A/N: Before we go to the chapter, I would just like to give a shout out to a guest reviewer, Patricia Bustos. First of all, thanks so much for the review! I really appreciate it and thank you so much for liking the story. I'm really sorry, but I don't think I can insert your request for this particular fic though. Daddy Long Legs' main focus is Ji Hoo and Kim Hyun Jae, and writing SoEul is far too intimidating for me since there are hundreds of those out there that are really good. If I may recommend Myrielle's Love Letter, it's one of my favorite Ga Eul x Yi Jeong fics. I will try however to write a oneshot of your request if I can. Thank you again so much for your review and I hope you understand! 3 Comet

Now on to the chapter!

"I will not." Woo Bin started at the unusually firm voice that came from Ji Hoo once they had met and he informed the copper-haired medical student of him volunteering Ji Hoo's skills to help Kim Hyun Jae with the piano.

"Why not?" Woo Bin asked incredulously, eyebrow raised, glass poised to drink. He was met with a long silence which Woo BIn interpreted for his own.

"It's not as if you would have to talk." his voice was a little exasperated and Ji Hoo merely stared at him, conveying all his feelings i with that look. Woo BIn winced and drank water to avoid answering.

"I couldn't help it bro. She looked like she really needed help. And it's not like I know how to play piano myself."

Ji Hoo frowned and would not relent in his serious gaze. "So you volunteered me." It was not a question.

Woo Bin shrugged at the accusation. "It wasn't that hard. When was the last time you played any music?"

The only indication that Ji Hoo was bothered by the question was the slight widening of his almond-shaped eyes before he turned to look at his food.

Gotcha. Woo Bin thought triumphantly to himself but his face was non-committal as he pushed his question. "According to Jan Di you haven't picked up any of your instruments in a while and she spends most of her time studying with you." There was a slight frown in his lips. As far as Woo Bin knew, Ji Hoo was still very much in love with Geum Jan Di and everybody knew it. It was just like Ji Hoo to bask in her presence knowing that Jan Di was very much in love with Jun Pyo. So paired with that unrequited love and unable to release his feelings as best as Ji Hoo knew how, Woo Bin had a feeling that he was pretty much ragged and stretched and just hiding it quite well.

"I didn't know you we're keeping tabs on me now." Ji Hoo mumbled and it was Woo Bin's turn to raise his eyebrow.

"Come on Ji Hoo," Woo Bin said in his most coaxing voice as he stabbed his fork through a piece of shrimp. "Hyun Jae doesn't seem to be a difficult student. Sure, she might not have potential as a classical pianist, but you can figure it out." He promptly popped the seafood in his mouth giving Ji Hoo an encouraging wink.

Ji Hoo eyed his friend with a more than a little exasperation. In that short silence, Ji Hoo contemplated whether or not to tell Woo Bin the whole truth about the connection between he and Hyun Jae. That short silence was enough for him to go against telling Woo Bin because the latter seemed to have a rather calculated look in his eyes that told Ji Hoo he was planning something and he seemed to be the primary target.

"Whatever you're planning. Forget it." He spoke steadily and ignored the slightly scandalised look in Woo Bin's face. Choosing not to explain, Ji Hoo turned back to his food and with all the intention of eating it, chose to drop the subject.

It really was getting annoying. How Kim Hyun Jae was disrupting the carefully world he created was cause for some alarm. In just six months, she wasn't just an anonymous person who corresponded with him with an occassional email, but now, she was friends with his friends, and was being championed by them too.

First it had been Jan Di who expressed her desire to throw a suprise party for Hyun Jae before the start of the new term. Now, here was Woo Bin who was asking him to help her with her piano! How in the world did this happen exactly?

Ji Hoo was silent but inside he was dealing with a lot of conflicting emotions. He knew exactly how it happened, he had recieved an email from Hyun Jae a few minutes before his dinner with Woo Bin...

Dear Daddy Long Legs,

I imagine you haven't heard from me in a while, and I'm sorry about that. I know you will be proud to know though that I have been practicing really hard. My application seseung-nim hasn't been complaining of my fingerwork now, just my interpretation of a piece.

