because he obviously did. However, Onew felt that the gap of years they spent away from each other, and all the pain they caused each other was still heavily weighing them down.

However, a phone call never came, and Onew just continued watching Sunggyu on his own phone, wondering what it could be that the two of them were talking about. As Sunggyu ended the phone call with a blushed face and a kissy sound over the line, Onew couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle.

"Don't laugh at me." Sunggyu said to Onew, stalking past him to the parking lot, "You know he's my first-"

"-and only love." Onew completed for him, grinning as he elbowed Sunggyu and followed him to his own car.

"Yeah yeah, jerk." Sunggyu laughed loudly, his eyes squinting as he did so.

"It was good seeing you again, Sunggyu-ah." Onew smiled softly and opened his car door, waiting for the male to acknowledge his departure.

"Let's meet again soon, yeah?" Sunggyu asked in return, an eyebrow raised in amusement, "Who knows? Maybe Changsun-ah and the others can come meet up with us, too."

Onew nodded with a wide grin and climbed into his car, waiting until Sunggyu drove off for him to drive off as well toward the building to pretend he was working by the time Jonghyun came up to check up on him.

As he was driving to the building, however, he could have sworn he saw Jessica's car pass him, her eyes glued to him.