Song Ji Hyo's POV

I can't breath. I'm seriously so nervous. "Yah Ji hyo, can you really do this?" The voice inside my head questioned.

The phone on the other end continued to ring. Come on please answer, please answer it. After a few more rings, finally he answered it. I tasted relief.

"Oppa.." I breathed out.

"Ji hyo, what are you up to?"

"Oppa, I'm outside. Can you come out? I need to talk to you."

"Arasso, I'll be right there." He said and then ended the call immediately.

I held my phone tightly as I waited for him.

A while ago, I excused myself to go to the restroom but what I actually wanted was to talk to Gary. Everyone was done eating dinner, now they were starting to drink and were chatting happily.

"Ji hyo-ah" Gary called out silently.

"Oppa" I said as gestured him to come to where I was hiding.

He ran quickly to where I am and grabbed my arm for support.

"Ji hyo-ah, what are you thinking? Oppa is so confused right now. You have to tell me, I think I'm going to have a headache soon." He said as he while trying to catch his breath.

"Oppa, are you alright?"

Actually we weren't able to talk alone since we left the set. We came separately with our cars, still keeping up with the 'we were just friends' act.

If you're wondering why I was doing this tonight, why have I invited everyone to dinner and why I haven't told Gary oppa what my plan was?

I have one simple answer to that.

Obviously you're curious on what was I actually thinking so is Gary oppa but honestly I wasn't thinking at all.

Nothing. I just acted with what I felt.

Correct! Tonight I used my heart and not my brain. Genious right?

I stared blankly at the ground. What am I really up to?

"Ji hyo-ah are you okay?" Gary asked softly as he held my hand and I turned to look at it.

That's right, because he is here, I'll be fine. Why did I do this? It's because of Gary oppa.

"Ji hyo are we going to tell them about us tonight?" He asked.

I didn't move. I just continued to stare at our hands tangled together.

You can do this right Ji hyo? I thought to myself. Everything will be alright, they are like your family so no worries, I encouraged myself.

I squeezed Gary's hand a little and then raised my head, now having a smile to show on my face.

"Dae oppa, we're going to tell them tonight." I answered him firmly.

Gary's eyes brightened but then suddenly he said,

"Ji hyo-ah I'm so nervous I don't think I can do this tonight." He touched his chest his free hand but he was showing a smile on his face.

"Yah oppa, toughen up. It will be alright." I said as I lightly pushed his shoulder.

He started to laugh. "I'm sorry, it's just that I didn't expect that you'd do it tonight."

"Well, I didn't planned this or anything, I just felt that tonight would be a great opportunity."

"Wow Ji hyo, you really fear nothing."

I giggled. If only he knew how nervous I am at the moment too.

"But Ji hyo are you really sure about this? You can still back down if want to."

"Oppa why do you keep saying those things? I said I'm sure of it."

He paused a little, thinking.

"Honestly Ji hyo-ah, my heart wants to shout your name to the whole world. I want everyone to know how happy I am. How lucky I am too have you."

"Oppa you weren't lucky. You were meant for me. Can't you trust me on how I feel for you?" I asked him straightly. I was surprised on the what I was actually saying myself.

He grabbed my other hand so now he was holding both of my hands and we were facing straight each other. 

I stared his eyes and I could feel that somewhere he was still hurt, still scared. "Ji hyo-ah I want to believe and I want to trust you." He said slowly.

"Then by all means, please do trust me oppa." I sounded desperate this time. "Listen to me okay?" I said as I released my right hand from his and raised it to touch his cheek.

"Oppa, let's trust each other. We've confessed to each other and now all we need to do is just be together and love each other. What's so hard in that?"

Gary now had a big smile on his face.

He pulled me forward and gave me warm hug. I wrapped my arms around his neck to returned the hug.

"You love me right, oppa?" I didn't do it on purpose but my voice came out cutely.

"Of course, I love you Song Ji Hyo. My love for you is like the sky above. It's endless." Hearing that, instantly I smiled. Who wouldn't?

"And I love you too Kang Gary." I said with assurance.

He tightened our hug for a while then released me.

"So we're all set?" I asked him brightly.

"Of course we are. The Monday Couple is going to announce that they're now the Everyday couple." He answered me and held my hand. He pulled me forward signaling me to get inside but then I stopped him.

I laughed at his words for a while but then said, "Wait oppa, are we going inside together?"

"Hmm, does it matter? We're going to tell them anyway." He was actually really enthusiastic about this. 

"But we still need to be careful 'cause other people might see us." His excited face turned dark.

"Arasso, you can go in first and I'll follow after you."

I smiled at him as encouragement. "Don't be sad, I'll see you again in a minute." I leaned forward to quickly give him a kiss on the cheek and then ran as fast as I could back in the restaurant. I even didn't waited to see his reaction.

I reached to the door where everyone was. I held the handle as I tried to catch my breath. Breath in, breath out. I turned the knob and entered the room.

"Oh Ji hyo noona, where were you?" Kwang Soo asked me.

