âHey, sorry Iâm late,â Jenny apologised immediately once she finally made her way over to the table Seunghyun had grabbed for them in the corner of the quiet cafe. Despite it being the middle of Mercuryâs comeback promotions, the two had agreed to meet up for coffee when Jenny had a spare couple of hours, and although part of Jenny wanted to be at home catching up on sleep on her afternoon off, she was glad that sheâd be able to catch up with him. A few months ago, the idea of even speaking to Geminiâs leader beyond polite small talk and what was required for the cameras wouldâve seemed near impossible, so although their re-found friendship was still somewhat tentative, she was kind of taking all the chances she could get. That, and she hadnât particularly wanted to leave it over a month before seeing him in person again, both because she worried that leaving such a long gap in their interactions might make some of the initial awkwardness return when they saw each other again, and because (though she was reluctant to admit as much to herself) she would probably miss him. Not that that was a feeling Jenny was unused to, but it somehow seemed more pronounced now that she could actually have him around again in the gaps where she didnât.
âI hope you didnât wait too long,â she said, frowning, as she slid into the seat opposite him with a sigh. âWe were told we could have the afternoon off in advance, but of course, the morningâs schedule overran. Why did we expect anything else?â She chuckled lightly, shaking her head. âI swear, I love performing, I do, and I miss it when we arenât doing, but I always forget how mental promotions are until comeback comes around. I think I have selective memory loss.â
Seunghyun didnât realize how widely he had broken out into a smile when he heard Jenny speak until she sat down across from him. âItâs fine, really,â he assured her, laughing softly at himself as he tried to tried to make his smile look a little less stupid, at least. All she had done was walked in and apologized for being late, and Seunghyun knew that was enough for him to feel like he was becoming an idiot just from being around her. Nearly six years apart really hadnât made much of a difference on Seunghyun, he had found. Thankfully the two of them had finally started to become close again, and they were past awkwardly smiling at each other anytime they had to interact and leading people to assume that they for some reason had never been close in the first place, but Seunghyun knew that finally starting to close the distance they had let grow between them just made his feelings that much more obvious, at least to himself. He leaned back in his seat, running his hand over the leg of his jeans out of habit. âI got here only a few minutes ago,â he said honestly, not wanting her to have to feel apologetic just from being a little late. âI wasnât waiting at all.âÂ
âYeah, I guess KBS canât guarantee that a day off from the tour will be completely free of promotions,â Seunghyun joked, looking back over at her as she shook her head slightly. âI definitely get that way with comebacks,â he agreed, âespecially for comebacks that are just mine and not with the rest of the group. They always seem to spring up out of no where, and then end as quickly as the actual promotions started.â
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