Chapter 1: JACKPOT!
After living in Africa for eight months, Go Mi Nyu finally decided to return to Korea. Nobody knows about her plan of going home because she wanted to surprise everyone.
The first person she went to see upon her arrival is Mother Superior.
"Mother Superior, I'm glad to see you again. I really enjoy staying in Africa but…" she cut it mid-sentence. She's too shy to tell Mother Superior the reason why she immediately returns to Korea.
"…but you're really longing to se your star. I know it Gemma, there's no point on hiding it," Mother Superior said patting Mi Nyu's shoulder.
The ever apologetic Go Mi Nyu bowed and said, "I'm sorry."
She didn't stay long on the convent. After her conversation with Mother Superior, she hurriedly went to A.'s dorm to surprise everyone especially her brightest star. (A/N: brightest star means Hwang Tae Kyung)
She's very excited but also very nervous.
"They would definitely be surprised," Mi Nyu said smiling.
When she was about to knock, the door opened and she accidentally knock on Manager Ma's forehead making him cry in pain.
"Awww! That hurts!" he said rubbing his forehead.
He was looking down and when he looked up, he was astonished to see Mi Nyu.
"M—Mi Nyu?"
*FLASHBACK*
It's been a while since Manager Ma tried to contact Mi Nam.
"Come on. Pick it up Go Mi Nam," he keeps on murmuring.
And on his side is a 9-month pregnant Coordinator Wang. She gained few pounds yet she gets to maintain her fashion. She frantically walk back and forth and would occasionally stop to give Man. Ma an 'I'm-going-to-kill-you' look. Manager Ma would just look down pretending he didn't see anything.
"She's still too dangerous even though she's pregnant," he said under his breath.
"Did you just say something?"
Coordi stopped walking and stared at him. He placed his hand on a defense position and moved his head side to side. Coordi took one step closer to him and he took one step back.
Coordi was about to give him a karate but he was saved by the bell. Mi Nam finally answered the phone.
"Hello! Mi Nam-ah! Thanks God you finally answered it. You're really my savior!" he said and gave his mate a secret glance.
'She's really a tiger. I hope our baby won't be as dangerous as his mother' he thought but quickly got back to his senses.
Mi Nam: I can't make it. There's a huge problem about the transpo and this will take long to be fixed.
"What? Y-you me-mean…" he stuttered and trailed off.
Mi Nam:Yeah…(toot!toot!toot!)
He-hello? Hello?
Manager ma was on his knees in just a split second. He was not able to speak for about 25 seconds. Coordi was also bemused but still manages to continue what she was about to do minutes ago.
"You! I'm going to kill you!"
When she was tired of hitting him, she stood up and walked out. But she remembered something so she turned back.
"You have to fix this. If President Ahn find this out, I'LL GET YOUR HEAD CUT OFF." She said pointing him and with her eyes bigger. And then walks out.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
Mi Nyu bowed and smiled. Manager Ma looks like he have seen an angel on earth and fervently hugged her. Mi Nyu stood frozen in confusion.
"Have I been in Africa for so long?" she asked herself.
Manager Ma let go of the hug.
"Let's go inside," he said pushing Mi Nyu in to the dorm.
"Bu-but my…"she said pointing on her things.
"Oh… I'm going to bring this," Man. Ma replied taking her stuffs in.
The dorm does not change a lot. In fact, it looks very much the same eight months ago except that they already have a photo on the wall with her and Mi Nam.
She then noticed that nobody's home except for Manager Ma.
"Where are they?" she inquired.
"Oh... Them, they're on the studio rehearsing for their concert this afternoon. Well, except for Mi Nam.'' He said sadly.
"Why? What happened to Oppa?"
He told her the whole story. Mi Nam had to do a 2-day solo performance on Cheongju in order to earn enough money for Coordi's delivery but was stranded.
"…and you just came on time," Manager Ma said smiling.
"Huh?" she asked confused (again).
Manager Ma slowly knelt down and started begging.
