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Weeks passed in a blur after the sudden date with a pretty stranger that was also initiated by the stranger named Kim Dokja. Yoo Joonghyuk admits that he kinda missed the other man's accompany because that man was funny and easy to talk to (because Yoo Joonghyuk rarely opens up to some people. And of all, he opened up to the pretty stranger at the mall) and he can even feel the comforting feeling sprrounding him in the stranger's company.
Of course, when he came home that day, he gave Yoo Mia the dokkaebi stuff toy making the little girl squeal in happiness.
But Yoo Mia's happiness immediately vanished when Yoo Joonghyuk hid her secret stash of sweets because of the embarassing thing she did to him. Even now, the embarassment in Yoo Joonghyuk hasn't left his soul yet. He can still remember the weirded out stare from the staffs when he asked for the toy Yoo Mia asked for.
"Oppa, that's unfair!"
"It's not. Remember, you just made me ask for a non-existent weird looking toy around shops in the mall and—"
"But you did had fun though?"
"That—I did." Yoo Joonghyuk admitted as the stranger's words echoed on his head. "And why are you changing the topic?"
"Im sorry, Oppa! I just need to!"
Yoo Joonghyuk grunted in disbelief and headed upstairs to change his clothes and start his stream that was a bit annoying because of the comment section and the user named [Delusional_D.KNamWON] and 5 others never stopped spamming comments due to excitement causing the stream to crash two times.
That day was a blesssing and a curse. (Of course, he meant about the streaming event that day.)
"Oppa!" Yoo Mia called cutting off Yoo Joonghyuk's thoughts. He looked at the girl who just got out from her room wearing a pair of her pj's.
"What?"
"Uh, can I go to the park with Yoosung-ie and Gilyoung-ie and have a picnic with them on Saturday?"
"....."
"Oppa, please! I rarely go out and have fun with my friends! Tomorrow's Friday—and I promise to sleep early tonight instead of playing on my Switch!"
Yoo Joonghyuk looked her with a weird expression on his face. This kid's been staying up late and he didnt know it?
"Are you telling me that you've been staying up late—"
"Oppa, please....!"
"Its dangerous for a kid like you to go outside alone." Yoo Joonghyuk deadpanned and covered himself properly with the thick blanket all over him.
"It wont be dangerous if Oppa will come with me..." Yoo Mia flashed an innocent smile on her face, knowing that her Oppa dont even like to hire babysitters because some babysitters are suspicious.
Hearing the reply of his little sister, he grunted and turned back at his sister.
"Fine."
"Yay! Thank you, Oppa! Good night!" Yoo Mia lastly said as she closed the door softly.
Yoo Joonghyuk sighed. This kid...
But oh well. He needs to remind himself tomorrow to retrueve the little girl's switch every night to avoid sleeping late at night.
***
It was 3pm in the afternoon when Yoo Joonghyuk picked up Yoo Mia from school. On their way home, Yoo Mia didn't stopped blabbering things what happened about what happened earlier in the class, how this Yoosung kid made an argument on a bad kid, and how this Gilyoung kid threw a cockroach on the classmate (Yoosung told him to do it) that made the poor kid cry.
"....and in lunch, Yoosung-ie and Gilyoung-ie's ajhussi came with their lunch because they forgot it earlier. The ajhussi even gave me a part of his lunch that he made although it taste not good as Oppa's cooking, but he was a good man!"
"....is that so?"
"Yeah! He stayed for the whole afternoon with us and finally left with Yoosung-ie and Gilyoung-is before you arrived."
Yoo Joonghyuk hummed as he parked his car infront of their house. He went outside the car with Yoo Mia's bag, and opened the door for the kid.
They entered the house and the first thing Yoo Mia did was dial a telephone number to talk with her friends for tomorrow. Yoo Joonghyuk can hear her squeals and laughs from the kitchen as he made her snack that she requested earlier.
"Are you bringing ajhussi tomorrow? Alright! My Oppa's coming with me tomorrow, too. It would be good if they become good friends like us!"
Yoo Joonghyuk silently scoffed. As if.
