Chapter 15

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“There you are! I’ve been looking all over for you!” Tei screamed and pointed to Chae Yeon’s direction.

He rushed to her and gave her a hug. “Where have you been? I was so worried!”

Chae Yeon couldn’t help but get butterflies in her stomach when she realized that Tei had been worried for her. “Oppa, I was just with –“

“YAAAAAA! WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!” Tei suddenly screamed and stepped back. Chae Yeon looked at where Tei was pointing, and she noticed that he was pointing to her hands and her clothes. “Why do you have blood all over you?!”

“Oppa, don’t exaggerate too much. It’s only on my hands and clothes. And don’t worry, it’s not my blood. I was just with–MFFFHMP“

And, as always, even before Chae Yeon could finish her sentence, Tei hugged her again, tightly this time, and cooed Chae Yeon with sweet words. “My poor baby, who did this to you? Don’t worry. I’ll never let you out of my sight ever again!” He let go of her and held both sides of her arms, looking intently in her eyes, “Hear that? NEVER AGAIN!”

Chae Yeon giggled at Tei, obviously laughing from him being too protective. But what could she expect? He was her boyfriend - unofficially.

“Uhm, Chae Yeon-ah, you’re supposed to be crying. You have a bloody hand, and you’re supposed to be in pain. And I should be tending to your every word, being the good boyfriend that I should be.”

“Oppa. Let me explain! You’re so,” she flicked his forehead, “stupid,” and gave him a quick peck to the lips. She could swear she saw him blush. “I was with Seung Gi, okay? He broke something and he hurt himself so I brought him to my room to fix him up.”

“Oh? The guard said that you were at the dock?”

“No, no, we weren’t. We were just…”

Tei put up his hand and stopped her mid-way. “Doesn’t matter. I’m just glad that you’re safe. Here,” he handed her his handkerchief.

“Thanks.” Chae Yeon kissed Tei’s cheek and had him stand there rooted on his spot, with his right hand on the cheek she had kissed. She then started to wipe away the blood on her hands. Tei started to help her by wiping her face, which was sweaty, with faint traces of blood on the forehead. With his thumb, he put her bangs to the side and smiled at her lovingly.

“You look lovely,” Tei muttered under his breath.

“Even if I’m haggard and bloody all over?” Chae Yeon kidded.

“Even if you’re haggard and bloody all over.” Tei Yeon smiled.

“That’s good to hear.”


Both Chae Yeon and Tei looked back to see HaHa and Seul Gi leaning on the door to Chae Yeon’s room.

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- SEUNG GI’S POV -

Does it have something to do with Ayumi?
Maybe so.
Do you remember her?
Of course I do.
Do you miss her?
Who doesn’t?
Do you wanna be with her again, Seung Gi?
I…. I d-…
Tell me. I’m here to listen.
Listen? Is that all you’re ever gonna be able to do nuna? Listen?
Do you wanna be with her again, Seung Gi?
. . . .



For all the wrong reasons, I think I can finally say no to that.

I sigh in frustration as an X-Man PD, whom I did not know since I was new, removed the handkerchief that Chae Yeon nuna put around my hand. “This might hurt a little bit,” he said, while placing alcohol on my open wounds.





Hm. Mister, after Ayumi’s accident, I think nothing at this level can hurt me. Wash away, please. Just wash it all away.

I held on to the handkerchief that Chae Yeon nuna used. I looked down on it and muttered words to myself. How stupid I was for breaking the glass in my hand (very stupid). How stupid I was for fighting with my nuna (nothing close to being a genius). How stupid I was to hug nuna (brilliant, yeah). And how insanely stupid I was for telling her that I liked her.


“You know…” The PD had started talking, bandaging my hand. “I don’t see why you kids like Chae Yeon.” At that moment, I had stopped insulting myself in my mind and looked at the PD. “I mean, she has an attitude of an ice princess sometimes, and she–“

“I don’t like her,” I lied; embarrassed that he knew of my little crush on Chae Yeon.

He smiled and pat my hand. “I’m sure you don’t.” He got another bandage and had started wiping my other hand, when I had jerked it away, “I really don’t!”

He threw his head back and laughed, as if what I said were the funniest thing a man could hear. “Don’t worry. I used to like her too.”

“Used to?”


“Hmm,” he nodded his head and put the finishing touches on my hand, “Used to. Okay. You’re all set. Just a little note while you’re still sane for the moment… Don’t go breaking anymore glasses, okay? You’re a good looking kid. You should be breaking hearts, eh?” He winked.

As he stood up to walk towards the door, I caught a glimpse of his ID hanging by his neck.


Kim Jong Kook
Assistant director

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“Tei.”

“Yes, Seul Gi?”

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“Chae Yeon-ah?”

Silence.

“Chae Yeon-ah??!”


“What do you want, HaHa?”

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“Uhm…”

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“Obviously your attention!”

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“Is something wrong, Seul Gi-ah?”

-SEUL GI’S POV-
Tei oppa. Omona. Please don’t call me like that.


Seul Gi-ah.


Just the mere thought of it makes me fall weak on my knees.

Is there something wrong?
Of course there’s something wrong.

Here’s the picture. My best friend is Chae Yeon. I like you. You are her boyfriend. Therefore I like my best friend’s boyfriend. Of course there is something wrong with that picture, Tei oppa, you pabo! Unless… You wouldn’t mind if I dated you, which will definitely make me the happiest girl in the planet.


But that’s just selfish. And I can never do that to Chae Yeon.



You are her life.
I’m her best friend.



You are my life.
You always have been.

