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Chapter Sixteen

Mi Nyu sat crossed legged on top Tae Kyung's bed with her notebook in her hand. Her hair was tied back and she was in pair of beat up jeans she just found and a yellow pull over. "Guess what?" She asked as she doodled a picture of Tae Kyung and her holding hands on the cover. It was to be their wedding plan book.

"Shock me." He said. Tae Kyung was sitting beside her, reading a book.

"Ye Eun said she'd help with the wedding."

"You've lost your mind haven't you? I'd have to be insane to let you let Cho Ye Eun plan this wedding. We'll hire a professional."

"But…but…you know Ye Eun's good with these things! She's planned some before! She's even got a portfolio. It's really nice. Unpro people don't have portfolios that nice! And she does it all in her spare time!"

"I hardly think anyone like that is good at something that complicated."

"You shouldn't underestimate her."

"I'm not underestimating her. I'm just trying to let you see the reality. Do you have this 'portfolio'?" He turned his head towards her, reaching his hand out.

She shook her head. "I don't have it right now."

He returned to reading, "Then I'll tell you again: I'm not going to let someone who doesn't have the credentials or any type of background to plan our wedding."

Mi Nyu believed in her potential and frowned at his automatic rejection. "Give her a chance. You said this is our wedding so can't you-"

"I know I said I would let you do the 'who, when, where and how (if it applies)' of the wedding ceremony, reception and whatnot BUT you do realize you only get one first wedding right? If she messes it up, I might not forgive you. And you'll have to live with that." Due to more of Mi Nyu's nearly flawless haggling, Tae Kyung had given her the task. In return he would be in complete charge of the honeymoon, and the destination was to remain a secret until the night of. The only thing they were doing together would be agreeing on a theme and a date.

"She's totally capable! She won't disappoint us!"

"Can you guarantee that?"

"Well no-"

"That's what I thought." He flipped the page. Out of his peripheral vision he could see her making a pouty face. "Oh, don't you dare make that face at me." He looked over to her. "You…stop that! It's not going to work. You are so not going to make me feel guilty because you don't get your way. I'm not falling for your trickery." She looked like such a cute kid with that face though, he had to admit. "If I do, you'll end up tricking me with your words and next thing I know I'll be wearing bunny ears."

"Are you still mad about that?" She giggled. "I'm sorry. But you were so cute with them- before you threw them over the balcony."

"Just know I'm never doing something like that again. Even if you beg." He turned back to his book. "By the way were visiting my grandparents next week. They're crazy about meeting you." He remembered the phone call he had gotten the previous day from them, his grandmother screamed in excitement over another addition to the family. "My father knows also. But he's not coming back to Korea until the summer time."

"Really? Oh, then where is your father?" He knew she would be curious about his past. He didn't mind telling her what he felt like he could.

"He's been living in America for the last ten years."

"Then, that's why you stayed with your grandparents?"

"Partially." Going any deeper would be impossible to explain. The relationship between Tae Kyung and his father was now a relatively normal one, however complicated it once was. That's not to say that they didn't feel the strain of its aforementioned state. "And stop getting so worked up. They're average people."

"How could I not be excited? I'm meeting your family, my family, our family!" Nothing could kill her excitement now. "Oh, but…Hyung-nim, can I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead. I might answer it." Putting his book down on his beside table, Tae Kyung got up and stretched.

"Why did your father go to America?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"I'm sure that if you-"

"I told you I don't want to talk about it. End of discussion." He snapped.

"But-" She persisted.

"Why is it you keep talking after I said 'end of discussion'?"

"What if the question I was going to ask was different from what you thought it was going to be?" Mi Nyu elucidated, fiddling with her star necklace. "And you ignored it because you thought I was going to continue to talk about the same thing? It could have been a serious question."

Tae Kyung's mouth almost dropped. Is she smart-mouthing me? I knew what she was going to ask! But…she's right, isn't she? She could've been trying to ask something different. Oh whatever. It's not like I'm going to admit I was wrong. Otherwise I lose. She knows she's right anyway, what's the point of me admitting it? It'll give her gratification and she'll become overconfident and we cannot have that. "Mi Nyu-"

"You can't half answer a question." She shook her finger at him.