"Of course. Yea yea, I need to do my homework in advance too. A sleep over? When? Oh. Im gonna tell Oppa about it!"
Yoo Joonghyuk silently chuckled. Yoo Mia and her friends had been planning things recently like these. He took a mental note to just let her join the so called sleep over for the sake of his sister's treasured smile.
"Hmm. Alright, see you tomorrow Yoosung-ie, Gilyoung-ie! Bye!"
With the last sentence, Yoo Joonghyuk can hear small hurried steps upstairs.
***
"Oppa, hurry up! They're already there!" Yoo Mia said as she dashed down the stairs excitedly causing her to almost stumble on her way down. She excitedly looked at herself in the mirror with a huge grin plastered on her face, looking like she haven't seen her friends for a week.
Yoo Joonghyuk sighed in reply as he followed his hyper sister downstairs. He went to the kitchen to bring out the snacks he prepared for the kids that he prepared earlier this morning.
He packed a new pair of clothes on a small bag, with Yoo Mia's favorite purple water bottle and a comb with a few hair ties incase his sister, or her friend, Yoosung would lose some.
As they both finally exited the house, Yoo Joonghyuk never forgot to lock the door and windows before leaving. The siblings decided to just walk to the park since its really not that far from their house inside the area they're currently resided. All they need to do is take a few turns in the streets until they reached the center part of their area where a park established for children to play.
On their way there, Yoo Mia was the one who kept talking for the whole journey to avoid awkward walks since she knew that her brother was a man with a few words. Yoo Joonghyuk would just hum in agreement then reply a few words: maybe, i dont know, is that so? and so on.
As soon as they arrived, Yoo Mia was greeted by her two friend who came rushing at their direction and gave her a warm tight hug. They also never forgot to greet Yoo Joonghyuk a good morning politely.
Yoo Joonghyuk quietly looked at the park and noticed that there were not really many people today which is perfect. He can only see a pretty woman with bronze hair sitting on a park as she watched over Lee Gilyoung and Shin Yoosung playing with Yoo Mia.
Is that the babysitter of the kids today? wasn't it supposed to be a 40 year-old ajhussi..?
"Oh, good morning." The woman smiled as Yoo Joonghyuk approached the bench where the girl was currently sitting and sat on the other side of the bench.
"Good morning."
After the exchanged meeting between them, an awkward silence followed as Yoo Joonghyuk just quietly looked at his sister playing happily with her friends. Meanwhile the woman beside him shifted uncomfortably on her seat as she thought hard of something to say afterwards.
"...Im Yoo Sangah by the way. Nice to meet you." The woman, Yoo Sangah, said politely as she smiled at Yoo Joonghyuk's direction.
"Im Yoo Joonghyuk. Nice to meet you too."
Then again, a pregnant awkward silence followed.
Yoo Joonghyuk internally sighed as he gradually became aware of how awkward the atmosphere was. Of course, he decided to shut up and just look after the kids who's now busy hunting insects on the grass just as Lee Giluoung requested. It's not his problem anyway.
A few moments of silence later, he can see Yoo Sangah beside him stood up and walk away on his peripheral vision.
"Dokja-ssi, you finally came back." He can hear Yoo Sangah sang making his head whip on the woman's direction immediately as soon as he heard the familiar name he just heard a few weeks ago.
There he can see the same stranger he dated at the mall, wearing a soft smile on his face as he talked with Yoo Sangah. The stranger, Kim Dokja, was holding a bag that Yoo Joonghyuk assumed where the kid's essentials were inside.
Along with Yoo Sangah's call, the kids who were nearby, as well as Yoo Mia, happily ran to Kim Dokja as they dived into him as they exchanged a warm group hug. He can see a huge grin on Kim Dokja's face as the kids caused him to sit on the floor as they continued hugging the latter.
The soft scene unfolding infront of Yoo Joonghyuk just made his heart skip a beat.
Is it just him or Kim Dokja's visual has gotten prettier than the last time?
Yoo Joonghyuk never noticed the way he stood up from his bench as he looked at the kids who were now pulling Kim Dokja on his direction. As their eyes met, he can see the other latter's eyes turned into two small cresent moon as its grin on his lips has gotten bigger than earlier.
