[You look up at the banner that says 'The BlueBerry Bar' in a huge elegant font. The entrance's sealed and you can't get in. You got into the habit of coming here and gulping in a beer after university, which is probably the reason why you're standing here, staring at the place which has turned into a dry desert just when it had started to become your oasis.

You sigh.

You had a very tiring or rather lethargic day coz you hadn't had any sleep before attending your first class. Then you kinda slept through some classes till your break. Atleast you submitted your project on time. Hoseok was really happy when you met him after class, during the break. You both stayed up all night for your projects, but somehow your eye bags looked ugly and his didn't. He was still cheerful and active, or was it his sunshine aura? You couldn't tell.

When you had checked the groupchat this morning, Hobi was freaking out about taehyung's kdrama offer, followed by everyone except Jimin. Some were verbally abusing him through text for declining the offer, while the others were just straightaway freaking out. No news from Taehyung though, he must be really busy.

Disappointed, You look around for another place where you can buy beer from. This area is filled with restaurants, showrooms, and grocery stores. So after walking some steps, some shops next to the blueberry bar, you find a small restaurant. You see through their glass door and scan the place, which now looks like a local bar. You feel ecstatic when you see cans of beer stacked up in their refrigerator.

You enter and look around for an employee who could take your order. The place starts with a narrow passage with a bar counter on its right side, which currently has some people sitting comfortably on stools in front of it. As you walk further, you see that it opens to a nice average sized space with couches and tables placed around like a lounge. With a tight lipped smile, you nod in approval as you look at the interior of this bar. This seems like a decent place to work in, you're definitely gonna suggest it to Justin seagull and guys from tbbb.

The squeak of a door grabs your attention and
you see a person walk out of a room along with two other people, who seem to be employees coz of their same uniform. You know this dude, he used to work in tbbb. The dude bows at the employees and walks past you towards the exit. You watch him speed out of the bar for a span of three seconds then suddenly feel the need to be polite and follow him to say hi. When you follow him all the way towards a place away from the local bar, you retrospect your intention of being polite. He walked so fast that it became difficult for you to catch up to him without looking like a creep.

You're still some steps away from him. You panic when you lose sight of him after he takes an immediate left turn and enters an alley.

You stop yourself right outside the alley and look at the sight in front of you. The same man stands there as a cigarette finds its way to his lips, a lighter flares, an exhalation of smoke is carried away by a cold wind. He leans his back on the wall as he relaxes his brain.

You turn around and walk away.

We all have different ways to destress our brains. Having a life does feel like walking on a thorny path and when shit gets hard, external sources like these help people stay sane. Sometimes it costs your physical well being in exchange of your mental health.

You overthink your way towards the bar.

'He must've had his reasons', you think. You barely talked to this person, you barely know him, but the fact that he's destroying his lungs leaves you a bit worried and it gets worse when you think about the possibilities which led him to choose smoking.

Maybe he's stressed about losing his job.

was he here to apply for a job?

Did he get it?

Before you stress your brain with such thoughts, you manage to order a can of beer and chug it.

Everyone has their reasons.]

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Smoking and drinking is injurious to health and this story does NOT glorify either of them.