One single movement never made him feel like such a child. "And why not?" He stood by the side of their bed, arms folded.

"Because it's not right to half-do things, and depending the circumstances it could have negative outcomes and really hurt people."

He felt strangely hot all of sudden and went to his dresser to find a shirt. "I can half do or not do whatever I want." He whispered to himself in defense. Did she turn the thermostat up or something? Why is it suddenly so hot in here? He struggled for something to say as he decided on a plain white shirt. Wait. Are we having a fight right now?

She filled in the space of Tae Kyung's face. "I could be wrong about this feeling completely, but…I feel like you have something unsettled with your father. Did something happen between you two?"

"Your privilege to ask has been revoked." Tae Kyung rolled his eyes, a-lining for the bathroom. "I'm taking a shower."

Mi Nyu put her notebook down, sensing something troubling. She quickly went to confront him.

"I won't answer your question."

"You said you 'might' not that you wouldn't!" She muttered, not showing a bitter look even though there was a tone in her voice. "I want you to be able to trust me enough for you to tell me things like this. You trust me don't you?"

"How did it escalate to an issue of trust? This has nothing to do with trust!" Tae Kyung was selfish he knew; trying to save himself the ache from reliving those memories.

She still queried. "You do trust me don't you?" The thought that he didn't was beginning to make her crestfallen.

"IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU LEAVE THINGS ALONE WHEN I ASK YOU TO?" Tae Kyung exploded. Go Mi Nyu bit her lip, startled from the sudden harshness. He regretted yelling at her instantaneously. Why did I do that? Why did I yell at her? How could I lose my cool like that? "Just...let's stop talking about this, okay?" He calmed his tone.

Go Mi Nyu gave the saddest eyes. "Fine." She softly spoke. "Then...I'll...I'll just..." Mi Nyu turned to leave, not even finishing her sentence. Tae Kyung stood there fixed in his spot, unable to form any comprehensible words to tell her to stay.

Jeremy gazed at the purple dawn as he filled Jolie's water bowl. Being it was five A.M, Jeremy felt like he was going to fall back asleep at any moment, so he preoccupied himself with small chores. He had to stay up and figure out why Mi Nam had left.

The sound of an engine cutting off alerted Jeremy who turned his head to the stairs where Go Mi Nam came marching up. In his hand he had a rumpled magazine and a brown paper bag.

"Where'd you go this time?"

He held up the bag. "Pills."

"You didn't buy that from someone on the side of the road did you?" Jeremy half joked.

"Huh, real funny hyung."

"Are your problems are that bad?"

"Oh." He replied with a yawn. "I wanted to avoid pills but with this extra work load, I need sleep even if it's drug induced."

"If you still can't get to sleep, I'll...try to make you something." Jeremy couldn't help but feel bad for him and tried to console. "But, what is that?" He pointed at the magazine.

There was a mixed expression of anger and drowsiness, both fighting for dominance over his body. "This..." He held up the magazine. The cover was a picture of He Yi and Mi Nam together as they were holding hands walking down the street in downtown Seoul. Now there was a 'rip' going straight between the picture.

He read the title. "A.N Jell's Go Mi Nam and Korea's National Fairy Yoo He Yi call it quits- personal interview with Yoo He Yi inside." She went public with it? No wonder he's mad.

He bent down and turned the faucet off, getting a bad feeling. "She said something bad in the interview didn't she?" He faced Mi Nam.

"'I still love Go Mi Nam, he was my best friend... but over time he began to show another side. An emotionally unstable side.'" Mi Nam quoted the words from the magazine. "She put the blame on me!"

"Don't worry, she'll have a lot of anti-fans come morning."

"But I'll have just as many." Mi Nam put his hands on the side of his head. "Her fans are going to be in her favor!"

"Then, let's do something that'll make you feel better." He grabbed the magazine out of his hand. "Pretend this magazine is He Yi. And…" He ripped the first page out.

