Se-Young smiled at Jung-Nan as she hugged her afterward. "Are you happy now?" Bo-Gum asked to Ji-Hoon in a whisper and Ji-Hoon nodded with a full moon-like smile on his face.
'You were never sad, just irritated.' Bo-Gum thought to himself as he also saw Tae-Hoon above the lounge. One could say that Bo-Gum was well aware of how Ji-Hoon predicted his own upcoming events in life and he was damn sure that what Ji-Hoon felt for Hani was not love at all.
...
Hani entered the room and since Tae-Hoon's bed was on the side of the room where the door was, she saw him sobbing his heart out on his bed putting his head on his knees.
She really felt the urge to go towards him and hug him. The way he was crying, it felt like a child was craving for some love.
But she stopped herself from doing so, she thought it would be rude of her and he might not like her getting any nearer to him.
Barely ignoring his weak voice, she went towards her side, taking her medicine and drifted to sleep while being restless.
...
"Don't you miss Tae-Hoon and us sitting together like this talking nothing but nonsense." Dong-Hoon asked Ji-Hoon as they were both having their bro moments in the lounge alone.
Ji-Hoon sighed. "I don't know. I am really upset with him. Really, really upset. Whenever I face him, I just feel like turning my face away." he tried to loosen his tie as a habit but remembered that he is wearing his night pajamas and sighed shaking his head.
"For how much time... are you going to continue this. You, yourself know how much he loves us. It just breaks my heart to look at him. He does not have that cheerful smile on his face anymore. Looking into his eyes I can see how much he is suffering from inside." Dong-Hoon brushed the tear from the corner of his eye before it could flow down.
"I don't know..." Ji-Hoon let out a deep breath and continued "...I really don't have answers to any of your questions and you think I don't know what is going on with him but I just don't feel bad looking at him. Only irritation, it is the only thing that comes to me after looking at his face." Ji-Hoon was being completely bitter.
"Ji-Hoon..." The elder one said in a louder voice. "I know that what I said is not good but it is true." Ji-Hoon left the lounge after saying that.
Dong-Hoon rubbed his face with his palms in frustration. He wanted his brothers to hug and forget whatever happened and carry on with their lives but nothing seemed to be working on Ji-Hoon.
...
Just like any other day, everyone went to their respective offices and university but when Hani saw Dong-Hoon leaving she hurried towards him stopping him midway.
"What happened Hani and don't run around like this." he scolded her like a big brother would do.
She nervously bit her lower lip and said, "Sorry, I will not run from now on but I want to tell you something important." and he narrowed his eyes. "Say, what is it?" he asked in a gentle voice this time.
"When everyone was celebrating last night, Tae-Hoon was looking down from the railings and when I went back to the room he was crying very badly." she was telling all this to him while she had that hurtful expression on her face.
"You did not ask him, what is wrong with him?" he asked raising his eyebrows and Hani just swallowed hard and started fidgeting her fingers, one of her habits whenever she was nervous.
"Don't worry I will talk to him tonight." Dong-Hoon patted her head gently as he finally exited the main door, he felt relieved that at least Hani was a sensible one in that relationship and along with the brothers' bond he hoped that Tae-Hoon and Hani's relationship would clear some steps as well.
'I am not worried, I... was just saying so.' Hani thought to herself and nodded her head in approval afterward.
...
"Tae-Hoon was very cheerful before you guys came back from the US." Se-Young who was on her scooty said to Dong-Hoon who was going towards his car.
"You have started to eavesdrop on other's conversations now." Dong-Hoon irritatingly scoffed.
She rolled her eyes moving her scooty more towards him. "Well, I have ears and can hear things passing by. I have no time to waste here bickering with you. I just wanted to tell you that he will be fine if both of you go and talk to him and solve everything between Ji-Hoon and him." Se-Young felt more irritated while looking at him after seeing that how he was gentle with everyone except her. She even thought that he was just a rich, childish brat but in reality, he was not and she had completely understood that after the last day.
"Do I look like a fool that does not know anything." he said and Se-Young just shrugged her shoulders sassily.
"You... Just go, I know what I have to do and don't poke your nose in my family's matter." he turned back from her but she just could not let him go like this like always.
"Yes, your majesty." she said running away with her scooty. She knew how he got agitated when Jung-Nan called him his majesty while just wanted to grab the small piece of rock in front of him and throw it in the direction of her head but controlled himself from killing her and got himself into the car.
...
"Why suddenly here?" Dong-Hoon asked his friend as he had called him to the cafe urgently.
"Look." Eun-Woo placed his hands on Dong-Hoon's broad shoulders. "You are a very nice person and I can trust you even with my life." Eun-Woo hesitantly said making Dong-Hoon knit his eyebrows in confusion.