Last Chapters Recap:

Park Shin Hye disguise herself as a trainee in Femme Magazine. She met the Flower Boys of Femme there which include: her supposedly secretary Jung Yong Hwa and his gank, Jung Il Woo, Kang Min Hyuk and Yoo Seung Hoo. Jung Il Woo challenged Yong Hwa to take the nerdy In Ha - Shin Hye's alter ego - to the company anniversary party. When he was trying to win the bet, Yong Hwa found out about Shin Hye's real identity and fell in love with her. They decided to date. In the party, Shi Hoo - her second cousin - played the recording of the night when Yong Hwa and Il Woo made the bet, infuriating Shin Hye. She decided to assume the director's position and shook things up by re-shuffling the human resource in the company.  Ye Jin, her bestfriend, finally found out that Shin Hye was an heiress and was furious. Shin Hye decided to move back to the mansion. Shin Hye's brother Hyung Sik was back in Seoul, befriended Yong Hwa and helped him when Shin Hye wanted the theme of December edition changed in last minute. Belle Magazine issued its edition with the same theme as Femme, but it turns out Shin Hye planned the whole thing and published the original theme. Yong Hwa moved in to her old apartment and decided to win her back. Shin Hye went to a party held by Belle and met Kim Tan, he first love. She found out that their date was ruined by So Ra 7 years ago. In the party, So Ra announced that they would be holding a fashion show at the same time as Femme and working with Femme's models. Shin Hye decided to carry on the show, build up a team to organize the fashion show in one month. She held an MT to build teamwork between the people that she chose.

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The smell of burning pork belly aded the backyard of Seorak Garden Villas, a pension in Sokcho. The sound of people chatting faintly heard from the red-green building on the side of the yard. A group of people were inside the glass-walled building, surrounding one of the griller; only one man stayed outside, sitting on the swing, burning a cigarette while gazing at the dark mountain. He looked at the people inside the building and wondered, why in the world he was there.

Four men sat on a table, chatted happily expecting the barbecue dinner they were about to have. A girl sat just two chairs from them looking very uncomfortable and out of place, she looked at the group of men and thought that it was not the kind of group that would want to be around her. She then looked at the three persons who were grilling the meat, a sibling and an ex-lover. She thought the group had so many histories that they would not want anyone outside of the circle. In the end she just sat there, starting to feel regretful that she ever came to that pension.

Shin Hye put a slice of lamb intestines to the hot grill; the sizzling sound, the dripping fat and the alluring smell of a burned meat instantly emptied her stomach. She just had a bowl of ramen a few hours ago but she was already drooling from the thought of the tasty smelling food that she was grilling. The Jung siblings were bickering, as always, about which part of the lamb they wanted to grill next. In the end the older half of the sibling was kicked out and ended up losing his job as one of the griller. He pouted when he lost his chance in cooking with Shin Hye and just walked to the dining area.

Yong Hwa looked at the dining table; Park Hyung Sik, Yoo Seung Ho, Kang Min Hyuk were laughing about something; the group looked so fun and he wanted to join them. But then he saw Jung Il Woo looking rather enigmatic beside Min Hyuk. Yong Hwa was not sure whether he liked or disliked being there, he had not interacted with the ex-bestfriend for so many months, it seemed that his instinct towards that man was getting rustic. Back in the day, Yong Hwa could read him like the back of his hand.

After pondering awhile, he decided to sit beside the fashion editor who was looking very awkward and fidgety at the end of the table, he thought she might need a company even though he did not really know what to talk about with her. Interacting outside of the office nor work matter was never the case for them, so being in pension for an MT for three days could be a bit of a challenge. Yong Hwa felt a pair of eyes suddenly shot at him, the owner of the eyes tensed up when he took a seat beside the girl. The said girl looked at him, frowning, like he was disturbing her daydream.

"So you took a taxi all the way to Sokcho?" Yong Hwa tried to start a conversation. She nodded. "Wow! That must have cost you a fortune... you should have called us, or them!"

"I didn't know you were coming." She said shortly

"A bus would be a better choice..." he added

"I don't like to ride with strangers." she replied quick

Yong Hwa pursed his lips realizing the unwelcomed situation he was in; but it was better than with the other group where his ex-bestfriend belonged to. So he withstood the icy reception of the girl and continued, "Did you ever go to an MT?" 

"No." she answered, she took a tissue from a box and start wiping the table clean.

"Isn't it odd that our company never conducted an MT before?" he asked

"Not really." her expression was remain unchanged.

"Well I think it's odd, MT is a very good way to get to know each other and building team spirit. Maybe that's why our company is so weak in teamwork. The creative team should have an MT someday!" he chirped.

"If you say so..." she replied barely.

"So do you like lamb or pork?" He was one persistent guy.

Hyo Rin shrugged, "Vegetables."

He pursed his lips again, "Ah! Yeah! My mistake... Do you put it to on stick or just grilled it? How do you usually prepare it?" Hyo Rin mentally rolled her eyes, starting to get annoyed by the small talk.

"In silence!" She finally said with a stern look towards him.

He was stunned for a moment and finally relented, diverted his attention to a bowl of rice in front of him, grabbed the chopstick and used it to pick up the rice, grain by grain; He put it in his mouth afterwards. He hoped the meat would be ready before he finished the whole bowl.

Shin Hye put the last piece of meat to the griller and looked around; Soo Jung was getting ready to put the vegetables kebabs to the griller, the boys were shamelessly chatting by themselves while Yong Hwa and Hyo Rin sitting side-by-side but looked like a complete stranger. She repressed her smile watching Yong Hwa's shoulder sank so low. Shin Hye noticed that one person was missing, she looked left and right and saw her Oppa outside of the building. She sighed dejectedly.

