Hello everyone!

Welcome back to Seoul's Dawning, the continuation of Macau at Night.

We're lemony in this chapter but also a bit sad too. =*(

Usual rules apply: English, French, Korean

Let's get started!

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Hello Seoul!

The F4 were crossing the campus when Ji Hoo spied Guem Jan Di talking on the phone. By the look on her face he could tell it was bad news. Waving the others off he headed to her side and, hearing the worry in her voice, placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. Her eyes darted up to him, but she didn't give him more than a seconds look.

"I don't understand." she muttered ending the call. "I'm sorry Ji Hoo-yah but I'm going to have to cancel dinner."

Worry filled him, "What happened?".

Shaking her head Jan Di asked him to give her a ride home and naturally he agreed. He dropped her off in front of her parents after making her promise to call him later and, although still not comfortable with just leaving her like this, he respected her wishes.

Whatever was going on was personal, a family matter she'd said. He knew she didn't mean to do so but, when she said those words, it felt like a dagger of ice had been shoved into his heart.

'Family.'

He revved his engine and sped away deep in thought. A package had been sent the foundation last week addressed to him, but he'd furiously shoved it aside when he realized it had been sent to him by his grandfather.

Now, waiting at the traffic lights for them to change, he wished he'd of at least looked at it; but it wasn't too late. Doing a 180 he turned around and headed off.

It was going to be another long night. Her mother had been right and now nearly every item in their home was being repossessed. She felt ashamed of her father's gullibility and ashamed of herself for thinking poorly of him.

Coming back from the women's clinic she was surprised to see her parents there. They should have left for their evening job hours ago but they'd gone into such a fit of hysterics that they'd completely forgot to turn up.

Once again it fell on the Wonder Girl to save the day.

She worked as hard as she could, but there was only her here and before long she was worn out. On top of that her shoulder had started acting up, making it all that much harder for her. Still, she didn't have a choice, if she didn't complete the job her parents would be fired.

Working away at the cheerless task, she didn't realize that someone was standing behind her until she saw their reflection. Startled, she whipped her head around to find her boyfriend behind her.

"Ji Hoo-yah, what are you doing here?"

'Ah right.' she thought to herself when he silently pointed to the plaque on the door.

"...and you, what are you doing here so late?" he said, looking down at her, his hands in his pockets.

"I... have a bit of a situation." Jan Di replied waving the cloth in her hand.

"You're going to do all this by yourself?"

"I'm working on it." she replied turning back to her work.

He knew she wouldn't ask for help, no matter how much she needed it, and despite the number of times he'd asked her to do just that. Making up his mind he rolled his sleeves up to help. He began wordlessly, and was cleaning the window above her, when an adorably shocked Jan Di asked him what he was doing.

Not stopping in his task he casually replied, "I'm sure I've mentioned it before, I'm good at cleaning."

A wave of embarrassment went through her, it was one thing for him to see her like this, he didn't have to help too. She wasn't looking for charity or pity but still she was grateful and the more she thought about it, the more his unfailing kindness made her smile. It wasn't a date in the strictest definition of the word, but it didn't matter. She enjoyed being able to spend time with him and, with him at her side, the work seemed to fly by.

"I'm afraid I can't split the money with you, but I can pay you back with coffee and a ride."

He had never realized how much work went in to maintaining the high standards of the art center, it was something he'd taken for granted in the past. Driving about in the modified scooter made him feel like a child again and racing around he finished up the last of their work in no time.

After helping Jan Di put away the supplies they both went to wash up agreeing to meet back in ten minutes. Yet ten minutes went past with no sigh of the hard working girl and he started to get concerned. Deciding to go check on her he went over to stand outside the ladies room. After a few more minutes went past he had a bad feeling and decided to just call her mobile.

'Could she have fallen asleep?' he thought to himself when she didn't pick up. Following the trail of her ringtone he felt his heart plummet when he saw her crumpled on the floor.

The ginger haired man mentally berated himself when he heard the doctors report. Exhaustion and malnutrition.

'How could I have not noticed?'

He'd put her down to rest in his bed, as was only natural at this point. Sitting down next to her he wiped her brow and took a moment to study her. It pained him to see her this way.

