A/N HELLO. new update! 1o1608. it has been a while, yeah? terribly sorry. -_-;; school's been toxic & i've been so busy with stuff that i barely had enough time to write decent chapters. but i hope you guys like this! but this sucks: i have writer's block. (O. M. G.) i tried writing a new one-shot or ANYTHING in particular and i just couldn't get pass 2 paragraphs. i fell on my knees in rage when i just couldn't amount to anything -___- hopefully, this will all just go away so that i could finally update again :)
karen yep, i haven't heard of bsg & tei together, but i liked them both so decided to use them ^^ hehe. *nudgenudge* there's going to be TeiYeon hereeee ;) hope you like it! thanks for reading~
DuGi oh~ thank you for downloading worth the wait~ ^^ really really appreciate it. thank you so much for such sweet words. i hope i don't disappoint you with the next updates~ thank you for reading :)
PS. we're on sembreak so expect the updates to be coming like lightning fast xD muhohoh. thank you again for reading :) <3>
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The directors gave the X-Man stars time off. Outside the building of the show was a coffee shop. It was low profile that was why a lot of stars frequented there. There were pictures of Park Myung So, Hodong, MC Yoo, Dong Bang Shin Ki, Super Junior, and probably most of the stars who have become guests in an X-Man episode.
Touching the picture frames, Chae Yeon smiled when she saw the picture of Tei and the baristas. The baristas were two ladies, one in her late thirties, one a little younger, maybe the daughter. Tei had his hands over both their shoulders while the two women looked excited, with big smiles painted on their faces. Tei had his knees bent to reach the ajumma’s height, as the two ladies both held the peace signs. It was a cute picture. Chae Yeon giggled.
She scanned all the other pictures before finally sitting back at her chair, the table at the farthest corner of the shop. The coffee shop’s inside was small, so it had a lot of chairs outside. But Chae Yeon always preferred to stay inside to listen to the soothing music that they always played.
As she sat down, she didn’t have to look at the menu that the waitress had offered because she always frequented here. “The usual,” Chae Yeon answered when the waitress asked for her order. The waitress then bowed, so Chae Yeon smiled at her before watching her walking away.
Chae Yeon had always liked going and staying in this coffee shop because it always felt like…
Like home.
As soon as one steps into the shop, the smell of coffee and warmth shall have been felt by then. The smiles of the baristas are of great help as well, along with the greetings that they enthusiastically give out. Even if she were as big as a star as she was, she felt right at home in that shop, with her feet in an Indian position on the comfy chair she always sat in. She was always busy with her schedule, so she barely had enough time to go home and just relax.
Chae Yeon stretched her arms and sunk into her seat, enjoying the music that was playing. It was some sort of bossa nova music by Sitti. She put up both of her pointy fingers and bopped her head. “Hm-mmm-mmm,” she hummed along. It was enough to keep her mind off of things.
“Chae Yeon-sshi, here is your order.”
Chae Yeon smiled and said her thanks. The waitress politely bowed and gave her some tissue.
Sigh.
That was all that Chae Yeon had to say and do after sipping onto her coffee. She recalled what happened today and sighed – Seung Gi, Tei, and HaHa. A smile crept up her face. Things were clear with HaHa, and they have now finally settled on being just good friends. Good. And, of course. Tei was officially hers, who couldn’t be happier? All good.
But… But what about Seung Gi? She was not really sure why she was even thinking about him. The smile on her face washed away as she bit her bottom lip.
She really didn’t like like him. Because… Of course. She just met him today. Duh. But somehow, Chae Yeon felt as though she could relate to Seung Gi. Looking into his eyes, that hurt she saw in his eyes at the dock triggered something in her to give him a second look. She felt as though they were on the same page when it came to some things. She knew how he felt.
“Aigo,” Chae Yeon whispered as she put down her cup of coffee. She had burned her tongue with the coffee, so she put the cup down. She stuck out her tongue and got the tissue, placing it on her tongue to soothe the pain. “Ouch, ouch, ch, ch ch,” she started.
“You know that won’t do any help, right?”
Looking up, she saw Tei at the counter. She hadn’t noticed him come in earlier. Tei came in the shop and went to the counter. He had ordered his drink before finally sitting down across Chae Yeon. He giggled when he saw her not moving, with one hand on her tongue, and the other fanning her face.
“Ell ith huths tho muts! Its thmy fith thym thoo geth –ouch, burned,” she was chanting, before finally putting her hands down.