"Soo Jung-a! You got this, right? I'm going to get Shi Hoo Oppa." she said to the younger girl.

"Relax, Eonni! I got this!" she said with the sweetest smile ever. "Oppa!!! Come here and help!" she shouted almost immediately, Shin Hye felt so bad towards Yong Hwa.

"Now what!? You kicked me out just now, and called me back every time you need me?!" Yong Hwa sulked.

"Sikkeleoun! Help me to bring this to the table, let's eat!" Soo Jung cried.

Yong Hwa's face lit up at 'lets eat' and jumped to take plates of grilled meat and put them on the center of the table, the boys welcomed him with a loud cheer. Min Hyuk stood up and walked to Soo Jung to help. 

Shin Hye made her way to the swing, the night had gotten even chillier making her hugged herself to stay warm. The smoke around Shi Hoo made him looked like a magician, a very gloomy magician. She braced herself and sat beside him, earned a fiery glare but she tried to look nonchalant. They sat in silence for awhile.

"Thank you for coming, Oppa!" Shin Hye said weakly.

"I can't get into my house and can't call anybody if I didn't come." he barked.

Shin Hye smiled, "Yes, you can... it's just a reason. You want to be here, you disagree with me but you won't let me fail. Not now when the milk had been spilled." Shin Hye said.

Shi Hoo huffed a smoke, "I hope you have a good plan, Shin Hye-ya! Keep your head straight and not think about anything else but the event and the company."

"Yes, Sir!!" she gave him an army salutation, "I'll become a monk, like you!! Sir!!" she smiled teasingly.

"That's it! I'm coming home!" he stood up to seal his threat.

Shin Hye jumped in surprise and instantly clung on his arms, "Biyane! Biyane, Oppa! I won't call you monk again! Let's eat okay! You're always grumpy when you're hungry!"

Shi Hoo looked at his cousin murderously, he was about to say something when someone distracted them. "Ahem!" Shin Hye looked at the source of the sound and instantly jumped to let go Shi Hoo's arm. "Dinner is ready!" Yong Hwa said with a firm stare.

"O! Thank you! Let's go Oppa! The smell is great, isn't it?" she faked a cheerfully tone and ran back to the building, wondering herself why did she acted like she was caught cheating.

Shin Hye ran to Min Hyuk side and sat beside him while Soo Jung was carrying the last plate of vegetables and sat in front of her. The boys were already starting to picked up the meat and vegetables though luckily still had the politeness to wait for everyone. Few minutes later Shi Hoo walked in and sat beside Shin Hye, followed by Yong Hwa who looked annoyed and sat on his original chair, which was unfortunately in front of Shi Hoo.

Shin Hye looked to her right and saw Yong Hwa, Shi Hoo and Hyo Rin at the end of the table; she thought it was not the wisest seating arrangement in Femme history. But she decided to not do anything about it, hoping the awkward position could actually made them talk. She stood up and instantly gained attention from the others.

"Ahem! Thank you everybody for coming today, though it did give me a bit of a heart attack, but I am very grateful to all of you for accepting my request to join the team. This MT will be for two nights and three days and will be led by my brother Hyung Sik!" she gestured towards her sibling.

The table weakly clapped as he stood to continue the speech. "Yes! My sister has trusted to me led this MT or I'd like to call it an alignment program. Before I do that I want to confirm something. So, Sis! You appointed me as the leader of this MT does that mean everybody has to do every activity that I've worked so hard for to designed?"

"Yeah!" Shin Hye said matter-of-factly.

"And everybody has to do everything that I instructed?" Hyung Sik add another of his silly condition.

Shin Hye frowned, a bad feeling suddenly came across her mind. "Sure! Whatever make you happy!"

"So my word is your command! All of you, right!?" he needed to make sure. "So, I'm... God?"

Shin Hye rolled her eyes, "Aish! Do you have to be so dramatic? Arasso! Whatever you want to call yourself!! Can we eat first!!" she shouted.

Hyung Sik grinned happily while stealing a glance to Yong Hwa; the older man eyed him suspiciously. "Cha! My first rule of the day!! Drop all of the honourifics!"

"Mwo!!?" the whole table exclaimed in unison.

Hyung Sik jumped in surprise, "See!? I already succeed in making you unified!" his mischievous smile replaced the shock expression.

"Ya! Hyung Sik-a! Don't cross the line!" Shi Hoo shouted in anger.

"Hut! Hut! Hut!" Hyung SIk wagged his index finger as if talking to a kid, "Remember! I'm God!" Shi Hoo relented. "So, for three days and two nights starting from now, there will be no longer Director Park or Manager Jung. From now on, you are Il Woo!" he pointed to the man in front of him, "Min Hyuk, Shin Hye and... Shi Hoo!" he said without flinching. "And you are, Seung Ho, Soo Jung, Yong Hwa and Hyo Rin." he clearly enjoyed his self-proclaimed new title.

"Arasso! Arasso! Can we eat now?!" Shi Hoo said eventually. Since he was the oldest of the group, his agreement pretty much said it all.

"Bon a petite!" Hyung Sik said with a grin.

"Finally!!" Yong Hwa yelled.

At last they could start eating and the room went into a silence as they were all focused on each plates. The exhaustion and hunger took their ability to talk and just stuffed their mouth with the tasty grilled intestines and pork belly. After awhile, when the food decreased into half and stomach started to fill up, the sound of people talking was back.

"So how long have you worked in Femme, Il Woo-ya!" Hyung Sik said nonchalantly, Il Woo choked on his water.

"Three years." He said after overcoming the cough.

"How do you like being a manager?" Hyung Sik asked again.

"I'm still learning, hopefully I can do well..." Il Woo was starting to feel uncomfortable since the focus was on him.

"Do you think you'll do a better job than your previous boss?" The younger man continuously asked, Shin Hye looked at him and wondered if he was trying to do something. Il Woo looked at the man, taken aback by his bluntness.