She was a bit pale, a bit thinner as well he thought brushing the hair away from her face. He reached for her hand only then noticing how red and sore they were from cleaning. Seeing the deep cut on her finger reminded him of the way she looked after him not so very long ago. At the time he'd thought her a nuisance and an interruption. He was so busy feeling alone he didn't notice he wasn't. She'd been patient and kind, but he'd just dismissed her coldly.

Filled with self loathing he pressed a soft kiss to her hand, promising himself he would do a better job of looking after her in the future.

"I'm sorry Jan Di-yah." he whispered to her sleeping form. Taking care to tuck her in he left her to sleep. Something had to change but what could he do to make things better for her?

He texted Ga Eul to ask her to call Jan Di's parents to make an excuse as to why she wasn't coming home tonight and set himself down to think of a solution. At the very least there was no way he'd let her go to school in the morning. Even if he had to strap her down she was going to take the day easy.

A clanging sound from outside caught his attention and Ji Hoo went to search for the source of the noise. In the darkness there was nothing to be seen but his back door was unlocked which was unusual. Locking up he didn't see the black car parked outside or the distraught curly haired man inside.

Sitting in his study Ji Hoo remembered what had brought him to the art center in the first place. The package from his grandfather was filled with old home movies. He'd been watching them all evening after dropping Jan Di off at her parents. It'd been so very long since he remembered the moments before him or heard the voices of his family. He struggled there, alone, trying not to break down in tears all the while wishing he didn't feel this way.

'So why do I keep putting myself through it?'

His depression was at it's peak when he left the theater. He almost missed her, so caught up in himself he was, but doing a double take he realized it WAS her. He couldn't believe his luck, the one person he most wanted to see most in the world was right there before him.

And what had he done?

He let her overwork herself to the point of exhaustion. Half of him wanted to cry at what a failure of a boyfriend he was and half of him wanted to laugh at himself for ever thinking he could be good enough for her.

Damnit he could feel it coming again, the overwhelming depression that threatened to drown him. What he wouldn't give to be stronger and to be able to fight it off on his own. He'd spent too many years of his childhood drugged up and now flatly refused to take anything. In the past he'd just let himself wallow in his misery until someone or something shook him out of it. Jun Pyo, for all of his negative qualities, had always been particularly good at helping him out of his moods.

Would it be crossing a line to call on him now?

Calling his girlfriend's ex, who also happens to be his oldest friend, to talk about what a lousy boyfriend he is... definitely NOT a good idea.

Picking up his phone he dialed the only person he could think of to call who wouldn't complain about how late it was. The phone rang a few times before a groggy voice answered with a semi-conscious 'hello'.

"...Yuli-ssi..."

A more alert voice responded quickly, "what's wrong."

She told everyone she was a night owl but the truth of the matter was that ever since Ryo's accident she'd become a terrible insomniac. Unless she was exhausted she just couldn't get asleep. More often than not she needed to drug herself up just to get a few hours of sleep. Alcohol helped to some degree but at this point she'd gotten used to the irregular hours; if she was lucky she'd could crash out sometime between 2 and 5. So when her phone rang at 2, just as she was drifting off, she was a little peeved.

Not wanting to wake the heavily slumbering man next to her she went to the kitchen and made herself a cup of tea as she listened to Ji Hoo's story. If self-punishment were an Olympic sport, the ginger haired man she called a friend would be bringing home the gold.

"and what do you think would have happened if you weren't there?"

"No, she hasn't mentioned anything to me." she said inbetween sips. "No I know she's stubborn."

"Ji Hoo you're not the only one who cares about her but..."

"Well, yes but some of the blame falls on her as well."

Holding the phone away from her ear the Russian girl flinched at his harsh tone, "I disagree, she needs to learn to ask for help."

"I know, but I think you need to have a hard talk with her."

"No of course you can't force her but look at what it's doing to you too. She'd be horrified if she knew what you were going through."

"Look, I can talk to her but it's going to mean more coming from you."

"Do you really have to ask me why?"

The dead silence on the other end made Yulina worry, maybe she should have just gone over there after all it's easier to have these kind of talks in person. Looking at the time she groaned...

"Ji Hoo, are you still there?"

