What do I say

We didn’t have to play no games

I should’ve took that chance I should’ve asked for u to stay

whatever i say

We're not playing games.

I should have been given the chance to beg you to stay.

O W E N TM.

How long does it take for a person to be sure they're falling in love with someone?

This question suddenly popped up in Kang Yong-hyun's head while he was listening to the teacher lecture on psychological concepts in front of the room. Maslow's theory of needs was still being conveyed in a slow, inviting tone. He was asleep, but even so, Younghyun thought he could handle listening to the teacher for another half an hour, slender hand twirling the blue pen in his hand as he found answers to the questions in his head.

If he were to fall in love with someone right now, how could he be sure that this was falling in love?

The second question caused Younghyun to become distracted from listening. He shook his head a few times to clear his head, but it had the opposite effect when his eyes fell on one of his roommates. who sat with his chin asleep in the front row, two rows next to him, right next to the wall of the room.

A young man with glasses and bright blonde hair rested his chin on the table smoothly as if he were listening to a teacher, but his eyelids were closed and his cheek, which looked fat-free, was pressed down by his left hand. Cold, milk-colored lips grew slightly.

What the teacher had taught him at the beginning of class had returned to Younghyun's mind again.

The analysis of the motivation for doing things depends on two important variables: desire and drive. Kang Yong Hyun suddenly thought of two questions and wanted to find an answer. The desire to... Finding the answer is considered variable number one. As for the person sitting there sleeping, no—

Park Je Hyung may have a variable called drive that keeps him motivated to find answers to the two questions in his head.

"Did you not sleep last night?"

Younghyun asked the bespectacled man who was yawning opposite him in the coffee shop under the group building. Jehyung shook his head slightly before trying to adjust himself to normal mode.

“Actually, I just slept here.”

The index and middle fingers were raised to show the number of hours the other person slept. Younghyun frowned because he thought Jehyung was joking.

“Crazy, how little sleep do you get?”

"Last night, it was almost 5:00 a.m. when I returned to my room. I took a shower and read the content of today's quiz again. When my head hit the pillow, I saw that it was already 6 a.m."

Jaehyung replied in a slightly to moderately drowsy voice, bending down to suck a few sips of a cold Americano. The person who was frowning slowly sighed. Younghyun looked at the person opposite him whose eyelids were now preparing to close with a feeling of pity. Funny, he knew that Jaehyung often worked part-time at night to save money for tuition and other miscellaneous items because he didn't want to disturb the family too much, even if it was just playing music at a restaurant. Or the bars near the university, but he doesn't really want Jehyung to work late at night.

"If you're sleepy, go to bed first. It's almost time and I'll wake you up."

Younghyun spoke to the person who was trying to force himself to read the sheets in front of him. Jehyung answered him in a muffled voice before picking up the sheets and textbooks and piling them together and falling down on his face. It was then that Younghyun secretly measured the time in his mind to Find answers to questions

not one minute

He secretly recorded the answer in his mind.

The clock continued to tick as Kang Younghyun was keeping track of the time in his mind as he looked at the person who was falling asleep. He didn't know how many minutes had passed because he didn't bother looking at the clock. But when Park Jehyung slowly moved and looked up, the timer in his mind stopped.

Younghyun counted the time it took him to make eye contact with Jehyung before the lump in the left side of his chest started pounding hard, 8 seconds.

And he thought he had the answer to the first question.

The weather was hotter than usual, causing the two people who had just finished the Monday afternoon quiz and were about to return to their dorms to sigh. Younghyun looked at Jehyung, who had taken the sheet from his backpack and folded it in half and used it as a fan while still sweating. The flow wouldn't stop and Jehyung's face started to turn a little red.

“Isn't it hot?”

Jehyung asked him in a tired voice, still using the sheet to blow the wind against himself.

“If our hearts think it's not hot It won't be hot.”

The long legs walked along the campus walkway, shade from the curved roof covering them somewhat. Younghyun chuckled when he saw Jehyung's expression. After he replied, Jay stopped blowing. He blinked a few times before continuing to blow again.