"Of course he will... he made it clear to all of us repeatedly!" a man suddenly in, which earned a murderous stare from Min Hyuk and Seung Ho.

Il Woo looked at the man at the end of the table, "Of really?! I'm sure you feel the same way too about your preceding!" he retaliated, his stare was as cold as the weather outside.

Shin Hye could hear soft gasped from across her, he looked at Yong Hwa whose face was now as read as the pepper. She too felt the tension from the man beside her. "Ahem, don't you think the pension is nice?" She tried to diverted people's attention.

"O! The view is great, the air is fresh the pension is quite nice." Min Hyuk backed her up.

Shi Hoo scoffed, "Femme could do better. Why didn't you find some five star hotel in the area?!" he grumbled, "I'm sure editor Min thinks the same way I do, isn't that right Hyo Rin-a!?" he looked at the girl sweetly

Editor Min jerked, did not know how to respond. "Wae gurae, Shi Hoo-ya!?" Yong Hwa snapped, "Shin Hye worked hard to find this place, if you have an opinion just stick with it. Don't drag anyone with you." he said looking straight at the older man. "Ya! Il Woo-ya, say something!" he shouted and again earned murderous stare from most of the people in the table.

Shi Hoo was that close from standing up and jumped across the table to hit his nemesis, that would be the best opportunity for him to release his repressed hatred towards the man. Shin Hye immediately held his arms to prevent an incident happening in the very first night of their MT. "Hyung Sik-a! What are we doing after this?"

Hyung Sik looked at her vacantly, he seemed to enjoy the drama on the table that he failed to hear the question. "O? Our first activity will be back in th Villa. Let's finish the dinner and head back."

Hyo Rin put her fork down and wiped her lips, she stared blankly at the wall in front of her. "Didn't your mother ever told you to finish your food?! Soo Jung-a look! Our mother would have scolded her if she saw her plate." Yong Hwa was being utterly obnoxious that night. "Why don't you at least finish the vegetables that you liked so much. We grilled it ourselves, you know. At least you can do is appreciate it."

"Can you please stop talking!!!?" Hyo Rin finally exploded, making the tension on the table higher than ever.

Yong Hwa pursed his lips by the sudden outburst, the others looked at their plates respectively and finished their dinner in a hurry, Shin Hye was sure some of them would get indigestion by the end of the night. She glanced at her brother who seemed to have a faint smile as if he got what he wanted. She continued to observe the young man and jerked when he raised his eyebrows several times at her. He planned all of that!

"Chaaa... I think we can head back to our Villa and start the first activity. Ka Ja!" He led them out of the restaurant, across the field and into their accommodation.

Shin Hye ran to catch up to him, "You did all that on purpose, didn't you? Is Yong Hwa your accomplice?" she asked suspiciously.

He smiled mischievously, "Oh, I don't know. What do you mean I plan all that?" he looked at her. "You know what they say, God worked in his mysterious way!" he added with a naughty wink and ran to loose her. He did not want her to pester him all night.

Shin Hye halted in disbelief, she looked at the rest of the participants who were hurriedly walking to the Villa so they could get into the warmth fast. Yong Hwa walked pass her, completely ignoring her, almost like intentional. Shin Hye observed the man and swore that she could see a faint smirk even from his back.

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The Femme MT's participants' jaws dropped at the sight of dozens of liquor bottles in front of them. They were sitting in the middle of the common room watching the MT's leader preparing his props for the next activity. Hyung Sik was taking the bottle out of the boxes one by one, glancing naughtily at his audience once in awhile. He loved the shocking expression from each and every one of his colleague, some gulping hard knowing that they were going to be so wasted by the night ends.

"Chaa!! Our next activity is Ice Breaking session, and what is a better way of breaking the ice than a good 'ol drinking game!" he said looking at his friends.

Seung Ho gulped hard, already feeling the burning sensation in his throat. "You expect us to drink all that?" he grimaced.

"Bichoso!!?" his sister exclaimed, "Are you trying to kill us?" she glowered.

Hyung Sik chuckled, "Of course not! I just like to be extra prepared. Should anyone still sober enough to act normal, he or she should keep drinking. Otherwise, we can stop whenever I said so."

"So you're the only one who's not going to drink?" Yong Hwa peered at him suspiciously.

"Of course! I'm the Master of Ceremony, your bartender, the designated driver; of course I could not drink!" He said matter-of-factly, "Remembeeer... I'm the God of this MT. So quit complaining and start playing!!" He faked a serious expression. "Now, sit and form a circle surrounding the coffee table!"

They all looked at each other and begrudgingly scooted over so that they encircled the coffee table. Hyung Sik then grabbed a bag near him and took out eight red paper cups, passed it over so that each person had one. He then took a bottle of beer, opened it and poured it to the eight cups, repeating the steps several times until each cup was full. Some of the attendees were already gulping at the thought of finishing that much of liquor, probably more.

He then took a paper bag and pour the content on the table, pieces of wooden blocks fell down from it causing loud noises. Most people jumped in surprise, the others were looking at the MC in annoyance. 

"The game is, drunken Jenga!" Hyung Sik said with a grin.

The wooden block turned out to be pieces of Jenga, but each pieces were hands scribbled with instructions or random phrases that were unfamiliar for the people. They all took the blocks and observed them trying to guess what the scribbled meant.

