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             She sat on the couch in the living room of someone’s house where could be considered as her second home while eating some of the colorful gummy worms that she got from the kitchen. This morning, Jay had called her and asked her to come over to his house as he said he needed a companion because he felt lonely today. At first, he wanted to ask some of his friends to come over however ‘she’ crossed his mind so he decided to ask her instead. Besides, it had been a long time since both of them met each other due to the packed schedules.

           On her way to Jay’s house, Jay had told her to just come in when she had arrived since she already knew the pass code to his house. She followed Jay’s command and entered his house only to be greeted by the sound of morning news from the television.

“Where the heck is Jay though,” wondered her.

         After realizing there was no sign of Jay, she decided to make a house tour, in fact not really, and found out that Jay was actually in the shower. How did she  know it? It was because she could hear the sound of water falling inside the bathroom. So, she went over to the kitchen and took a jar which was filled up with colorful gummy worms to entertain herself while waiting for Jay and watching the morning news.

         Moments later, Jay got out from the shower with only a towel wrapped around his body, water was dripping from his body. He then opened up both of his arms and she jumped in between, she could smell a faint scent of vanilla, perhaps from his shower gel.  

“Hey, I miss you! Hollup I am going to dress up,” said Jay while running off to his bedroom.

       Jay came out from his bedroom, wearing a plain white shirt and black short pants. The moment he sat next to her, he realized that she was eating something, his favorite’s gummy!

“What the fuck! My gummies!! Who lets you eat it? Look, half of it is gone!” shouted Jay while snatching the jar from her hand.

She stared at him in disbelief, “Really, Jay? I ate like 6, I can count it with my fingers!!! Besides, who told me before, ‘make it like your own house’?” said her while making a quoting mark.

“Okay, fine, whatever. Anyways, thanks for coming. You want some chicken? And oh black bean noodles? I know they are your favorite’s,” stated Jay while grinning

“Thank you Jayyyyyyyyyy, love ya,” smiled her.

       Jay called some restaurant for take-out, fried chicken, black bean noodles, two types of pizzas, spaghetti; Carbonara and Bolognese and some rice cakes. Was Jay trying to hold a party or what in his house, the foods were a lot for two persons! Goodness gracious, what a crazy man.

“That’s a lot, Jay. But, since it’s me and you, it’s no problem haha”

Jay and her were the type that could eat a lot, sometimes. It might sound like he ordered a lot, but once the food entered their mouth, it could be addictive until they could not stop.

        Jay’s phone suddenly rang, telling him that someone was calling. He checked on his phone before deciding to pick it up. The call was from Gray.

“Just tell it by yourself- Okay, okay fine, I will tell her gosh,” complained Jay as he ended the call.

“Who?” asked her, concerned.

“God damn it, let me tell you something, Gray has been complaining to me, like a lot, about you and oh god-”

“About?”

“He keeps on telling me that he feels bitter because you have not gone to his house while you went to mine like millions already,” explained Jay, looking stressed.

“Oh man, he is bitter with me? No wonder lately I got short respond from him!” realized her.

“I think you should go and visit him at his house,”

“You see, it’s not like I don’t want to go to his house, it’s-”

“Because of the level, I bet?”

“What else. His house is on level 21 Jay!!!” shouted her. “I can’t, it’s too high,”

“You have not tried yet, I mean did you forget? I’m also afraid of height, but I can make it to level 21,”

“We are different, I-“ Before she could finish, a doorbell could be heard, signaling the delivery had arrived.

Jay then made his way to the door after taking his wallet and came with full hands of plastic bags. He then put down the plastic bags on the table and went to the kitchen and came back with some plates. She, on the other hand, was gazing off, thinking whether she should give a try to visit Gray at his house, maybe she should, no she had to! That man was feeling bitter because of that, so she thought, she should sacrifice herself to make him feel better, and plus she could overcome her fear too! Yeah, killing two birds with one stone, sounded like a great idea!

“Hey, what are you thinking so deeply?” asked Jay as he was setting up the foods.

“I have decided to go to Gray’s house, maybe tomorrow? How does that sound?” asked her with her eyebrows up.

“Gray will be so happy to hear this,” smiled Jay. “By the way, I miss your coffee, mind to make me one?” asked Jay while making a cute face, haish this man.

“Please put that aegyo away, I will make it,”

As she was about to go to the kitchen to make a coffee as Jay desired, a sound from the doorbell could be heard. Who was it? The delivery had arrived.

“Let me get it-” Before Jay could get the door, the door was opened, revealing a man with a dark blue hoodie.

“Gray!” shouted Jay, surprised.