The sound was muffled but she thought she could hear him say 'yes' in the background. With a deep sigh, she tossed out the rest of her now cold tea and went to the couch. Putting her feet up she threw a pillow behind her head and settled down to rest.

"Alright, well if you want to talk I'm still here and if I fall asleep just shout."

They had a tremendous argument but by the end of it they were both better for it. Ji Hoo had stayed home from school too to keep an eye on Jan Di and make sure she didn't try to sneak off.

"Don't you trust me?" she had pouted adorably.

He had to look away from her before he could continue, it was hard staying cross with her when she gave him doe eyes. "My trust is earned. Show me you know how to look after yourself, this never should have happened."

"I know you are right but..."

"But nothing!" he had shouted, startling her. "What could have happened to you if I wasn't there? I can't even bear to think about it." he said in a shaky voice.

The last of his strength left him when he drew her into his arms. Nearly in tears he'd asked the question that weighed the most on him, the one he had no answer to.

"Do you know... because I don't... what would I do without you?"

There was another tedious Shin-Hwa media event the next night and his mother had been very clear that he was escorting Jae-Kyung, the most infuriating woman on the planet. After the kiss, which barely counted as one, she'd only gotten worse. She kept throwing herself at him, trailing around after him like a little dog. He hated dogs.

What was with her anyway? No matter how much he pushed her away she kept coming back, did she have NO dignity? Maybe he should just be clear with her and explain that he could never love her. That she wasn't the kind of woman he was interested in and that the only woman for him was...

Was... his best friend's girlfriend.

Kicking violently at the wall he screamed in fury. Just the other night he'd seen them together, Jan Di was IN HIS BED... and before that on the night of his birthday... and before that in the stairwell... and before that at the airport...

How many times did he have to see them together before he got it through his head? He'd lost her. He'd treated her badly and lost her.

At the urging of the F2 he'd been trying to accept it and retain his friendship with Ji Hoo but he was barely holding it together.

The Shin-Hwa heir hurried to the F4 lounge, he had to get away from the busybodies of the school and especially his 'fiance'. Finding himself alone he locked the door and went straight to his video game console. Opening up the last saved game he tried to lose himself in the race but his mind drifted.

On the urging of his mother he'd told Jae-Kyung that he was willing to give them a try. They were even supposed to go out together after the event. He knew the F3 had already been invited.

'Would Jan Di come too?'

Yoon Ji Hoo had thought it best to decline the invitation from Jun Pyo. He was still worried about Jan Di and although she insisted she was fine he was still hesitant.

So why was he here now?

It was those frustratingly sexy pouty lips of hers.

"I promise to tell you if I get tired or feel sick. Please? We can even leave early..."

Seeing how her face lit up when he finally agreed he had no regrets.

The whole thing was a tacky cell phone launch and each of them was given one for free. This was great for Jan Di who needed a new one, but it was a bit more extravagant than she'd normally get. The Wonder Girl's first instinct was whether or not she could sell it to buy something she preferred. Would it be very rude of her if she did? She wasn't sure.

The atmosphere was tense, models strutted around on a slim runway showing off more than just the new phones while fast music blared through the hall. There were photographers everywhere and Madam Kang sat like a queen surveying her kingdom at the front table.

Jan Di and Ga Eul were finding it all a bit overwhelming. These kind of events always reminded Jan Di how much she didn't fit in, leaving her feeling plain and unsophisticated. Still it was nice to go out, she was getting a bit cooped up with Ji Hoo's mother hen act.

The golden boy had slunk off with Yulina a few minutes ago and Jan Di could see them whispering back and forth to each other near the bar. Her fight with her boyfriend had left her humbled. She knew she deserved to be chastised. There were no excuses and he deserved better from her. She'd reminded him before that he wasn't alone anymore she just needed to remember she wasn't either.

'Relationships are so complicated.'

Seeing the Russian girl coming over to her Jan Di prepared herself for another scolding. She noticed her boyfriend had gone off to talk to the F2 and was glad that Ga Eul hadn't left her side too.

"Okay so what happened?"

"Um." She really didn't want to rehash her argument again, "Ah... nothing happened Yuli-ssi. Well that is, something happened but it's better now."