"Mi Nyu, could you please be Mi Nam?"
"Huh? No… I'm not going to…"
"Mi Nyu, please…please…please…" Manager Ma pleaded.
'I'm sorry Manager Ma but I really can't."
"If President Ahn knows about this, he'll get me fired and Mi Nam would be very bad shot. Worst of all…my baby would die because we can't afford to pay the hospital," he said exaggerating some things.
A girl who grew up on a convent could never refuse such offer especially when it talks about life and death.
"B-but I want to surprise everyone. And what if I get caught?" she said weighing her options.
"Of course you won't get caught because we'll be very careful. And I think they'll be more surprised when they learn that it was you all along," Manager Ma said trying to convince her.
"Uhmm—"
"Come on Mi Nyu, please. Just do it for the baby…please…"Manager Ma begged.
Finally, she gave in.
"OK. So long as you assure that it's going to be fine," she said.
"But what if hyung-nim figured this out again? Oh….No. He'll not notice if I do well." She thought.
Manager Ma gave her clothes and asked her to dress up quickly. After few minutes, she went out of Mi Nam's room looking just like her twin brother.
"What about the hair?" she asked.
"It's perfect! You really look like your brother."
He held Mi Nyu's hand and helped her to the stairs.
"Let's go. They're all waiting for you."
She just followed.
While on the car, Manager Ma's been very busy talking over the phone. Mi Nyu just sit there quietly looking at the scenery she was not able to see for eight months.
"It's really good to be back and to see the modern civilization' she thought.
"Yeah…Yeah… I already planned that. Let's just meet there. We'll be there in five minutes."
Finally, Manager Ma finished his long talk with Coordi. They just talk about their plans on what to do to avoid Mi Nyu being figured out.
"That's Coordi Wang, right?"
"Yeah.. and she's still as scary as before."
Mi Nyu and Manager Ma both laughed at the fact.
They were in front of the studio just in time. Coordi stood there waiting for them impatiently but when she saw Mi Nyu who looks like Mi Nam, her face lit up.
"Unie, I miss you." Mi Nyu said hugging Coordi but was stopped by Coordi's stomach.
"Oh… I'm sorry," she said with a laugh.
Manager Ma interrupted, "Come on. Let's go inside. They're already waiting for you."
"And you still have to catch up with the songs and the dance steps. Mi Nam's going to sing an entirely different song," agreed Coordi.
On the Studio…
Jeremy's been bugging around asking when would be the arrival of Mi Nam.
"Hyung Tae Kyung, do you know when Mi nam will return?" he asked pulling the sleeve of Tae Kyung's shirt.
"NO." Tae Kyung replied and then walked away.
"Oh No! Where's Mi Nam? WE still have to practice the dance steps for our number." He said hysterically.
The door opened. Manager ma, the disguised Mi Nyu and Coordi Wang appeared.
Jeremy walked towards them very fast almost running.
"Miiiiii Naaaaammm!" he scearmed.
Without a split of a second, Manager Ma and Coordi was on their feet to prevent Jeremy from whatever he's planning to do.
"Let me pass! Mi Nam and I have to talk about this…" he said pushing the couples aside.
"Ah-ouch! My stomach! Jeremy you hit it!" Coordi shouted.
Jeremy back off and leaned to her stomach.
"I'm sorry baby. It's Mi Nam's fault."
Mi Nyu just bows her head. Tae Kyung on the other hand just sits in the corner not paying much attention to Jeremy. But he noticed something.
"Since when did they thought of being Go Mi Nam's bodyguard?" he said as he twitch his lips.
"Go MI Nam, you're late," he said with a loud voice making him the center of attention.
"Sorry," she said and bowed.
Tae Kyung's eyes grew bigger and his eyebrows moved 1 cm higher. Jeremy and Shin Woo just looked at each other puzzled. Manager Ma and Coordi did the same thing.
"Ah—.he. Ju-just t-trying to mimic Mi Nyu…Is it that convincing?" Mi Nyu said as soon as she noticed their expressions.
