The next day when their classes ended, Mandy, Ji Hoo and really the whole college received a surprise.

As they got out of the classroom, Mandy saw that a crowd had gathered around the college gates. What she further noticed was that the crowd mainly consisted of screaming girls and was growing in size. Two girls passed by her, talking in an excited tone and joined the group.

“What’s happening? Why are there so many screaming girls gathered together?” inquired Mandy from Ji Hoo

“I think I have an idea, but let’s go check” Ji Hoo said and went towards the hustle-bustle; Mandy followed him.

Ji Hoo’s doubt turned into reality when he saw two of his best friends surrounded by their fans (read groupies). The F4’s Casanova and Don Juan had decided to pay their friends a visit. Well only Yi Jung had decided, Woo Bin was dragged along.

Ji Hoo waved at them and the two heartbreakers came over to where Ji Hoo and Mandy were standing; thankfully the girls stayed where they were and just turned in their direction.

“Yi Jung! Woo Bin! What a pleasant surprise” said Mandy “may I know the reason you decided to grace us with your presence today?”

“Mandy-sshi, are you free today?” asked Yi Jung sweetly, giving her a megawatt smile which made the girls standing around him swoon. But Mandy had seen this trick with other guys and knew in a second that he wanted something from her.

“Yes I’m free today, but first, do these poor girls a favor and stop smiling; I think one just fainted. And second, that you don’t need to sweet talk me into something; you can tell what you want directly.” Yi Jung stopped smiling and started smirking, which actually made the situation around them worse. While his smile made Yi Jung look cute, his smirk made him look HOT.

Mandy saw the hungry look in the eyes of many girls and knew that they were ready to pounce on their prey.

“I think we should take this conversation somewhere else. Ji Hoo, bring the car around. NOW” she said, signaling him with her eyes. Ji Hoo quickly caught on and scurried towards his car. She then spoke in a low voice to both visitors “When I give you the signal, you run to the car like your life depends on it, and in the meantime stay very still and make no sudden movements.”

When Ji Hoo stopped the car about 50 meters from where they were standing, Mandy shouted “RUN” and they all ran, but Yi Jung and Woo Bin started laughing at Mandy’s ‘crisis’, which made the girls get out of their surprised trance and run after them too. They all wanted a piece of the F4. As they drove out of campus, the screams died down.

“So Yi Jung! From now on you are banned to smile or laugh or show any expressions in public” Mandy scolded him playfully “And stop laughing; you could’ve gotten hurt out there today”

“That’s our routine Mandy, don’t worry” said Yi Jung “But one thing I don’t understand is why didn’t the girls react that way to Ji Hoo?”

“Because he doesn’t have our reputation” said Woo Bin “They all know that Ji Hoo wouldn’t give them the time of the day, but they know that we might give them the time of the night” he said winking at his friend.

“Hello! Sitting right here” Mandy said “Can we please not discuss your lives”

“Don’t act like such a prude; I still haven’t forgotten the vanilla incidence. You corrupted our innocent little Ji Hoo.” Woo Bin said, and Yi Jung and Mandy burst out laughing, while Ji Hoo just blushed and kept on driving, avoiding eye contact with Mandy, who was riding shotgun.

They all entered the F4 lounge laughing and joking as they recalled F4’s encounters with their crazy fans.

“But seriously guys, you should be considerate of other people’s feelings and the effect you have on them” said Mandy

“We know, but it seems that girls just can’t resist us.” Said Woo Bin

“I seem to be resisting you all just fine” Mandy argued

Before Woo Bin could reply, Mandy’s cell phone started ringing loudly. Recognizing the ringtone she had set for Niya, she picked up the call without asking who it was.

“Hey baby! How are you? I missed you so much” Mandy said in a high pitched voice

“I’m going to go deaf if you don’t calm down” said Niya fondly

“But I mished you” Mandy said in a baby voice

“I missed you too, even though we talked 6 hours ago” Niya said sarcastically

“Fine, what do you want?” Mandy said, getting to business “and why are you calling me from your phone, where’s your ipad?”

“Unlike you, I don’t carry it around everywhere. But the reason I called; you remember the blue dress you got me on my birthday this year?”

“Yeah, what about it?”
“Well I was wondering if I should wear it to the alumni night this year.”

“Okay what’s happening here? Because if I remember correctly I have always had had to request you to attend that night for the past years but now you suddenly want to go and you are actually PLANNING on what to wear.”

“HE is coming this year.”

The ‘HE’ referred to here is Niya’s school crush. Niya was crazy about him in high school and still is. ‘HE’ hadn’t attended a single alumni night since he passed out, but this year it was a rumor that he was attending.

