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Chapter 20: Tables turned

In a dark, massive, empty and quiet room, Ga Eul shrugged as she heard voices around her. She felt her hands tied at her back while her mouth was kept shut by a handkerchief. She couldn't move an inch since the knot is too tight. Ga Eul decided to stay quiet and keep her eyes closed as to listen to the voices.

"What do we do with her?" a deep man's voice asked.

"We just need to keep her there until Master tells us to what to do to her." replied another man's voice.

"Don't you think the chemical we used is too strong? She's supposed to be awake by now."

"I'm sure she'll wake up in a few minutes."

C,")

"You really think Rae Min is involved?" Woo Bin asked from the other line.

"Who could it else be?" Yi Jung asked. "I can't think of anyone else who would do that to her."

"Do you think she'd go to that point where she'd kidnap Ga Eul?"

"I can only think of her as the suspect."

"Alright. Then we consider as the prime suspect. Didn't Ga Eul leave any message to you last night? Jan Di said that Ga Eul told her that she left a message to you, and her parents."

"Where? I didn't see a message in my phone."

"Maybe she e- mailed you." Woo Bin responded.

"Oh. Yeah, right. I'll check my mail first. I'll call you when I find out something."

"Same here. My men are still searching for her. I'll update you with the latest news."

After they hung up the phone, Yi Jung immediately connected his phone to the internet and checked his e- mail. There it is. Ga Eul left him a message last night, at around 11:15 in the evening."

Yi Jung- ah, I would just like to inform you that I'm off to Jan Di's tonight. Really, I can't stand those bodyguards seeing my every move. Their eyes follow me in every direction I go and to every movement I do. They would even follow me to the comfort room. Gosh. You know that I'm not used to it. If you're wondering how I would go out of my room, let me tell you that I know how to climb a tree. :) Anyways, I'll be sending you a message once I get there. If Jan Di won't let me in, (that's pretty much how I think my escape would turn out tonight) I'll be spending the night in the house we have by the river. You know that I love that place. Don't worry. I'll bring blankets and jackets with me.

-Ga Eul

"Their house by the river?" Yi Jung asked himself. He immediately pocketed his phone and went towards his car and sped up. After around 30 minutes of driving, he arrived at the place Ga Eul was talking about and just like what Woo Bin said, her Porsche is indeed parked in the empty lot near the house she as talking about. Yi Jung saw Woo Bin's men searching the place.

"Young master So." One of Woo Bin's men bowed down at him.

"Have you found anything here?" Yi Jung asked them.

"We didn't find Miss Chu here. However, we found this note, just a few minutes ago. We are about to call Young master Song to inform him." he handed the note over to Yi Jung.

As Yi Jung read the words in the note, his eyes widened with horror. Worry, anxiety and anger can be seen in his face as his eyes passed by each word.

If you still want to see her, meet me in Shinhwa's auditorium at 4 PM. –Rae Min

"Is she this desperate and pathetic?!" Yi Jung shouted. He crumpled the little paper and threw it to the ground. "And why at 4 PM?! What if she has already done something to her? Damn."

C,")

"Why is she still not waking up?" a new man's voice came.

"We don't know Master. The chemical we gave her last night was just to last ten hours, it's already past lunch now and she's still not waking up." Another one answered.

"Check her pulse." The new man ordered.

As instructed, a palm touched Ga Eul's arm and checked her pulse. "Her pulse is still normal, Master."

"Then why is she not waking up yet? Maybe that girl is acting as if she's sleep. Slap her." the Master ordered.

But before a palm landed on Ga Eul's face, a girl's voice stopped them from doing so. "Stop!"

"Ohh. Rae Min- ah, what are you doing here?" the new man asked.

"I'm checking on her Appa." Rae Min responded with a smirk on her face. "So, she's really here."

"Yes dear. She'll never be against you and Yi Jung anymore." The new man, who happens to be Rae Min's father, Kang Han Joo, said.

Rae Min eyed the 'sleeping' Ga Eul curiously. She went around her a few times, examining every detail of Ga Eul's face. She touched her soft hair and chubby cheeks, as well as her fair skin. "Why does he love you so much?" Rae Min asked as she circled Ga Eul once more. "You and I have those soft curls. We use the same perfume. We even have the same height and the almost the same voice. Why you? Of all the people? I can't understand how Yi Jung loved you when he could have just loved me. I can't see our difference as individuals in terms of the physical aspect. You and I are both girls coming from a well to- do family. We are both second year high school girls who study at Shinhwa Most of all, we are two girls who love him the most. But why did he pick you between the two of us? He met me first. He met you years after he made me a promise. But he threw that one away just to have you as his bride. Why is the world so unfair?!" Rae Min finally burst out into tears. Her father came to her and hugged his daughter and comforted her.

