"It's rare to see Kim Namjoon in the kitchen," Hoseok teased as they entered the house following Hyun Wook from behind, and saw their leader with an apron hanging from his neck, stirring something on the stove.

"Well, I guess he'll be taking a cooking class soon. That's his teacher," Jimin tittered, pointing out to Hyun Ae who was cutting some veggies by the sink.

"You guys... Don't tease him, please," she chuckled before turning to Namjoon with the cut-up vegs and pouring it into the pot. She turned down the heat and told him to let it simmer for a while.

"How are you now?" Jin asked as he stood beside her, looking at the stew she made.

"Feeling even better than before," Hyun Ae said, nodding her head before picking up a clean frying pan and placing it next to the pot. "Namjoonie, can you please place this stew over there?"

"Well, since she has someone new in her life now, of course, she would feel better," Hyun Wook snickered, from far behind her along with the rest of BTS in the living room. "She even dropped the 'oppa' and call him with a cute name-"

"Hyun Wook!" she called out, with a ladle in her hand as she turned around. They chuckled as she clanked the ladle against the pot, obviously calling her brother over. "Help me with this, will you?"

Grunting, Hyun Wook lazily made his way to the kitchen and was suddenly excited when he looked into the pot that Namjoon had placed on top of the marble counter.

"Budae jjigae! YES!"

"It's your favorite, right?" she smiled, looking over her shoulder to Hyun Wook as she focused back on her next cooking.

"Thank you Hyunnie noona!"

"Did your girlfriend come too?" she suddenly asked, and silence filled the whole house. The only sound that could be heard was only the sound of food sizzling, the sound of the wooden spatula against the metal pan, and Hyun Ae humming to Jimin's solo song 'Lie'.

As for Hyun Wook, he froze on the spot and stared at the back of his sister's head. He glanced over to Namjoon, who immediately shook his head, trying to tell Hyun Wook that he never told Hyun Ae about it.

"Yoon Hee, I mean," Hyun Ae said, turning around for a moment to grab the seasonings. She came back to her cooking as she continued. "You know, people say that even in a coma state, they can hear you. In my case, I wasn't really in a coma. So..." She laughed before turning back to her startled brother. "But why are you trying to hide it from me?"

"Because she's your best friend!" Hyun Wook finally spoke, fear still visible on his face.

Then she scoffed.

"So? It's love, right? A beautiful thing. It doesn't matter what it is, it's how much you would sacrifice for the other and that's one of the ways how great love is proven," she explained as Namjoon stood beside her, placing his arm around her waist and kissed her head before she looked up at him. "Right?"

When he nodded in response, she smiled and looked back at Hyun Wook.

"So... I was asking?" she giggled.

"I'll... call her," Hyun Wook said, letting out a sigh of relief as he pulled out his phone from his pocket and laughed in excitement.

"Along with Henry," Hyun Ae reminded her brother, and as he responded with nods, she turned to Namjoon. "Would you help in setting up the table?"

"Of course," he grinned, giving her another peck on her head before he began to look for the plates.

"Kookie ah, can you help me with this?" she called Jungkook out, motioning him to the main dish of the night.

"Noona, I think we should take it to the rooftop. It's going to be a clear sky tonight," Jungkook suggested, as he looked into the stew with wide eyes and a wide smile.

"Really? Okay then. Be careful, it's hot," she advised him as he began to lift the pot.

"I know that."

*****

"Thanks for tonight, Hyun Ae ah," Henry thanked, sipping the orange juice in his hand as he leaned against the rooftop's ledge.

"I'm just redeeming back that day. If it wasn't because of me, we would have had this small party that day. It was my fault," she sighed, staring at her drink as she placed it on top of the ledge.

"No, no. Don't say that."

"We fixed the door anyway. Jin hyung found someone who did all the work the next day," Jungkook said, sipping on his drink when Jin suddenly walked towards them.

"Oh? How much is it?" Hyun Ae asked him, but he just shook his head.

"Don't bother. It's on me," Jin snickered, giving her a thumbs up.

"No, I can't-"

"Shh. No need to," he laughed, patting and ruffling her head playfully.

When she responded with annoyance, the three of them laughed. She huffed and straightened back her hair before something at the corner of her eyes caught her attention.

