Chapter 4

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Summer of 2019

Junkyu raised his hands to look at his elbows and some bruises on his arms while squinting from the slight sting. He's almost in front of their apartment after his date with Junghwan when someone jumped on him from behind which made him groan in pain.

"Aargghh! Park Jihoon!" Smelling the familiar scent and the figure hugging him from the back, Junkyu reacted without looking at his friend from behind but aided his arm instead.

"Hahaha! How's your date?" Jihoon asked, clueless of his best friend's bruises. He walked beside Junkyu without removing his arm on the latter's shoulder which made the other guy grunt.

"What's that? What happened?"

Jihoon immediately removed his arm and stopped them from walking up the stairs as he gently held on to Junkyu's hand, concern is evident on his face.

"Just some bruises. I stumbled during the hike." Junkyu let out a chuckle and slowly put down his hands.

Jihoon gave him a worried look as they continued their way to their apartment. The man waited until they were inside before grabbing both of Junkyu's shoulder and guided him to sit down.

"Ya... Park Jihoon. I said I'm fine." Junkyu cutely pouted. But he knew his best friend. Once he starts doing something, he's going to see the end of it. So he just surrendered his exhaustion and leisurely waited for his best friend.

"You reek of sweat. Do you know that?" Jihoon nonchalantly pointed out with the first aid kit on his hands and sat beside Junkyu.

The latter gave him a cute pout again and smelled his collar.

"I already changed my shirt after the hike. I don't even smell. You're a liar."

"Hahaha! Other people might not notice, but my nose can. Give me your hand." Jihoon asked after he set the new piece of bandage.

"No doubt pandas are sensitive to smell. Hahaha! Hey, that's clean. Junghwan-shi put that just before we went home."

"Just stop talking and let me, okay? Or I'll just scrape your elbow." Jihoon teasingly hissed at his best friend who just stay still.

"Are you a kid? Why would you even fall?" He added.

"I had cramps, okay?!" Junkyu defended.

"This is why I told you, you need to work yourself out."

"Hey, I did Pilates with you!" Junkyu muffled on his words almost like a child.

"Yeah? Once?! You didn't even last for 30 minutes."

Both of them crack out at Jihoon's statement. Sure, Junkyu wasn't the type that is too active. But he can still be very hardworking especially during those times when he was still working at the hospital. After he quit because of an accident, he was thankful that Doyoung brought him in his agency which runs the Boyfriend for Rent App.

"You should not push yourself too much or you'll burnt out." Jihoon's tone became serious as he neatly wraps up on Junkyu's wounds.

"Thank you for worrying but I'm fine. Since you treated it already, they'll be gone by tomorrow." Junkyu sincerely smiled at his best friend to reassure him.

"Do you have a schedule at the bar tonight?"

Junkyu just hummed in response while he helped Jihoon with the kit.

"Can I come and wait for you at your work then?"

Junkyu was about to rise from the couch but tilted his head at his best friend's words and gave him a questioning look.

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