"Yeah. It is. If you didn't say that, I would assume Mi Nyu's back," Jeremy said still a little bitter but he was the first one to talk. Perhaps, he's the only convinced person.
"Really? I don't know that I could be a good actor too." She laughs at herself.
"OK guys! Let's get back to work!" Manager Ma commanded as soon as he snapped out of his thoughts.
'He really sounded just like her. Could it be because they're twins? Err… if I continue thinking about it, I'll lose...' Tae Kyung thought.
Everyone turned their backs and continued what they were doing. Manager Ma sighed in relief.
"Didn't you tell her not to be kind to Tae Kyung? How could you call yourself a manager?" Coordi said a little pissed off.
"Uh—unie, what's wrong with Oppa and Hyung-nim?" Mi Nyu asked.
"Nothing serious really. They just didn't fit together like Shin Woo and Jeremy do. So you have to remember that you have to act like you're not close to him. You get it?"
"Uh—yes."
"Let's go." Manager ma butts in.
She watched them first to get some ideas before joining them. They were practicing the opening number which happens to be a song and dance number.
'He can't follow the dance steps' Tae Kyung noticed. He began to put more grace on his movements to prove that he outshines Mi Nam. He expected that the latter would return the challenge but Mi Nyu didn't seem to notice.
'What's wrong with him? Tired of being challenged?' Tae Kyung assumed. He smiled a half smile.
Shin Woo, being a very good observant also noticed that Mi Nyu's (w/c they thought was Mi Nam) struggling to cope with the steps so he approached her to offer help just to get rejected.
"He's like her sister. Always rejecting me," he said walking away a bit embarrassed.
Manager Ma calls out for a break and immediately gives Mi Nyu a towel to dry up and ordered her to change her clothes. Tae Kyung sees it.
'Why am I giving too much attention to him...? Maybe because he's a bit irritating… Yeah, I'm just irritated.' He thought.
Jeremy and Shin Woo went out to buy snacks. Jeremy's been very persistent that Shin Woo should come with him to buy some ice cream or chocolates because he's really annoyed by Mi Nam (Mi Nyu)
Their rehearsal resumed after an hour. Now they concentrated on the singing part.
"It's just four hours away from the concert and I still couldn't catch up. Mother Superior, otokajo?" Mi Nyu speaks to herself.
Manager Ma made up a story that Mi Nam (Mi Nyu) would have to rest his (her) voice for hours before the concert begins so he (she) was excused by the rehearsal.
"But Manager Ma, I still need to practice or else, I'll ruin the concert," insisted Mi Nyu.
"Don't worry, Mi nam called a moment ago and he said everything was settled and he'll be here before the concert begins," Man. Ma said with a spark in his eyes.
Mi Nyu also couldn't help but smile. The moment was spoiled by Tae Kyung's sudden interruption.
"Go Mi Nam, you missed 2 days of our rehearsal so you can't just sit here and relax," Tae Kyung declared grabbing Mi Nyu's arms. He noticed that the scar was nowhere to be found.
"Hyung-ni…" she didn't finish her sentence.
Manager Ma stops him and he easily let go of Mi Nyu's hands. He then walked away without a word.
Jeremy saw this but didn't know what really happened.
"Shin Woo-hyung, what happened?" he asked,
"Tae Kyung wants Mi Nam to rehearse but I think he lost."
"Whoa! Really? That was the second time!" Jeremy said full of enthusiasm.
"I thought you were mad at him? Isn't it wrong to feel happy because Tae Kyung lost?" Shin Woo said teasingly.
"I WAS mad at him but now, it's gone." Jeremy admitted.
On the other hand, Tae Kyung went out baffled with what he saw.
"The scar was not there…Maybe I just didn't notice it. But NO, I'm sure it's not there. And he just called me 'hyung-nim'… Uh—well, he almost did." He uttered to himself still walking with no particular place to go.
