Healing

Chapter 21 ~ Hotpot & Ice Cream

"Shut up" I muttered while glaring at Jun, causing him to giggle. When he calmed down, he looked into my eyes, this time not playfully.

"In all seriousness though, I just want you to be happy, Iseul. It's what you deserve. Wonwoo is an amazing person, and I know that you two will be great together."

"Thank you, Jun. That means a lot"

He smiled and squeezed my hand before our hotpot arrived. We started eating, still keeping a conversation going.

"So, how is The Collaboration going so far?" I asked about the show he and Minghao were filming in China.

"It's really good! I'm having so much fun with it. It's so nice to be able to preform stuff on my own and show a bit more of my style." He said, smiling.

"So, who do you want to work with?"

"Yah, you know I can't talk about that, Iseul!" He said, poking my arm.

"I can try to get it out of you, can't I?" I teased, poking him back.

"All I will say is everyone is really nice, so I would gladly work with any of them. But, seeing Samuel again for the first time in so long had to be one of my favorite parts so far."

"I almost forgot about Samuel! How old is he now? I remember Jihoon talking about him a while ago."

"He's 17 now!"

"Really?! I forget how young he is.."

"I sometimes do too, but he will always be my baby brother" Jun said, a sweet expression on his face.

We talked for a little while longer, but my tongue started burning from how spicy the hotpot was.

"Yah, Jun, this is so spicy!" I exclaimed, reaching for my precious glass of water.

"You've already done better than I was expecting. Not many people can handle as much spice as I can.."

I glared at him while taking a sip of my water. He giggled, and continued eating.

"Okay, I'm done" I announced while leaning back into my chair, feeling some pain in my throat from the intensity of the flavor.

"Did you have enough to eat?" Jun asked, but I had thought of a plan.

"I'm still a bit hungry, but I think some ice cream would be good.." I murmured, seeing Jun's classic boyish grin appear.

"Let's stop at the convenience store and get some for everyone back at the dorm on the way home!"

"Sounds good!"

Jun finished up, and we started walking to the nearby convenience store. We stopped and bought 15 ice-cream cones; one for everyone and then one extra. I texted the group chat,

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13 Members + 3 Units + 1 Iseul
Leader Coups 🙌🏻
Hannie 😇
Shuaaa 🇺🇸
Jun 🙄
Hoshii 🐹
Wonu 💙
Cousin 🎶
DK 😁
Gyu💪🏻
The 8 🎨🍷
Boo 🤣
Hansol Chew 😚
Jeonghan's Baby 👶🏻

To; 13 Members + 3 Units + 1 Iseul
Hey you all better be up in the 2nd floor living area in 20 mins or else you don't get ice cream

From; DK 😁
ICE CREAM?!?!??

From; Hannie 😇
but I'm cold already..

From; Leader Coups 🙌🏻
shut up it's like 33°C outside