"You know how to play Jenga right? Basically you took out a piece and put it on top of the tower until the tower fell down. The twist is: as you can see there is something written on each of the blocks. Well it could mean an instruction or a game. So, for example Shi Hoo draws this Jenga block!" Hyung Sik took a block and showed it to everyone, Shin Hye repressed a smile watching Shi Hoo Oppa flinched when Hyung Sik casually addressed him, "This block has 'Embryo' written on it, which means..." he stopped to look at his cheat sheet, "The maknae should drink. Some jenga block contain a name of a game, so when that particular block was drawn, we all have to play another drinking game... so a game within a game. Got it??"They looked at each other and slowly nodded. "And also, the one who knocked out the tower, must drink what was left on everybody's cup. So don't go cheating and knocked it as soon as the game begin. Arasso!!" some people actually air-punched, disappointed by the last rule.

Hyung Sik exclaimed in satisfaction and start collecting the Jengas and build a tower out of it, making sure that the scribbled side was facing down so no one could see what was written on each block. After he finished, he sat back to his original position and rubbed his hand like a magician who was about to begin his trick.

"Great! Let the games begin... Shi Hoo-ya! Since you're the older, you may begin!" he smiled mischievously at the oldest in the group who looked like he was boiling inside. Everybody was having the same expression of blocking a smile seeing the banter.

Shi Hoo took out the middle jenga from the second row and gave it to Hyung Sik, "Crypt Keeper!" he said.

"The oldest person in the group must drink!" Hyung Sik read from his cheat sheet; Shi Hoo gritted his teeth and drank from his cup. Some actually snorted soft laugh. "Il Woo-ya, you're next!" 

Il Woo smiled and got up from his seat, he was starting to warm up to the game. He took a piece and gave it to Hyung Sik, "Straight face spelling" he cited the scribble on his Jenga. 

Hyung Sik bursted out laughing while putting the block on top of the tower. "Il Woo-ya, please write your name with your . The person who laugh has to drink!" the group instantly cracked up, including the subject himself.

Il Woo stood up, back against the audience. And after a several failed attempt to contain his laughter, he finally started his assignment: spelling his name (정일우) using his . So he wiggled, and he waddled and he wiggled some more to write his name in han gul. The villa went on an uproar, people fell down to the floor holding their stomach for laughing so hard. Only Shi Hoo and Hyo Rin were able to keep a straight face. Il Woo finished his task with a red face and a shy smile. Even he had to drink his cup.

After they calmed down, Hyung Sik called the next contestant, "Min Hyuk-a, you're up!"

Min Hyuk's face was still red from laughing so hard, he got up and took another piece of Jenga and gave it to Hyung Sik. "Staring Contest!" he said.

"Pick an opponent and have a staring contest, losers drink 3 times." Hyung Sik read the rules of the game.

Min Hyuk pondered for awhile, "Soo Jung-a!" he exclaimed firmly, which earned jeers from the boys except Yong Hwa who looked shock with his pick. 

"Deh!?" Soo Jung exclaimed in surprise. 

"Aha! Let's make this girl vs boys, which ever losses, the same gender must drink 3 times!" Hyung Sik said which welcomed by a groan from the others.

Min Hyuk walked to Hyung Sik side which had a bit of space, Soo Jung followed suit and sat in front of him. Hyung Sik moved himself to be in the middle of the two acting as the judge, he held out his palm as if preparing for a boxing match. 

"Ready? Go!" he instructed.

The room was instantly divided into two, the girls walked behind Soo Jung to cheer on her while the boys minus Shi Hoo mocked Min Hyuk. His friends were in awe that the nerd finally showing some interest to a girl even if it just for a staring contest. Yong Hwa on the other hand was peering at the younger friend, suspicious that it was more than just a game for Min Hyuk. His brotherly radar suddenly went off.

"Soo Jung-a, give him your killer aegyo!" Shin Hye shouted. Min Hyuk's smile spread but his eyes were widely opened, as wide as his small eyes allowed.

"Oooo, Soo Jung-shi! I think Min Hyuk has a crush on you!!" Seung Ho retaliated by teasing the girl, she pursed her lips to contain her smile.

Both crowd cheered like a true battle of the es but the player was actually a master at the game, a minute passed but no one dared to give up. Their eyes were starting to water but they withstood.

Shin Hye and Hyo Rin looked worried because Soo Jung looked like she was about to give up. Suddenly Hyo Rin leaned forward and whispered something to Soo Jung. The maknae frowned for awhile but then nodded in determination. She suddenly gave her iest smile, even biting her lower lips like a true seductress.

The boys jeered at her attempt and persuaded Min Hyuk not to get affected by it. But their reaction was too funny for him, he eventually laughed so hard that causing his eyes to blink. The boys groan as they fell on the floor, cursing their friend form making them drink. The girls high-five each other in victory.

The boys drank their punishment and roared, they were starting to feel the excitement of the game. "Seung Ho-ya! You're next!" Hyung Sik called.

Seung Ho approached the table and looked at the tower mischievously, he took out a piece that was making the tower rocked. The next person should be in trouble. "The Real Slim Shady!" he grinned ear-to-ear expecting a fun game ahead.

"You have to stand up until the rest of the game!" Hyung Sik said indifferently while placing the block on top of the tower.

Seung Ho looked disappointed, "Aaw!? That's it?" he asked while standing up. His friend laughed at his misfortune.

"And no leaning to the wall!!" Hyung Sik scolded. They played for several rounds making each and everyone drank repeatedly. Hyung Sik happily refilled the empty cups since the tower did not crumbled yet. "Hyo Rin-a, please take your turn!" he said on Hyo Rin's umpteenth turn, still applying his rule eventhough he spoke more politely, even the naughty boy was afraid of the Fashion Editor.

Hyo Rin timidly approached the table and took a piece that were already out of place, removing it very easily from the tower. "Most Likely" she said softly while putting the piece to where Seung Ho's piece originated. A foul in the play, but Hyung Sik was too scared to scolded her.

