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One Week Later

Jan Di walked into the porridge shop for the first time since her forced vacation. Being back was both comforting and awkward. She had been gone for only a week, but it seemed like so much longer.

"Jan Di! I'm glad you're back," The Boss said cheerfully, and then his eyes shifted to the two figures behind her. Jan Di quickly introduced her boss to the two guards and then showed them where they could wait during her shift. They opted to sit on opposite sides of the room, so they could cover more room.

Jan Di quickly put on her apron, tying it loosely so her newly protruding stomach wasn't noticeable. She got to work but kept an eye out for Ga Eul, hoping they could find time to talk today. The Boss noticed that she kept looking out the door, and informed her that Ga Eul had requested the day off.

She was hurt, weighing the possibility that Ga Eul had purposely requested the day off to avoid her. Frowning she continued to do all the necessary prep work as she thought through the circumstances of their fight once again. The day passed slowly without Ga Eul present and gave her plenty of time to think.

She applied herself to her work competently if not enthusiastically. Knowing she couldn't let the rift grow any larger Jan Di knew what she had to do after she finished her shift.

Once she was done for the day, she said goodbye to The Boss and approached Seung Won to tell him her plan.

At first she had been annoyed when that grandfather had forbidden her from returning to the clinic for another week, but now she was thankful because it gave her the time she need. Once she reached Seung Won, she told him, "I know I said I would be going home right after work, but I need to make a stop first."

"Where are we going Ms. Jan Di?" Seung Won asked as he pulled out his phone.

"Just to see my friend, Chu Ga Eul."

"We will need to pull Takeo and Tae Sung from the house to accompany us," Seung Won told her before pressing a number on his phone and raising it to his ear.

Jan Di sat down at the table Seung Won had just vacated in the corner, exhausted. She wanted to argue with waiting even longer but she had neither the strength nor the inclination. While it was inconvenient to wait for additional guards, protecting her baby would be worth it.

After he got off the phone Seung Won joined at the table and with Soo Yeon staying at the table across the room, they all waited for the additional guards to arrive.

However, prior to the guards arriving the door burst open and Ga Eul ran in, "I'm late! Did she leave?"

Ga Eul's shoulders slumped when she saw The Boss by himself behind the counter. She didn't notice the people sitting in the corners.

Jan Di stood and said softly, "Ga Eul."

Her head whipped around and Ga Eul met the gaze of her friend staring at her.


Woo Bin stared at the girl in front of him with indifference. When his father had informed him of his impeding wedding, he had made it clear that while it would benefit the family, he would not force him in to it. All he asked was that Woo Bin try; try to help prevent a war that could kill dozens of their loyal men.

Had it been an order Woo Bin would have found no difficulty in refusing, but as it was he had a hard time saying no to a request like that.

Another piece of information that he been surprised to learn was that if the marriage was to take place it wouldn't be for at least two years. The girl in question was only sixteen and had primarily been raised in American; given those circumstances, a long engagement would take place until she reached a legal age. Legal in America at least, waiting for her to turn a legal age in Korea would require them to wait four years.

It all made him feel like a pervert.

The situation had gotten worse when he had actually met the girl. Park Si Yeon had turned out to be a girl who thought of nothing but fashion, power, and money. She seemed nice enough, at least she was nice to him, but she was not one he would have chosen for himself.

Woo Bin had wanted to speak to her honestly about the situation but she had no interest in seriously discussing the potential future they shared. Nor had she wanted to hear of what problems might be present in such a future. Instead, she focused on how fun and cute their life would be once they were married.

He had learned later that after their first meeting she had gone straight to her father and told him that she wanted Song Woo Bin to be her husband. Park Il Woo couldn't be more pleased with the young couples apparent affection for eachother.

Song Dong Gun informed his son of what Si Yeon had told her father. She had shared that the couple had fallen for eachother at first sight. Woo Bin panicked, worried that his choice would be taken from him, but Dong Gun told him that nothing was settled yet.

"Woo... woo," Si Yeon called him. "You aren't listening to me."

She actually pouted, as in lower lip pushed out with her eyes closed and she crossed her arms across her chest as she waited for him to apologize.

