Day 5 - 05:45 PM
POV: Jumin Mode
Jumin was standing at the entrance for a good while waiting for V to arrive. He'd already said goodbye to assistant Kang and wished her a good evening with Zen over an hour ago, but V still hadn't shown up and he was getting bored.
He could have waited for his staff to notify him of V's arrival from his suite, but for some reason, he wanted to greet the other man personally. Looking down at his phone, he decided to kill some time.
Jumin Han has joined the chat room.
/ Zai: Jumin! Hi! /
/ Jumin Han: Hello Zai, how are you doing? /
/ Zai: Nothing much at the moment! What about you? /
/ Jumin Han: I am waiting for V to arrive. /
There were no responses for a while, and Jumin started worrying if Zai had left and forgotten about their conversation when she finally replied.
/ Zai: Oh, have you been waiting long? Sorry if it seemed like I vanished. My food was done heating up ^^ /
/ Jumin Han: It has been nearly an hour now. /
/ Zai: Whoa, that long? Where are you waiting? /
/ Jumin Han: In front of the building. I wanted to greet him first. /
/ Zai: I get it. You must be very close if you're willing to wait outside for him so long when it's almost late. /
Seeing Zai's words on his screen immediately made him pause and think of when he was younger and there was nothing except himself and another boy holding hands while staring at the sky; making promises that would never be kept and do not go down that path, Jumin Han.
Shaking his thoughts away, he went back to typing.
/ Jumin Han: Yes, well, I would be a bad host if I did not greet him personally. /
/ Zai: How responsible~ /
/ Zai: Are you sure I'm not distracting you? /
/ Jumin Han: I might be mistaken, but shouldn't it be the other way around? /
/ Zai: You might be right lololol /
/ Zai: I still have some emails to respond to before I'm done for the day. /
/ Jumin Han: Still? I did not think that we had invited that many people. By all rights, you should not have this much work to do... /
There was another pause, and Jumin took the time to look up and check if V had arrived while he was focused on his phone. He hadn't, but Zai had responded by the time he looked back down at his screen.
/ Zai: Does it seem that way? Maybe I'm just slow to respond;; /
/ Jumin Han: My apologies, I didn't mean any offense. /
/ Zai: lololol It's ok Jumin, I'm just trying to make sure this party is the best it can be. /
/ Jumin Han: I appreciate your efforts. It seems V was correct in his assumption that you are exactly the thing we needed to revive the RFA. /
/ Zai: ... I just really want to make sure that this turns out well... /
/ Zai: It's felt like such a short amount of time, but I care about the RFA a lot... /
/ Zai: I want this party to be something that people will remember for a long time. /
Jumin took the time to reread Zai's messages several times. They seemed touching at first, but there was an underlying sadness to them that he couldn't place. Why did she feel so strongly about a group of strangers she had only met five days ago due to a hacker of all things?
/ Jumin Han: Zai are you sure that you do not need a break from all this? /
/ Zai: Yup! Thank you for caring about me, though. As long I can help everyone, this will all be worth it! /
/ Jumin Han: You're quite a unique person, Zai. /
/ Zai: I know ^^ /
Jumin gave a little huff of amusement as Zai's response; she reminded him of someone else's selfless attitude. He was about to type a reply when he noticed a new notification in the chat that made him hold his breath.
V has joined the chat room.
/ Zai: ? /
/ V: Jumin, look up. /
After reading the message, Jumin raised his head fast enough to hear a crack (he'd be feeling that later). In front of him was a lanky man with hair that reminded him of the sky and glittering cerulean eyes obscured by thick glasses.
"V..." His grip on his phone loosened, and he would have dropped it if not for the other man catching it almost last second and handing it back to him.
"Jumin." Hearing his name in that voice...No, do not go there.
"What took you so long?" His words were almost breathless as he appraised his childhood friend of so many years. Said friend was looking more than a little apprehensive as he was scrutinized under Jumin's gaze.
"Sorry, I had a few loose ends to tie up."
"You could have called me."
"I know, it slipped my mind."
"Well you are here now, so there is no use dwelling on it." Jumin reached for V's hand and tried not to think about how their fingers fit together perfectly as he led the other man up to his place of residence. "Elizabeth the 3rd has missed you."
The small smile on V's face completely wiped away Jumin's next thoughts, but the feeling of 'I missed you, too' persisted.
Day 5 - 6:22 PM
/ Zai: ...Jumin? V? /
Jumin Han has left the chat room.
/ Zai: ... /
V has left the chat room.
/ Zai: I guess they ditched me! The nerve... /
/ Zai: I hope Zen and Jaehee are having a better time than I am;; /
Zai has left the chat room.