“It doesn't seem like that at all. It's all messed up, Younghyun."

“I didn't say it was true at all.”

Of course, upon hearing that, the person who was taller than Younghyun took the sheet folded in half in his hand and slammed it together. The person who was attacked could only laugh because he had succeeded in harassing Jehyung. They both walked to the bus stop. of the university Two large trees provided good shade, but instead of a cool wind blowing, the air was completely still.

“Who said that standing under a tree would make the wind cool?”

Park Je Hyung grumbled that the sheets had already been put in his bag, so he grabbed his shirt and flapped it in hopes of cooling off.

“When hot air rises, Cold air will come in to replace it, causing wind. In this case, I think the hot air may not be rising high enough.”

The owner of the slender eyes looked pitifully towards his tall friend who was now blushing from the hot weather.

“The air doesn't float, but now I'm going to melt and vaporize instead.”

Je-hyung's expression was clearly exhausted, with dark circles under his eyes, combined with sweat dripping from his temples, which made Young-hyun unable to help but take out a handkerchief to dry, causing the taller person to flinch slightly, but when he saw that Young-hyun was... Whatever he was doing, he felt a bit uneasy.

“If you stay like this for a while longer, I think you'll definitely faint, Jay.”

He said in a serious tone as he took out a handkerchief and fanned it to another person. Jaehyung nodded his head in agreement. Younghyun looked left and right and saw that his other university friends were not much different from them.

“I really hate the summer to death.”

Jehyung continued to complain even though Younghyun saw that his lips were dry. Soon after, the university bus stopped at the stop. Unfortunately, today there seemed to be a lot of people using the bus. They endured the heat and pressed against others. Younghyun tried to push away the people who were pressing against him, but due to exhaustion from the heat, his strength waned.

"Stand carefully or you'll fall."

Jaehyung's deep voice called out, causing him to look up at the person wearing glasses who stood in front of him at some point, helping to push the surrounding people away from him until he could breathe easily. Younghyun gave a small smile. Having the other person who was hanging on the railing from this distance made him unconsciously hold his breath. His heart began to beat again as Jaehyung slowly moved closer to him because of the crowd and every time the car braked.

Younghyun made a mental note that when he returned to the dorm, he would go back and find the answer to the second question.

Friday nights are the nights that Kang Young Hyun likes the most. In a week, Friday is a day where he only has morning classes and then he's free until Sunday, so every Friday after school he likes to hang out at Jehyung's dorm before the evening. Go out to the store where another person works.

And today was another day that he came to Je-hyung's room.

“Have you been playing the guitar lately, Younghyun?”

The owner of the room asked when he arrived and took a seat on the sofa. Je-hyung's room was in a dormitory far from the university, but it wasn't difficult to travel to. Jehyung had previously told the reason for agreeing to rent a dormitory far from the university. Because the room rate is cheaper and it's newer than the nearby dorms, it might take a little longer to travel, but it's worth it.

“Not very much, no time.”

Younghyun saw that the other person nodded and walked over to pick up his favorite guitar and sat next to him on the sofa. This gesture made Younghyun find it strangely charming, even though he had seen Jehyung playing it before. I often play guitar.

“What song will you play tonight?”

The person who was starting to play the guitar still didn't answer, but smiled faintly as his slender fingers slowly played the melody that Younghyun knew so well.

I found a love for me

I've found the love I've been looking for.

Yes, Younghyun thought he found the answer to both of his questions about falling in love.

Darling, just dive right in and follow my lead

Darling, just start doing it without thinking and follow me.

The image of Jehyung singing his favorite song was recorded and as always, Younghyun always complimented each other.

“How is it?”

“You know I have to say it's great.”

Right now, Younghyun thought that his brain was commanding the release of adrenaline. After seeing Park Jae Hyung's smile, his heart began to pound again. Perhaps besides adrenaline, the brain was commanding the release of other hormones that Make him feel happy too.

“Why did you suddenly choose this song?”