"Can't I just put the whole magazine in the shredder?" Mi Nam's eyes lit up. "And watch her shred to pieces?"

"No, no. You can't do it like that." He put the magazine down. "How much did you love her, Go Mi Nam? You wanted to marry her, right?"

"I thought I did, but I know now I was just pushing myself." He laughed, sadly. "He Yi was still really sweet to me and even though she had her moments, I really began to love her. Still, I can't help but feel like... this only proves that I wasn't meant to love anyone, you know?"

Jeremy took his band mate by the shoulder. "You deserve to be loved! Don't you dare let someone make you think otherwise!"

"Hyung." Mi Nam started, his eyes rolling to the side in disbelief. "Could you not practice lines from the script on me?"

Jeremy sulked, "But the lines fit perfectly." He let go of his shoulders.

"I know you meant well, you numskull."

"Okay then!" Jeremy brought the magazine back up. "Every journey begins with a single step! Some things require time, patience and a lot of steps- almost like a marathon! So, what I'm saying this is your first step to a new love life. I know for sure that you'll fall in love again! It will be the most pure and wonderful love you've ever experienced!"

"I still don't get what tearing this magazine up will do for my love life."

"It'll start you on your journey to find a new love! Tear He Yi out of your life for good!"

He rolled his eyes, snatching the magazine from Jeremy. "Tear He Yi out? Then..." Mi Nam ripped the whole magazine in half, and let it drop to the floor. "That was a rather flimsy magazine."

"Oh wow! Mi Nam you're so strong!" He complimented him. "Congratulations, you've officially taken your first step."

"I can't believe I just did that." He didn't know why he was still taking his advice or even listening to him. "Huh. Weird. I do feel a little better."

"See?" Jeremy pulled the banana he was saving for Jolie out of his hoodie. "Have my banana." He held it out to him.

"I don't want your banana." He automatically denied.

"Yes, you do. I can see it in your eyes! You want this banana." He waved it in front of his face. "Because you're hungry."

Go Mi Nam might have been hungry but he loathed bananas. "Stop waving it in front of me like that! I am not your Jolie." He said, with eyes narrowed. "I hate bananas. They're yellow fruits of doom."

"Don't you need something to take with the pills?"

"No."

"Maybe you aren't sleeping regularly because you don't have enough fruit or vegetables in your diet. Come on. Say 'ahh!" He stuck the banana to his sealed tight mouth.

He pushed his hand away. "I just told you no! Stop making me feel worse. I'm going inside to try to sleep." He could do this since they didn't have anything major to do that day until eleven. Five hours of sleep is better than nothing, and to Mi Nam it would probably feel like twelve.

"Oh Mi Nam~!" Jeremy hummed, hopping behind the keyboardist.

Mi Nam hesitated before asking. "What now, roach?" He turned around.

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"The action figure. I never got around to telling you thanks. It means a lot to me! And because of you, my collection is one step closer to completion!" He gave Mi Nam a thumbs up and a smile. "You're the best!"

"Yeah yeah, whatever. Just know that I went out my way to get it for you." He wasn't shocked that he knew. Shin Woo probably told him. "You were getting so worked up over it you were more annoying than you usually are. I bought it with the intention that you would talk less. Even though that didn't quite work, it appears it's made you happy so... my efforts were not in vain. " He shook his head, walking away.

Jeremy stopped him, resting his head on his shoulder. "Why can't you be awesome like that all the time?"

"Get your elephant head off my shoulder! Are you trying to break it?" He shoved his head away while Jeremy gave a silly smile.

"Oppa? Is that you?" Go Mi Nyu cocked her head. She was still in the classroom cleaning up before going outside to watch the children play.

"Ssh." He looked around. He was wearing Jeremy's clothes and a red wig with big star shaped sunglasses.

"The point of dressing up is to hide your identity, but that's really flashy. I notice even you more."

"Jeremy helped me can't you tell? I don't know why I let him do it. And I couldn't find any of my regular sunglasses!"

