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Warning: Alternate Universe

Summary: Right after Jun Pyo regains his memory, Yi Jeong loses his in another car accident. But this time, he forgets that he doesn't date nice girls. What happens when Casanova thinks that he's a one woman man, and that Chu Ga Eul is the only girl for him?

REMEMBRANCE

V. Good Advice

The plan had been to call Woo Bin and get some help for tomorrow. Unfortunately, Woo Bin had not been available. Woo Bin had been about to leave the club with some girl and that meant only one thing. There were times when friendship did have to wait. Plus, Woo Bin had been rather drunk and so he would not have been of much help anyway.

Yi Jeong's second choice had been Ji Hoo. After all, he had been the one indirectly encouraging Yi Jeong to pursue Ga Eul and he had promised to support him. Unfortunately, Ji Hoo too had not been available. This was because his phone was off and the man was not at home when Yi Jeong arrived there. If things had been less urgent, Yi Jeong would have opted to wait, especially since he liked Ji Hoo's grandfather a lot, the man was the kind of father figure he would have wanted for himself.

And that left him no options. "I never thought I would see the day when you So Yi Jeong, would be asking for advice from me, Gu Jun Pyo. What took you so long? You ought to have come here sooner." Yi Jeong tried not to grimace as Jun Pyo pulled him into a bear hug and into the hall.

'I never thought I would see the day that I would become that desperate,' Yi Jeong thought to himself as Jun Pyo shut off the game console and sent for coffee and dessert. Oddly enough, while he had forgotten plenty of events concerning Ga Eul yang and himself, he remembered almost everything about his friends with crystal clear clarity. And hence, he still shuddered whenever he recalled Jun Pyo's attempt to be cool with Geum Jan Di when she had called to invite him on a double date. That had been a master class in How Not to be a Playboy but Jun Pyo was still convinced that he had the makings of a great lover.

Or maybe he did. Jun Pyo would be an utter failure as a Casanova but he was faithful to Geum Jan Di and had eventually managed to win her from Ji Hoo, with a little help from the fates and F4 themselves. And since birds of a feather flocked together, maybe Jun Pyo might unwittingly prove to be of some help in winning over Ga Eul. Hmmm, maybe the trip here would not be a total waste.

"So, what would you like to learn?" Jun Pyo grinned and spread his hands, as though he was a venerable master about to dispense the blessings of knowledge on his humble students. Yi Jeong tried very hard not to roll his eyes and managed to succeed. Somewhat. "Is there something in your eye?"

"Dust. Never mind about that. Did I ever mention any of my dates with Ga Eul yang to you?" he asked, deciding that he would get right to the point. After all, brevity was the soul of wit.

Jun Pyo had been more than ready to dish out tactics on how to win over Ga Eul. What he hadn't been expecting was a question like this. In the first place, he hadn't even been aware of Yi Jeong going on more than one date with his girlfriend's best friend. Secondly, he couldn't imagine a more unlikely duo together. But if the scene at the hospital was anything to go by, Yi Jeong, for some reason, had genuine feelings for Ga Eul. SO Jun Pyo was not going to say anything about spying on them. Firstly, it was embarrassing and secondly, Yi Jeong might get offended.

"No actually," he replied, leaning his lanky frame back into the plush sofa. "You've not told me a lot at all about you and Chu Ga Eul."

Yi Jeong heard the mild rebuke in the former's tone and shrugged apologetically. "Well, I couldn't now even if I wanted to. There's a lot missing from my memories."

They fell silent as the maids arrived with the dessert platter and steaming hot coffee. Yi Jeong dropped two squares of sugar into his and watched the crystals melt into the black liquid. Jun Pyo on the other hand, emptied almost all the milk into his. Silently, they sipped their drinks, each lost in his own thoughts.

"You know, I couldn't remember Geum Jan Di at all when I had my amnesia. The doctors told me that was because she was causing me a great deal of emotional stress and trauma, which she had." To say that Jan Di had emotionally scarred him that day by pretending to dump him after what had until then, been the happiest day of his life, would be an understatement. "I think maybe, for a Casanova like you, liking someone like Ga Eul might have stressed you out somehow."

"Stressed me?"

Jun Pyo nodded. "You never once mentioned anything more and you've always advocated having more than one girlfriend. Maybe getting serious with someone gave you cold feet."

That seemed like a reasonable explanation. And given his family background, which was something that he would have preferred to have forgotten but unfortunately, had survived the accident. "I only remember bits and pieces of her. I can remember events with you guys around but hardly any of just her and myself."