Jaehyung smiled and didn't answer him.

"this"

Younghyun raised his eyebrows when the other person called out to each other. Even though he was looking down, Jehyung's slender hand was still holding the guitar chords as usual, but he felt like the other person was squeezing them, as evidenced by the clearly visible veins on his hand.

“Do you think Jimin will like the song from just now?”

Jehyung's blonde hair was swept down in front of the round glasses he usually wore, replaced with contact lenses, making his face look slightly different.

Clothes that are normally dressed casually are now a dark gray suit.

Younghyun looked at the person who was carefully fixing his hair in front of the mirror with an indescribable feeling, but it seemed that the parameters for motivating his answer were incomplete, causing his answer to be conclusive. There was a part that was wrong and he himself still couldn't tell what the wrong part was.

“Are you okay yet?”

“Younghyun?”

“Huh? Oh, that's okay."

Because he was so engrossed in his own thoughts, Younghyun didn't even hear Jay's question. He saw Jay nod and prepare to walk over to pick up the acoustic guitar case that was in the corner of the room. Younghyun stood up to his full height first. will sigh Put Jehyung's glasses in the box and put them in his shoulder bag.

Every Friday night, the shop where Jehyung works part-time and plays music is always crowded with customers. Today is no different. Most of the customers who come are students like them who like to hang out at night or meet friends. Everyone gathers together to relieve stress from studying and working all week.

The dim orange lights gave off a mysterious atmosphere. He dropped Jaehyung off at the back entrance of the store before walking out and sitting with friends he knew.

"how"

A college friend he had been close to since the first time they met was the first to say hello. Park Sung Jin was still in his school uniform, except his hair was set to look a little nicer than him and he also had a shop shirt.

"Didn't you come last week?"

Younghyun said this because last time he came he didn't see this bear-faced friend in the shop. Sungjin nodded his head and complained half-heartedly that there were so many things in the lab that he didn't have time to catch his breath.

“So, when is Jay going to play?”

"If it's normal, it's 9:00 p.m."

He answered, clinking his glass with Sungjin as well. Younghyun smiled and greeted a few other tablemates he knew superficially but wasn't close to because they were in different groups. If I remember correctly, it was the petite person sitting on the far right. It was probably Kim Wonpil, the rest he couldn't remember his name.

“Is that the person Jay likes?”

Sungjin looked towards the group of women at a nearby table, where there were familiar faces. One of them was Park Jimin, who was in the same section. He didn't know why Sungjin had asked like that, but Young. Hyun chose to keep his doubts.

“Who?”

"Oh, don't you know that? It's Park Jimin."

A young woman with long, bright hair and a tight black dress was chatting happily with a tablemate who Younghyun didn't know or was familiar with. Park Jimin took out his phone and pressed a few clicks while his hand flickered. Grab a glass too.

“Jimin is pretty hot. It's famous all the way to the Faculty of Engineering."

Younghyun wasn't paying attention to what Sungjin was saying because his eyes were focused on Park Jimin. His left chest suddenly felt a sharp pain for no reason, causing everything around him to falter. ant

“Yonghyun”

A voice called out along with a gentle nudge on the shoulder causing the person being called who was sitting staring blankly at Jimin's face to turn to look at someone he might have met who was smiling while holding an amber glass of water. held in front of

“I don't remember making a face like that.”

The black-haired man sat down in the empty spot next to him before turning to greet Sungjin and the rest of his friends. He turned and extended the glass in his hand towards him. In order to be polite, Younghyun had to pick up his own glass and collide with it. the other party

"I'm Kevin, friend J."

Kevin introduced himself to him, giving him a small smile. It took him about five seconds to process before Younghyun realized that the person who was clinking glasses with him was actually Kevin, whom Jay had introduced him to, he thought. in mind

"And I haven't seen you since I've had a girlfriend. It's hard to find anyone."