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-HAHA’S POV-

“Why don’t you just listen?!”

“Well, apart from the fact that, ONCE AGAIN, you cut off any moment between me and Tei oppa, I don’t know. Maybe because I don’t WANT to listen.”

“What if you tried, Chae Yeon ah? It’s not like I’m going to say something that’s going to haunt you for the rest of your life! It’s not like I’m going to confess something that I like you or that I was secretly in love with you or –what the heck did I just say that out loud– or… or…. Uhm, something like that?!!!”

“What did you say?”

Did she hear? “I thought you weren’t listening?”

“Listening is different from hearing. Please repeat what you said,” she asked.

“I… I… I,”

“It’s okay. I heard you the first time anyway.” Chae Yeon shrugged, and left it at that. “You know, if you wanted to talk to me, could you pick an appropriate time when I’m not with my boyfriend?”

She had emphasized on that last word – boyfriend. Like an arrow shot through my heart. Ouch. That really stung.

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Seung Gi sat down on the floor.

“What happened?”He looked up and saw the security guard talking to him.

“Oh nothing, I just uhm… Became stupid for a moment and broke glass with my bare hands.”

“Hah. Funny how you put it that way. I wouldn’t call that stupid,” the guard replied.

Seung Gi, confused, looked up and asked, “What?”

The security guard smiled and said, “I’ve seen how you look at her. You’re in love, boy.”

As shocked as he was, Seung Gi became silent, looked down, and felt a smile creep up to his face. He looked at his hand and sighed. It didn’t hurt so much anymore.

Chapter 14

A/N: So, it has been a while since I last updated. I'm terribly sorry. *sweatsprofusely* I've been caught up with a lot of performances and stuff, and I ran out of pre-written chapters, hehe. I've been writing these stories in Starbucks, coffeeshops or donut shops so I'm sorry if these aren't all that great, but I think I've enjoyed writing them in coffee shops. Plus, I got to meet a lot of koreans in those coffee shops who talk to me so I'm pretty thrilled. Hehe. OKAY. Enough of me ranting. Personal replies, then update~! Enjoy ^^
Karen you're welcome, and thank you as well ^^ the performance went great! if i had the guts, i'd put up the video here for you guys to watch. hehe. ^^
Chinh here's the update ;) i hope you like it ^^

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“What was that??” Chae Yeon screamed. She looked to her left and saw Seung Gi sitting down on the floor.

A PD then came up to her and whispered, “We just saw him sitting on the floor, with the glass broken, and he has a wound in his hand.” The PD pointed at Seung Gi, who was looking down, sitting awkwardly on the floor, holding on to his right palm, which was bloody all over.

As soon as Chae Yeon saw this, she ran to Seung Gi and nervously wiped his bloody hands with her clothes. She bent down and got his hand, used her shirt then wrapped his wounds with her handkerchief.

“Nuna, what are you doing? Don’t use your clothes to wipe my –ouch! Not too hard~ Aigo, it hurts!” Seung Gi wailed.

“Why don’t you try to hold still?” Chae Yeon screamed. He bit his bottom lip and looked away. She tied her handkerchief around his hand then gave it a little pat.

Seung Gi flinched when she did. When Chae Yeon looked at him, she saw a little tear at the sides of Seung Gi’s eyes. She chuckled and wiped away his tear with her thumb, “You little kid,” she smirked.

“It hurts…” Seung Gi tried to lift his swollen arm. “… A lot.”

“It looks like it does. Why’d you break the glass in you palm anyway if you knew it would hurt?”

“It’s not the bruises that hurt, nuna…”

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Tei looked for Chae Yeon all over the building, but he couldn’t find her. He tried going to her room, but it was locked. He tried going to the rooftop where she usually stayed, but she wasn’t there either. He also tried to look for Seung Gi, but he was yet to be seen as well.

“That’s strange…” Tei muttered to himself. “Where the heck did those two go to?”

As he tried to look under tables, in cabinets, and under the covers (not that it was humanly possible to even hide under those circumstances), it dawned on him that maybe they were in the dock.

He asked the guard at the gate outside if he had seen either Chae Yeon or Seung Gi go out of the building and (un)fortunately, he had. The guard said that he saw them go to that direction, and he then pointed – the direction going to the dock.

“Thank you,” Tei bowed, “And please tell HaHa, if he ever comes looking for me, I’m at… uhm, McDonalds, or wherever.” He bid the confused guard goodbye and walked towards the dock.

Tei smirked and looked up the sky, “Chae Yeon-ah… What are you up to this time?”

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“You like him?!” HaHa shouted, and placed one hand on his face, “Omona!”

Seul Gi grumbled under her breath. “I told you not to say it out loud!”, and slapped HaHa on his arms.

“Sorry, sorry. Anyway. Wow. That’s so tragic. I like Chae Yeon… and you like Tei. How cute. We should totally end up being together!” HaHa then brought his arms to Seul Gi, motioning for a hug.

“You do realize that you used ‘totally’ in a sentence?” Seul Gi asked, then ran away to avoid his hug.

“Yeah… Now that I think about it, that sort of felt… erhm, weird. Anyway, where’s my hug Seung-Gi yahh~”

“Hearing it is weird enough.” Seul Gi retorted.

“Anyway, that’s not the point. I can’t believe that you like Tei!”

“What’s so hard to believe? I mean… Who wouldn’t like someone like him?” She then sighed and bent her head down. “That’s why I know how you feel when you looked at Chae Yeon when she was with Tei in that room… I know how it’s like when you see someone you’ve liked for so long in the arms of someone else…”

“Yeah… And what sucks more is the fact that that someone else is a good friend of yours…”

“Yeah…” she sighed.

