Another day almost reached its end.

Sleeping hours began to kick in for every people in the neighborhood. But not for Hyun Ae.

Accompanied by the starry night sky, and a few beanbags around her on her picnic mat, Hyun Ae was sitting alone on the rooftop, reading a book when she heard a faint doorbell from inside the house.

She flipped herself over on one of the beanbags to look for her phone, and as she found it, she unlocked it and immediately went to the surveillance camera app, sitting up in shock.

"Namjoon," she whispered, immediately running back into her house while texting him to wait for a moment.

In no time, she quickly reached out to the monitor by the entrance and unlocked the gate. She opened the front door and ran down the steps in her Koya slippers, towards Namjoon who had already entered the house yard.

He stopped in his track and opened his arms wide before Hyun Ae threw herself on him, her arms flying around him and hugging him tight.

"Namjoon, I miss you. I miss you so much!" Hyun Ae whimpered against his shoulder, tears streaming down her face, soaking his shirt.

"I miss you too, baby. I miss you too!"

He pushed her away a bit, placing quick kisses all over her face before finally kissing her on the lips.

The feeling of missing suddenly faded away as their deep kiss went on. Even after the kiss, none of them had the perfect words to say to each other.

Both were healed in each others' arms with the sound of Hyun Ae's sobs.

After a while, she pulled away and stared up at his face. And then sniffed as she placed her hand on his cheek.

"Were you eating well? Did you have proper meals? You're so thin," she asked, now placing both her hands on his cheeks, wiping away his tears. "Let's get inside."

She held his hand tightly and both of them walked back into the house, directly towards the kitchen.

"Sit here. I'll re-heat some dishes that I cooked earlier," Hyun Ae directed him, urging him to take a seat but then he grabbed her arm.

"Babe, you don't have to-"

"No, you must eat. It will only take a few minutes, don't worry," Hyun Ae patted his arm, and he let her go as she quietly did the things she needed to do: re-heating the dishes that she had made for him earlier that night.

Namjoon was just sitting there by the countertop, watching her going here and there around the kitchen, looking busy with the microwave and pans.

He pulled out his phone and began to secretly take some pictures and videos of her.

A few minutes had passed, and it was the last dish that Hyun Ae placed down before his eyes.

"Here you go. Eat well," she said, smiling as she passed him a pair of chopsticks.

"You're not going to eat?" Namjoon asked her as she took the seat across from him.

"N-No, it's for you. All of it."

"Well then... I'm not eating if you're not," he said, placing down the utensil onto the small plate beside him.

"Namjoon..." she called out, and suddenly the front door opened and there was her brother. "Oh? Hyun Wook?"

Hyun Wook looked over to the kitchen and his brows lifted up as he recognized the guy with his sister.

"Oh hi, Namjoon hyung. It has been a while. How are you doing?" he greeted, placing his hand on Namjoon's shoulder.

"I'm fine. Hope you are too," he nodded.

"Oh, I'm always fine. Except for her," Hyun Wook pointed to Hyun Ae. "Eat, noona. I don't remember the last time you had proper meals. Bye, I'm taking my shower first."

Just with that, he began to walk towards the spiral staircase. While Namjoon gave a look to Hyun Ae.

"Babe?" he mumbled.

"He's lying! Look, I'm chubby. I ate well. He-"

"Liar, liar, liar," Hyun Wook chimed before he entered his room and closed the door behind him.

"Hyun Wook..." she grunted, and had no other choice. "Fine," she sighed, pulling out another pair of chopsticks from the small drawer beside her.

Both of them began to eat the various dishes she had prepared that night. From stir-fried glass noodles to black-peppered meats.

"So good. What to expect from a certified chef," Namjoon chuckled, after taking a sip of his water.

"Sheesh, I'm flattered," Hyun Ae muttered, picking up a piece of meat and shoving it into her mouth. "It has been a while since the last time we had our dinner together."

"Ah, you're right. To be honest, I miss your cooking," he smiled. "I don't know why, but I suddenly remembered back to the day when we first met."

"Ah... Imagine if you never really broke into my fitting room."

"We'd meet anyway. Remember? Big Hit was the one who brought you to surprise Jungkookie on his birthday."

"Oh... right."

"If it was our fate, we would meet anyway," Namjoon giggled, picking up a piece of kimchi and placing it onto a piece of meat. "To lift someone tall like me, phew... You're the strongest."

"Oh well... Bangtan Noona, right?" Hyun Ae softly laughed, opening her mouth as he fed her the kimchi-meat combo.

"How are you these days?" he began to ask as she chewed on her food.

"Fine. Just... busy with my work. I'm in the next phase of the restaurant. Planning. Here. In the house."

"You're not going to the café anymore?"

"I'm still going, but it won't be as frequent as I used to. Moreover, since Yoon Hee is the new manager, so basically I don't really have a job there. It's like, I'm the 'architect' and right now we're collaborating in developing the restaurant."

"Wow. I can't wait for the new restaurant. Surely you've grown a lot."

He reached out his arm and patted her head softly. Hyun Ae looked up at him, and their eyes locked for a moment before he began to speak again.

"I really, really miss you. I'm sorry that I never call or text you, even after everything had settled down. It's just, I thought you also needed your own space and... I was trying to protect you from public attention, so I had to stay away from you temporarily," he explained, caressing her cheek with his thumb.

"I understand that," Hyun Ae smiled, as she began to pick up some more food for him. "Here, take some more."

But I don't think this is the end yet.

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