PRELUDE TO TRAGEDY

"YOU'RE DONE taking a smoke, Hyung?"

"I tried, but it seems like I already forgot how to smoke," Sohee said, returning the pack of cigarettes and the lighter that Kim Heedo lent to him earlier. "The smell of cigarettes in the smoking area helped me calm down, though."

Kim Heedo accepted the pack and the lighter with a scowl. "Hyung, second-hand smoke is worse than smoking."

"Nah, that's not true. But breathing it in and smoking it is bad for our health."

"Should I quit smoking, too?"

"That's for you to decide," Sohee said, shrugging. "But I think I'll quit smoking for good."

He stopped smoking when he couldn't afford a pack of cigarettes anymore during his broke days. But he noticed that his health improved after quitting. Even his complexion looked better now.

Moreover…

I used to get tired easily before, but not anymore.

Well, maybe except during sex.