"That's not my name," Woo Bin desperately wanted a drink, but he needed to keep his wits about him and make sure the girl didn't get him to agree to something he would regret later.

Woo Bin waited, she would get tired and tell him what she wanted if he waited her out.

Soon enough she relaxed and stared at him in an adoringly way that made him want to make sure they weren't alone. A glance to the left showed K sitting at the next table across from Si Yeon's bodyguard. "Woo Bin... why aren't you listening? I was trying to tell you some good news, and you aren't even hearing me."

"Oh?" he said, trying to sound at least somewhat interested.

"I asked daddy, and he agreed that I could return to Korea when you go back in a couple weeks."

Woo Bin was inwardly grimacing when he realized he could be marrying a woman who was still l young enough to call her father daddy, when he words hit him. "You're coming to Korea... with me?" He repeated, hoping he had just misunderstood her English.

"Yes!" She said and punctuated the word with the clapping of her hands. "I haven't lived in Korea for a long time, so daddy agreed when I suggested I go with you to see if I could tolerate living in Korea for part of the year."

Part of the year, Woo Bin mouthed wondering if the girl expected him to move to America if they were married.

"Oh, are you sure Si Yeon? I will have school and work so I don't want... I wouldn't want you to feel neglected."

Si Yeon sighed, "You are so sweet, Woo." She stared at him with reverence shining from her eyes. "You don't need to worry. Daddy already worked it out. I will be going to a school. Hold on." She paused as she pulled a slip of paper out of her pocket. "I will be attending Shin Hwa High School. It weird, I am a junior in high school in America but when I go to Korea I will be a first year student. And why does your school start at a dumb time of the year?" Si Yeon complained, ignoring the fact that most countries have their own school systems that differ from one another in some way.

Woo Bin smiled weakly at her. She isn't a bad person, Woo Bin reasoned, she just isn't the type of person I expected to marry. Woo Bin shook his head at his thoughts. Regardless of any preconceived nothings he may have had about his future, he was determined to at least try with Si Yeon. He owed it to his father and his family.


"Everything checked out okay," Ji Hoo reassured his friend as they talked on the phone.

Goo Jun Pyo had taken to calling frequently to check on the Jan Di's pregnancy.

Jan Di had a doctor's appointment the previous day as a follow up to her hospital visit the previous week and they had been reassured that everything was okay. At 19 weeks pregnant Jan Di was still so small that you could only tell she was carrying a child when you looked for it, but that might be to due to the baggy clothing she was wearing.

"Good... hasn't anything happened that I need to know about?"

"Nothing, Seung Won has been on top of things; he says that no one has been following Jan Di and that there is no surveillance that they can detect."

if they can't even detect Secretary Jung's surveillance then maybe they are missing someone else as well, Jun Pyo thought but kept that worry to himself, not wanting Ji Hoo to know that he was having Jan Di followed. Instead, he grimly informed him, "My mother is making a trip to Korea this week. Supposedly the witch has meeting that has to take place in Korea but I'm not sure what else she may have planned."

Jun Pyo waited through the silence on the phone, Ji Hoo was likely adjusting to the new information and planning accordingly.

"I will call Woo Bin and ask him to assign a few more men for the duration of her visit, and I'll try to keep Jan Di at the house as much as possible."

"What are you going to tell her when she asks why she can't leave the house?" Jun Pyo asked curiously.

"The truth. Jan Di understands the risks that are involved when she is carrying your child."

"If you are sure that is the way you want to handle it," Jun Pyo's tone turned slightly humorous, "have you talked to Woo Bin since he arrived in America?"

"A few times, why?"

"He called me in a panic from his flight revealing to me that his dad had arranged a marriage for him."

"Oh, yeah. I didn't know he had called you about it."

Jun Pyo sounded confused as he continued his retelling. "I don't know what he expected me to do, but he asked me if I had any advice. I told him if the marriage agreement looked beneficial to both parties, he should just do what his father wanted. He cursed at me and hung up!"

Ji Hoo had started laughing when he heard what Jun Pyo's advice was. He trailed off when was once again faced with the reality that Jun Pyo didn't remember two years of his life. Including the fact that he had been engaged to a woman that he had done his best to tolerate but in the end couldn't abide to be married to.