"Each player asks a 'most likely' question, like 'who would most likely go to the moon'; on the count of three everyone points to whoever they think would be most likely to do the act that was mentioned. You have to take a drink for every person who's pointing at you. Got it!?" He smiled when everyone nodded, "I'll start, who's in this group that most likely had traveled to Europe!" without any cue, all of them pointed their finger at Shin Hye.

She glared at her brother, "You did that intentionally, didn't you!" 

Hyung Sik shrugged his shoulder, "Well! you haven't had that many drinks yet! You look thirsty!" he faked a concern look. Shin Hye scoffed and drank 7 times.

"Who's in this group that is most likely feared by the Femme employees?" Yong Hwa asked, which earned a murderous stare from Shin Hye. She had a pretty good idea who was the person that was going to be pointed out the most. "One... Two... Three...!" Shin Hye had to drink twice, Shi Hoo four times and Hyo Rin once. The assistant hung her head while giving that one vote.

"Who's in this group that is most likely would not know what an IP stands for." Min Hyuk asked like a true nerd; Seung Ho had to drink 7 times although he proof himself to everyone that he knew what it was.

Seung Ho, Shi Hoo and Hyo Rin asked random questions that did not force anyone to drink. They got a first warning from the MC, should they do the same reluctant act on the next game, they will be punished with five drinks.

"Who's in this group that is most likely to be the most player of all!" Shin Hye shouted, her head was starting to get dizzy. Il Woo earned four votes, Yong Hwa had to drink twice, Shi Hoo thought it was absurd when he had to drink once. 

"Who is in this group that is most likely would marry someone from the office?" Soo Jung yelled, she wished she could use both of her hands to pointed her votes. Yong Hwa's fluttered when he and Shin Hye were the only ones that had to drink. 

"Who is most likely have a grudge to other person in this group?" Il Woo asked with a stern face, creating a tension in the air. Yong Hwa could not guess whether Il Woo said that because he was drunk or he was being serious. Yong Hwa had to drink twice, while Shin Hye had five. She was now starting to get tipsy.

The villa went silence for awhile, they silently realized that secrets were starting to spilled and repressed feeling was starting to surfaced. "Cha! Let's continue. Shin Hye-ya! Your turn!" Hyung Sik said solemnly, he actually was glad that his mission was accomplished, people were starting to open up to each other.

Shin Hye staggered to the table and took a block in difficulties, Hyung Sik winched at the thought that the tower might stumbled; he did not want the game to be over yet. Luckily she succeed, "Never have I ever!" she shouted and threw the block to her brother.

"Everyone holds up three finger. Continue taking turns saying a 'Never have I ever... bla bla', add your own sentence. Every time you have done one of the statements, you put one finger down. First person to lose all three fingers must take a drink." he explained.

Shi Hoo took a deep breath, he did not like the game one bit. "This is stupid!" he said.

Shin Hye nudged him, "Oh come on, Oppa! This is all for fun... what's the worst could happen?", he rolled his eyes.

"Okay, I won't be playing but I'll add my sentence to okay. I'll start, now hold up your three fingers!" Everybody did as they told, "Never have I ever punched a person in this room." Yong Hwa retracted his middle finger, the room suddenly filled with tension as people guessed who he hit before, Hyung Sik seemed to be sorry that he said the statement.

"Never have I ever had !" Seung Ho exclaimed naughtily, more tension filled up the air as Yong Hwa, Il Woo, Shi Hoo and Hyo Rin retracted one of their fingers. Shin Hye looked at Yong Hwa and smiled weakly, she hated for being disappointed at that new knowledge about him.

"Never have I ever had a crush for more than three years to a person in this group." Yong Hwa said, looking straight at his ex-bestfriend. Il Woo jerked and looked at him, he looked hesitant but slowly retracted another finger. Shin Hye and Soo Jung looked at each other, guessing who the person was.

"This is soo stupid!!" Shi Hoo exclaimed again, the game was starting to be in a dangerous zone. He was worried that his secret would be revealed anytime soon.

"Never have I ever kissed someone in this group!" Il Woo retaliated his ex-bestfriend, not caring that another person was shocked by the statement. He heard Shi Hoo groaned which made him puzzled. He looked around and saw Yong Hwa, Shin Hye, Hyo Rin and Shi Hoo put down one of their fingers. The last two persons had him slack-jawed. And everybody else for that matter. 

Yong Hwa scoffed and put down his hand, he drank his cup since he lost the game. But the real highlight was on Il Woo as he realized that his one-sided-long-time crush kissed another man that was also in the same room. The atmosphere suddenly got even gloomier.

Hyung Sik smiled knowing that the walls were slowly disappearing, the individuality pride was slowly crumbled and their assumption against each other were messed up. Which was perfect for the next activity on the next day. "Yong Hwa-ya! Your turn!" he winked at his Hyung.

The man staggered to the table, shook his head several times to get rid of the double sight. He finally reached for a block and succeed to pull one of them. "2 truths and a lie!" he stammered.

The MC smirked, "You have to give three statements, two of which are truths and one is a lie. You have to drink as much as the number of person who succesfu;;y pointed out your lies." he bet his whole fortune on what Yong Hwa will do with the instruction.

The man looked at Shin Hye sternly, maybe it was the alcohol but he suddenly had a newly found extra courage as he said, "I'm still in love with my ex-girlfriend..." Soo Jung gasped from the confession. He turned to Il Woo, "I hated my bestfriend for betraying me..." he paused to think his next statement, "And I had six annoying sisters." he continued.

The villa went into silence once more, they were stunned at his bluntness and not to mention that it was already pass midnight. They could only hear the sound of the mountain cricket in the distance. Hyung Sik finally broke the silence by asking them which one was the lies; Yong Hwa ended up with eight drinks. He slowly sank to the table after the drink. 

"Soo Jung-a! It's your turn!" Hyung Sik said softly as more people followed Yong Hwa's lead and pass out.