“Gray?” She asked and ran to the living room to check on him, then decided to return to the kitchen and made three mugs of coffee since Gray was here too.

“Thought you are busy! Aren’t you recording?” asked Jay while munching some fried chicken.

“Finished earlier than I thought, so decided to drop by since that someone is here,” said Gray with his sarcastic remark.

“I heard it Gray!” shouted her from the kitchen. As she came back to the living room with the coffees, she then told Gray, “I told Jay that I decided to go to your house tomorrow.”

“OH MY GOD, REALLY?!”

“God damn it, do you have to scream? We are here for goodness sake,” said Jay, annoyed.

“Yes, even I am a little bit scared cause your home is too high but nah never mind, I’ll get over it,” told her while getting some rice cake.

Gray picked up a slice of pizza then drank the coffee that was made by her. “I miss your coffee!”

“Right, I do too,” said Jay, high-fiving Gray, so childish these two men.

As Gray put down his mug on the table, he clapped his hands with a grin and said: “Forget about tomorrow, just come home with me after this.”

 “What now, Ian?” answered her in annoyance.

“Oh wow, no hello sissy?” teased him.

“I am eating my dinner Ian, what do you want? Love counseling again?”

“Nope, it’s I-I need you to analyze my girlfriend,” said Christian in a serious tone.

“What the fuck Ian? Why do I have to analyze your freaking girlfriend?” asked her, unbelievably.

“Well…. because you are a woman.”

“Am I the only woman in your life Ian? Oh my god, you are so weird.”

“It’s… You see, I think you are good at this kind of thing,”

“And why do you want me to analyze your girlfriend, Mr. Ian?”

“You see pump, I know it might sound like I am a freaking asshole and jerk since I don’t trust her that much, it is not like I don’t trust her but you know I think she is not sincere with me. I feel like she likes me not because of who I am but because of my money. And you know, we just met so if she is really like what I think then I am going to end it. So, what you say pump?”

“How much will you pay me?” asked her.

“H-huh?”

“Bitch, do you think I would do this for free?” cursed her.

“How much do you want?” asked Christian.

“I don’t know mister. You name it,”

“How about latte for a week?” suggested him.

“Okay deal,” agreed her.

“I will pick you up tomorrow at 9,” said Ian.

 Just like that, they ended the call.

 “Ian?” asked Bobby.

“Yeah, god I swear he is so weird,” complained her.

“Why? What did he ask this time?” asked Bobby, amused with her annoyance.

“Don’t you hear it Jiwon?” asked her.

“Sorry baby, I was too engrossed with my phone just now.”

“Ian asked me to analyze his girlfriend, he is weird right?” asked her while finishing her food.

“I don’t think so. I think he is amazing,” replied Bobby.

“What the heck Jiwon? Seriously? God, no wonder two of you are close,” said her in disbelief.

           She woke up from her deep sleep as she felt some movement on the bed. She was a light sleeper, sometimes yes but sometimes not. She decided to dive in the dreamland again but she sighed when she remembered that she had to go out to do some analyzing on Ian’s girlfriend.

“Baby, wake up!” screamed Bobby while shaking her body.

        She woke up as soon as Bobby shook her body. She was so lazy since it was weekend for goodness sake, she was supposed to spend her time at her precious home! But here she was, in front of the dressing table, getting ready to go out with Christian Yu.

          Her phone rang, notifying her that someone was calling her and it was none other than Christian. As soon as she hung up the phone, she went to Bobby and gave him a peck to say goodbye. She was looking forward to meeting Christian’s girlfriend since she had not met her yet, only saw her pictures on Christian’s phone. Moments later, a black car could be seen, she then made her way to the car and sat at the back since his girlfriend was at the front.

“Hello, nice to meet you, you are Hyejin right?” asked her, with a wide smile on her face.

“Yeah, I am Hyejin,” replied her nonchalantly.

“Ian, where are we going? Oh by the way Hyejin, I am sorry for third-wheeling, it is not like I wanted to but it is my last day here and I really want to meet Ian so he lets me join, do you mind?” asked her, plotting something inside her mind.

“Babe, you did not tell me that we are going out with her, I thought we are only going to drop her off somewhere,” said Hyejin in a pitiful tone.

      Luckily, she had texted Ian yesterday night to not tell the details of her participation to his girlfriend, or else she would not be able to make up things.

“I am sorry, it was too sudden and it is her last day here, and we are going to a mall,” answered Christian in a cool way.

        As three of them arrived at the mall, they were quite shocked since there was a myriad of peoples, of course, after all, it was weekend, what did you expect since it was the weekend. Christian was walking with his girlfriend, while her on the other hand, was walking behind both of them.

