KyuYoung fiddled with a VR headset. He adjusted it a little bit, and even tested it. He wondered if it would really be like real.
"Oh, I don't know."
He couldn't think of a better way other than this. Finally, he checked his headset one more time and reviewed the equipment he had prepared in advance. In fact, everything else was a meaningless trick. Shouldn't it look plausible?
KyuYoung took a deep breath and called.
"Hello?"
[Hi, KyuYoung. Oh, What's going on?]
"What are you doing right now... I'm just curious..."
KyuYoung's tongue got twisted at the moment. He was trying to speak as calmly as possible. If KyuYoung would be behaving like this weirdly, his friend, JaHwan would notice that it was strange. KyuYoung twisted his finger sweating.
[Me? I'm on my way home. Why? Did something happen?]
"No... Nothing happened..."
KyuYoung, who was murmuring and blurring the end of his speech, shook his head.
"What's going on?"
[What? What's going on? It means there's none.]
KyuYoung heard a laughing voice.
"There's something serious going on."
Of course, something serious was going to happen to JaHwan, not to him. KyuYoung tried to speak as low as possible. Did JaHwan notice his tricks as well? He heard a light sound of holding back laughter.
"So, can we meet now?"
[Now? Hmm... Okay. Got it. Where should we go? The bar I went to last time was okay.]
"Come to my place."
[Okay. Got it. What should I buy?]
"A lot of drinks..."
For some reason, he thought JaHwan should not be sober. JaHwan laughed loudly at the words of KyuYoung.
[You can't even drink so much. I think it'll take about 30 minutes.]
"Okay. Take your time."
KyuYoung, who hung up the phone, stood blank for a while. All that's left was doing it actually.
He quickly cleaned up the house and took a shower again. KyuYoung, who prepared the house in his own way, stood still in front of the front door and waited for JaHwan to come.
He could hear JaHwan pressing the password of the door lock without knocking the door. A large man stood as JaHwan opened the door.
"What? Why are you standing in front of the door?"
"Huh? No, no. I was wondering when you'd come... I was just going to look out if you're here. Haha..."
"You're weird today."
A cold sweat was about to flow in KyuYoung's forehead as JaHwan tilted his head. He put down the things he bought heavy on both hands. Seeing the rattling sound of the bottle, KyuYoung thought that a lot of alcohol on the table could kill him if he really would drink it all.
"Are you going to finish these all?"
"You told me to buy a lot."
"Right, I did."
KyuYoung nodded. He knew he's acting silly on his own, but... he couldn't think properly. Just thinking about what to do right away had pushed him to the utmost limit.
KyuYoung's hole, which had been prepared in advance and loosened smoothly, flinched and tightened.
"You said something happened. Is it serious? Is it depressing? Are you happy or annoyed?"
JaHwan asked, setting the seat casually.
"Huh? Uh... I don't know."
He should have thought about that 'something' to talk about. He didn't think about it. When KyuYoung gave a silly answer, JaHwan laughed out loud.
"Did you forget?"
"Yes, I forgot..."
And KyuYoung suddenly gave him a glass cup and picked the heaviest drink and poured it. JaHwan looked at the full glass as if he was a little puzzled and asked with frustration.
"...Drink and die?"
"Don't die."
He's such a strong drinker. KyuYoung couldn't get a sense of how much JaHwan had to drink to get drunk. When he said he were in bad condition, he were drunk with just one bottle of soju and knocked down. When he said it was going well, he drank it in pairs and walked in intact. KyuYoung had no choice but to hope JaHwan's condition was not good that day.
"Drink a lot, JaHwan."
KyuYoung smiled brightly and poured drink into the empty glass again.
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