“Wellth sthop thdoing thath if ith huths tho mutch coth ith wonth do anything,” Tei said giggling, imitating how she was talking. “Hahaha, you look so ugly,” he then commented.
“Ya!” she punched him lightly in the arm. “Ugly?!”
“Yeah,” Tei teased. “With your tongue and all that tissue in your face. Is it that bad to have me as a boyfriend that you make yourself look hideous that way?” Tei tried to keep a serious face, but couldn’t help giggling.
“I barely have you as a boyfriend for a day!” Chae Yeon replied, “But if you want to break up with me by saying that I’m ugly, let’s end it right here, pft-fft-pwe–” she laughed as she removed the pieces of tissue off her mouth.
Tei then leaned forward, still laughing, as he helped her remove the little bits of tissue on her face.”Just kidding, Baby. You know you can’t live without me.”
Chae Yeon lifted her eyebrow, “You and your ego.”
“I know,” Tei nodded and smiled.
They sat there in silence, until the last piece of tissue was off of her face. By that time, the waitress had come to bring Tei’s order. “Here is your order, Tei-sshi.”
Tei politely bowed his head and said thank you with a smile. Chae Yeon saw the waitress blush as he did. She finally noticed that it was the same waitress in the picture she was looking at a while ago. Laughing, they waited for the waitress to go back to the counter before finally looking at each other once again.
“What?” Chae Yeon asked, as she was about to have another sip at her coffee.
Tei, noticing that she was about to drink from her hot cup of coffee again, said, “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”
“Ya. I’m not that stupid. I won’t be bur– ouch, ohohohouch,” Chae Yeon wailed again. She put the coffee down again and started fanning her tongue as she stuck it out.
“Told you,” Tei remarked, with a sly smile on his face.
“Ice! Ice! It’s so hot ouch-ouch-ouch,” she barked.
“It’s going to hurt even more if you put something as cold as ice with that. Just let it cool down, hahaha!” Tei explained as he sat next to her in the couch, which was surprisingly big enough for the both of them.
“Stop laughing! Ohoho, it burns!!,” she wailed.
Then suddenly, Chae Yeon felt something against her… her lips.
“There. Feel better?” Tei asked, smiling.
“I-I-uh–“
Before she could finish, Tei had already kissed her once again. His hands holding onto hers, she gripped on them tightly as she felt him kissing her softly. She felt herself melting into his arms as he let go of her hands and hugged her tightly. She placed her arms around his neck, letting him kiss her as he did.
She closed her eyes. Chae Yeon could feel a smile on his lips in between their kisses, but that didn’t stop them. Once or twice she would open her eyes to catch a glimpse of Tei, and as she closed her eyes again, she could feel him running his hands through her hair.
She felt excited.
Excited, that for once in her life, she didn’t have to try to be happy. It just happened. With Tei, all she could feel was happiness and comfort. She couldn’t wait for more days to come, with more moments like this with Tei. As they broke off their kiss, she still had her eyes closed as she felt Tei’s hand slowly holding on to her face. His touch sent her on a high. She smiled and opened her eyes, to see Tei looking lovingly at her. She jerked at him suddenly and hugged him. Tei hugged her back, and whispered in her ears.
“We should drink coffee more often.”
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“Uhm, hyung?”
Jong Kook looked back to see Seung Gi at the door.
“Oh, Seung Gi-sshi. What brings you here?” Jong Kook asked, obviously surprised because he was sure he had sent all the stars home for a break. “You guys have free time today, you should go out.” Jong Kook smiled encouragingly.
“Uhm… U-Uh, nothing. I j-ju–“
“Oh come in, come in. Sit down,” the assistant director said, as he motioned for the sofa to Seung Gi.
Seung Gi nodded his head and made his way to the sofa near the mirror. “I just wanted to, uhm… To, uhm,” Seung Gi fidgeted in his seat as he was speaking.
Jong Kook’s eyes became crescent as he smiled at Seung Gi. “What? Speak up boy. Chae Yeon won’t hear you so much if you spoke like that.”
“I don’t like her, okay?!”
Jong Kook snorted. “Riiiiiiight. You can be honest with me, Seung Gi-sshi. I may be an assistant director here, but I can still be cool and keep a secret about things.”
Seung Gi laughed a little and sighed. “I don’t even know if I like her. It’s like… I don’t really know how I feel, you know?”
“No, I don’t know.” Jong Kook replied sarcastically.
The two laughed uncomfortably and there was a long pause.
“You know that feeling, hyung?”