The lithe girl studied her mixed-up friend. That wasn't what she was talking about. She'd heard quite enough about THAT from the other one already. Getting quite close she whispered, "your trip to the clinic..."

"OH!" Jan Di had nearly forgotten! In all the fuss it had slipped her mind. "I've got an appointment later in the week to go back to get... you know..."

Yulina could see that Ga Eul was feeling left out of their conversation and she didn't mean to exclude her so she explained.

"OH! I didn't realize you were so serious. Wow... and they just give them to you?" the porridge shop girl asked curiously.

The Casanova and the Don Juan had gone off playing with their new phones. They treated them like toys and enjoyed showing off the various racy pictures of the models they'd managed to take from their vantage point. Woo Bin found their game fun for a while but eventually grew bored of Yi Jeong's attempts to get up-skirt shots. Pulling the famed potter away from the runway he headed them to the open bar where they joined Ji Hoo.

The sea of people parted before them as Jun Pyo entered with Jae-Kyng on his arm. They stopped to greet the F3 but the mood was decidedly uncomfortable, Woo Bin and Yi Jeong smiled awkwardly at her while Ji Hoo didn't even react. They knew she was trying to be friendly but the way she clung to the Shin-Hwa heir, and tried to ingratiate herself with them to get his approval, struck them as wrong. The golden boy in particular scowled at them as they left.

"Maybe it's time we headed back to the girls." the Don Juan said putting his hands on the still scowling man's shoulders and guiding him away. With a meaningful look to his best friend he followed behind too.

The girls has started enjoying themselves more but jumped at the suggestion to leave. Walking in pairs they waited for the elevator to come. They'd been talking about going out to eat, since the food at the event was less than memorable, when they heard the now familiar squeal of Jae-Kyung. Walking over to them on Jun Pyo's arm she went to give the three girls a hug and pulled them away from the group to talk.

"Jun, go ahead I'll meet you down there." she said when the elevator arrived. None of the boys were thrilled with leaving the girls alone upstairs but silently complied.

Almost in tears the heiress hugged Jan Di. She couldn't wait to share her news with them all, but she considered Jan Di her best friend so she came first.

"Jun Pyo..." she began barely able to get the words out.

"Is something wrong with Jun Pyo?" the Wonder Girl replied.

"No, nothings wrong, it's the exact opposite. He said he wants to date for real. We're going on our first real date tonight! Oh, I just had to tell you guys. Tell me you're happy for me."

"Oh right, yes well. We're all happy for you. Right?"

A chorus of agreement followed from the other two girls and if there was a lack of enthusiasm the overly excited Jae-Kyung didn't notice.

The Shin-Hwa heir dragged his feet throughout the date, going through the motions but not caring whether or not Jae-Kyung was having a good time. She'd made him take her to the movies and was spending the entire time shoveling so much popcorn in her mouth he thought she'd choke.

'At least when Jan Di did it she had the good sense to be embarrassed.' he thought looking to his left at his date. Even though he'd barely spoken to her the entire time the crazy monkey still acted like she was having a great time.

Seeing him look at her Ha Jae-Kyung smiled to herself. She'd been showing off a bit tonight to get his attention and was glad it was paying off. Determined to make him have a good time she offered him some of her popcorn, but of course he refused. Not willing to concede defeat she grabbed a handful and shoved it in his face. Unable to stop herself she just had to laugh at his indignant expression.

She'd force him to have a good time or die trying.

"I'm starving babe." Song Woo Bin said dramatically as he sank down in the uncomfortable plastic chairs. He only half looked at the menu before pushing it away. "Order me anything. It's all the same to me."

Amused by his best friend, the famed potter let loose his famous dimpled smile at the passing waitress. Only too eager to serve them they didn't have to wait long for their food to arrive.

Yi Jeong felt more confident now that he'd given up trying to change and find love; he even deleted that awful the picture from Macau. It'd been much more difficult than he expected to reign in his worst impulses, but he was glad he'd tried because, now he knew who he was for certain. Maybe he'd just been bad for too long and now there was no going back. Sure, he'd been upset at the time, but he should thank Ga Eul for rejecting his advances; it made him a bit uncomfortable around the naive girl but she was better off without him.