"That's why we have her now, Rae Min- ah. She won't break you and Yi Jung apart. The Kangs and Sos will be united by the two of you. You'll have him and be happy. We'll have our family name back to the way it used before and we'll live the same way we lived before. Don't you like it sweetheart?"

Rae Min nodded. Tears kept falling down her face as she buried herself more into her father's hug. As the father and daughter were having their moment, Ga Eul peeked to see the two Kangs hugging. She heard all the words Rae Min said. Yes, why is the world unfair? People has always seen Rae Min as the bad girl in this story but in Ga Eul's eyes, Rae Min is just a girl who loves a man that won't reciprocate her love back. And really, she's just after the promise this man has given her. She waited to see him again after twelve years. She held onto that promise. But, why did things turn out to be this way? Why did the tables suddenly turn?

C,")

Yi Jung, Jun Pyo, Ji Hoo, Woo Bin, Jan Di and Jae Kyung arrived at the Shinhwa auditorium a little earlier than the set time. It was just 3: 30 when they arrived. They were about to wait for Rae Min inside the auditorium but as Yi Jung pushed the door open, he found out that it was locked. They had no choice but to wait outside the auditorium.

As they were waiting for 4: 00 to finally arrive, Jun Pyo yelled at Jan Di out of the blue. "Pabo! Why did you let her go last night? You could have just accepted her."

"I'm sorry!" Jan Di apologized for like the millionth time today. Really, Jun Pyo has been pointing out that she was the reason why Ga Eul was kidnapped. Even if Yi Jung has already said that it's not her fault, the worry, anxiety and anger that she sees from Yi Jung's eyes won't let her guilt go. "I'm really sleepy last night so I wasn't able to think rationally. I'm used of telling her for days that she's safe at home and nowhere else. I know it's my fault. I'm really sorry. Of course, I don't want this to happen to. She's my best friend and I'm as worried as you guys are."

"Jan Di- ah, stop saying sorry." Yi Jung said for also the millionth time today.

"We didn't know this would happen." Ji Hoo said. "Don't blame yourself. No one wanted this to happen."

"He's right Jan Di." Jae Kyung said as she patted Jan Di's back.

"Just don't listen to Jun Pyo. You know that all words coming from his mouth are unbelievable." Woo Bin said.

Tick tock. Tick tock. Yi Jung heard his watch. He's not really listening to the conversation the five is having. He's much focused on what time it is. He looked at his watch again. 3:58 PM. Two more minutes. He was tapping his foot, waiting for the door to in front of him to open. As he was staring at it blankly, his phone rang. Caller ID: Kang Rae Min.

"What do you need?" Yi Jung immediately asked as soon as she pressed the red button.

"I only need you Yi Jung." Rae Min answered from the other line. "Don't bring others with you. I only want you to come inside the auditorium. The door will open at exactly 4: 00. Go inside right away and lock the door as soon as you entered. Don't ask. Just do this if you still want to see her." and then she hung up.

Yi Jung looked at his phone, confused of Rae Min's instructions. What is she planning? What is she up to? She said that he needs to follow her instructions if he still wants to see her. He has no choice.

Tick tock. Tick tock. 30 seconds before 4: 00 PM. Yi Jung stood there, as if guarding the door. The other five were still conversing a few feet away and he was sure that if he opened the door right away and locked it, the others wouldn't be able to follow him inside. Tick tock. Tick tock. 10 more seconds. He waited and then, he heard it. He heard a lock click from the inside. As soon as he took notice of that sound, Yi Jung opened the door to the auditorium and squeezed himself in. He then immediately locked the door.

"Yah Yi Jung!!!" the others called him from the outside as soon as he entered. He heard banging and thumping. He simply shouted at them, "She only wants me. Don't follow!!!" How he wished the others heard that.

The auditorium was quiet and dark. He slowly made his way to the center. As soon as he reached it, a spotlight flashed at him and he heard a very familiar voice. "Yi Jung- ah!!!"

It was Ga Eul and she was running towards him. Ga Eul gave him a hug as she reached him.

"Are you alright?" Yi Jung asked as he too wrapped his arms around her.

"Yeah." She nodded in affirmation. "I'm fine. How about you?"

"I'm fine as well. Where's she?" Yi Jung asked.

Ga Eul pulled back from his hug and turned to her back. There, at the end of the room was Kang Rae Min, making her way towards them. "Rae Min- ah." Ga Eul softly uttered her name.

As Rae Min approached them, she noticed the relief Yi Jung felt when he saw Ga Eul. She saw how he wrapped his arms protectively around her waist and move his feet in front of her as if saying that, 'Don't dare go near her.'

