I only said it 'cause I mean it
I only mean 'cause it's true

(Terrified - Katherine McPhee)

Kyujong couldn't help but chuckle listening to the two ladies converse. They do know it's curtain not a wall. He thought and then quieted down when he heard his presence finally being recognized. He saw Hyejin appear with her hand moving the curtain aside and so he stood up to greet this friend of hers when his jaw slacked and eyes widened.

"Oppa. This is-"

"Byulyi." Her name rolled out of his tongue naturally and as soon as he said it, she looked up meeting his eyes reflecting his expression but then her eyes changed.

"Huh? You know... You two know each other?" A puzzled Hyejin asked looking at this guy friend and then to her unnie. Then it clicked for her. "No way... Don't tell me."

"Ahn Hyejin." Byul's tone became serious as she let go of the maknae's hand. "You want to meet ahjussi? Well. It seems you already know him."

"Byulyi-ah." Kyujong muttered but before he could take a step closer to her, she stormed off with the door slammed at them. He wanted to catch her but Hyejin held him back telling him to let her go for now. He didn't want to but the kid was right.

Hyejin then glared at him and made him sit back down. "Stay here. I need to make a call."

She was taking time to tell whoever it was about what just happened and during those times, Kyujong found himself staring into blank space rethinking what just happened and how his wife, the only woman who he so missed the most looked at him with such anger that it chilled him to the bones.

"Hyejin-ah, I should-" He was about to tell the younger girl his intentions to follow his wife when she too had given him her chilling glare.

"No. You won't find her anyway. I already had our oldest member look for her anyway." Hyejin said and motioned him to sit back down.

"Wait. You don't mean Yongsun, right?" Kyujong asked and that seemed to surprised the young starlet.

Hyejin raised a suspicious brow. "And how do you know her?" 

"Hey. It's not like that." Kyujong said swaying whatever thought she had on her mind. "Eric's one of my best friends. And what about you? What do you mean Yongsun being a member of your group?"

"She and Byul unnie are the other half of Mamamoo. They were supposed to debut with us but with Yongsun unnie having been handed the reigns on their company and Byul unnie's dad... We tried to postpone until things settled down but we couldn't hold out too long and with their insistence Wheeina and I made the debut. We didn't make any changes in the songs though. Our CEO, rather than retracting their contracts, revised it so that they can stay as Mamamoo being our lyricist, composers, subvocals and whatever they want." She explained.

"I see. I guess that's why she's really good at singing." He muttered staring at his fingers as the memory of her singing played in his head.

"What? You heard Byul unnie sing?" Kyujong looked up and nodded. "As in open and sang to you?"

"Well, not really. I heard her singing and that's how I found her and then my family made her sing." He answered giving her a quizzical look.

"Woah. That's a first." Hyejin said and then explained how Byul was trained along side her as a rapper rather than a vocalist because as great as she sounded, her vocals would've drowned with the power vocals of Yongsun and Wheein. "Okay. Enough about that. I remember that I forgot something."

"Huh?" He asked and later felt what she meant as he started rubbing his shoulder.

"That's for making her feel like sh*t, you jerk." Hyejin said.

Kyujong apologized and a minute later, he asked her where Byul might've gone but the girl was relentless in not giving him any answers.

"Don't worry. She's got a lot of hiding places but I'm sure unnie will find her." Hyejin reassured him. "What you need to think about now is how to fix everything with her. She may've looked angry but we both know it's not really how she feels for you right now."

He sighed knowing he won't get anything from the girl.

"Please. Just go home, unnie." Byul pleaded as the older girl escorted her inside her own home. "The warden's probably wondering where you are by now."

Yongsun rolled her eyes at her and pushed her inside. "I'm not leaving until-"

"I'm not going to eat." Byul cut her off. "I'm not hungry and I'm not about to stuff myself with anything. I'm going straight to bed and that's that.."

Yongsun gave her a look and then sighed in defeat. "Fine. I'll go then. But don't do anything stupid. I'm just a call away if you need anything."  With that, she left and Byul stood by the door, watched her drive away before getting inside and locking herself in.

Doing exactly what she told Yongsun, she dragged herself up the stairs and into the bathroom, stripping out of her clothes and the shower. She let the cool water wash away the puffiness of her eyes until the water gradually grew warmer and she washed herself. She then put her night clothes on and headed straight to bed closing her eyes and not letting what happened today disrupt whatever peace of mind she could get.

Thankfully, for the first time in whenever, she slept through the night without having to wake up from any longing dreams in the middle of the night.

When she woke up the next morning, she heard her stomach rumble an evidence of how hungry she is after having skipped lunch and dinner yesterday. Heading to the first floor, she stopped on the top of the stairs hearing the familiar sound of two people arguing. "Are you kidding me?" She sighed to herself and then continued to go to the kitchen anyways.

She stood by the door and peeked to find Wheein and Hyejin arguing about adding more ingredients to intensify the flavor while Yongsun stood by the stove ignoring the two.

"Are you sure about leaving that Squirtle in charge of whatever's on that stove?" She asked showing herself and to the girls surprise.

Wheein grinned and pushed Hyejin away as she ran and body slammed Byul. "Good morning!"

She hummed her greeting and patted the girl in the back before moving further inside the kitchen. "What's for breakfast?"

"Sunny side up, chicken stew and whatever banchan you have - which is none by the way. So, thankfully, Yongsun unnie has the best housekeeper." Wheein answered while Hyejin and Yongsun fought for the reigns of the soup laddle.

