As always, I would like to thank for your reviews to:
Charmee03: About the part of Woo Bin, it means he told the truth but not all of it as his pride was getting in his way. Yi Jeong really messed up this time, now he's going to suffer the consequences.
Midnight autumn: don't worry, they will have their moments but in the right time ;)
Cookiebee: Thanks for your support! Your words made me realize you were right. I will try to have fun and not think about it that much.
Dannybavi31: I know lol Woo Bin is amazing, and for now Yi Jeong will be like that.
Just so lots of you know, I put Chapter 6 but I think the ones who are following this story didn't get an alert since I erased what previously said and put the chapter. If that was the case, you can enjoy two chapters today lol
Getting up from bed was a decision she was questioning. The day looked so dark as the clouds gathered together to cry along with her. Hiding under the blankets made her feel secure, like nothing could traspass the soft silk that covered all her body.
It was hard to keep her bruises hidden from her parents last night, but now that everything could be seen much clearer in the day, she was afraid they will see the dark spots on her skin. Ga Eul knew she needed to go to work but her only obstacle was her parents. Waiting could be an option, but it would be odd if their daughter would not come to eat breakfast with them as every day.
Then, an idea came into her mind; she would cover herself with a long sleeve shirt so nobody could see her arms. She grabbed a yellow one from her drawer and put it on with some blue jeans. Ga Eul looked to herself in the mirror and nodded, thinking this was going to work. Even when it was a sweltering day and her parents would ask her why she wore such clothes in a hot day, she was resolved to lie and tell she felt comfortable with it.
Heading to the door as fast as she could, took an umbrella and left before more questions were to be asked. The clouds seemed to promise to rain all day. Ga Eul was lucky the porridge shop wasn't that far away from home, and decided to walk.
Entering to see an isolated place was usual. No customers showed up lately and even more in a rainy day. This was going to be another boring day for her as there was nothing to do. Bom Chun Sik was far as sleeping in a chair, head on the cash register. Ga Eul sat on a seat near to the window as she watched the drops of water race to the bottom of the glass. She was trying to keep herself busy to not think of yesterday, but it almost seemed impossible as the bruises on her arm reminded her everything.
Geum Jan Di abruptly opened the door, and stood at the entrance trying to breath for air as she run all the way here. She never like to be late for job, but when she saw Chun Sik resting, she felt relief he did not notice her delayed.
Ga Eul looked at her with a sad and bored expression, not getting up to greet her. Her friend took notice of this and went to her. She took a seat and glanced at her with a curious look.
"What is wrong?" she asked while putting her arms on the table, hands supporting her cheeks. Ga Eul sighed and looked at her. She gave a small smirk and lied that she was fine.
Geum Jan Di knew this was a lie but try to pretend she believe her for now. Knowing Ga Eul all this years made her understand her more. Everytime something bothered her, she would never speak up directly. Giving her time to prepare for a talk was the best Jan Di could do.
Geum Jan Di took this time to explain her why she left so hurriedly last night. Gu Jun Pyo had told her he was going to wait for her in some place, but she forgot about it and at the last minute she remembered and went to see if he was still there. Apparently, he waited for almost two hours when she came and saw him sitting on the cold cement, shaking and freezing. Jan Di's face turned serious when she was saying he blamed her for him being in that kind of situation, and that no one was there to help him as he ordered his chauffeur to go. She felt sorry for him, and deep inside her tenderness, for waiting for her. Geum Jan Di's countenance slowly changed into a happy and loveable one when she told Ga Eul how she invited him for a walk and they accidentally ended up locked in some place. Her cheeks turned red as she told her best friend how she shared the blankets she had in her backpack with him, and how they spend the night there.
Ga Eul didn't how to feel since Jan Di would always say how much she hates him, but at the same time she would demonstrate with her face and expressions how much she cared for him. It was so confused because he was the one who made everyone bully them, and now he seem to be falling for her friend. She decided it was best if Geum Jan Di kept talking, saying something about the two lovebirds could be wrong and she didn't want an angry Jan Di acting as if she wasn't interested on him. Ga Eul sighed and looked to the window again, forgetting she had to act fine.
"Please, tell me what's wrong" Jan Di's hands touched her's with a preoccupied look on her face. She couldnt stand it anymore, and had to be the first this time to ask again. Her friend shook her head and forcely try to gave smile.
"I know you, and I know something happened" Jan Di waited for an answer but nothing came from Ga Eul's mouth, only soft sobs came out of her mouth as she tried not to cry.
After a few minutes, Ga Eul, with a lot of difficulty, spoke giving long pauses between words. She told her everything, from confronting Yi Jeong to getting almost raped if it wasn't for Woo Bin. Feeling shameful about it, she rested her head on the table, hands covering her face. Geum Jan Di put her hand on her back trying to comfort her, but still shocked about it. She could not believe all this happened just when she left. Her mind told her the same as Woo Bin, it was Yi Jeong's fault. Infuriated was written all on her face as she growled like a dog.
