Chapter 7
A/N: Hello! Sorry for the wait...Thanks for all the reviews and suggestions! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. :) Please enjoy it. Please. Enjoy.
Ga Eul's POV
I couldn't sleep that night after Yi Jung dropped me off. I tried everything—yoga, warm milk, reading, etc. I even tried hypnotizing myself. Nothing worked. I was too hyped up on the kiss(es). I was his now. He was mine. I was extremely overjoyed. Beyond that. So how could I sleep, or even close my eyes for a moment?
But eventually, I got tired of smiling and giggling.
~o-o~
As soon as I woke up, I called Yi Jung.
"Yoboseyo?" I heard him yawn.
"Hi,"
"Hey. What's up?" He asked, his voice perking up.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go to the Pond Café with me for breakfast,"
"Sure. What time? I'll pick you up," He said.
"No, it's fine. Can you be there around 10?"
"No, really. You need to give me directions. I've never been to the Pond Café before,"
"Of course." I sighed and laughed. I got off the phone and quickly got ready.
~o-o~
Yi Jung's POV
I got out of the car and rang the doorbell. She answered the door. As soon as I saw her, I lost control of my body. I pulled her to me and kissed her. After a few seconds, she pulled away.
"It's early," She looked down. I smirked and led her to the car.
~o-o~
"Is this the place?" I asked. The café seemed decent enough. She nodded. We went inside.
"Hello, welcome to—" The boy stopped talking. She stared at Ga Eul.
"Two, please." Ga Eul said. He nodded and quickly led Ga Eul and I to a table.
"Thank you." Ga Eul smiled at him as she sat down. He blushed and ran off.
I looked up from the menu. Ga Eul seemed to be concentrating hard on something. Probably the food.
"I'm going to get the pancakes with strawberries slices and orange juice. What about you?" She asked, putting her menu down.
"I guess I'll get the same," I said. The odd boy came back to take our order. He stared at Ga Eul the whole time. I didn't like how he was looking at her.
After we ate, the boy came back with the bill. I quickly snatched it and put some cash in it.
"I'll be there in a second. You can wait in the car." I threw Ga Eul my keys. She nodded and headed out. Quickly, I walked over to the creepy boy, who was staring at her back.
"Hey." I said. He turned around, startled.
"Y-yes?" He awkwardly walked over to stand behind the counter while blushing.
"Don't look at her like that. It's creepy as hell, and it's pissing me off." I lightly punched him in the shoulder and left.
~o-o~
Ga Eul's POV
After breakfast (more like brunch), Yi Jung took me to the Shin Hwa University.
"Why are we here?" I asked.
"The F4 said they wanted to meet up here. In our room."
"You guys have your own room?" I stared at him in disbelief. He nodded and put his arm around me as we walked inside.
"Hey! Why are you the only who gets to bring a girl? I'm calling Jan Di," Joon Pyo said to Yi Jung as we came in.
"No!" Yi Jung exclaimed.
"Why not?" Joon Pyo put down his phone.
"Just...because. Don't."
"Fine. Anyway, I called you all here because we need to red card someone." Joon Pyo leaned back in his recliner.
"Who?" Woo Bin asked.
"See, today, this kid puked on my shirt..." Joon Pyo blabbed on.
They were going to red card someone for an accident? They gave a red card to Jan Di last year. It wasn't good.
"...library." Joon Pyo said. I didn't hear anything before that. Yi Jung grabbed my hand and took me to the library, which was bigger than my house. Woo Bin, Ji Hoo, Yi Jung, and Joon Pyo were sitting at the computers, searching for the kid that threw up on Joon Pyo. I was sitting on the librarian's checkout desk alone, with nothing to do but look around the unnecessarily large room.
"Hey Yi Jung, stop playing on the computer and satisfy your woman!" Woo Bin yelled. I heard fierce whispering, then footsteps. Yi Jung walked into the checkout room.
"Sorry about that," He said.
"For what?"
"Leaving you alone to be bored,"
"Then entertain me," I smiled, grabbing his tie and pulling his face closer. Where was I getting this boldness?
"Gladly." He smiled and touched his lips to mine softly at first, but he deepened the kiss. I pulled away, but he kissed me again. His hand trailed up my leg.
"Yi Jung, I—whoa. Don't mind me. Carry...carry on." I pulled away from Yi Jung's perfect lips and looked up. Joon Pyo was smirking at us. I blushed and quickly pushed Yi Jung away.
Woo Bin came up behind Joon Pyo.
"What's taking you so long?" The Don Juan asked. Joon Pyo whispered in his ear. Woo Bin laughed and gave Yi Jung a thumbs up. I blushed harder and looked away. Woo Bin and Joon Pyo walked away from us, laughing. Yi Jung chuckled and pulled my ankles, dragging me to him. He touched his forehead to mine.
