Dongwan from his position—on his staircase, looking at Hyesung and Junjin who sleeping on makeshift bed in his living room. Both of them were drinking a couples cans of beer last night—and it’d be irresponsible for Dongwan to let them drive back to Seoul.

Junjin told him, by chat—I’m in front of your home with Hyesung hyung, we’ll wait for you here—and he really wanted to spend his night on his office, avoids them, let them back without seeing him. 

But he’s not that heartless, at least not to Junjin who he knows already do a lot of effort to be in his life again, no matter how hard he push him out. It just, he already has a new life here, he’s not an idol anymore, not an artist anymore—not a part of Shinhwa anymore.

When Junjin come to his life again with an open hands and hopeful wish to repair their relationship—he didn’t know what to do. Junjin just show up in front of his house unannounced, and when he refused, Junjin just do it with his way. Persistent yet competitive. If Dongwan reject him once, then he’ll come twice a week.  

With Hyesung, he has time to prepare. So he did it. Yesterday, he thinks Hyesung will punch him—or nags, or mocks him, just something bad, and he prepares for it, the worst case scenario. Yet it didn’t happen. Hyesung hugs him, compliments his cooks, asks about his jobs—and when he already bit tipsy, he still clingy to him.

Like they don’t have a blank ten years between them. And it baffles him much. They suppose to hate him—like the rest. Not finding him, not being his friend again.

Let out a small sigh, Dongwan walks as quietly as he can to his kitchen, wants to cook a breakfast for them. He opens his backyard door and windows to let the morning air fills his house, get the eggs, ham, and milk from the refrigerator, cleans his favourite pan and also prepares the veggies.

“Why are you already busy at this hour?” With a messy hair and a yawns, Junjin come to his side, startles Dongwan a bit.

“Yak, wash your face first,” He nudges Junjin shoulder, “I’ll make omelette for us.”

Rather than walks to bathroom, Junjin just stands still beside Dongwan and pouts, “You shooed me away when the first time I came here, yet you cook a good dinner and breakfast for Hyesung hyung.” 

Chuckles softly, “I don’t even know what you’re trying to cook last night, Jin.” Dongwan replies playfully, “and we need to have breakfast, cause both of you need back to Seoul and I should go to my work in an hour.”

“You don’t mad at me?”

Dongwan who already whisks the eggs, glances at Junjin. “For what?”

“Breaking the promise,” Junjin says quietly, “It suppose just me and you, right? Don’t tell anyone.”

“You’re the anyone too, Chungjae-ya.” Dongwan smiles a little, calls his name affectionately. “None of you should find me here.”

“Hyung..” Junjin whines, he hugs Dongwan from behind, and put his head on his hyung’s shoulder, “the fact that I found you is the sign that we’re fated in this lifetime.”

“YAK! Why are you so sappy at this hour?!” Dongwan wiggles his body, “Let me go Jin, or I won’t give you a breakfast.”

“Meanie hyung!” Junjin pouts his lips again—and suddenly pecks Dongwan cheek. “But still, I love you!”

And run from Dongwan fastly—leaving Dongwan amuses with his action. Without both of them realizes, Hyesung looking at them fondly. He miss this moment so much, and he’ll do anything to have it back in his life—in their life.

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Three days since their fights—two days since he met Dongwan and since he ignores Eric existence and all his messages also calls. Here he is, on the way to Eric’s office room, absolutely fuming, ready to strangles his fiance and who can blame him?! All the articles that suddenly being release this morning—perplexs him in so many ways.

“What the hell happened?!!?”

Without knocking first, Hyesung just barges in himself. Let the door slams hard—sound echoing loudly.

“Syungie.”

“Syung..”

Eric and Minwoo, who sit side by side jumps a little and stands at the same time, Eric faces him while Minwoo stays on his position.

“What’s with all the news?! Confirm our reunion as five members!? Who the hell confirm it?!” Hyesung says fiercely, stares angrily into Eric eyes. “The last time we talked about this,I clearly state my opinion that I oppose the decision, Ric!”

“I know,” Eric also looks at Hyesung, but calmer, “and the articles are published without our permission, Syung. Nothing is confirmed. Minwoo is here with me to discuss the clarification we’ll release later.”

“What to discuss?! Just tell them we won’t have any reunion as five members!”

“Syungie,” Eric calls him softly, “let’s talk about this, yeah? I promise I’ll behave this time, but let’s discuss this together, yeah?”

Hyesung let out a deep sigh, try to control his emotion. “Do you change your mind? Because I’m not, and if you’re too—then we still can’t talk, Ric.”

It’s silent all of sudden. Eric eyeing his fiance, the one that he love so much—the one that ignores him for three days, the one that giving him headaches lately. Hyesung being stubborn is just normal, but stubborn about this matter, drains him a lot.

“He left Syung,” Eric let out a bitter chuckles, “left us, left Minwoo.” he sneak glances at his best friend who glances back at him, shakes his head. “He’s hurting us much, Syung.”

“I was there too when Minwoo was hurting, I was drinking with him, I was sleeping at his apartment, I was with him as much as I can. I did. We did.” Hyesung whispers this time, looks at Eric and Minwoo back and forth. “But what if, Dongwan was hurting too?”

Minwoo shifts uncomfortably, after so many years, this is the first time someone say that name out loud in front of him.

“We’re not there with him.” Hyesung mumbles soflty, as if he talks to himself.

“Why you so concern about it all of sudden?”

Shakes his head, Hyesung smiles bitterly. “I—think about it almost every night, Ric. What if he was hurting too and no one with him? Why—I didn’t push myself till I know his reason, his side of story? Why I just let him go like that? And it tortures me, Ric.”

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