Meanwhile Jan Di and Ji Hoo were enjoying themselves, whispering back and forth with intermittent laughter they were in their own world.

The Russian girl felt quite content at the moment: she was happy being back with Woo Bin, school was going well, her parents had agreed to let her stay and her friends weren't fighting anymore. She was quite glad the love-struck pair had worked their problems out and thought they were adorable together.

Keeping one hand on the knee of the attractive man beside her, she was busy talking in a hushed tone to Ga Eul on the other side. Apparently the porridge shop girl had quite a lot of questions about birth control, and as she knew next to nothing, Yulina had a lot of explaining to do.

Prince Song was half listening to his best friend go on about the various women he'd met at the event. Playing around with the new phone he was trying to figure out what was going on with the famed potter now. His moods had been swinging wildly in the last week and just when he thought the So heir was healing he seemed to have gotten worse again. He owed Yi Jeong an enormous debt, he'd been the one who looked after him when he was an embarrassing wreck and if it wasn't for him he never would have reconciled with Yuli.

If he could ever find a way to pay him back he would in spades.

Every once in a while during their date Jun Pyo found he wasn't quite as miserable as he thought he'd be. Jae Kyung was eternally optimistic and her enthusiasm was irritating but... almost cute, almost. Sure she was dragging him all over the place but he was letting her which, for him, was progress.

After going to the shopping plaza she complained she was hungry and insisted on having ramen. It wouldn't have been his first choice but he was getting tired of fighting her whims so he went along with it. Entering the small ramen shop he came to a full stop when six unexpected faces looked up at him. Jae-Kyung, of course, was only too happy to join in with the others. He didn't know if she actually didn't realize the F3 didn't like her, or if she just didn't care.

The change in mood was immediate. A silence spread across the group, and the heiress was the only one unaffected. She wanted to chat with Jan Di and asked everyone to move seats so her and Jun Pyo could sit opposite them. Awkwardly the group complied, with more than a few worried glances being passed between all of them.

Sipping her tea the Wonder Girl looked over at her ex. He appeared to be completely miserable and she felt bad for him. Trying to avoid having to say anything to the couple opposite them she spent most of her time eating the kimbap. Jae-Kyung didn't seem need anyone to respond to what she was saying and anytime Jan Di suspected she was about to ask her opinion, she made sure to stuff her cheeks so she couldn't reply.

Ji Hoo was doing his best impression of a statue, only turning every once in a while to look at his girlfriend while the F2 completely ignored the situation, and Yulina was getting more frustrated by the second as she wracked her brains for anything she could talk about to ease the tension at the table.

'Ah!'

"Jae-Kyung-ssi my brother left a few days ago."

Mid sentence, talking to Jan Di about her date tonight, she stopped and turned to look at the Russian girl. "Oh yes I remember you were saying he was leaving soon. For America right?"

"Mhm yes but did you know... Sana went with him."

"WHAT! No... tell me everything."

Swapping seats with Ga Eul to sit next to the heiress, she gave the Wonder Girl a rather pointed look. 'You owe me.'

They were finishing up their meal when Jae-Kyung noticed Jan Di was distracted by a poster on the wall.

"You want that?" she said to her, pointing at the poster. It was advertising a contest, only open to women, if you could eat a giant bowl of ramen you would win 50 coupons for free ramen.

"If I win you all have to grant me one wish." she said laughing and pointing around to everyone at the table.

"What are you talking about?" Jun Pyo sniped back, uncomfortable by his fiance's growing familiarity with his friends.

Half just to annoy the Shin-Hwa heir, Ji Hoo agreed to the deal and the rest of them followed along. The golden boy had barely spoken since Jun Pyo and his fiance arrived and joined them, but the others figured if HE of all people was okay with it then they could be too.

A few minutes later they were in possession of a pile of tickets and a chirpy Jae-Kyung was only too happy to tell them her wish.

"Let's go away together! All of us, we can go to one of my parents resort hotels overnight."

There were a lot of awkward stares but they all waited to see what Jan Di would decide.

Gathering in the lounge Jan Di and Ji Hoo waited with Jun Pyo and Jae-Kyung for the others to arrive. The idea that they would be stuck there overnight alone with each other, with no one to act as an intermediary, was terrifying.

