Kangwan looked up, a smile breaking onto his face as he saw his boyfriend. "Hi! I missed you!" It felt like it had been an eternity since they saw each other, even though they video chatted almost any chance they had. "Yes please! A hot chocolate. And yes." Kangwan replied, getting up in order to receive a hug.

He could imagine Thomas was tired. He was never good at adapting to time changes, and if it hadn't been for his schedule, he would probably still be taking naps in the middle of the day. Though now, he was back to his pre-States schedule, often staying up until 2 or 3am songwriting, or practising, or something else along those lines. Now that he was an adult, the band could kept out later, no longer restricted by the 10pm minor idol curfew. "Did you want me to go up with you, or do you think you're comfortable enough ordering?" He only half teased his boyfriend.

"I missed you too." Kangwan practically whispered. He nodded in response to Thomas' request while he ordered, sitting down and watching his boyfriend carefully. A playful half-smile was on his face as he watched Thomas stumble a bit over the words, only beaming brighter when he successfully ordered and brought back their drinks. "Thank you. Nice job." He praised.

His smile faded a little at the mention of training, and a cute pout formed instead. "I've had to do a lot of extra practice to catch up, but I'm getting there, and thankfully my body had some sort of... dance memory, so readjusting while on stage has thankfully not been an issue." He stretched out, back straight against the back of his chair. "But... that didn't stop me from messing up during Music Core and naturally it's all over YouTube now." He chuckled a little, wrapping his hands around his drink. "Thankfully my songwriting and singing wasn't affected by not doing it." He took a sip before continuing, "I have to practice after we're done here. But, I have freedom to stay out for a while, so... ten or eleven, you said? We could probably do that!" His grin returned, "I brought a hat and mask with me, too, if you wanted to go exploring. Although a couple fans spotted me on the way over here, no one's noticed me yet since I've been sitting here."

Kangwan chuckled lightly. "That's fine. I understand if you want to relax. We can sit here for a while longer."

He sighed, "Of course it did." A smile played on his lips, "They didn't really make a big deal of it, thankfully. After it happened, I was worried the band would say something but they just said it was okay and I should practice that part more. I'm lucky to only have a small handful of videos about it. I'm sure you've seen those videos of like "idol mistakes" or whatever they call it." His smile widened into a grin, "I haven't seen it in any of those yet, so that's something."

He seemed to deflate and pouted at Thomas. "Oh fine. I'll take you home early then." He said, punctuating his sentence by sticking out his tongue. "I can show you some key stores on the way there... Although Kiwoong would probably know better than me. Can I give him your number, by the way? He mentioned in passing he wouldn't mind having someone to study with, or hang out too."

"I'm allowed to have friends." He said with a small chuckle. "And the dating ban is up after a year in JYP, so I could date too. Just..." He faded off, looking away. "JYP never said specifically I'd be fired if I got a gay dating rumor, but well... I'm sure you've heard about how well regular dating rumors go and I don't want to put you in any danger from fans. Oh. Being friendly with us might make fans not like you a little. Or they'll try to be extra friendly hoping to get to meet us... It happened when someone once mentioned they were childhood friends with Taehoon." He thought over what he may be missing. "Uhh... thankfully, we can still do things like hold hands or cuddle, because skinship is a thing and it's a blessing for any and all undercover queer people." He shrugged, "I'd assume it's pretty obvious what needs to be avoided in public... Hopefully at some point we can get you access to our dorms and we can hang out there sometimes." He looked to Thomas, realizing he had been rambling. "Did I cover everything?"

Kangwan nodded, "Long plane rides are... tiring. But yes, let's get out and stretch our legs." He agreed. He smiled softly, "I know, but in that time, my band has probably no less than ten concerts abroad and three to five comebacks. I'll be busy, and I want to be able to see you as much as possible." He insisted.

He let out a chuckle at Thomas' comment about his bandmate. "Well, it is a problem we knew would come up eventually. But the very first night?" He teased lightly. "It'll really be interesting when you two are in the same room. Aren't you going to go by Thomas in school, so it won't be a problem?" He asked.

