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I use italics for thoughts, and horizontal line-breaks for time lapses and/or perspective change.
"Just wait out here for a bit" Manager Ma told Mi Nyu, sitting her down on a couch before walking out. Mi Nyu took the opportunity to look around the office. The couch she was sitting on was upholstered in black leather. The rest of the room had a simple colour scheme of grays and blacks, and was dotted with photographs and posters of ANJELL and other people she could only assume were also signed by Ahn Entertainment. Looking at the floor, Mi Nyu sighed loudly, head in hands, before thinking aloud.
"What do I do? What do I do? Hwang Tae Kyung-ssi found out I didn't go to the hospital… he sounded so mad… will he really forgive me? I even lied to him… Right, I'll start by explaining to President Ahn that he didn't hurt me, he didn't even touch me, it was just an unfortunate accident that occurred in his room…"
She nodded to herself, determined to set the record straight with Tae Kyung and President Ahn. She straightened in her seat as she heard voices approaching from outside, and rose when the door opened, bowing politely to President Ahn as he strode in followed closely by Manager Ma.
"Good afternoon President, ho-" she was cut off by the president,
"Ah, Mi Nam-ah, not even 24 hours, and you're already creating an impact." Walking over to her and putting a hand on either shoulder, he looked her in the eye as he continued,
"Now, what's this I hear about you kids fighting? JESUS, Look at you, you even have a wound, did you really get hit?" Mi Nyu looked down slightly before responding,
"No one hit me, I just had an accident, and got hurt all by myself, and the circumstances made the situation look different to people that found me afterwards." She explained,
"The only way Tae Kyung was involved was the fact I got hurt when he was nearby, nothing else. I apologize for worrying you President." She finished, stealing a look at his face before lowering her eyes again. He was still resting his hands on her shoulders, so she couldn't easily bow without being rude, so she stood upright, waiting for him to talk.
"Mi Nam-ah… I'll believe you, this time. You must remember to not let this happen again, if the media gets wind of any discord in a group, I think you'd be amazed by the sheer amount of articles they can release in the space of a few minutes… It's something I experienced myself, in my idol days, though the Internet wasn't anything back then like it is now. I know you're the new member, but I'd love it if you could all get along as friends eventually, OKAY." He released her shoulders. Wow… He really cares about ANJELL… and Oppa too now, he gave me such kind advice… no scolding at all… But President Ahn was a celebrity? Well, it's very possible, I don't know much about celebrities, there was only one television at the orphanage, and they only ever played children's shows for the kids…
"Yes President, I understand. Thank you for your advice." She bowed low.
"I'll visit the dorm later, so make sure you're there, okay?"
"Yes."
"Off you go now, I'm sure you have stuff to do. COOL." he finished his dismissal with another English word. He must be good at English, to use it all the time like that… but somehow… that didn't feel like it made sense?
"Ah… Yes. I'll take my leave then. Good afternoon President." She bowed again before exiting his office. She walked down the corridor, thinking of the presidents words and wondering how she could make amends with ANJELL's leader before it was too late. She continued and made a turn, not noticing the absence of her brothers' manager, who was actually still in the office, being instructed by President Ahn about his visit later. She walked down the staircase slowly, lost in her thoughts, moving towards the front entrance, or exit, in this case.
"Mi Nam-ah!" She was jerked back from the door and back into reality as Manager Ma's face came into focus. He was panting slightly.
"You don't want to go out there right now, believe me. We'll go out the other exit."
"Eh? Why?" He stared at her for a bit before responding,
"Come with me for a bit." He turned away from the door and started back up the staircase, motioning for her to follow him. Curious, she did. He led her onto the rooftop, and stopped by the edge, before leaning against it as he regained his breath from going up so many stairs.
Why the roof of all places? …What's that sound? A chant… what are they saying…? She approached the edge, and stood beside Manager Ma as she looked down to the source of noise. Aren't those the girls I saw last week when I came to sign the contract? Why are they shouting?
"-GO MI NAM NO NO! GO MI NAM GO GO GO! GO MI NAM NO NO! GO MI NAM NO NO NO!"