"Ajhussi, this is my Oppa! Oppa, this is the ajhussi I told you about." Yoo Mia smiled as she grabbed Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk's hand in sync and linked their hands together.
The sudden contact made Yoo Jonghyuk's heart beat in an abnormal pace.
"Its nice seeing you here, Joonghyuk-ssi." Kim Dokja's voice rang like a song on Yoo Joonghyuk's ears. Kim Dokja happily held his hand and shook it lightly never intending to let go as he looked directly at Yoo Joonghyuk's eyes.
"...yeah." That's the only reply Yoo Joonghyuk could only think about as he was internally gay panicking because of the beauty in front of him.
"You two know each other?" Yoo Mia asked in amusement as she looked at her Oppa and Kim Dokja. "Perfect! I dont need to help Oppa to communicate with you anymore since he's a quiet one."
Yoo Mia's statement made Kim Dokja laugh breathily. Yoo Joonghyuk didn't mind. Instead, he looked at Kim Dokja with his eyes unconsciously softening the longer he looked at the other latter. Usually, Yoo Joonghyuk would immediately switch into his sour mood and glare at the guy who's laughing at him. But since its Kim Dokja, he don't mind.
He likes him, after all.
In the midst of the conversation between two men, the two kids, Shin Yoosung and Lee Gilyoung must've noticed something strange in Yoo Joonghyuk's stare. They possessively pulled Kim Dokja's hand from his and innocently smiled at them as they told Kim Dokja to play with them.
Witty kids. Yoo Joonghyuk thought.
***
Eventually, Yoo Joonghyuk warmed up to Yoo Sangah who's now sighing in relief. Poor woman looking so troubled earlier before Kim Dokja arrived. That time, she thought she's about to suffocate on the awkward atmosphere between them.
Currently, Yoo Mia and Shin Yoosung where playing with Kim Dokja's hair with the hair ties and comb Yoo Joonghyuk bought earlier. Meanwhile Lee Gilyoung was taking a nap on Yoo Sangah's lap as all of them were finally sitting in a soft cloth placed in the ground. Boy must've been so tired earlier.
"Yoosung-ah, Mia-ya, don't tangle my hair too much..." Kim Dokja chuckled as the two girls just kept braiding his hair even though its short. "Why don't you braid your Sangah unnie's hair instead...?"
The kids immediately refused saying that Yoo Sangah's hair is too pretty to be braided and they dont want to tangle her hair (an excuse). Kim Dokja rolled his eyes fondly as he just lets the kid do whatever they want to do with his own hair.
The sight infront of Yoo Joonghyuk was cute. Just by looking at the smile the other man was showing infront of the kids is just making Yoo Joonghyuk's heart soften. Yoo Joonghyuk can't help but feel the urge to hug the latter infront of him.
"Dokja-ssi's very good with kids right, Joonghyuk-ssi?" Yoo Sangah's voice snapped Yoo Joonghyuk's thoughts. Of course, she's here too. How can he forget?
"Yes." His answer was plain but thankfully didn't sounded too rude.
"You are really a man with few words, Joonghyuk-ssi." Yoo Sangah laughed softly. "Its just like what Dokja-ssi told me."
...Kim Dokja was talking about him with his friends?
The thought of Kim Dokja talking about him to Yoo Sangah with a smile on his face just made Yoo Joonghyuk's cheeks warm. He never expected for Kim Dokja to talk about him. After all, they just met.
"...."
"You know, Joonghyuk-ssi.... Dokja-ssi is a good partner." (for you) Yoo Sangah said softly as she continued to play with Lee Gilyoung's hair.
...what?
Yoo Joonghyuk's world crashed. A partner? Don't tell me Kim Dokja actually has a girlfriend and here Yoo Joonghyuk was having a gay panic because of him...?
"...Partner?" Yoo Joonghyuk parroted as he felt his chest sink in despair. Right, he hadn't asked Kim Dokja if he has a girlfriend before, didnt he?
....Come to think of it, Yoo Sangah actually tagged along with him today.
