“It seems like you’re imagining someone much more wonderful than me.”

Jiho said with a smile.

Seeing Isu smiling, Jiho couldn’t help but laugh.

“That’s ridiculous. Where in the world could there be a man more wonderful than you? I can’t even imagine such a man.”

“Wow…”

Jiho’s eyes, delighted by Isu’s words, softened.

“I should have told you sooner.”

“Right. You should have told me earlier. That was too much!”

With a stern face, Isu scolded Jiho.

Isu looked at Jiho with a gaze that, despite knowing the fact from Jiho’s mouth, still found it hard to believe.

Jiho as J.

“I liked you since the first time J came out.”

It felt strange for Isu to think that he liked Jiho even before he knew him.

Was there an invisible thread of fate connecting them from the beginning?
In any way, it seemed destined for Isu to like Jiho.

“Thank you for liking me from the beginning.”

Jiho smiled and said.

It felt like affection was dropping from Isu’s gaze towards him.

The feeling of liking Jiho added to being a fan of J.

“Ah… I’m so excited.”

“What is it?”

“Now we can listen to a live performance.”

“Was it that good?”

“Yeah. It was chillingly good.”

Isu stretched out his arms and tightly embraced Jiho’s back.

In response, Jiho also pulled Isu into his arms, tightly embracing him without leaving any gaps.

While tightly hugging each other, the conversation about J continued for a long time.

Isu kept asking, and Jiho affectionately answered.

The last night in Paris, which was incredibly good, was passing by.

**

The night they arrived in Seoul.

Isu was about to go to sleep right after hanging up the phone with Jiho.

The phone on the bedside table vibrated.

Isu smiled as he checked the caller.

“Oh, Ara. It’s been a while.”

She was the only friend who knew about the trip with Jiho.

[Isu, did you arrive today?]

“Yeah. I arrived in the afternoon.”

Isu put the phone to his ear and lay neatly on the bed.

Even though he slept a lot on the plane, his body still felt stiff.

[Was the trip fun? I envy you so much.]

“Yeah. How have you been?”

[Well, I’m always doing the same.]

Lying on the bed, Isu smiled and listened to Ara’s story.

“Did you do well at the last medical volunteer meeting today? I should have gone at least once, but unfortunately, I couldn’t go because it was today again.”

It was two days later.

There were two meetings, but Isu couldn’t attend any of them.

Today was the day to organize the teams for role assignments, and Isu left everything to Ara.

[Yeah, I did well. You and I decided to handle the cooking team. Is that okay?]

“Again? If someone finds out, they’ll know we’re good at cooking. We made side dishes at the pub, and now we’re doing the cooking team even at the medical volunteer service?”

Isu laughed with his eyes closed.

It was absurd that they were responsible for the meals for so many people with their poor cooking skills, which could be counted on one hand.

Medical volunteer activities were not significantly different from rural volunteer activities.

It was essentially the same as rural volunteering, helping with farm work, and in addition, simple medical volunteer activities were carried out.

Since pre-medical students couldn’t actually see patients, they participated in supporting roles, such as guiding patients in the clinic or organizing medications, or helping with rural work.

[Yeah, I did well. It’s better than going out in the scorching sun and working on a farm. It was quite competitive in its way. You know you’re doing something easy because of me.]

Ara boasted loudly as if she had accomplished something significant.

“Yeah. Thank you.”

Thinking about making three meals a day for three nights and four days, which he rarely did at home, made him somewhat dumbfounded.

It was a completely different dimension from making a few side dishes at the pub.
[Yeah. You can just come comfortably that day, knowing that. Above all, our cooking team members are fantastic.]

Ara’s voice, mixed with laughter, looked joyful.

This volunteer activity is conducted in collaboration with medical schools from other universities, so I know that many people, not just students from Korea University, will be attending.

[If you come and see, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. I heard it was a great eye feast for three nights and four days. It would be nice to peel onions from morning to night.]

“What? Was there a handsome guy to your liking?”

Ara, who often talks about loneliness as casually as eating, had enough clues to guess what would make her so excited.

[Hey! How did you know?]

I just guessed, but it was true.

“Wow…….”

[But he’s a freshman. I prefer someone my age or older.]

“Oh, what if he’s younger? If you’re lucky, he might be the same age as you.”

He probably hasn’t said much yet, but if Ara is like this, he must be exceptionally good-looking.

Isu also laughed along with Ara’s joyful voice.

“It sounds nice. If I do well this time, I might come back with a boyfriend from volunteering.”

[Haha. I hope so.]

“Because you say that, I’m really curious. I should have gone with you today; I regret not seeing it.”

[Whatever, you’ll see him in two days. Well, since you’ll be stuck in the kitchen for three nights and four days, you might become close.]

How nice it would be to go volunteer with such an excited heart.

If they spend quite a long time together every day, they will naturally become close, and if they communicate well, even if sparks don’t fly right away, there seems to be a good possibility.

With this excited feeling, Isu was listening to Ara’s words, thinking that he should help if there was something he could do.

[Today, he even approached me first!]

“How cool must he be for you to be like this?”

Seeing Ara’s face, which seemed to be smiling broadly, even though he couldn’t see it, Isu kept smiling.

Despite having so many blind dates and group dates, it was the first time Ara had said that someone was so handsome, and Isu was secretly curious.

[You never know how he looks in the eyes of Seo Jiho’s girlfriend, but he’s a complete hunk.]

“You must have been so excited to go to volunteer. Haha.”

Isu couldn’t help but smile at Ara’s excited voice.

[Exactly!]

“Yeah. Let’s meet in the morning on that day. I’m looking forward to it too.”

[Sure. You must be tired now. Rest. I’m hanging up.]

Isu smiled until the end and hung up.

The volunteer activity, which seemed worrisome and tiring, unexpectedly seemed to become enjoyable.

Looking forward to Ara’s handsome guy, whom he would meet in two days, Isu fell asleep.