"It's also just separately a good idea not to smoke."

"Kills my bad boy vibe, though."

"I don't think you have a bad boy vibe."

...is that meant to be an insult. Jaeha is being SCRUPULOUSLY ETHICAL and can't tell but it felt like it was maybe meant to be an insult?

"The tall, dark, and handsome vibe can totally swing that way, depending on how you do it."

That was DEFINITELY an insult.

Pet pet. "I have felt the siren call of motorcycle ownership and I refrain. The price we pay for longevity."

...okay he also doesn't want Haru to die but the thought of him in motorcycle leathers pulling up to Jaeha's house and pulling his helmet off and winking at him and taking him for a ride... the part of him that's still a teenager can absolutely see the appeal.

Seungjoo peers at Jaeha. "I think you broke him."

He will SCRUPULOUSLY ETHICALLY not erase ANYONE'S memories even if he embarrasses himself. "I mean."

"Aww." Smooch.

Hyun-jae lifts her hand to block Jaeha's sight and looks away like he just turned on a spotlight from where he's smiling. "I should've brought my sunglasses."

You know what, it's fine if people know he's in the palm of Haru's hand. It's true and not embarrassing and people should know it.

"So how long have you guys been together?"

And now he is in anguish again.

"On paper we've been officially partners just since signing with Quasar. Came together pretty fast since we met."

...okay he. Kind of likes that response. It's ambiguous and misleading and yet it still makes him not look like a pathetic worm who's begging for scraps of attention and is inevitably going to be abandoned soon maybe today. Like, that's still true, but at least he gets to save face about it.

"You look cute together."

"We also look cute separately."

Giggle-hiccup.

Jaeha opens his mouth to say something—

—then freezes.

What... is... that feeling.

He looks at Haru and—it's not Haru, but then—what—

"Tae-gun! For a moment I thought you'd decided to leave us forever!"