The person sitting next to him laughed a little. Younghyun only now knew that Kevin had a girlfriend because when Jay introduced him a month ago, he still said he was single. But it seems that Sungjin talked about girlfriends. It made Kevin's expression change slightly. He didn't know why because the cell phone in his pants pocket vibrated to notify him of an incoming message. Younghyun saw another message from Jay sent in the chat application. I'll go on stage soon.

“Jay said he was going to go on stage.”

He said to Sungjin and the other tablemates, secretly glancing towards Jimin who was sitting nearby, he saw that he was dialing the phone and smiling while looking towards the stage, the glass of wine in his hand was being raised by the owner. He drank it all in one go until Kevin was shocked. Normally when he comes to the restaurant with Jay on Friday, Younghyun usually doesn't drink because he has to support himself to carry Jay back to his room, but it seems like Jay might have to. I went back to my room myself.

“Keep it early, Younghyun. Let's go quickly."

Younghyun smiled at Kevin who, despite his warning, poured the liquor into his glass. He gulped down the amber water in the glass again in one go. The bitter taste and unique smell of the alcohol made him struggle to swallow it, but it still didn't make him lose consciousness.

"What song will Jay sing this time? Do you know?"

The person who just happened to be pure shook his head at Sungjin's question. Actually, Younghyun could guess what Jayhyung would sing, but he chose to pretend he didn't know because his thin body still remembered Jehyung's practice. When I asked him his opinion on the final episode, he learned that Je-hyung would be singing the song tonight for Park Jimin.

Thinking like that, Younghyun felt pain in his chest again.

"Your face doesn't look good. What's wrong?"

Kevin tapped Younghyun on the shoulder, startling him out of his trance and shaking his head. The lights decorating the stage changed color, signaling that it was almost time for the live music to start. Around their table, there were people standing around their table. Some of the restaurant's resident singers yelled at the waiter to order more drinks.

A chair was placed in the middle of the stage, followed by Jaehyung's favorite guitar that he remembered well. The staff was arranging the microphone in the appropriate position before the tall figure of Younghyun's familiar face. Jay walked out from behind the stage, causing screams from the female customers at the tables near the stage, and he saw that Park Jimin was one of them. Jay smiled at the surrounding audience before sitting down and picking up his guitar. He came up and started to bounce softly.

At the first note, Younghyun wanted to crush the glass in his hand.

Why is Jaehyung's soft voice singing?

I found a love for me

Darling just dive right in

And follow my lead

Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet

I never knew you were the someone waiting forme

Jay's eyes were still as expressive as always, especially this time when entering the hook, Kyunghyun met the expressive eyes of the person singing on stage.

'Cause we were just kids when we fell in love

Not knowing what it was

I will not give you up this time

For a brief moment, Younghyun secretly thought to himself that Jay was singing this song for him, but in reality, Jay probably sang it to the person sitting at the table in front of the stage. Of course, because the place where he and Sungjin were sitting was quite far from the stage and the lights in the restaurant were dim, there was no way Jay could see him in the dark like this.

Now I know I have met an angel in person

And she looks perfect

I don't deserve this

You look perfect tonight

When the song ended, Jay smiled as usual, but this time it seemed more special than before because the tall figure of the person on stage turned to smile at Park Jimin, his thin lips pursed tightly. The hand holding the glass was sweaty and Younghyun downed the glass again while Jehyung was greeting the customers in the shop as usual.

“The song that ended just now was a special song that I intended to dedicate to one person.” Jehyung trailed off, letting out a small smile. “The person right now is watching me from somewhere in the store.”

Jay's joking tone was infectious. Younghyun knew this, but right now he couldn't bear to listen to Jay's words any longer. The shoulder bag was opened by the owner with slender hands and he took out a glasses case and placed it on the table.

“Sohongjin, please give the glasses back to Jay. I can't take it tonight.”

He spoke briefly to Sungjin. When he saw the other person nodding in agreement, he prepared to get up and walk out of the store, but it was slower than Jay's next words. After listening, Younghyun felt pain like he was being stabbed with a knife. breast

“Mr. Park Jimin, if you listen to the next song, please say yes.”

