The sesame Shiba Inu runs into the missing boy’s room, and Wonpil follows him. Though the dog seems a little agitated, close to tearing sheets or mislaid clothes, he does not. Miso instead manages to pick up a lined notepaper beneath the bedside table. He picks it up and lays it on the pianist’s feet. Both of them walk over to the other three members before reading it.

“WINNER’s Seunghoon called me out last night for a chat over drinks,” reads the note. “Don’t worry, I’ll be back in an hour or two.”

“Uh, okay…” says Brian. “He’s not here which means what, for us?”

“I guess we should just call him then, leader Sungjin,” suggests Dowoon.

“The old man left his cell phone to charge,” reveals Wonpil, holding the offending item in his left hand.

“Aih, Seunghoon it is then,” concludes Sungjin. “Good thing I have his number, but let’s see if he picks it up.”

Though it takes three tries, a sleepy voice greets them on loudspeaker mode.

“Hello, who is this?” asks the person on the other side of the line.

“Oy, rude,” says Sungjin sternly with a controlled laugh. “It’s Sungjin of Day6. Have you kidnapped one of my people?”

“Eh…?” mumbles Seunghoon. “Oh. Oh… Yeah, Jae’s here. I thought he told you guys?”

“Our old man left his cell phone behind,” interrupts Wonpil. “He couldn’t have told us at all.”

“Oh!” says Seunghoon sharply. “That’s terrible. I’ll make sure he wakes up and goes home real quick. I thought it was weird how he didn’t check his phone at all last night even though he suggested to sleepover.”

“Rude,” adds Brian.

“Anyway, I’ll get the rude boy home, Sungjin, don’t you worry!” says Seunghoon cheerfully before the line goes offline.

Much later will Miso tackle the still sleepy Jae, who enters the apartment unit messily with a sheepish smile.

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