"Yeah. I'll work on it. Try to, you know. Think with you."

"... I did attempt to find a therapist, actually. I haven't mentioned it because it. Didn't go well. She was, ugh, I don't even know how to describe it, she wanted me to talk about how I was victimized and how I was hurt and it was all, just. What part of S-rank combat esper was unclear to you, ma'am, I was shot in the head in a closing dungeon and still managed to survive, don't - ... take away my power like that. I've had enough power taken from me, thanks, someone else doesn't get to dictate my narrative, either."

He flinches. "Yeah. I—told Woo-young something like that once, that I—hated how much of it made me feel so—helpless. Like things were just happening to me and there wasn't anything I could do. Kang Jaeha happened to me, and then I was broken for years, and then—it wasn't because of anything I did that things started getting better for me, either.

"But I don't want to try to—be a thing that just happens to you, either. Just—I don't know. And we don't have to figure it all out right now but I just wanted to—not ignore it, it's... I noticed before and I thought that maybe if... but maybe I should've said something sooner, I don't know."

He serves them their food and brings it over to Hye-jin then sits next to her to lean his head on her shoulder.

"I don't think you just... had me happen to you," she snorts, reaching over to pet him. While, yes, eating food with her other hand. "It - takes a lot of courage, to try again? You wanted to reach out to your friends again, too. I was just the one compatible person from out of meddling range, who was good at holding still and not scaring the shy bunny."

He chokes on his food and reaches for the peach juice to try to clear his throat up.

Giggle!

"You know in English it even rhymes with your name! What do you think, is bunny-gunny, or hunny-bunny better? I feel hunny-bunny flows better, but then people might get confused about who I'm talking about...."

"I'm not a bunny!!"

"No? Is there another shy, skittish woodland animal you feel fits you better?"

"I'm not a shy skittish woodland animal," he chokes.

"Maybe a deer, I could see some kind of deer," she muses, as if he hadn't said anything at all.

He's gonna resume stuffing his face with food rather than engage with any of that. That's what he'll do.

Sounds good to her!

(He's totally a bunny, though.)

hey

Hye-jin

let's hang out

not like right now but let's go get drunk or something

I guess you don't like getting drunk

ygm

I do, yeah. But no getting actually drunk for me, thank you.

Just hanging out would be nice.

cool

when are you free

I'm joking I saw your goddamn schedule

free up some time for me

also feel free to bring hunny gunny with you if you want ig

lmk if you want me to bring Hana too 

lol

I see I've been caught

No double date for me I think?

idk I'm trying to not be joined at the hip with him, get out more

ha I guessed right

kudos points for me

ok find me time and let me know

Will do.

Maybe I'll send Tae-gun-ah off to hang out with his hyungs if they're free.

Social enrichment for both workaholic introverts.

excellent

I'm sure if he asks both of them will be willing to free up their own schedules fit him

Truly, my fickle whims could move mountains

you literally killed a dungeon called Volcanic Range

like girl

Those were volcanoes!

They're totally different.

they're literally not

if you poke a hole in a thing it becomes thing with hole it doesn't become a new thing

...I guess a bun becomes a bagel if you poke a hole in it

hm.

I think they're made differently.

Like volcanoes and mountains.

This is a chance to educate yourself! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano

nerd

Well done! We'll have you making more correct observations about the state of the world in no time!