Chapter 9 : Cooking up a love story.

Third person point of view

Junkyu went to his room to finish his routine. Haruto looked around the house once again. There wasn't much of decor in the house. It wasn't unnecessarily big and pretty simple. Not even a lot of personal things around. There were two photo frames placed. One of them was Junkyu with his parents and the other was Junkyu's from an award show.

It was his first big win. Haruto picked it up; looking at it. He smiled automatically when he saw Junkyu's big happy smile in it. He put it away. Then went and sat on the couch again waiting for Junkyu. Junkyu finished a quick shower and looked for a dress. He didn't want to put effort, so he put on some sweat pants and t-shirt.

He pulled a hoodie over it. He walked out to the living room and Haruto stood up. " Let's go. I will drive ". Haruto said and walked to the door. Junkyu didn't reject since he was not a fan of driving. He followed behind Haruto. They walked out of the house and took the elevator to the parking lot.

Both of them sat down in the car. " Where do you want to go ? " Haruto asked buckling up. " You might want to go to a fancy restaurant but I don't think you would like to embarrass yourself ". Junkyu said with a blank face. " Why ? " Haruto was confused. " Look at my attire. Will you still go to a place like that ? "

" I wouldn't mind it though ". Haruto answered nonchalantly. Junkyu sighed. " You might not, but I have an image. So please save me some face. There will be a small restaurant nearby. Drive there ". Haruto nodded and drove based on Junkyu's directions. He parked to a side and they walked into the small restaurant.

They sat to a corner where no one would notice them. Junkyu did visit that place from time to time. And the flow of people at that time was considerably less. Even the owner always helped him by not allowing people to sit too close to his table. They were safe for now. The waiter came up to them and took their orders.

Both of them ordered the food they wanted. Haruto looked around as they waited. " Why didn't you order much ? " Junkyu asked after they were done. Haruto only ordered a smoothie. " I already had it before coming ". " Then you should've told me. I would've ordered something at home itself ". " It is fine. You shouldn't stay holed up all day ".

Junkyu rolled his eyes and nodded sarcastically. Their food arrived. It was a little late for breakfast, so Junkyu decided to have more for this brunch and skip lunch. Haruto only had that and nothing else. Once they were done, both of them paid for their own food. Haruto drove them back home. Junkyu opened the door and they entered the house.

Haruto sat down on the couch and Junkyu on the chair. " Will you now tell me the reason for your gracious presence ? " Haruto smiled. " You flatter me. Yesterday while speaking to my assistant I realized that we need to have a love story and whole set up to make people believe we actually are a couple ". " Would that be necessary ? "

Junkyu asked without thinking much. " In case someone asks you, we should have one to tell them. Plus both of our stories should match ". Junkyu now understood. When he thought about it, they did need a proper plot for people to hear from them. And discussing to come with one is definitely helpful because both of them will be aware of it.

" I got it. So you have any ideas ? " Junkyu asked turning to Haruto who shook his head. " We should make up everything from scratch ". " That's a lot now ". Junkyu sighed and leaned back in the chair. He thought about the basic requirements for a love story. " Anyways.. " He sat up looking at Haruto. He pulled his legs up sitting cross legged.

" Let's figure out a few things first. If we need a love story..... one would be that we need to tell how we met which will be a crucial thing. For the remaining story we can make up whatever ". Haruto nodded. " What are the chances of us meeting though ? " Junkyu fell in thought. Haruto did too. After a few seconds Haruto got an idea.

" Can you ask your assistant to send a list of events that you attended for at least for an year till now ? " Junkyu frowned. " Why ? " " Just ask him ". Junkyu called Jihoon. " Hello ". " Can you send me the list of events I attended for the past year ? " Jihoon was confused. " Why ? " " I need it for something ". " Okay. I will. All which means a few private ones as well ? "

" Yeah. Every single one ". " Okay. I will send it in a few minutes ". " Thank you. I am hanging up ". " Alright ". Junkyu hung up. " He will send it in a while ". He told Haruto. They sat in silence for a while. Haruto picked up his phone and was looking through it. Junkyu played with his hoodie strings.

He received a file from Jihoon after 15 minutes. He opened it and showed it to Haruto. " Here ". Haruto took the phone and started looking through it. Junkyu moved to sit beside him. " What are you looking at ? " " There were a few events I attended too. I wanted to see if there are any common ones ".

Junkyu made an ' oh '. Well it would make sense. He understood it. Saying they met at a private event is the least suspicious and most believable. " Are there any ? " He asked peeking over the phones. " There is one, which both of us attended around 8 months ago ". " Really ? " Junkyu asked looking at the name and date.

He did attend an event at that time. It wasn't particularly a public event. A few stars along with other famous and powerful people from the industry were there. The event was known to the public but no reporters were allowed and a lot of them are not aware of the whole list of people there at that party during that time.

It has also been a few months since it has happened, so now digging the list wouldn't make any sense. This was almost perfect. " This would be enough right ? " Junkyu asked. Haruto nodded. Haruto also did attend it briefly but didn't stay for long during that time. He left not more than half an hour after going there.

They never in reality met each other at that party back then. But for putting up a story together, this would be enough. No one would actually check or dig into it and Haruto knew he can play his cards here. " Yeah. We can just say we met there for the first time ". Haruto confirmed and Junkyu nodded. Their first task is successful.

-MG