"...I see."

He doesn't.

"You don't," he says, grinning. "But it's alright. Good enough to see that our hunny gunny isn't suffering or in trouble."

Tae-gun scowls and blushes at the mention of "hunny gunny".

Woo-young wanted to press Tae-gun for details but actually, he thinks he has a better idea.

"Well, since you're doing fine, I'll get out of your hair, then."

Vworp.

Hye-jin receives a series of texts a few minutes later from one Min Woo-young. 

hi, Kim Hye-jin!

it's Min Woo-young, we met when you visited quasar HQ the other day

i heard you and sunbae sealed two dungeons today? how'd that go?

actually why don't you tell me over a glass? my treat

if you don't have a place in mind i know this lovely bar that i'd like to show you

Hey! Hope you’re doing well. Thanks for the timely teleports, I did not want to be ripped apart by a hungry pack of reporters and disappointed fangirls.

Uh, maybe, is this a guild thing? Are there going to be other coworkers there? I don't think I have the energy for a whole guild thing.

oh, goodness, no

i have enough guild get-togethers already

no, this is just you and me and a bottle of red

or a bottle of white, i'm not picky

All right, sounds good. What's the place?

I'm about to be teleported there aren't I.

you have five seconds to refuse! 😁

lol!

He's also grinning when she gets there, sitting at a table in a quaint little hole-in-the-wall bar with a bohemian vibe. "Kim Hye-jin, good to see you! Forgive me for not getting up, I don't trust my feet right now."

“Good to see you, too! It’s fine, nothing to forgive. I know how backlash gets.” She sits. “I’ll have to be careful about drinking for similar reasons.”

Oh that's bullshit. 

"Wouldn't want you setting the city on fire," he says, nodding sagely. "So! Wine, beer, soju, sake? Vodka?"

Is not! Watch, she's going to explain how.

"A nice rosé, if one's available. Honestly, the danger isn't to everyone else? They'd all be fine, no fires to speak of! I'd just quietly die of hypothermia."

She says it very matter-of-factly, even cheerfully.

He imagines that wouldn't be much of a problem were sunbae doing his fucking job but, well, so many things would be different were sunbae doing his fucking job. 

"Are you alright on that front right now? We could probably get a space heater here. Regardless of alcohol, that is."

"I'm okay, I'd been using the transition between guilds as time off to reduce backlash. Thank you, though."

"Yeah, no prob." He looks over his shoulder and calls, "Noona! Nooonaaaaaa!"

A woman, shorter than Woo-young but with a striking family resemblance other than the green hair walks over to them. "I'm coming, I'm coming," she says, looking irritated. "Geeze, what did I do in a past life to deserve such an annoying younger brother." She doesn't really look any older than him, though, not that that means a lot.

Woo-young grins and turns back to Hye-jin. "Noona, this is my new hoobae Kim Hye-jin. Kim Hye-jin, this is my noona Min Ha-young; she's fifteen minutes older than me."

She bows politely. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Kim Hye-jin-shi. I'm so sorry you have to deal with this loud brother of mine."

Hye-jin stands so she can bow in return.

"The pleasure's mine. Nothing to apologize for, he's helping me settle in after I fled the country."

"He's always been a lot nicer to other people than his own blood," she says, nodding sagely in a way that's actually really reminiscent of the way Woo-young did earlier. "Anyway, what can I get you?"

"Your best rosé? And maybe, hmm, Hye-jin do you like sushi? I haven't had sushi in a while."

"That's a silly question. I didn't flee Japan for incorrect opinions. I love sushi!"