"Hey man, why do you got to be so rude? Dragging me all the way here, you're so unreasonable." Andrei shakes his head in disappointment. Then he took a big sigh as he fixed his collar. "Just what is wrong with you today?"
Seo Yoonwoo only looked at him with a blank expression, then looked straight back at their path as they took the elevator. He sighed too.
'I don't know. I don't know either to myself. I just feel so pre-occupied whenever I am around that girl.'
"Hey? You do know that you should go in too, right?" Andrei spoke. Staring at Yoonwoo from inside the elevator.
'Ah… I didn't notice that the elevator is here already.'
"You're just too impatient." Yoonwoo said as an excuse.
"Really now? So, I'm the one who's impatient here, right after I got dragged out of the hospital room. Yeah, right." Andrei Michaels blabbered.
"Don't be such a—"
"Shut up, just push the button so that we can go to wherever floor we should, and keep going. Ahhhh really… nothing is going my way." Then Andrei ruffled his hair in frustration.
"Since when did a day go well for you?" Yoonwoo joked.
"I said shut up! And I know that already, you prick." Andrei then chuckled at the end of his sentence as he playfully punched Yoonwoo's left arm.
There was a moment of silence as the elevator went down.
~Elevator SFX [ 5th Floor]
'I never felt that taking an elevator will be this long. We entered the elevator from the 8th floor. But we're still at the 5th floor and no one's entering. I better should start the conversation.' Andrei thought, conflicted with the awkward atmosphere.
"Yoonwoo… about earlier. What was that about, really?" He started a serious talk. "It wasn't like you at all to pull such a scene. Did you and Haneul had a fight?" Andrei speculated.
Yoonwoo didn't responded. 'I did put much about it, but they indeed seem to have a problem with their relationship for quite a while now. Didn't thought that such a remarkable couple like the two of them to drift apart. They're such an ideal pair. Too good of a pair to be true.'
Andrei Michaels sighed as he squeezed his eyes shut. He waited for Yoonwoo's response.
~Elevator SFX [3rd Floor]
"No… it's not about that. I just don't think I should be in that room for any more longer." Out of nowhere, Yoonwoo muttered.
'Hmm?' Andrei's eye widened with the sight that he took in.
'What's with that look? He looks so… worried? No, perhaps hurt? Woah, first time seeing you so vulnerable like this man, dang it. What should I do? Looks like I a hit a wrong topic to discuss.'
"I just… Haaahh… I just want to be there… like, when… like when I am needed, and stay out of there, if I was not. Something like that." Then Yoonwoo looked at Andrei.
"By 'there' do you mean by 'her' side?" Andrei asked, referring to Kim Haneul.
Yoonwoo didn't responded immediately. He just stared at his friend for a brief moment before looking away. He let out a deep sigh.
~Elevator SFX[Basement Ground Floor]
"Besides, I don't know anything about 'her' at all." Yoonwoo ended as he stepped out of the elevator. He puts his both hands on his coat's pocket.
'What does he mean by that? Doesn't know anything about her? Didn't the two of them grew up together? They've been a couple for 3 years now. Seo Yoonwoo…' Andrei took in the sight of his conflicted friend, as he walks away.
"Ahhhh… Whatever." He irritatedly murmured and ruffled his hair in frustration. "Oi! Seo Yoonwoo! Wait for me!"
Huffs, Huffs, Huffs…
"Gotcha! Haha…haah… hah." Andrei panted in between of his laughs. "C'mere you lover boy, hahaha." He teased as he put his arms to Yoonwoo's shoulder.
'Now, now… where is our lover boy's car, hmm? C'mon where is it? I heard from Junmin that your dad paid half of it, was that true?" Andrei Michaels asked with an amused look on his face.
"Wow, that jerk is too quick to spread news, isn't he? Haha." Yoonwoo smirked.
"So? Is it a horse or a bull? Ah, if horse which one of the two? Porsche or Ferrari?" Andrei wiggled his eyebrows.
"It's not a horse—"
"Daaang man, so you own a bull? Shit, how does it feels like to own a Lamborghini? You silver spooned dickhead."
