5

Kai smiled and sat down on his bed, while Hyesu sat on the chair, swinging as she looked around, nodding her head. "Neat. Very, neat."

He smiled even more. Her voice resembled hers, so very much, and he couldn't help but let that smile get any wider. "You're really Hyesu? Not others?"

She laughed and shook her head. "I'm really not Hye Min."

"I know I know. Just that you look like.."

"Never mind about that," she quickly cut in. He nodded his head and pursed his lips.

"I-"

"Kai! Help me out in the kitchen!" D.O. hollered from the kitchen, interrupting Kai. He groaned and rolled his eyes, then nodding his head. "Alright! Coming!" he shouted back and looked at Hyesu. "I'll be back real soon. Just wait."

She nodded her head, and once Kai left the room, she immediately stood up from her seat, and she looked around the room. "Too small to keep secrets," she muttered and tapped her chin. She then slapped her thigh and frowned. "Aish should have asked him, lost such a great opportunity," she said.

Just then, her cellphone rang. "Yobusaeyo?" she said and casually flipped through random books on the desk. Her eyebrows immediately knitted together and stopped what she was doing, bringing her attention towards the phone.

She slowly sat down and nodded her head. "Insufficient money? But my scholarship-"

"Your grades has dropped, and the government is reconsidering."

She bit her lip and frowned. "Alright. What about the hospital fees?" she asked. Her eyes widened in shock and she shouted in the phone, "What?!" she immediately covered and glanced at the door. Seeing nobody was there, she heaved a sigh of relief. "Alright, deduct it from my bank account then," she said and hung up, sighing.

Kai slowly closed the door gently and he frowned. "Financial problems? But she's almost the same age as me.. And also just studying in university, how can she have financial difficulties?" he murmured and tilted his head, walking away.

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Hyesu yawned and stretched her arms and legs. She rolled her neck and walked to the nearest ATM machine. What made her entirely wake up was that there was extra money in her bank account.

Her eyes bulged out and she leaned in. She leaned backwards and blinked in surprise. She quickly rubbed her eyes and looked again. "2, 3, 4 extra zeroes behind," Hyesu whispered and rubbed the screen. Indeed it was more than she ever expected.

Just overnight and she already got what she need for hospital fees. What about living for another week? Won't she be a billionaire?

She tilted her head to one side and walked away, still pondering over it, and also surprised.

While he hid behind a pillar, he eyed Hyesu as she scratched her head, walking away and he giggled. He smiled and nodded his head, then pulled a cap even lower and walked away happily.

She went into the cafe and put on the apron before cleaning the tables as she yawned and wiped the tables restlessly. She slowly sat down on the seat as she took out her apron and placed it on the table. She rested her chin on the table and her eyelids grew heavy. Within a minute, her eyes closed and she drifted off to sleep.

Once she woke up, she saw Suho warmly smiling at her as he himself rested his head on the table. "Good evening Hyesu."

She immediately shot up and looked around with a gasp. "I wasn't supposed to sleep! I was suppose to work! Suho why didn't you wake me up!" she shouted and scrambled up and wore her apron. It then dawned upon her that it was already night, and everyone left the cafe. Only one of the light bulbs were turned off, shining only on Suho and Hyesu.

She gulped and slowly turned to look at Suho. "Don't tell me, I'm being sacked?" she whispered and bit her lip. "I can't be fired! I need this job!" she screamed and paced around the cafe frustratedly.

He laughed at how exasperated she was while Hyesu stopped in her tracks and looked at Suho who was laughing. Fuming, she stormed towards him and frowned. "Suho! I'm sacked now! And you're gloating over my misfortune, how could you!"

"Relax. I helped you cover up," he whispered and Hyesu heaved a sigh of relief. "You should have told me earlier, then I would spare you the scoldings.." she murmured and looked down guiltily.

She then looked at the cake on the table and smiled. "Blackforest! How did you know it's my favourite!" she exclaimed and sat down, admiring the Blackforest cake. Suho bit his lip and chuckled. "It's my favourite too. I made it to celebrate my birthday today.." his voice trailed off and his gaze never left the cake.

HyeSu smiled and clasped her hands together. "Your birthday?! Then why didn't EXO celebrated your birthday?" she asked.

"EXO's busy. And only five years ago I would be able to celebrate my birthday, with Hye Min. After five years, I could finally celebrate it." He smiled.

"Hy-Hye Min?" she asked.