Sympathy, guilt and remorse battled eachother when he thought of what Jun Pyo lost because he choose to save him. It had cost Jun Pyo so much, even if he hadn't come to that realization. Yet.


Ga Eul and Jan Di sat across from eachother in a teashop a few shops down from the porridge shop. It would have been easier to stay in the porridge shop and talk there if The Boss hadn't been so obvious when he tried to listen in onto their conversation. Though The Boss pouted and Seung Won protested changing venues before the additional guards arrived, she had asked Ga Eul if they could have their conversation elsewhere. Jan Di had insisted on leaving immediately and Seung Won reluctantly did as she asked and texted Takeo to meet them at the tea shop instead of the porridge shop.

Jan Di watched her friend chew on her lip as they waited for their tea to be poured. As the server left they both started talking.

"I'm sorry-"

"I'm sorry-"

The tension eased as they both smiled remorsefully at eachother. This time Jan Di spoke first. "Ga Eul, I feel I need to speak first.I caused the problem. I need to apologize to you. Sincerely. I didn't mean to take our friendship for granted and make you feel like I couldn't trust you with my secrets. If you are willing to listen, I am ready... I want to be able to talk with you again. This friction in our friendship... it hasn't been easy. Knowing that it occurred because of the choices I made..."

Jan Di trailed off, feeling like she was about to burst into tears. This must be what they say when they talk about pregnancy hormones making you too emotional.

Ga Eul was silent as she processed what Jan Di said. Speaking up softy she shook her head. "I was wrong too. I was hurt and I said things... I was too harsh Jan Di. I should have waited for you to be ready to talk to me and instead I lashed out and made it about me."

"It is about you too. You are my friend, my best friend, and if you are upset you should feel like you can talk to me without it blowing up or dissolving our friendship." Against her will tears leaked out of her eyes.

"I do know that." Ga Eul gave up trying to hold it in and followed Jan Di's suit, tears streaming freely. "Can we forgive eachother?"

Jan Di shook her head, "you didn't do anything that needed forgiving."

"Please, I need you to accept my apology."

"Ah… alright. Do you accept mine?" Ga Eul nodded and Jan Di smiled at her. "I'm so happy! Fighting with you is horrible… horrible experience."

Ga Eul nodded. "I'm just so sorry it got that far. I think the reason I acted that way was because everything was happening so quickly. I could tell you were keeping secrets, and then you got attacked, then all of a sudden you were married , Goo Jun Pyo sunbae left so suddenly, Yi Jung and Ji Hoo sunbae got in that huge fight, and-"

Jan Di interrupted, "Wait, what are you talking about? What fight?" She continued wiping the tears at her eyes with a crumpled tissue she pulled from her pocket as she waited for an answer.

Ga Eul looked puzzled as she answered her, "The fight Yi Jung and Ji Hoo sunbae got into at the hospital the morning after you were married."

Jan Di's hand shot out and she gripped Ga Eul's, "I don't know anything about this. Please, tell me everything…"

At her request Ga Eul proceeded to relay the conversation and fight that happened in the waiting room of the hospital as Jan Di listened with growing dismay. Ga Eul concluded her recap of the events that took place with, "As far as I know Yi Jung is still upset with Ji Hoo sunbae and they haven't talked since."

"No, no, no... This isn't supposed to happen," Jan Di cried out. She got up and tugged Ga Eul along with her. "We need to go fix it. Now"

Ga Eul got up and even though she was confused followed Jan Di. They started to walk out only to be stopped but Seung Won and Soo Yeon stepping in front of them. "Ms. Jan Di, are you ready to return home?"

"No, I need to find So Yi Jung and explain things to him," Jan Di said somewhat impatiently. She tried to walk around them but stopped when Soo Yeon held up a hand.

"I'm sorry Ms. Jan Di, but we need to wait for additional backup."

Ga Eul pulled on Jan Di's arm and whispered, "I meant to ask, who are these people?"

Jan Di whispered back, "I'll explain to you later, first we need to find your boyfriend."