"Could he be her?"
His thought s was interrupted when Coordi yelled at his ears.
"Hwang Tae Kyung!"
"Ha! What!"
"Where are you going?"
Tae Kyung realized he was heading to the ladies room.
"Ah—I. thought. That. It's… the men's room! Yeah the men's room…It's dark here so I can't see the sign…Uh—excuse me... Nature calls me…" he said and quickly walks towards the men's room.
"What's wrong with him? It isn't dark here…And I didn't tell him that it's the ladies' room…If he can't see, how could he know? hmmm… maybe he's trying to peek on the girls' room…" Coordi laughed at the thought.
"Hey! Tae Kyung-sshi! When you're done just go to the van. We'll meet you up there." She shouted still laughing and then proceeds to the Studio to call the others.
"What a shame! Why was I thinking of entering the ladies' room? That walking disaster has to pay for this… But I still need to confirm it…" Tae Kyung said to himself.
ON the Van…
"Where's Hyung Tae Kyung?" Jeremy inquired.
"Maybe he's still embarrassed because I've just seen him trying to…" she wasn't able to finish because Tae Kyung butt in.
"I said I just didn't see the signage. Your thinking it wrong." He said a little pissed off.
"Whatever you say…" Coordi said playfully.
"Huh? I don't understand what you two are talking about. What was it?" Jeremy asked.
Tea Kyung shot a threatening look on him and Jeremy hid his face behind Tae Kyung's seat. Shin Woo smiled enjoying the scene. Mi Nyu looks just as confused as Jeremy.
The rest of the trip was a dead scene because nobody dares to speak. After 10 minutes, they pulled in to the concert venue. Tae Kyung was the first one to get off the van followed by Shin Woo, Jeremy and Mi Nyu and then proceed to the dressing room.
They were all inside the dressing room waiting for their stylist. Shin Woo and Jeremy were very busy talking about their outfits while Tae Kyung picked up his phone and dialed Mi Nyu's number.
Mi Nyu's phone rang. She was shocked to know who the caller is. She glanced up at Tae Kyung who was staring at her intently. She excuses herself and went out somewhere in the dark. Tae Kyung was on her trail impatiently waiting for her to answer the call but a small smile hinting on his face.
When she thought that it's already far enough for the rest of them to hear, she answered the phone.
"Hello?" Mi Nyu said.
"What took you so long before you answer?"
"I…just finished something."
Meanwhile, Tae Kyung did not notice that President Ahn was following him all along so he just kept on walking and talking to Mi Nyu. Pres. Ahn overheard parts of their conversation.
"Ohh…" he uttered not convinced.
"Mmm… how's the weather there?" he asked trying to hear Mi Nyu tell lies.
"Uh—it's hot here but I can bear it." She answered.
"And so when are you planning to go back to Korea? The weather here's much better."
"Ah—I'll be back very soon hyung-nim," she said cheerfully.
'She seemed very excited even though she's already here. That pig-rabbit is good at lying now huh.'
"You probably miss m…us though. Don't you?" Tae Kyung said hiding his excitement from his voice.
"Of course... I miss Shin Woo-hyung and his delicious tae. I also miss Oppa , Jeremy…" she trailed.
Tea Kyung feels irritated after hearing that she mentioned Shin Woo above all and she even forgot to include him.
"That's all?" he said almost shouting.
"W-well, I miss… h-hyung-nim the most." She said blushing.
That makes Tae Kyung lose his self-control. He appeared right in front MI Nyu when she was about to do the pig nose.
"It's a bit dark in here, but I can see you, Mi Nyu. Don't make the pig nose. "
He walked a few steps and pressed Mi Nyu on the wall.
"Why do you always go somewhere its hard for me to see you?" he said.
He didn't give Mi Nyu the time to answer. He moved his face closer to her and pressed his lips unto her lips.
Pres. Ahn appeared from the corner saying,"Tae Kyung, where will you go? The con…" he stopped shocked by what his eyes are seeing.