𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓 • 𝘫𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘩

「 twenty one 」

Jena blatantly explained and confirmed that she did drink beer early in the morning but assured the male that she was far from being drunk and mayhaps be tipsy right now. "And what's wrong if I did drink if I'm not getting myself drunk? I mean, I know it's bad to drink alcohol but I know what I'm doing, I wouldn't go all out since I know I have schedules to deal with." she justifies her actions, composing herself behold the stressed kim.

The stressed kim didn't argue any further and dismiss the topic after hearing her explanation, though he is wholeheartedly against drinking on the day since they were idols who have hectic schedules to even consider getting wasted, nonetheless choose to trust on whatever Jena is doing to herself and hopes she really does have everything in control. It isn't his fault if ever things go awful for the younger since he already warned her, it isn't his responsibility to control her. Her choice, her suffering.

Both idols have silence surrounding them as they finally eat the burgers Doyoung ordered for them, munching with the mall's music playing in the background. It didn't take much tension for the two of them to start talking again, forgetting about the squabble and decided to enjoy their time with one another, not wanting a small feud to ruin their date. Jena took the lead on popping the silence bubble, breaking the ice as she asked how his musical practice was, curious as to what he has been doing since she's been guilty of ghosting for a couple of weeks due to her ongoing stress on the hearings and practises.

And there they were, actively chatting each other's days and updates they missed from one another; Jena ranting over the long hearings, severe practices and early shootings the staffs are giving to the girls meanwhile Doyoung shares his experience on practicing with the other cast of the musical, being enthusiastic on his new learning and techniques upon preparing for his musical debut, and how he wish she could even watch one of his shows before she could go out from korea to go on tour, wanting to see the proud face of the younger to see how well he is for the upcoming show on july.

From the catching up and murmurs they shared was now replaced with laughters and excessive gossips; spilling teas from their companies and dirty secrets of their once rude staffs, Jena eventually sharing that it was Park Jin Young's and her producer's fault as to why the group have a long inactivity, ranting over the feud the two have that cause the sudden hiatus of Violeta with no content being released as the two said names prolong the raging tension and to be frank she finds both of them (mostly her boss) idiotic to let her group be involved in their eight month argument causing their activities and schedules to be halt and almost lose their careers all because of her boss not following the contract he and the producer have settled on before their debut.

And for all the rants and hot brewing gossips Jena was sharing from her agency, Doyoung attentively listens to each and fascinating tea Jena offers, shaking her head at the severe tea she have against her own company; telling all the bullshits and errors that JYPE has that some of the crowds knew. He sips his cold beverage while he proactively listens, blinking when the suh halt her natter on back stabbing her own boss, the kim curious on the sudden silence. He then looks at the doe eyes of his lover, noticing she was staring from afar. He then tries to track down where Jena was staring at, only to discover his lover was staring over a little girl along with her mom who are happily eating across from them.

"I could have gone back in Chicago wayback 2015 being frank," Jena started another tea this time it was about herself, a frown uttered at how much she misses her hometown. She sighs, recalling the bad memory she's now starting to regret. "I've got a severe injury back then and the staffs were about to call my parents to send me home but I lied and told them I have a relative here and yet, I ask Sangmi for help 'cause I don't want to go home and if I did, I wouldn't be standing as an idol today when mom finds out the cause of my injury..." She utters in a bittersweet voice, a timid smile flash through towards her lover.