Kyungwon was standing by the fountain where and he Jun had agreed to meet, guitar on his back and rays of sun shining down on his face. He looked like a God.

Jun recalled Ai lounging at home grinding the latest release of Monarchy Hearts with a soda drinking helmet on his head.

Okay, maybe not a God. Let's say angel, instead.

Kyungwon spotted Jun walking up and smiled beautifully. “Hey!”

Jun squeaked. “I mean, uh, thanks for coming out.”

“No problem. A favour for a favour.”

Kyungwon had agreed to help Jun do a local search for Ai’s action figure in exchange for Jun helping him with his song. It was Kyungwon’s idea that seeing Jun painting might inspire him. Jun blushed. He really was Kyungwon’s muse! The fans would kill him.

The action figure search was a failure, as usual.

“Sorry we couldn't find it. Your cousin wants it really badly, huh?”

“Uh, yeah… Uh, he's done a lot for me.” That's a lie! “So I wanted to get him this in exchange.”

“Well, I hope it comes in stock eventually.”

“Yeah.”

The two heard squeals from nearby. “Is that Kyungwon?!”

Jun looked over to see a guy and a girl looking their way with hearts in their eyes.

“Oh my God. I've only seen him in the dark!”

“I want to stroke his face.”

“Let's steal his shirt!”

Kyungwon's eyes widened. Just as the fans took a step to dash forward, Kyungwon grabbed Jun’s hand. “Run!”

He took off and Jun ran with him. They wove in and out of buildings, trying to get the fans off his trail.

“Wait! We just want to sniff your silky hair!”

“Where did he go?”

“Who is that ugly guy with him?!”

“This way!” Jun said and took the lead to pull Kyungwon into an alley.

“I think they went that way!”

Jun and Kyungwon held their breath and the fans dashed by the alley, not spotting them. Once the footsteps were far away, they released sighs.

“Why is a local musician this popular?” Jun said through pants. He blinked. “Ah, I don't mean it in a bad way. I was just surprised by your fans.” Jun chewed his lip.

Kyungwon smiled. “It's okay. I know.”

Jun looked down and realized they were still holding hands. Kyungwon seemed to notice at the same time. They let go and blushed.

Jun opened his mouth to say something but a weird squeak came out instead. His heart was pounding and he wasn't sure if it was from the running or Kyungwon.

“So, uh, shall we head out?”