"Okay~" He said in response to the skinship. He nodded, "yep. Though it seems like in recent years idols are allowed to have friends, so that's good." He rolled his eyes, "Fans seem to think since we don't have a lot of time, we lose our old friends. And that's true for some people, but not all. Especially not someone like me, who had a lot of time to re-make friends."

He stood up with an "ok!" and pulled on the hat and mask he had before grabbing his drink. "Let's go exploring!" He paused, giving Thomas a smile only made obvious by his eyes, "Don't forget what my face looks like; you'll see me like this a lot." He teased.

"I am too." Kangwan agreed, a soft smile playing on his lips. He led Thomas to a side street, pointing out a few of his favorite restaurants and coffee shops. He didn't immediately respond right away, instead griping about how disappointed he was the first time he went to an American Baskin Robbins as they passed one.

"I suppose that makes sense; if you have one, or have the opportunity to have one, may as well use it. Though it does sound like you'll be using three names, at least for your first year. Especially since, when I talk about you to my band, I use Thomas, and so that's what they're used to." He explained.

He laughed at the comment about his pictures. "Fair enough." He said through giggles. He looked around some more, "umm... a good thing to note is the street with the cafe, if you turn towards the 7-11, you'll end up right back on campus after the... underpass. After the underpass. Otherwise, that cafe we were at gets really crowded around finals time. Or at least it used to, I have been there since before leaving the first time so I don't know if that's still the case. Um..." He held a finger up to the mask, tapping his chin as he looked around. "The school has a couple cafeterias on campus, but otherwise the most popular restaurants are in this area. Since this area is a college town, there's a lot of things for students. Oo! Artbox." He said suddenly, pulling Thomas into the shop. "This is a stationary shop, and it has a lot of cheap and cute things." He picked up a stuffed animal keychain. "See?" He stopped being distracted, though held on to the keychain, and looked at Thomas more seriously. "This is a good shop for cheap stationary, but if you would prefer Daiso, there is one around, but you'd have to ask Kiwoong to show you where it is. I can never find it, even when he gives me directions."

"That's fair." Kangwan said with a shrug, knowing what Thomas meant. His name was butchered quite a few times when he had first gotten to America, but by the time he left he had interacted with enough people that knew how to properly say his name that the other he met at least of learned. Plus, 'Kangwan' was a lot easier to say than 'Qiwang' or 'Kiwoong.' He chuckled, "It would be funny if you two just both called eachother Qiwang. But also, neither of you are fluent in Korean yet and you should both practice with each other!" He fake-scolded, though his face was anything but menacing at the moment, especially not when he was still holding the keychain, and used the hand he was holding it with to prod Thomas' chest.

He seemed to notice then that he still had the keychain, and finally put it back in it's repective basket, muttering something about coming back for it later. He brought Thomas back outside, looking around to try to answer his questions. "Um...Not really, but... Over that way," He pointed in front of them, "somewhere is this Italian restaurant, and it's really good but also compartively expensive to other restaurants around here, so take that information as you will." He spun around, "Also, over there is a restaurant that serves dog. A lot of foreginers are really cringey about it, so I figure you should be warned. They advertise it on the window, 'dog soup'." He said, saying the food dish in Korean so Thomas would know what to look for. "It's the only restaurant around here that serves it, and from what I know, it's only really popular among the older generations. I've even seen protests around it before." He paused, seeming to think of something but holding off on it to answer Thomas' final request. "There's a hotpot restaurant right near your campus, did you want to go there? I've never been, but Kiwoong told me he went with some old classmates after the entrance exams and it was really good."

He finally continued on his previous thought process, "By the way, there's commonly protests happening around Seoul, and you've never struck me as much of an activist, erm, that kind of sounds like an insult but I promise it's not, but anyway, just a warning that you should probably avoid them. Let other foreign classmates know too, if you hear them talking about it. Politics can often get messy, and it's just... not a good thing."