“Baby, let’s go and buy some clothes. I need new clothes,” said Hyejin while pouting, more like making a duck face.

       She, on the other hand, was very glad because Christian had decided to ask her to analyze his girlfriend, she did not mind sacrificing her weekend if it involved Christian’s happiness. Christian was like her own brother, she could not bear to see a woman takes any advantage of him. She could see that this woman was not sincere but had something up her sleeve, indeed. Hyejin was beautiful, she had to admit that, but her aura seemed off, she was not sure but her guts told her so. After all, woman’s instinct was always right. She was walking behind two of them while coming up with another plan to expose her real intention. After moments of walking, they finally arrived in the clothes section.

“Since we are here, I need some sweatshirt for myself,” said her to Christian.

“Sure, let me come with you.”

“Nah, just go and assist your girl, Mister. By the way, I can see what you mean, it is actually, kind of obvious I might say?” she told him while looking at his eyes, wanting to see how he reacted.

“I am glad I am not wrong since you can see it too. I don’t even know where she is, later when it is time to pay she will eventually show up, let me just go with you,”

        She was taken aback when Hyejin suddenly popped out of nowhere, Christian was right, and heck, there were lots of clothes, was she trying to buy the whole store or what? It was confirmed that this girl named Hyejin was not sincere with Christian. ‘Just wait and see you bitch,’ monologued her while stabbing the damn girl inside her mind.

“Hey are you done with your shirt?” asked Christian while taking out his card.

“Yes, why-,” she was not able to finish her words when Christian suddenly grabbed her sweatshirts from her hand.

“Ian, I can pay it by myself, I bought four of sweatshirts,”

“Shut the fuck up and be a good girl,” demanded him while patting her head.

    She could not believe her own eyes, what the heck was Christian thinking? The damn girl bought like ten or maybe more pieces of clothes and he just paid it off like that, oh god this man.

“The fuck are you thinking Ian?” whispered her on Ian’s ear.

“It’s okay, just consider that as her last gift from me,” said Ian.

“That’s my boy bitch” shouted her.

      They decided to have their lunch before going back home, it was like 2 PM already yet they had not eaten their lunch, so sad and pitiful. As they were eating their lunch at some hot pot restaurant, yummy, she suddenly cracked the quietness between three of them.

“Happy Birthday Ian!”

Ian looked at her with ‘what the fuck’ look but decided to play along.

“What? It’s Ian’s birthday today?” asked Hyejin, surprised.

“Yes! Oh God Hyejin, you don’t know?” she could see Hyejin was searching up something on her phone. “Ian’s birthday is actually today, the real one, the one on the internet is not the real one.” she finished off while smirking secretly. Poor girl, it was so obvious that Hyejin did not like Christian, because if she did, then she would remember his birthday but seeing how the girl searched it up confirmed her instinct.

“Oh really? How did you know that?” asked Hyejin with a glare.

“Well you see, I am actually his girlfriend-“

“WHAT-”

“Ex-girlfriend, I mean.”

“Baby, you are friends with your ex?” asked Hyejin in disbelief.

“Do you want to know Miss the reason I broke up with him?” asked her before Christian could answer while eyeing him to shut his mouth and just play along with her act.

“Sure, what did he do?” asked Hyejin, interested.

“This person over here, this man, he does not have any money, he always borrowed his friend’s, so I decided to break up with him.”

“Oh my god, are you being serious? He got a card!”

“Is it his though? I am sure some of his crazy rich friends lend it to him. You know what, I had to pay for our meals while we were dating back then! Not once, but thrice I guess,” said her in a serious and annoyed tone. No one would think that this girl was actually lying, what a good actress! She then eyed him to react to make it more believable.

“Shut the fuck up, you bitch! No, no baby, don’t believe in her. She is lying” exclaimed Christian.

“Really, Ian? I am lying?” scoffed her, “You want me to call someone who might prove that I am not lying?” asked her with a burning gaze.

“Baby, can I talk to you? In private?” asked Hyejin. God if only she could replay the girl’s reaction all over again, she would do it. Hyejin looked pale and nervous, bet because she was afraid Christian would ask her to pay all the things back.

“Sure, sure. Just go, I will wait here. Goodluck Hyejin, he is not an easy man,” winked her. But wait, were they going to talk or going home? Why would Hyejin bring all of her things? Could it be….

        Moments later, Christian was back inside the restaurant, alone. There was no sign of Hyejin at all. Where the heck was she?

“Where the hell is Hyejin?” asked her, concerned.

“What do you think pump?”

“Home?!”

