Viral

Falling for the Clumsy Sun

Arriving to their mansion using the back gate and seeing the maknaes, Yongsun knew something was up espicially after their strange encounter at the airport and more so after the two were immediately scolded by Byul to go back inside after they came out to greet them.

Not five minutes after slumping down in the sofa, Wheein cuddled to her right side while Hyejin sat next to her on the other side. Byul then handed her a tablet with a video ready to be played with just one press.

"What's this?" She asked no one in particular as she kept her eyes on the thumbnail of the video seemingly familiar but she doesn't remember where she's seen it.

Byul sighed. "Play it first and then I'll answer your questions."

She didn't like the answer yet she shrugged it off and did as told. When the video started playing, she gasped and jumped to her feet leaving Wheein slumped on the empty space whining. 

The video was only about 5 seconds along when she immediately stopped the video and threw the gadget to the owner like it was some unholy item. Like a rusty robot needing a good amount of oil, she raised her hand pointing at the gadget on Byul's hand.

"W-w-who... W-w-why... H-how-how... HOW IS THAT ONLINE?!" She screamed at the top of her lungs making everyone jump on their seats.

"Okay. What did you do?" Eric directed the question/accusation to Byul as he came in followed by the male entourage with drinks and snacks in tow.

"Eric, she didn't do anything." Kyujong came into her defense right as the girl opened to protest. Eric faced him and he just nodded.

"Yeobo, what's wrong?" The married man asked handing Yongsun a glass of orange juice.

"Did she finally watch it?" Henry asked enthusiastically and Byul sighed in response. "Woah~. It must've brought back memories, huh? You guys were so cool. I mean, you could've passed as the ultimate girl crush girl group if you all got casted together. Not that Wheein and Hyejin aren't doing a great job with it. They are. Obviously... It's just... You girls we- "

"Shut up, idiot." Eddie said clasping his hand over his mouth to get him to stop talking. That then started an arguement between the two which stopped when Byul pointed towards Kyujong.

With Kyujong's silent warning for the two, they kept their mouth shut, grab their drinks and sat on the separate ends of the other sofa.

 

Coming back to her sense, Yongsun pressed her forehead on her husband's shoulder then turned to her girls and asked the question again. "H-how... H-how is this online?"

"Huh? What's online?" Eric asked and took the gadget that Byul handed him. 

"We thought you uploaded it. But considering you were on your honeymoon, and even though I thought it was a crazy idea thinking you'd bring the tape with you, well..." Byul stopped and looked away when she saw Yongsun's warning glare. The two maknae's snickered and she cleared to continue. "Anyway. That video was uploaded about two weeks ago garnering an instant viral 'success' and after that we've basically become the next hunt of the media. They found who we are in the span of less than 12 hours after a tip off from an 'anonymous' caller."

"That still doesn't HOW?!" Yongsun growled through her gritted teeth.

Eric held her by the waist with one hand and another on her upper arm caressing her. "Honey, calm down."

Yongsun turned to Byul and was about to apologize when she saw the girl holding the tablet up for them taking various pics. "Yah!"

"Kim Juntak." Hyejin intervined by the mention of the unfamiliar name.

"Huh? Kim Jun... who?" Yongsun asked stopping her attempt of punishing her second in command.

"Kim Juntak - the president of the AV club who was just a year ahead of Wheein and I." She said and nodded at Byul to continue.

"Kim Juntak - the idiot who had a major wanton crush on you but you were too much of a friendly friend to notice," Wheein giggled and apologized motioning for Byul to continue. "Right after what happened, thinking we'd acquired all of the videos, you- "

"Wait," Yongsun cut her off. "What do you mean? We did acquire all the videos. We all made sure of it."

"Like I said, we thought we did but no. We trusted the guy too much and he got too greedy keeping a copy of the final performance in his computer without telling us."  Byul answered. "As I was saying, you kept the videos and only you knew where they are hidden. As for the matter of how and who uploaded it, within hours of it going viral, Kim Juntak came running inside my cafe like a wild man looking for me and started pleading his case.

I was in the orphanage that time and had to leave because Umji called in after he caused a ruckus almost chasing all of my customers away. When I got in there, he rapid fired pleading me not to file a lawsuit against him and kept blabbering like a pabbo. He calmed down after I pulled him in my office and he then repeated what he blabbed about. In his exact words he said; 

      "I'm begging you, please don't file a lawsuit against me! I didn't do it! I didn't do it! I lost it, I swear! It was the only copy and I lost it! Please! Please! You have to believe me!"

Wheein, Hyejin and the rest of the boys couldn't help but snicker and chuckle at her imitation of the man while the couple remained quiet and waited for her to continue.

"He wasn't making sense at all but when Yuju came barging in and showed me this exact video. I lost it a little and when it all made sense I started interrogating him how he could've lost it. As it turns out, a couple of days before you and that ahjussi..."

Eric scoffed at her.

"...went for your honeymoon, he bumped into a sunbae from highschool and they started going out. He brought her to his house one time and the next day, she disappeared. He didn't notice that the tape was missing until he went mad crazy looking for it when his office mate showed him the video. He checked his home office later and found that the tape missing and he knew instantly who it was that took it."

"Wwho?" Yongsun asked.

Byul heaved a heavy sigh and turned to her, staying silent for a few seconds keeping the anticipation lie tense in the air and then opened again. "Shin Hyunyong."

