Kiss Me if You Can

“Josh! How long has it been? How have you been?”

“Hey, your face looks better, do you like it when you play? Are you okay?”

“Joe, it’s really nice to see you. I missed you.”

Henry, who had been pretending to know Seth, immediately turned around when Isaac followed up with a greeting.

That clueless bastard.

Seth clicked his tongue inwardly and pretended not to notice, paying attention to Josh. Josh, who had come to the dorm where the team was staying, greeted them in turn and then spoke.

“How have you all been? I’m glad things ended without a hitch.”

“Yeah, well, there was an incident recently… … .”

Isaac said casually to Seth, who trailed off.

“That’s just a minor thing. If you’re at C level, you were pretty well-behaved.”

“Yeah.”

Seth and Henry agreed with him alternately. Josh could only laugh.

It was two days ago that Laura informed him that the contract was over. Josh was basically ordered to return home instead of returning. As expected, everyone was packing up, and the dorm was in complete disarray. Mark came back to the dorm right then and there, and soon he found Josh.

“Josh! You!”

Mark hugged Josh with both arms wide open, rubbed his back, and then let him go.

“You’ve been through a lot, right? It’s all over now, let’s go.”

Josh couldn’t nod readily to him, who held his shoulders and spoke with a face full of trust. Instead, he made a troubled expression, and everyone watching felt that something was wrong.

“What’s wrong? Is there anything left to do?”

Seth, who was as quick-witted as ever, asked. Isaac looked at him with a puzzled look.

“What do you mean, left to do?”

Seth added an explanation, as if he was used to this kind of thing.