Jihong and Jaekyung took their table in a secluded corner. Usually they were located opposite each other, but the presence of another person disrupted the usual order. Jaekyung imdiately moved to take a seat next to him, causing Jihong to briskly stop him, saying, "No, I need to make a video. Sit opposite."
To which the bulldozer, frowning a little, reluctantly followed the order. Jihong turned on the cara and, after setting the shooting mode as Inyeop had taught him, turned to Lucas, "It looks like you and I will have to go order, do you mind?"
He explained that he needed to capture the "anguish" of Jaekyung's choice, and Lucas nodded his head vigorously.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm the sa as Jaekyung!" He blurted out.
??... It won't be easy for him to eat all of this," This thought imdiately crossed his mind, but Jihong decided not to voice it. Lucas probably just wanted to try the sa thing that Jaekyung prefers one day.
Jihong bought food, but, as expected, when the guy saw the mountain of fast food barely fitting on the tray, he was already stunned with shock.
"Jaekyung... Do you eat like this every day? He asked confusedly.
"Uh-huh," he just grunted, taking one sip of the milkshake, and then suddenly began to grumble: "Hyung, stop filming, let's eat."
"I'm done, that's it!" Jihon waved him off.
To which Jaekyung, glancing at the lens, took French fries and generously dipped them in ketchup. And then he tried to put it in his mouth.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Jihong exclaid in fright and abruptly recoiled back. He was confused not so much by the cara as by the fact that Lucas was sitting across from them and watching them.
"I told you to stop," Jaekyung said calmly, and with a smile, he put the fries intended for Jihon in his mouth.
"Oh, you..." sighed Jihon and finally resigned. It seems that if he protests, then the capricious Kwon Jaekyung will definitely sll sothing.
Before he had ti to hide the cara in his bag, the silence was broken by a question: "Do I need to film you?"
— No, I don't.
"Why?" This is a program about a manager and a star.
— Hey, even if the video is about the two of us, the star still has the main role. Who wants to look at the footage only with a manager?
"Stop talking, let's eat," Jaekyung said reproachfully, taking the tube into his mouth.
Lucas looked at him, puzzled, and then, plucking up his courage, asked, "Can I—" I will be... Call you Hyung?
Jaekyung stared at him with the most questioning expression on his face, causing the guy's cheeks to imdiately flush.
"Can I call you hyung?"
"No," Jaekyung snapped, not even listening to the end, and turned away.
"Why...?"
"Because I don't like it," the grumpy explained, unwrapping the hamburger wrapper.
Clearly not ready for rejection, Lucas drooped and lowered his head. Seeing how upset he was, Jihong decided to defuse the situation, pretending that nothing special had happened, "Jaekyung is a year older, huh?" In Korea, it is not customary to call a person one year older than the hyung.
Jihong bore the blizzard with a completely confident look, although such a statent will shock every Korean. To which Jaekyung, frowning more than before, quipped, "Hyun, do you live in so other Korea?"
Because of this, he instantly received a blow to his shin, in the blow there was a subtle hint that he should be silent.
"By the way, Lucas, you really speak Korean very well," Jihong did not skimp on complints, opening a box of nuggets. "Every ti I am surprised at how correct your pronunciation is. It seems that you really studied a lot.
Fortunately, the praise caused Lucas to smile with his usual shy smile. He began to stamr, telling stories about how he was given classes at the language center. While Jiheon actively agreed and listened, Jaekyung remained silent. His face did not change, munching on a hamburger and fries, showing complete indifference.
"And Noah once said that now he also knows Korean, and I was like, "Are you kidding?"
"Well, Noah spews out all sorts of stupid things a lot," Jihon laughed.
"No, he's kind, though stupid. and angry.
Lucas began to defend his friend, listing not entirely logical argunts. Perhaps he ant that Noah was just too mischievous. And, naturally, Jihon supported him:
— Yes, he is straightforward and, rather, not evil, but a little harmful. He is an excellent swimr, he tries very hard. The greatest athlete.
At Jihon's words, Lucas nodded his head vigorously. And then he asked in a cautious tone:
"You were a swimr too, weren't you?"
It seems that he heard sothing from Noah, since he even knew about his sports career, although Jihong himself never brought up this topic. I wonder what else that Australian alpha tousled him? That I was the athlete in the video from the championships in Berlin that Jaekyung was looking at so closely? Or perhaps he has already told you that I am an oga and that Jaekyung is still angry about it?
Recalling a conversation with Noah at the Pacific Championships, Jihon replied, "Yes, I don't swim anymore. I have completely ended my career. Fearing that Lucas would not understand, he added the English words "retire" and "farewell".
– Then why didn't you beco a coach?
Lucas seed to want to know why he chose to work at the agency. The childlike spontaneity and directness made Jihon smile.
– Not everyone can beco a coach. This should be done by people like Oliver, those who really know how to teach. I'm not very good at ntoring anyone.
Lucas was about to say sothing, but Jaekyung interrupted him.
"You'd do just fine.
It seed that he was still warming his ears, although from the outside it looked like Jaekyung was completely imrsed in his thoughts.
"People like you should coach, who are strict with themselves, but empathic with others, and not those who just yell and swear. Then the athletes will respect them and follow them," he added seriously.
His sincere praise made Jihon feel embarrassed, and feeling Lucas's gaze on him, he turned everything into a joke: "Co on... If I were your coach, you'd imdiately sit on my neck with your legs dangling and wouldn't listen to
at all.
"What are you talking about," Jaekyung muttered in displeasure. "Seriously, I listen to you more than anyone else in the world. I don't listen to anyone at all but you.
"All right, take it. Go and buy yourself so conscience," Jihon continued to tease him, holding out a map.
But the stubborn man was not confused: "It's not a corporate card, is it?" Can I spend without limits?
"No, you can't," Jihon said quickly, and snatched it back.
"Where have you seen it, first I gave it, then I took it," Jaekyung muttered, frowning.
Jihong was about to blurt out sothing like, "Do you even know how much I had to pay for that bed you broke?
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