'Burden?', Tae Kyung goggled in the darkness. 'Tch! If ANJELL is a burden to you, what can we say about you - such a pitiful manager-like thing… You must be grateful to all of us till the end of your miserable life!'

'Of course I am! I know I'm now alive because of you but… I didn't call ANJELL a burden.', manager Ma drooped his head as he kneeled on the ground. 'Look, I'm sorry for all my mistakes and that I made you believe Shin Woo is the one sister has fallen for and… Never mind! I swear this is the last favor I am begging you for.'

'Stop that! It didn't work even the first time.', Tae Kyung yelled. 'You have two minutes to say what you want.'

Coordinator Wang twitched the collar of his coat upward. 'Yah, I'm cold! Let's get into the bus - it's over there.'

'The bus?', Mi Nyeo hurled a perplexed gaze at her beloved. 'But noona, why don't we go come to have a talk?'

'No, sister. I don't want to make a bustle tonight...', manager Ma threw the doors open to let everybody inside.

'So, what's the matter?', Tae Kyung began anxiously. 'If you are concerned about what I did on the concert…'

'Calm down, it's not that.', the manager rubbed his sweaty fingers nervously. 'Shall I turn on the heating?'

With a heavy exhalation coordinator Wang shrank up in the right back corner of the bus, leaning on the door.

Tae Kyung's patience finally reached its limit. 'Stop with this nonsense and spit it out! What's your problem?'

'Okay…', manager Ma took a deep breath as he twiddled his neck to a crackle. 'Sister, do you remember what I told you last week? Why did you come back and pretended to be Go Mi Nam again… you remember, right?'

Mi Nyeo furrowed her eyebrows, trying to recall the reason why she came back. 'Y-yeah, you said noona was…'

'Yes, that's it! It turned out to be true…', manager Ma banged against the steering wheel with streaming tears.

'What? Noona, are you really… But that's great! I'm so happy for you!', Mi Nyeo started crying along with him.

'Will someone be so kind to explain to me what's going on?', HwangTae Kyung fizzled through clenched teeth.

'Hyungnim, onnie is pregnant. They're going to have a baby! Isn't this wonderful?', Mi Nyeo burst out with joy.

'A baby? You and… her?', a bolt from the blue as if swooped ANJELL's leader. 'I didn't know you were dating...'

'We are not! I mean… it was just once. You know – Japan… swimming pool… cocktails and … things happened.'

'No, I don't know and don't want to know!' , Tae Kyung launched a disparaging glare towards manager Ma.

To his misfortune, the latter carried off his paramour's paddywhack as well. Weren't his comedowns enough?

'Lame-brain! Why don't you say what the color of my swimwear was?', she foamed. 'I think they should know.'

The manager gave out a bland snicker. 'Well, I would but I don't remember such insignificant details, darling.'

As she increased the force of her strokes, Mi Nyeo interfered. 'Noona, don't! You're not supposed to do that.'

'You are such a sewer rat! How could you be the father of my child?', Wang shouted out in rage. 'I hate you!'

'Hmm, I may be wrong but… didn't you say you loved me in Japan?', manager Ma kept adding fuel to the fire.

'Aish, I can't believe I'm wasting my time with these idiots! Mi Nyeo, let's go! Leave them extirpate themselves…'

'Tae Kyung, wait!', manager Ma caught his wrist. 'You must help us! Do it for her, if not for me… Just this time!'

A neurotic snort tore out of Tae Kyung's mouth as he let loose of the door handle. 'What do you want from me?'

'Well, I can't leave her alone but I'm living with my brother and… if her mother finds out that she's pregnant…'

'She will cut your head!', coordinator Wang demonstratively harnessed her silky scarf around manager's neck.

'Did you hear that? Unless you wanna go to your manager's funeral, please let us stay at your house for a while!'

'What?', Tae Kyung perked up as though he had just seen a shrimp in his soup. 'Tch, you must be kidding! Why don't you go to a hotel? We are already short for rooms after aunt Mi Ja occupied Mi Nyeo's former one…'

'Oh, come on! It's not a matter of nine months, just… let's say a few weeks, until things get normalized. We can't go to a hotel, because I don't earn as mush as Hwang Tae Kyung! Moreover, if the rumors spread, it will definitely put a spot on ANJELL's image. You know, personal relations among colleagues are not preferable.'

'Are you trying to ransom me? Sorry, it won't work! It's not necessary to be known who her baby's father is.'

'Hyungnim…', Mi Nyeo switched in defense mode. 'Let them live with us for a while, please! It will be funny.'

'With a whimsical pregnant woman and a squalid pumpkin-head? In all circumstances it will be great fun!'

'But hyungnim, they don't have anywhere to go. Besides, I'm not supposed to live in ANJELL's dorm either.'

Sure enough her strongest trump, spiced with a dose of sweetness, was nothing the tough leader could resist.

'Sister, you're my lucky star!', manager Ma stealthily insinuated behind her. 'Thank you for saving my life again!'

'Don't worry, manager! Everything will be alright.', Mi Nyeo foraged around for her phone to use it as a guiding lamp along the way home. 'Omo! I have 7 missed calls from oppa and 10 from Jeremy! I'd better hurry up…'

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As he heard the door creaks, Jeremy skittered out of the kitchen. 'Mi Nyeo, you are back! Why are you alone?'

'I'm not, the others are coming too…', she walked in, followed by Hwang Tae Kyung and the future parents.

'Mi Nyeo?', Shin Woo popped out behind Jeremy. 'I think you should talk to your brother. He's in his room.'

'You mean my room.', Jeremy fiercely grinded his teeth into the heart of the peach, splashing juice around.