“Ooh baby, you have to wear that dress, and those black shoes you have. And please do something with your hair; nothing too obvious but just try something different. You’ll be the hottest girl there!”

“You are making me nervous now; maybe I shouldn’t go; it would seem too obvious that I’m dressed to impress” Niya kept mumbling nervously

“NIYA! Stop it with the self-depreciating. You are hot and you are y and you are going to make him beg for you. Do you understand? Now I’ll call you later; I’m in the middle of something here, okay? Love you! Bye! Muah muah muah.”

Even though Mandy had excused herself from the group, they could hear what she was saying and caught on to the parts spoken in English. She returned to the group.

“Who was it?” Ji Hoo asked

“A person you love I suppose” interjected Woo Bin

“Yes, how did you know?”

“Well, I sort of listened to your conversation and it seemed that the person you were talking to, you love them a lot.” Said Woo Bin

“I do love her”

“Her?” Yi Jung asked, arching a brow

“The first time we met, something just clicked between us; and we’ve been tight knit since. Now not a day goes by that I don’t talk to her. She’s like my soul mate, my other half.” She said, referring to her best friend who was more like a sister to her.

“And that ringtone, isn’t it that Katy Perry song?” asked Woo Bin

“Yep, I Kissed A Girl; it’s our special song.” She said “What were we talking about before I got the call?”

“Your ability to resist the charms of the F4” Yi Jung said

“But I think I now know why you can do that” said Woo Bin

“Really? And what would the reason be?” asked Mandy, now curious as to what they had in mind.

“Well we all arrived on a theory about how you could resist the F4, while you were on the phone” said Yi Jung

“Uh Huh” said Mandy, she was interested what stupid theory they had arrived on

“And you know your phone call verified our theory. You know the lovey-dovey talk; the husky voice” said Woo Bin

“The ringtone” added Ji Hoo, trying to control himself from laughing.

“Yes that too; all these facts add up to our theory”

“Are you thinking what I think you’re thinking?” inquired Mandy

“That depends on what do you think we are thinking” said Yi Jung

“Please continue, I am excited to hear what you have to say” Mandy was enjoying herself; she had an inkling as to what their ‘theory’ was, but she was not going to speak it out loud.

“Well the reason you can resist us all is because you are …” started Yi Jung

“Because I am …?” prodded Mandy

“Because you are gay” finished Woo Bin

Mandy burst out laughing, she knew that they would’ve reached some crazy conclusion, but this was out of this world.

“Please do explain to me how you reached at this” she said amusingly

“Well, you are the only girl we’ve met who has resisted our charms for so long.” Said Yi Jung

“And you talk like a guy; you are the most outspoken girl we’ve met. You behave like a guy; doing all the rough work on your own like setting your own apartment and you like doing guy things like videogames and have guy interests like in cars and bikes.” Said Woo Bin

“But that just says that I’m a strong and independent person; at the most I can be described as a tomboy, but that still doesn’t make me gay. And don’t even start with me about habits, because then the whole F4 is gay; wearing designer clothes and getting manicures and pedicures.” said Mandy

“But that just means we are well groomed” said Yi Jung

“And we have a string of girls to prove that we are not gay” said Woo Bin smugly

“And I have Freud and a string of other psychologists who may say that the reason behind your philandering ways is because you are in denial of your true uality” counter argued Mandy

“Well your phone call verified our suspicions further” said Yi Jung carefully

“Care to elaborate?”

“The person you were talking to, you yourself said you loved her; you were saying that she was hot and y; and lastly your ringtone for that person, all these things combined made us arrive at this answer” said Woo Bin with finality.

“First of all, let me clear one thing; I’m not gay. I have nothing against who are, but I’m definitely not gay. Second of all, I love a lot of people, doesn’t has to be in the obvious way. The person I was talking to is actually my best friend; she was nervous about going somewhere and I was giving her a psychological boost.”

“But your ringtone …?” asked a confused Yi Jung

“You can’t just jump to conclusions based on a ringtone! It has a story behind it. When I and Niya, my best friend, were in school, we were always together and talked on the phone when we went home. We were so joined that our classmates joked that we were a couple and we continued on with the joke. But the truth is that she is like a sister to me.”

Yi Jung and Woo Bin were not able to look Mandy in the eyes

“And you Ji Hoo, even you thought I was gay.” Mandy said to Ji Hoo, who in the whole conversation had not said much.

“I didn’t say anything, I was just an observer of the show in which they embarrass themselves” he said with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

“Yah!” “Yah!” said Yi Jung and Woo Bin at the same time.

Mandy and Ji Hoo laughed out loud.

Thank you if you are reading this!!