“Yeah, she is like what I had expected, only want to be with me because of my money,” said Christian, annoyed.

“Are you okay, Ian? How though? Just like that?”

“I don’t think I am sad as I already see this coming, after all, we met at a club and she was the one who approached me first. She told me that she thinks she needs a break because she doesn’t think she likes me that much, bullshit right?”

“What the fuck, full of bullshit. And then, what did you say?”

“I laughed and told her ‘Wow we are same. I don’t like you that much too, if only that little shit did not tell you, we would last though’ and then I smirked and said she is sexy.”

“I can’t believe you said something like that, and then?”

“Can’t you tell? I learnt it from you bitch. And she was like, ‘Okay we are done, do not find me after this as I will not find you too. Let’s just forget whatever had happened between us.’ and I was like ‘Oh okay cool, yeah we should do that, are we done?’ and then she nodded and left. That’s it.” Christian finished off his explanation with a deep breath.

“You deserve someone better Ian, next time do not go out with some random girl you meet at a club, I mean you know, god do I have to advise you on this kind of thing?”

“Thanks, pump, I don’t think I could break it off if you didn’t help me. I am amazed by your acting, damn, never thought you could act? Should I cast you on my video next time?” teased Christian while laughing, remembering back her acting.

        While she was doing her works, her phone suddenly lighted up, notifying her that there was a message from someone. She picked her phone up to check on the message. ‘Tonight. Don’t forget. You promised.’ was written on the screen. She sighed as she looked at the pile of papers on the table and smiled when she pressed the home button on her phone as a picture of her and him was displayed. Him. He was the only person that could turn her world upside down. He was the only person that could make her feel thousands of emotions. He was the only person that could make her smile even just by looking at his face.

         Before she got the message, she was actually planning to not go, but she had promised him. After she got the message, she felt that he really wanted her to go. Maybe her absence would make him disappointed and no she did not want that, she did not want to disappoint him. Even when she was busy, she could do it if it was for him.

           Yesterday, he told her that he would be singing at this one restaurant owned by his friend. His friend asked him for a favour to go and sing there, and he agreed as he did not have the heart to refuse him. After all they were quite closed. He kept on telling her to come to the restaurant at 9pm and she just nodded as she was watching her favourite drama at the moment. But that did not stop him because all he wanted was her promise . And she did it, she gave him her promise.

“Can I bring someone though?” asked her.

“Sure. Who will you bring?” responded him.

“Erm maybe Jongsuk? He is into watching people sing,” She replied while chewing some gummy.

“Sure, don’t be late,” said him.

           Time passed by pretty fast as she was finishing her works. It was already 6pm when she had finally finished the report. Phew, she felt as if loads of burden just left her body. She decided to text Jongsuk to ask whether he could join her or not. After like moments later, he replied her by saying yes. And thus she decided to finish what could be finished before packing up to leave the office.

          7pm. She was already inside her car on her way to Jongsuk’s apartment. She was so tired at that moment until she did not realize that Jongsuk had been knocking on the mirror for awhile.

“What were you doing? I have been knocking for a long time you know,” said him.

“Sorry, I was daydreaming,” replied her lethargically.

“Dang, you looked tired as hell. Are you okay?”

“Yeah I am fine. Do you know that we are going to watch Jiwon sings tonight?” asked her.

“Yeah, cannot wait to meet him. It has been a long time since I last saw him,” said Jongsuk excitedly.

          The ride was pretty quite and not really smooth since it was a peak hour at that time.  People were busy on their way to return to home from work. Luckily she decided to go now or else she thought she would not make it on 9pm. The restaurant was not that far, but the traffic had the power to make it seemed far.

       8:45 pm. She had finally arrived at the restaurant. The restaurant was so unique as the design  and decoration of the restaurant were pretty similar to a bar. You could feel yourself at a bar at this restaurant as it was the theme of the restaurant. A western restaurant with a classic bar’s design. Had she been to a bar before? Heck no, she just watched it from television. The owner or known as Kevin greeted her and Jongsuk. He assisted them to their table, oh it had been reserved. She did not know, and it was at the front, near the stage. ‘Must be Jiwon’s doing,’ monologued her.

        As soon as she sat down, the waiter came to their seat and asked for orders. She quickly ordered and so did Jongsuk. After a while, a microphone’s sound could be heard. It was the MC.

“Welcome to La Train. Tonight we will be having someone, quite famous I must say. He will sing and entertain us with three of his songs. I now welcome Bobby to the stage!” shouted the MC. Plethora of hands clapping could be heard inside the restaurant.