Bom Chun Sik was still sleeping and it seem that nothing could awake him. The door from the porridge shop opened again and the girls turned to look who it was: Yong Sook. His eyes were searching through all the place looking for Ga Eul until he find her, crying. Noticing this, he went fast to them and asked her what happened. She just hide her head once again, refusing to talk.
Geum Jan Di stood up, looking into space and raised a fist for a second. Then, she grabbed Yong Sook's arm "Come on, we have to bury someone's body" she pulled his arm but he stood there, not wanting to move. "Are you coming or not?" she yelled at him and let go of his arm.
He was obviously confused about her reaction. Stupid he wasn't, he knew someone made Ga Eul cry. He only made a question "Who?" referring to who did this.
"So Yi Jeong" she said in a hateful tone.
Without waiting anymore, he nodded and walked straight to the door. Geum Jan Di at this point did not care if Bom Chun Sik woke up and saw she wasnt there, she needed to find the culprit and make him pay. Ga Eul tried to stop them but it was too late. Geum Jan Di knew they were at Gu Jun Pyo's mansion since he mentioned it last night. Luckily, she knew where he lived and was planning to walk there, but before that, Yong Sook grabbed her arm "It will be a lot faster if we go in my car" he pointed towards his car and Jan Di wore a shock expression.
"Why you didn't tell us?" her voice sounded very mad at him. They were just a few minutes away from Gu Jun Pyo's home.
"You never asked, and it seem unimportant" his eyes were fixed to the road, smiling.
"It is. You lie to us!" Jan Di's voice became loud, pointing at him.
"I never did. Lying and not telling are two different things" he was right. He never lied about his economical position since he never spoke about it and the girls never asked for it. Geum Jan Di felt betrayed and Ga Eul was sure to hear about this. Looking at his ultimate sports car model impressed her so much because she never thought he could be that rich. Yong Sook acted like a commoner, but something that she not noticed before was how he would always dressed. That night at the party, his fine tuxedo was not something a commoner could buy. She did not realize this until now, since she was more interested looking at Ji Hoo.
Geum Jan Di kept quiet during the ride after this. Finally, when they made it to Gu Jun Pyo's mansion, she was about to open the door when a hand stopped her. She looked at Yong Sook who's face seem preoccupied.
"Don't tell Ga Eul, not yet" he begged her and she just looked at him with a mad expression "We will talk about it later" she opened the door and got out.
Her pace was quick that even Yong Sook had to run to keep with her pace. The maids tried to stop her but failed to do this, the majordomo was trying to make her go but she boldly grabbed him by his shirt and asked where the F4 was. He gulped and pointed to a direction and slowly said they were playing golf.
Yong Sook was impressed of how she handle this kind of situation. He instantly grow a fear for her, frightened of what could happened to him after the F4.
Geum Jan Di soon find them. From their face it could tell they were having a great time. Ji Hoo hold a club(stick) and swing to hit the ball. Everyone was paying full attention to the game as Ji Hoo could win with this play. Jan Di was more close now with Yong Sook behind her, struggling to be at her pace. Gu Jun Pyo and Woo Bin noticed her and smile, but when Jun Pyo saw the boy that followed her behind, his gaze turned serious.
"Yah...who is he?" he remembered he was the one who accompany them to the party, and the one who was at the boat with them. Jealousy was starting to grow on him as Jan Di was not interested in responding his answer.
"What is she doing here?" Woo Bin asked to Gu Jun Pyo, confused.
Finally, Geum Jan Di reached them, Yong Sook stood behind, worried that if he got more closer, he could get hurt too by how mad she was.
"Aren't commoners supposed to be working now?" Gu Jun Pyo try to grab her attention but it seem impossible. Ji Hoo and Yi Jeong noticed and looked to her like the others.
She grabbed a club from the bag and point it to Yi Jeong's direction "Today, you are going to die" she sentenced him and let out a scream before running to him. His eyes grew wide and began to run for his life. The course was huge and Jan Di chased him through all of it with the golf stick still in her hand, trying to hit him. Fortunately, he was more fast. Yi Jeong run around the golf cart and Jan Di did so too, running in circles. Tired of this, she hopped on the cart and began to drive it, trying to mow him down. The adrenaline in his body grew as he knew his life was certainly in danger by a commoner who was chasing him down like an animal.
Yi Jeong took sight of his friends and ran to them. The F4 told him to stay away from them as they knew if he came into their direction, that Jan Di was positively going to drag them underneath too. They ran far from him while Yi Jeong followed them and Jan Di to the Casanova. Yong Sook stood there, speechless. She was definitely something else. Scaring the F4 was impossible to him, but after seeing this scene, he was sure he had now seen everything.
Soon, the golf cart was out of gas and the boys felt relief and safe, but not from her still. Jan Di began once again to run with the gold stick towards Yi jeong. She was getting so close to him, she could smell his fear. Then, a sudden rock appeared and tripped her, falling to the ground.
