By Zephyria 
“What?”
“You’re saying you don’t know what happened between us, we don’t know each other, and you’re awkward because I’m your first man, so you can’t date me.”
“…….”
“I can teach you what happened, and I can tell you what you don’t know. Being your first man… you’ll get used to it. We’re both new to this.”
He concluded as if it were simple.
“…No, I mean, I was talking nonsense, so just ignore it, okay?”
“Nonsense? Wow, I like it even more.”
Kwon Mi-eon smiled brightly.
“I like puppies.”
…I’m going crazy!
“I’m gonna, gonna go.”
This is all because Kwon Mi-eon was talking about responsibility and stuff… and because he expressed things in a way that made me misunderstand things that didn’t need to be misunderstood!
I felt a surge of heat for no reason. Mo Yeon-hu suddenly stood up from his seat and prepared to leave. If I stayed here any longer, I would only elaborate on the nonsense, not stop it.
Thud!
Of course, the escape attempt was easily subdued by Kwon Mi-eon. He lightly grabbed Mo Yeon-hu’s wrist as he tried to leave and pulled him towards him.
“Hyung.”
Then he made an aggrieved expression, and Mo Yeon-hu flinched.
“I’m just kidding, are you leaving?”
Kwon Mi-eon, holding his wrist, looked up at Mo Yeon-hu with a gentle and pitiful expression. His forehead was exposed, and his features looked forlorn.
Slowly blinking his eyes, Kwon Mi-eon gripped his wrist tighter.
“Are you really leaving?”
Unlike his pitiful face, the force on his wrist was not gentle at all. Yet, Mo Yeon-hu couldn’t easily shake him off. Well, it was understandable.
“I don’t have any friends….”
Look at that expression.
“I really want to be friends with Hyung, and I have a lot to talk about…. I haven’t even told you about that day….”
The other person is a Drug addict. It’s harmful to keep Drug addicts around. I need to shake off this Drug addict who’s clinging to me so disgustingly.
‘Is he crying?’
Why do his eyes look so moist? Come to think of it, I remembered the puppy emoticon that Kwon Mi-eon sent when we were exchanging DMs on Starsta. Three black beans that looked particularly moist…….
“……You really don’t have any friends?”
“No.”
Kwon Mi-eon nodded as if he had been waiting for it.
“That’s why I was so happy when I saw Hyung. I had so much fun talking to Hyung back then, and to meet you again here….”
“…….”
“Of course, I’m also disappointed that Hyung said he would take responsibility for me and seduce me, but then forgot all about it…….”
I don’t think that’s what I meant when I said that….
“But you seem to have a lot of friends on Starsta….”
When Mo Yeon-hu mentioned that Kwon Mi-eon’s account had countless followers, Kwon Mi-eon paused for a moment and then made an even sadder expression.
“They’re all strangers. Look at my account. I only follow the company and Hyung, you know?”
When Kwon Mi-eon held out his phone, it was true. The following list only had one agency and Mo Yeon-hu’s private account.
‘Is it real?’
I was still suspicious, but after listening to him, Kwon Mi-eon’s words seemed to make sense.
Looking at Starsta, he only follows two people. And he contacted me all day after exchanging contact information…….
“Hyung…….”
I still had doubts that Kwon Mi-eon might be a Drug addict, but I couldn’t just push him away. Even if I decided to keep my distance because I was uncomfortable, when I saw that face….
“Hyung?”
Did he turn to drugs because he wanted to hang out with Lee Seung-hwan’s gang because he had no friends?
‘He doesn’t seem like a bad kid.’
Mo Yeon-hu was lost in thought for a moment. He couldn’t bring himself to coldly refuse when he was begging like this, and more than anything, his eyes were so sparkling that he kept getting distracted.
“Take off your clothes and show me your arms.”
“Huh?”
“Quickly.”
At Mo Yeon-hu’s urging, Kwon Mi-eon tilted his head, then rolled up his left arm and held it out. He was briefly surprised by his unusually large and thick hand, but soon, like a doctor, Mo Yeon-hu seriously grabbed his wrist and observed it carefully.
“The other side too.”
Kwon Mi-eon had a bewildered expression, but he obediently held out his arm. Only after confirming his clean arms did Mo Yeon-hu’s brow furrow slightly.
‘He’s really clean? Did he quit drugs?’
Then is he opening all the car windows because of drug withdrawal symptoms…?
“Hyung?”
Kwon Mi-eon called out to Mo Yeon-hu again as he just stood there with a strange expression. Mo Yeon-hu, who was standing there holding the other person’s arms, eventually cleared his throat at the innocent face staring at him.
He doesn’t seem to be doing drugs, and it seems like he’s just lonely right now.
“……Let’s be acquaintances, then.”
I thought it wouldn’t be bad to save someone who was even committing crimes because he was lonely.
“Acquaintances?”
Kwon Mi-eon’s eyes sparkled as he asked back at the first positive answer.
“Friends?”
“Yeah, friends.”
“We’re starting with friends, right?”
‘Starting’? The nuance is strange.
“…Right?”
As he nodded absentmindedly, he smiled.
The moment he raised the corners of his lips and curved his eyes, Mo Yeon-hu couldn’t take his eyes off his face again.
“I’m making friends for the first time, Hyung.”
He was pretty. The two dots that folded and got closer between his eyes, and the face that bloomed more brilliantly when he smiled.
