Every time he spoke, the changing air and his warmth felt just from sitting beside him.

Moreover, his handkerchief that wiped the teary end of her chin had a citrus scent.

Then she recalled the body temperature and touch she felt in his arms.

It was quite warm….

Could she ask him to stay longer?

Ho Jin wanted to ask him once more. Today, he didn’t want to be alone.

He didn’t know why he felt like this.

Was it an extension of his fierce school life, or did he want to end a tiring day like this?

Or was it just an excuse due to a good mood for drinking?

Ho Jin was swept by an indescribable emotion.

He slowly put down his hand and turned his head.

The moment he met the worried man’s gaze, an inexplicable courage surged.

He went straight for his lips.

Even his surprise was temporary, his lips that spilled warm comfort were incredibly sweet.

How much time has passed?

Sobered up, Su Hee pulled away from Ho Jin and spoke.

“Sigh. Mr. Ye Ho Jin….”
“….”
“Think and act carefully. Here…. Sigh. It’s more dangerous.”
Ho Jin’s moist gaze went to Su Hee’s flushed lips.

“What are you going to do if you regret it tomorrow morning?”
Su Hee’s palm on Ho Jin’s tender shoulder was hot.

“Regret……. If not now, I feel like I will regret it more. Just, that’s how I feel.”
A lot was contained in Ho Jin’s shaking pupils.

Worry and concern, disappointment and despair, and a desire for a small deviation.

“If we go further here, we can’t stop. Consider this a final warning.”
Su Hee’s warning was a danger signal not for Ho Jin, but for herself.

“….I need comfort. Warm comfort.”
“Comfort. Comfort…”
If he hadn’t pretended to know Ho Jin from the beginning, this wouldn’t have happened.

“Anyway, we are not… comforting each other. There’s no tomorrow…”
Whether all this was a drunkenness that shook reason, or a momentary impulse, Ho Jin didn’t care.

Just for today, he wanted him by his side.

“Well, if it’s warm comfort. That’s right.”
As his permission fell, Ho Jin covered his lips as if to redraw them.

Without rushing, they stared at each other for a long time, their lips moistly touching.

Then they took a breath for a moment, and their eyes met again.

Then his large arms suddenly held Ho Jin.

Their breaths connected hotly through the overlapping lips.

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Looking at the clogged road, Seo Yeon lowered the window a bit, as if suffocated.

Then, a smell of burning rubber wafted through the opened window.

“There must have been a real accident. Huh? A police car.”
Police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances went past in succession, their lights flashing.

“You received a call from your brother earlier, right? He said that Mr. Ho Jin had arrived home safely. He must have just left.”
So Kwon Yool said, indicating that there was no need to worry.

“True, but I need to see his face at least, even if he’s asleep.”
Even though it was getting late, they felt the need to check if their friend was alright.

“I’ll drop you off, and then Mr. Yool can go directly.”
“I’ll wait in the parking lot. Ms. Seo Yeon doesn’t have a car. How can I just let you go like that?”
As they were only planning to check on Ho Jin’s condition and then leave, Seo Yeon didn’t particularly object.

“Well then, I’m counting on you.”
Even after saying that, they stood by the road for nearly 30 minutes.

The accident must have been severe as it took more than an hour to reach Ho Jin’s apartment, a journey that should have taken 30 minutes.

“I’ll call you if it takes longer.”
“Take your time. Don’t worry about me.”
As she got out of the car, Seo Yeon thought of Ho Jin, a friend since middle school.

He seldom showed strain or cried, but she wondered just how upset he must be, and her concern grew.

“You can’t just flirt twice and then not care if your friend has a big problem. Let’s pay some attention to Ho Jin, okay?”
Seo Yeon mumbled to herself while looking at the mirrorlike elevator door.

Seo Yeon stood in front of Ho Jin’s familiar apartment door after walking down the hallway.

“He’s probably asleep, right?”
Thinking of Ho Jin, who usually slept when drunk, Seo Yeon pressed the door lock password.

Trying to quietly take off her shoes, she noticed a pair of men’s shoes conspicuously placed in the entrance.

‘What’s this? He said he was leaving, but he still hasn’t left?’
Just as she was about to touch the inner door, she heard a squishy sound of something sticking and then falling off.

Uh? What is this?

For a moment, Seo Yeon froze like ice.

‘Ho Jin. You… You. Ahh. You’re crazy. You’re crazy.’
However, she couldn’t interfere in her friend’s personal affairs.

Although it was a layout not visible from the entrance, Seo Yeon bent over from the waist.

Then, like someone sneaking out to play without their parents’ knowledge, she moved as quietly and swiftly as possible.

As soon as she softly closed the front door, Seo Yeon ran like mad to the parking lot.

Kwon Yool, who was leaning on the driver’s seat thinking it would take a long time, was startled to see Seo Yeon appear with a flushed face.

“What’s wrong?”
“Let’s go! Quick, quick!”
Although he didn’t understand the reason, Kwon Yool quickly turned on the ignition and spun the steering wheel at her urging.

Until Kwon Yool’s car managed to get onto the main road, Seo Yeon kept fanning herself repeatedly.

Then, as if it was not going to work out, she rolled down the window completely and exhaled the breath she had been holding all at once.

“Did you see something strange?”
Could Seo Hee also fall under the category of ‘strange’?

“There. Hah…… Ah, no, nothing.”
Seo Yeon hesitated for a moment.

She pondered on whether she should speak or remain silent, regarding what she thought if her best friend and his cousin had become… involved in that way.

But since she couldn’t just talk about someone else’s private life freely, even if they were a close friend, she decided to keep her mouth shut for now.

“Is Ho Jin okay?”
The word ‘no’ almost sprang to her lips.

However, she also had to swallow that word.

“Well, it seems like it. For now.”
While Seo Yeon was trying to sort out her noisy mind, the entrance of the apartment parking lot had appeared out of nowhere.

She felt regretful, thinking that she should have gone to enjoy the night view if she had known it would be like this.

“The dinner tonight was so delicious. Next time, we must go to see the night view no matter what.”
Seo Yeon, with an awkward smile, unbuckled her seatbelt and spoke.

“It’s not like you did it on purpose, Seo Yeon. Well.”
At his words saying ‘it’s okay’, all the things she had felt sorry for flashed through her mind in an instant.

The fact that she made him wait for over 10 hours because work blew up at the company, the time she unexpectedly made him stay out all night, and even when she disrupted the date schedule by saying she would go to meet a drunk friend.

‘He’s just not saying anything. He must be really upset on the inside?’
Each time something happened, she started to feel like she wanted to express her gratitude to Kwon Yool who always understood her.

“Um…… Yool.”
Soft gaze of Seo Yeon landed on the tip of Kwon Yool’s chin. And then, she slowly reached out her hand towards it.

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