"Seung Won, it won't be a big deal if we just meet them at Yi Jung's studio."

Soo Yeon took a step forward and leaned down so she was closer to Jan Di as she spoke to her, more harshly then she intended. "We can't protect you if you don't allow us to. If you are hurt, because you were too impatient to wait for backup then-"

Seung Won smoothly pulled Soo Yeon back and continued speaking instead, "Ms. Jan Di please allow up to wait for backup. They shall be here soon."

Chastened by Soo Yeon words, Jan Di nodded and allowed her and Ga Eul to be led back to their table to wait for her additional guards.

Ga Eul told her, "It is okay, we can wait. I'll text Yi Jung and find out where he is. Then we will save time we would have spent looking for him."


Yi Jung cleaned his tools in his studio. Today had been one of his better days lately and he had produced a beautiful vase that he was planning to gift to Ga Eul. She had texted him a little while ago, saying she needed to talk to him and would be by soon. Luckily had he already finished for the day so he took his time cleaning, content to wait for her.

He smiled when he heard the door open before him, "You must have been close, you were quicker than I expected." When he didn't get a response he turned and saw that instead of Ga Eul it was Ji Hoo standing before him.

The smiled dropped from his face and he turned back to his cleaning.

"You are going to pretend that I'm not here?"

Yi Jung bristled at the incredulous tone he heard in Ji Hoo's voice and spoke to himself calmly, I will not engage... I am going to clean my tools and then I will leave. I will not turn around and say something that might cause irreparable damage to our friendship. Regardless of what his inner voice was telling him to do, he slammed down the loop and brush and turned around. "You have a lot of nerve just showing up here and acting like everything is okay."

"I'm not acting like everything is okay, but we can at least talk about what is going on."

"I don't want to talk to you, not right now Ji Hoo."

Ji Hoo studied him carefully, and looked dejected, "I've really disappointed you haven't I? It is unlike you to avoid a confrontation."

"For the sake of our friendship... I'm asking you to leave until I can stand the look of you again."

"I don' think distance will help."

"I really couldn't give a damn about what you think right now Yoon Ji Hoo."

"You should."

Yi Jung looked at him with disbelief, "I should? I should?! You couldn't be further from the truth." He walked closer to his friend, "How are you standing here, lecturing me on what I should know?"

"Stop!"

Ji Hoo and Yi Jung looked to the door where Jan Di and Ga Eul were standing. Looking behind them, Yi Jung was surprised to notice Woo Bin's guards following so closely. The last he heard Jan Di had a couple guys following at a distance, not four personal guards. "Seung Won... what are you doing here."

Seung Won bowed, "Young Master, we came with Ms. Jan Di. I'm sorry to interrupt." Seung Won took a step back and gestured to the other guards. Taking their cue from him, they situated themselves around the room, where they could keep an eye on things and still give the group of people the privacy they would want. Soo Yeon stayed by herself outside, where she could make sure no one sneaked upon them.

Ji Hoo moved to Jan Di, and asked her softly. "You were going home after you finished work, why did you come here?" Looking at Ga Eul, by her presence he had his suspicions. It would be a welcomed surprise if Ga Eul and Jan Di had made up, but he hadn't wanted her to worry about the problems he was having with Yi Jung.

"I think you know," Jan Di whispered to him, "and don't think we won't be talking about that later."

"Ga Eul," Yi Jung spoke to his girlfriend causing her to move from her spot by the door and stand by him, "is this why you said you were coming over? Jan Di?

She nodded and told him, "Jan Di didn't know that you and Ji Hoo were fighting. As soon as she found out she wanted to come over."

Jan Di nodded, "I'm so sorry sunbae, I didn't know that you were having a problem with everything that happened."

Yi Jung looked at her and shook his head, "I don't blame you for anything Jan Di. I know you have been going through a lot."

"But you're wrong about what you think; Ji Hoo only married me to help me."

Yi Jung looked at Ga Eul to see how she was taking the news. She looked doubtful, but open to listening to what Jan Di had to say. Deciding to follow her lead in this, he looked back at Jan Di and nodded for her to continue.

Jan Di lifted a hang and rubbed her forehead, "I need to explain everything than you'll understand."