“Yeah…”

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Chae Yeon had her hands on her hips. Her voice was raised and her eyebrows met. “What did you do to your hand? What happened? Why’d you just walk out like that?? You got me so worried–”

“I like you…”

“ –I couldn’t think straight. I know that face! Your look when you came out made me so worried that I had to leave Tei –“

“I like you…”

“ –just to look for you! Aigo. Can you imagine how I felt when I heard that shout and the glass breaking?! You little boy! Don’t you go running away like that aga–“

“Nuna. Please. Can you not do this??” Seung Gi had his head bent down, but put his hand up to signalhis nuna to stop.

“You stupid pabo! I’m here all caring for you and being all nice and this is the thanks I get??”

Seung Gi was irritated, so he ran his injured hand through his hair. The blood mixed with the sweat in his hair, giving it a very messy look. He flinched in pain and the instant he ran his hands through his hair, he lashed it back and held it to soothe the pain.

“Hey! Be careful with that hand! What the heck! You shouldn’t be moving it too much, it might hurt and–“

“Why?! Whyyyy do you even caree??!” Seung Gi shouted.

“Because I just do! Isn’t that enough for you to appreciate what I’m doing to make you feel better??”

“Do you think that your screaming will make me feel better?!”

“You inconsiderate boy! Aren’t you gonna thank me for taking care of your stupid hand??”

“Th –than…”

“No! Don’t say thank you! Because it wouldn’t mean anything! I want you to say thank you when you mean it! You st–!”

Chae Yeon stopped midway in her sentence because as she was about to scream at Seung Gi, he thrust himself towards Chae Yeon, held her face…

But stopped. He froze for a moment, almost as if he was thinking of something. But at the end, he just drew his arms around her and gave her a tight hug.

His sobs and whimpers were enough to make Chae Yeon’s anger subside. He cried like a baby. His shoulders were fidgeting, and he was stomping on the ground continuously. Chae Yeon could feel his tears on her shoulder through her blouse, so she hugged him back and pat his head. She cooed her gently, “Ssh… Stop.”

Seung Gi sniffed, but only tightened their hug more. It seemed like he had to hug someone.

“Seung Gi-ah… Stop. C’mon. I’m sorry if I had to scream at you. I was just worried…”

Chae Yeon then felt Seung Gi nod his head. “I just want to know why’d you walk out like that… Did it have something to do with Ayumi?” Chae Yeon wanted to break their hug, but Seung Gi’s grip was tight. She fidgeted out and luckily, she was able to. “Did you remember her? When you saw me and Tei together? Do you miss her?”

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My stupid nuna… Aigo. You cute little pabo. Didn’t you hear me a while ago?

…

Oh… I’m sure you didn’t. But it’s okay, because you were screaming at me. I was saying I like you… I even said it two times. But you didn’t hear it.

I’m sure that you care for me as a dongsaeng only… And I know I can never be an oppa to you. It’s obvious that you’re older than me, so being an oppa to you can never happen, even if both of us wanted it.

I was walking back to my dressing room when I saw the door to your room slightly opened. I am a good boy, and I never eavesdrop on other people’s conversations. But I just had to listen to yours…

“When – When did you like me?” was the question that you asked Tei in that room. I wanted to make myself believe that it wasn’t true… That you didn’t have eyes for anyone…



So at least…





I could stand a chance…

With you...

MY heart stopped when I saw you and Tei holding hands… It’s not that I remembered Ayumi when I saw you and Tei hyung together. What was weird that Ayumi didn’t even cross my mind at that moment. What I did remember though was… us… together at the dock.

I didn’t like it when you were holdings hands with him. It’s not that I’m selfish… or that I was jealous… But… I just don’t know how to describe it.

My stupid little nuna. Your stupid little dongsaeng is going crazy again.

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Chapter 13

A/N: yey! personal replies~ guahaha.

Chinh jealous? hmm. sad? *puts fingers on chin* read on to find out ^^ hehe. i'm terribly sorry but it's gonna be in the next chapters, but i hope you still read this next one ^^ hehe. thank you for reading~
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i'm sorry for the mediocre update -_- *gets thrown over a mountain by an angry mob* lol. i was busy with my dance practices, and the performance is on saturday already. i hope you guys enjoy this update ^^ and again, thank you so much for reading :)

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-CHAE YEON’S POINT OF VIEW-

As soon as he came out that door, I screamed a mental “What-the-hell-did-he-mean-by-that-smile?” in my head, before finally telling myself to come running after him to ask what was wrong.

I let go of Tei’s hand as soon as the door closed to chase after Seung Gi, but got pulled in.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Tei asked, smirking.

I was about to pinch his cheeks because he looked so cute when I realized that I still had to find out why Seung Gi went out the door, so I said, “Going to Seung Gi.”

Tei looked confused, “Hey. I just officially asked you to be mine, and now you’re running off looking for other boys? Ouch, Chae Yeon,” he pointed to his chest, “Ouch,” sarcastically.

HaHa and Seul Gi weren’t any different. They had looks on their faces that read “What-the?” and “Where-do-you-think-you’re-going?” respectively.

Not able to hold their confused looks any longer, I gave out a sigh and said, “Okay. Here’s the deal. I was at the dock and I was talking to him because he was depressed. Long story short, I don’t want to see someone I care for getting hurt. I saw his face when he walked out… I think he’s hurt.”

Happy that I explained the situation, I was waiting for Tei to let go of my hand for me to talk to my Seung Gi when I felt him hold on my hand tighter. Smiling, Tei asked, “You care for him?”