"That time Hye Min made a cake for me. And so I decided to make one for myself too. Blackforest, my favourite. To remember the day five years ago."

"Aish. Let's cut the cake now before the clock strikes midnight," she quickly said and looked for a knife. "Wait a second. This is a cafe. No birthday knife, no candles. How are you supposed to celebrate?"

Suho chuckled and shrugged his shoulders. "Imagine."

They both closed their eyes and smiled. Suho then opened his eyes and blew those imaginary candles. As he was about to clap his hands, he found Hyesu still closing her eyes and grinning dreamily.

Suho chuckled and looked at her while her eyes still closed, and her grin just gets wider and wider. "Hyesu. Done dreaming?" Suho asked as he rested his head on his palm, raising an eyebrow at Hyesu while she quickly opened her eyes and blinked in surprise. "You're done blowing the candles? That fast?"

He nodded his head and Hyesu smiled. "Then let's eat!"

Suho broke the cake into half, as he took half, then the other half to Hyesu. Her eyes lit up and she rubbed her palms together as she gobbled it down.

Suho blinked in surprise and couldn't help but laugh again. He looked at his half eaten cake and took a dip, then applied it on Hyesu's cheeks, drawing two circles around.

She stared at him in surprise as she rubbed her cheek and frowned. But that frown couldn't last long, as she broke into a smile. "Yah!" she screamed.

Suho smiled again and nodded his head. He then dipped his finger in and drew two circles on his cheeks. "Fair?"

"Fair," she said and nodded her head proudly, grinning.

He softened and he warmly smiled back, staring at HyeSu.

"You know, you really look like Hye Min a lot.." he spoke up. HyeSu's smile faded, and she sat down, forcing out a smile. "You said that before."

He smiled back. "I'm drunk. Kind of drunk. Too much alcohol in Blackforest."

HyeSu took in a deep breath and nodded her head. "If you're drunk then you would be walking around the cafe, bumping into tables and yet feel no pain," she joked.

He smiled and nodded his head as he continued staring into HyeSu's face. *I miss you..*

He leaned in, holding onto HyeSu's hand while she glanced down then looked up again. She immediately stood up and forced a smile out. "It's late. I'll see you home."

He sighed softly and nodded his head, smiling as he got out of the cafe before Hyesu locked it. She hopped onto the taxi and shyly waved through the transparent window. "Bye. And, happy birthday Suho."

He smiled and waved back. "Thanks."

HyeSu looked back and sighed softly. Looking down, she bit her lip. "His heart only has Hye Min. I shouldn't think about him anymore." She weakly smiled, comforting herself.

Suho walked away slowly, walking down the streets as his mind was full of thoughts. He thought about what he did today with HyeSu. What he blurted out, what a foolish and impulse action he did towards HyeSu. He smiled and looked up at the night sky. "A great day today. Happy birthday Suho," he said to himself and smiled at the moon.

The mysterious man quickly hid behind a pillar as he took in a deep breath and exhaled. He glanced at Suho then quickly hid behind, nodding his head. "At least he didn't do anything indecent," he murmured and walked away slowly to the other direction.

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Suho walked  back alone and he stepped into his house. He sat on the sofa, staring into space as he thought of Hye Min again. His eyes slowly travelled to the box under the table and he pulled it out.

All of it was Hye Min’s stuff. He begged her father to have Hye Min’s items, and after five years it’s still intact.

He opened the cover and looked at the pile of magazines Hye Min collected and he flipped through the pages when an envelope was slot in. He immediately frowned and opened up the envelope. “Strange,” he said and looked at the letter that was in the envelope.

 To my dear family..

He stopped. “Isn’t this, Hye Min’s mother who wrote this?” he whispered and continued. He went through the things in the box for so many times whenever he misses Hye Min, whenever he felt bored, and yet only after five years he found this letter.

Then, he continued reading, and at the last paragraph, the words were faint, unlike the others and he squinted his eyes and looked even closer.

My dear Hye Min,Yeobo, stay away from him, my only wish is to stay away from him and to also to be aware of one person, Baekwon.

He’s Dongkook’s friend. A dangerous one. He's the only person that can be as cunning like Dongkook, a person that you can never trust. A despicable man. I don’t know him well, but the only thing I know is that he cannot be trusted, and he, just like Dongkook is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

That was the last sentence.

Suho frowned. “Who is, Baekwon?”

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