Chapter 6

There was a commotion near Chae Yeon’s dressing room door. Three PDs were fighting over something.

Everybody was pushing one another.

“No! You do it.”

“Aniyo! I don’t want her to scream at me again!”

“Well SOMEONE has to call her out. Why is she still inside her room?”

HaHa came over to see what the fuss was all about.Three PDs were debating. They were fighting over who was to go inside Chae Yeon’s room to tell her that the show was about to start. Ever since she screamed at the PD earlier that morning, news spread throughout the crew that Chae Yeon was in a moment. One false move or word can prove to be fatal. NO ONE wants to be on Chae Yeon’s bad side.

“Let’s play the 31 game.”

“Aish. Must we play that NOW??”

“Either that, or YOU go in,” the PD said confidently.

The first PD suddenly started shouting the numbers. “1, 2.”

“3..4…30!”

“Ya! 30 doesn’t come after 4!”

“It does now! I made new rules,” the second PD said proudly.

Then the last one shouted, “Pabo! You can’t make new rules to this game! It’s illegal!”

“It is not! I’m still winning so it’s all fair!”

“Pabo. How can you say you’re winning? We haven’t even reached 31 yet!”

“We haven’t because you skipped all the other numbers!”

“It’s called shoortcuuuuuts,” and waved his finger to the two PDs, “learn your geometry, pabo.”

“Shortcuts? Aigooo~ I believe it’s called geographyyyyyy,” and waved his finger as well. They were all, waving their fingers.

The last one, not knowing what to say, just joined in and waved his finger with them.

HaHa came up to them to ask what was happening.

As soon as he came up, all three PDs looked at HaHa simultaneously. “Ne?” HaHa stared at all three of them.

The PDs started going near HaHa.

One PD explained “Why don’t you go inside Chae Yeon’s room?”

“Ah. Yes, yes. Good idea! Besides, we are very tired,” another PD said, fanning himself and acting like he was about to faint.

HaHa looked at them with a distorted face. “Hyung, tired? The show hasn’t even started yet. You m–”

“HaHa, fighting!” the PDs screamed, and put their fists up in the air.

And with that, all three PDs ran off to who knows where.

He looked at them with disbelief. He was left alone. In front of her dressing room.

Ironically, he made it look like he didn’t want to go in, but actually, HE DID. He’s been eyeing Chae Yeon even before Tei did. Ever since Chae Yeon gave him a hug last New Year, he had the biggest crush on her.

He fixed his hair. Blew a blast of his breath to his hand, and smelled it. Ah. The breath mints are paying off.

He did a pose, something to make Chae Yeon smile, and knocked on Chae Yeon’s door. But as soon as he was about come in, there was a big laugh from inside. HaHa’s heart stopped. He was still in a pose.

He listened intently, and put his ear against the door. It wasn’t Chae Yeon’s laugh. It was far too loud. It wasn’t Tei’s laugh either. He knew how Tei laughed. He didn’t snort that way when he laughed. Actually, he doesn’t snort at all. So to find out, he fixed his polo and opened the door.

There they were, just sitting together. Chae Yeon. HIS Chae Yeon (or so he wished…) And… GASP! Who is she sitting with?

“Ehem.” HaHa coughed.

Chae Yeon and Seung Gi were still laughing and talking about something.“E-HEM.” He made it a bit louder. Still, no reaction from the two.

“YA! CHAE YEON A!” He screamed, growing impatient, throwing his fists in rage.Chae Yeon looked back. “Ah! Annyeong, HaHa-sshi,” and stood up to greet him. “Mianhe. Did you just come in? Mian. I w–”

“Hey. The show’s about to start. The PDs are asking why you aren’t still there… But I guess I see what your answer’s going to be,” holding his gaze at the boy beside her.

Seung Gi was still smiling and laughing to himself, obviously hung over from the laugh fest that he and Chae Yeon were having.

Chae Yeon and HaHa looked at Seung Gi. Boy, the boy sure loves to laugh, both thought.

“Anyway, oppa!”, returning her gaze to the jealous HaHa, “I didn’t notice the time. Oh, mianhe. I was just talking to–”

“Lee. Seung. Gi. Yes. I know him.” And looked down. Almost making it look like he was defeated.

“Really? Aish. Why didn’t you tell me about him! He’s so much fun to talk to!” Chae Yeon laughed.

“Really?” Her words pierced right through HaHa’s heart. Why can’t he talk like this with Chae Yeon? When will Chae Yeon ever say words like that about HaHa?

“Ne, ne! He’s very nice.” Chae Yeon exclaimed, beaming with excitement.

“Awww. Kamsahamnida, nuna! I’m so touched,” Seung Gi said. “It’s becoming obvious that you like me, now. What will hyung think!” and stifled another laugh.

“Pft. In your dreams.” They were starting to forget that HaHa was there, so HaHa butted in the conversation.

“Ya. Chae Yeon-ah. We will start recording, okay? Seung Gi. Boy. Yeah, you. Go, ah. Yes. I shall go now.” And ran off. HaHa ran towards the door, and stood outside. He started hitting his forehead to the wall. Why is it so unfair?

The 3 PDs from earlier came back. They saw what HaHa was doing. He was sitting his head to the wall. Tsk, tsk. They thought that Chae Yeon screamed at him, so they went and tried to comfort him, wishing to make him feel a little better.

The first one said, “It’s alright. It’s alright.”

“She’s always a mood swinger,” one explained.

“We are here for you. You just have to get used to it.”

They were patting him on the back.

HaHa laughed at them… at himself.

Why does he have the feeling that today was going to be a long day?