one: commence and falls; (1/2)

one.| commence and falls;

They sat across one another in a small café in the outskirts of Seoul. No one knew them here; he wore multiple layers of disguise and she was just another trainee back then.

Tense filled the atmosphere around them, both of them sipping their respective coffees silently.

"So," Joohyun began slowly, as she tried to interpret his previous words. "You want me to get a boyfriend?"

"Yes." Changmin nodded, almost gleefully.

Joohyun stared at him in amazement, half-expecting that he had meant something else.

Placing her cup of coffee on the table gently, she collected her thoughts and questioned him, "but oppa, why do you suggest such a thing out of the blue?"

He shrugged nonchalantly and leaned back against his chair. "I just wanted to offer you a piece of advice, seeing how you always do to others."

"Oh."

Both of them were soon quiet, with Joohyun slightly confused and Changmin smiling meaningfully.

"Then," she realised, meeting his eyes. "I suppose I must thank you."

She quickly tilted her head forward in thankfulness to him, earning her a small chuckle from him.

"Thank you-

Then he laughed, perplexing her even further. First he wants her to address him with the ever-so-informal 'oppa', then he 'advises' her to find her significant other and now, he's uncharacteristically laughing at her?

"Really, Joohyun, it's not necessary." he said in between his attempts of suppressing his laughter.

"But oppa-

As the two went on bantering, Kyuhyun re-emerged from the restroom and marvelled at how quickly the awkwardness between his two friends had dissipated.