Sent - Part 1 (1/1)

a/n: a series of text conversations between Jiyong and Seunghyun...

[Thursday May 22 8:32AM]Jiyong: You're probably asleep but I've just landed  :)Seunghyun: Wish I was sleeping. At work, actually.  How was the flight?Jiyong: I feel bad for saying this, but I slept like a baby. Jiyong: Coffee always helps?Seunghyun: Don't feel bad. And even when I do sleep, life without coffee is almost impossible. Jiyong: What do you mean almost? I can't imagine what a day would be like if I didn't start it with coffee.Seunghyun: I knew there was a reason I liked you.Jiyong: ;PJiyong: Btw I’m really glad you called earlier :)Seunghyun: I’m just sorry it wasn’t sooner.Jiyong: It’s fine. My phone was dead all of yesterday, anyway.Seunghyun: That would explain getting your voicemail every time I tried to call you backJiyong: Had I known, I would have charged my phone sooner. Jiyong: We can’t seem to catch a break, huh? Seunghyun: Apparently not.Seunghyun: And sorry I didn’t leave a message. I wanted to talk to you, not a recording.Jiyong: I know what you mean.Jiyong: But hey, it worked out in the end. In a way.Seunghyun: Yeah, it did.Seunghyun: Have fun, by the way. I never did get to say that. Jiyong: Yeah, I will. And don't say that like you already want me to leave the country. I'm staying a couple of nights in San Diego first, remember?Seunghyun: Yes, amazingly enough. No matter what you tell me, I still think your mom will be happy to see you.Jiyong: Maybe not too happy when she finds out I overpacked.Jiyong: And hey, just tell me if you need to go back to work. I don't want to bother you or anything :)Seunghyun: No worries. Just reshelving. I'd rather talk to you than deal with customers.Jiyong: Won't Levi be mad that his best employee is slacking off?Seunghyun: Best employee? Levi's really outdone himself this time. And it's not a problem, there's no one here this early. Just the books. Seunghyun: You're better company.Jiyong: :)  [Thursday May 22 8:47AM]Jiyong: If you keep saying that I might start to believe you.Seunghyun: I wasn’t aware you still needed convincing.Jiyong: It just doesn’t seem like you’re very good at keeping your word, so I’m just making sure :PSeunghyun: I’m almost tempted to fly to San Diego to prove how wrong you are.

[Thursday May 22 9:01AM]Jiyong: Please do and save me from my family. They’re ganging up on me in the car ride home as we speak.Seunghyun: Isn’t that what they’re supposed to do?Jiyong: I know. I’m just not used to dealing with my sister and my mom at the same time. Jiyong: Women. They’re even stronger in groups.Seunghyun: I wouldn’t know. My friend Caroline, who you had the pleasure of being interrupted by the night we met, is bad enough on her own. I can only imagine how terrifying she’d be with accomplices.