Younghyun threw himself onto the bed as soon as he got back to his room before leaving the store. He tried to walk through the crowd as quickly as possible so as not to hear Jay's voice. The teasing cheers from the customers made him want to leave the store. And when he hailed a taxi, he felt like he was losing consciousness until he got back to his room.

The pillow was hugged tightly and her beautiful eyes welled up with tears. Younghyun pursed his lips tightly as he thought of Jehyung's words at the store. Now he was beginning to figure out the cause of the pain in his left breast, and it wasn't complicated. It's just that Younghyun fell in love with Jehyung. That's why the brain has ordered a hormone to be released that is causing him pain like this.

The thin phone that was thrown on the bed near the pillow made a message notification sound, but the person hugging the pillow didn't bother to pick it up and look at it, even though the notification sound became more frequent than before and before the sound of the notification sound. The last time he stopped, Younghyun was defeated by himself. He reached for his thin communication device and looked at the notification of incoming messages from the person he didn't want to talk to the most right now.

Jae :

Younghyun

Jae :

Have you gone back yet?

Jae :

Why didn't you tell me?

Jae :

Are you uncomfortable somewhere?

Jae :

If you're sick, don't forget to take your medicine.

Jae :

You should probably be sleeping now.

Jae :

sweet dreams

The left side of his chest suddenly felt strangely warm just seeing another person's message that seemed to express concern. Younghyun intended not to reply to Jaehyung right now, but not before his slender fingers pressed it out. If the next message chat application pops up first.

Jae :

Oh, I'm not asleep yet.

Jae :

Why did you go back first?

Younghyun decided to lock the screen as soon as he saw Jay's two messages, but the app still gave notifications even though the screen was locked.

Jae :

I'm worried.

And that was the message that made the lump in Younghyun's left chest throb again. His slender fingers pressed a short reply and turned the screen down.

Saturday morning greeted the person lying on the bed in last night's clothes again, but instead of waking up and seeing the sunshine, Younghyun was like usual, he heard the sound of rain falling outside instead, his body leaning on himself. I lazily got up before realizing it was only eight o'clock.

“The water didn't bathe. Kang Younghyun is crazy.”

Grumbling to himself, he picked up his thin smartphone and opened it to check his messages as usual, but the number of missed calls from the person he called his friend made him widen his eyes in shock, his heart in the left side of his chest pounding harder. When you see numbers showing the number of missed calls,

“That's crazy, fifty calls.”

Younghyun muttered to himself in shock. Before he could call back, a knock on the room door interrupted his actions. I was about to open my mouth to shout and ask who was coming, but the same phone alerted me of an incoming message.

Jae :

Are you awake yet?

Jae :

Already in front of the room

It seems like Younghyun spent too much time being shocked by Jehyung's message until there was a knock at the door again. The figure shook his head to get rid of the dizziness before getting up from the bed and walking to open the door, still wearing Jay's clothes. The hyung standing in front of his room looked tired. His blonde hair wasn't as set as it was last night because it stood out like someone who just finished riding a roller coaster.

"Are you sick? Is something wrong?"

A tall figure walked into his room and closed the door. It was only then that Younghyun saw that Jehyung had not come empty-handed; there was a plastic bag from the convenience store in another person's hand. Out of habit, he took the things he had bought and put them on the dining room table. The owner of the room was standing there helpless, confused, but the new arrivals chased him to take a shower.

“Go take a shower, Younghyun. Why are you filing here so bad?”

Without a word, Jehyung still used her hand to push him towards the bathroom so forcefully that the person who had lied about being sick yesterday almost felt dizzy. Even so, Younghyun found that the feeling from last night had completely disappeared. Saw Jaehyung's face.

It took less than ten minutes for Younghyun to emerge and sit at the dining table with Jehyung sitting across from him. A large bowl of porridge was placed in front of him, while in front of Jehyung there was only bread.

"Aren't you going to eat, Jay?"

"No, you know that I'm usually still asleep at this time."