Gu Jun Pyo and the rest saw this and ran to her to see if she was fine. "Yah... why are you so dumb!" he was obviously angry she fell this way.
One of her knees was scraped, and just a little blood came out. Gu Jun Pyo help her stand up, and she growl a little. The golf stick was still in her hand but nobody took notice. The other asked if she was fine, and she just seriously stared at them.
"You!" she pointed to Yi Jeong with her free hand. "Stay away from Ga Eul!" she warned with an angry tone.
Gu Jun Pyo and Ji Hoo looked at her confused of her warning while Woo Bin rolled his eyes and sigh "Why you say that?" asked the boy who hold her.
"Is nothing" Yi Jeong didn't want his other friends to know what happened since he thought it was none of their business.
"Nothing?" she asked him, hurt of what he said. Jan Di walked to him with a little bit of difficulty and stared into his eyes very closely. "Getting heartbroken and almost raped because of your fault is nothing!?" she screamed at him, not caring if he was close to her.
Yi Jeong's eyes looked down to the ground, ashamed. He knew she was telling the truth and deserved this kind of treatment and humiliation.
"You're just a cold-blooded Casanova, what can I expect from you?" Jan Di looked at him with disgust before grabbing his shirt with her free hand. "Don't you dare get close to her..." she make him looked at her in the eyes. "...or my friend here will make sure your head goes right into the hole" she showed him the golf stick before letting him go.
Thereafter, she began to walk away. Yong Sook followed her behind, scared of her now. He took a moment to look at Yi Jeong, and the Casanova noticed this. Their eyes shoot at each other death glares, that if looks could kill, they would probably be dead by now.
"Yah! That's my lucky golf stick you got" Woo Bin yelled at her since she was still holding it. Geum Jan Di turned and without hesitating, throw it at his direction. The club came so fast that he did not have time to catch it but instead hit his head. Woo Bin rubbed his temple as he realized how dangerous she could be when she was angry.
Chu Ga Eul was still at work, glancing through the window to see if Jan Di and Yong Sook have come back. Nothing. She was getting preoccupied for the sake of Yi Jeong. Although she didn't want to know anything about him, knowing Geum Jan Di could do anything to him worried her. Violence was not the correct way to handle this kind of situation. The silence treatment was more her way, or getting away from the person. The love that she was beginning to have for him was fading, or that's what she wanted.
It was hard to believe that all this time he never was really interested on her, and that his actions were misinterpreted. Falling for someone like him was stupid, a first mistake of love for her. Even when she hasn't knew him for long, or long conversations weren't to be hold, that connection was still there. She didn't know why, but now she had to fight against it.
The door slowly opened and she stood up quickly, thinking that Geum Jan Di and Yong Sook had arrived. It was the first customer in the day who entered to the shop. She sighed and went to take her order.
"I cannot believe..." Jan Di started to scream in the car, and was about to say something of Yi Jeong when Yong Sook interrupted her.
"Please, don't do anything to me" he covered his face with his arm, pleading for mercy. He thought she was going to physically make him suffer when she raised her voice.
"Ugh! I won't" she said annoyed as she crossed her arms and looked through the glass to the porridge shop. The car was parked in the corner of the street so Ga Eul could not see them and his car.
Yong Sook slowly lowered his arm and looked to her face who was still mad. He sighed and carefully touched her arm "Ga Eul is going to be fine" he wore a sincere look in his eyes and this made Jan Di change her countenance to a worry one.
"I will protect her" he calmly said and look at the porridge shop, promising it.
"How can I trust you?" she moved her arm so his hand will slip off. "You hide who you really are from us, and yet you want me to hide this from her" she pointed to herself, offended that he previously requested that favor.
"Look, I was going to tell her that night at the party. That's why I wanted to take her home, but Woo Bin took her" he sounded jealous mentioning some other male name, and looked outside the window.
"Why you didn't told her after the party either?" she asked suspicious.
"I was, but then, I remembered how you were talking so bad about the rich and how you were saying you could never befriend one. I got so afraid of telling her that hiding it was best for now" he looked into Jan Di's eyes for her pardon. She looked once again to the porridge shop and then to him, she sighed and slowly nodded.
"I will, but you will soon have to tell her the truth" she hated to do this to her best friend, but right now was not the time to tell her something else that could make her more sad or angry.
Yong Sook carefully smile and thank her for understanding. She just got out of the car without saying anything else and left for the porridge shop.
He was caught this time by Ga Eul's friend. Even when he never lie about it, but just hide it, could be hurtful anyways. He has spend this days with her and not telling her nothing from his family and where he comes from was a mistake, but he was sure he didn't want to lose her. Having the approval of her best friend was a big achievement, and he couldn't lose this opportunity, but something was bothering his mind. He knew a truth no one else could know. Thoughtful he was with the decisions he had to make soon. Feelings were involved and that was something he didn't expect it.
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