Go Mi Nam? Oppa…? Why are they shouting his name? They look so angry… she looked over at Manager Ma, who had recovered from his exercise, and was checking his phone while starting to explain,
"President Ahn told me before. The fans outside are against you as a new member… It seems they found out about that you fought with Tae Kyung. I'm just checking for some articles now…" He continued talking about search rankings, but she stopped listening, leaning against the wall for support, looking down to the chanting girls. They're angry… with me? But… I need to protect Oppa's place, why am I doing such a bad job in the first few days? Maybe if I told them that we aren't fighting… She stood, steeling herself.
"I should go down there and explain to those people what really happened." She took a step back, and turned away from the edge. She took half a step towards the exit, but was stopped by a hand holding her wrist fast. Eh?
"Ah, You can't do that." Her brothers' manager told her simply,
"Do you know what will happen if you go down there now?" He took in her confused expression, then released her wrist.
"…Do you want to see?" He asked her, and held up her jacket he had been carrying for her. He took a over the side, before throwing it over the edge. What is he doing? Why is he throwing his clothes away? She moved back to the edge, and looked down as he yelled,
"Ah, there's Go Mi Nam!"
The effect was instantaneous. The girls broke free of the security guards that were holding them back from the entrance and rushed to where the jacket was. Mi Nyu watched in shock as the jacket disappeared under the feet of the screaming girls. It's just a jacket… Why are they reacting so strongly…? The security managed to get the girls back under control and pushed them back to where they were originally. Mi Nyu's eyes flicked back to the jacket, and gasped. Where there was originally a fairly decent jacket, there was now nothing more than tattered scraps of leather. Oh.. my gosh... Did they do that? …Because it was a jacket I wore…?
"Did you see?" Manager Ma asked. She nodded slowly. …Mother Superior… What do I do? Oppa… I'm so sorry… I'll try harder, surely they'll forgive me eventually… I hope…
"THAT's why we aren't going out that way when we leave." She nodded again, having lost the power of speech for the time being. As he pulled her back inside, all she could hear was the screaming chant of the girls,
"GO MI NAM NO NO! GO MI NAM GO GO GO!"
She turned aside and re entered the building, following in the wake of her brothers' manager, who was complaining about the lack of elevators in the building under his breath.
Mi Nyu walked up the steps to the front deck slowly, mentally tired from the days events. She still hadn't come up with an idea to help things between her and Tae Kyung, and Manager Ma wasn't particularly helpful in that regard, the only suggestion he had was to kneel on the ground and beg for forgiveness. She somehow thought that that action wouldn't work well this time. She was also trying her hardest to not remember the scene she had witnessed earlier, with the screaming fans. Thinking harder about a solution, she didn't notice that there was someone else on the deck with her, actually, two somebodies.
"Jolie, Get Him!" Jeremy commanded, releasing Jolie's leash. Mi Nyu could only watch as Jolie bounded over to her, jumping on her and knocking her to the ground.
What's happening? What's she doing? …Haha, it tickles, stop please! HAHAHA! Jolie had begun an onslaught of licking all over her face. She could hear Jeremy laughing in the background, and when begging Jolie didn't work, she tried begging him too.
"Jolie, Stop!" Jeremy bounced over to where Mi Nyu was trying to get up from the floor. He held Jolie's leash while she did this, keeping her from jumping back onto Mi Nyu.
"Hey, pig poop water tsunami", he greeted her with a grin, taking a bite from the apple he was holding in his other hand. Chewing, he continued,
"First, you head-butt Tae Kyung-Hyung and now you're destroying his room? Tsk-tsk." He shook his head slowly, waiting for her response now. He's still angry with me… She cleared her throat before replying,
"I'll be sure to clean the room." She looked at him seriously as she said this, she would definitely clean up the mess she had made in Tae Kyung's room, he just needed to let her go so she could do it. He shook his head again, and released Jolie's leash. Jumping up, he looked down at her,
"I'll get you the same way you hurt Hyung." He stated with a half laughing, half serious voice.