Ji Hoo spoke up from behind her, "Jan Di, if you aren't ready than you can wait."

She shook her head, "I want them to know everything. It was stupid to try and keep it a secret as long as I did."

"You were only doing what you thought was best."

"This is all very touching," Yi Jung interrupted sarcastically, "but we're still confused." He gestured to him and Ga Eul. He regretted his interruption when he saw the troubled look on Jan Di's face.

"Can we all sit down?" Jan Di said, looking nervous.

They sat on at the table close to the front of the door, with Ga Eul sharing a bench with Yi Jung and Jan Di sitting with Ji Hoo.

Jan Di twisted her hands together, come on... you already told Woo Bin, Ji Hoo, and... Jun Pyo. What are two more people, especially two people as important to me as these two are? Jan Di took a deep breath and steeled herself. "I guess the easiest thing is to just say what I've been hiding and then I'll explain how the marriage came about. "

Looking nervously at the two, she forced her mouth to move, finally saying the words, "I'm pregnant."

She looked down, but quickly looked up when there was no response. Glancing up she saw the two of them staring at her with expressionless faces. She waited for them to say something, nervous when the silence continued.

Ji Hoo watched her as she watched the two sitting across from them. Her agitation was palpable. He reached over and took hold of her hand; making them a united front, a unit.

Jan Di gratefully gripped Ji Hoo's hand as she continued to wait.

Finally Ga Eul spoke, "Geum Jan Di... did you say that you are pregnant?"

Jan Di nodded and Ga Eul shifted her gaze speculatively to Ji Hoo. Jan Di immediately knew where her thoughts went. "It's not Ji Hoo's baby."

Yi Jung spoke in a carefully level voice, shooting his question to Ji Hoo. "You married her, knowing she is carrying Jun Pyo's baby?"

Jan Di spoke before Ji Hoo could. "Jun Pyo knows I'm pregnant with his child."

His face fell from its carefully composed lines and he stared at her with shock, "He does? But... how... then what is going on?"

Jan Di smiled, although she couldn't make it cheerful, the effort was there to lighten the mood despite her dark words. "Just because I'm pregnant with his child... it didn't fix anything. He doesn't remember loving me. He doesn't remember anything about me. How could I use this baby to trap him into a life with me?"

"But..."

"I couldn't and even if I tried I don't know if it would have worked. Everytime Jun Pyo sees me he gets so angry and is... it hurts to be around him when he can't stand the sight of me. I had to put my child first, so I gave up on the dream of making Jun Pyo remember."

"Why does that mean you had to marry Ji Hoo sunbae?" Ga Eul asked, confused about the whole situation.

"Kang Hee Soo," Yi Jung murmured as the pieces of the puzzle that their lives had been for the last couple of weeks were finally clicking together for him.

"What does Jun Pyo sunbae's mother have to do with anything?"

Ji Hoo took over speaking for Jan Di, "She was the one who arranged the failed kidnapping of Jan Di last week."

"But why? That doesn't make sense, Jan Di wasn't pressuring Jun Pyo into being there for her or the baby, if anything it caused her to give up."

"She wants the baby doesn't she?" Yi Jung surmised.

Ji Hoo nodded, "Woo Bin managed to interrogate one of the men involved. She wants to take the baby from Jan Di."

"Supposedly I'm not fit to raise the next Shin Hwa heir, so she is going to find someone more suitable."

"It's not unheard of," Yi Jung said as he thought grimly. "Rich men get a woman... of... lower status pregnant and then take the baby to raise themselves, with their wives. Or they 'adopt' a baby into the family."

"Those are her two most likely scenarios. If we hear news of an arranged marriage between Goo Jun Pyo and a woman, then we will have to be even more worried."

"Ji Hoo married me to give me the protection of his name and hopefully convince Kang Hee Soo that I am carrying Ji Hoo's baby."

Yi Jung had a thought, "How did you end up pregnant anyways?"

Ga Eul swatted him on the arm and blushed.

Jan Di's mouth open and closed as she stared at him, wondering if she really just heard him ask her how she got pregnant.

Ji Hoo rolled his eyes. "I think you know how babies are made Yi Jung."