[Thursday May 22 9:53AM]Jiyong: I’m sure she’s not so bad because if she was, you probably would have just left her hanging that night, right?Seunghyun: I wanted to. And I almost did, but she never would’ve forgiven me. Jiyong: Well, I think you did the right thing. :) Jiyong: Oh hey, remember that day at the bookstore? With Marco? Seunghyun: No, I’ve completely erased it from my memory.Seunghyun: Of course I remember.Jiyong: :)) Jiyong: I’m sorry I forgot about your amazing memory. Not even alcohol can muddy it :PJiyong: Anyway. We had to leave because Marco’s girlfriend Meg got rushed to the ER. Turns out it was just false labor and I didn’t have to run out of Inkwell that day.Jiyong: My point is, friends are important. Jiyong: Okay, that sounded less cheesy in my head.Seunghyun: Marco told me what happened, actually. Seunghyun: And it might be cheesy, but that doesn’t make it any less true. I’d be a mess without my friends. Just like Marco would probably be a mess without you.Seunghyun: How’s that for cheesy?Jiyong: You mean how I’d be a mess without Marco. Don’t tell him I said that.Jiyong: And I love cheese. I’m on my second plate of nachos right now. Want some? Seunghyun: You’re a terrible person.Jiyong: Mmmm. Cheese.Seunghyun: Is it too early for me to be making threats on your life?Jiyong: California is two hours behind central time. So yeah, probably :PSeunghyun: It’s cool. I can wait. Sometime after 12 good for you?Jiyong: Might be taking a nap by then but I’ll let you know :PJiyong: Btw this might sound weird but my friend Jordan says hi.Seunghyun: Greetings Jordan, friend of Jiyong.Jiyong: I don’t know what you were going for there. But if that’s a Star Trek reference then I think you and him would get along.Seunghyun: The fact that you even knew it could be a Star Trek reference says more than enough on its own. Jiyong: Please don’t start talking about Vulcans and Spock and whatever. I can talk about Captain Kirk, though. Young William Shatner or Chris Pine will do.Seunghyun: Sorry, but Spock and Kirk are a packaged deal. Plus how can you just dismiss Nimoy and Quinto like that? Jiyong: I see Spock as a model walking down the runway. Whereas Captain Kirk I see more as an “in my bed” sort of guy. Seunghyun: I’m trying really hard not to laugh at the image of Spock on a runway.Seunghyun: But I bet he’s an animal in the sack. All that Vulcan strength.Jiyong: :)) Jiyong: A little manhandling does sound nice. Seunghyun: Duly noted.Jiyong: Haha :PJiyong: I’m gonna be away from my phone for a while. My mom wants me to repack my stuff for the trip because she says my bag’s too big :(Seunghyun: Good luck. I need to get back downstairs and interact with other humans now anyway. Talk to you later?Jiyong: Of course :D Jiyong: Tell your books I said hi.Seunghyun: I will :)  [Thursday May 22 10:36PM]Seunghyun: Sounds like it was quite a day. Far more exciting than mine.Jiyong: Oops, sorry. I forgot to ask about yours. Why’d you let me talk so much?Seunghyun: Because I like it when you talk.Seunghyun: And mine was the usual. Slow day at work. I met up with Caroline though.Jiyong: Oh, cool. What did you guys do?Seunghyun: Nothing fancy, went out for coffee. We don’t get to see each other that much.Jiyong: Why is that?Seunghyun: She’s busy with work most of the time. Caro helps run an independently published literary journal.Jiyong: That’s really cool. I’m guessing she’s a writer like you?Seunghyun: Yep. But she’s more on the business end of things these days.Jiyong: I see.Jiyong: Wait. Isn’t it almost 1 there?Seunghyun: Yeah. I don’t work until the afternoon though. You’re the one who should be sleeping, don’t you have an early day tomorrow?Jiyong: I do. I’m actually half asleep right now, but I can’t seem to put my phone down. Seunghyun: I take no responsibility for your future sleep-deprivation.Jiyong: Fine :PJiyong: Although you are partly to blame because you’re such a good listener.Seunghyun: You’re easy to listen to.Seunghyun: I might be a little biased.Jiyong: And you’re easy to talk to. Jiyong: And I may be biased. A lot biased. [Thursday May 22 10:48PM]Seunghyun: Sorry, I don’t know how to respond I’m too busy blushing into my pillow. [Thursday May 22 10:59PM]Seunghyun: I’m going to assume you passed out. Which is probably for the best.Seunghyun: But before I forget, I wanted to give you my email. Just in case.Seunghyun: [email protected]Seunghyun: Actually, that reminds me. I have no idea if you use tumblr, and I feel sort of stupid for even bringing this up, but maybe if you do we can stay in touch there? I check tumblr more than I check my email, pathetic as that sounds. Seunghyun: Anyway...it’s the same name. bythepressurepoints.tumblr.com  Seunghyun: Sweet dreams, Jiyong.