... Long story short, I don’t want to see someone I care for getting hurt. I saw his face when he walked out on us…

“Care for him as a friend kind of thing. Come on oppa, I’m not that stupid to replace you for anybody else,” I replied. I knew that it would make him happy, and stop him with all the questioning, and fortunately, it did. He gave me a nod and a quick kiss which gave me butterflies all over, making my knees fall weak again.

I bid him goodbye, and HaHa and Seul Gi as well, before finally going out to look for Seung Gi.

It was true that I had wanted to cheer him up because he was a friend. Of course, that’s what friends do, right? But I think there’s something more to what I’m doing. I mean… because… that look. When I saw Seung Gi smile weakly when he saw me holding hands with Tei, I felt my heart stop. It made it look like holding hands with Tei was a bad thing! But it wasn’t… Of course it wasn’t! What made things worse was when he walked out. I didn’t want to see him like that. It sort of dawned on me that maybe it reminded him of Ayumi or something. I didn’t want to see him cry again. So I brought it upon myself to look for him and comfort him, being the good nuna that I was... or so I wanted to believe.

I looked from left to right, hoping to catch a glimpse of him but to no avail. I asked some PDs if they saw him, but they hadn’t. They did tell me, though, that the recording for the show is cancelled for some ‘reasons’ they didn’t want to tell. Right… Like it wasn’t obvious. Anyway, I continued to walk around the building to look for Seung Gi when suddenly, I heard glass break, and a shout.

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“What was that for?!”

“What was what for?” I smirked.

HaHa was obviously pissed by my smirking, which made me laugh even more.

“What the?! Don’t you dare what-was-what-for me! You know what I’m talking about!”

“Hyung, I really don’t!” I really didn’t.

HaHa pursed his lips in a pout and made smoochy noises. “Now do you remember?”

“Oh… That.” I scratched the back of my head in embarrassment and happiness when I finally understood what he was trying to say. “That was nothing. Don’t get all grandma on me, HaHa.”

“Go grandma?! You think I’m going grandma?! You pabo~! We were recording a show! What gave you the right to do something as daring and bold as that?!” He screamed, with his hands flailing in the air.

“Love, hyung. Love,” and I pointed to my chest. It was the best comeback I could think of to make him shut up, but it felt so cheesy, that I snickered after saying it.

“Don’t you love-love me, you pabo. Can’t you see that I like Ch- I mean… I didn’t like what you did! You pabo,” he said, obviously rubbing in the fact that I did disrupt the X-Man schedule. “And stop laughing! You’re freaking making me lose my head again!”

He looked so pissed. What’s funny was that it was rare for people to see HaHa get pissed off so for me to see this was quite entertaining, and I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw him turn around and start talking to the air. I laughed at my friend’s antics.

Without him knowing, when he turned back around to face me, still having one arm in the air, I gave him a high five and pat his shoulder, “If this is your way of showing your blessings for me and Chae Yeon, thank you, HaHa. Thank you.”

I gave him another pat at the back before finally walking away to look for Seul Gi and Chae Yeon.

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-HAHA’S POV-

“Ouch,” I heard.

I looked back and saw Seul Gi with one hand on her heart, and the other one touching her face, making it look like she was crying, but it was obvious that she was just fooling around. “Didn’t that hurt? I told you to forget about Chae Yeon.”

“Nothing can make me forget about Chae Yeon. I’ve liked her for so long that it’s going to be a waste if I don’t continue courting her,” I explained.

Seul Gi gave out an exasperated sigh before talking, “Isn’t it making it look like you’re courting her just for the sake of courting her? I mean, think about it. From what I see, you’re just courting her because… I don’t know – just because. Then IF you do end up being together, and that’s a big IF, then what happens? You get your wish of finally being with her, but do you really love her, HaHa? Do you? That hug in New Year’s didn’t mean anything, as harsh as it may sound. She hugged everybody in there, and I did too. I hugged everybody like she did! So why didn’t you fall for me? But you really don’t have to answer that. I just said that to explain things. Anyway, she hugged this one PD. I heard that the PD fell for her too, but then he got rejected, but he moved on. See, oppa? Move on. Things are easier that way.”

“But Seul Gi, I –”

She held her hands up to my face signalling me to keep quiet. "Shush," she said. Great. She wasn’t finished talking yet.

“I’m not saying that you should stop liking her, because who am I to tell you to? And if I DID tell you, I’m sure that you wouldn’t listen anyway. It’ll be harder for you to forget about her if you don’t stop this. People are always like that,” she said. I nodded my head in agreement. “But you shouldn’t be one of those people, HaHa. Move on.”

“So are you saying that I should be an alien instead?” I replied jokingly.

“That wasn’t really funny, you know?” Seul Gi chuckled.

“Then why are you chuckling?” I asked.

“Aish, fine,” she wailed, and put on a straight and serious face. “That wasn’t really funny, you know?” she repeated, “There, you happy now? I made my face all serious now.”

“Happy? Aigo. I am nowhere near happiness, Seul Gi. Not with Chae Yeon running after and drooling over my best friend…”

“Wow. That was a good line! You’ve been practicing, oppa. Nice,” she clapped her hands in exciting gestures.

“That’s not a line, pabo. That’s really how I feel!” I explained, thumping my hands to my chest.

“Hurts, right?”

“What? Thumping my chest? The hell. Of course not, I always thump my chest. It’s like a manly thing, you know.”

“Pabo. Not the thumping! Chae Yeon and Tei together, stupid.”

