Chapter 52

Third Time Lucky? [EDITING]

The F4 and G4 went to a club in the evening to celebrate. They had many reasons to; Ji Hoo and Mandy’s graduation, Yi Jung’s exhibition’s success and over all for the happiness in their lives.

“I didn’t get your text” Ji Hoo said to Mandy as he picked her up from her apartment. Niya was in Woo Bin’s car.

“Oh, I forgot; my flight’s for 9 tomorrow” she said giggling “in the evening” she quickly added “I keep forgetting that part” she giggled more.

 

They reached the club in 20 minutes

“Isn’t this…?” Mandy asked as they got out of the car

“Yeah, it’s the same one.”

“My first club of Seoul, also my last; it’s kinda fitting” Mandy said

“Let’s go” Woo Bin said as he and Niya joined them near the front gate

 

“So this is your club?” Niya asked Woo Bin

“One of the many” Woo Bin replied smugly “But this is my personal favorite” he added

“Let’s see how good it is” Niya said as she linked her arms with Mandy.

“Mandy can tell you that, she has been here before; also it’s the hottest club in the city. I think I can safely say that you would like it” Woo Bin said

“I’ll be the judge of that” Niya said and both the girls stepped inside.

Ji Hoo and Woo Bin followed them.

 

Inside they met up with the rest of the gang.

“Come on guys, let’s dance” Mandy shouted in excitement and dragged everyone to the dance floor.

The guys danced a bit around the girls but they were still a little uneasy. The F4 didn’t dance in clubs; more like they never danced.

“I’m going to get some water” Mandy shouted over the music to everyone and started moving towards the bar.

 

“One water please” she called out to the bartender, who nodded and poured a glass for her.

Mandy sat at one of the bar stools to gain her breath.

“Is it your first time in Seoul?” someone asked her

She turned right and faced a really good looking guy.

“Uh um, yes, kind of”

“Hi, I’m Jang Guen Suk” he said extending his hand towards her

“Mandy” she said smiling at him as she shook his hand

“I sang a song about a Mandy once” he said smiling

 

“Oh my god! You’re that guy!” Mandy said in a high pitched voice

“That guy? Yeah, that’s the title I was looking for” he chuckled

“I’m sorry, it’s just that I didn’t recognize you at first in this disguise, although I’ve seen some of your work” she said sheepishly

“Yeah, well that was the motive; that no one should be able to recognize me”

“But why?”

“It just gets a bit tiring; I just wanted to spend some time without being always treated like a star, it feels good to be a normal person once in a while.”

“Just like my friends”

“Huh?”

 

“I have a bunch of friends who also have to deal with your kind of situation” Mandy explained

“Are they actors too?”

“No, but they have a lot of fans”

“So, are they here with you now?”

“Yep, there they are” Mandy said pointing to where her gang was dancing

“Isn’t that person the famous potter So Yi Jung?”

“Yeah, you know him?”

“Who doesn’t? The guy’s a national celebrity”

“Oh”

 

“And isn’t that Yoon Ji Hoo?”

“I see that you know them all”

“I am also a full time singer; anyone from the music industry knows about him. I’ve heard that he is a wonderful musician himself too”

“He is” Mandy said

“You’ve heard him?”

“He played for me a few times”

“Are you his girlfriend?”

“Oh no, he’s my best friend”

“How do you know him?”

“He and I were in the same class at the med school”

“So you’re a doctor?”

“Yeah, I graduated today. That’s why we are here celebrating” she said and picked up her glass which she had left at the bar top.

She took a large gulp from the glass, but the taste was a little off. Mandy made a face at the sour feeling. Just then Ji Hoo came running towards her and snatched the glass from her hand.

“You were not supposed to drink that” he shouted at her

 

Ji Hoo had been eyeing Mandy all the time she had been gone from the dance floor. It killed him to see her talking to this guy next to her. He had wanted to drag her away from there, but knew that it would create another scene like when he had interjected the time when Woo Bin was asking her out. So he kept a watchful eye on her, and then he noticed that she had picked up the wrong glass from the bar; hers was the one on the left. He ran towards her before she drank it all, but it seemed like he was a little late.