"Well, you can get Ga Eul to fill you in, although it won't do anything actually. It's just like someone telling you a story; it'll become real once you can remember."

"But that's the problem." With a sigh, Yi Jeong put his cup down. "She doesn't want to tell me about anything about the dates. I managed to worm the pretend date out of her—" Oops.

"Pretend date?" In spite of what his friends said about his intelligence, Gu Jun Pyo was a smart man and he had his occasional flashes of brilliance. At once all the pieces fell together and he narrowed his eyes at Yi Jeong. "No wonder! I was right to think the skating was fishy although I got fooled by hotel."

"Hey, it was the only way to get Geum Jan Di to speak to you. You ought to be grateful that I agreed to go along with it."

Well, since Yi Jeong put it that way. "Lucky for you I'm a magnanimous guy," he sniffed. "But back to your problem. You can't remember your dates with Ga Eul and she doesn't want to mention them because…?"

Again that cold uncomfortable sensation in the pit of his stomach returned. "I think I did something to her that hurt her."

Jun Pyo raised his eyebrows. "So you did sleep with her and dump her."

"No!" Yi Jeong snapped vehemently, surprising Jun Pyo and even himself. "We didn't do anything, that much is clear." Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself. "But she doesn't want to tell me anything else and to be honest, I don't think I want to know. She doesn't even want to spend time with me."

So Yi Jeong, the great Casanova of the F4 and renowned playboy, was actually looking dejected because a girl refused his company. The times, they were definitely changing. The only thing that might shock him more now was if Woo Bin announced that he was going to pursue a nun. "Alright, let's simplify matters. You've apparently always liked her; she likes you but doesn't want to be with you now. This means that sometime before your accident, she had already made up her mind to give up. You've hurt her before and she doesn't trust you and doesn't want to tell you about it."

Yi Jeong nodded impatiently. "I already know all that."

"Aish, then how come you haven't found a solution yet when it's so clear what you have to do?" Jun Pyo shot him a smug look, making it undeniably clear that he had already beaten Yi Jeong to it.

This coming from the person who had needed their help, especially his nearest rival's, just to stay together with the girl he loved was almost too much. Yi Jeong scowled at Jun Pyo who was now basking in the glory of his self-acknowledged genius.

"Now this is what you have to do. Just woo her until she realises that you are sincere."

Yi Jeong was torn between the desire to beat Jun Pyo, laugh at the obviousness of the 'advice' or cry at his own stupidity at coming to Jun Pyo for help.

"But let me ask you this first. Will you be responsible until the end?"

That caught Yi Jeong's attention. It was the same statement that Jun Pyo had made when professing his sincerity about Geum Jan Di to them, the same statement that he had thrown in Jun Pyo's face (along with his fist) during the confrontation in Macau.

"Chu Ga Eul is quite a sensible girl. If she's anything like Jan Di, she won't trust you unless she knows you aren't going to change your mind, especially a Casanova like you and especially since you have amnesia. She probably thinks that you're going to go back to your old ways when you get your memory back. The thing is, if you liked her even back then, you have to show her it'll last."

'Just when you think you know a guy.' Yi Jeong gave a wry smile. "Bravo Jun Pyo, not bad at all." He'd summed up Ga Eul's fears quite succinctly without any clues whatsoever. "It's going to be hard to woo this one though. She's spent the past few days running away from me, pretty well too I might add. I promised her we would compromise on the amount of time I want to spend with her."

Jun Pyo snorted disapprovingly. "One does not negotiate that way," he said with all the certainty of the shrewd businessman he was. "You already can't remember what you've done to her and you need to give her good memories so that she will reconsider having you as a boyfriend." He paused for a moment and then shot Yi Jeong a penetrating look. "Any plans?"

"Er, none at the moment. Except that I might try to persuade her to spend more time with me because it's essential to my recovery."

"Ah yes, that's a good one. A legitimate medical reason. But that might not be enough. How about those bad dates?"

Upon hearing that, Yi Jeong's ego bristled slightly. Bad dates and Casanova had never been mentioned in the same breath before. "What about those?"

"Tell her you want to apologise. Say you want to make it up to her if not you will feel just terrible. Plus, she should evaluate you fairly, and not based on a pretend date. You won't accept a rejection otherwise."

Yi Jeong's eyes widened slightly. That suggestion had merit. A lot of merit. It might actually work.

Jun Pyo grinned widely and speared a piece of cheesecake. "See, I told you I would help you. After all, it's me. I always give good advice."