"Finally," Osamu muttered as his luggage was in sight. He quickly picked it up and walked towards the exit of the airport.

He then saw a friend of his, Nakamoto Yuta, waving his hand and signalled him to come.

"Have you waited long?" Osamu asked after they shared their greetings.

"Not really. Let's go?"

Osamu nodded as Yuta lead the way towards his car. His heart thumped as he looked at the unfamiliar surroundings.

"Hello, South Korea..."

~

"What makes you come here?" Yuta asked, his eyes glued to the semi-packed road ahead of him.

Osamu took his time to think before answering, "I have free time until the next two weeks, so it's like a short vacation?"

"Eyy, I'm sure it's more than that."

Osamu shrugged. "Well, my soulmate lives here."

Yuta hummed. "That one girl you told me years ago? You're still searching for her?"

"It's not like that, I am not thinking of coming here only to search for her," Osamu whined, feeling teased by the older, who has a smirk plastered on his lips.

"Anyways," Osamu cleared his throat. "I'm hungry, let's eat somewhere before going to the hotel."

"The nearest... How about we go to my friend's restaurant?"

Osamu shrugged. "I don't know anything, so you can choose wherever, I'm cool."

~

"Taeyong~" Yuta shouted right as he opened the door. Fortunately there's barely any people inside.

Osamu actually expected a large restaurant with extravagant ornaments to decorate it, but what's in front of him was a total opposite of it. It's minimalist but not boring, and has a cozy vibe to it. His lips curved upwards as he took a step inside and sat across Yuta.

"What would you like to order?"

It took Osamu a few minutes to place his order— he had to ask Yuta what's inside a certain dish and others, making him regret not doing any research before flying to the country.

The two then conversed while waiting for their orders. In the middle of the conversation, the door opened.

Osamu took a glance at the newcomer before his eyes enlarged. Yuta, who noticed the change in his friend's face, looked at the same direction.

"(F/n)?" the name that slipped out of Yuta's mouth shocked Osamu even more.

"Yuta! It's been a while!" she replied, then noticed another presence. "...Osamu?"

"Hello," he simply greeted, still in shock.

"You know each other?" Yuta asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yuta... she's the one, my soulmate," Osamu said while (F/n) was away. This time, Yuta was the one shocked; his eyes seemed like they were about to pop out.

"Wait, what? But—"

"Your order is here, enjoy!" Taeyong, the owner himself, placed their food on the table.

"We'll talk after we eat, okay?"

~

"Your friend is a really good cook," Osamu commented, completely satisfied with the bibimbap he ordered.

His eyes then lazily darted around the place, before they fixated at a certain spot, where he saw Taeyong and (F/n) talking. Then, he saw Taeyong nodding before (F/n) went upstairs.

"What's upstairs?"

"Hm? Taeyong's house, basically. Why?"

Ah, I don't have a good feeling about this.

His inner self was shouting at him to ask Yuta more, but no words came out of his mouth. Instead, he tried to act busy by playing with his phone— until he heard (F/n) calling his name.

"Osamu? May I talk with you, uh, privately?"

Yuta took this as a signal that he should move for a while, and so he did. (F/n) then sat on Yuta's previous seat, staring right at Osamu's pair of grey orbs.

When Osamu nodded, she then started to talk.

"Thank you so much for what you did years back. If you didn't help me, who knows what could happen to me then. I have shared this story to Taeyong, and the two of us would like to repay our gratitude."

Osamu gulped, his two hands were clasped together under the table. His eyes were glued to (F/n)'s right hand as it took something out.

A card.

"I didn't expect us to meet again, but now that we do, we would like to share our happiness as a part of our thank you gift. We don't know how long you'll be here, but if you have the time, we'd really appreciate it if you could come."

(F/n) then offered the card to him with a large smile, in which he couldn't help but to return it. His hands, though a bit shaky, accepted the card, and when he looked at it— he really wished he didn't.

⋟───────────────

Wedding Invitation
Lee Taeyong & (L/n) (F/n)
───────────────⋞

The smile he managed to carve immediately turned bitter. Despite so, he still thanked her.

"Thank you for the invitation, I'll see if I could come. Anyways, Yuta and I have somewhere else to go, so we should leave now."

After bidding a short goodbye to the soon-to-be married couple, the two friends exited the place.

Then, Osamu sighed heavily.

"What should I do when my soulmate is already happy with someone else?"

———

Hi everyone! This came out waaay to long than I promised, I'm really, really sorry about that.

It's been a long time since I've written something in a narrative way, I hope it's still tolerable.

Please share your thoughts! I'd love to read and interact with you all!

Anyways, everyone please stay healthy and stay safe!! I hope the difficult situation we're going through right now will pass soon.

Nakamoto Yuta (NCT)

Lee Taeyong (NCT, SuperM)

Bibimbap