“Oh…” I heaved a sigh. “Yeah… It does.”

“Yeah… Seems like it.”

“Why’d you ask?”

“Because I know how it feels, HaHa. I know.”

Chapter 12

A/N so, before i leave to watch my little brother's show, and before i leave for my dance class, here's the update ^^
Chinh thank you for such kind words ^^ seung gi will appear in this chapter now, hehe. i'm sorry if i made you go crazy, lol. it was never my intention :)) anyway. i hope you enjoy this update ^^
karen you're welcome ;)

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“What was that for?!”

“What was what for?” Tei smirked.

She stuttered and sat back. “Th – That.. Uhm…”

“What? I can’t hear you Chae Yeon-ah~,” he said in a sing-song voice, and cupped his hand in one ear, pretending not to hear.

“Aigo~ Don’t pretend you don’t know oppa!” and punched Tei lightly while he sat down. He pulled her closely to his side on the couch. Tei laughed and hugged her head tightly.

“Don’t you realize that you look so cute this way?” Tei spoke, with his eyes clothes, arms around Chae Yeon's head.

Chae Yeon tried to wiggle her way out of Tei’s grasp, but failed. She couldn’t breathe in his embrace, but somehow, she didn’t mind it at all. It sort of felt… good, actually. To be held by a big man with big arms and a muscular body.

“Mmfh.”

“Hmm?” Tei asked, who still had his eyes closed.

“Mmfh – Bmpffh.”

“Oh, sorry,” Tei quickly jerked back, realizing how awkward their position was. “Sorry. You should’ve told me that you weren’t really comfortable with me hugging you that way,” and scratched the back of his head.

“Why did you do it?” she quickly asked as soon as he let go. “Why did you – do you… really like me?”

“Do you want me to kiss you again to make you realize that I do?” Tei had already pursed his lips in a playful pout to wait for a kiss but all that he got was a slight slap to the cheek. He laughed and hugged her again, only this time, lower and looser to give her enough space to breathe.

“Tei?” Chae Yeon looked up.

“Hmm?”

“Since when?”

“Since when what?” He looked at her questioningly.

“Since when did you like me?” Chae Yeon curiously asked.

Tei held her hands and smiled, “Since I felt that you liked me too.”

Chae Yeon blushed.

“Chae Yeon-ah. The way you look at me… It’s obvious that you do. I might be sounding like a complete jerk for telling this even if I don’t have any proof or whatever but I really do feel that you like me! That’s partly the reason why I liked you in the first place! When you look at me, you have the best smile on your face… Always. Almost as if you were always happy to see me. It made me feel so good, Chae Yeon-ah… To know that I was making you happy? Aish. That’s the best feeling in the world. I feel so giddy and happy inside! Do you understand that?! I am so happy to see you like that. Please don’t break my heart. Do you…” he paused, caught his breathe and continued, “do… do you like me enough to be... My… Uhm, mine?” and pointed to his heart. It was cheesy, but it worked.

Chae Yeon blushed yet again. She looked at his hand which was holding on to hers. She blissfully sighed and locked both their hands together with intertwining fingers. She held up their hands and showed it to his face, “Oppa,” she pointed to their joint fingers,

“I’m already yours.”

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“What are you doing here?”

“Might I ask the same with you, hyung?” Seung Gi asked HaHa.

“I was just... getting coffee! And you?”

Seung Gi glanced to his side before looking back at HaHa once again. “I was just, uhm… Getting pancakes.”

“Meh. Seung Gi-yah, you do know that they don’t sell pancakes in here, right? Were you spying on Tei and Chae Yeon too? I MEAN… Were you spying on someone? Unlike me, who was just happening to pass by and not spying? Aigo, dongsaeng. Of all people? Tsk.”

Seung Gi scratched the back of his head and gave out an embarrassing sigh. “Yeah… Right. No pancakes, I knew that, I meant I was just –“

“Watching Tei and Chae Yeon? Spit it out, you two. Both of you so like my best friend.” Unknowingly, Seul Gi came in the room where Seung Gi and HaHa were hiding to hear what Tei and Chae Yeon were talking about in the room next to theirs. The X-Man producers decided to have a break after Tei’s ‘confession’ so Tei and Chae Yeon decided to go to a room talk things over.

“ANIYO!” Both shouted out.

“HaHa, it’s already known by everyone here that you like her, so no use in hiding it,” Seul Gi slapped his arm and laughed profusely. “While you,” she pointed at Seung Gi with her pointy finger, stopped laughing and asked, “Where did you take my Chae Yeon, huh? What took you guys so long a while ago?? She told me that she brought you to the dock! Yah, this boy. Don't you know that she was stressed?! I sent her there to think things over so what were you doing with her?” Seul Gi raised her left eyebrow and put her hands on her waist.

HaHa grew red at the thought that… *gulp* everybody knew that he liked Chae Yeon? He tugged on Seul Gi’s dress and pouted before asking, “Eh, Seul Gi-ah... Does Chae Yeon know that I –“

“Yes, she does. Now be quiet. I asked Seung Gi a question,” Seul Gi glared. “Dongsaeng, where’d you guys go?”

HaHa, not knowing that Seung Gi took Chae Yeon somewhere, forgot the fact that he himself had a question to Seul Gi, and just joined in with Seul Gi. “OHOHOHO~ You guys went somewhere?! Where?!” HaHa glared.

“She just brought me to the dock, hyung. We just talked because I was kind of depressed and all and I just needed someone to talk to. I am sorry for taking so much time with her.”

