"Yah, yah, yah... igo bwa!!" "Whoaa, daebak, is this for real? They're getting married?!" Chae Won is just silently waiting for her oppa / manager to come back with her coffee in the cafe she's frequently went to when she overhears the conversation between a couple of school girls who are sitting in the booth behind her. Their voices are so loud and clear that she can't not hear them even if she wants to. "Keuron ga boine. They traveled together to Hong Kong and were caught up having dinner together in New York. They must have dated for real! What else could it be explained?" "Daebak, daebak! Their shippers must be thrilled for this news. Isn't that right, Hyo Jin-ah?" "Dangyeonhaji!! Didn't you see their chemistry in the drama? Their chemistry was super daebak! How could people not shipping them after seeing them in it?!" "Eyyy... They're just acting. Keugo molla? Joong Ki oppa is someone who can act with great chemistry even if his co-star was a stone! Keuronikka, don't get too excited. If you're find out that they just co-stars, you would be disappointed." Chae Won hears one of the girls--probably the shipper--clicks her tongue in annoyed. "Aigoo... Looks who's talking. Are you saying it for yourself? Or are you still think Joong Ki oppa and her last co-star, are dating? Yah, Geun Young-ah. Move on, will you? Can't you see they didn't have the chemistry as great as Joong Ki oppa and Lorraine eonni?" "Mwo? Who said they didn't have it? You haven't watch their drama so don't comment on their chemistry. Keurigo, if you're so insist that they aren't real like your ship, why did your fandom attack Chae Won eonni?! Do you feel jealous because she was the only woman Joong Ki oppa ever called a goddess?!" "Mwo? Jealous? Ukkigu inne! Does Moon Chae Won more famous than Lorraine eonni? Why do we have to be jealous of her? She was just someone Joong Ki oppa had acted with in the past. The present is more important and it's Lorraine eonni." "Mwo?! Yah, Ahn Hyo Jin!! If you don't feel jealous of her then why did you attack my Chae Won eonni? Why did you badmouthed her to other girl in school if you're so eager to believe that Joong Ki oppa and Lorraine are real? Threaten, right? You must feel threaten by her because she was so beautiful even Joong Ki oppa admitted that!" "Mwo?!" "Mwo?! Mwo?!" "Yah, yah, yah keumanhae you two." Chae Won doesn't hear them anymore when one of them angrily left the rest. She doesn't know if it's the girl who defends her or if it's her friend who support Joong Ki and Lorraine. She was made aware by her oppa who was back with coffees in his both hands. It seems that he too was overheard them talking about something that involved her because he sits in front of her with a look of confused. "What did they talking about?" She shrugged halfheartedly while reaching her coffee and sips it. "I heard them talking about you. I also heard them talking about Song Joong Ki and Lorraine. Are they fighting about the fandoms?" "Na do molla." was the only thing Chae Won says before she's back pretending to be busy with her cup of coffee. Staring at it like it was so fascinating. Seeing his sister looks like she doesn't want to talk about it, her oppa doesn't say anything more. After a moment, they hear the rest of the school girls leave their booth. Chae Won's oppa took a peek until those girls disappeared then he's back leaning against the chair, sighing. "Those school girls spent too many times gossiping instead of studying like what they should do. Why fighting over something they can't be sure of? Why can't they relax and be a normal fans who likes celebrities because of their works not because of their romance stories?" he asks, more like to himself rather than to her. Chae Won only smiles hearing her oppa's question. After all, her oppa didn't ask it to be answered. But even if he did, she too couldn't answer that.  In the car back to the agency building, Chae Won couldn't stop searching for the news she heard before. And those girls are right, the news spreads all over the website. It's as if the medias are also wooing for them to be real. She can't find the news where both of them denied the rumors. Only their agencies are. And she can't believe that because after all, it was stated in the contract that the agencies would deny such rumors about being in a relationship to prevent something like this. She was made aware of that when she signed the contract before. It was a common clause so they must have signed them too, right? She continues to scroll down her phone and found a lot of Joong Ki and Lorraine's photos together. She stares at the newest one, posted just a couple of hours ago. Since he was released from the army, he became much more manlier and more handsome, like it's different from the guy she dated. They're only dated for sometimes until a couple months before he was discharged, and it's almost been a year since the last time they met. She thought the break up wouldn't affect her. After all, life's must go on.She even had cut her long hair that Joong Ki liked to the extreme shortness which made her fans shocked, and had starred in a couple of movies and had already finished shooting for her current drama which has the same slot time with his drama. She thought being busy would distract her from him, but when she was asked about her feelings having to compete with