Thank you for reading! This chapter is all in Seungcheol POV.

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Seungcheol looked around the place and let himself smile. Despite all the complications his team had managed to finish all the arrangements and the event at the hotel had been a success. He was waiting for Mr. Shim, Jeonghan’s replacement, to say goodbye and finally go home. But before he got closer to the man he was faced with Mrs. Yoon.

“Seungcheol-ssi…” The woman sighed. “Did you receive any news from Jeonghan?”  She said, her expression showing her anxiousness.

Jeonghan had been gone for more than a week by now and his phone was still turned off. Seungcheol would be lying if he said he wasn’t worried, but there wasn’t any new information he could find. Seungcheol knew the Yoons had sent a few people to L.A to find Jeonghan, but they haven’t been able to find him either.

“I’m sorry Mrs. Yoon, but there is no new information about him.” He said feeling guilty; it was partially his fault Jeonghan was acting so rashly.

“Okay then, goodnight.” She said with her face turning stoic as she walked towards her husband.

Seungcheol looked at the Yoon couple and sighed. He could still remember the first time he met them when Jeonghan invited him to his house. Mrs. Yoon seemed so excited to meet him, telling him Jeonghan had been talking a lot about him. They had dinner together and the environment had been joyful, but when Mr. Yoon arrived both Mrs. Yoon and Jeonghan seemed a bit more tense and quiet, so Seungcheol just followed their actions and that had at least earn him the older man’s approval to come to his house again. Long gone were those times and it had been more than a year since the last time he entered the Yoon’s house.

“Mr. Choi, here is the document you asked for.” 

Seungcheol turned around surprised and Mr. Shim was giving him a small smile with the signed report that confirmed the end of the event. They shook hands and with that Seungcheol’s last event with the Yoons had finished. It felt bittersweet, because even when he knew this could happen if Jeonghan and he broke up, he was used to this job and the known faces of the different Yoon Hotels personnel. He was glad his team did a great job until the end.

“Mr. Choi?” Wonwoo’s voice interrupted his thoughts.

“Good job today, Wonwoo. Tomorrow we will have a meeting to check if we have any other project for this month.” Seungcheol said trying to sound cheerful even when he knew Wonwoo had been the receiver of all the team’s worried inquiries regarding their future. The visit of the Yoons to Choi Company hadn’t been discrete at all and his workmates were aware of the termination of their business relationship with Yoon Hotels.

His assistant nodded, before checking his phone.

“Mr. Kim confirmed that for the next month magazine issue we managed to get photographer Xu Minghao, but we couldn’t get all the models of Minki-ssi last collection. Wen Junhui is in China and Kim Mingyu is in Europe.” 

“Thanks Wonwoo, mmm…did Kim Mingyu’s manager indicated when he will be returning to Korea?” Seungcheol couldn’t help but ask. He really needed to talk to Jihoon before Mingyu returned because he knew Jihoon would be avoiding him just like in the beginning only to protect his relationship.

“From the information I could get, Kim Mingyu has returned to Europe two days ago because he got a three year contract and he is moving indefinitely there.”

That information shocked Seungcheol. That meant that Kim Mingyu had been in Korea and maybe that was the reason Jihoon had been ignoring his messages. And now if the other was moving to Europe, Jihoon could have decided to follow him there, just like when he moved from Japan to Korea.

He could feel an ache in his chest as the thoughts of not being able to see Jihoon again invaded his mind. The idea that the other had decided to move without any notice and how he should have done something sooner before losing Jihoon was making his head hurt. But at the same time he still felt a bit of hope knowing that it took one year before Jihoon moved to Korea, so maybe it wasn’t too late to talk with the other.

So he just thanked Wonwoo and practically ran to his car. He tried to call Jihoon again without success and when he started driving to Jihoon’s apartment he realized he didn’t know his apartment number. The only time he had taken the other home he left him outside the building, so it was not an option. He turned around and drove to Jihoon’s workplace, it was his next best option since Jihoon usually worked late and maybe they could eat together.

But when he arrived there he met Bumzu at the entrance and the bad news just kept piling up.

“Mr. Choi, Woozi-ssi has taken a leave. But I have already talked with Seungkwan-ssi’s manager and if you need any information about the songs for the magazine issue, I will be ready to help you.”

Seungcheol had tried to give the other a polite smile as he said goodbye, but he could feel how his eyes were watering and the desperation was showing in his face. Bumzu didn’t know Jihoon’s whereabouts and couldn’t give him more information of how to contact the other.

He sat in his car not knowing what to, feeling lost and guilty. But then he remembered the only person Jihoon had officially introduced him outside of his workplace. So he called Chan.

“Chan, please I really need Kwon Soonyoung’s phone number.” He said in a hurried voice.

“Did you find Jeonghan-hyung?” The younger asked, still upset with his older brother.

“Chan, you know I have been trying to find him with no success. I’ll let you know if I can contact him.” He said feeling upset that his younger brother seemed to be still mad at him.

“Then….I’ll talk to you then.” The younger said almost hanging up.

“Chan! I really need Kwon Soonyoung’s phone number.” Seungcheol was trying not to shout at the other.

“Why do you need his phone number?”

“Chan please, it is important.” He knew he was practically begging, but it was his only chance of finding Jihoon.

He heard the other sigh before answering.

“Okay, okay, I’ll send it to you through kakao, but he probably won’t answer you. He is traveling back tonight from the dance contest in Hong Kong.”

He thanked Chan and started driving home, but his mind kept racing with thoughts of how his conversation with the other would go. He knew Kwon Soonyoung was not really fond of him and he would probably keep Jihoon whereabouts a secret. He didn’t want to wait any longer, but he concluded that it was a better option to visit Kwon Soonyoung’s dance studio the next day.