'I mean your common room, but you can always move in to mine. Thus you'll get used to getting up early…'

'No, thank you! My sleep is not something I would sacrifice. Umm why don't you… share room with Mi Nam?'

Manager Ma cleared his throat. 'So, talking about rooms, Tae Kyung appears to have something to tell you... '

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Meanwhile, Mi Nyeo went in Jeremy's room only to get disappointed with finding her brother already asleep.

'Oppa…', she whispered as she sat herself at the edge of the bed. 'At last we're together. I missed you so mush!'

A sudden movement from under the blanket took her aback. 'You really did?', Mi Nam squeezed her in a hug.

'Of course I did!', bursting tears watered her eyes. 'So many times I was on the verge of dialing your number, but then I remembered that it would only get worse after I hear your voice, knowing you're far away from me, so I just waited for you to come back... Oppa, do you know – the month I spent in this house, pretending to be you, was the hardest and longest one in my life! As if years have passed since I took up your place in the band.'

Mi Nam caressed his sister's hands with his palms. 'At first I couldn't believe you've agreed to do that. Singing and dancing with these guys, dressing and behaving like a man, living here with them… It's just not like you!'

'I had no intention to do that, indeed… But I think destiny made me so. On the day of my departure to Rome, I accidentally happened to bump into Hwang Tae Kyung at the airport and I had no choice but to run in order to avoid being exposed. By coincidence, my plane ticket ended up in his hands and I had to get it somehow. However, at a time I found myself surrounded by the three of them with no way out. To my luck I managed to dodge, but it was too late to get my ticket back. They left for Japan and I could only watch my plane fly away…'

'Oh, just don't tell me by destiny you mean… Hwang Tae Kyung! Sis, you could make someone get the ticket from him. I'm sure every girl would go crazy, having such a reason to get approach him!', Mi Nam laughed out. 'And then what? You settled in the house, made some troubles… including falling in love with the wrong guy…'

'It's not like that, oppa… I mean, at first sight he looks like someone you'd better not mess up with, but once you get to know him…', Mi Nyeo couldn't help blooming with a wide smile while playing around with her necklace. 'Well, he's a great person! Knowing him is a real happiness to me. I wouldn't manage to play my role to the end without his help. He was by my side in my hardest times. I'm even alive thanks to him! He's my star…'

'Ah, things seem deeper than I thought… You're so in love!', Go Mi Nam poked her belly. 'My little sister, I'm glad for you giving up the idea of becoming a nun - you would miss so much… But at the same time I don't want anyone to hurt you, so if this guy happens to make you cry even a single tear, I'll kick his ass out of the window!'

Jeremy appeared at the door. 'Hey, what are you still doing here? Come on, we have a problem to discuss...'

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Downstairs a wave of excitement, brought by the new visitors, washed off the serenity from a minute ago.

'Congratulations, guys!', the male twin gave them a warm hug. 'You can stay here with us as long as you wish.'

'Tch, is it your house to decide how long they can stay? They are staying as long as I allow.', Tae Kyung fizzed.

Shin Woo chimed in to refrigerate the glowing atmosphere. 'Still, we have to allocate the rooms somehow…'

'Well, there's nothing to ruminate about - I'm staying at his room as so far…', Go Mi Nam pointed his finger at Jeremy, who ruefully mumped in response. 'Shin Woo hyung doesn't have to move; my sister can occupy her former room, where aunt is sleeping now; needless to say, the "newlyweds" should take Tae Kyung's room, as it's the biggest one and Tae Kyung… I don't know about him. The sofa seems comfortable, doesn't it, hyungnim?'

'Or you could share room with Jolie in the yard and Jeremy moves in on the sofa. How does that sound to you?'

'Oh, I'm going to vomit… ', coordinator Wang made her way up the stairs in a sudden sprint, keeping her mouth.

'Tae Kyung, let us sleep in your room just for the night! Tomorrow we'll make up something.', manager Ma pleaded. 'As you can see, she doesn't feel well and needs a comfortable place. Don't be an egoist at least this time!'

'Aish… I'll meet you halfway, but if she happens to vomit in my room, you're out!', he sighed with reluctance.

The manager hopped up in jocundity. 'Perhaps Kko Di is right that behind that iron face hides a tender soul…'

'Yah, watch out how you're talking to me! I can still change my mind…'

To prevent giving rise to second thoughts in Tae Kyung, Ma Hoon Yi nipped off to the 2ndfloor, as did the rest.

'Hyungnim, thank you so much!', Mi Nyeo ensconced herself on the couch next to him. 'I'm so proud of you!'

'You should be, pigrabbit! It's all because of you... I can't believe I'm sleeping on the sofa tonight! How could you do this to me? Sometimes I wonder if you really love me…', Tae Kyung pursued a rapt survey into her eyes.

'It's not because of me - it's because you are a good person. That's why I do love you. ', she smiled angelically.

He twitched her closer. 'Despite causing trouble after trouble, I'm really happy to be with you, little shoatbunny!'

'I'm happy too...',she rested her head upon his shoulder. 'Why did you let me go that night when I was drunk?'

'Because you wanted so. You said that you can't stand being next to that star… The light is burning your eyes…'

'But I thought I had to face the grief of being next to it and only watch it shine from afar. I couldn't bear that...'

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The advent of dawn finally drove manager Ma out of his nightmares. Relaxed after figuring out that the powerful newborn baby, threatening to strike him down, was only a bad dream, he darted towards the kitchen to water his dry throat, but tripped up on the third step at the sight of Mi Nyeo and Tae Kyung cuddling on the sofa.