She giggled. "If I wasn't so afraid something was going to eat me, I would help you look for it in your room."

He gave a nervous laugh. "It's not that dirty, Mi Nyu. I think Jeremy stole them so I'd have to wear these."

"Right." She continued to sweep the floor. "Is there something you need? I'm going out with the children for recess soon." She knew how she felt around them and found it less than likely he wanted to join them for recess.

He took her gently by the arm. "This morning, you left really early." She had left earlier than usual, missing breakfast. Everything was clean and prepackaged. Mi Nam knew something was up- because when he saw Tae Kyung looked like he wanted to kill someone. Sure, he had that not-so-happy face most of the time, but never this scary.

"Well of course, I had to get here early today. Did everyone eat what I left?" And by everyone, more specifically she meant him.

He nodded.

"Okay, let's talk." She stopped her sweeping. "Grab a broom?"

"Alright." Mi Nam did so. "So, I talked to Ye Eun."

"Really? I'm happy for you Oppa." She was thrilled. "Can I assume you're on better terms now?"

"Better? That might be pushing it."

"You found out, right?"

Mi Nam discontinued sweeping, resting his chin on the broom's head. He made a sigh in agreement. "It's almost like it's not happening to me. But it is and I don't know how to handle it. I don't know what to do."

"This is going to be very hard to deal with and accept." Mi Nyu said, reaching her broom under the table. "But, you have to. I'm sorry for not telling you I knew, but I only found out about it last week. Ye Eun said she was determined to tell you herself."

"It's fine." He sighed. "I'm actually glad you didn't. It's something that I needed to hear only from her." Mi Nam put the broom aside as he watched his sister continue. The floor was already spotless so he was curious as to what was driving her to keep cleaning.

"Is there something wrong, Mi Nyu?"

"Wrong? No, of course not."

"Did you and Tae Kyung have a 'disagreement'?" Mi Nam knew it had to be a pretty strong 'disagreement' to have caused this.

"That…" Mi Nyu was stuck in the corner of the room now, shoveling the broom as if she was killing a roach.

"Mi Nyu?" He snuck behind his sister. "What are you doing?"

"I'm killing a spider."

"You're over-killing the spider." He took her by the arm, making her set down the broom. There was a crumpled up spider in the corner.

For some reason, Go Mi Nam sympathized with it. He knew Mi Nyu was going to say 'she wasn't mad' when she really was. She was a person who didn't like to show people that side of her if she could help it.

"We're not speaking right now." She simply stated.

Yesterday their relationship was fine and now this? "Why did you have to fall in love with a guy like Tae Kyung?" Honestly, at times he would really prefer Shin Woo as a brother-in-law instead.

"Ye Eun is still coming over, by the way." She said, changing the subject. Apparently, she really didn't want to talk about it- which made Mi Nam began to worry.

"Mi Nyu-"

She picked up her broom and took away his, walking toward the broom closet. "I only ask you take into consideration the feelings and well being of the child, your child. She is innocent. It might be hard for you to be around children, but every child deserves a mother and father figure in their life if it's possible." She put the brooms away.

Mi Nam stopped her before she did anything else. "If hyung ever upsets you, tell me immediately. I can't have him hurting the most important person in the world to me."

"We need to talk." Go Mi Nam and Tae Kyung were alone at the hors d'œuvre table while Jeremy and Shin Woo were over socializing with the cast and crew of the drama. Tae Kyung was in a bad mood already from what happened with Mi Nyu last night. She had left this morning without a word and he saw her once today, when he came home to change. They didn't say a word to each other. He felt like the scum of the earth for upsetting her, and he knew he needed to apologize quickly before the situation got any worse. This definitely put Tae Kyung in no mood to socialize, especially if he didn't have to.

"What are you yapping about now, Mi Nam?" Tae Kyung picked up a glass off the table, his eyes roaming to find something to snack on. He didn't find anything particularly appealing. He was overjoyed that he didn't have to stay longer than an hour, since most of the promotional events for the day had taken place.

"What did you and my sister argue about?"

"It's none of your business."

