A/N: Okay a longer(ish) chapter now, just because I don't update as often anymore and I rarely have time during the week.
Jan Di was at a loss for words. For some reason his words made her heart skip a small beat, as he stared at her calmly, waiting for a response. She gulped nervously, but from his expression she couldn't tell if he meant it what he said, and she didn't want to easily believe that he would, just-like-that, stop talking to her. Maintaining her cool, she shot him a suspicious look, and seeing that she wasn't going to say anything, Dae-hyun shrugged.
"Do you want to have a last lunch together?" he suggested, looking up at the restaurant sign. Without waiting for her reply, he grabbed her wrist and gently pulled her inside.
After the waitress came and took their orders, they were silent yet again. Jan Di glanced up at him curiously; he was looking down at the table gloomily, which surprised Jan Di as she's never seen him this upset. She cleared her throat and thought carefully about what to say.
"Jan Di.. you heard about it right?" he suddenly spoke up, still looking down sadly.
She raised an eyebrow curiously. "About what?"
He sighed.
"Your son-of-a-bitch husband expelled me from Shinhwa Med School." he explained all too casually yet seriously, which caused Jan Di to retort back in annoyance.
"Stop calling Jun-pyo names like that! And why do you hate him so much anyway? What do you have against him?" she wondered aloud, demanding an answer.
He snickered as the waitress arrived with their food.
"What's not to hate about Mr. Gu Jun-pyo?" he replied mockingly. "There are plenty of things to hate about him; one he beats people he doesn't even know senselessly, two he could care less about anybody besides himself; the self-centered idiot he is, three Shinhwa's stocks fell almost 15% last year with him, and four, that bastard stole you away from me.." he added that last part in a slightly quieter voice, but maintained an amused expression. The people around them who happened to overhear looked over at them, surprised. Even the waitress, listening in on Dae-hyun's explanation was surprised.
"I said to stop calling Jun-pyo things like that!" Jan Di demanded, then corrected him, "He only beats other people when it involves the people he cares for, and he cares for a lot of people not just me, his family, and F4, it doesn't mean he does it senselessly.. and sure stocks fell but he was able to fix it back up..."
Suddenly she resorted to a confused tone. "And what do you mean Jun-pyo stole me away from you?" she eyed him questioningly. "You and I haven't seen each other for years. We didn't even know we liked each other until just recently."
"Ah!" he blurted out weirdly. "So you finally admit it, you do like me!"
Jan Di squinted at him tiredly. How much she's had enough of this, she didn't even want to-
"What's going on here?" a familiar voice suddenly blared from behind Jan Di. She turned and saw Jun-pyo and the rest of the F4 standing closely behind her. Jun-pyo had a disgruntled face on and was scowling at both of them, mainly at Dae-hyun, who glowered back at him.
"What's going on here." Jun-pyo repeated to Jan Di, but continued frowning at Dae-hyun. The rest of the F4 stared at Jan Di surprised.
Sensing an awkward situation and very bad timing, Jan Di forced a smile and stood up to explain nervously, her voice cracking, "Well earlier Lee Dae-hyun texted me to come here because he wanted to tell me-"
"And you listened to him?" Jun-pyo asked calmly, still staring expressionlessly at Dae-hyun. Jan Di gulped, in situations like these it was scary for Jun-pyo to be calm like that, usually it meant something big was about to follow.
He turned to her.
"Whatever happened to what I told you a few nights ago. What, do you listen to him instead of me now?" he questioned her coldly.
Jan Di couldn't believe what he was saying. "No Jun-pyo.. it's not that..."
Jun-pyo crossed his arms. "Then what is it?"
"I leave you alone for a second and you go back to him, is that it? Nowadays all you do is spend your time with him. Do you love him now or something?"
"Is this you want?" he challenged her angrily, gesturing carelessly towards Dae-hyun.
Feeling her stomach churn and her mind twist in circles, Jan Di gulped and forced herself to maintain a steady composture. Too much was happening for her mind to sink in. "Jun-pyo, please understand..."
"Yes. Or. No, Jan Di." he growled in a low voice, and in a way that surprised all of them.
Just as Jan Di was about to answer, Dae-hyun chuckled, amused with the situation. Jun-pyo glared at him sharply.
"Why are you laughing." he demanded. "Is this funny?!"
But when Dae-hyun kept his amused expression plastered on his face Jun-pyo immediately started towards him, only to be quickly held back by Woo Bin and Yi-jung. Again, the people around stared at them.
Dae-hyun chuckled again. "It's funny, Mr. Gu Jun-pyo," he said his name mockingly. "That you think you can solve all your problems by hitting other people. I've been talking to Jan Di for about a week now and all we've been doing is spending time together as friends. Also, it's funny how you're her husband, when she obviously prefers spending time with me."
Jan Di gawked at him with disbelief, quickly opening her mouth to retort but he continued.
"And anyways, do you have that much little faith in your wife that you need to tell her to stop hanging out with friends?"
Jun-pyo, his fists fiercely curled into a ball, became one level more enraged with every word Dae-hyun said. Woo Bin and Yi-jung grasped his shoulders firmly, while Jan Di tried to think of what to do. Ji-hoo looked between Jan Di and Dae-hyun suspiciously. Dae-hyun sat there, smirking.
After some more hard staring, Jun-pyo released the pressure from his fists, forced Woo Bin and Yi-jung's hands off him, and took one last glare at Dae-hyun before turning to leave.
"Jun-pyo!" Jan Di tried calling after him, but it was too late as he and the rest of the F4 already left the restaurant, Ji-hoo the only one glancing back at her reluctantly.
Jan Di was exasperated, and glanced anxiously at Dae-hyun, who sneered.
"Why did you say that?" she asked him, irritated. "You know that's not true, all this week you've been the one forcing me to spend time with you. Tell Jun-pyo what you said wasn't true!"
Jan Di wallowed in guilt. "I made a promise to Jun-pyo that I wouldn't spend any more time with you, and now I don't even think he can believe in me anymore." she explained sadly, looking down. Then she glared back up at him. "Because of you! I've had enough of you, sure we used to be friends and liked each other but that was in the past, now all you're doing is trying to break me and Jun-pyo apart!" she accused him, almost yelling. Dae-hyun's expression changed to a serious one, as Jan Di took a deep breath to calm herself down.
"I'm going to talk to Jun-pyo." she announced, with a determined tone. "From now on, no matter what you do, I'm not going to talk to you anymore."
Dae-hyun scoffed and looked away, annoyed. Jan Di frowned and took one last look at him before leaving.
