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It’s been a few years since everyone graduated school. Eunyung was almost right about them meeting up in a few years, definitely not ten though. Still, everyone was still slightly busy with their lifes. Marie was busy with her job, an assistant of some sort. Hara was still taking her Judo classes seriously, she even became a coach! Minju, she has a lot of opportunities going her way and she’s testing all of them. Juwan is working at an office, very basic. Haejoon, well, no one really knows. He hasn't spoken up in the group chat for the last few months.
— lets all hang guys!!! I heard we’re all not busy this coming friday ..!! (Marie, 5:57 pm)
— im down! I’m basically done with everything with kiddos here.. (Hara, 5:59 pm)
— howd you know we’re not gonna be busy marie~? Are you stalking us? (Minju, 6:01 pm)
— why would i be stalking you of all people -_- (Marie, 6:01 pm)
— i just know cuz you guys kept talking about your schedules and all, especially Juwan, he complains too much. (Marie, 6:03 pm)
— mind you i'm also in this group chat. (Juwan, 6:03 pm)
Eunyung lets out a low huff, he was on his break and decided to check why his phone was buzzing so much. Marie had been trying to group them up together after a few years but their schedules were too busy and everywhere. Especially for Eunyung.
Ever since he joined the theatre club back in high school, he’s been taking roles and auditioning left and right. If his schedule wasn’t busy, he’d be at his part time job, a worker in a convenience store. Money isn’t going to come so easily since he’s barely an up-coming “actor”.
A buzz interrupts his thoughts.
— what about @Haejoon Goh? (Minju, 6:12 pm)
For a moment, silence followed in the group chat. The bubble where it showed if someone was typing didn’t pop up, not once. Then it did.
— sorry, I think it’ll depend. (Haejoon, 6:14 pm)
Wow. More than one word from him.
— ahh that's okay Haejoon!! (Juwan, 6:14 pm)
— dont worry about it ✌︎('ω')✌︎ (Minju, 6:14 pm)
— good to see you too haejoon!! (Marie, 6:15 pm)
— thats okayy!! (Hara, 6:15 pm)
A string of messages appeared soon after. It seems like everyone was expecting from him.
— then you? @Eunyung Baek (Marie, 6:16 pm)
Ah shoot. Eunyung started typing.
— sorryyy i have work that day (Eunyung, 6:16 pm)
He made an excuse. Before he could wait for a response from any of them, his boss called him over. He realized that he went a little past his break time. The timing couldn’t be better, he didn’t really want to see the amount pleading for him to go.
He quickly shut his phone off as he headed at the counter.
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After work ended, Eunyung brought a sandwich along with some chips and a drink. A habit he’s done for quite some time, he doesn’t feel like making himself dinner most times.
His phone buzzes.
— Eunyung you liar! I know your schedule is free on friday ! You HAVE to come or else ill drag you myself!! (Juwan, 9:34 pm)
Eunyung nearly bursts out laughing, who does Juwan think he is? He instead chuckles to himself and doesn’t bother to answer him. As he makes his way home, he starts to wonder how Marie and him know his schedule. Are they really stalking him? He felt a chill down his spine and quickly ran inside his house.
Thankfully his roommate wasn’t there. Eunyung placed his ‘lunch’ down and began eating away. With his free hand, he swiped through his phone, went on instagram, and clicked on a profile.
Haejoon didn’t have instagram at first until Minju and Marie convinced him. Him and Haejoon weren’t following each other though, everyone else was but Eunyung didn’t feel like he needed to. Plus Haejoon didn’t post much, the last post he made was last year of the fifth month.
But, if you scroll down enough, you’d find a picture of him when he graduated. Eunyung stared at the picture of Haejoon smiling with flowers in his hands. The season at the time was nice too. Eunyung remembered the small details. The way Haejoons eyes shined a little too much — from tearing up — and the way his cheeks were pinkish as well. Probably due to the fact that so many people were complimenting him and that was one of his weaknesses.
Eunyung remembers everything; the way the cherry blossoms laid on his raven hair and clothes. The soft smile he had plastered on his face. His small speech he gave to his friends. Eunyung never forgot how the cherry blossoms looked like with Haejoon. It suits him. As Eunyung was about to scroll, he made the grave mistake of using one hand to swipe… causing him to accidentally like the post.
Eunyung put his food down, stood up, pushed his chair in, and threw his phone with so much force he swore he heard it crack.
He ran around the house and almost tripped by a piece of clothing. His roommates' clothing. “Fuck!” He yelled as he kicked it. No wonder why Haejoon always insisted on cleaning! Eunyung quickly threw it off to the side and went to pick up his phone where it (thankfully) landed on a couch. He stared at his screen with furrowed brows. Unconsciously, he chewed on his nail and exited the app.