Mi Nam turned and looked out at the party also. "I think I have every right to know if someone makes my sister upset."

"Whatever."

Mi Nam put his hand on Tae Kyung's shoulder. "Now, are you going to tell me or will I have to get it out by force?"

"Was that an attempt at threatening me, Mi Nam? How comical." He picked Mi Nam's hand off his shoulder. "And unless you want me to dropkick you into next week, don't touch me again. This is one of my nicer jackets."

"You better watch out Tae Kyung." Mi Nam scoffed. "This is no threat, but a warning. Don't let yourself be the person who unleashes the otherside of my sister."

"The otherside of your sister?"

"The way she acts now is no facade; but there was a time when my sister had a temperament worse than mine. When she was going through her rebellious stage, that girl was just as bad as me. You piss her off again and you hit that switch; you're a dead man."

Tae Kyung tried to hold back laughter. "You can't be serious. Mi Nyu wouldn't hurt a fly." The look on Mi Nam's face was serious, very serious. He gulped, feeling uncomfortably over the possibility.

Thankfully, at that moment, Jeremy skipped over to them from the crowd. "Hey! Whatcha guys doing?" He picked up a little sandwich.

"Nothing. Eat your sandwich." Tae Kyung demanded.

He frowned, biting into the sandwich. "Oh, that's good." He grabbed another.

Tae Kyung took a sip of alcohol gracefully. "Where's Shin Woo?"

"Oh. He's...with He Xin Mei." Jeremy grabbed another sandwich."She's really nice! And so much prettier in real life-" Mi Nam grabbed three sandwiches, stuffing them in Jeremy's mouth not wanting to hear more talk of their female co-star. Go Mi Nam was hoping of getting closer to her tonight, after he siphoned information from Tae Kyung.

"Hey!" He sounded through the sandwiches, trying not to swallow too many at the same time.

Tae Kyung didn't even have to turn his head. A shenanigans meter went of in his head. "Go Mi Nam. We're in front of other people. Cut it out before someone important sees."

Mi Nam disregarded every word he said. "Come on, hyung! Can you say CHUBBY BUNNY?" He said, holding Jeremy's cheeks, stretching him.

"Hubby Munny?"

Mi Nam laughed heartily. "That's too good!" He let go of Jeremy's face, immediately making him flushed. "Eat your food properly! We don't want you to choke!" He smacked him on the back.

Jeremy coughed, attempting not to swallow too much at the same time. "I'm going to kill you, Mi Nam!" He finally said when his mouth was clear.

Tae Kyung noticed Shin Woo heading over with the lead female of the drama, He Xin Mei. Both of them were conversed in light chat. "Oh look who's coming."

They both looked over into the crowd. "He Xin Mei?"

Go Mi Nam didn't get to see much of her body the earlier events, but now the opportunity was golden. He Xin Mei was tall and slender, with silky black hair that was tied into a ponytail that fell over her shoulder. She was wearing a black strapless dress and shiny black pumps. "Hyung is totally chatting her up! They're talking to each other like they've know each other for years!"

"Shin Woo hyung can do that to girls!" Jeremy accoladed. "He's suave."

"You think this is the girl I'm going to fall in love with, hyung? She's the one I'm going to experience pure and wonderful love with?" Mi Nam's eyes were stuck on her body.

"No!" He nudged Mi Nam in the side. "How shallow are you? There's more to a girl than her appearance!"

"You're right. She has to have a good personality and body." Go Mi Nam declared. "So far her body is A+ and her personality..." He watched her smile and giggle at Shin Woo. "Seems pretty good too."

"Stop staring at her like she's a piece of meat!" Jeremy griped. "What's wrong with you?"

"You guys know she has a boyfriend, right?" Tae Kyung got too much satisfaction from bursting their bubble.

"What?" They questioned in unison.

"Impossible!" Jeremy denied, knowing it was all too possible and probably the case.

"You lie!" Mi Nam was on the same boat.

"Shame on you for drooling over your co-star." Tae Kyung took another sip from his glass. "It's not professional."