He was just pretty to look at, so Mo Yeon-hu stared blankly at his face again before flinching and stepping back.
For a moment, Kwon Mi-eon’s body tensed as if he was about to get up from his seat.
Thud… As Mo Yeon-hu sat down, Kwon Mi-eon’s strength was released as if nothing had happened.
“Let’s eat now. This too, this too….”
And he suddenly grabbed something with the tongs and put it on Mo Yeon-hu’s plate. Unlike his plate, which quickly became piled high, Kwon Mi-eon’s plate was empty.
“You eat too.”
When I gestured at it, Kwon Mi-eon paused for a moment and then.
“Is Hyung taking care of me now?”
He smiled so happily. Mo Yeon-hu felt embarrassed for no reason because of his bright smile, as if he really liked this moment, and lowered his head.
“Should we go to a cafe after we finish eating? I know a place.”
“I’m going home…….”
“I’ve never been to a cafe with a friend.”
“…Really?”
“This is the first time I’ve eaten together like this too.”
“……Oh, I see.”
“Hyung? So are we going to a cafe?”
“No, I’m just going home…….”
“…I guess not. It’s too much to ask for me to go to a cafe with a friend.”
“…….”
“I understand. Hyung…….”
“…………Where do you want to go.”
“Hyung!”
* * *
When I came out of the shower, it was already dark outside.
‘I didn’t plan on playing until this late.’
I originally intended to just hang out briefly and then leave.
‘Hyung… are you leaving?’
But he made a sullen expression whenever Mo Yeon-hu showed any sign of getting up from his seat. I think he was trying not to show it by slightly lowering his head, but that made me even more uncomfortable.
And honestly….
‘How few friends does he have to be like that?’
Later, I felt a little sorry for Kwon Mi-eon.
When I somehow paid for the meal and even tried to buy coffee, he said it was the first time a friend had ever bought him something.
Judging from the way he carefully took care of me while we were eating dessert, he doesn’t seem like a bad kid.
‘His impression changes a lot.’
My first impression was that he was a Drug addict, and my second impression was also that he was a Drug addict, so I was uncomfortable and didn’t like him. But now…….
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XX/XX 9:12 PM
Hyung, I had so much fun today
This is the first time I’ve hung out with a friend like this When should we meet next?
If this isn’t a puppy, what is it?
I stared blankly at the DM from Kwon Mi-eon. To be honest, we didn’t talk much at the cafe either.
We just sat there blankly, occasionally… just having really trivial conversations.
‘What did we talk about?’
I don’t remember anything in particular. Even though we talked so much nonsense, Kwon Mi-eon reacted attentively as if he didn’t want to miss a single word from Mo Yeon-hu.
Kwon Mi-eon was strange. He would smile brightly like a puppy, but sometimes he would just curve the corners of his lips and smile, which suited him better.
‘Yeon-hu Hyung. So what happened? Hyung?’
When he stuck to me calling me ‘Hyung’, ‘Hyung’ with that face, it was subtly distracting.
‘Ah, this feels weird.’
I’ve never played around with guys like this before, so it’s even stranger. I’m so used to bars because I have so many friends who like to drink, and even if we meet at a cafe, we usually leave quickly.
But with Kwon Mi-eon, I just drank coffee at a cafe as if I were on a date and had trivial conversations that I don’t even remember well.
‘Of course, he avoided it when I tried to ask about what happened that day.’
What bothered me was that whenever Mo Yeon-hu tried to mention the situation at the time, Kwon Mi-eon would subtly change the subject. He said he would actively teach me about that day, but as time went on, he zipped his lips, so I was curious.
‘I think Hyung will be able to?’
I couldn’t ask any more questions because I was more concerned about other things. Mo Yeon-hu scratched the back of his head, which wasn’t completely dry, for no reason and replied.
Yeah, let’s see each other again sometime!!
But as soon as I sent the reply, it changed to read and DMs came pouring in.
It’s Hyungㅋㅋㅋ
Did you get home safe??
And messages kept coming in without giving me a chance to reply.
If you’re saying let’s see each other again, does that mean you’ll meet me again?
When?
Mo Yeon-hu, who was hesitating, tried to refuse indirectly.
It’s good to see you!!
But I’m busy these days hahaㅠㅠ
Ah..
I see…
Then I’ll have to eat alone again..
Why alone???
Because there’s no one to eat with…
That’s why I had so much fun today
Seriously, how does he have so few friends….
(Emoticon)
Mo Yeon-hu smiled slightly when he saw a puppy with a sullen expression lying down and wagging its tail, and the word ‘Lonely’ floating above it.
‘What…, he’s really using something that looks like him.’
I used to think that the puppy emoticon that Kwon Mi-eon used didn’t suit him, but now I think he found something that looks like him and uses it well.
Let’s see each other soon haha
Really?
(Emoticon)
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋGood
What do you want to eat this time?
Should we go to another area?
I’ll drive
In the end, Mo Yeon-hu’s heart softened and he sent a friendly reply, and then messages came pouring in again as if he was excited.
Mo Yeon-hu smiled as he looked at him, then paused. His reflection was reflected on the computer screen that wasn’t turned on yet.
“……I must be crazy.”
Why am I smiling when I see Kwon Mi-eon’s messages?
Mo Yeon-hu put on a serious face for no reason.