Oh, darling, all of the city lights

Never shine as bright as your eyes
I would trade them all for a minute more
But the car's outside

- car's outside (james arthur)

63. car's outside

"Why are you so fucking cute?"

"That's exactly the question I was going to ask you!"

The two drunk duo giggled with another shot of soju down their throats. They pointed at each other, replicating the Spiderman meme and laughed as if it was the funniest thing ever.

"No, you are cute." Soojin pulled Seojun's cheeks, ever so roughly and causing the man to flinch in pain. "Even after a decade you look so cute."

"Ya!" He grabbed her hands in his, annoyed by being called cute. "I'm not a high school teenager anymore, quit calling me cute."

"Omo, the famous idol Han Seojun doesn't like being called cute?"

"What the fuck is wrong with you both?"

Lee Suho was questioning his life when he saw his two friends wasted and acting like teenagers. Heck, Kang Soojin never acted like a teenager even when she was a teenager.

"Ya! Language." Han Seojun covered Kang Soojin's ears with his hands. "Is that the way to speak around the females?" He whispered the last word, emphasizing on how serious he was.

"The females?" Soojin slapped his hands away, "Seojun-nnie, am I just one of the females for you?"

"Ani Ani, you're the only female for me."

"Jinjja?" Soojin pushed Seojun afar, "then what about the tons of fans you have? The way they swoon over you!"

Seojun pouted, holding Soojin's hands in his. "But have you ever saw me swoon over anyone else?" He tilted his head, cutely blinking at the girl.

"That's true. I haven't seen you close to any other girl." Soojin nodded, letting Seojun scoot closer towards her. "But why?" The next question got the face palming Suho interested in their conversation.

Suho looked over to Seojun, his best friend who had been on guard ever since the tragic accident. The man had kept it to himself and built his walls high up, making it impossible to break. Seeing him act like a little boy, the same dramatic friend he once had was a blessing.

"Why?" Seojun pondered over the question asked to him by a determined Soojin. "Well, I... Wait- why don't I have a girlfriend?" He spoke aloud, fingers on his chin and in deep contemplation.

"I'm good looking, really handsome, so easy on the eyes, body that would get girls to drool -"

"Algesso, we get it." Soojin snapped Seojun out of his dream trance with a tinted blush on her face. "We get you're handsome, move on."

"Yes, I'm handsome and I'm smart - "

A chuckle from Soojin and a scoff from Suho made the pouty Seojun to frown.

"What?"

"I am smart."

"Geez Seojun," Soojin rolled her eyes, "whom are you kidding? We both know you since middle school. You're not smart." She waved the matter with her hands, ignoring the grumpy expressions on the singer.

"I AM SMART! YA SUHO, BACK ME UP."

The drunk duo turned their heads to face the bystander, who seemed like a deer caught in headlights. Suho didn't want to pick sides, not when they were drunk and would do anything to win him over.

"I think I have to pay up for the dinner, you guys carry on. I'll be here for the closing arguments..." With that Suho left them bantering while walking out of the room. He could still hear them bickering and arguing over who was smart.

The dinner did not go as planned, with Suah leaving the meal halfway and the others following her and with Chorong not acknowledging Seojun, and leaving without an exchange. But, Suho had to admit that ever since Soojin's comeback in Seojun's life, the latter looked livelier.

It was close to a fortnight since the agreement they had signed and the changes in Seojun's behaviour were evident. He was more vocal, more expressional and more... hopeful.

Maybe things would get better. No scratch that. Things are getting better.

Suho smiled, paying up for the lavish dinner and heading back, hoping to see the duo intact in their bickering. Only to find them gone and a new mess awaiting them.

Maybe he spoke too soon about things getting better. Because things were about to go for a toss.

_

"Whaa, Kang Soojin!" Han Seojun looked at the black bike in awe. It had been ages since he rode one. "I cannot believe you stole my personality!"

"What?" Soojin crossed her hands across her chest, "I stole nothing. I just like riding bikes."

"Oh please," Seojun towered the girl easily with his height, "you hated these. I remember you being so snobbish about not wanting to die in a bike accident with a gangster like me."

Soojin cleared her throat, remembering all of the times she disapproved of Seojun's rash driving. "Well, that's because you were too young to ride it and a bad driver."

Seojun gasped dramatically. "You take that back, Soojin. Take it back."

"I won't because it's the truth."

"Well, it's not that you're gonna be great considering you're just a penguin. No wonder you got yourself in an accident the other day."

This time Soojin gasped, "did you just call me a penguin? Ya, do you wanna die?"

The drunk duo were causing a commotion in the parking lot and even though Seojun had wrapped himself in a mask and a cap, he was recognised by his voice. The girls who were walking past them immediately jumped in between the duo and pointed at the man.

"Seojun oppa! Is that you?"

"It really is him, look at his beautiful hands!"

"Oh my, my friends are gonna be so jealous. Please take a picture with me."

"Oppa, can you sign my handphone!!!"

Seojun was swarmed by a large number of people, especially his fans who completely crossed the lines of privacy. He looked at them and then at Soojin who stood besides and they shared a knowing eyelock.

"Run at three?"

"Or let's not wait and run right now."

They held hands, and Soojin pointed at the corner of the lot. "Look there's the other members of the band." Immediately the crowd swayed their head towards the direction of Soojin's finger and the duo took their chance to run away from the mob.

