Author's Note: You people are gluttons! This is my third Boys Over Flowers story because you people keep eating it up. This story is purely for my favorite Guest and jayjayzek because you two have been insanely awesome at reviewing! It makes me happy to make you happy with these stories. Although this one I'm kind of nervous because there is already a set standard with Yi Jeong and Ga Eul. Please be honest with me if you think it's total crap!
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"Were you with Woo Bin again?"
So Yi Jeong turned at the sound of his girlfriend's voice, smiling when he saw that she was wearing one of his button up shirts with a pair of shorts. It was late, and he wondered why she had waited up for him when she had to work the next day.
Yi Jeong wasn't a normal man. Far from it actually. He was filthy stinking rich in his own right and because of his father. His father was owned Korea's largest art gallery and made millions by putting on art shows year round. Yi Jeong's won pieces went somewhere in the millions of Won when he sold them. So he had his own bank account with his own money that his father couldn't touch.
Growing up a member of F4 had had its benefits. Being Casanova, he had been able to get any girl he wanted. Most of the time it had only taken the simplest of smiles to get them to come over. But he had never stayed with one more than a short amount of time before moving on to the next one. He and his best friend Song Woo Bin had probably reached a total over a hundred women they had seen since they had hit the age of fifteen. But now that they had their driver's licenses, they had so much more freedom.
That had been until a girl named Geum Jan Di had entered the picture and turned their world upside down. She had caught the eye of their illustrious leader Goo Jun Pyo, heir of Korea's largest company Shinhwa Group, while she had attended Shinhwa High School after saving the life of a student. Unfortunately, it wasn't only Jun Pyo's eye she caught, but that of Yoon Ji Hoo. While Jun Pyo's mother sought to tear them apart by any means necessary, Ji Hoo had thought to snatch Jan Di out from under his friend's nose.
While this was all going on, Yi Jeong and Woo Bin had sat back and watched the entire thing play out. But Yi Jeong wasn't left unscathed. They had helped so many times to keep the couple together that most of the time they had forgotten about their own happiness. Until Jan Di's friend Cha Ga Eul had walked into his life.
Happy and fun, Ga Eul had been a warm spring breeze following winter's cold chill. She hadn't wanted him for his money or status. She had wanted his heart, but he had been too much of an idiot to see that. He had hurt her so many times; one of the most memorable was by telling her that he didn't date good girls. The whole reason he'd said that was because his father was a worse playboy than he was, and Yi Jeong had been afraid that he'd turn into him. So he'd tried to keep his distance.
But Ga Eul was stubborn and had wedged her way into his heart. She had helped him reconnect with his first love when he had broken his hand. Then she had helped him reconnect with his second love by showing him the sunrise. She had been there through the toughest times and he hadn't been able to tell her that he actually cared for her.
It had taken Woo Bin in the privacy of his home (Woo Bin's home) to tell him how much an idiot he was. He had said that Ga Eul was on a whole different playing field than Yi Jeong. While he had been on level four, she was on level five and steadily making her way upwards with the way she treated people. Now Woo Bin was known as Don Juan and was as equally bad with women, but he'd actually attempted a steady relationship whereas Yi Jeong hadn't, so in that sense he had more experience and could call his baby friend an idiot.
When he had finally quit fighting his feelings, it had almost been too late. Ga Eul had told him she was going to quit pursuing him. He had been offered a position in Sweden to make his artwork that much more fantastic. He had been about to ask her to go with him but after she had said that, he had left with the promise to find her first.
It had taken him four years but he had come back to Korea as fresh as the day he had first started training to be a potter. He had gone straight to her and asked her out properly. Casanova had been firmly put to rest that day.
He took off his watch and set it on the velvet padding on his dresser then took off his vest. It was a blessing and a curse to live with someone. He had to answer to someone when he came home late, but he always had someone to come home to.
Sitting on the bed he reached down to pull off his socks. He had moved into Ga Eul's apartment shortly after returning from Sweden. There had been no rhyme or reason for it except that he had wanted to be close to her no matter how much they got on each other's nerves. It gave him time to understand everything about her and for her to decide whether or not she wanted to be in his world. If she had decided to leave, he could pack his things and walk out.
"Woo Bin's been having a rough time since Bin Ji had to go to the hospital again," he replied.
Bin Ji was Woo Bin's three month old son with his girlfriend Choi Eri. Eri was a French/Korean pediatric cardiovascular surgeon at the same hospital as Yoon Ji Hoo and Geum Jan Di. She also worked with Ji Hoo at his clinic from time to time. Eri was hearing impaired and had been introduced to them nearly a year ago when she first moved to Korea.