I'm not complaining Daddy. It seems like a wonderful idea to be taught and scolded about something I really want to be good at, rather than how clean the floor is and I take every criticism my teachers give me and try my best to learn. The last email I sent you Daddy told you how I was feeling quite insecure about Ji Hoo sunbae (I still am Daddy), but since I figured he wouldn't really bother with the likes of me, there's no use hovering around his presence feeling small. Instead, I decided I would do the best that I can to be good my own way. You have no idea how cheerful that has made me feel!

A strange thing though happened Daddy. Just when I decided that I would not care whether or not Ji Hoo sunbae is a better musician than me, Woo Bin sunbae stopped by today and offered Ji Hoo sunbae's expertise to help me with my advancement test.

Have you ever heard of such a thing? Woo Bin sunbae is a very nice person and I didn't want to offend him, but I think I know enough of Ji Hoo sunbae to know he would never agree to such a thing. I am but a fledgling, unskilled and rough to be taught by one such as he. But of course, Daddy I had to say yes to Woo Bin sunbae, it was only polite. I'm sure Ji Hoo sunbae will decline for the both of us.

I hope your summer is doing quite well Daddy, and I hope you are not getting buried with work, or letting yourself get buried. But of course, you are a seasoned chaebol, and I know you know how to take care of your health.

But just in case, here is a picture of me eating jjuk at my favorite jjuk shop. I would send some to you Daddy, but I don't know where you live. Don't worry, it's quite delicious and good for your health Daddy, I'm sure you will have lots of energy now!

Love,

Hyun Jae

On one hand, it had eased Ji Hoo to find out she was feeling much cheerful. He had no idea, but reading Hyun Jae's cheerful emails was starting to put a smile back on his face, and the email before her last sounded nothing like her at all. Ji Hoo had no idea he had exuded such an aura towards her, but then he was starting to see how guileless a girl she really was, and automatically thought she was to blame.

Though he was more than relieved to find out she had not guessed he was Daddy-Long-Legs, he really hadn't been prepared to read her opinion of him. Money and status had never really mattered to Ji Hoo in the past. He weilded both effortlessly though, and even sometimes unconsciously, to get the things he wanted. Jan Di had never seen him with just that and since his friends were born in the same lives as he did, he had forgotten what it might look like for another person. Especially with Hyun Jae's background who had known nothing but a stingy matron and several other orphans. He had been more than a little bit stupid to not remember how impressed she had been with just the thought of somebody having a lot of money to send another person to school, Ji Hoo should have remembered what it might look like to her learning about some information about him.

On the other hand, it shocked him, how easily she seemed to read him at other points. Hyun Jae certainly was a perplexity that if Ji Hoo were more honest to himself, he would be quite intrigued to learn more about. It had been the case Seo Hyun, as well as Jan Di. They had interested him because they seemed to be different, acting quite different around him that he had no choice but to step closer to find out why they were acting that way. If he were not careful, he would do the same with Hyun Jae, and if his previous interactions with women that weren't his friends' sisters were anything to go by, it might end in disaster.

So how on earth did Hyun Jae know that? Was it just a lucky guess? It was not the first time Ji Hoo was itching to click on the reply button on his email just to ask her. If he did that, he was pretty sure Hyun Jae would jump at the chance to see him and then feel quite betrayed to find out it was him. He had already made great efforts to be introduced to her personally, why must he also take efforts to let her know Yoon Ji Hoo as well?

It was all very troubling and it was not something Ji Hoo liked to feel.

"You're overthinking this bro." Woo Bin's somewhat teasing voice jarred him from his thoughts and Ji Hoo glared at him once more. It was all the mafia prince's fault. He was a meddler just like the rest of his friends, and because Yi Jeong and Jun Pyo were in abroad and out of his clutches, Woo Bin had no choice but try to fix Ji Hoo's life now. Ji Hoo knew him well. This attempt of his was most probably a reactions to the things Woo Bin could't control in his own life. Because Ji Hoo understood that, he could stop the glaring.

That didn't mean he wasn't displeased by the whole affair.

"Fine." He spoke softly, but the exasperation was there. Enough to be heard by Woo Bin and earn him a laugh.

"You never know, bro, it's different. It could be fun. You spend far too much time poring over books and oggling at Jan Di while poring over books, a change of pace might do you good."

This time the look Ji Hoo threw Woo Bin could only be described as deadly.