“No, I don’t. Why don’t you tell me?”
Seung Gi paused and looked up, looking as if he could see the answer plastered on the ceiling in big bold letters. “I don’t know. It’s like… After the… the accident,” Seung Gi squinted because of the bright lights and had put one of his hands up to cover the shine, “It’s like…”
“Why don’t you try looking at me instead of the lights? You know, like how a normal person would act when conversing with other people.”
The moment Seung Gi looked straight, a tell fell out of his eyes.
Oh… No wonder he was looking up. Jong Kook thought. “Sorry,” he scratched his head, “Just continue with what you were saying. What accident were you talking about?”
Seung Gi shifted in his seat uncomfortably, almost as if he was regretful that he had opened up the topic. He had never opened up to anybody about his feelings, let alone to a person he has just met recently.
“This girl,” Seung Gi paused, “This really special girl, in a car accident… I thought it was the end of me. But when I saw Chae Yeon nuna, it was like the memory of hers came back… I thought I forgot about her, but when I saw Chae Yeon nuna, I wanted to bring her ba-ack.” His voice cracked towards the end.
“I’m sorry for your loss…”
“I am too.”
“But Seung Gi sshi, you know that it’s impossible to bring her back, right?”
“I know that. That is why I liked Chae Yeon. She reminded me so much of Ayumi. I want Chae Yeon. I like her so much.”
Hearing this, Jong Kook shook his head and sighed. He looked up to his dongsaeng. “If you see it that way, then that’s definitely wrong.”
“Why? What’s wrong with me liking Chae Yeon?”
Jong Kook put one hand on Seung Gi’s shoulder and explained. “You like Chae Yeon because she reminded you so much of Ayumi, right?” Seung Gi nodded his head so Jong Kook continued. “Then you don’t like Chae Yeon. You only like her because you see Ayumi in her. Let’s put it this way. I have a red apple. I want to eat it so badly but I lost it. Then I see a red notebook. Because I want the red apple, I end up eating the red notebook because I saw that they were both red, and it reminded me so much of my red apple. See the logic?”
Seung Gi suppressed a giggle as he answered, “As funny as it sounded, yes.”
“Good. That is not supposed to be the case between you and Chae Yeon. You should like Chae Yeon for who is she is. It’s even sort of disrespectful to Chae Yeon, really, if you just use her as a reminder for an ex. Like her for who she is. She is so much more than just a pretty face.”
“How do you know, hyung?”
Kim Jong Kook looked up and smiled, “Because I just do. I’ve worked with her for a long time already. She has such a big heart, Seung Gi. I wouldn’t want to hurt her and use her if I were you.”
“I won’t hurt her.”
“That’s good. Because if you do, Tei won’t be able to forgive you.” Jong Kook laughed heartily.
As for Seung Gi, the moment he mentioned Tei’s name, something tugged him inside. He laughed awkwardly as put his hands to his forehead.
“Nervous?” Seung Gi heard his hyung comment.
“For what?”
“Tei.” His smile was uncalled for.
“Hyung. I don’t want to look like a home wrecker! I don’t know how I feel about her!” Seung Gi looked at him in the eyes with furrowed eyebrows.
As soon as he did, Jong Kook saw in his eyes the honesty of a young boy in love. He saw his old self as he looked at Seung Gi. For he too was once in love. He too was once confused.
“Tell you what,” Jong Kook stood up, “Why don’t you go to the coffee shop near this building? It’s a good place to think things over. Plus, I have a nice picture on the wall there. I looked pretty cool. You should see it, go over there and think things over.”
“B-bu–“
“No buts. Here,” Jong Kook handed him some bills, “It’s on me. You need a break.”
Seung Gi could not reject his offer, so he stood up, accepted the money and bowed.
“Thank you, hyung. This actually made me feel better.”
“That’s good. It sort of made me feel like a girl, how we talked like we were gossiping and – ya! What was that for?!”
Laughing to himself, he felt relieved to having punched his hyung in the arm. “Mian, you sort of deserve it.”
The both of them laughed before the moment was cut off by a telephone call. Finally finding his cell phone in one of the many pockets in his blazer, Jong Kook answered, “Yeah? …. Uhuh… How many more? Oh wait a second–“ He looked back at Seung Gi and said, “Hey. Sorry to cut this short, but the director wants me to come over and help with some stuff. I’ll see you tomorrow, okay?” He waved his hand and ran towards the door. “Bye.”
“Bye hyung, thank you again.”
The day was getting better.
“The day is getting better.”