He was so focused on his thoughts that he got startled when his phone started ringing and he almost crashed when Hoseok said with an excited voice something that he had been expecting to listen for the last few months.

“Seungcheol! Kim Mingyu and Lee Jihoon broke up!”

He stopped the car before he got in a real accident and took a deep breath.

“How do you know?” Seungcheol asked with a nervous smile appearing in his face.

“I just met Changkyun at the bar and he was already drunk and complaining about how Kim Mingyu got scouted by a European Company and not him and with just a few questions he told me the other was lucky that he could run to Europe after breaking up with his boyfriend.”

Seungcheol’s smile turned wide and he wished his friend was with him so he could hug him with all his strength.

“Hoseok! Thank you, thank you!” He felt energized all of the sudden.

“Well, you needed good news after all the chaos with Jeonghan. By the way, do you have any news about him? Minhyuk is acting all crazy calling him and sending him kakao messages every day.”

“No, no news at all. I’m worried, but maybe like Changkyun said, Jeonghan needed to run away after our break up.”

Hoseok agreed and after some more talk he cut the call.

Seungcheol knew his body was tired, but even when he arrived to his apartment he couldn’t sleep. His mind was a mix of emotions. He was worried about Jeonghan and the future of his department, but with the news about Jihoon he felt excited and hopeful. But then he looked around his living room and could see the reminders of his relationship with Jeonghan, and even when he didn’t want to think about it, he knew Jihoon would be really affected about his breakup with Kim Mingyu.

The next day, he felt even more tired, but still went to the team meeting and after that he finally went to the dance studio.

“Hyung? I sent you Soonyoung-hyung’s number, what are you doing here?” Chan asked confused, but Seungcheol just gave him a small smile and a pat on his head before he raced towards Kwon Soonyoung.

“Seungcheol-ssi, what are you doing here?” The other asked with an expressionless face.

“I really need to know where Jihoon is.” He saw the other frown, but he couldn't retract now. “I know he just broke up with Kim Mingyu, but-.”

The other’s expression turned even more bitter surprising Seungcheol.

“They have broken up, but that doesn’t mean you can play with Jihoon while you are still engaged and ready to marry.” The other said turning around to leave.

“I broke up my engagement with Jeonghan.” Seungcheol said making the other stop his steps.

Soonyoung turned around with a surprised expression that turned into a worried one.

“I don’t know how your relationship with Yoon Jeonghan was, but Mingyu is still really important to Jihoon and he is really affected by this breakup.”

Those were the words Seungcheol didn’t want to hear, but knew were true.

“I just don’t want to lose him. I want to tell him that I’m single now and if he decides he wants to be with me, I’ll be waiting for him.” Seungcheol knew his face showed how all of this was affecting him emotionally.

He could see how conflicted the other was too as he remained silent for a long time.

“I shouldn’t be telling you this, but…” The other sighed. “Jihoon is in Busan. That’s all I’m going to say, good luck finding him there.”

 Seungcheol felt like he could smile again and this time he couldn’t help but give the other a hug as he thanked him.

He should have thought about it before, about the possibility of the other being there. But now he was sure Jihoon was in Busan, not a small a city, but if he could remember well, Jihoon’s parents’ house was in a close neighborhood to his grandmother’s. He was already picturing all the places he could look for the other.

Soonyoung gave him a small smile, before he turned serious.

“Jihoon would probably kill me for this, but he sent me a song yesterday and I guess it’s for you.”

Seungcheol felt his heart racing with excitement at the idea of Jihoon writing a song for him.

“Don’t get too excited, you should probably listen to it before meeting Jihoon.”

Seungcheol looked at Soonyoung now with a worried expression, but still gave the other his phone so he could send him the song.

He thanked him again and started walking towards his car with his phone tightly grabbed in his hand. He knew Kwon Soonyoung had told him not to get excited about the song, but he couldn’t help it.

So as soon as he sat behind the wheel, he opened the file and let Jihoon’s angelic voice fill the silence.

“When you stole my glance without permission, I understood that you can’t cover the sun with a finger.

I underestimated your kisses, so your spell caught me.

For playing so much with fire, I burned my heart.

And although I have written so many plans for you to love me, I know it's true that love is a two-player game.

Because the idea of just being your friend without breaking the rules, I want to be honest, it never worked.

If it's for me, I would force you to stay, but the wind is blowing in your favor today.

And if it costs a life to catch you, don't make it worse for me.

Let me go

Prohibit your eyes from stealing my breath.

Force your mouth to be away from mine.

My heart won't bear it if you don't let me go.

Let me go

Forget everything you know, don't expect me to miss you.

And erase each lyric even if it's your song.

St-.”

The song was cut abruptly and Seungcheol finally noticed his elaborate breath, but he also realized that more than ever he needed to find Jihoon as soon as possible.

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The lyrics are the translation of the song "Dejame ir" by Andres Cepeda and Morat. The lyrics in Spanish are the following:

"Cuando me robaste la mirada y no tenías permiso, comprendí que con un dedo no se tapa el sol

Yo subestimé tus besos, me atrapó tu hechizo

Por jugar tanto con fuego, quemé el corazón

Y aunque tengo escritos tantos planes para que me quieras

Sé que es cierto que el amor es un juego de dos

Porque eso de ser tu amigo sin romper las reglas, hoy quisiera ser honesto jamás funcionó

Si es por mí, te obligaría a quedarte, pero el viento hoy sopla a tu favor

Y si cuesta una vida atraparte, no lo hagas peor

Déjame ir

Prohíbele a tus ojos robarme el aliento

Obliga a tu boca que procure estar lejos

Mi corazón no va aguantar si no me sueltas

Déjame ir

Olvídate de todo lo que sabes, no vayas a esperar que yo te extrañe

Y borra cada letra aunque sea tu canción"