They had all been surprised, but hearing about her past had surprised them more. Due to a car accident and hateful parents, she had shut off all her emotions and had a hard time communicating with people. Woo Bin had stepped up to the challenge and they had become a very cute couple. But it wasn't Woo Bin where Eri's closest relationship lied. It was with Yi Jeong since he was the one who had the clay that she could use to express everything she was feeling.
When she was seven months pregnant with Bin Ji, Eri and Woo Bin had been in a severe car accident where the doctor had to deliver the baby before he died due to distress. During the process, Kang Kyu Lee – Yoon Ji Hoo's girlfriend – had made a life changing decision for the young couple, one that they didn't regret to this day.
"How is he?" Ga Eul asked as she brought him a glass of water and sat down beside him.
"His fever hasn't gone down. They're going to keep him overnight in hopes that fluids would be able to bring it down. They say it's the flu since Eri had it a few days ago. Her immune system hasn't been the best since she had Bin Ji."
"Did she ever tell you why she named that boy Bin Ji instead of something with Woo?"
Yi Jeong laughed around the rim of the glass. "It's a combination of Woo Bin's and Ji Hoo's names. Eri has a hard time signing our names when she doesn't wear her hearing aids so they named him something she could sign." He nudged her shoulder. "Why are you still up? I thought you have to work tomorrow."
"I do, but something came up that I thought you might want to know about."
"What is it?"
"Woo Ahn came by today."
He nearly dropped the glass. "What did he want?"
"He wants to meet with Woo Bin, but he says his brother refuses to meet him."
There was a good reason Woo Bin refused to meet with his older brother Woo Ahn. The brothers were five years apart in age and polar opposites. Woo Bin was warm and inviting. He loved to have fun and be the life of the party. He was always smiling and if he wasn't there was a good reason.
Woo Ahn was completely different. He was cold and calculating. He had studied so much in school that he flubbed every test he ever took. He hated being noticed and only spoke when spoken to. He never smiled, not even in family photos, and if he did everyone worried what he had done.
But that hadn't been the reason they had a falling out. Woo Bin had dated a girl in middle school that he had really liked and that Jun Pyo had approved of. He had always met her at an arcade by her school since she hadn't gone to Shinhwa like the rest of them. She had been really nice and calm, a nice foil to Woo Bin. But Woo Ahn had only seen her as a hindrance.
One night while she had been waiting for Woo Bin, he had invited her to a coffee shop for some tea because it had been chilly out. She had gone because it had been cold. Woo Ahn had told her that his brother had been secretly seeing another woman behind her back and that he didn't like her anymore. She had adamantly denied it until she had seen Woo Bin walking by with Seo Hyun.
Heartbroken, she had started to run out, but Woo Ahn had grabbed her hand to keep her with him. He had proposed a plan: she should do the same to Woo Bin that he had done to her. He offered to date her as well. She had been a second year in middle school and he a freshman in college. It had been totally wrong and twisted.
The best way to describe that relationship would be to compare it to 50 Shades of Grey. Woo Ahn had been brutal in his sexualization of that poor girl. In the end he hadn't been careful and had gotten her pregnant. Then he had left her without a word.
Woo Bin had found out and had beaten his brother to a bloody pulp. Their parents had come home to blood covering the sparring room mats and Woo Ahn in a heap. He had explained to his parents what had happened. When they asked why he did it, he had said it was fun. Since that night, both Woo Bin and Woo Jun hadn't had anything to do with Woo Ahn. Ka Lee spoke to him from time to time though.
"Woo Bin will refuse to meet Woo Ahn. After he was disinherited and Woo Bin made successor, the brothers haven't spoken. I'm surprised Woo Bin allowed him in the recovery room when Eri had surgery after the wreck," Yi Jeong explained.
"Was it that bad?" Ga Eul didn't understand because she hadn't grown up in the chaebol world. Certain things were new to her, and this would be one of them.
"My older brother, Il Hyun, was good friends with Woo Ahn from middle school to high school. When he was disinherited, Il Hyun went to see him to ask why he did what he did. He simply said he did it because it was fun. Il Hyun hasn't spoken to him since then. There are certain things you can't do even in our section of the world. Woo Ahn went way too over the line with it."
"What did he do?"
Yi Jeong turned to her. "You'll have to ask Woo Bin. It's his story, but promise me you won't be left alone with Woo Ahn if he shows up again. He's not a normal man."
Ga Eul didn't understand what he was asking but there was a little bit of fear in his gaze and voice. She nodded, and Yi Jeong kissed her forehead. She knew he was doing what was best for her. If keeping Woo Bin's secret was what was best right now, she would respect it.
"Thank you," he whispered with his lips against her skin. "Now go on to bed. I'm going to shower and I'll join you shortly."
She watched him disappear into the bathroom. He was doing what he thought was right, but she wondered whether anyone had done that for Woo Ahn.
