Between The Hidden World And Ours... - [YEONGYU FF]

Chapter 18

🎶: "Who Are You" by Suho

Sunlight poured in through the cracks of the satin curtains, kissing his skin, and shining onto his eyelids.

Yeonjun furrowed his brows, blinking his eyes open to see his bedroom.

A soft exhale escaped his mouth.

"Right. I'm back in Seoul."

He stretched his arms and laid back on his pillow, a small smile forming on his mouth as he recalled the wonderful dream from last night.

In it, Yeonjun was back on the island, with Beomgyu right beside him. The pair was laying in the sand, right next to the ocean, listening to the waves crashing onto the shore, and chatting about their research, like they typically did.

It felt all so realistic, but sadly, it was just a dream, once Yeonjun wished he didn't have to wake up from.

"Time to get up," he sighed and climbed out of the covers.

A few days had passed since Yeonjun came back to Korea. And because he seemed so tired stepping off the helicopter, Miss Lee was kind enough to give him a week of to readjust.

It felt rather strange.

After picking his car up from where he left it, Yeonjun drove around Seoul to see if anything had changed, only to find out nothing has.

The houses and apartment buildings were where they were beforehand, people were as busy as ever, traffic was just as horrible as he remembered, and his patience had been thinned out by the time he arrived home.

His apartment looked the same as he had left it, minus the extra sheet of dust covering the floor, the furniture, and even his plants.

Yeonjun spent his week off settling back into his apartment, cleaning every corner of it to make it as spotless as possible. Not only that, he unpacked everything and washed all the clothes he wore the past few days.

Soon enough, his dusty and quiet apartment transformed into a clean yet busy place, filled with laundry hanging on a clothesline in the bathroom.

It felt quite homey.

Yet it still felt rather empty, as he was the only one around.

It's funny; before going to the island, Yeonjun never had a problem being on his own here.

But after spending 3 ½ weeks with Beomgyu in the same house, Yeonjun realized just how silent and lonely an apartment can be when no one else is around.

After freshening up and getting dressed into formal attire, Yeonjun took his briefcase and walked down to the apartment parking lot to head to work.

The drive to the company building was just as tedious as always, and he found little to no joy being stuck in traffic as well.

But lo and behold, Yeonjun arrived at HYBE eventually, parking his car in its usual spot, and headed back inside the building.

He opened the door to his office, and gasped happily when he saw who was there.

"Taehyun!"

"Hey!"

The brunette stood up from his desk and immediately hugged the ravenette, who returned it, delighted to finally see his best friend again.

"How are you? Why didn't you tell me that you were taking a break?" Taehyun asked.

"Oh, sorry. I was... busy settling back in."