"...well if you get on my nerves or overstep my boundaries I'll tell you?" He thinks he's been pretty good about boundaries over their entire relationship though so he's still not entirely unconfused about this. He can take this in stride, though.

She takes his hand and gives it a squeeze, nodding. "Okay. Um. ... I'll probably still want reassurance that you're - fine with this and having fun and that this is okay? So, um. ... Please be patient with me, Tae-gun-ah."

"Okay." He kisses her forehead. "I am fine with it and I don't have anything else to do with this needlessly huge house and I like seeing you happy."

"Yeah. Okay."

Then it can be back to gleefully house plotting!!! Actually, instead of dampening the mood, the conversation seems to have done the opposite. She - can just. Do things! And he'll like them! And he'll like seeing her do them and have opinions! This is great!

It is eventually interrupted by a notification, which. ... Fills her with concern and trepidation, honestly.

Hey can I check you over at some point today, make sure you're healing okay?

I trust whoever had you because damn five hours is a fast turnaround and my contacts say you gave a kickass tip, but

A girl can worry, okay?

Oh. That's fine, actually.

"Ji-woo-sunbae wants to check me over and make sure I'm okay," she tells Tae-gun.

"...oh. Did Quasar release the info that you're out of the hospital?" That'll make people suspicious of her power but then again it's kind of hard not to be.

Yeah of course.

What's the information on my release? I thought officially I was transferred to Quasar's facilities.

You have been!

As far as the rest of the world knows you're still in intensive care.

But not you?

Darling, I saw your X-rays. You can't hide that shit from me.

We're gonna try and cover your tracks as best we can.

So! Please come see me today, and we'll all say I did it. :)

Sounds good.

And, um. Thank you.

Anytime!

For you, I mean. Other dumbasses gotta get in line.

... Giggle!!!! (Slightly watery giggle.)

He hasn't been reading over her shoulder but he's tilting his head curiously (and with a tiny bit of alarm) when she looks up at him.

She shows him, of course.

"It's. Really sweet?"

Oh.

"Yeah. It is. Ji-woo-sunbae is good people."

Appreciate it!

My schedule's free for today, what time would work best for you?

Also check with Eun-ji about what story you want her to go with.

She was floating ideas about you cauterizing your wounds to get yourself out

Which almost seems badass enough for you ;)

Can do! Thanks

"—oh by the way Si-yeon said that they wanted to move our meeting from Friday to tonight, if we can. Would that be okay?"

"Oh! Uh, yes. If it's after 6, anyway? I have now inconveniently scheduled myself."

"Yeah, that's probably fine. And Woo-young is going to be there, too." Reading between the lines, it seems like Woo-young is getting some higher-efficiency guiding done with Hana? Tae-gun didn't want to pry much but he's happy for Woo-young.

Hye-jin doesn't have that much of a feel for how Woo-young is doing on that front, and has missed both the lines and the words between them!

She just nods. "Okay. Sounds good. ... They all know about the, um, bodycam footage, right? ... I don't... really want to review it or even talk about it but they should know, have, and be able to do stuff with it." Just far away from her, thanks. She might want to try and see which pieces of her own brain are missing at some point, but. .... Not right now. Not the day after.