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Vacation at the Mountains
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Chapter I
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Knock! Knock! Knock!
Ga Eul opened the door to reveal a worried-looking Yi Jeong. "Sunbae?"
"Ga Eul-yang, we have a problem."
"What? What do you mean?"
"Geum Jan Di and Gu Jun Pyo… they're…" Immediately, Yi Jeong took Ga Eul's hand and dragged her to his car.
Worriedly, and in a panicked expression, Ga Eul said, "What? What happened to the both of them?"
"I can't tell… You just have to see for yourself." Yi Jeong said, barely above a whisper.
Ga Eul looked out of the window, her face painted with expressions of fear, worry, and apprehension. Their ride was quiet the whole time, but Yi Jeong made sure he kept a close eye on her as he drove the way to their destination. He could see her fidgeting with the pleats of her skirt. Suddenly, her mobile phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and gasped. She stared at her phone for a moment or so, until Yi Jeong got irritated by the noise it was making. "Yah! Are you going to answer that or not?"
Ga Eul looked at him surprised and blinked a couple of times before she was able to process what he was saying. "Huh? Uh. Oh. Uhm. No. Not yet. Not now. Maybe later." She said as she stumbled through her words, switching her phone immediately.
Yi Jeong looked at her intensely before he let her off the hook… for the meantime. (He was still driving the car, that's why.)
She continued staring out the window, not noticing where and when the car stopped, until she heard Yi Jeong knocking on her window pane. She looked at the empty driver seat before she decided to open her side of the door. As soon as she went out, she surveyed her surroundings and had an underlying feeling of being tricked again. "Why are we here, sunbae?" She said as she narrowed her eyes at him.
Yi Jeong refused to give her an answer, not even a smirk, for Pete's sake! He quickly pulled her hand to drag her nearer the plane. Unfortunately, she refused. She tugged her hand back. But since Yi Jeong was stronger than her, he was able to make her stumble forward, that made him drag her until her feet moved on its own. "Jan Di! Jan Di-ah!" Ga Eul cried.
Upon hearing her name, Jan Di immediately looked for the owner of the voice. She rounded the plane and witnessed Ga Eul running behind Yi Jeong who was walking fast with his long strides.
"Ga Eul!" Jan Di exclaimed as she ran towards her best friend. But before Jan Di was able to reach them, Yi Jeong let go of Ga Eul's hand and distanced his self from them. "Yah! Sunbae! What did you do to Ga Eul?"
"Oi! Geum Jan Di! Don't yell at my friend." Jun Pyo said, defending Yi Jeong.
Jan Di was about to reply back when Ga Eul intercepted. "Jan Di-ah! Are you alright?"
Jan Di gave her a funny look and said, "Yah! Ga Eul! I'm alright. How about you?" This time around, it was Ga Eul's turn to give her friend a funny look. "I am." She then gave Yi Jeong a death glare and said, "But now I'm not. I was tricked. Yi Jeong sunbae said that something –"
Yi Jeong tutted her and said, "I didn't say anything, Ga Eul-yang." Remember? I told you to see for yourself."
Ga Eul pouted, indeed remembering what had transpired earlier. "Well, I already saw. Jan Di-ah, is everything alright between you and Jun Pyo sunbae?"
Jan Di glared at the other person of their conversation. She sighed and said, "Just the usual." Ga Eul smiled and hugged her friend. "I'm glad." She released her friend and said, "Well, I better go now."
"Where are you going?" Jun Pyo inquired. "You're not going anywhere. You're going with us."
Ga Eul looked stumped. "What? Why? Where?"
"Aish!" Jun Pyo said as he scratched the back of his head. "You ask too many questions for a commoner."
Ga Eul was even too stunned to speak so Jan Di did the talking herself. "What did you say? How dare you speak of Ga Eul like that? Do you want another flying kick coming?"
Ga Eul, having a developing migraine, politely refused the invitation. "Sorry, sunbae. I can't come with you guys this time. I have some matters to deal with." A bitter smile etched on her face and this was gone unnoticed by Ji Hoo.
