Chapter 12: Turmoil

Sulli felt cold air brush her hands when Minho suddenly released her hand. She immediately felt lonely. Those are Minho Oppa’s friends. They look like a picture of a luxury product endorsement. That man looks like a model. Can he be Korean? He looks Korean..but then again, he doesn’t. The woman beside him is tall and slender. Her short hair makes her feel sophisticated. Another woman approached the tall one. Ah, this one is really beautiful. Her face is like an angel. Her long wavy hair suits her. She is not that tall, but really pretty.

Sulli looked at Minho. Minho is looking at his friends quite shocked. Why does she feel something is wrong…Sulli noticed that Minho is looking at a specific person, and she tried to check who it is. When she followed his line of sight, she felt that he is looking at the pretty girl. Something within Sulli didn’t feel right. Her heart starting to beat faster…Who is she?

“Hey Minho!” called Belle “Where were you? We were waiting for hours. We were even calling you but you didn’t pick up.”

“I left my phone in the room. What are you doing here?” asked Minho a bit irritated

“Shouldn’t you be a bit more welcoming? It’s almost 5 months since we last saw each other and here you are looking irritated.” Said Di

“I tried to tell them this is a company event but they insisted on being here.” Said Carl “You know I don’t have energy to argue with these 2 once they team up against me.”

“We’re doing a team activity here. I will not be able to focus on my team if I have to take care of my ‘friends’” said Minho

Carl noticed the girl not too far from Minho. She is a very pretty and cute girl. Ahhh…Can she be….

“Are you Sulli?” asked Carl

Minho’s attention snap. He almost forgot that Sulli is just beside him.

“Yes, I am. You are Oppa’s friends? Nice meeting you.” Said Sulli

“Oh…So this is Sulli…” said Belle

Minho immediately stood between Sulli and his friends.

“Sulli, please go back to the unit ahead of me. Tell everybody I’ll be there later.” Said Minho

“Why are you asking her to leave?” said Di

Minho felt cold sweat on his forehead

“She seems to be close to you going here together to greet us.” Said Di

Di went beside Sulli

“Hi, I am Di. It’s good to meet you. These 2 are the best friends Minho ever has. This guy is Carl and this is my good friend Belle.” Said Di

“Nice meeting you all. This is the first time I am meeting Oppa’s friends.” Said Sulli

“I am glad to meet you Sulli.” Said Carl smiling

Carl is like a prince, his smile can melt a maiden’s heart.

“It’s good to finally put a face on the name.” said Belle

“Now that we are all acquainted, why don’t we all have dinner together?”” asked Di

“I don’t think that’s a good idea. I told you, I have a responsibility with my team. This is supposed to be a team bonding.” Said Minho

“In that case, I didn’t think Luis minded that we join you. He even insisted earlier that we have dinner with your team.” Said Belle

Minho looked at Carl and Carl agreed. Luis is doing decisions without asking him first?!

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During dinner, Carl can’t help but look at Sulli. If there’s anything Minho said accurately, that is Sulli is very cute. And she does this effortlessly. The way she laughs is contagious. Carl saw Luis looking at Sulli and then at Minho and then at Sulli again. Does the old man know there’s something between the two? Carl also noticed Minho looking at Sulli with that concerned eyes. Carl can’t blame his friend. This is an odd situation. In the end, one of them will surely get hurt. It’s either Di runs away crying or Sulli will.

Di and Belle is taking a while and everyone is already hungry. But when the two arrived, everyone pretended that they were just on time. How can they show how hungry they are to such beauties.

“You took a very long time. Everybody is already hungry.” Said Minho

“Boss, don’t be too rough on them.” Said Luis

“You looked the hungriest earlier so don’t pretend to be a gentleman.” Said Minho

“We’ll make it up to all of you. Dessert is on us.” Said Belle

Everyone cheered.

Di saw Sulli and Minho sitting across each other. Carl was already sitting beside Minho but Di patted Carl’s shoulder and asked him if she can take that seat instead. Carl had to stand up and get another seat.

Sulli saw Di sitting beside Minho and touched Minho’s arm while whispering something to Minho. There was something tender about Di’s gesture that made Sulli’s heart squeeze. That’s how close they are? Looking at Belle, She doesn’t look to be really tender in her gestures towards Minho.

Sulli tried not to mind how close Di and Minho are. But it’s hard not to notice. Di took some food and put it on Minho’s bowl. Though Minho looked uncomfortable, Di is doing it like it’s the most natural thing in the world.

Luis whispered to Sulli “You’re not eating? People will think there’s something wrong. Is anything wrong?” asked Luis

“Huh? No…nothing.” Said Sulli

Minho heard Sulli’s reaction to what Luis said to her

“What is it?” asked Minho

“I don’t think Sulli likes the food. Should we order more?” asked Luis

“It’s because she hasn’t tried anything yet.” Said Minho, taking a scoop of the dishes and stood up reaching for Sulli’s bowl across the table.

Belle’s eyebrow just went up high. Oh no, don’t do those gestures in front of Di, Minho. Please don’t make the situation any harder than it already is.

Carl is like watching a movie that is about to reach its . This will definitely look ugly and though he doesn’t want to get involved, he has no choice on the matter.

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That night, everyone decided to walk along the beach. Sulli's mind goes back to the way Di was really sweet with Minho. Even after dinner, Di will always hook her arms with Minho. Although Minho will try to push Di away, Di succeeds in the end. While everybody is walking, Di and Minho are inseparable. This is making Sulli really anxious.

“If you keep frowning, I will start to think that there’s something wrong.” Said Carl

“huh? Umm.. Sorry…” said Sulli “Carl Oppa…Can I ask you something? “ asked Sulli

“Sure” answered Carl

 “Has Minho Oppa and Di Unnie been really this close?” asked Sulli

“Hmm…Yes…They are really close.” Said Carl

“I wish I can be that close to him too.” Said Sulli “Oh! I mean..I mean I really think that being good friends with Minho Oppa is really a good thing considering that FlyAir and SkyRock are in the same industry.” Said Sulli

Carl chuckled.

“You don’t have to worry. I know everything so You don’t have to cover it up.” said Carl

“You know everything? Minho Oppa tells you everything?” asked Sulli

“Pretty much, yeah.” Said Carl “Don’t look so surprised. We’ve been friends for a long time. Belle, Minho and I were friends since high school.”

“And Di Unnie?” asked Sulli

“Ahh Di? Hmm….We met her in college.” Said Carl

“He met her later, but she looks like she’s the closest to him” said Sulli

Carl knows he is not in any position to tell Sulli anything. But he really feels bad for Sulli that she doesn’t know anything, even if Minho and his ex girlfriend is together.

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Minho can’t sleep. He went out to get some fresh air but saw Di outside waiting for him.

“I figured you’ll go out. It will be impossible for you to sleep, right?” said Di “I also can’t sleep.”

Minho sat on a chair nearby. Di sat on the chair beside Minho.

“How long will you try to ignore me?” said Di

“You were around me the whole afternoon. How is that called ignoring?” said Minho

“Yeah, you didn’t want me to look like a fool in front of everyone so you paid a bit attention to me. But…But I know you didn’t want to.” Said Di

“We’ve talked this already…You know that we can’t be like before anymore, Di.” Said Minho

“Only because you