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"uh?" she asked confused. he frowned, putting his chopsticks down. "you said "hey"?" he tilted his head.

yeah sure, she had said it.

"ah...yeah just- let's not talk about your brother-

"step brother."

"right. right, step brother... let's not talk about him, alright?" she said glancing nervously at him. jooheon remained silent for a second, narrowing his eyes.

"did you two have a fight?"

her eyes widened for a second as she tried to bit her tongue, to not spill the beans to him. she knew he'd probably get mad if he knew, what she knew.

"no. of course not- she said swallowing the rice - it's just, i know he's not your favorite topic."

he nodded. "that is dang right." he said returning to his food. they both remained silent for the next seconds until jooheon finished his dinner.

"right. let's not talk about him while we're here. i like that." they both laughed. truth be told, it was okay for boki.

she kind of didn't want to talk about yoo kihyun either. it was better this way.

this way, she could focus on her actual feelings, try to understand them and to embrace them, whatever they were.

"so... do you have plans later on?" he asked. her eyes widened as she turned to meet his eyes.

"plans?"

"yeah i mean... you mom mentioned that there was a lookout close? i've never been in this town so i am kinda curious about the local attractions."

boki looked at him surprised. "are you?"

"yah... is it so hard to believe?" his voice resounded as she laughed at his cute ways. "no. it's not... and yeah... there's actually a lookout that has view to the sea, it's really pretty at night. 

there's also a harbor with plenty shops around, restaurants and parks."

jooheon remained motionless, just staring at her. her heart skipped a beat when she noticed his eyes, again, diverting to her lips for a split second. "fine... let's go there." he said standing from the bar. boki stared at him with disbelief.

"right now?"

"right now what?" mrs. do appeared out of nowhere with a big smile.

"ah... mrs. do let me guess... it was a good night?" he asked with smiley eyes. she just nodded.

"a very good indeed... you're getting a bonus at the end of the week jooheon!" she exclaimed, cleaning the bar with a kitchen rag. boki looked at the pair with confused eyes.

they seem to get along just fine.

"so... right now where? are you guys going somewhere?" mrs. do asked. jooheon just nodded, his hands inside the pockets of his hoodie.

"i was inviting ku- boki to go with me to the lookout." he said closing his eyes, cursing herself mentally for almost calling her kumquat in front of her mother. boki looked at him with curious eyes.

mrs. do eyes widened as they sparkled. "ohh that sounds nice... the lookout is such a nice and you know... romantic place." she said making eyes to boki.

boki's eyes widened as she tried to make her mother stop. jooheon stared at the pair with strange eyes.

"also cold... very cold so let me get my coat." boki said standing from the seat and looking for her coat. jooheon glanced at mrs. do as she moved her eyebrows.