The girl stumbled to the table and drew a block with 'Blind Man' on it. Since Shi Hoo passed out, the next round went to Seung Ho who was still standing because of the punishment from the first round, however he now needed his hand to supported his body to the wall.

"Seung Ho ya! You have to close your eyes to get the block!" Hyung Sik scream-whispered, he knew the game was practically over.

Seung Ho staggered to the table, accidentally stepped on Min Hyuk and Il Woo on the way. He did not even reach the table when he stumbled and knocked the tower over; without even bother to look up, he just laid on the floor and passed out like everybody.

As the only sober man standing, Hyung Sik smiled victoriously. He tip toed to the boys room, closed the door and enjoyed the spacious room all to himself while the rest cramped themselves in one common room.

---o0o---

Yong Hwa squinted his eyelids, the ones that were still tightly shut. He faintly heard the sound of whistle blown vigorously. His head was slowly starting to ache, the familiar pain someone would get when he drank too much. The whistle sound got even louder, too loud in fact, it turned to be an ear-splitting sound that one wish for it to dissappear. His hands instinctively raised to cover his ear, he silently cursed himself for breaking his own promise, of never drink that much again.

But then he remembered that he drank because of a drinking game, that he must participate in, because he was in a villa, where the MT of his company was held. He opened his eyes abruptly, realizing that the whistle sound must meant something. He looked around and saw... people! Laid around all over the common room, still in their dinner clothes. The whistle sound felt like an explosion when he saw who sadistically blew it to wake people up.

Hyung Sik stood akimbo in front of the boys room, he looked like the national soccer team player who was upset at his team for slacking off. He was already dressed up ready for an outdoor activity in the winter, and was determined to wake the people up disregarding the fact that he put them in the hungover state that morning. 

"Wake up! Wake up! Sleepy heads!" he said cheerfully which sounded like a screeching banshee on the ears of the hungovers. "Dress warmly and go outside!!" he yelled.

One by one the hobos woke up, they sat up though with eyes tightly shut. Their faces showed the ultimate annoyance, it was not an overstatement to say that they looked like they wanted to murder the MC. Shin Hye looked at her brother and had a huge urge to cause him serious pain, unfortunately she made promise not to do that for the whole month. 

"What are you talking about?" Shin Hye's said in hoarse voice, "What are we doing now?" she felt the room was spinning.

"Exercise!! Let's have breakfast and do morning exercise!" Hyung Sik said energetically, he heard people groaned but he did not care. As he went outside of the villa to go to the volleyball field, he left the door ajar making the cold wind gusting through the common room. People reluctantly stood up to put their jacket on before they froze to death.

Yong Hwa and Il Woo stepped out of the Villa and immediately grimaced from the icy wind that blasted on their faces, it felt like a thousand prickly needles attacked them. Shivers ran down their spine as their body adapting to the freezing morning air. Hyung Sik gave them a cup of hot coffee and a slice of bread, their breakfast, it felt as though they were back in their military days.

The two men grabbed their breakfast and sat on the stone steps that led to the volley ball field; Min Hyuk, Seung Ho and Shi Hoo came afterwards dressed like a cotton ball. They received the same breakfast menu and joined their colleagues to sit on the steps. The girls came out last, looking much more sober than the boys. Soo Jung excitedly accepted the coffee and drank it; in a matter of minutes she was feeling better. It's a good thing that she did not drink that much last night, the luckiest of all.

Fifteen minutes after, they finished the breakfast and although still looked pretty chaotic, the light in their eyes showed that they were awake and pretty much sober. Hyung Sik walked and stood before them, earning a murderous look from each and everyone of them. Shi Hoo crumpled the paper cup that he just used to drink coffee channeling his hatred towards the MC.

"Cha!! Good morning Everyone!!" he shouted, making his audiences flinched from the loud noise. "Last night was... um... interesting wasn't it? I hope you still remember what happened last night." he smiled mischievously, "The first step to build a team is to break down individual walls, to tore down personal pride and destructed people's egocentrism; so that in the end everybody are willing to come together, blend in and become a team as a whole. Last night was what its all about, opening yourself to each other, showing your vulnerable side so that you are comfortable in putting trust to one another."

His colleague listened carefully to the explanation, partially surprised that he actually had a goal and explanation regarding the ridiculous game he held. They thought he was just fooling around and enjoy the chance of making everybody suffer. With that, they started to take him more seriously.

"Now, it's time to take that chaotic perception of each other and mold it into trust by having a team activity. Cha!! Get up and stand on the field!! Chop Chop!!" he exclaimed with a clap that was intended to motivate the other, his effort failed since everybody just lazily stood up and slowly entered the field. Hyung Sik went to the gym and came out carrying a volley ball, he held the ball up high above his head; his other hand was holding a black plastic bag. "We are playing... Princess Dodgeball!" he shouted.

"What's that?" Yong Hwa shouted. The others stood straight up, crossed their arms across the chest and peered at the MC, although they were skeptic but they could not hide the curiosity from their faces.

Hyung Sik rolled his eyes, "Haven't you ever watch 'running man'?" he asked like it was the most ridiculous thing ever. Everybody shook their heads. "Geez! Don't work too hard, will you!?" he mocked.

"Aren't you going to explain what it is!??!" Shin Hy scolded impatiently.

Hyung Sik made a face at her, "You all will form four groups of two person, one of them will be the princess and the other will be the guard. Just like regular dodgeball, princess dodgeball goal is to ousted a group by attacking the princess. The guard has unlimited live but both are allowed to attack." Hyung Sik explained, when he felt that everybody understood his explanation, he continued, "Two teams would be playing in this field, and the other will be in the other side. Should the two groups left are those on the same field, one of the group should move the other side of the field and the game resume. Any questions?" he scanned the field expecting a raised hand.