“Meh. Depressed? Riiight… Is that a new way to score girls now?! AIGOOOO~OUCH! What the heck?! What’d you punch me for?!” HaHa asked, holding on to his swollen arm.

“That is the worst punch line you can possibly pull in an even possibly worse situation. Be quiet. Can’t you see that the boy is depressed already? Oh, Seung Gi. I'm so sorry I sort of threw a fit at you like that. Mianhe, dongsaeng. By the way, pay no heed to HaHa. He’s just jealous that he hasn’t been on a date with Chae Yeon ever since, while you already went with her to the dock, even if you guys just met.” Seul Gi laughed at the thought and stuck out her tongue to her oppa.

HaHa cringed and rolled his eyes, “Well, thank you for making me remember, Seul Gi. Really.”

“You’re welcome. I just don’t get the point why you still try to court her. She already said –“

“That she doesn’t want our friendship to be ruined, and that it will cost her very much if she gave up our friendship for a relationship, not knowing what the end might be. She thinks that a relationship might not last forever, and we might break up and never talk to each other ever again and she is not willing to risk losing this friendship for anything,” Seul Gi and HaHa said in a chorus.

“Wow,” Seul Gi remarked, “You memorized it?”

“Every word," Haha sighed. "I mean, who wouldn’t?”

“I wouldn’t, because it’s just going to hurt me whenever I remember that she did say that,” Seung Gi remarked.

HaHa gave him a blunt fce and spoke. “Uh, I think we just established the fact that I am hurt and mourning ever since she did tell me that, so please do not make me remember, Seung Gi yah. Really.”

“Oh. Mian.”

“I’m already yours.”

All three looked at each other, with eyes wide open, and mouths agape.

HaHa: “Did you hear that?”

Seung Gi: “Did you hear that??”

Seul Gi: “You too??”

All three: “Was that Chae Yeon??!”

As soon as they said that last line, all three ran to the door that shared their room and the other room. They opened it, only to see Chae Yeon holding hands with Tei, not that there was any problem with that though. They were already ‘officially’ a couple because of Tei's confession, so it shouldn’t be a problem if they were holding hands.

Chae Yeon, surprised, jumped back and fell down on her butt.

“Ohh… My butt.”

“Pabo,” Tei bent down, flicked her forehead and rubbed his nose with hers. “Be careful next time.”

“Y-yeah. Uh, oppa. HaHa, Seung Gi, and Seul Gi are here,” Chae Yeon said, still on the floor.

Tei looked back, smirked, and gave her a quick peck on the lips. “Yeah… I know,” he smiled and gazed into her eyes.

“OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGHOSHI'MHYPERVENTELATINGWHATTHEHELLDIDYOUGUYSJUSTDOOMYGOSHMYHEARTISOMIGOSH!” Seul Gi screamed, fanning her face with her hands. “I’m so happy for you Chae Yeon ah! C’mon! Get up! I need to give you a big girl hug!”

“Baa. Disgusting, Tei,” HaHa remarked. Tei arched his eyebrow at HaHa, who only looked aside to avoid his glance.

“Nuna…” Seung Gi spoke. Everyone looked at him.

"I’m so happy for you.”

Seung Gi then gave a faint smile to her before finally walking away, closing the door behind him.

Chapter 11

A/N: Hello there! So here I am, yet again with another update of eX-Man. I'm dead tired because I've been dancing for the whole day, and my toes are screaming. My head already like fell off my neck alraedy, LOL. Ugh. That's just nasty. But that's how I feel like, haha. OKAY. Anyway, enough with the gross-ness, lol.

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DuGi Omo~ Thank you so much for notocing~! How stupid of me to commit that mistake, haha. Thanks for pointing it out~! And about Ayumi. I didn't really like her too so I decided to kill her character, even before she even made an appearance LOL. Evil, buahaha. But I will be using the name that you suggested sooner or later. For now, I will use Ayumi because the chapters are pre-written. Thank you~! ^^ I'm glad you enjoyed 8 & 9. Hope you enjoy THIS chapter :)
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Chae Yeon and Seung Gi had a very long walk home. And by long, it just meant that they were so awkward that the supposedly minutes to walk back to the studio somehow turned into hours. Why was it even awkward, anyway? Both asked themselves. We just talked at the beach and the dock. There wasn’t anything special. No hugs. No kisses…

Ohohoho! Definitely no kisses.

“So… Uhm. Kamsahamnida, nuna. For taking me there. It really did make me feel a lot better.”

Chae Yeon got his hand and gave it a light pat. It gave him a tingling feeling, which made his knees shake for some reason. “You’re welcome. This is where Tei and I usually stay whenever we just need to rest… Just to relax, you know.”

“You and hyung have been spending a lot of time with each other? Haven’t you?” Seung Gi asked curiously, and out of topic.

She sighed. “Ne.”

The way she answered, it was as if she wasn’t happy with it. “What’s wrong?” Seung Gi asked, bending his head to the side.

Chae Yeon tilt his head to the side as well, and asked. “What do you mean what’s wrong?”

“Well, obviously. From the way you answered, it seems like you’re not really that happy with Tei hyung.”

“I am… It’s just that–“

“It’s just what?”

“I don’t know. Ya! I’m happy, okay?” and shrugged him off, wishing to change the topic.

“Heh. It really doesn’t sound that believable.”

“Look. I don’t have to have your permission, your consent, your approvable or whatever to prove that I am happy with Tei. He’s a nice guy. I like him. And I’m pretty sure he feels the same way. Now can you please just stop? I just met you, and you’re already sounding like you’ve known me for so long. You’re not making me feel any better.”

