Sometimes he wondered if it was just him being overly sensitive. But some of the coincidences were really uncanny.

"We're dating."

The timing was really strange. It's been a while since he saw his drill officer since his academy days... so he decided to greet him. Especially since that particular person happened to be in the very same battalion he was transferred in. It's never a bad thing to get along well with people, and Sergeant Seo's a familiar face. He wanted to greet him the first day he arrived, though, but he couldn't seem to get away from the paperwork he had to fill in.

Ah, he hated all these paperwork.

So that day when it rained and he saw him in front of the office building... he thought, why not? And the guy suddenly popped the statement.

It really spooked him. Because he remembered there was this movie that had a similar umbrella scene—not that he actually wanted to recreate that scene, but it was raining! And he had no umbrella and he was excited to greet the old sod—and ah...

The timing was really strange.

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[COME OVER AND PLAY. I'M BORED.]

Of all things he had to recall right now, it was that stupid rainy incident. Heh. It's not as if he had no other friend. But that guy was a special friend. But then again he didn't really get in touch with any other of his friends at school, so would that make Daeyoung his only friend? But Alpha Team's relationship wasn't that shallow, they're family! Wait, then again he didn't really have much contact other than people in the military...

Ah.

He started playing this one-man pool game to distract him from thinking about a certain doctor, but he ended up thinking about some other couple. Because thinking about Seo Daeyoung made him think about Myeongju and then... ah! As if this would make things better.

Come to think, that couple owed him some... for getting them together. Not that he's the one that spread those silly rumours about them sleeping together. But he had a part in it. Not his fault if some other troop misunderstood his words and spread all those false rumours. He still found that statement about dating for a year despite meeting a person for a month funny.

Okay.

Perhaps, he did sorta made a joke about the possibility that the two might have slept together. Not his fault some people took the joke for real and blew them out of proportion!

Sijin turned his head towards the entrance and hey, who's coming—wait, this is too good not to share! He took out his phone and started snapping some pictures. As expected, the man started to try covering his face and himself. Sijin grinned as he started composing his mail.

[OI, MYEONGJU. LOOK WHAT I HAVE HERE...]

He sent the message alongside some of the pictures he took. "Hehe... this is funny..." he started to say as he hastily pulled his phone out of reach. "I already sent it, too late!" he taunted the man before he stopped himself.

An idea popped into his head as he turned around to pose beside Seo Daeyoung.

"I'm taking another one. Smile!"

He took the picture and composed another message.

[MYEONGJU. YOU LUCKED OUT. WE'RE DATING FOR REAL.]

Sijin grinned as he typed the message, before including the new selca picture alongside.

[SEE? COUPLE SHIRTS!]

He managed to click sent just as Daeyoung grabbed the phone from him. The man groaned as he saw the message that went though.

"Geez. Why did you have to—"

Sijin shrugged.

"Well? It's not as if you'd let me take your picture willingly. And this timing..." he nudged at his own striped shirt, "—really? Are we seriously dating?"

The man fumed. "Why you... Yoo Sijin! Come back here!" exclaimed Daeyoung as the man started chasing him out of the building.

Honestly. Why did things like this tend to happen to him with these kinds of timing?