The golden boy loosely held his girlfriends hand to calm her nerves, and his. This did not go unnoticed by the Shin-Hwa heir who cringed when his fiance tried to do the same with him. Relieved when the others arrived Ha Jae-Kyung grabbed the girls and dragged them off to a private room.

Yulina was growing tired of humoring the overly-excitable girl. Both Jan Di and Ga Eul were overwhelmed by her energy, but the Russian girl just found her tiresome. Her enthusiasm for her engagement to Jun Pyo was cute, but it was ALL she ever wanted to talk about. If this was how their entire stay was going to be she might end up throttling her.

Bouncing with excitement the Chinese girl brought out a black box and explained, "I normally find these kind of things corny but I couldn't resist." Slowly opening it she revealed two engraved silver rings.

"You're really taking this seriously aren't you." the curly haired girl said skeptically.

"Of course! Jun's going to be my husband soon." Ha Jae-Kyung said dismissively. "This will be the first gift I give him, it has to be perfect."

"They're lovely Unnie." Ga Eul said politely passing them on to Jan Di.

The laundry girl paled when she noticed the engraving, it brought back a slew of memories that she would rather forget. Meekly handing it back, she suggested going to check on the boys to see what they were doing.

When they finally found them they were sitting at a fully laid table, with copious amounts of alcohol. Looking a bit smug they waited and watched while the girls tried the food. Ga Eul and Yulina exchanged a look, it was absolutely vile, but seeing the other two eating without a fuss they just smiled and tried to too. Later they would describe it as flavorless, cold, chewy meat of some sort covered in too much mustard.

Fortunately there was lots and lots of wine.

After dinner Jae-Kyung wanted to show them the pool and, with a look to each other, Yulina and Woo Bin were only too eager to go. Going off to change the golden boy grew concerned when his girlfriend lagged behind.

"What's the point Ji Hoo-yah? I don't need to change just to put my feet in the water... just go ahead and I'll meet you down there in a few minutes."

Yoon Ji Hoo was so reluctant to leave her side, she had to shove him down the hall to make him go get changed. He hadn't wanted to say anything to her but, he had a very bad feeling about staying at this hotel. Hearing the laughter of his friends coming out already changed, he asked them to wait for him.

The mischievous duo were already in full on flirt mode. Arms wrapped around each other, they spoke in hushed tones but they were hardly being subtle.

Nibbling on his girlfriends ear the Don Juan pressed her against the wall. "Do you think there will be many people there?" he whispered.

"Does it really matter?" she replied, humming in pleasure as he continued his ministrations.

Sliding his hands up from her hips, tracing the lines of her body, he considered her words. "Not really, I'm sure we can work something out."

"What could you possibly have in mind?"

Yi Jeong was leaning against the wall, arms crossed and working to ignore the handsy couple barely a meter away. While waiting for the last of their party to join them his phone rang. Pulling it out of his pocket his heart sank when he saw who it was from.

"Excuse me." he muttered, quickly walking back to his room.

He immediately began getting changed while he got the details from the doctor. Writing down the name of the hospital on a scrap of paper he hung up and figured out directions. They'd been to nearly every hospital in the city at this point for her, but this one fortunately was close by.

His mother had tried to overdose again. Where she managed to keep finding the pills was anyone's guess at this point. The doctor had said she was still unconscious and was looking for permission to have her committed. Yi Jeong had long ago been appointed the proxy, as his father was never there.

He told himself he was only going in to sign the paperwork, and that he wouldn't go see her this time.

He wouldn't, he told himself as he put on his jacket.

He wouldn't, he told himself as he got into his unmistakable Lotus.

He wouldn't, he told himself when he walked into the hospital.

He wouldn't, he told himself when he spoke to the doctor.

He wouldn't, he told himself... until he walked by the room and saw two familiar someone's sitting by her bed.

"Hyung?" he muttered, stunned to see his brother, but he should have saved some of his astonishment for the other person in the room, "Eun Jae..."

Jae-Kyung had booked her and Jun Pyo adjoining suits, and being who she was, made sure the doors stayed unlocked. She'd brought more than a few bathing suits with her when they hastily packed and was in the process of trying them on one at a time. Staring at herself in the mirror from every angle she discarded several before choosing a modern looking bikini.

