:DDD Okay, so I forget to mention in the last chapter—as well as "hyung" and "oppa", girls call older girls "unni" and boys call older girls "noona". Mum is usually called "omma" and dad is "appa". Hope that gave you guys a little bit more insight. I'm actually studying Hangul, and trust me guys, it's not that hard of a language once you get used to it. Well, the writing and reading. The words' meaning, on the other hand...

Set with "Idol Girl".

I AM HYPED ON RED BULL ksdjf;oajfkdl;sjfiojakldjfkhagjahf


je t'aime
coming without words
why does it hurt so much?


As Mi Nyu's popularity grew, Tae Kyung found that so did the rest of ANJell. Granted, it was mostly he and Mi Nam for being the ones closely related to Mi Nyu, but Shin Woo was sometimes added in that too. Mi Nam was usually cold and curt to the reporters that tried to get information out of him, seeing as how Mi Nyu really didn't know what to say to the reporters. Tae Kyung handled all of that, but he couldn't keep away the sense of unease.

Mi Nyu had been more social, opening herself to others around her. Granted, that mostly concerned the other members of Mara Rome, but Tae Kyung was fine with that. (And if he was being totally true to himself, he did miss her clinginess and presence. Mostly because he liked it when she paid attention to only him.)

The thing that he didn't like, however, was the way that people would look at his girlfriend.

Either it be the two-timer that cheated Shin Woo and Tae Kyung, or the girl that used ANJell's popularity to gain fame herself, the controversy about Mi Nyu wouldn't stop. And he hated it. And once and for all, Tae Kyung wanted to stop it. But most of all, he wanted to stop those people that followed Mi Nyu around whenever she was in public.

It was a small thing, really.

When she got out, eyes would be attracted their way, bet it for her or him. But he saw many a guy's astray eye and felt his jaw tighten, his teeth grinding. Tae Kyung was never one for over-feeling, but he never really loved a person before as he did with Mi Nyu. He didn't know how to deal with jealousy, and it came full-fledged and overwhelming.

Mi Nyu was the main vocal for Mara Rome. And because of that, she was one of the main focuses in the group, especially because over her scary resemblance to Mi Nam, which many magazines pointed out with side-by-side pictures. To this day, it still creeped the hell out of Tae Kyung. But she was pretty, almost overly so, with her large adorable button eyes and full lips and naturally rosy cheeks, and the press ate that up like candy. And she was modest, shy, and nothing like the typical celebrity. That was one thing that he loved about Mi Nyu, listed with many others.

But it had it's downsides too.

For instance, today.

He had been taking a walk with her, both of them having a rare day off from their respective duties. Mi Nyu was staring at everything with a childish fascination, because they were in a part of Seoul that she had not visited yet. The streets lined with decorative shops and fancy lighting; couples dressed in expensive clothes walked hand-in-hand by while Tae Kyung hovered by her side.

He wasn't expecting to come to this side of town, but that was fine with him. Most of the restaurants had quality food, at least. He was browsing the windows of one when Mi Nyu had stopped and looked through a small shop reserved for little trinkets, oohing and ahh-ing over a small statue of Virgin Mary.

That was when he saw a teenage boy, probably five years younger than him, staring at Mi Nyu from inside the store with the most expressive and dark eyes that he had ever seen.

The guy didn't even look up to see who was with Mi Nyu, his eyes so trained intensively on her. It made something inside Tae Kyung clench painfully, and he wanted to go in there and demand what the punk was staring at exactly, because he knew that it wasn't by Mi Nyu's face by the way his eyes glazed over.

Suddenly, he smirked, and made a move to walk to the front of the store, toward her. Tae Kyung's eyes widened and narrowed. Hell no. He thought forcefully, taking off his jacket and placing it on Mi Nyu. She straightened and looked up at him, just as the boy inside the store stopped.

"Hyung-nim?" she asked softly, trying for his gaze, but Tae Kyung's was too focused on the brat inside. He met Tae Kyung's eyes were surprise, as if he genuinely didn't know that the man was there. Tae Kyung gave him one of his stony glares and then put his arm around Mi Nyu's shoulders in an act of rare public affection.

"There's a restaurant I want you to see," he said casually, turning away from the store as he steered Mi Nyu to the place he wanted, away from those prying eyes. He didn't like it when others stared at her. She was his. "Come on, or else they'll close."

Mi Nyu blinked questioningly at him, but then smiled and nodded. "Okay!"

She never noticed the small, white stitching on the back of his jacket draped across her shoulders, reading: property of Hwang Tae Kyung.


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fin.
12.10.11