(...so many moments with his friends he missed, over the years...)

"...I'm not actually worried. Not for real. Just, you know. Anxiety. I'm mostly excited and really happy."

(...but he can be there for all new moments in the future. Like the wedding.)

"You guys doing a paebaek?"

"Yeah. Parents insisted."

"You'd probably look good in a hanbok."

"No flirting with the groom-to-be, Tae-gun-ah."

"Well, he would."

"Granted."

"I'm sure my mum will love to share pictures of the whole thing but until then you're going to have to live with just your imagination."

"Are you guys... planning to, um. Have kids?" Is that a weird question? He's not sure if it's a weird question. The only other long-term relationship Tae-gun's been in was—you know—and then he was removed from society for years.

"No, probably not. My mum really wants us to, especially since I'm an only child, but... neither of us really wants to stop working, and noona's backlash would be—particularly hard to carry to term with. Not to mention after."

"...but you wanted to?"

"As, you know, sort of a pipe dream, I guess? It would be nice to be a dad. But I don't think it's in the cards for us."

Si-yeon leans on Juheon and rests his head on Juheon's shoulder. "I think you'd be a great dad."

Tae-gun drags his cushion around the table closer to Juheon so that he can do the same. "Yeah, me too."

"Awww, you guys are gonna make me tear up."

"We like you."

"Mmhm."

He wraps one arm around each of the two of them and squeezes them close, kissing the tops of each of their heads. "I like you guys, too."

Jeong Ho-yeon sends Hye-jin a small but varied list of therapists, organised by type (CBT, DBT, psychoanalysis, a handful of others) and whether they do remote, in-person, or both. Each has a short description with their main area of interest, and Jeong Ho-yeon has also highlighted the three therapists (two DBT and one CBT) he thinks are most likely to be able to help with Hye-jin's problems in particular.

Whether she'll have time to actually look into them will depend on how willing she is to reduce her workload. Quasar does require at minimum four days off a month of its espers, so though, so she could use one of those instead.

And until then, she has dungeons to clear.