If none of them bring it up then everything’ll be okay. Everything will be okay.Yup.
Eunyung threw his trash and prepared to sleep. Tomorrow, he’ll just stay home and watch a show or something. If his roommate is home, then he’ll stay in his room and sleep the whole day… yeah, perfect schedule. The last thing that crossed his mind was what Juwan said.
You HAVE to come or else ill drag you myself!!…
Juwans voice echoed in his head.
He had a nightmare that night.
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“Eunyung!”
A sudden yell startled him, “Eunyung..!!” Another yell, Eunyung realized it was roommate. He rubbed his eyes angrily before yelling back, “I’ll be there! Fuck…” he mumbled the last part. Dragging himself to the door, he cursed his roommate in his head with a fake smile as he greeted him, “Yes~?” He tilted his head, “Some guy wants to talk to you.” His roommate huffed and went back into his room. Eunyung swore he heard him cursing underneath his breath.
You don’t think I’m mad too? He scoffed as he made his way to the door. Behold, it was Juwan. Before he could even close the door again, an even shorter figure popped up. “Hey Eunyung!” Marie gleamed as she waved at him. Eunyung turned his head to Juwan, “Too scared to drag me out yourself?” He stared down at him. Juwan stayed silent. Marie interrupted the silence, “I asked to come here! And so did—“ A tall figure suddenly popped up, “Me!” It was Hara.
Eunyung sighed. Now with Hara here, it’s not like he could go back and stay in his room. “… I’ll be out in a minute or so.” He turned towards his room. “Okay!” They all said in unison, Eunyung could feel them grinning behind his back.
He didn’t bother to check if the door was locked before leaving, his fuckass roommate was there anyway so whatever happens, happens. As they walked, Hara and Marie talked like there was no tomorrow, something new from when he last saw them. A memory blurred back in his head, one back from high school. When Marie was talking to Juwan about her “relationship” problem, not knowing it was Hara and Juwan doing the same, except his person was Haejoon. Honestly, Eunyung could guffaw at how childish they were then.
“Anything interesting happening in your life?” Juwan suddenly asked, “Nope. Just doing the same old routine, you?” Eunyung responded with a shrug. “Eh, same. Life gets boring once you’re an adult, huh?” Juwan sighed wistfully, his lips puckering out. Juwan was very expressive, he would always show his emotions freely. Nostalgia hits him. Everything seems so long ago even though it’s been barely years, not even ten yet he can’t help but feel nostalgic.
Their walk wasn’t long or tiring. Surprisingly — to him, that is —, their destination was pretty close. Eunyung could see Minjus figure on a blanket, she was moving stuff around before noticing them. She waved her hands ecstatically with a huge smile on her face, “Wow! You guys actually managed to bring him along!” She joked as they made themselves comfortable.
There was a blanket, where they all sat on top of, with multiple grocery bags surrounding it as well. A handful of cherry blossoms were mounting on the blanket, but just as Eunyung was going to touch it, a gust of wind blew them away. “… you think, Eunyung?” Minjus' voice, he realized. “Sorry what?” He smiled and scooted closer to her. “Ah, don’t worry! We’ll just say that we all agree, ‘kay~?” She clapped her hands together.
They started taking out ingredients from the bag and placed them around, but not messily, if anything they were in order in some sort of way. “I’ll get the grill on!” Hara stood and went to grab the grill, “Hey let’s chop some vegetables! They always go good with meat right? Eunyung, would you help?” Marie said excitedly as she went for a knife, dangerously, she went for it. Eunyung backed up, “Yeah sure, just… pass me the knife.” His hands carefully wrapped around hers and swiftly took the knife. “I thought you were bad at cutting things, Eunyung?” Juwan commented, “What makes you think that? I cooked hella food back at the dorm.” Eunyung huffed as he chopped some letture into smaller pieces. “Don’t you remember when you were trying to cut a potato?”
Eunyung halted his movements before quickly going back, “What are you talking about, haha.” Of course he remembers. He remembers everything from back at the house. Even the smallest things from Juwan and the way there were certain parts of the floors that would creak. Juwan laughed in the background before making his way to Hara.
Honestly, the mood wasn’t bad. The wind wasn’t strong as he thought, there were other people around him aside from his own group, the meat smells incredibly good, the cherry blossoms were falling nicely, and Haejoon was talking to—
…
Hm?
Eunyung quickly looked back up and this time, made eye contact with Haejoon..? He nearly cut himself as he did. Then, Haejoon started walking towards him. Eunyung's heart started beating faster, he slowly let the knife fall to the cutting board he was using, and rested his hands on it. Making sure they weren’t shaking much.
Once Haejoon stood in front of him, he spoke.
“Hey, Eunyung.”