Il Woo did, "How do we determined the team?" he asked.

The MC smile, "Heokshi! As expected, Manager Jung always asked the right question! I have here eight pieces of papers that had each of your name on it, I'll pick out the names to determine the team. Understood?" he saw weak nod coming from all of his friends.

"Great! Now I'll be calling the first member of each group. Once your names are called please choose a side. Team A!" he exclaimed while groping inside the plastic bag. Once he pulled his hand back, a piece of paper was in it. He opened the folded paper and read aloud, "Park Shi Hoo!!"

Shi Hoo hung his head, he really was not into playing some highschool PE game. He reluctantly walked to the nearest side, the one in front of gym. The flower boys looked at each other, silently praying that they wont be in the same team as he was.

"Team B!" Hyung Sik pulled another paper and read aloud, "Kang Min Hyuk!" the tech wizard chose the same side as Shi Hoo, "Team C! Jung Il Woo!!" he acted like a boxing promoter, "And lastly, Team D! Jung Yong Hwa..." he smiled cheekily. Both Jungs walked to the further side of the field and stood expectantly as Hyung Sik preparing himself to call out the second member of each team.

"The Princess for Team A! Min Hyo Rin!" he said with a straight face. However. at least three of the participants could not have the same innocent look as he was. 

"Mwo!??" Il Woo blurted out, accidentally showing an out-of-place concern. Hyo Rin widen her eyes in shock, she shook her head at Hyung Sik trying to send telepathic message for him to annulled the team placement.

Hyung Sik just stared at her innocently, "Go on..." he wagged his hands to shoo her. She reluctantly walked and stood beside her long time crush. The man looked stiff, much more than usual. "Moving on! Princess for Team B is, Jung Soo Jung!" he said while tossing the paper to the floor like the previous ones.

"Don't you think something just not right?" Il Woo whispered to Yong Hwa forgetting the fact that they were still on not-speaking terms.

"I know, something's fishy..." Yong Hwa was in a deep of a thought to remember his grudge.

Soo Jung ran and stood behind Min Hyuk, both were looking content with their team. Yong Hwa suspiciously observed the two younger pair, picking up a strange vibe from both of them. He thought it was time to have a man-to-man talk with the nerd. He then scanned the whole field and stumbled his sight to the two persons that was still standing outside of the field. One of the two, the girl, was eyeing Hyung Sik suspiciously. She too had a bad feeling about the team arrangement.

"Next Princess is, Yoo Seung Ho and that means the fourth princess is none other the princess herself. Park Shin Hye!!" Hyung Sik smiled.

"Wait!! We never see whether there really was our name on the paper!" Shin Hye shouted immediately, she was too familiar with her brother tricky mind.

Il Woo lit up by the idea and ran to the papers, examining it one-by-one. He looked disappointed as he turned to Shin Hye, his nod indicating that he confirmed the names on each paper. The walking distant back to his original place seemed further than before.

"But how do we know that you called the names that was written on the paper!?" Shin Hye demanded again; all of the other participants brighten by her remark, they all looked at Hyung Sik expecting for an explanation.

He crossed his arms in front of his chest, raised his chain and eyebrows to show dominance, "Well I guess you just have to believe in God!" he said slowly to make an effect. Shin Hye scoffed having read all of his trick. "Now go to your team!" he pointed at Yong Hwa, like a father to is naughty kid. 

Shin Hye shot daggers at him and stomped her way to her side of field, making sure to bump her brother on the way. The boy grimaced in pain from the stumble, but then smiled victoriously for the success of staging the game. He glanced at Yong Hwa who was shyly welcomed Shin Hye. When their eyes met, Hyung Sik naughtily winked at him. Yong Hwa was puzzled at first but then he repressed his smile realizing the younger man intention.

"Okay! Let's play Ball!!" Hyung Sik held the ball on top of his head with both hands, "Team A possessed the first ball." He was getting ready to throw then halted, "And remember, there will be a reward for the one winner and punishment for the other three!" he added and immediately threw the ball to Shi Hoo.

Shi Hoo caught the ball and timidly threw it to Yong Hwa, Shin Hye took cover behind his guard while he caught the ball. Yong Hwa looked over his shoulder and was slightly disappointed when his princess did not really play the game. He threw it immediately to Min Hyuk who easily caught the ball and passed it to Il Woo. The passing game went on a few minutes, none of the team really wanted to kill each other.

"Oh Come On!! Do you really want to stay in this cold for two hours? If we don't have one last team standing, we're not going inside!" Hyung Sik yelled, he was the only one who did not have a lot of movement, so he was the one who suffered the most from the winter wind.

Soo Jung saw her brother who repeatedly looked over his shoulder checking on the safety of his team, the girl who stood behind him timidly took cover every time they were being targeted, without really taking cover; she did not even lay a finger on him. At that rate, it was only a matter of time before they were ousted. Soo Jung suddenly had an idea, she instinctively held on Min Hyuk's waist and whispered to his ear.

"Min Hyuk-shi! Should we make it more interesting for Yong Hwa Oppa and Shin Hye Eonni!?" She smiled mischievously.

Kang Min Hyuk froze at the sudden closeness, he did not expect for her to be that bold. But he tried to collect himself fast and nodded, her idea was not bad at all. So he held the ball with his dominant hand and threw as hard as he could, directing it to Shin Hye's face, since that was the part where she was not covered by Yong Hwa's body.

Luckily Yong Hwa was fast to parry the ball, "What the hell!!?" he exclaimed in surprise and glowered at Min Hyuk; he was stunned to see Min Hyuk and Soo Jung giggled mischievously at them. "Gwenchana?" he asked to Shin Hye.

"O!" she stammered. She was surprised when the ball was about to hit her face.