      The moment she heard his name, she felt very happy although she could not deny that she felt very weak and tired at that moment. She had used too much energy for that particular day. Her subordinates were too much, asking for unpaid leave without even finishing their works.

             He started his performance by singing one of his songs which was called I Love You. She was enjoying his song while eating. Jongsuk on the other hand looked so excited as he sang along from the start until the end. She never knew that Jongsuk was into his songs this much. Heck? Since when did Jongsuk become like this? Thought her. After he finished singing I Love You, he started to sing the second song which was called Rest Your Bones. This was one of her favourite songs. She could see him staring at her directly until she felt like his stare could make a hole on her head. She felt uncomfortable by the way he looked at her. It was not that she hated it, it was just he was looking at her! Only at her in that crowded place. What if people noticed? Thus, she avoided his gaze by lowering her head and continuing eating and playing with the food as her appetite was slowly decreasing.

“Look up, he is looking at you,” said Jongsuk to her.

She then looked up, she could see his expression. Did he look disappointed? She was not sure. Did he look upset? She was not sure either. But she could say that he did not look okay. As the song ended. Here came the last song, and yeah it was one of her favourites too. In Love. She loved this song so much . Perhaps one of the reason was because she was in love with the person who sang this song? Yeah she thought so. She decided to look up as he never performed this song live before. However he said something before singing that song.

“I am singing this song for someone special tonight. Dear someone, this song is for you.” He said while picking the guitar up.

You never knew how I feel baby

When you kissed me you driving me crazy

Oh you made my life complete

Oh yes you do

         She was speechless. No words could be uttered. No words could describe the way she was feeling at that time. He was looking at her. Particularly only at her. What the heck was he thinking? Was he trying to tell the whole world that he was hers. Was he trying to let the world know that she was his? She did not know what he was thinking at that time. All she knew was she was scared, scared of the public, scared of rejection. People did know about his status, that he was taken. But by whom? The world did not know that. She was not ready and he respected her for that. The song was coming to an end, and never in a second his gaze moved onto something else. It was like his eyes were glued to her, only her. She could feel that people started to notice the way he was looking at her was not just a pure coincidence. It was a sign, a hint by him. He was trying to tell something. His performance was not finished when the song ended. She was wondering, why the heck was he standing and holding the microphone if he was already finished. To her dismay, he stood up and said something that was so hard for her to process.

“My special person is here tonight.. I think some of you guys may notice who is that person, well maybe. Do you guys want me to reveal who she is?” asked him.

A loud cheers of ‘yes’ could be heard inside the restaurant. Myriad of the audiences were looking forward to his special person. But then he said,

“Sadly, she is not ready yet to be exposed, I really want to expose her to the world though. There are thousands of time when I really wanted to upload our pictures on my social media account but I could not do so. So my special person, are you ready to be exposed tonight? If you do, give me a smile and I would go to you. But if you don’t, you may glare at me, I don’t mind. You are my queen. I respect you as always.” said him, hopingly.

        He was hoping that she would smile but he knew that would not happen. She was not the type of person who would agree on something like this without discussing first. He knew, she would be so mad. He knew she was mad at that moment. But, he could not do it anymore, he could not hide her forever from the spotlight. She was too precious,  too special just to be hidden in his life. He knew he could get hurt by doing this, but he was okay, he respected her. It was not like he could not predict  the outcome. It was so obvious that she would just glare at him for doing this.

     She was taken aback by his words. She felt like her soul was already gone. The words that he spitted out was too much for her to accept. She did not know how to react. Should she smile? Or should she glare at him? She did not want to hurt him, she did not want to make him upset. She knew that his doing was selfish, but she was selfish too. All this time he had always respected her decision. He never said no. And she thought that this time, it should be her turn to respect him. He had sacrificed too much. She knew that whenever she said no to him regarding this matter, he was actually hurt. He tried to hide it, but he failed. She could see it. She knew that sooner or later, people would know. So what was the difference? It was just the matter of time. Thus she decided to flash her smile to him.

     He was taken aback. Did she just smile? What was he supposed to do? Should he go to her? Heck yes he should go to her. She was smiling at him! He could not believe his own eyes. Was he hallucinating? He was sure he was not. He needed a confirmation for this. What if he was wrong?

“My special someone, are you smiling? I need confirmation,” he said through the microphone.

      There, she smiled again. She flashed her smile at him. He could read her eyes! Her eyes were telling him to come and get her. Without wasting no time, he walked to her. She smiled and took one of his hand, showing people their intertwined hands.

 -Duh I am suck at writing but I don’t want to waste the ideas that I got while listening to the song, so heres the outcome! Anyways to whoever who reads this, thank you and I am sorry cause it sucks.♡-