"Yes," Yoo Sangah answered in a soft voice and soon called Kim Dokja to finally eat lunch for today. "He's actually a good guy. Although, he can be stubborn sometimes to the extent where he'll gonna be the source of your headache." (for you if you ask him out, Joonghyuk-ssi)
Kim Dokja sat beside Yoo Sangah and started to whisper something to her that caused the beautiful woman to laugh softly. Yoo Joonghyuk frowned. He can see the distance between the two was so awfully close. He didn't even noticed that his frown was so visible on his face to the extent where Yoo Mia started to worry about him.
"...is there something wrong, Oppa?" The kid asked worriedly as her small hands held his wrist.
"...Nothing." Yoo Joonghyuk visibly sighed. He's not feeling good today. "Do you want me to tie up your hair..?"
"Yes!"
In the midst of Yoo Joonghyuk tying up his little sister's hair, he can see Kim Dokja and Yoo Sangah laugh and talk softly as the distance between them finally disappeared from his peripheral vision.
This is the worst. Yoo Joonghyuk thought as he picked a cute pink hair tie and effortlessly tied up Yoo Mia's hair into a cute ponytail.
***
Yoo Joonghyuk was scowling the whole afternoon. He's been stealing glances from the 'couple' beside him that really made his mood very sour.
(he didnt know that Kim Dokja was currently feeling threatened as he can notice the glances, to be precise, the glares he's currently receiving from the other man.)
The three kids started playing again when Lee Gilyoung woke up from his slumber. Meanwhile the adults were just sitting on the cloth placed on the floor and having a chat with each other.
....or not?
Kim Dokja and Yoo Sangah were talking about something that he cant relate to. Although the two others would also include him in the conversation but he would just listen begrudgingly and answer their questions with a few words.
He was very pissed, okay?
"You've been very sour since lunch break, Joonghyuk-ah. What's wrong?" Kim Dokja asked neervously.
Ah, my name coming from his lips sounds so good. His voice is. Yoo Joonghyuk thought as he didn't bothered looking at Kim Dokja right now. He's still sulking.
"Its nothing."
"...."
An awkward silence followed.
Kim Dokja and Yoo Sangah looked at each other with confused faces and silently nudged each other's elbows causing Yoo Sangah to sigh.
Yoo Joonghyuk can see Yoo Sangah opening and closing her mouth by his peripheral vision. She looked like she's hesitating to say something.
"Jo—" Before Yoo Sangah could even speak further, her phone rang causing her to yelp in surprise and fish her phone from her shoulder bag. She silently excused herself, willing to leave everything to Kim Dokja as she internally cried in happiness to finally leave the suffocating awkward atmosphere between them.
***
As Yoo Sangah left, Yoo Joonghyuk can feel himself getting relieved by no any reason. He silently stole a glance from the other latter beside him only to see the man looking at him with an amused expression on his face.
Wait, when did Kim Dokja sat beside him?
"what?"
"Are you perhaps jealous, Joonghyuk-ssi?" Kim Dokja slyly smiled as he leaned at Yoo Joonghyuk's side. Meanwhile the flustered Yoo Joonghyuk slowly backed away from Kim Dokja.
"...i dont know what you're talking about, Kim Dokja."
crap. Yoo Joonghyuk's voice cracked at the last syllable.
Kim Dokja laughed,—Damn you, Kim Dokja—Yoo Joonghyuk stared at him with a weird expression on his face as he looked at the man beside him.
They're so close.... Yoo Joonghyuk can see the faint dark circles displaying proudly under his small eyes and the hue spreading on Kim Dokja's cheek as he continued to laugh. Then Yoo Joonghyuk found himself staring at Kim Dokja's small pink-ish lips—Is that a lipgloss?
"You are so funny, Joonghyuk-ah." Kim Dokja said as he wiped the tears off his eyes. "I can feel your glares since earlier, you know."
"Im not glaring at you."
"Oh no, if you only saw your face earlier, Joonghyuk-ah." Kim Dokja teased. "You looked like you're about to eat me alive or something."
Okay, that definitely sounds wrong without context.
"...im not."