Yi Jung flushed a little, "I wasn't asking about that. I meant the timing of it all. Goo Jun Pyo and you have been together like that," He paused and tried to think of a different way to phrase the question, "uh been together as a couple since you left to live with your parents.

Seeing Jan Di flushed when she tried to answer, Ji Hoo interrupted. "It was that day."

Jan Di just shook her head, I'm not here. She opened her eyes to see him staring at her critically. Knowing why Yi Jung sunbae was looking at her like that she decided to get it over with. Jan Di stood up and pulled her baggy sweatshirt until taunt enough to show them the outline of her growing belly.

"Ohhhh... still you aren't that big."

"My doctor told me that some women don't show much, even when they are as far along as I am."

Silence fell as the group sat together.

Jan Di got up and walked around the table to pull Ga Eul with her. "Let's talk privately, okay?" as much as she liked Yi Jung there were certain things she just didn't feel comfortable telling him.

Ga Eul nodded and they left.

Yi Jung tapped his fingers on the table as he though and Ji Hoo watched him patiently, willing to wait until he was ready to share his thoughts.

"You shouldn't have married her."

Ji Hoo shot him a frustrated glance, "I thought that you understood now! Are you still mad?"

Yi Jung nodded though his mild tone belied the admission of continued anger, "You shouldn't have married her, knowing that Jun Pyo would remember one day and... I don't know what will happen," he admitted reluctantly as his mind raced through possible scenarios from the fallout of what had recently occurred. "Nothing good will come of that."

"What should I have done? Nothing?"

"Not nothing, but not this." Though Yi Jung claimed to still be angry, his words continued to lack heat. "You complicated something that should have been relatively simple."

"I don't think you understand what is going on."

"You should have just hid her somewhere to wait for Jun Pyo."

"Did you even listen to her?" Ji Hoo demanded, "She is not waiting for Jun Pyo to remember anymore. I'm not going to hide her in the country like some brood mare, waiting for her stallion to come back."

Yi Jung curled his lip at the crude analogy but didn't let it distract him from the matter at hand. "It's not about hiding her away. There were, are, alternatives to you marrying her."

"At that moment, there were no other alternatives."

"Yoon Ji Hoo, why would you put yourself in this position? I know you love her, and now you are married to her but it is not a real marriage. What are you going to do when Jun Pyo remembers and comes back to claim his family."

"I will deal with that when it happens."

"You set yourself up for a major heartbreak. I don't think you realize what you are doing to yourself."

Ji Hoo looked at him levelly, "I know exactly what I did."

Yi Jung shook his head and looked at him with something akin to pity in his eyes.

"I don't care Yi Jung, what happens later," Ji Hoo stared at him and shook his head, annoyed that he is having to explain so much, "Do you think I am unaware of how Jan Di sees me? I'm her close friend, some she can count on and talk too. She doesn't see me as her lover, no matter how much... It doesn't matter, any of it. As long as Jan Di is safe I'd do anything to protect her."


Jan Di sat on the couch in Ji Hoo's room, waiting for him to return from his shower. She had held her tongue through dinner, but she was determined to talk to Ji Hoo about him keeping his fight with Yi Jung a secret. She glanced around and noticed a book on the table. She picked it up and flipped through it idly as she waited.

Realizing what it was she sat up straighter, Ji Hoo was reading a book on pregnancy and babies? Jan Di softened slightly, once again faced with everything Ji Hoo had done for her and her child.

Ji Hoo walked out of his bathroom, only dressed in pajama bottoms. Even as little as of a week ago the sight would have sent Jan Di scurrying to her room, but living with someone caused dozens, hundreds of tiny intimate moments and Jan Di was finding herself growing more comfortable with the household and its residents each day.

He saw her and immediately rushed over. "Jan Di is everything alright? Are you okay?"

She felt the last of her indignation deflate. It was so hard to stay upset when he was always so concerned about her well-being. She nodded and simply told him, "I'm okay, but we need to talk."

Ji Hoo nodded, having an idea of what she wanted to say to him. He sat next to her on the couch and waited for her to begin what she had to say to him.

