Jiyong was in the van, waiting for the cue to head to the venue. His fingers were furiously typing away, shaking his head in disappointment.

I gave out 12 invitations and only Hyo is turning up?

Hyo: This is what I call loyalty, oppa! I'm your biggest fan!

Yul: That's because you don't have any schedule!

Hyo: You don't have any schedule either!

Yul: I have a cooking class to attend! Congrats oppa!

Bae: You girls need to stop. Mianhae Ji, you know that I've booked a vacation with Hyorin long ago. Congrats bro!

Fany: Oppa! I'm having a US tour and you know it! Sending love from The States! Congrats again! You saved a pair of yellow swoosh for me right!

Ri: Have fun hyung!

Taeng: Mianhae oppa, I have a fan meeting today. Congrats on your collaboration again!

TOP: You know I don't really like the media exposure but I still expect to see a pair of yellow swoosh appearing at my house.

Seo: Sorry oppa! I have a schedule later on! Save a pair for me too!

And that was the end of the conversation. Jiyong didn't even get any reply from the rest of them. Daesung and Sunny went back to hiding in their caves while Sooyoung was probably busy with some schedule. As for the last missing sheep, he totally had no idea.

"Jiyong," the driver's door was opened. "It's time to go."

Jiyong gave a nod before putting his phone in his pocket. Just as he was about to leave the car, his phone started to vibrate.

Yoong: Spare me this time around, I had an award show yesterday night, still nursing my hangover. Technically, if there are two Soshi members attending, it will be an uproar right? Anyways, congrats on the collaboration!

Isn't it better if there's an uproar? The shoes will sell better. You know you can't drink but you still did it in the end.

Yoong: Oh please, it will sell well no matter what. I don't wish to create a scene~ And my liquor tolerance is getting better!

Just as Jiyong was about to type another reply, an urgent knock could be heard from the window. Jiyong had no choice but to put the phone away, though he went out with a huge grin on his face.
 

It was Yoona who had sent him a message to congratulate him on the collaboration. She had too much of a drop after the 40th Blue Dragon Award with her seniors.

After the trip to LA, they had gathered once more in Korea, without Tiffany before most of them started to get busy. Some were back to their usual norm, lazing around at home, meeting their celebrity friends for a meal while others started to have schedules coming in. Taeyeon was always busy with her concert and she had barely taken a few hours to meet all of them the other time. Yoona had a crazy amount of award shows to attend, be it in Korea or abroad. It was a blessing as her movie, 'EXIT' did so well and had been nominated for most of the film awards. Meanwhile, Jiyong only had his Nike collaboration opening to attend, his first official event ever since he discharged from the army.

Yoona and Jiyong were not as distanced as compared to the past and in fact, it was going pretty well. They exchanged text from time to time and was not as awkward whenever they met each other. Others could only raise their brows or make teasing noises whenever they see them chatting away and there's always Youngbae who gave them a naughty smile whenever their eyes met. Yoona couldn't believe that she actually got blackmailed by her closest oppa in BIGBANG. She made a mental note to rant to Hyorin but ever since they got back, she didn't have the luxury of time.

The event took a couple of hours and it was finally nearing the end. It had been long since Jiyong had a schedule and by the time the schedule ended, he was deadbeat. By the end of the schedule, there were plenty of Nike shoe boxes in the trunk, the shoes that Jiyong was planning to give out to his close friends. His manager let out speechless laughters looking at the shoeboxes before getting into the driver's seat.

"Jiyong ah, when are you planning to finish delivering all those shoes?" His manager found it absurd, "I thought you're giving out the yellow swoosh only? There are a few white and red too?"

"We're going to give out today." Jiyong smiled. "All."

"Mwuh? Today? Aren't you going home now?"

Jiyong gave his manager an address before making himself comfortable in his seat. He let out a comfortable sigh before heading to his dreamland.

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Jiyong's manager was looking at him weirdly as he dropped two bags of shoes in front of an apartment. On the way up, he had been staring at Jiyong weirdly since the security did not stop them from entering. Jiyong gave an embarrassing smile as he rubbed the back of his neck and cleared his throat.

"Y-You can just leave them here, I'll b-be going back myself." Jiyong was trying to push his manager away before he decided to impulsively ring the bell. "You can knock off now!"

"Y-Yah, whose apartment is this?" His manager wasn't budging and glared at him dangerously. "Why didn't the security stop us earlier? You've been here a couple of times already?"

"Hyung, it's not a big deal, really." Jiyong got serious. "It's my friend."

"Non-celebrity?" His manager asked because the last thing he wanted was a new scandal about Jiyong with another girl. It took the company quite some time to settle down and he had an earful because of the LA scandal.

"Non-celebrity." Jiyong was lying through his teeth; he was just focusing on chasing his manager away.

"I don't want to see you getting involved in any scandal tomorrow morning," His manager rubbed his nose, half-heartedly believing Jiyong's words as he walked away.

As soon as his manager was out of his sight, he waited for a while before ringing the doorbell.

"Coming~" A voice could be heard from inside and the next moment, the door was opened.

"Shoe delivery?"

At first, Jiyong was kinda startled when Yoona appeared behind the door, however he regained his composure almost immediately.

"E-Eh? Why are you here?" Yoona asked but her eyes were busy scanning around. "I t-think you better come in first."

Jiyong carried the bags and Yoona closed the door behind them. Jiyong changed into one of the slippers as if it was the most natural thing, heading into the apartment. Jiyong had came to Soshi's dorm. He had been here more than a couple of times, since they held most of the SoshiBang gatherings here, which explained why he was so familiar with this apartment. Yoona, on the other hand, had a ton of question marks floating above her head. Since she no longer stayed in the dorm and rarely joined the girls for gathering as she was pretty busy filming movies recently. She was confused by Jiyong's action and was raising her brows at him.

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