Heechul arrived a little bit earlier than scheduled so he was already comfortably sitting at the couch while playing on his phone even before the other members arrived one by one.

Actually, it was his excitement that caused him to be early. It's been a month since Heechul last saw s and he can't lie to himself on how much he actually missed them-- especially him.

This is why his ears immediately perked up when he heard a familiar voice greeting everyone in the hallway. But he can't reveal too much of his happiness so he acted as if he didn't hear him arrive.

"You're early tonight" greeted the man who sat a couple of feet beside him.

Heechul finally exited his game but still continued to fiddle with his phone to hide his emotions. He quickly glanced to the man beside him.

"Eung, I don't have a schedule before this" he replied.

"Ya, you lost a weight. How are you? I heard you are finally trying to cut off alcohol again, I was really glad when I heard that" Leeteuk said as he read through the script provided by the staff when he arrived. 

"Says the man who is sick but still works his off..." Heechul couldn't help but mumble to himself. 

To be honest, he was worried when he heard from his manager hyung last week that their leader was sick. They reassured that it's not severe but he knows himself that Teukie is probably sugarcoating things well. He is probably in pain but just hides it to himself because he doesn't want anybody to worry about him. But Heechul knew he have no right to nag at him because he is also guilty of doing those things. So he just kept his comments to himself.

"Yeah, I've been dieting a bit. How about you? How are you? I heard you are sick. Aren't you in pain? Have you recovered yet?" Heechul replied, biting his tongue to stop himself from going on and on.

"Yeah, just a little bit of pain. But I'm getting a bit better" Leeteuk explained but somehow he knew he can't hide anything from Kim Heechul's eyes. He turned his head to look at him who was still sitting two feet away. To his surprise, he was also staring at him with concerned eyes. He knew these eyes very well, he knows the younger just got more worried after seeing him trying his best to look as healthy as possible. 

But Leeteuk didn't say a word. Instead, he just stared back at the pair of eyes fixed on him. He looked at him and smiled. His eyes telling the words "Don't worry too much, I'll be fine."

And that was all that was needed to calm the anxious Heechul, somehow. His friend knew him too well as much as he knew him. Heechul couldn't help but just smile back.

"We'll be going live in 2 minutes!" One of the staff announced and the two finally broke their stares. 

The live smoothly went well and was done in a bit over than an hour. 

After wrapping up, everyone was starting to go home. But Heechul knew he still need to do something before he goes home again.

Heechul actually noticed halfway through the live that Leeteuk must be feeling sick again as the effect of his