 

“It’s just water” Jang Guen Suk said

“No, that was the glass on the right; she picked up the left one” Ji Hoo explained impatiently.

“What is this stuff?” Mandy said looking at the glass

“Nothing good” Ji Hoo said

“It was just one shot; I’m sure she’ll be fine” Jang Guen Suk added in an empathic voice

“You don’t understand; she has never had alcohol before; her system will not be able to handle it” Ji Hoo said

“Oye, stop talking like I’m not sitting right here” Mandy shouted rudely and then giggled a little

 

“Oh, no” Ji Hoo muttered “Come on, it’s time to go home now” Ji Hoo said as he forced Mandy to stand up

“No, I don’t want to go; I’m having a blast” she said, already drunk

“You are not in your senses; come on, I’m taking you home” Ji Hoo said to her curtly

“No, you can’t make me go anywhere; I’m enjoying with my new friend” she pointed at Jang Guen Suk with a questioning look

“Jang Guen Suk” the man said

“Yes, the actor; I’m having fun with him”

 

“I think you should listen to him” Jang Guen Suk said as he nodded in Ji Hoo’s direction

“You do?”

“He looks like a wise person”

“He is” Mandy grinned “He is the wisest of ‘em all. Mirror mirror on the wall, tell me, who is the wisest of ‘em all” Mandy started shouting in the evil witch’s voice from Snowhite. “It’s Dr. Yoon Ji Hoo” she started in a muffled voice and then she giggled.

 

Ji Hoo ignored all her remarks and just put her one arm through his neck and put his one arm under her other arm.

“Can you do me a favor? You see those guys over there; can you please inform them about this whole situation and tell them that I took her home?” Ji Hoo looked at the other guy expectantly.

“Yeah, okay sure”

“Thank you, I really appreciate it”

“No problem” Jang Guen Suk said

“Bye Momo” Mandy said in her drunken stupor

Ji Hoo looked at the other man with a baffled expression

“It’s a character from my movie” the actor explained and smiled

 

Ji Hoo helped Mandy into the car and strapped on her seatbelt.

As Ji Hoo started the car, Mandy started drawing patterns onto the interior surfaces with her finger. She drew on the window, on the dashboard, and moved on to Ji Hoo’s arm.

“Woah, you have a nice body huh?” she said in a surprised tone as she examined his arm with her hands.

“Thank you” Ji Hoo said chuckling

 

“Babu?” she said like a kid after a few minutes

“What?”

“I want ice cream”

“You can have some tomorrow”

“No, I want it now”

“You are not well today; I promise I’ll give you ice cream tomorrow” he tried to convince her

“No! I want it now now now now now! I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream” she started singing “Ice cream, ice cream!” she started throwing tantrums like a kid, banging on the window, hitting Ji Hoo.

 

“Ok, ok, fine. Let’s have ice cream!” Ji Hoo shouted and turned towards the ice cream parlor.

“Yay! Ice cream!” Mandy cheered like she had won the lottery.

 

Yay! Double update!

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MrAsia #1
Awesome story dear waiting for next story good luck
Pikubpatel #2
My favorite...amazing story..i love ji hoo and mandy...author u r awesome ... desperately waiting for the sequel...
mreralli05 #3
Chapter 70: Amazing....... Loved the story
waiting for the sequel :)
Taemint202
#4
Chapter 70: Chapter 69: I LOVED YOUR STORY!
As a fellow Indian I felt really comfortable to read this story and I love it!
Ji Hoo finally got his girl:)
I was reading this non stop! I started this today and finished it too
One of my fav stories!
jungsoumya
#5
Chapter 70: A sequel would be cherry on the top....and of course woo bin and niya"s story would be just awesome
karman #6
Chapter 69: Amazing dearie....but I think it needs a sequel
nss1991 #7
Chapter 69: superb and fantastic updates ! loved your story so much !
ananya22
#8
Chapter 70: Even the beta reader is still waiting for the chaps....where are they??! :p
Shain44
#9
Chapter 70: Wah! That was some update!!! I thought i was seeing things when i saw so many updates ...and a "Completed" sign for this wonderful story! Loved each and every minute of it! Hope to see the Sequel soon...by the way,i could not see the Image of the story you said you had put up!