Chapter 53: Baoyun's Birthday

"These were all bought while we were shopping in the UK last time, handmade crafts," Hyo-ri explained. "By the way, there's also this." Hyo-ri took out a few video tapes and handed them to Baoyun, "I found these old video tapes while cleaning up a few days ago. We randomly filmed them abroad. There are ten-minute cover photos and MVs, things we shot back then."

"Really?" Ji-hui asked, looking at the video tapes in Baoyun's hand.

"Back when you were obsessed with shooting on 6mm?" Baoyun asked in surprise.

"Yep!" Hyo-ri answered, taking a bite of noodles with her chopsticks. She hadn't had dinner yet. "There are a lot of funny scenes, so I brought them for everyone to watch."

"Hehe!" Baoyun smiled enigmatically.

Ji-hui turned on the VCR and inserted the tape.

"There's the MV we shot for our university project," Hyo-ri said, taking a sip of beer.

"Oh! That was back then?" Baoyun recalled.

"Back then, we were so chubby and silly. Watching it now, I feel like dying," Hyo-ri said gloomily.

"Even though you looked healthy, you had to act as a leukemia patient," Ji-hui laughed.

This made Hyo-ri angry: "Hey! You're so annoying."

"Forgot about it?" Ji-hui pressed.

"It was just pretending to be a leukemia patient!" Hyo-ri admitted. "I thought it was quite suitable?"

Just then, the TV screen started to show images, and a few women gathered around the table to watch.

"Indeed, there are a lot of expectations. I had forgotten, it was so long ago," Ji-hui said.

Hyo-ri laughed and pointed at the screen: "That's me, my ashes."

"Haha...^_^" The young and innocent appearance on the TV caused everyone to burst into laughter.

"Hahaha... The little girl had so many pimples back then," Baoyun laughed.

The scenes continued to make everyone laugh. Watching their young, exaggerated acting felt so cringeworthy, and Hyo-ri stomped her feet, laughing.

The video continued, showing them shooting photo spreads and practicing in the studio for ten minutes...

"Ah... so slim." The screen showed Hyo-ri and Baoyun.

"Looking at it, it doesn't even seem like Baoyun," Ji-hui said.

"Our relationship has been this good since then," Hyo-ri said, turning to Baoyun, and they both smiled at each other.

"We've been living like this for years, it's been great," Baoyun said, looking at her younger self.

The TV screen changed to show a man and a woman dancing.

"Oh... Oh... It's Rain! Rain!" Ji-hui exclaimed.

"Ah~~ We were practicing dance together back then," Hyo-ri said.

"Hey! It's Rain?" Baoyun asked.

"It was different from other times, I practiced very seriously back then..."

"Young and energetic, you never felt tired!" Baoyun teased.

Watching the two dance, Baoyun nudged Hyo-ri with her foot, "You had a lot of moves back then?"

"What?" Hyo-ri pretended not to hear.

"Rain..." Baoyun pointed out. "When you first touched, you must have been rubbing your stomach."

"Hahaha..." Hyo-ri laughed to cover her embarrassment.

"Be honest," Ji-hui asked Hyo-ri, "Did Seung-hyun oppa get jealous or angry back then?"

"Right, right... come clean, did he or not?" the others chimed in.

"That... that, we weren't officially together back then... what jealousy?" Hyo-ri stammered, but in her heart, she knew that because of this dance, Lee Seung-hyun had clearly shown his feelings for her, as they had been in a state of more than friends but not quite lovers.

"Tsk..." Everyone booed her for not revealing the truth. They all knew the situation between Lee Seung-hyun and Hyo-ri back then and had even helped them get together.

Looking back at their younger selves, everything seemed so naive and immature, but it was a beautiful era.

The women chatted and drank, reminiscing about the past until around 1 AM, then they each went home.

When Hyo-ri got home, she quietly pushed open the door. As soon as she walked in, she saw the living room light still on. She walked in slowly and saw Lee Seung-hyun lying on the sofa, his eyes closed, apparently having fallen asleep while waiting for her.

A warm feeling of gratitude welled up in Hyo-ri's heart, warming her entire body. She walked over to Lee Seung-hyun and gently touched his face, calling softly, "Oppa... Oppa..."

"Mm..." Lee Seung-hyun woke up at the sound, immediately concerned, "You're back. Did you have fun? Do you want me to make you some late-night snack?"

"No, I already ate there. Why didn't you go to bed, Oppa? Be careful, you might catch a cold," Hyo-ri said softly.

"I was waiting for you, didn't realize I fell asleep. Go upstairs and freshen up, I'll turn off the lights and lock the doors."

After locking the doors and turning off the lights, Lee Seung-hyun went up to the bedroom, but Hyo-ri wasn't out yet.

After waiting a while and hearing no sound from the bathroom, Lee Seung-hyun pushed the door open, worried something might have happened.

Hyo-ri had drunk quite a bit tonight and was also quite tired. She had fallen asleep in the bathtub.

He gently patted her face, calling, "Kitty? Kitty? Wake up."

"Mm..." Hyo-ri mumbled, turning her head and waking up.

"Get up quickly, you'll catch a cold if you stay in the water too long."

Hyo-ri stood up groggily and walked out.

With no choice, Lee Seung-hyun took a towel and dried her off.

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The next morning, around 9 AM.

"Mm..." Hyo-ri was the first to wake up. She opened her sleepy eyes and looked at the ceiling, feeling a bit of a memory gap. She wasn't wearing any clothes, and she seemed to have been taking a bath last night, then... fell asleep? So... she turned to look at the man beside her, it must have been Oppa who carried her to bed.

Hyo-ri didn't move, just leaned against Lee Seung-hyun, looking at him.

After a while, Lee Seung-hyun also woke up.

"Good morning, darling," Hyo-ri said.

"Good morning, sweetheart. It's great to see you wake up every morning~!" Lee Seung-hyun looked at her with tenderness.

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After having a slightly late breakfast, Hyo-ri picked up her bag, kissed Lee Seung-hyun goodbye, and left.

Waiting downstairs was not her nanny car, but the program's car. The VJ was already holding a camera, and Hyo-ri prepared and started filming.

Hyo-ri took out a notebook and flipped through it, saying to the camera, "For this album, I wrote a lot of lyrics, almost all of them. I used to think I wrote well, so I tried it out." She then started writing and drawing in the notebook.

After a while, she suddenly said, "Oh... today we're going out to gather inspiration, to visit the old house and find some feelings. I wonder if that place is still there..."

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