"That was embarrassing," I whispered.
"It was worth it." He gave me a quick peck on the lips and helped me off the counter.
~o-o~
Yi Jung's POV
We walked out of the checkout room. All of F4's eyes were on us. Everyone smiled knowingly. I saw Ga Eul blush. I stared at her lips. She was like a drug. I wanted to kiss her again and again.
We stayed in the library for another hour or so.
"We have all the information that we need," Ji Hoo said. "Let's leave now." He walked out, with the rest of us following.
"I have to go home now, sunbae. My dad is coming home from a business trip in around two hours," Ga Eul whispered.
"I'll drive you home. Can I meet him?" I asked. She shook her head.
"Not today...he's grumpy when he comes home from a long flight. Besides, he's leaving again tomorrow morning," She looked at me apologetically.
"That soon? Don't you ever get lonely?" She sure looked lonely. She'd been living pretty much alone her whole life. I wondered how she held up.
"No,"
"Well, I'll take you back home." I said. "Guys, I'll be back. Go wait at Joon Pyo's house or something," I said to my friends.
~o-o~
"Thank you, have a nice day," said the perfect girl before she opened the car door. She stopped, turned around, and kissed me on the cheek. That wasn't enough for me.
"Really?" I sighed theatrically. She smiled at me and got out of the car and went inside her house, the rain barely hitting her.
I drove to Joon Pyo's house.
"Heeeyyy! Look who's here!" Woo Bin put his arm around me and dragged me up the stairs and into Joon Pyo's room.
~o-o~
Ga Eul's POV
"Welcome home, appa!" I greeted my father with a hug. He stiffly hugged me back. He sat down at the table while I served him some soybean paste stew. His eyes softened when he brought the spoon to his lips.
"Is it good?" I asked. He nodded.
Ring ring ring.
My dad picked up the phone. It was my mom. They started shouting at eachother. I looked away as he hung up.
"Aish. Yah, Chu Ga Eul! Don't marry someone with a personality like your mother! She's crazy!" He said, eating some more. I nodded.
"Speaking of which, are you seeing anyone?" He asked.
"Y-Yes," I told him nervously. Would he approve of the gap in social status?
"Really? Who?"
"So Yi Jung..."
"The multi-millionaire potter? The son of the So Museum? One of the four richest boys in South Korea?" He asked in disbelief.
"Yes..." I replied quietly, scared of what he was going to say. He wiped his mouth with the napkin.
"Thank you for the food. Goodnight." My father hugged me and went to his room.
Was that a good thing or a bad thing? Was he thinking about it? Did he not approve? Sighing, I cleaned up the food, washed the dishes, and went to bed.
~o-o~
I woke up and walked to the living room. A note from my dad was on the counter. Without reading it, I put it in the drawer. I already knew that he had left. He wrote the same thing every time. I was tired of it.
Ring ring ring.
"Yoboseyo?" I said into the phone. I tucked it between my shoulder and ear and began making myself breakfast.
"Ga Eul, sorry I can't hang out with you today. I have to finish my pottery before the deadline," Yi Jung said.
"It's okay. You don't have to spend every minute of the day with me," I laughed.
"Oh...right. I'll call you in the evening, okay? Bye." He hung up.
I sat down at the table and ate my scrambled eggs. Did Yi Jung seriously just call me to tell me that? I chuckled.
I quickly got dressed to get to my job at the porridge shop. I sighed. I needed some extra money, so I took the shift that went into the evening. It was going to be a long day.
~o-o~
Yi Jung's POV
By 7:00 in the evening, I was finally done with all of the vases and pots for the display.
Ring ring ring.
"Yoboseyo?"
"Yi Jung ahhhh," It was my disgusting father.
"What do you want?"
"These pretty girls at the bar keep telling me I'm drunk," He slurred
"And?" I clenched my fist.
"Should I take them home with me? Give me some adviiice. You know this stuff well, maybe even better than meeeee,"
"You little shit of a father, I will mess you up," I spit through my teeth.
"On what? My math? Heehee." He giggled. I hung up and leaned on the wall, away from the pottery. I smashed them too easily when I was angry.
Dingaling.
The text was from my brother. It read,
Let's go see mom. Just once. The doctors said she's in critical condition.
I told him I was busy.
~o-o~
Ga Eul's POV
Ding dong.
I got up and answered the door.
"Yi Jung? What are you doing h—" Yi Jung silenced me with his lips. He lightly pushed me backwards. I quickly pulled away.
"What are you doing?" I asked. He pulled me to him and kissed me again, this time more forcefully.
"Yi Jung, stop,"
"I love you, Ga Eul," He whispered. I melted.
"Well...you're not kissing me right now for that reason," I pushed him away. "You're stressed,"
"Only you know me that well," He leaned in for another kiss. I ducked and led him to the couch.