"Coming from someone who owns a Maserati. And it's not a Lambo, for pete's sake." Yoonwoo jeered. "Ah, here we are."
Andrei's jaw dropped as soon as he saw Yoonwoo's car in a blood red coating that shines intensely.
"Damn it, I knew it! Alfa Romeo, hahahaha! This fits you a lot, Mr. Lover 'Romeo' Boy. Hahahaha!" He laughed out loud. "Haaah… but really though, I thought you'd buy 4C Spider?"
Yoonwoo glanced at him before opening his car's door, "What? And why would I buy that?"
"To flex? I dunno, but you look like that type of man." Andrei shrugged as he chuckled.
"Stupid. You guys all know that among all of us, I'm the most practical one's. Why would I buy a two-seater, when I know to myself that every time that I go out with one of you, everyone'll go too. It's like "every day, rosad trip" with you guys." Yoonwoo cannonaded.
"That's why I bought Giulia. Any more questions?" He added.
STABBED, STABBED, STABBED…
'Ahahaha? Why does his words hurt so much? It's like a piercing daggers…' Andrei thought to himself.
"I… felt… attacked. Haaaah, that was so on-point." He cried out like a kid whom lost his precious candy.
"Just get in." Yoonwoo groaned in annoyance.
"Coming in, Mr. Lover Boy." He replied as he gets in the car.
No one spoke after that, and they just stared at the windshield. At that moment, it was like they were hearing a cricket noise because of the deafening and awkward silence. Not until Andrei Michaels spoke up.
"Aren't you suppose to drive to wherever you're dragging me in to?" He said.
Seo Yoonwoo bumped his head on his hand that was placed on the steering wheel, then sighed, "But I have no place in mind to go to…"
'Huh? No place in mind?' And then sudden realization hits Andrei.
"HUUUUUH?!?!?! YOU WHAT?! SO YOU DRAGGED ME ALL THE WAY OUT HERE, WITHOUT A PLACE IN MIND TO GO??!!" He exclaimed, facing him abruptly. He was pissed off.
"What kind of— what kind of whim was that? You're acting like such a brat!" Andrei added.
"Well, coming from you who's a total brat." Yoonwoo mumbled to himself, however Andrei still heard it.
"Yeah right, so what if I'm— no! that's not the point here! Argh, whatever! Just drive to your house, or to my house, or to a bar." Then there was a long pause. Andrei and Yoonwoo exchanged glances.
"No, no, no, no, no… You're right, not to a bar, Eunji will be furious if she finds out we went to a bar." Andrei backed out.
"Hmm… figured that out too. Let's just go to your place then." Yoonwoo agreed.
"Why at mine's? Isn't yours, more spacious?" Andrei asked.
"Well, you said that 'just drive to wherever', didn't you?" Yoonwoo questioned.
"Did I really said that?"
"Oh, come on hahaha." Yoonwoo laughed as he started the engine.
"Yeah, yeah. Who else got to ride our Romeo?" Andrei asked with a smug look on his face.
"By 'Romeo', who do you mean? The car or me?" Yoonwoo joked.
"Geez man, HAHAHAHA! You got me there." Andrei continuously laughed, until his stomach hurts. "Haaah, that was some good ass joke… Haaaah really. But seriously though, who else?"
Yoonwoo hummed as the window in the driver sit slowly rolled down, "Aside from you, it would be my dad, Junmin, Ryuji, and mom." He honestly answered.
"I feel quite honored." Andrei jested.
"You should be." Yoonwo chuckled as he hands to the staff on the parking lot's exit the ticket, before driving off.
Meanwhile, somewhere along the pages…
"What's the meaning of this?" Taejoo asked to himself as he stared at the 'other' Ye Beom.
"Your Highness, it seems like the first princess wants a moment with you." Eunuch Byun Yeul whispered to him.
Taejoo glanced at the designated seat to the first imperial princess, just to see that she was not there. He looked around, and saw that she was standing at the corner end of the throne hall building.
"Did she told you her purpose?" He inquired.
"No, your highness, she did not." The eunuch answered.
"I see. Wait for me here, I shall go to the first princess alone." Taejoo ordered.
"Yes, your highness." Eunuch Byun Yeul, with a worried tone replied.