Two days have gone by, good news is sparse; from his calculations it would take him a good few years to pay off the debt and retain his current standard of living. The insurance company called back and said that his debt had already switched hands to a private benefactor; to anyone else its the same debt but for him it means he might start getting calls from debt collectors, threats to garnish wages, harassment from third parties.
He doesn't even want to leave the house to work out; so he doesn't, he lazes around on the couch in his living room and hopes for good news from the halfway decent freelance job he's taken. The theater's next public showing for anything good enough for his talent is still two weeks away, not too far ahead in time but not close enough to give any solace and certainly not enough to pay off the debt. He isn't going to lower himself to anything he wouldn't want to watch; better to have a rather risk a little financial trouble now than risk a spotty career in the future.
His phone buzzes to life; Jumin Han, he should've known.
[Jumin - 8:43 am] 'Morning muscles, considered my offer yet? ;)'
The fact that Jumin is up and texting before he does anything productive is shocking enough, the fact that he's still pushing for some sort of assistance or communication even more so.
[Zen - 8:45 am] 'Morning you living shitpost, I have. And the answer is no.'
[Jumin - 8:46 am] 'Why not (o_o)?'
[Zen - 8:46 am] 'You spam emoticons like you're having a Naruto phase.
[Zen - 8:46 am] 'Please tell me the main reason you're a brat is because you're still in your Naruto phase.'
[Jumin - 8:46 am] 'Answer the question or I'm coming over to attack you with cats. D:!'
[Zen - 8:47 am] 'So that's a yes then?'
[Jumin - 8:47 am] 'How are you going to pay off the debt?'
The more serious shift in tone isn't lost on him; the question is why is Jumin so insistent on being involved?
[Zen - 8:48 am] 'Why is it any of your business?'
[Jumin - 8:48 am] 'Because the person you struck in that traffic accident was my assistant, driving my car.'
[Jumin - 8:49 am] 'Well, ONE OF my cars. $∠( ᐛ 」∠)_$'
Millions of people in the country, millions of cars, miles and possibilities and he rammed into the one person he never wanted to speak to much less owe money to.
[Zen - 8:55 am] 'You can buy and sell the car company that you brought that fucking van from; what the hell, why are you bothering me about it?'
[Jumin - 8:56 am] 'If I spent all my time doing charity I sure as hell wouldn't half as rich as I am now.'
[Jumin - 8:56 am] 'However, I'm willing to do you a favor. You meet me at a hotel tonight and we'll talk about how we can fix your debt. ;3'
Jumin may be a grown man, but he's simple, so it isn't too hard to tell what he means by that. There's subtext and then there's outright text. Jumin catches him in a debt and the first thing he chooses to do is suggest becoming his sugar daddy, exchanging his money for a night of sex. Fifty thousand is chump change to him, he spends more on the nail care for his fucking cat, at this point he's only running the score. And he expects Zen to give him sexual favors for it, there's only one appropriate response he can give;
[Zen - 8:57 am] 'Go rot in hell.'
He tosses the phone onto the couch across from him, why did he even bother getting out of bed this morning?