"Fine, whatever." Kim Dokja smiled, feeling satisfied as he smoothly leaned at Yoo Joonghyuk's sturdy shoulder.
he's so close, he's so close, he's too close—
"Why don't you rest on your girlfriend's shoulder instead of mine?" Yoo Joonghyuk said with a faint hint of bitterness on his voice.
"...what?"
Kim Dokja was flabbergasted.
"What do you mean by a girlfrie—" Kim Dokja stopped in the mid sentence as he caught himself looking at Yoo Sangah who was looking for someone in the corner. Then, a wicked smile appeared on his face. "Do you mean by Yoo Sangah-ssi?"
"....."
"Oh my god." Kim Dokja gasped as he again, laughed so hard to the extent where he lied on the floor as he held his stomach. His loud laugh caused the kids to ran into their direction and look at Kim Dokja with confused expression on their faces.
"Stop laughing."
"I cant!" Kim Dokja cried as he sat up and lightly punched Yoo Joonghyuk's chest. "Is that why you're glaring at me earlier because you thought Sangah-ssi is my girlfriend?"
what does he mean?
"Yoo Sangah-ssi already has a girlfriend! She's just my friend."
...what?
So all his sulking earlier was for nothing?!
After the shocking (and embarassing) 5 minutes scenario on Yoo Joonghyuk's life, he was bombarded with teases from the cruel handsome squid (Yoo Mia was the one started calling Kim Dokja a squid for no reason, probably an excuse to give Kim Dokja an interesting nickname) who was enjoying the embarassed look on Yoo Joonghyuk's face. (actually, his face was still stoic as ever except for the fact where his ears are burning red at the moment)
Yoo Sangah came back with someone on the other line of her phone. There was an image of a pale pretty woman with short jet black hair and an attractive beauty mark below her eye on the screen of Yoo Sangah's phone. She was wearing an eye glasses as she faced a laptop that displayed many words on the screen.
"Sooyoung-ah." Yoo Sangah called causing the woman to whip her head on the phone, displaying her whole face and a lollipop stick peeking on her lips.
"Wait, is that Yoo Joonghyuk?" The woman, Han Sooyoung asked immediately as soon as she saw his face.
"Yes. The one Dokja-ssi has been talking about for weeks." Yoo Sangah smiled softly at the screen. "They'd look together, right?"
"This stubborn bastard?"
Yoo Joonghyuk frowned.
Of course, she knew him. She was his friend since his college days. Also the photographer of his last photoshoot a month ago before meeting Kim Dokja. She was also the one who shoot his interview clips based on his team for the next match with other pro gamers.
"What did I told you about cursing someone, Sooyoung-ah?" Yoo Sangah said in a soft but a hint of a weird tone on her voice causing the woman on the phone visibly flinch and apologize quietly.
"What do you mean, Sangah-unnie? Dokja ajhussi only likes me." Yoosung interrupted as she held Kim Dokja's right hand.
"No you're wrong. Hyung hates kids like you." Lee Gilyoung said as he grabbed Kim Dokja's other hand and glared at his cousin.
"I know who ajhussi likes."
"You know who hyung likes? who?"
"Me." Shin Yoosung said confidently as she started tugging Kim Dokja away from Lee Gilyoung.
"No. Hyung likes men. He likes me more." Lee Gilyoung tugged Kim Dokja away from Shin Yoosung.
In the midst of the kids' arguement of who Kim Dokja likes the most, they didnt noticed that Kim Dokja untangled their hands off from his to stick beside the emotionless Yoo Joonghyuk who sat back on the ground with a sleepy Yoo Mia on his arms.
"I guess its time to go home now...." Kim Dokja said as soon as he saw the adorable sight infront of him. Yoo Mia was hugging her brother when Yoo Joonghyuk is carrying her with her small bag hanging on Yoo Joonghyuk's well built shoulder. "..and its already 3pm and your mother and auntie will be home soon."
Hearing Kim Dokja's voice, the two kid's faces immediately became sullen as they shoot glares at each other (and at Yoo Joonghyuk as well). They quietly went to Yoo Joonghyuk's direction asking for him to bent to bud their goodbyes for their friend.