"Why are the both of you looking frightened?" she asked, turning to Hyun Wook and Yoon Hee who had been watching her from afar with worried looks.

Hyun Ae shook her head and walked over to them. "Hey, I'm not mad. Instead, I'm happy to see both of you together. And I've noticed your attitude changes first on his first day," she paused to take a sip of her drink then continued as she turned to Yoon Hee. "It's like... you're messed up. You're all over the place. So, relax."

"Ahahahaha... yeah. Thank you anyway, eonnie," Yoon Hee chuckled nervously and kept on bowing her head down. Hyun Ae was about to say something when suddenly she felt a tug on her blouse.

"Oh?" she mumbled when Namjoon grabbed her hand and brought her to the other side of the rooftop where there were fewer people. He placed his glass on top of the ledge as he put his hand inside his pocket, trying to look for something.

"What is it?" she asked, laughing a bit.

"I have something that I believed belongs to you," Namjoon said, pulling out a small pouch.

"What is it- Oh, right," she chuckled, taking the pouch from him and her guess was right as she looked into the pouch. "My earphones."

"But... not this one. Close your eyes," he instructed, flashing a smile at her.

Hyun Ae closed her eyes anyway, and Namjoon stood behind her, placing a silver necklace around her neck. She felt the sudden thin coldness touching her skin, so she opened her eyes and looked at herself as he was still hooking the necklace's ends.

"This is..." she whispered, staring at the familiar locket.

The one that she had made. The galaxy locket.

"Open it," he uttered as he walked around, finally facing her. She opened the locket and silently gasped.

"Sirius?" she smiled, fiddling with the locket as she looked up at him.

"All this while, you're the Sirius that I've been looking for," he spoke, grabbing both of her hands. "It has always been dark in my life, but not until you're here to light it up. Just like the star."

He leaned closer and placed a kiss on her head, before pulling her into a hug.

"Thank you," he whispered against her head. "Thank you so much. I'd never thought that you were the one. Finally the one."

But...

Why am I feeling like... I'm going to lose him? Again?

*

"You have to go?"

"Yes, my dear. We need to leave in the early morning tomorrow for the shooting," Namjoon stated, patting Hyun Ae's head as she won't let him go.

She shook her head against him as her hug tightened around him.

"Sheesh, noona! Stop it! You'll see him tomorrow!" Hyun Wook grunted, trying hard to free Namjoon from his clingy sister.

"But I'm not in the shop tomorrow! The doctor told me to stay home for a few days," Hyun Ae whined, still hugging him.

"Oh," Hyun Wook mumbled, nodding his head. But then he once again was trying to pull his sister away from the idol. "It's just for a few days, for god sake. Stop it!"

"It'll be fine. Don't worry," Namjoon laughed, patting her head again as he grabbed her arms and stared into her eyes. "I'll come here tomorrow. I promise you."

There was a moment of silence, and then she chuckled. "Don't promise me, please," she suddenly smiled.

"Why?"

"You're always busy with work. There will be times when you'll be breaking it if you keep promising me. So..." she chortled, tilting her head to one side. But then Namjoon was staring at her with an expression that looked 'astonished'.

"Don't give me that look! I felt guilty!" she sighed, slapping his arm playfully.

"No, no. It's just... You're so understanding."

"Well, I know how much work you always have. I should've been aware of that," she uttered, giving him another tight hug before releasing him.

"Okay then. Thanks again for today, Hyun Ae ah," Jin thanked when he approached Namjoon.

"Thanks for coming too," Hyun Ae bowed down, and so did Jin.

With that, BTS finally left and both Hyuns were watching the van go down the hill road as it made its right turn at the corner, Hyun Wook suddenly swung his arm around Hyun Ae's neck, dragging her back into the house.

"HEY, HEY! LET ME GO!" Hyun Ae shrieked, slapping his arm hard but he won't let her go.

"For god sake, if you act clingy or try to look cute in front of me again, I swear I will push you into the pool," Hyun Wook hissed, still dragging his sister until they reached the front door.

"Hey! It's for my boyfriend! Close your eyes if you don't like it!" she angered, finally freeing herself as she pushed him away. And thought the stupid argument ended there.

"Close your eyes if you don't like it!" Hyun Wook repeated in a high-pitched voice as he entered the house.

"Don't you mock me, you fool!" Hyun Ae raged, following him back into the house.

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