"You not telling me about what happened with Yi Jung is a big problem for me Ji Hoo. You should have told me right away, you knew I wouldn't be okay with you two fighting over me," Jan Di sighed as she stared at Ji Hoo's unchanged face. "We're married now Ji Hoo, even though... it..."

Jan Di trailed off, not sure what to say. "Regardless of how it came abo- even thought we didn't get married in the most traditional ways, we should face problems together and not on our own."

"I didn't tell you right away because you were in the hospital and you were already scared and upset. It wouldn't have done any good."

"That's not the point. I don't' want you to handle my problems for me, we can do it together."

"But my fight with Yi Jung was my problem. He was mad about something I did."

"The fight was about me," Jan Di pointed out. She studied him, knowing how to get him to agree. "Is that how you want to play it?"

"What do you mean," Ji Hoo replied warily, knowing by the look in her eyes that she was trying to catch him in a trap.

"If you want to keep secrets and handle problems on your own, then should I? If something happens to me and it doesn't involve you then you would be perfectly okay, if I didn't mention it to you."

"No," Ji Hoo reluctantly admitted.

"Then don't expect me to be okay with it."

Ji Hoo nodded, somewhat hesitantly. "I will try."

"You will have to do better than try." Jan Di smiled, a little scarily in Ji Hoo's opinion.

Ji Hoo nodded, agreeing."

Jan Di cheered up, "At least Yi Jung sunbae isn't mad at you anymore."

"Oh he's still mad."

"But… why?"

"Even if he knows my reasons… I still lied to him and he doesn't think the marriage was the right thing to do."

Jan Di frowned, "What can we do to fix it?"

"Nothing, time will lessen it." He knocked his shoulder into hers lightly. "Don't worry so much Jan Di. We've been friends for a long time. We've gotten in fights before and we've always gotten past it."

Ji Hoo frowned when a thought came to him, realizing he would have to tell her something else. "Jan Di... about the promise I just made to not keep things from you. I have something else I should probably tell you."

"What is it?"

"Goo Jun Pyo, we talk on the phone about you."

"Oh?" Jan Di said as she struggled to look unaffected.

"He wants to make sure you are being taken care of and are safe. He is also passing over his mother's schedule and relevant plans to the guards so they can make sure she isn't coming after you again."

"Ah..." Jan Di trailed off and fiddled with the hem of her pajama top.

Ji Hoo could see the pain that she tried to hide that was a result of her missing Jun Pyo. He thought of something else but was hesitant to inform Jan Di of it given her current melancholy over him.

He came to a decision, and Ji Hoo assured himself that it was the best course of action. Jan Di doesn't need to know Goo Jun Pyo was at the wedding and allowed it to happen. It really does not have any relevance anymore.

He nodded to himself once, sure that he made the right decision.

He looked over and saw Jan Di had curled up on the couch; reaching over Ji Hoo picked up his guitar and started playing. It had become a nightly ritual over the past couple of days. He had read that music was good for fetal development and Jan Di seemed to relax when she listened to him play, sometimes singing along.

Before long, she had fallen asleep next to him and she had shifted so she was leaning against him. Ji Hoo carefully put down his guitar, not wanting to jostle her awake. He knew he would have to move her to the bed soon, but for now he was content to let her sleep against him.

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Thank you for taking the time to read and review!

AN ) Review responses

veeegeee - I know! I'll try not to leave the questions hanging too long. :)

Jenny Lie - Who is pushing Jan Di? Or do you mean punishing? If it's the latter, sorry but Jan Di is heartbroken so even if she puts on a brave face she is still going to be sad at times.

Parmasone - I tried not to drag it out too long, though I do think I pushed the limit.

ntcmiller - I'm glad you are enjoying the story. I did change a lot of the plot already so it's going to be different.
I'm totally different, I can imagine Jan Di with both of them. I'm so fickle when I think about it :)
But I'm not going to be in this story. I know who is Jan Di will ultimately be with and that won't change.

Tendai - It won't be done soon, this is going to be a fairly long story. I try to make up for that by updating frequently.

guests - thanks for reading and reviewing!

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Disclaimer: I do not own Boys Before Flowers or Hana Yori Dango

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