Which is why she was only half way dressed when her fiance stormed in the room.

"How can you take so long?" he complained. The blood suddenly ran out of his face and headed further south when he noticed her standing with her back to him, but without a top on.

"Are you that eager to see me you can't wait until the wedding night?" she teased, looking over her shoulder at him.

Looking anywhere but at her he blustered a response, "What! No! Just get yourself dressed."

"Jun." the heiress called to him, "I don't mind." Turning around to face him, she enjoyed seeing him blush when he snuck a peek at her.

"You. You. Cover yourself up." he called out to her backing a few steps away as she drew nearer to him.

Having to stop when he hit the wall, the Shin-Hwa heir looked at the ceiling trying to avoid noticing how close his fiance was to him.

"We don't live in the dark ages you know, it's perfectly normal for an engaged couple to be intimate."

A string of incoherent mono-syllabic words were all that came out of Jun Pyo's mouth in response. He was perfectly aware of what being intimate involved, too aware he'd thought thanks to the F2, but he hadn't expected to find himself in a situation where that knowledge would be put to the test until his wedding night. In actuality he'd never had more than a few kisses, and most of them were rather chaste.

Feeling very exposed by his own lack of clothing, as he was still standing there in his bathing suit, and the uncomfortable feeling building below his waist, he went to push her away. He didn't intend to end up in bed with her but the moment his fingers touched her skin he found himself pulled in.

Maybe it was too much wine that made his fingers tingle as he ran them along the Chinese girl's shoulders and down her arms.

Maybe it was heartache, for losing the first and only girl he's ever loved, that made him want to forget himself so much that he accepted Jae-Kyung's advances.

Maybe he was starting to accept his situation for what it was and make the best of it.

Ha Jae-Kyung was most definitely more experienced than he was and any other time he'd chastise her for it. Any other time but not now. Now he was releasing a hard pink nipple from his mouth and watching as she slid down his body.

When he felt her tongue trace a line from his chest down to his swimsuit he let out a little moan. It was all he could to just lay there as she continued down, and his breathing quickened when she started to pull down his swimsuit. He nearly stopped her, so flushed he was with embarrassment, but she moved too quick. Before he could utter a word, he felt her tongue lick up his length and his body shuddered in pleasure.

Squeezing his eyes shut tight, the sensations overwhelmed him. She was licking his cock all over and even slid her tongue down to lick his balls underneath before moving back up and taking him in her mouth. His body responded immediately with needy thrusts and he longed for her to pick up her pace. Grunting hard he grabbed the back of her head and starting pushed her down.

"More." he called out urging her on.

Happy to please, she sped up to meet his demand. Holding him tight, she pumped his thick cock up and down while she slid it in and out of her mouth.

She was enjoying the grunting noises he was making as he neared his orgasm when he called out again.

"Harder." he moaned and again she readily obliged.

'I should of known he'd like it rough' she thought as she saw him claw at the sheets beneath him.

A deep growl was building within him and he roared with pleasure when his cum exploded out as his orgasm took over his body. Thrusting into her mouth he could feel her tongue moving as she eagerly swallowing it all down. His high was so intense he refused to let it end and insisted Jae Kyung kept pleasuring him.

Fortunately she knew a few other tricks.

AN:

Well well... went in a slightly different direction with this chapter but wanted to give the SoEul more attention so thought it best to save it for the next one as there was a lot going on in this one already.

JD & JH are working a few things out, they're both going through their own personal dramas which will bring them closer.

WooLina are trying to be supportive of their friends while still being rather frisky.

YJ is on the downhill slope while GE is mixed up about him.

I'm keeping some of the canon but changing things up to move along quicker, which is why EJ is coming in so soon. Speaking of coming... Jun Pyo's getting some but will this change how he feels about him impending marriage?

At any rate what did you think?

As always I am a terrible proofreader and will be editing and re-editing this chapter in the days to come, so if you see an error don't be shy and let me know.

In our next chapter:

Adventures in the pool

YJ downward spiral picks up speed

More bad news for JD

We will be lemony fresh in our next chapter at least once, possibly twice depending on how it goes.

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