Seojun held Soojin's hand firmly, looking at her as she hailed a cab as they ran. And before the mob could catch them, they zoomed away towards the darkness of the night.

_

Seojun and Soojin held hands until they reached the rooftop of a construction site. And even after they reached, they didn't leave each other's hands. With a 4 pack soju they picked on the way and with their drunken hearts stirring the old feelings, they found themselves in a escape situation again.

"This brings back memories." Soojin whispered in the cold night as she rubbed her arms.

They hadn't brought their coats to warm themselves but the soju kept them warm enough.

"Remember the time when we escaped from the guys-"

"And ended up getting drenched in the changing room shower. I remember."

Seojun looked over at the woman and a smile wiped his tense facial features. The streets lights did not justice to the beauty of the woman stranded with him. How long had it been since he had seen her, and how much did he long for this?

Soojin poured Seojun the remainder of their third bottle, "you do know that we're going to be a hot mess tomorrow."

They clinked their little glasses and gulped the soju with a straight face. Soojin could feel the heat warming her cheeks and it wasn't because of the alcohol. She averted her gaze from the handsome man and reached out for the bottle, only for Seojun to hold her hand.

"Seojun?"

"Why are you here..." He grabbed her wrist, gentle yet a powerful grip. "Why did you come back, Soojin-ah? Why did you do all of this?" Seojun's eyes brimmed with tears when he looked at the girl, trying to hold herself. "This is a mess you don't want to get involved in."

Soojin should have kept quiet and stayed still. Well, sane Soojin would have done just that but this Soojin wasn't in her senses either. Rather, the urge to ask Seojun to quit being a pain and let her help him became stronger.

"Do you want me to leave?"

Even drunk Seojun didn't anticipate this question. He probably hoped that Kang Soojin would agree to stay away or even throw hands at him, but not a direct question.

"What?"

"We're drunk enough to forget about all of this. And in the list of my never ending regrets, I'd like to add this night too." Soojin met his reddish eyes, and held his hand. "do you want me to leave, because if you say yes, I will leave. I'll never cross paths with you and we'll go back to how we were for the last decade." She cupped Seojun's hand in hers, gently caressing it.

"All you have to do is say yes."

_

Han Seojun woke up with a pounding headache and a sharp pain echoing through his body. The sunrays had managed to seep through the window and hammer his head.

He woke up with a loud groan and the urge to rip his own head apart. Hangovers after drinking should be banished, why did they not have an instant solution for that yet?.

Wait, hangover?

Seojun sat up immediately. All of the night's shenanigans flashed through his mind. The dinner, the drinking, the runaway scene and the incident after that. And all of it led to one girl.

Kang Soojin.

"Why don't I remember what happened?" He pressed his temples and managed to gulp some painkillers. "All I remember is drinking like an crazy man. Aish, what's wrong with me?"

"do you want me to leave, because if you say yes, I will leave."

Seojun pondered over the last night's incident and the beautiful voice of Soojin that rendered in his memories. She was haunting him merely by existing. Seojun didn't mind either.

But why didn't he remember what happened next? Did he say yes? Did he ask her to stay? Did he cry? It looked like he was about to bawl.

"Han Seojun! Where the fuck are you?"

Suho barged in the room like a madman and caused tremors to the recovering Seojun. The latter held his head and collapsed on the bed, pissed at his friend for causing more pain.

"Ya what's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me?" Suho shook his head, ignoring the way Seojun kept hitting on his head and handed him the tab. "Look at this..."

Seojun could have killed Suho for talking so loudly if he had some energy left, but it was best if he listened to Suho and take the entire day off. Alas, the screen took all of his sleepiness away.

Starlight lead singer and guitarist, Seojun Han was seen with a girl. Sources say that they're school friends.

Han Seojun, lead singer of the popular k-pop band was seen hand-in-hand with a woman.

Han Seojun, Starlight singer, is dating someone? Click here to know what the lead singer was caught doing!

Watch how Starlight Singer rudely pushed his fans and ran away with his rumoured girlfriend.

K-pop idols getting swamped by fans, is it breach of their privacy? Find out here...

Is Han Seojun dating someone? Fans are enraged as Twitter floods with tweets against the singer.

"Oh fuck." Seojun scanned through the news only to see him and the band trending on both Twitter and Google search engine. The articles kept pouring in with pictures of him and Soojin from last night surfacing all over. "What the fuck!"

"That's not the worse part." Suho opened another saved tab and watched Seojun's expressions change from horrified to appalled. "Check this out."

Han Seojun's rumoured girlfriend, Kang Soojin turns out to be a former school bully.

Lead singer of Starlight in cahoots with bullying? Fans all over the country demand an explanation.

Click here to know more about the bully, Seojun Han is dating currently.

School bullies and school bullying being promoted by Starlight. Is this what k-pop is upto?

Kang Soojin, the bully who left school after being expelled. click to know why school bullying needs to stop...

Han Seojun dating a school bully, no comments received from the band or the singer.

Han Seojun stood up, hands trembling as he scanned through the news which was all about Soojin being a bully in school and how the band needed to release an official statement. Clearly, more than him, Kang Soojin was being targeted and bullied.

And then he remembered something from last night.

"All you have to do is say yes."

"Yes."

_

A/n ik I'm super slow with the updates but I'm currently working on a novel and I'm swamped with my upcoming exams too. I'm trying my best to finish this.

Also, the entire online scandal about the dating is high key inspired from BitterFiction 's story. Be sure to check her stories, they're super good.