Winter Flame [Book 4] | Pentagon ✔

Chapter 11

"Hello," he greeted politely. "It's nice to finally meet you. Changgu talked a lotㅡ"

"Okaaaaay, now introductions are done!" Changgu interrupted.

I smiled at everyone. "Hello, everyone! I'm Jiyoo. I met Changgu about... eight months ago?" I asked him.

He nodded. "Oof. Has it been that long?"

"Woah, really? But... why are you only introducing us now?" Hongseok asked him.

"Well, we didn't see each other again until last week." Changgu replied.

"How did you meet?" Yanan asked me.

"Oh, should I tell them?" I asked Changgu, raising an eyebrow.

"Ooohhh, I'm curious." Hongseok said with a grin.

Changgu just quietly nodded as he began eating. "We met at the comedy bar where I was working as the bartender and he was really so out of it he didn't even realize what the place was. Just straight up ordered his drink and got drunk." I said.

"Woah, you're a bartender?" Seunghee asked.

"Used to. Currently, I'm a librarian." I said with a chuckle.

"Woah, yeokshi, get a girl who can do both, they say." Hongseok said grinning meaninfully before turning to Hyunjoo, "Right, my Hyunjoo?"

"I can't do both." Hyunjoo said to him with a straight face.

"Aye, but you can do other things." Hongseok said bumping his shoulder with hers.

"Stop it, you two, seriously." Kele said frowning.

"You're just salty. Your boyfriend is in military." Hongseok told her.

"What? YahㅡHyunjoo, get a hold of your boyfriend!" Kele exclaimed, making Hyunjoo laugh.

"I'm not just her boyfriend. I'm her fiancée." Hongseok said childishly as he smirks.

"Stop it." Hyunjoo told him quietly even though still grinning.

"Anyway," Kele said, turning to me. "How was our Changgu in the mock trial? Was he awesome?"

A smile automatically formed my lips. "Yeah, he's awesome." I told them about what happened and Changgu's solid arguments.

"Why do you make me sound extra awesome?" Changgu asked laughing.

"You were!" I told him. We were smiling at each other when his friends clapped their hands.

"Right, that's our Changgu." Yanan said proudly.

"Hyunjoo-ya, remember when your group and his always went head to head on debates?" Hongseok asked.

"Yeah, I always lost." She said.

"That's just because you weren't very vocal." Changgu said.

"Maybe," Hyunjoo said, "But there's a reason I was ranked second to you."