her ex co-star in the press conference, the feelings she has for him rushed back at her. It was a relief that she could hide her surprise and answered it like it was nothing to her. She was an actress after all. "I'll cheer him on, since we are close acquaintances." was what she told the press, managed to say it with so much calm she'd mentally giving herself a high five. Close acquaintances. Because that's what they are now. Chae Won lets out a sigh. It's true that his new fandom had attacked her personally, which made her decided to close her SNS accounts. She doesn't know exactly why they do that, since she was sure no one knows about her dated Joong Ki. They hide it so perfectly that even their friends didn't know. Only Lee Kwang Soo, Joong Ki's best friend, who knew. And it was only because he was entrusted a letter for her from Joong Ki since she couldn't visit him in the army. Maybe because she was the last girl he co-starred with before he went to the military? Maybe because they too has their own fandom who shipped them until now and the other fandom afraid with how loyal her shippers are? She doesn't know the real reason why their fans attacked her, and she doesn't know for real who started the fans-war. What she knew is that she was someone who couldn't stand to be hated, and if she gets it, she's rather hiding than fighting back. She doesn't realize that she's already inside the agency because she was too busy with her phone, opening up all the website that are posting the news about the so-called upcoming marriage plan of Song Joong Ki and Lorraine before her oppa's waving his hands before her face. "Calling the earth to Moon Chae Won!" "A, ah, mwo ya, oppa? Are you calling me?" He stares at his sister from head to toe and frowns. "Wae geurae, neon? Is there something that's bothering you? You weren't listening to me since we're back from that cafe." he asks in confused. "A, aniya. Is there anything you want to tell me?" she asks, putting back her phone in her jeans pocket. Jangshinjaryo, Moon Chae Won. Since when did you became obsessive like this over a guy? You're the one ended things with him. You're the one who said we need to be focused on each careers first. You're the one... "Keuronika I said you didn't hear me at all. I told you that you're scheduled are done for the day and was asking you if you want to go straight to home or anything else." Chae Won was really not in the mood of doing anything else. She's surprisingly feeling so tired, which was so weird since she was always feel energetic because working is something she loves. Without a doubt she knows why she feels so down today, and that has absolutely nothing to do with her schedules. "I want to go back to my apartment, oppa." she told her brother. Usually she went back with him to their house where her parents and her lovely dog also live, but she also has her own haven where she can reflects herself or when she wants to be alone. Without asking, her oppa fulfilled her wish and brings her back to her apartment, and making sure she's okay just by herself. Chae Won insisted that she's fine, told him that she just needs to take a peaceful sleep with no noise and she'll back being herself by tomorrow. "Keurae. I don't know what makes your mood down, since you have it every couple days, but be better by tomorrow, okay? We have schedules to catch up on." her oppa says, and smiles when she nodded obediently before he turns and leave. Chae Won always makes sure her refrigerator fills up with foods and especially boozes since they are what she needs in days like today. So it wasn't a surprise when after she changed her clothes into pajamas, she went straight to the refrigerator and took out a couple of beer cans and snack. She makes herself comfortable on the sofa before the TV while checking on her phone. Some of her friends chat her and asked her to hang out. Any other day she would gladly come and have fun with them, just not today. So she locks her phone and put it on the table in front of her. She turns the TV on with the remote she took from the table. She changes the channel until it shows up her favorite entertainment news show. Then she opens up one of her beers and starts drinking. The first hour and she's already downing 3 cans of beer while eating peanuts. She knows she should stop before she feels dizzy because it's when she's started to feel drunk. Chae Won was about to stop drink the rest of the cans before she hears the next segment in that shows that delivering the rumors she was trying to erase from her head. Song Joong Ki and Lorraine rumors of marriage. She takes the remote, ready to turn it off before the shows displaying Joong Ki's picture in full screen. She stops her movement and staring at the smiling eyes who stares back at her. It was only a for a brief moment but it was like he was standing in front of her again. The memories when they were shooting together and when they're dating surging in her head. She's back from her reverie when she hears the hosts commenting the news. "Well... they haven't confirmed anything yet, but I bet their fans are very thrilled about this news." "Cho do paen-imnida. So of course I wish the best of them. Preferably together." the other chimed in, and they're laughing it off. Chae Won doesn't realize tears were filled her eyes until it fell onto her cheek.