"Where? I went to the restroom but then I received a call so I needed to answer it." I replied.

"Is that so? Gary hyung also went out to answer a call. You didn't see him outside?" he continued.

I positioned myself to sit down, wandered my eyes to the remaining food on the table and answered him, "Outside? No I didn't, maybe he went somewhere." 

Jae suk oppa, Suk jin oppa and Jong Kook oppa were talking seriously with each other while Kwang soo went back to his conversation with Haha.

I grabbed myself a glass of beer and started drinking it. This might calm me down for what I'm going to do later, I said to myself.

"Wahh, noona you really love to drink, don't you?" Kwang Soo commented.

I wanted to argue with him but then, Gary came in.

"Gary-ah you're back!" Haha exclaimed.

"Yup, did I miss anything?" He asked as he sat beside me.

"Nope, nothing much actually." Haha answered him back.

From the corner of my eye, I tried to look at Gary. He unshamingly responded my glance with a smile. My heart started to pound heavily.

Oh God, please why can't I control my heart. I looked back at the table in front of me and grabbed my drink. Hopefully this would calm me down. 

I took one big gulp and placed the glass back on the table. But the drink actually didn't help me feel better. I stared at the glass of beer that was now almost empty.

"Oppa.." I started with a bit of volume trying to catch everyone's attention.

Everyone noticed me speak and immediately stopped talking to look at me.

The room became quiet and I think I stopped breathing because it felt like I wanted to take in as much oxygen as possible. I continued to stare at my glass and continued with, "Actually I wanted to say something to everyone tonight."

"What is it Ji hyo? Is there something wrong?" Jas suk oppa asked with concern.

I started to blink through the air, clenched my fist and thought of what I should say next. But then I felt Gary's hand reaching mine and I was quite surprise by the touch. Our hands were under the table so they weren't able to see it. 

I relaxed the hand that Gary was holding and turned it around so that I could also hold his. I couldn't help but smile. Everyone saw my sudden change of mood but didn't say anything.

"Actually, I'm.... No, I mean me.." I paused a little since I couldn't say the words properly, I squeezed the hand of Gary a little and then tried again.

Slowly I said, "Me and... uhm.. Gary are actually...."

"..we're actually dating." Gary finished of my sentence. As he talked, he pulled our hands that were intertwined with each other and placed it on the table letting everyone look at it.

I was surprised to hear him speak. I immediately look at him. He was grinning and my heart pumped even faster. I bit my lower lip trying to stop myself from laughing. 

"What did you just say?" Haha was the one who spoke first.

"What?! You guys are together?!" Jong Kook spoke next.

"Jinja noona?! You are dating Gary hyung?" Kwang soo continued.

Everyone was waiting for me to answer. They were patiently waiting to hear how I would respond to them.

I looked at each of their faces then slowly moved my free hand to touch the hand of Gary that was holding my other hand tightly. Without looking at him, I straightly said,

"Dae, me and Gary oppa are dating." With a smile, I said the words with courage. And I actually felt proud of myself.

Everyone started to cheer. 

"Wow! I'm so happy for you guys!" Haha shouted.

"FInally, you two are together." Jong Kook oppa said.

"Congrats you two!" Suk Jin oppa yelled.

"Wow, you finally got her Kang Gary!" They were congratulating him and he moved his right fist to cover his mouth. He was smiling so hard and was being shy from everyone's comments, it was cute looking at him.

I looked at Jae suk oppa who didn't say anything. I was relieved to see that he was smiling at  us.

"Jae suk oppa.." I said. I honestly wanted to hear from him, how he thinks about us being together, it actually was very important to me.

He knew that I wanted to hear something from him. 

He gave me a grin and said, "I'm sure both of you will be happy."

I couldn't help but give him a bigger smile in return.

"Thank you Jae suk oppa." I said and Gary also said his thanks.

"I felt there was something weird about you too. These days, both of you were actually always happy. Well, now I know the reason why." Haha said squinting his eyes and showing a smirk to both me and Gary.

I rolled my eyes, he was absolutely teasing us.

"So, now you guys need to spill. When did you actually started dating?"

Great. The interrogation part now begins. Lots of questions came up but Gary oppa tried his best to answer them all. It was a very kind gesture, if I may say so. I supported him a few details when he got caught up.

Honestly, they were all guys so the questioning didn't take long. Unlike girls, they didn't needed to know the extra details about our new born relationship. All they wanted was to know and to be aware. And I believe that was a good thing. But what made me irritated was their non-stop teasing. God! Boys can be so annoying and childish sometimes. Even Gary sometimes joined in with them. Mostly what I did was just scold them but overall it was absolutely a fun night.

Being the only girl in this family isn't a disadvantage. It's true that sometimes I get pushed aside because we talk and think differently but the family bond is really there. Our relationship is knitted tightly making all of us feel no shame when we're together. 

We were all having great time but it was getting late so we decided to finish our little party. 

"Ji hyo-ah, I bet Gary would bring home tonight right?" Haha asked me sneakily but Gary heard it. No, I think everyone heard it seeing them smile along after he asked.