The owner of the room nodded and immediately used a spoon to scoop the porridge into his mouth, but before that, Younghyun forgot to blow. As a result, now, instead of swallowing the porridge, he had to open his mouth to cool off, causing the person across from him to laugh softly. Any other

“You don't have to rush to eat. Your mouth is all boiled.”

Jaehyung poured water into a glass and handed it to him, hoping to quench the heat. Younghyun took it and drank it all in one go while looking at the other person apologetically.

“Why didn't you say it was hot? I thought it was cold.”

“We humans have to learn from our mistakes. Have you forgotten what the teacher told you?”

Younghyun kissed his mouth as he slowly scooped out another bite of porridge. This time he blew until he was sure it was cold before scooping it into his mouth. No one said a word until the last bite of porridge fell into the stomach of the room owner. Jehyun was the one who volunteered. He picked up the dishes for him to wash but Younghyun refused on the grounds that he wasn't that sick.

“Then why did you come back last night?”

Seeing that the owner of the room had taken his own bowl to wash, Jaehyung, who was unemployed, leaned his hips against the dining table and looked towards Younghyun. The owner of the room pursed his lips tightly. He didn't want to talk about last night, so choose to lie

“I told you I was sick.”

“But now that I'm here, you're still wearing the same clothes.”

“When I got back to my room, I fell asleep.”

Jehyung was silent for a while until Younghyun finished washing the dishes and turned around to see that the other person was still standing there looking at him. Jehyung's expression was like he was wondering about something.

"Is anything up?"

The light figure decided to ask, but the answer came back in silence until Younghyun's head thought various things that Jehyung might be angry at him about something.

"Did you know that when you lie, you tend to say the word "Yes?"

“And what I told you just now, you lied.”

"You're the one who said you were heartbroken."

Younghyun was silent. He tried to remember the events of last night when he replied to Jaehyung's message. It was true that after replying, he typed the word heartbroken but didn't press send. Why?

“Last night, I saw that you left my glasses case with Sungjin, but it went back before I got off work.”

Jaehyung sighed but his eyes remained fixed on the room owner.

"If you're uncomfortable with something, just tell me. We're friends, right?"

Jehyung's last sentence caused the people standing by to feel a sense of loneliness and pain once again when Jehyung confirmed the status between the two of them at the end of the sentence.

“Jay”

Younghyun decided to speak up after letting the silence fall between him and Jehyung. The other person raised his eyebrows, making Younghyun see that the blond wasn't wearing glasses today.

“We are friends, right?”

Jaehyung nodded.

“So I used to choose to keep my unease at bay. I didn't want you to think too much about me.”

“Also, if I say I like you and you're okay with it, it's like I'm expecting rain in the summer.”

“Even though I don't want to admit it, I'm falling in love with you.”

Half an hour after Jehyung returned to his clear form, he opened the balcony door to go outside. The rain continued to fall, some of the droplets splashed onto him, but even so, Younghyun didn't care because he was thinking too much. It might be that he forgot to think about the butterfly effect theory or

Butterfly Effect

Before deciding to tell Jehyung the truth, if we were to compare it now, he would probably be like Edward, who had the theory that he decided to round the decimal places in the weather forecast, causing the values ​​to come out to be inaccurate from reality. Until this theory came out

The phone in his hand vibrated, alerting him to an incoming message from Jehyung. The message appeared on the screen, causing Younghyun to change his mind.

Maybe he was a little different from Edward because Jehyung's thoughts couldn't be calculated with mathematics, so even if he missed rounding the decimal point, the result wouldn't change.

Jae :

If you really think like you say

Jae :

I'll warn you that it's raining today, Younghyun.

END 

- SPECIAL -

Today Jay suddenly received a call from a close friend from another faculty that he hadn't seen since he returned from America. Kevin said he would stop by his dorm in the evening after class and invited him to eat. Let's eat together again. Jay accepted because on Tuesday evening, aside from sleeping, he had nothing to do anyway.

"Hi, long time no see."