“…”

“…..”

“You sound pissed.”

“Yeah. I am,” she muttered under her breathe.

“Mianhe, I’m sorry. It wasn’t meant to come out as something to piss you off,” Seung Gi said, sincerely apologizing for what he said.

“Araso. Just try not to ask too many questions, okay? Especially when it comes to a girl’s feelings,” Chae Yeon remarked. “You really need to learn a lot about girls.”

“Ne, I know, right? I’m the worst boy in the world,” saying it as a joke to her, and to himself. He was pouting from the fact that it was actually half true. Seung Gi was not as a romantic or as cool as he looked.

“Yeah. You are the worst.”

“Well thanks for lifting my spirits, nuna. Really,” he said, lifting his eyebrow in a sarcastic tone.

She winked at him and replied, “You’re welcome.”

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The X-Man show went by so fast. They announced that Tei was leaving for the army. A lot of people were shocked; they didn’t expect him to leave so early for the army. Some fan girls screamed. Some wailed, while the others looked for Chae Yeon’s reaction. If she was to cry or show any emotion of sadness, then it confirms it: Chae Yeon and Tei ARE an item.

Well lucky for the audience. In the corner, the camera got a glimpse of Chae Yeon shedding a tear. Tei, seeing it, swung his arm around her and motioned for her to stop – “It’s okay. Two years will fly by quickly. It will be alright.” He lifted strands of her hair and placed them at the back of her ear, and cupped her face. “Don’t cry,” he whispered under his breath.

“Tei…” she looked up and a tear fell onto her cheek.

“Chae Yeon, ah. Don’t be so sad.”

“How can I not be sad, Tei, if I know that you’re leaving soon?!”





“… I’m sorry.”

“It’s not going to do anything, Tei. You’re leaving.” She lightly pushed him away. He looked down, ashamed.

He paused for a moment, then looked around. They were still filming. Some of the cast were looking at them, motioning to them to stop if they don’t want any scandal. Some of the cast members were still continuing with the show. He looked back at Chae Yeon, who looked at him straight in the eyes, before bowing her head again, her forehead on his chest. What was he to say?

Scandal or no scandal, it didn't matter. “Chae Yeon…” He asked.

“Yes?” she sniffed in between tears, still having her head down.

“Do you like me?”

Chae Yeon stood there in disbelief and jolted back. WELL DUH. If she didn’t, would she be crying in front of a live audience during a live recording of a comedy show? She glared at him.

“Oh.. Right..” Tei looked down disappointed.

“What the? Why are you, uh, sad?" Chae Yeon noticed his expression.

“You don’t?”

“Don’t what?”

“Like me?”

“Butthead. Of course I do.”

“You do?”

“Well, duh.”

“Oh.”

“That is the most romantic way to confess your feelings for someone,” and manage to stifle a laugh amidst the tears. She can see him blushing.

He smirked and replied, “Not really. I know a better way to confess.” He then gave a little laugh.

“Really? How would I –MMPFH!”

Out of nowhere, Tei jerked towards Chae Yeon, held her by the waist, and planted a kiss on her lips. Chae Yeon’s eyes widened in surprise, and so did the eyes of maybe hundreds of those who saw it. It all happened so fast that it looked like it didn’t happen at all.

He broke off the kiss, which took only maybe a second or two, but for Chae Yeon, it seemed to last forever.

“Chae Yeon. I really, really.. Honestly like you."


Both looked at each other intently in the eyes. “I… I d –“

“WOOOO! CHAE YEON!!”
“YOU GO TEI! THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT!”
“Honey! Why can’t you do something as romantic as that?!”
“Do something like what???"
“I want a husband like that! He shows the WHOLE world that he loves me! GO TEIIIII OPPA~ HWAITING~ SARANGHAEEEEEEE~MPFH!!! WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?!”
"Well you wanted a husband that kissed you in front of everybody. Why'd you slap me then?! I just kissed you!"
"Gag reflex. Mianhe. OOOHH~ Look honey! Tei oppa is so sweet to Chae Yeon-ahh~"



The audience screamed and whistled. Obviously, they were more excited for what just happened than to actually remember that they were still filming an X-Man episode.

Chae Yeon looked down after the kiss, her cheeks suddenly flushed red.

“I… I don’t know what to say...”

“Chae Yeon…” Tei paused. “Baby,” he smiled and continued, “You don’t have to say anything. I think that surprised look on your face says it all.” He got her nose and pinched it softly.

“Heh. Oppa… You DO realize that we’re still filming X-Man, right?” and bit the lower part of her lip. He just kissed me, she thought.

Tei laughed and looked at the audience, “That makes it even better. Now everyone will know how special you are to me.” He held her hand and tried to bring her up front, in front of everyone. She tried to let go, but Tei tightened his grip even more. She could do nothing but blush profusely.

"Do you trust me, Chae Yeon-ah? Do you trust your oppa?" Tei looked back.

Although it sounded like he was some cheesy middle-aged romantic off a novel, Chae Yeon had to admit. He was the most goodlooking and sweetest middle-aged romantic she ever met. The way he asked.. "...do you trust me..", made her feel all giddy and jumpy inside. The way he looekd at her with those beautiful eyes, ohoho. How it felt so great to be a girl. She giggled and nodded her head.

HaHa, seeing this, could not take it anymore. “TEI. DON’T DO THIS,” his eyes filled with concern… and jealousy. He blocked their way before they could get in front of the cameras… In front of the audience. In front of everybody. “Don’t start a scandal this way! Oh, wait. On second thought, why don’t you try to NOT start a scandal AT ALL?”


