This time, it was Jongkook who broke the silence. “So what now?” he asked Jihyo, as he poured himself another shot of soju. 

Jihyo immediately threw a glance at Jongkook, her eyes squinting to show her confusion at his open ended question. He just smirked back at her. In retaliation, she took the bottle of soju from his hand, started refilling her own shot glass, and asked, “What do you mean what now?” 

Jongkook chuckled — a low kind that Jihyo had never heard before. “I meant,” he began to say — his shot glass in hand, “since you can find me handsome and I do find you pretty, do you think we should follow that fool’s advice and try our hands at dating?”