"Yi Jung- ah." Rae Min greeted him with a smile. "It's so nice to see you again."

"For me, it's not." Yi Jung answered bluntly.

"Yi Jung- ah!" Ga Eul called his name in a tone saying, 'Stop it!'

"I see that you are now relieved to see her again, aren't you?" Rae Min asked as she stopped a few meters away from the couple.

Yi Jung didn't answer and just continued to stare into Rae Min's asked with his fiery red, frightening eyes.

"Don't give me that loom Yi Jung. if not for me, you wouldn't see her once again." Rae Min said.

"How can that be?" Yi Jung asked.

"She's telling the truth." Ga Eul replied.

Rae Min smiled at them. "Look Yi Jung. Don't treat me that way. Ga Eul already said that I'm telling the truth. Won't you believe your girlfriend?"

"Ga Eul- yang." Yi Jung turned to face Ga Eul. "Don't tell me she blackmailed you?"

"No. She did not." Ga Eul replied. "To tell you the truth," Ga Eul was about to tell the story when Rae Min cut her off.

"Don't tell him yet, Ga Eul. Tell him later." Rae Min smiled. "I'll go now. You two, have fun." She turned to leave the two behind. Rae Min has just walked a few steps when she turned back to them and flashed them another smile. "Yi Jung- ah. You're right. That girl is not really me. Sorry for lying and for making uhmmm… trouble. Don't worry. You'll never see me again." She then gave them another smile, now sadder and weaker than the previous ones. She turned around once again and walked straight out of the auditorium from the other exit.

"What's up with her? What is she talking about?" Yi Jung asked.

Before Ga Eul could even speak up, the door where Yi Jung entered smashed open. Yi Jung and Ga Eul saw Jun Pyo, Ji Hoo, Woo Bin, Jan Di and Jae Kyung posed as if they just kicked the door. As soon as the door dropped to the floor, they hastened to Yi Jung and Ga Eul. "Are you two alright?" they asked. "Where's the evil?"

"She's not evil." Ga Eul answered them. "She already went away."

"And she told me that I'll never see her again. Ga Eul- yang, what is she talking about? What happened?"

FLASHBACK

Rae Min broke away from his father's hug. She then turned to face Ga Eul again and said, "Wake up. I know you're awake."

'Doomed.' Ga Eul told herself. She slowly opened her eyes to find Rae Min and Han Joo saring at her.

"So you're really awake?" Han Joo asked. "You lying…" Han Joo was to slap Ga Eul but then, Rae Min held her father's hand and stopped him. "Why Rae Min- ah? You want to do it yourself?"

"No I don't."

"Then what do we do with her?" Han Joo asked.

"Let her go." Rae Min answered.

"What?! What's happening to you?"

"Appa, this is not right." Rae Min said. "Let's just let her go."

"But…" Han Joo tried to argue but then Rae Min cut him off.

"I love him. I really do. But I can't do anything about their love for each other. I already did all that I could but things wouldn't just go my way. The world's unfair to me. But I've been unfair to them too. Let's just say we're even. And as for our family name, we can make our new one in a new country. I don't want to go back here anymore." Rae Min said to her father.

"Is that what you really want?"

"Yes."

"Well then." Han Joo said. "I can never say no to my daughter."

END OF FLASHBACK

"So you're really okay?" Jan Di asked Ga Eul as they settled down at the F4 lounge.

"I really am. See, I told you guys that she's not a bad person." Ga Eul said.

"Okay okay." Jae Kyung said as she gestured a surrender sign.

"I still don't like her, nonetheless." Ji Hoo answered. "But I don't really hate her."

"Let's just toast for Ga Eul's safety!" Jun Pyo proposed.

They all drank their respective drinks. As soon as Woo Bin was finished he asked Yi Jung one unexpected question. "Yi Jung- ah, have you asked Ga Eul if she's the one in your birthday dance? Since Rae Min already said that she's not the girl, then I guess you only have Ga Eul left."

Yi Jung looked from Woo Bin to Ga Eul. Yeah. He almost forgot that thing. He eyed his fiancée and asked her, "Honestly Ga Eul, are you that mysterious girl I danced with at my birthday dance?"

Ga Eul suddenly turned to a bright shade of pink when Yi Jung asked her that question. She doesn't want to answer him yet. She bowed down and didn't look at him.

"Yah, answer me." Yi Jung told her firmly.

Ga Eul looked up at him because she heard Yi Jung's demanding voice. She looked at him straight into his eyes as she got up from her seat and walked towards him, their gazes locked into each other. She continued to walk until her face was a few inches away from him. Suddenly, Ga Eul gave him a soft kiss on the lips. She smiled after doing so, turned and then left the room with a bright shade of pink escaping her cheeks.

THE END

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