Tei paused for a moment, actually thinking it over if he were to continue what he was about to do. “HaHa…” He looked at Chae Yeon and said, “SHE will be worth it.”

Haha watched them walk towards the cameras. He could do nothing but just look at them. He closed his eyes and sighed.





“Yeah… I know.”

Chapter 10

Hello again. I updated with Chapter 10. And for those who are reading, there really isn't an official PM list, but I will be sending emails/PMs to those who reply or leave something on the site ^^ I hope you enjoy this chapter. It's kind of short, sorry -_- The next ones will be longer. Thanks for reading~! ^^

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-Seung Gi’s Point of View-

Ayumi was all that I wished for in my life. I really did like her. She knew how to make me smile, sort of like how Tei hyung knew how to make Chae Yeon nuna smile. It was like looking at an older version of me and Ayumi. That was why I kept silent when the two of them were… Fighting? If you can call it that, in the room this morning. That was why I didn’t know what to say.

But what struck me the most was when I saw Chae Yeon nuna going out that door when I was about to come in. She looked like Ayumi. She looked beautiful.

Nuna was just sitting at the back of me, looking at the ocean. She held on to my shoulders, and watched the ocean. It was all I needed to break down again. I looked down, and sighed. Regretted how I couldn’t do anything to save Ayumi two years ago. If I knew that that would happen, I would’ve rushed and drove her to her work instead, even if it was already 3:30 in the morning, and even if I didn’t know how to drive. The driver was obviously sleepy then. How could he have hit and smashed into another vehicle? And why did it have to be something as big as a truck? WHY.

I didn’t notice, but my jacket was so wet with my tears already. Why was I even crying? Two years have already gone by – two long, agonizing, painful years of pain, sadness, and crying. In that span of two years, I should’ve moved on already. Actually, I already have. But Chae Yeon nuna reminded me of Ayumi so much, that I couldn’t do anything anymore. I had to let it all out.

-End of Point of View-

“Oh. Mianhe. I’m sorry for your loss. When did this happen?” Chae Yeon asked.

Seung Gi sighed, and held on to his jeans. “Two years ago.”

-Chae Yeon’s Point of View-

I felt so bad for him. He was so young, and he had to go through something as tragic as this. I was lucky that Tei was just going to the army and he’s still alive. But what luck is there in that? No. What if something happens to him there?? What if there was a sudden invasion of the… What if he gets kil – Aish. I didn’t want to continue what I was thinking.

I looked at Seung Gi. He looked depressed. He looked sad. The happiness and cheerfulness I saw in him hours ago wasn’t there anymore. What happened? Why did he suddenly remember Ayumi?

-End of Point of View-

“I don’t know. I just… Uh, she just popped into my head, that’s all.” Seung Gi didn’t want to make Chae Yeon uncomfortable to tell her that she looked like Ayumi. So he just said a little white lie.

“Oh. Araso. Do you miss her?”

He nodded his head and sniffed. He blew his nose, which was already full of… Uhm, yeah, that gooey stuff.

“Here,” she handed him her handkerchief and asked, “Do you still love her?”

“How can I? She’s already gone.”

“Well we can’t do anything more. She’s safe where she is now.”

“Yeah.”

“Seung Gi-sshi, I’m sorry you had to go through something like that.”

Seung Gi could do nothing but sigh.

“Yeah, me too.”

“Do you want to go to the cemetery or something?”

It wasn’t the best place where two people can spend time together to be happy. Usually, it would be shops, cafes, malls, movie houses, and the like. But she decided to accompany and bring Seung Gi sshi to the cemetery to help him start moving on. And the first step in moving on is acceptance – he had to accept the fact that Ayumi wasn’t here anymore.

“No. Let’s just stay here.”

“Why?” Chae Yeon asked.

Seung Gi wryly smiled while looking down, “Nuna, if a person asks you to stay, no questions are supposed to be asked,” and looked at her. “Just stay.”

Surprisingly, Chae Yeon wasn’t annoyed with his smiling anymore. She actually sort of liked it.

“Nuna?”

“Ne?”

Seung Gi paused for a bit and looked at Chae Yeon, trying to think of something to say. He resorted to going back to silence.

“Nothing.”

They both looked back at the ocean. It wasn’t as awkward as it was the first time..

“Thank you, nuna. For bringing me here. It certainly made me feel better.”

“You're welcome, Seung Gi. This is where I go to whenever I feel bad or when something’s bothering me. And.." she paused. "... You don't have to call me nuna every now and then, you know."

"Aigo," he giggled a bit, "it's going to be awkward if I don't." And continued on with his nuna-ing.

"Thank you for bringing me here, really.. This was how I felt when I was with Ayumi. So peaceful... Warm," he then reached out for her hand and touched her fingers which gave her a small jolt througout her body, "..and happy."

Chae Yeon felt her cheeks blush so she yanked her hand away from Seung Gi. Seung Gi smiled, but continued to look down, while she had looked up to avoid his gaze. She tried to supress her smile, but it did no good because her dimples were showing. She was smiling? She thought to herself. How could it be possible that she’s starting to like how things are going with Seung Gi? Was she happy about it?

They sat there, with their feet hanging in the air. Seung Gi stretched his arms and put his arm around Chae Yeon. He bent his head to rest on Chae Yeon’s shoulders, and whispered a thank you to his nuna. She pat his head, and both played with their feet, kicking and tumbling, as if playing with the air. It looked like they were filming a movie. Only this time, actions were natural, dialogue was not scripted, and they didn’t have to act to show what they really felt in that moment when they were together.