"Angelina Jolie! Get Him!" he commanded his dog, commencing the second wave of licking. Mi Nyu struggled valiantly, but to no avail. Jolie's tongue attack was too strong, and she was again on the floor, laughing from the ticklish feeling and rolling around in attempt to get away from the dog. She could hear Jeremy yelling things and laughing somewhere above her, but she couldn't understand what he was saying, as she was trying too hard to get away from the dogs slobber. She somehow managed to roll away long enough to stand upright, and made a wild dash for the door.
"Where are you going?!" Jeremy yelled after her, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her back. What do I do? What do I do? He's going to find out… he's too close… She panicked and struggled against him, begging,
"Please stop! Please let me go!" His arms are against my chest… the bindings can't stop them from feeling different to a mans chest… Please let go! She made one last struggle, and managed to break free from his hold. She ran away as fast as she could, into the dorm.
Mi Nyu rubbed at her face as she ran through the front door, Ew… my face feels so slimy and gross, and why did Jeremy do that? He nearly discovered my secret, and it's only been a day! How can I help Oppa like this?! Mi Nyu thought as she continued to try and rid her face of Jolie's slobber. She sped up as she neared a turn, intending to go her bathroom for a second shower, and nearly ran into Shin Woo, who was coming from the opposite direction.
She quickly bowed and apologized. Why does he come out of nowhere all the time? He's so silent; it feels like he sneaks up on me on purpose… He's laughing at me now… She thought as he chuckled lightly, before asking,
"Are you okay?"
"Eh?" Am I okay? What's wrong with me that he would think to ask? Visibly at least. Is it the dog drool on my face?
He suddenly lifted his arm, reaching a hand out towards her face. She suddenly remembered her injury, temporarily forgotten in the aftermath of Jeremy and Jolie's attack by the front door. She flinched away from his hand as it got closer, looking away from him. Huh? Why did I do that? I didn't mean to…
He slowly lowered his arm. Looking up, she saw his expression change from amused to vaguely surprised, before becoming the blank face she was getting used to, Wh-why is he angry? Did I do something wrong again?
"You know, if you react like that, everyone will figure everything out." He told her, with a serious tone. Figure everything out? Mi Nyu thought, panicking. Figure out what?
"W-what?" No… He can't know, please, he can't… I'm just mistaken… act normal.
He leaned closer to her, and she leaned away from his approach. He smiled, before saying,
"See, you're doing it again." D-D-Doing what? What am I doing?!
"So I'm saying that it's obvious when you're scared or frightened. It's enough to make people thing Tae Kyung really did hit you." …Scared? He's saying… what? So he didn't mean THAT… Thank goodness…
"A-Ah, so that's what you meant…" She relaxed slightly. I thought I was done for…
He smiled, and moved towards her again, wrapping his arm around her shoulders. She froze under his touch. W-what is he doing?
"So, shall we go?" he asked, looking down at her face.
"G-Go? Go where?" His smile widened before replying,
"To the rooftop of course, for the easily frightened Go Mi Nam, I think we should have some tea and have a talk about… a topic that I'm very interested in." He started down the hallway, pulling her along with him.
Eh? The rooftop? I suppose it's a pretty private place, maybe he doesn't want to be interrupted? …He still has his arm on my shoulders, I need to get him to take it off… It's heavy too… Eh? It's gone… we've stopped too… She looked up at him, questioning.
"Do you perhaps want to…" He looked her up and down, "Clean up? I think this will take a while…" Ah… I suppose the drool isn't a particularly good look… I smell like Jolie now too…
"Ah, yes… I'll take a shower first, them meet you up there?" Shin Woo-ssi is nice, I'll tell Oppa that there is a good person here, so he shouldn't worry too much…
He nodded, then turned towards the kitchen, walking off quietly. She watched him go, before turning herself, hurrying to her bathroom for the second time that day.
[E/N: hehe, DEVIATION FROM THE ORIGINAL PLOT! :D only took me what... 5, 6 chapters? only about 10,000 words lol, i've almost finished the next chapter, so it'll be up soon]