Kevin greeted him as soon as he arrived. Jay nodded slightly in response before sitting down across from him. When he first walked into the shop, Jay almost didn't recognize his friend because Kevin was in a dark suit and his hair was set. It was different from Jay who was still in his student uniform. At first glance he thought he was a businessman.

“You dress nice today.”

"ordinary"

The slender figure across from Jay shrugged as he took the menu from the employee and opened it to look at.

"Choose it. Today, I'll take care of it myself."

Jay raised his eyebrows. I couldn't help but think that his friend had changed after returning from America, but when I thought about it again, Kevin might have an ulterior motive.

“This is strange. Mr. Kevin, is there something I can help you with?”

Jay teased, and that made Kevin snap out of his best friend's knowing look.

“Just a little bit.”

The small eyes under the glasses narrowed. Right now Jay's brain was processing more probabilities of what Kevin would have him do than choosing the food in front of him.

“Make a choice. We can leave that matter for later.”

Because of Kevin's voice, Jay put his speculations to rest before ordering his favorite menu. Maybe Jay thought that maybe he was curious and must have already known Younghyun.

The tall man propped his arms on the table and took out his phone to send a message to another close friend who he assumed was probably asleep right now.

“Is Younghyun okay?”

Kevin, who had been watching Jay's actions for a while, said, the bespectacled man pursed his lips slightly as he turned the phone screen down on the table.

“Long time no see. Instead of asking me first, you asked about Younghyun.”

"Oh, I knew just by looking that you were fine, so I asked about your girlfriend instead."

"what?"

Jay, who was sucking water, choked because of Kevin's words. He looked at the person opposite him confused, but Kevin just ignored his confused expression and instead continued talking with a straight face.

“Is your girlfriend okay?”

Maybe it was a side effect from choking on his own water, so his face felt a little hot. Jay cleared his throat.

“I don't have a boyfriend, but if it's Younghyun then I'm fine.”

Kevin's expression after Jay finished speaking was something personal. Jay was quite annoyed by what was wrong with that look of disbelief on his face.

“So when will I become your boyfriend?”

"Ha?"

“You and Younghyun.”

“It's my story.”

Jay cut off the person who was looking curious with a sentence that (he thought) was more polite than saying it because at least his friend Kevin had just returned from overseas and might not be able to accept it if he spoke too harshly even though he normally did. I'll say that often.

"You can scold me for being busy, Jay, like this."

“I don't want to hurt a friend who just returned from his own hometown.”

The man in the suit raised his eyebrows and the Jay who saw this raised his eyebrows in response. They sat and talked until the order was served and Kevin spoke again about the matter that Jay had stopped guessing.

“Hey, what days do you go sing?”

The person opposite Jay asked while picking up the thin crust pizza on the tray.

“Friday, Saturday, Sunday”

He replied pouring salad dressing onto the plate. Kevin probably forgot that he was allergic to cheese so he ordered pizza, but it didn't matter because Jay had already ordered his favorite.

“How can I help you this Friday night?”

"I'm going to ask Jimin to marry me."

Kevin's serious look made Jay not dare to joke. He only knew Park Jimin superficially because even though they were in the same section, they didn't talk much.

“I just talked to Jimin's parents today but I still want to keep it a secret.”

“So what do you want me to help you with?”

Jay chose to change the question from 'So you didn't break up with Jimin?' Another thing: During the month before Kevin left for America, he secretly saw that the two of them seemed to be arguing about something that was probably serious enough that Jimin Didn't drop Kevin off at the airport.

“Sing a song first and then I will write a note for you to sing another song.”

"And you're going to propose at that time?"

“Yeah”

Kevin took a bite of the thin crust pizza in front of him before he could speak.

“If possible, I'd like you to choose the first song you like. I'll tell you the other song later.”

"like that"

Jay took a while to list his favorite songs, but when he listened to them and looked at the good stuff, they didn't really work. A slender finger slid up the Macbook's pad to Looking at the additional song list, the left window showed a song by a well-known artist, and Jay recognized it as Younghyun's favorite song.

