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Timeline: February 2021

It was Sunday morning when I heard a knock on my apartment's door. I first looked at the peephole and saw Jaehyuk-oppa outside-I lazily opened the door and let him inside.

"Heyoung-ya, I brought breakfast for us and planned a day for us too," Jaehyuk-oppa said while placing the breakfast on the dining table.

As Jaehyuk-oppa prepared the food, I went to the bathroom for my morning routine. I could hear Oppa playing some music in the living room. After I finished doing my morning routine, I went back to where Jaehyuk-oppa was.

Jaehyuk-oppa looked up as he placed the utensils on the table. "I was about to call you, Heyoung-ya. Luckily, you're done doing your ever-ending morning routine."

"Yah! At least I look presentable every morning," I said as I rolled my eyes. "And I don't look like someone who has not gone to shower for a year."

"You're lucky I even brought you food." He said while playful throwing the tissue to me.

Soon after, we settled ourselves and ate our breakfast while Jaehyuk-oppa asked me about my work in the production team.

"So, what do you think about Aerum-ssi? She's pretty cool and nice." He said.

"Yeah, she's...nice." I hesitantly said. I badly wanted to tell him about the other day. But it will hurt his feelings and maybe my brother will think that I am lying to him.

Luckily, he didn't ask me further questions. We just ate our breakfast quietly-only the background music could be heard inside the apartment.

After we ate breakfast, Jaehyuk-oppa told me to dress up comfortably because he said earlier that we were going to hang out. While I was preparing, he volunteered to clean up the table.

Afterwards, we were inside his car-Jaehyuk-oppa took the driver's seat while I sat in the passenger seat. Our drive to our destination is full of blasting SEVENTEEN's songs.

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We had arrived at our destination. Jaehyuk-oppa took me shopping. Surprisingly, he really took me to the mall-I mean he always complained whenever we had the chance to go shopping.

"What's the occasion?" I asked while we were walking and window shopping.

"Oh, nothing. I just wanted to hang out with you, Heyoung-ya." He said. "I mean, it's been a while since we hung out, and you had just returned from London."

I melted at his words, I held Jaehyuk-oppa's wrist and dragged him toward an affordable clothing line-since I'm not into expensive things.

"Oppa! What about these cargo pants?" I asked as I showed him the cargo pants that I took from the rack of pants.

"Um...I think this colour of cargo you should pick." He said, showing the black cargo pants that he picked from the same rack. "And paired it with this cute blue shirt that I found from the shirt section."

I looked at him and saw the clothes that he was holding. I kinda like the clothes that he picked because he knows that I like simple clothing.

I took the clothes that Jaehyuk-oppa was holding and put them in the shopping basket. I told Jaehyuk-oppa that I would be on the other side of the store to look for more clothes, as he also looked for clothes.

Upon exploring the store, a certain polo shirt caught my attention. I took the polo shirt from the racks and examined it-while imagining Jaehyuk-oppa wearing it.

I mean I would like to buy it-so, I went to the cashier and paid for all the clothes that I had brought.

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After paying for the clothes, I immediately looked for Jaehyuk-oppa, and I saw him staring at the jewellery section.

Much later, we left the store with shopping bags in Jaehyuk-oppa's hands.

"Are you sure you won't let me carry it?" I asked. I feel guilty about it since most of the clothes are mine.

"Ani...let me carry it. Don't worry about it because I'm your beloved servant today, Heyoung-ya." He said with a brotherly smile on his face.

"Oh, Heyoung-ya, wanna watch the movie you have been wanting to watch?" He added.

I immediately looked at him with sparkling eyes and a smile. I nodded at him and dragged him towards the cinema.

As we went to the cinema, the line for the tickets was so long. I turned to look at Jaehyuk-oppa.

"Let's watch it another time," I said as I was about to leave the cinema.

"I already bought the tickets, Heyoung-ya. Let's go inside. The movie is about to start." He said as he showed me the tickets that he bought online.

We went to the assigned cinema and Jaehyuk-oppa showed the tickets to the staff in front. However, Jaehyuk-oppa didn't go with me because he wanted to buy us some snacks and drinks. So, he excused himself.

I didn't argue since I knew he wouldn't let me win-so I went inside and found our seats. While waiting for Jaehyuk-oppa and the movie, I played with my phone for a bit.

As the movie started its opening scene, Jaehyuk-oppa was still nowhere to be seen. I kept looking back and forth.

But soon after, I felt a tap on my shoulder and saw a man with a mask on and wearing an oversized hoodie. I was confused at first because I thought it was Jaehyuk-oppa, but it was a stranger.

"Excuse me, is this seat taken?" The stranger asked. But why is his voice so familiar? Like I heard it from somewhere.

Before I could answer, he had already taken the seat.

"Sir, that seat is taken. I'm just waiting for my brother." I said.

The stranger didn't move but he turned his face toward me-he put down his face and smiled at me. I already knew why he was so familiar.

"Sorry, Heyoung-ssi but I'm replacing Jaehyuk-hyung now because I want to spend a day with you."