"If it's financial matters, you know, you can come to us for help." Ji Hoo said softly, also aware that when it came to financial needs, she was as headstrong as Jan Di to work on it herself.
"Aniyo. It's not that. It's just that…" She was looking for the right words to say, but what eventually came out from her mouth were the exact same thoughts she were thinking. "…I made a promise to my grandpa that I must fulfill. I'm going to his place early tomorrow morning."
"Is it urgent?" Woo Bin asked.
"To my grandfather, yes, since there are no other dates that my promise must be fulfilled." Ga Eul patiently said.
"Well… depending on how many hours your trip will be, I guess it would just take you about 2-3 days to fulfill whatever promise that you made." Yi Jeong said as he flashed his winning smile.
"What?" Ga Eul looked confused.
"We could still have about 3 weeks to enjoy new Zealand after Ga Eul's back home!" Woo Bin exclaimed.
"I don't understand Woo Bin sunbae. I'm staying at my grandfather's place for the rest of the vacation. Besides, why do you have to tag me along? I'm sure you can have your much needed rest without me."
Meanwhile, Jun Pyo started his protest. "But Jan Di would not want to come if you're not there!"
"A month!" Jan Di shrieked.
Ga Eul looked at her a bit surprised, when Jan Di decided to explain her outburst. "I mean… is that Min-Ki still staying with your grandpa?" Ga Eul nodded slowly, somehow understanding where the conversation would lead. "See? You can't live under the same roof with him for a month! I'm telling you, he's going to rape you!" With this, all the F4's eyes grew wide.
"Jan Di!" Ga Eul exclaimed, a bit disappointed that her best friend can say such crude remarks to her self-proclaimed hyung… although she kinds of understands her concerns towards her.
"But Ga Eul! The last time I visited there, I could see his eyes boring into you, like he would pounce on you any minute!"
Ga Eul visibly shivered, recalling those times she felt like someone has always been staring at her back. She could feel the goose bumps on her skin. And upon hearing Jan Di's speech, Yi Jeong inhaled sharply, as he can feel his blood boiling by the minute.
"But Jan Di…" Ga Eul started weakly. "I have to. This would probably be my last chance to fulfill my promise."
Jan Di hugged her best friend tightly, as if never letting go. "What kind of promise was it anyway?" She asked softly. "You know that we can help you."
With that remark, Ga Eul paled. "I… I can't tell you." She buried her face at the crook of Jan Di's neck as she could feel the blood rushing full force to her cheeks.
The F4 brothers were silent the whole time as Jan Di started 'interrogating' little Ga Eul. Ji Hoo, who the most keen of the group, after Ga Eul's blushing state, said, "If you can't tell us, we just have to see for ourselves, isn't that right, Jun Pyo?"
Jun Pyo knotted his eyebrows to understand what Ji Hoo was trying to point out. Ga Eul was trying to process the words he said, when Jun Pyo miraculously beat her to it. "Yeah! You don't have to worry, Jan Di! We're going to Ga Eul's grandpa's house!"
"What?" Both women shrieked.
"But you can't got there!" Ga Eul said.
"She's right! Rich chaebols can't survive there!"
"Mwoh? Are you underestimating THE GREAT GU JUN PYO? Yah, Geum Jan Di!"
"But my grandpa is scary! Scarier than Madame Kang!"
"He is?" Jan Di asked, as the four young men just gaped at her with wide eyes.
"He is." Ga Eul said with finality. "You just haven't seen the worst side of him, yet. He doesn't like guys surrounding me, especially rich chaebols than the sunbaes."
Yi Jeong chuckled. "You're just persuading us not to come, aren't you, Ga Eul-yang?"
"Mwoh? Are you saying that I'm lying? If there's no stopping you then fine. Whatever. But remember that all of you have to abide by the rules." Ga Eul said, a smirk dawning on her pretty face as she challenged F4's Casanova.
Yi Jeong looked around for confirmation before h stretched out his hand for a shake, whilst Ga Eul did the same.
"It's a deal then."
"Rule number one: You have to dress as commoners."
The F4 members looked at each other before Woo Bin said, "Shop for us, then."
"Mwoh?"
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