 

Watching his wife finally asleep after tossing and turning, Eric settled himself comfortably and started tracing his wife's features straightening her crease brow with a kiss. He couldn't help but smile at her soft sweet smile as she reacted to it and at the same time be bothered by the thought of how everything just ended. 

After Byul revealed who took the copy from Kim Juntak's home office, Yongsun tensed like a meerkat about to meet its death. Byul then continued to reveal that Hyunyong sold the video to an obsessed Mamamoo fan through the blackmarket online and was also the anonymous caller who made quite the dough after giving the necessary information to find out the identity of the two hidden members of Mamamoo.

As much as Eric wanted her to stop talking when his wife froze and grabbed his shirt, he understand Byul's sentiment of giving it in one blow rather than feeding her the information one spoon at a time.

It's better to keep the wound bleeding while it's fresh rather than cutting it over and over again.

When Yongsun finally gathered her wits back, she plastered the best smile she can and told everyone to have their snacks, thanked them for their help in their arrival and excused herself as she went up to their room. Eric followed her a little later only to find her sitting on their bed looking blankly on her palms. She didn't even notice him approach her as she jumped upon his contact and that's where she smiled until her tears started flowing. He did nothing but held her close until she had finally fallen asleep.

 

Hours earlier... After Yongsun fell asleep...

 

"What do we do now?" Byul directed her question to Eric who came down after settling her wife to sleep.

Calm as ever, Eric turned to her and said, "I'm not really the right person to answer that question that's why I think it's best for you girls to talk about this matter alone at a better time. I know you've all waited for quite a while and so I'm asking you to wait a little longer and let your unnie digest the information first before you talk among yourselves." He then turned to the two maknaes and asked how they were dealing with this situation.

"Our CEOs are well acquainted with the unnies and knew about the original history of Mamamoo so it the media was easy for them to handle. CEO Kim Dohoon helped us clear up the negative rumors that rose from the video and our fans are still with us." Wheein answered.

"Cutie, he's asking you and Hyejinnie how you're both coping with the situation." Eddie clarified.

Wheein blinked and smiled. "Oh. We're doing good. Our fans are very understanding and patiently waiting for our own explanation. Besides, it's only we're more worried about."

"Tch. Shin Hyunyong." Hyejin spouted the name like a bitter drink then turned to Eric with a wicked smile on her face. "You know, I also have that very very amusing video from your wedding where that idiot made an even bigger idiot of herself. I could-"

"Maknae, don't even think about it." Eric said sternly talking her out of her wicked revenge plot.

"What? I'm just saying. We could..." Hyejin groaned in defeat after seeing her oppa raise a warning brow at her. "You can be such a party pooper sometimes, oppa."

Eric chuckled and ruffled her hair before turning to Byul. "And you? How have you been dealing with the media?"

Although the two may bicker and argue a lot, Byul knew Eric was being sincere when he asked her about her own situation. "I'm doing my best to avoid them. I, uhm... K-Kyujong oppa's been helping out a lot keeping me and the girls away from the media."

"Huh." Eric looked at Kyujong who just shrugged acting all nonchalant but he knew better. Heck, Kyujong didn't need much convincing to take half of the responsibility as substitute for Yongsun had he not mention Byul's name. As a matter of fact, he was in the verge of begging Eric to let him have the job instead of giving it to their - in Kyujong's own words - "girl crazy ert" friend, who is none other than Henry Lau.

"And your cafe?"

"Can't really complain." She grinned but that didn't last long. "We're really not that affected compared to unnie. She's our main focus, right now and we can't be so selfish as to think about ourselves when she's always there taking care of us."

"Don't worry much, sweetheart. You're all far to beautiful to have those frowns on your faces." Henry said making the girls cringe but smile at his greasiness.

Eddie then nudged him and leaned over to whisper something. "Dude, you should see how Kyu-hyung is glaring at you right now." The younger Nam snickered as Lau turned his head and quickly turn it back around to snicker with his frenemy.

"Damn, he is so obvious!" Henry and Eddie fist bumped.

Eric cleared his throat gaining back the two fool's attention. "Guys, since you don't have anything better to do, how about you cook something for an early dinner?"

"I want spicy fried chicken!" Wheein pitched in at the mention of food.

"Samgyetang." Hyejin cooly said.

"Tangsuyuk!"  Byul exclaimed raising her hand like Wheein.

Eric chuckled at the girls requests and the two boys' complaining who did get off their seats anyway and went to the nearby grocery to buy the needed ingredients. Kyujong on the other hand, stayed behind to accompany Eric with the three, knowing how playful they can get especially without the watchful eye of their unnie.

 

 

 

 

*N: HALLOOOO!!!

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eonnifan
#1
u back...
need to read from the beginning XD
yanhui_tan
#2
Author-nim I missed your story so much TT I really wanted to see how their story continues, please don't abandon this fanfic =(( I really love their "arranged marriage" concept...
yanhui_tan
#3
Author-nim, although I started to read this story only in 2018, but I'm still looking forward to see how their story goes. Please do update soon =) have a nice day author-nim =D
yanhui_tan
#4
Chapter 43: I hope this is not the end of the story right author-nim? I really like this story and I've been re-reading from time to time, always checking on the updates. Please update soon author-nim ToT
jikooklovesme #5
I wanna know the baby's name ~ I miss ddongie couple so much :'(
jikooklovesme #6
Please update as soon as you can authornim~ ?
MYMWHM #7
Chapter 43: thanks so much for great and sweet story! hope that you can update soon authornim!