A Lovely Meal — Chapter 5

HEY...

WHY DID YOU... YOUR BANGS...

UH... WELL...

THEY WERE GETTING TOO LONG. IT WAS ANNOYING!

SO...

YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BANGS TRIMMED, JONGJONG.

PROBABLY... THEY'RE KIND OF POKING MY EYES.

JUST GO TO A SALON AND ASK THEM TO DO IT.

HMM...

NO! I SHOULD PRACTICE TRIMMING THEM MYSELF, TO SAVE MONEY!

DUDE, I'M TELLING YOU, JUST GO TO A SALON.

SALONS EXISTS FOR A REASON, YOU KNOW...

I THOUGHT A LITTLE TRIM WOULD BE EASY ENOUGH...

YOU EVEN USED KITCHEN SCISSORS...

ANYWAY...

THANKFULLY I DIDN'T CUT TOO MUCH OFF.

I THINK THERE'S STILL A CHANCE TO FIX IT.

SO...

MIND HELPING ME OUT?

WHAT ARE YOU EVEN SAYING...?

CLEAN UP ALL THAT HAIR ON THE FLOOR FIRST.

YOU MESSED IT UP, SO FIX IT YOURSELF.

WHY ON EARTH WOULD I-

HEY, HOLD THE SHIRT PROPERLY.

OKAY!

JEEZ...

THIS IS GIVING ME DÉJÀ VU...

I'LL JUST EVEN IT OUT A BIT.

HIS EARLOBES ARE SCARRED...

I'M GUESSING HE HAD HIS EARS PIERCED.

HAS HE...ALWAYS HAD SUCH THIN SKIN?

I CAN SEE HIS VEINS...

OH, FOR THE LOVE OF-

HEY.

Y-YES?

PUT YOUR COAT ON. WE'RE GOING OUT.

WHERE...?

SOMEWHERE THAT CAN FIX YOUR HAIR...

WHAT?

I SAID IT WAS OKAY, BUT HE INSISTED ON PAYING...

IF I KNEW THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN, I WOULDN'T HAVE TRIED TO DO IT ALONE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SHORT HAIR FEELS SO WEIRD...

HUH?!

HYUNG!!

ARE YOU OKAY?!

WOAH, I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA CRACK MY HEAD OPEN...

Y-YEAH...

THANKS FOR-

PFFT

WHAT...? WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?

DOES MY HAIR LOOK THAT BAD?

NO...PFFT...

IT'S NOT THAT... HAHA...

YOU ALREADY LOOKED YOUNG...

BUT WITH YOUR HAIR THAT SHORT, YOU TOTALLY LOOK LIKE A BABY.

HYUNG, SLOW DOWN!

YOU'RE GONNA FALL AGAIN!

I'M...KIND OF GLAD I MESSED UP MY BANGS.

JONGWU...

MMM....

WU JONGWU!

HYUNG...?

IT'S LATE, WHY AREN'T YOU ASLEEP?

I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING. SIT UP FOR A SEC.

MM... WHAT IS IT...?

DO YOU HAVE TO ASK RIGHT NOW...?

YEAH, IT'S IMPORTANT.

WHEN I WAS TRIMMING YOUR HAIR EARLIER...

...WHY...

ALMAIN PARIS

...DID YOU SWALLOW WHILE LOOKING AT MY WRIST?

WHAT?

DALMAIN PARIS

I SAID, WHY DID YOU SWALLOW WHILE STARING AT MY WRIST?

UH... I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO LOOK...

SO I JUST LOOKED AT YOUR WRIST.

YOUR FACE WAS REALLY CLOSE, YA KNOW...

DALMAIN PARIS

AND I SWALLOWED BECAUSE I WAS THIRSTY-

LIAR.

YOU...

...WANTED TO DRINK MY BLOOD, DIDN'T YOU?

IF YOU WANT IT THAT BADLY...

...YOU CAN BITE ME.

W-

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

IT'S OKAY.

I KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING INTO.

DRINK AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.

GO AHEAD.

HOW...

HOW LONG HAS HE KNOWN?

WAIT, MORE IMPORTANTLY...

...I NEED TO HURRY UP AND...SAY NO...

GASP

OH... IT WAS A DREAM...

DALMAIN PARIS

HA...

YOU...

YOU CRAZY BASTARD, WU JONGWU.

THAT KID...

...DIDN'T TELL ME HE WAS LEAVING FOR SCHOOL EARLY TODAY.

I WOKE UP AND HE WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

WHAT DID HE ORDER?

A PACKAGE CAME FOR HIM. FROZEN FOOD, OF ALL THINGS...

I NEVER ASKED FOR HIS NUMBER, SO I CAN'T EVEN LET HIM KNOW IT'S HERE.

EVEN SO, IT FEELS WRONG TO OPEN SOMEONE ELSE'S PACKAGE.

I'LL JUST HEAD TO WORK.

NO, I CAN'T. I'M TOO ANXIOUS.

IT WOULD BE SITTING OUT FOR OVER HALF A DAY...

WHAT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE FROZEN RIGHT AWAY?!

I'LL JUST PUT IT IN THE-

WHAT THE HELL... IS THIS?