"Yah Haha!" I raised my voice and slapped his arm. He just gave out a loud laugh in front of me.

"Gary-ah, I will allow you too take Ji hyo home tonight but just promise me you won't do anything to her tonight." Jae suk oppa continued, warning him. Everyone started to laugh again.

"Yah! Jae suk oppa, what are you saying?" I said and I felt my cheeks burned. 

"Of course, I'll take care of my princess. She's everything to me. I promise I won't do anything stupid hyung. Trust me." He said as he came close to me and slipped his arm around my waist and pulled me to him.

"Oooohhh" Everyone clapped and yelled.

I just laughed and buried my face with my hands, embarrassed of what oppa was doing.

"You guys really look good together." Kwang soo commented.

I smiled and looked at Gary beside me. He was staring at me too. 

We look good together? I'm glad.

I continued staring at Gary but then oppa started to move his head forward, approaching me for a kiss. I got shocked and pushed him away.

"Yah, oppa." I said shyly.

"Wahhh!! You guys, what are you doing??!!" The guys were loud again.

"Popo he, Popo he, Popo he" Haha started to chant and clapped, Kwang soo then followed him.

"Yah, yah, yah. Stop, let's all go home now okay? Everyone's tired right? Come on."

All they could do was laugh. Aishh, these guys are unstoppable. They just can't stop with all their jokes.

But still I'm glad that I know them. I'm happy that they are my family. I'm blessed to have met such awesome people through running. I will forever be thankful towards each one of them.

Kang Gary's POV

We were now all outside at the parking lot. I was standing with Ji hyo beside her car. 

"Good night everyone! And thank you very much. Drive safely okay?" I waved at them.

We waited until all of them drove home. When everyone was gone, I slowly turned towards Ji hyo.

She was leaning on her car and was yawning. 

"You're absolutely tired Ji hyo-ah. Let oppa take you home tonight okay?"

She didn't answer me immediately. It was like she was thinking about it for a while but then she finally agreed and I happily opened the door for her.

I got in the driver seat and put on my seat belt. "Mong Ji, why don't you sleep while I drive. I'll wake you up if we arrive at your place."

"Jinja? Thank you oppa. I'm really tired today."

"Of course no problem. Just rest and don't worry about a thing."

She closed her eyes and soon fell asleep. I drove quietly along the dark but solemn night. When I reached to a stop light, I looked at Ji hyo who was sleeping soundly.

Absolutely beautiful. I silently spoke.

My heart started to flutter. How I wish I could just stay at her forever. I wouldn't care about time as long as I'm with her. I reached out my hand to tuck her hair under her ear that was touching her face and I felt even happier. 

I will love Ji hyo like I've never did to anyone. Everything I am and have is hers. I don't care about myself, my mind is only set to care for you. 

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A week passed after our revelation to the running man members. This week I was busy promoting my album as LeeSang and went to Singapore. I was really busy but the whole event was successful and I was so happy to meet with my fans.

I was surprise to receive a call from Ji hyo about doing a cameo for her upcoming drama and of course I didn't think twice in accepting it. I was so thrilled to work with her that after I have said yes to her, I then realized that I needed to act. Obviously, I wan't an actor and then I got worried about how I was going to present myself.

But anyways I just let that problem slip away for the mean time because I still needed to attend to my other activities. I stayed in Singapore for two days, after that, I was scheduled to go back to Korea.

I didn't expect to have my fan meet finish so fast. I guess I was enjoying everyone support for LeeSang and everything went so smoothly.

Me and Gil were now at the departure area, getting ready to fly back to Seoul. I sat on one of the seats for the passengers, folded my arms across my chest and closed my eyes. Gil was seating beside me and was flipping his phone.

I'm so excited to go back home. If I can, I'm going to invite Ji hyo for dinner if she has the time. I was thinking of a place where I could take her but then suddenly Gil started to shake me, his hands were on my shoulders.

"Gary, Gary, have you seen this?" He asked. I opened my eyes as he spoke and tried to look at what he was trying to show me on his phone.

I squinted my eyes trying to get the balance back after shake I just felt.

"It's about Ji hyo-ah." he said. As I heard her name, I grabbed his phone and read the article properly.

The headline says,

"Song Ji hyo and Baek Chang Ju spotted going out together. Does this mean that they're back together?"

My eyes were glued on the I just read. What does this mean? Why was Ji hyo with Chang Ju-shi? Why didn't I know any of this?

What is going on right now? Ji hyo, are you hiding something from me?

 

 

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Ending Chapter 13 here :) 

Okay! Has everyone seen the screen caps for MC on ep206?? It was so exciting right? I honestly feel that those two are hiding something. hahaha what do you think? Can't wait 'till the subs are up, so exciting!! ❤️❤️❤️

I'm trying my best to make my story as real as possible. Matching the running man episodes with events that are happening. Especially now when the monday couple are very active, it would mean that I could write about it too, yehey!  So hope everyone would stick around and continue to support my fanfic. Thanks!!