"—ah, sorry, I didn't mean to overstay my welcome." Yeah, this is normal. This is how it goes. They guide each other a bit and then go their own ways. He can start to unsnuggle and go find his clothes.

"I'm not kicking you out, she just needs to know for grocery shopping purposes if you do wanna stay?"

Oh amazing, great going, he guessed wrong. This is making him want to go have a smoke.

He kind of does want to stay, is the thing, but he literally just decided that he was going to only have sex and nothing else. Meeting this guy's mother is a whole new step, too—he's definitely not ready to introduce Haru to his father. Probably wouldn't be regardless, fuck that old man, but still.

He needs to figure out what to say and he's running out of time.

"No, I should probably get going, anyway, I need to figure out what Juno's plans for me are now that Do-in's not going to be around anymore, and..."

"Okay." Haru hands him a sock that got kicked under the bed. "But you gotta kiss me goodbye."

"Wouldn't dream of going without." And because he is himself that's not going to be a tame peck on the lips, however much that gets his motor revving again.

Mmmmmm he's a good kisser. "See you Friday?"

"Can't wait."

Vworp.

Ren gets the usual complement of groceries on her way home - fish and viscera for Cricket and donburi stuff for her and Haru. Haru does not offer to help her cook. He does not explain why. She knows. She knows and he doesn't have to tell her, that this means he's feeling great.

On Friday he makes himself available for teleportation to Korea.

Hey gorgeous

Ready to go?

I am not only gorgeous but also ready, yep!

He gets the teleportation request and, when he accepts it, finds himself in front of a very very large house. Calling it a "mansion" would not be a huge stretch.

"I wanted to walk there with you," he explains.

"House," says Haru, blinking at house. He goes for the handhold while blinking at the house. "Wow, I am so used to Tokyo shoeboxes and single story I-can't-believe-it's-not-a-trailer-park in Charlie's hometown."

"Well if you're fine with getting there a half hour late or still have energy afterwards I could show you around."

"I don't want to be half an hour late to a prospective work event, but I was thinking that if you still have any backlog to clear I could spend the night, get you fixed up? And I would probably see some of the house between the front door and the bedroom."

Fucking some more tonight is not gonna clear his backlog but he can pretend.

"Only a complete fool would refuse someone like you."

"With that as the plan for the night maybe I can scoop you up after the bar and fly you home. Your designated flier. It'd be so fun, it basically never makes sense for me to fly when I don't have to."

"...I have to admit that does sound like quite a lot of fun."

Hahahaha no it doesn't.

"Yeah, it's such a ripoff that I can fly and have to abstain, it's like motorcycles only much worse."

"Logistics, logistics," he singsongs, and starts to lead the way down the street. "Juno said they'd email you by the end of today, by the way."

"Awesome." Stroll stroll. "How long a walk are we looking at?"

"Five, ten minutes." Jaeha's house overlooks the Han river and is therefore pretty central in Seoul, and the Quasar folks picked a nice central place, too.

Haru is doing great - his standing schedule situation with his guild is sufficient to let him sometimes be doing great even with Yamanaka alone, and he hasn't told them to work him harder, yet. So he does not feel the need to further chat during this handholding walk along the river.

Honestly, fine by Jaeha, too. That way he doesn't have to fake having a personality except when strictly necessary.

And bar? He looked up the place on Street View but it may have redecorated since the last photo was taken.

And bar! Park Yoo-min spots them from the table he and a few other people are already seated at and waves them over. "Welcome, welcome! Let me introduce everyone. You've met my partner Choi Seungjoo, and these are Ha Si-yeon, Yoon Ha-eun, Baek Hyun-jae, and Lee Juheon."