I found a love for me

Darling just dive right in

And follow my lead

The sound of music filled Jay's room. He'd listened to this song a few times when it had just come out and Younghyun had urged him to listen to it, but since then he hadn't listened to it again until today, searching for chords while practicing while realizing it. He said it was almost midnight and luckily he had afternoon classes tomorrow so he didn't have to worry.

His favorite guitar was placed in the corner of his usual room before the owner got up to take a shower. Jay was still humming.

Perfect

He didn't realize that it would soon become his favorite song as well.

Younghyun seems to be in a bad mood. Jay thought that way because on the way to the restaurant the other person didn't say a word to him, which was normal. But when the other person walked him backstage like usual, Jay abandoned the idea.

Jay usually performs around 9:00 p.m. on Friday nights, but on Saturdays and Sundays it's a bit late and can go on until around 2:30 a.m. if customers keep requesting songs. He would switch queues with another university junior named Yoon Dowoon if there was a Monday morning quiz, but that was the exception this week because Dowoon couldn't come to sing, causing him to have to work long hours. Until the start of a new day

“What song will you sing today?”

Dowoon greeted him with this phrase almost every time he met him. The kid who had been working since his first year was wearing a leopard print robe, which made Jay think that the other person must have gone up and sung earlier in the episode. cool

“I was going to cry.

Perfect

before the first song and then

Better man”

He answered as he put down the guitar case and sat on the sofa near Dowoon.

“It's like you're singing to your girlfriend.”

The younger person teased Jay, but a smile curled the corner of his mouth in response. He and this kid weren't very close, but since they often saw each other backstage, Jay considered Dowoon to be a known junior. Today, he thought he was being bothered by this kid. I've entered.

"You know I don't have a boyfriend."

“And the person who always sends you off? Isn't he your boyfriend?”

Because Dowoon's words reminded him of Younghyun's previous expression again, when Jay was getting dressed, Younghyun looked strangely absent even though he was normal when he was practicing.

Or did he do something to make Younghyun angry?

“Consider it that I didn't ask just now.”

Dowoon cut in before putting on his headphones and laying down on the sofa. Jay saw that and he wanted to just lie down and play, if it weren't for the fact that he would have to sing soon.

Jay noticed that Younghyun was sitting with Sungjin in the tree area. Kevin was sitting and chatting at the table, and in the middle of the restaurant was his target Park Jimin's table. Slender fingers began to strum the guitar while singing the song he had prepared for the first part of the hook. He looked towards Younghyun's table and saw that another person was looking at him as well, even though the lights were dim. He couldn't see clearly, but he was sure that it was Younghyun.

Jay gave a small smile while crying.

Now I know I have met an angel in person

And she looks perfect

I don't deserve this

You look perfect tonight

In the last part of the song, when he changed the chords and accidentally looked down for a few seconds, when he looked up at Younghyun again, Jay's eyes couldn't focus because the table the other person was sitting at was at an angle. It was quite dark so he had to look towards the other customers instead.

With only one song left, Kevin's mission will be over and Jay smiles at the customers who were listening to him sing a moment ago before saying a few words, not forgetting to mention Jimin's name.

melody

Better man

It was played according to the rhythm. He didn't know how Kevin found this song, but after listening to it, Jay found that the meaning of the song was quite good, so much so that he felt embarrassed for Jimin if she listened to this song.

You make me wanna stand up tall

Clean up my act

Do what is right and be a better man

You make me want to stand up.

Change your behavior.

Do the right thing and be a better man.

At that time, Jay looked towards Sungjin's table and didn't see Younghyun there. He felt that the smile on his face began to disappear, but after a moment, it returned to the same smile as he continued to sing. Until the end

But I know I just can't make it alone

Please be my lady

But I knew I couldn't do it alone.

Come be my woman.

“Mr. Park Jimin, will you agree to marry Mr. Kevin?”

END

It's really finished this time///wipe off the sweat

Even though at first I didn't think it would be this long. But because I want everyone to understand the story better, I added more content from P'J's side.

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Once Upon A Time

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