"see you on Monday, Mia." Both of them whispered as they softly patted the sleepy kid's head earning a soft smile and nod from Yoo Mia before she snuggled her head on his brother's neck.
But before Lee Gilyoung and Shin Yoosung left, both kids whispered something on Yoo Joonghyuk's ears causing the man to grunt in reply.
"We're watching you."
oh wow...
Hearing the whispers from her friends, Yoo Mia chuckled quietly as Yoo Joonghyuk stood up from the ground and watched the kids possessively tugged away Kim Dokja from his direction to Yoo Sangah's side.
"I'll go first." Yoo Joonghyuk said quietly.
"Alright. See you next time, Joonghyuk-ah." Kim Dokja smiled and followed by Yoo Sangah waving at his direction.
He went home with his sister, forgetting something important that he knew from the back of his head, he'll regret later as soon as he got home.
***
Yoo Joonghyuk locked himself on his room as he vented his frustration through playing games, mercilessly and effortlessly killing all the other players on the room with him.
He was angry. Yes, he is. The fact that he complete forgot asking for that man's number for the second time of their meeting.
Great. How genius of you, Yoo Joonghyuk.
....But Kim Dokja told him that there'd be next time, right?
Oh no, Yoo Joonghyuk was starting to feel hopeless as soon as he managed to kill all the players in the game for the nth time and immediately ruffled his own hair in frustration. He was so confident that he'd get this number this time!
But meeting Kim Dokja there was unexpected....so its a valid reason, right?
"I think I should sleep. Im just tired." He said as he convinced himself that they'd meet again, hopefully.
Before Yoo Joonghyuk could even turn off his computer, a small knock on his door intensified causing Yoo Joonghyuk to immediately unlock the door of his oh-so-dark room revealing a small Yoo Mia on her pj's with.....a small paper on her hand.
"What is it?" Yoo Joonghyuk asked as he crouched down on his sister to avoid hurting his little sister's neck from looking up at him too much.
"Can you make a snack for me?" Yoo Mia said with a small voice and a....weird smile on her face.
"Its already midnight and you need to sleep early for you to grow more."
"Oppa, please!"
"No." Yoo Joonghyuk deadpanned.
"Okay..." Yoo Mia said with a sullen expression on her face. Okay, good. This time, she'll comeback to her room and—
"Ah, I remembered that I asked for Dokja ajhussi's number... I was about to give this to oppa but change of plans." Yoo Mia suddenly said as she raised her small hand holding a piece of paper that was containing a decent handwriting and Kim Dokja's phone number.
Seeing the piece of paper on his little sister's small hand, Yoo Joonghyuk immediately stood up and left the room headed to kitchen followed by a smiling Yoo Mia behind.
Letting her stay up late just once wont hurt. He thought as he silently served the food on the small plate and gave the plate at his smiling sister on the table.
As he finally recieved the paper, his heart beat started besting rapidly and grabbed his phone immediately to register the contact number on his phone.
I can't believe Im getting bribed by this kid.
"How did you managed to get this?"
"I just asked him. Easy." Yoo Mia answered with a sly smile on her face.
"....."
After eating, he personally tucked Yoo Mia to bed to make sure she gets enough sleep.
***
2 am. Its already 2 am when Yoo Joonghyuk was sitting at the edge of his bed, looking at the phone on his hand where a certain name and contact number was displayed on the screen.
He's been debating if he should text him or call him. If he'd text, what if his message would be ignored? And if he'd call, Kim Dokja might scold him calling in the middlt of dawn for gods sake.
Yoo Joonghyuk sighed. Maybe he'll just text later....
"Yes. I should probably sleep." Yoo Joonghyuk said and immediately wrapped his body with his blanket and placed his phone on the night stand.
He slowly closed his eyes and was about to drift off to sleep when—
Ping!
Yoo Joonghyuk abruptly opened his eyes and looked at the phone. He closed his eyes again, thinking he should read it tomorrow.
Ping!
Ping!
Ping!
Yoo Joonghyuk abruptly opened his eyes in annoyance and sat up from his bed as he grabbed the phone from his nightstand.
