He had missed her. So much.

She had been away in Paris for Fashion week, posting pictures daily on her social media. They had been talking every night on the phone. Sometimes for hours until she fell asleep and he would listen to her deep breathing.

It had calmed him down.

Mino had been restless. Their album recording took longer than expected. His fellow members felt as exhausted as he did. The other day the normally soft tempered Jinwoo had kicked a chair because he could not finish a song to his liking.

“Aish!” he had yelled. “Enough. I need a vacation. I need time for myself.”

Seunghoon, who had been lying on a couch in the corner, his face covered by his baseball cap, had only grumbled in agreement while Yoonie had been staring at the mixing table with tired eyes.

“We need a break. Badly.”

Mino, who had been sitting in front of the piano, playing back and forth a melody that had been on his mind for days, had silently looked at his bandmates.

They were right. He had taken his phone in his hands and had to suppress a happy smile when he saw a message from Jennie.

“I can’t wait to be back home soon, aegi. I miss you. Sarangheo xxx”

“Yah, Mino. Stop grinning like a lovesick puppy!” Yoonie had hollered at him good naturedly.

“Don’t tease. Can’t you see he is missing his girl?” Seunghoon had calmly intervened.

Jinwoo had only growled and rolled his eyes, though not in a mean way.

Mino had only smiled a quiet happy smile while typing a reply to Jennie.

“Yah, pabo-ah. Have you eaten? Do you sleep enough? Hurry home….Jhonny and I miss you terribly. Can’t wait to hold you in my arms again, baby. Bogoshipo. Mani.”

Today she was supposed to be coming back. Only for a week though as the second leg of Blackpink’s world tour lay ahead.

But he planned to make the most of it.

Jhonny purred contentedly in his lap, his fur warm and soft under Mino’s hands. Mino was sitting on his bed, his legs crossed and his back against the headboard. Clad in black gym pants, his tanned upper bo