Chapter 13

A/N: yey! personal replies~ guahaha.

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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.

-END OF CHAE YEON’S POV-
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-TEI’S POV-

“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.

-END OF TEI’S POV-

-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.”