"Seriously. What's going on with you?" I asked, pushing him every time he leaned in.
"Should I tell you?"
"Yes,"
He explained everything to me, pausing every 10 seconds to lean in for another kiss. He would begin talking again when I pushed him back. This was the first time he opened up to me truly, when he was sober.
~o-o~
Yi Jung fell asleep. I stared at his perfect face.
I put a pillow under his head and laid a blanket on him. I moved his bangs out of his face and stared at him like a creeper some more. Then I turned off the lights and went up to my room to take a shower and go to sleep.
"Ahhhh!" I heard a high-pitched scream—Jan Di's scream. I quickly turned off the water, wrapped a towel around myself, and ran downstairs.
"Jan Di?" I called out as I turned on the lights in the living room. I looked over to the couch and saw Yi Jung and Jan Di on the couch, both frozen and staring at me. Jan Di quickly stopped trying to kill Yi Jung and scrambled towards me.
"W-W-W-Why is he here? And why..." She trailed off, staring at me wet hair and towel. I quickly blushed, realizing that Yi Jung was staring at me too. I dragged Jan DI up the stairs with me.
~o-o~
Yi Jung's POV
Like the stalker I was, I followed them stealthily. Ga Eul closed the door behind her. I leaned my ear on the door and listened.
"Yah! Chu Ga Eul! What do you think you're doing with that playboy!" I heard Jan Di whisper fiercely.
"We weren't doing anything, you just came in at the wrong time!"
"You were in a TOWEL."
"I was washing up before going to bed! And then you broke in!"
"The front door was unlocked,"
"Again?" Ga Eul sighed. "Well, this is all just a misunderstanding."
"Don't get too close, Ga Eul. Think about what he did to all those other girls!" Jan Di's words punched me in the face.
"It's fine!"
"His lips...his lips might not have touched only lips. You don't know where else they've been!" Jan Di said loudly.
"Ew." Ga Eul said. I heard something fall to the ground.
"Y-Yah! You could've warned me to turn around! I'm leaving," Jan Di said quickly.
Oh shit.
The door flew wide open, and Jan Di came out. I saw Ga Eul. With no towel. I stood there, frozen, staring. She scrambled for the towel, which was all the way across the room, for some reason.
"Y-Y-Yah!" Jan DI slammed the door shut and slapped me. She ran down the stairs and out the door.
"Anyong!" I smiled and waved. She shook her fist and me before closing the door. Laughing, I went back down to the couch.
~o-o~
Ga Eul's POV
It was morning. But I still didn't go downstairs. I hoped that he had left.
"Ga Eul? Are you awake?" Yi Jung knocked on the door. I put the blanket over my head.
"Ga Eul...I'm coming in," He announced. He opened the door and pulled the blanket away from my head.
"Go away," I mumbled, trying to pull the blanket back over me. His strong grip held my hands by my sides.
"Wake up," He leaned over me, his forehead touching mine.
"I am awake."
"Get out of bed," He dipped his head down and gave me a chaste kiss. When I was caught off guard, he pulled me out of my bed.
"Hey! Don't do that!" I shouted as I braced myself for the loud thump when I hit the floor, but as always, Yi Jung caught me. He helped me to my feet.
"Do what?" He asked, smirking.
"Don't mess with romantic feelings to get things you want!"
"I don't do that." He blinked. It was funny to see the Casanova denying what he always did. I bit the insides of my cheeks to keep from smiling.
~o-o~
"Bye," Yi Jung put on his million-dollar-looking jacket before opening the door.
"Bye..." I was expecting a kiss, but I guess he doesn't do that all the time. Even though it seemed like it. Suddenly, he turned around and pulled me to him.
"One," He said. Then Yi Jung ran the back of his hand softly down the bridge of my nose. I blushed and closed my eyes.
"Two," He smirked and then dipped me, leaning in so close that our noses were about to touch.
"Three."
I closed my eyes, yet again expecting a kiss, but nothing came. I opened my eyes and blinked at him. He was laughing at me silently. I glared at him.
"What was the point of that if you're not going to end step number three?" I asked, standing back up.
"Sorry. Don't be mad," He ruffled my hair and ran out the door, unlocking his car on the way. He got in and drove off speedily.
Damn it.
Ring ring ring.
"Yoboseyo?"
"Is this Ga Eul?" An incredibly low voice asked.
"Yes...who is this?"
"I have your father here. Come alone at 6:30, or else he dies." The person hung up. I dropped the phone, losing all feeling.
A/N: Sorry for the dull chapter. Nothing really happened except for like, two things. As you can see, the next chapter will be interesting! I hope you review! (And give me yo' ideas for what should happen next!) Bye. I love you. I hope you love me too.