♔ B E A U T I F U L G O O D B Y E
With that, he continues, "Why did we do it? I can't even think of the reasons right now..."
"...thought about it so many times. Too damn much." Jaejoong confesses in a low tone, stumbling over his own feet more than he stumbles over his Japanese; a language he'd worked for years to perfect with four other pieces of himself that seem to be missing. His arm tightens almost unconsciously around his companion's shoulder and it's much more slender than he'd thought it be, but then, he thinks, I've had too much sake.
With that, he continues, "Why did we do it? I can't even think of the reasons right now..."
As he looks over the youthful features of the man next to him; Ninomiya, he remembers vaguely, staggering with him down the tilting, swaying road back to his hotel... he realizes he's lost.
Completely and utterly lost in everything.
"What about you?" Jaejoong asks for no particular reason at all, his eyes tearing from the burning scent of alcohol on his own breath.
Nino looks at him thoughtfully for a moment, before answering in a whisper that belies his sympathy, "I don't know. I've been with my friends for 10 years."
Jaejoong wishes he knew what 10 years felt like, as his heart drops again.