Il Woo followed Min Hyuk lead and threw the ball at team A, however it was Shi Hoo he was targeting. The ball hit his head, knocking him over. Everybody gasped and froze, afraid that the Secretary would burst into flame or something. But he just stood up and attacked Shin Hye.

She barely avoid the ball since Yong Hwa moved faster to the side than her. The ball came to Il Woo again. He now wanted to test Min Hyuk's endurance, so he hit him in the stomach, luckily the nerd was fast to catch.

Without any delay, he threw it again to Shin Hye, this time targeting her legs. She ran in panicked making the distance between her and her guard widen.

Shi Hoo ran to take the ball. Realizing that Shin Hye was the perfect target, he threw the ball at her when she was wide open and unguarded. She could only squated and covered her head in fear. Yong Hwa gasped and hurriedly ran to her, blocking the ball using his body. It ended up on his back.

"Woaaahh!!!" Min Hyuk exclaimed in awe, Soo Jung hopped several times, clapping and giggling at the heroic move that her brother demonstrated just now.

Shin Hye opened the hands that was covering her head and saw Yong Hwa on top of her, she realized that he succeed in protecting her. Their eyes met causing an awkward moment between them. "Ahem! Gomawo!" Shin Hye nervously said while running to their original place.

Yong Hwa smiled a little as the effect of his fluttering heart. He walked over and stood in front of Shin Hye, looked over his shoulder and shouted at her, "Aren't you going to do it properly?" Shin Hye jerked at his command, "Hold my waist tightly! I'm very competitive, you know! I don't like to loose!" he put up a fake serious face.

Shin Hye thought for a moment; she was cold, she was tired and she was as competitive as him. Getting out of the field, warming herself beside the heater, winning the game and getting the prize were her goals at the moment; so she timidly raise her hands and held on both side of his waist. His smile grew wider and instinctively stole glances at Hyung Sik who was staring at them. It was Yong Hwa's turned to wink at him.

And so the game resume, rougher than before. The D team was now determined to wiped out the other group, and become the killing machine. They were in perfect sync as Yong Hwa caught, dodge or parry the ball while Shin Hye caught the ball and either attack right away gave it to her knight. Before long they managed to ousted Min Hyuk by attacking Soo Jung's ankle. The cupid just lost it's place in the game.

Shi Hoo widen his eyes, worried by the fact that he just lost an ally. Now he had to face four persons all by himself. The ball rolled to his feet, he picked up and threw it to Yong Hwa right away, grabbing the chance to the possibility of physically hurt the arch nemesis. The ball landed on his chest, causing him to cough.

Il Woo saw that and without hesitation threw it back to Shi Hoo. The guy was too busy dodging, he forgot that he was actually immune and was supposed to guard the princess behind him. He basically left Hyo Rin to save himself.

Il Woo's blood boiled seeing how Shi Hoo treated the girl. The next time the ball was in his hand, he immediately struck it to Shi Hoo; and since there was only one opponent on the other side, Yong Hwa joined forces and attack team A. The difference was, Yong Hwa was targeting Hyo Rin while Il Woo wanted to hurt Shi Hoo several times.

At some point, Il Woo's attack was so hard, it made Shi Hoo staggered backwards and fell on his . Yong Hwa and Il Woo laughed so hard and instinctively raised their hands for a high five, realizing too late that they were not supposed to do the gesture.

"Ahem! Good Job!" Yong Hwa said to Il Woo.

"Thanks, you too!" Il Woo replied while awkwardly patted Yong Hwa's back. Their banter earned a rolled-eye from Shin Hye; Seung Ho giggled excitedly at his hyungs newly found team spirit.

After several attacks, team A was finally in chaos. The guard and the princess dispersed making Hyo Rin left unguarded. The ball rolled to Shin Hye, so with the agility that no one ever seen before, she picked up and threw it at her. The ball landed on her face.

Everybody gasped at the incident, Shin Hye instinctively ran to her to check up on her. Her heart dropped to the stomach when she saw blood coming out of the nose. "Oh My God! I'm sorry Editor Min!!" she exclaimed, her panic voice invited the rest to come closer. "Soo Jung-a, get a first aid kit! Ask from Justin!" she instructed.

Soo Jung nodded and ran as fast as she could to the office while Shin Hye bolstered the injured player to sat on one of the picnic table. Il Woo belatedly came to the table looking utterly worried. "Hyo Rin-a! Gwenchana?" he took out his handkerchief and gave it to her.

"It's okay... I'm okay!" she said timidly while wiping the blood from her nose. 

Soo Jung came running with the first aid kit box, Il Woo abruptly snatched it from her and opened it to take the required medication. Shin Hye who felt that her duty was taken by force, could only chuckled knowingly at the HR Manager's antics. 

The game was temporary stopped so they could tend the injured player. Once she was taken care of, Il Woo and Seung Ho moved to the other side to get ready for final round. The game was actually more interesting than the qualification since both team really wanted to win to dodge the punishment that awaited the losers. Because Shin Hye was as agile as any man, it was not easy to beat Team D.

In fact, Team D was on top of their game. The harmony between the guard and the princess was so in sync like a well oiled machine. Yong Hwa would parried or caught the ball and attacked while Shin Hye would picked the ball from the ground and occasionally attacked. After several attempt, they finally succeed when Seung Ho ran too fast leaving Il Woo behind. Shin Hye saw the opportunities and struck at him, hitting the ball right to the man-princess' back. 

Team D won!! Both players threw their hands on the air and highfived each other in euphoria. However the celebration just created another awkward moment between them. Yong Hwa smiled gently at their touch which made Shin Hye realized that they entwined both of their hands after the highfive. She rushly pulled her hand back and diverted her attention to Hyung Sik.

"Well Done!! Well Done!! Good Game team D! Congratulations!" Hyung Sik said while clapping his hands. He walk