"My turn?"

It came down to Ji Hoo and Jan Di, but only drew once before Jan Di lost.

"Yah, Dry Cleaner, Whats up with you? You keep playing the same hands over and over, you'll never get a turn if you keep playing like this you idiot."

Jan Di glared viciously at Jun Pyo, the loud critique clogging her ear drums was quickly getting on her nerves

"What about you? I can predict every hand you put forward before its even your turn Jun Pyo!."

Woo Bin smoothly entered to prevent an inevitable blood bath happening. Mostly Jun Pyo's blood.

"A-Okay people, why don't we cool it and let Ji Hoo have his turn eh?"

Both glared at each other but decided to call temporary truce on the eternal lock-horns battle they will always fall into; Commoner Geum Jan Di fighting the Great Gu Jun Pyo.

Ji Hoo prepared for the rose to tell everyone who he loved, meanwhile Jan Di began feeling nervous. Jun Pyo felt absolutely mortified at the thought of those rose petals even leaning toward Jan Di's hands. His eyes bore straight though Ji Hoo's skull as he picked up the rose, though he pretended to be obliviously admiring its beauty.

Everybody followed the previous pattern as Ji Hoo gently placed the rose in the middle, knowing exactly what will happen. He inhaled deeply and watched the flower glide through the waters surface without hesitation toward the girl he had never possessed such love for, not even Min Seo Hyun received such emotion from Ji Hoo. There was a time when even he was sure he couldn't induce even slight happiness in the best situations, that had all changed. He watched Jan Di's slightly tense face turn into relaxation as the rose brushed her fingertips.

The room was still silent, Jan Di's eye lids fluttered open and admired the rose almost sticking to her hand. She gazed upon Ji Hoo smiling at him with genuine love and adoration. He too brought out feelings that she could not even gather for Jun Pyo.

But both knew that it had to be their little secret for now. After all the outcome of Jan Di being kissed by Ji Hoo while sitting right next to Jun Pyo was a little to scary so, for safety measures, Jan Di discretely pushed the rose back in the middle. However it drifted straight back to her. The same outcome happened a further two attempts at breaking the lock between Jan Di and, essentially Ji Hoo's love. Knowing how this was going to go, she physically lifted the rose out of the water ( breaking the connection ) and put it back in the middle. Leaving Ji Hoo to handle the rest.

He breathed in and stated loudly:

"I guess I really am a robot."

This awakened the almost sleeping party and light chatter filled the room as realisation kicked in that the rose had gone to nobody. At least that was the impression but no one in the group was particularly surprised. Jun Pyo grinned with smug delight but still complained.

"Ji Hoo, where is the love? We have been friends all our life yet even I am still in the rank of Ga Eul?"

Jun Pyo failed to remember the bond Ji Hoo and Jan Di shared, still share in his ignorant shell of happiness.

"So does this mean I have to kiss you all?"

" Ah, no, since you clearly love nobody in particular i think we can skip it."

A slight snigger with the mood lightened the ritual continued.

"Soo its me, Jun Pyo, Woo Bin and Ga Eul?"

"That's right, let the game begin!"

Woo Bin won with rock against Jun Pyo's scissors.

"Aish! When am I going to get a turn? This game is rigged."

Jan Di inhaled through gritted teeth and swung her head to face him.

"Would you like to go next then, Princess Jun Pyo?"

Everybody giggled as Jun Pyo's cheeks flared with embarrassment. The resemblance to his sister was to unnerving. Still he picked up the rose and demanded everyone to close their eyes.

"Yah, stop running my ritual, and your holding the rose wrong you idiot!"

Jan Di arranged Jun Pyo so he was holding the delicate rose correctly and started the ritual again. For several moments, he looked at Jan Di, thinking the obvious was going to happen. He decided to save everybody time and flicked the rose away from the starting point and in Jan Di's direction.

The rose decided on a different course however, it spun straight passed Jan Di's fingers and started slowly but surely toward the silhouette next to her:

Ga Eul.

Panic flashed Jun Pyo's face, helplessly he tried to think quick.

"Shit…."

A hand glided past his line of vision and suddenly the rose was correctly drifting back toward Jan Di. He looked up to see Ji Hoo, his best friend had just saved his ass. Nervously looking round, he saw no one had seemed to notice. Jun Pyo nodded in gratitude toward him, Ji Hoo just glared before re-closing his eyes.

Jan Di's eyes opened in alert that the rose was stuck to her hands. She stared blankly before announcing everyone open their eyes.

"Wow, Jun Pyo loves Jan Di the most, anyone surprised?"

Chitchat spread through the room, meanwhile Jan Di fell silent. She couldn't understand he lack of feelings she had toward Jun Pyo's love for her. She was obviously touched by Ji Hoo's gesture. She felt the same way…..so why is she sitting here being mauled by Jun Pyo?

"Ahem, Miss Geum Jan Di?"

Yi Jung had caught her attention, an unnerving smile was plastered on his face and curiosity spread throughout the room.

"Yes?"

"Aren't you forgetting something?"

Yi Jung pouted his lips slightly, at first Jan Di thought he was trying to be a fish. Then she remembered.

"Oh..God."

Jun Pyo looked up, feeling like he was missing something, he searched the faces of his friends to try and find clues as to what was going on, but found nothing.

"Yi Jung, what are you talking about?"

"Jun Pyo you have to kiss Jan Di."

Ji Hoo's head shot up, his eyes hardened with resentment. He too had forgotten about the kissing part and highly regretted most of what he had done in the past ten minuits.

Ga Eul knew the look on Jan Di's face better than anyone here. There would be no way of her letting Jun Pyo kiss her, not even on the cheek.

Jan Di squinted her eyes tight and tilted her head down to protect her face, she knew what Jun Pyo was like, so she came up with a solution. She held out the back of her hand in Jun Pyo's direction.

"Make it quick."

Jun Pyo grinned, she wont even let me kiss her properly? Fine. Like a slobbery dog, Jun Pyo ran his mouth and tongue all the way up and down Jan Di's hand, leaving it soaking wet and Jan Di furious.

"What the hell was THAT!"

Ji Hoo included, everybody burst out laughing as Jan Di pressed the back of her dripping hand on Jun Pyo's face, leaving sweat-like water stains on his cheeks. He didn't care though, Jan Di's face was to priceless.

"OK OK now that's over lets bring it back in, whose left?"


As you may be able to tell, i'm a little biased toward Jan Di and Ji Hoo being a couple, but since i promised myself not to make this a one-track couple story i will restrain from taking it further :)

Two more chapters to go, hope you're enjoying the story! ^_^