Oh.
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): Hey [ sent 2:45 am] [seen 2:47 am]
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): I mean, Hi. Its Kim Dokja from earlier. I suppose you still remember me...? [sent 2:46 am] [seen 2:47 am]
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): You're probably asleep now but are you free on the next Saturday? [sent 2:46 am] [seen 2:47 am]
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): I mean, uh, the kids are having a sleep over next week. Are you coming with Mia and sleep with us? [sent 2:47 am] [seen 2:47 am]
Oh....
Wait, how did he get my number?
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): Is typing...
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): Oh [sent 2:49 am] [seen 2:49 am]
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): You're awake. Hi, Joonghyuk-ah. [sent 2:49 am] [seen 2:49 am]
Me: is typing...
Yoo Joonghyuk can feel his hand shaking as he thought of what to reply.
Me: How did you get my number? [sent 2:51 am] [seen 2:51 am]
Wait, no. Did he just sounded so rude to Kim Dokja just now?
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): Mia gave it to me. [sent 2:52 am] [seen 2:52 am]
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): I suppose you got mine as well? [sent 2:52 am] [seen 2:53 am]
Me: yeah... [sent 2:53] [seen 2:54 am]
Yoo Joonghyuk's lips unconsciously twitched in a smile. He'll make sure to make Yoo Mia's favorite food on breakfast tomorrow then.
The again, Yoo Joonghyuk hesitantly typed something on the box and erased the text before sending anything else. Would it be too weird if he'd ask Kim Dokja for a date tomorrow after their second unexpected meeting?
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): Anyway, thoughts aside, are you free tomorrow on Sunday? [sent 2:59 am] [seen 3:00 am]
Yoo Joonghyuk blinked his eyes. Is this real?
Me: asking me on a date already? [sent 3:02 am] [seen 3:02 am]
Me: you got me first. I was about to ask you first. [sent 3:02 am] [seen 3:02 am]
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): is typing...
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): well, you can ask me after our date tomorrow can you? [sent 3:03 am] [seen 3:04 am]
Just by reading the text twice, Yoo Joonghyuk can feel his ears burning as he plopped down on his bed once again.
Me: Okay. [sent 3:04 am] [seen 3:04 am]
Me: Its too late already. You should get some sleep. [sent 3:04 am] [seen 3:04 am]
Me: Its not like I dont want to talk to you more but I think you need to get enough sleep based on your faint dark circles under your eye earlier. [sent 3:05 am] [seen 3:05 am]
Me: You should relax a bit for some time and don't be hard on yourself... That's definitely not healthy. [sent 3:05 am] [seen 3:05 am]
Me: If youre having a hard time sleeping, Im just one text away. I'll help you. [sent 3:05 am] [seen 3:05 am]
The handsome stranger (Kim Dokja): is typing...
The handsome stranger(Kim Dokja ): ...you care? [sent 3:05 am] [seen 3:05 am]
Me: of course, I do care about you. [sent 3:06 am] [seen 3:06 am]
Me: Your health, I mean. [sent 3:06 am] [seen 3:06 am]
The handsome stranger(Kim Dokja ): is typing...
The handsome stranger(Kim Dokja ): youre so smooth, Joonghyuk-ah. [sent 3:07 am] [seen 3:07 am]
The handsome stranger(Kim Dokja ): Anyways, you're probably right. I'll just text you the details tomorrow, yes? [sent 3:07 am] [seen 3:07 am]
The handsome stranger(Kim Dokja ): Goodnight, Joonghyuk-ah. See you tomorrow. [sent 3:08 am] [seen 3:08 am]
Yoo Joonghyuk smiled as he immediately typed his reply on the latter.
Me: Good night♡ [sent 3:08 am] [seen 3:08 am]
"Wait—fuck—!" Yoo Joonghyuk silently cursed as he accidentally used a stupid heart emoji on his text.
Talk about another embarassing event on his life.
This looked so fucking weird.
The handsome stranger(Kim Dokja ): :)♡♡ [ sent 3:08 am] [seen 3:08 am]
...at least he replied back with hearts..?