"Unnie, just give it to her. Are you really planning on poisoning us this early in the morning?" Sure enough, the oldest turned and gave her an insulted look. "Hey. I'll have you know-"

Hyejin was quick to snatch the cooking utensil from Yongsun then pushed the older girl away with her hip as she stirred in the greens for the stew.

"Hey!" Yongsun whined and another arguement ensued between the maknae and the oldest resigning the in betweens to leaven them and head for a quieter area of the house.

Alone, Byul found herself being cuddled by the ever so cute Wheein. "So what's the deal? Who's idea was this?"

"Yongsun unnie's." Wheein answered shortly.

"Ugh. Seriously. Doesn't she have that jail warden of hers to take care of?" Byul grumbled leaning her head on Wheein's who chuckled at the use of that nickname.
"She does, but you know unnie. She gets what she wants and that oppa always - well almost always - let her have what she wants." Wheein said and they chuckled then enjoyed a little bit of the silence until the younger girl said something that surprised her.  "So, how did they find out about Kyujong oppa?"

"W-what?" Byul said straightening up and looking at her with utmost surprise. The only person she knew who knew the identity of her husband was Hyejin and with how she stormed off and Yongsun finding her, she thought that the older girl must've had a clue as to who he was but not Wheein. That is unless one of the two told her about it. "H-how... Who told you?"

The young girl scoffed and gave her a look as if Byul had insulted her. "Really? Who told me? You should know by now that I'm the best at figuring out-" Wheein stopped when Byul raised a brow. "Okauy, fine! When I saw the ring you had on your necklace..."  At the mention of the jewelry, her hand involuntarily reach out for the piece dangling on her neck. "...and it looked very much like the one Kyujong oppa had on his necklace and when I saw him a few days ago, I asked if I could 'see the design' but he told me he already gave that ring to someone especial then it was like puzzles being pieced together. And then I found out that the two of you were at the same place, so yeah."

So much for hiding his identity. Byul groaned. Leave it to the girl to find out about things on her own.

After breakfast, Yongsun and Byul were left with doing the dishes and packing up leftovers since the maknaes had their schedule to attend to.

"So," Yongsun started and Byul waited for whatever lecture she had coming for her. They had a quiet drive home yesterday so Byul guessed that whatever it is that Yongsun had to say, it must be a lot. "Does Hyejin and Wheein know?"

"Ehm." She hummed and continued to wait. "Do you know?"

"He's one of oppa's bestfriends. I found out who he was when you told me about your husband's ex getting pregnant." Yongsun went to explain then added, "Which by the way, is quite the scandal going about the rumor mill."

"Is this even for real?" She groaned venting her anger on the sink full of dish water. "First, I get married to this stranger who I found out is one of our country's top star. Then, things go south and I find out you three are somehow acquainted with him. And now you're telling me that the rumors of his love child-"

"The baby's not his." Yongsun interjected.

"What?"

Yongsun sighed. Taking the last of the dishes, she rinsed it then pulled the plug on the sink, took her gloves off and then removed her apron which Byul did the same. "Sit down." She said and Byul did just so for however long it took her to explain everything she found out and how she found out. She left no detail un untold and when she was done, Byul looked absolutely confused.

"Unnie?" Her voice amost like a whisper. Looking up and holding the older girl's gaze, she asked, "What do I do now?"

"I don't know." Yongsun said. "But I do know that you have to stop being scared of wanting things for yourself."

"I'm not-" Even Byul couldn't lie to herself. "I don't... I- I can't. She's pregnant unnie."

The older girl sighed getting frustrated with her. "Yes, she is. But unless you plan on a physical battle, no harm will come to that child. And besides, now that you know the baby's not Kyujong oppa's, you two can make things work out and overcome this."

"B-but... W-what if he doesn't want to be with me anymore?" She asked shyly with her head down.

Yongsun looked taken aback then couldn't help but spazz. "Oh my gosh, this is just too cute!" She said giggling at the rare sight in front of her. "From how long I've known you, this is the very first time that I've ever seen you act like this because of a man. You're usually boyish but seeing you like this... it's just oh my gosh."

"Ahh, unnie!" She wanted to yell at her but it came out as a whine.

"Okay. Okay. Back to business." Yongsun said and cleared . "If you're that worried about Kyujong oppa, I think I might know just what to do." She then got up of her chair and grabbed Byul's phone from the counter and tried dialed a a familiar number.

"What are you doing?" Byul asked getting up from her chair and attempted to snatch the phone but Yongsun already predicted that as she moved quickly to the opposite side of the counter. "Unnie!"

"Shh! Be quie-"

"Hello?" Kyujong's voice sounded very much surprised but excited.

Byul gasped then glared at Yongsun who grinned at her and tossed the phone back to her.

"Byulyi-ah. Baby?"

Yongsun couldn't help but guffaw at the petname Kyujong just called her and Byul reached for the wooden spatula whacking the older girl on her arm before running out the backdoor to answer the call. But when she finally was left alone with her phone, she didn't know if she could make a sound.

"Byulyi?"" Kyujong called out once more and she found herself automatically responding. "H-hi." She felt a little stupid sounding so awkward.

"Hi." He answered back sounding very much relieved. "Byulyi, I-"

"My cafe at 12." Byul said cutting him off before he could say what he wanted to say and then hanged up without waiting for his answer and then ran back inside her house, passing by Yongsun and then dropping herself on the sofa and placing a pillow over her head to muffle her scream.

*N: Me's gots some 'splainin' to do...

So up to late, I haven't been in any mood to write or do anything at all...

I was really in that point in my life where I feel just about ready to give up and lose it. But when I thought about it, I'm not really that kind of person to give up on life. After taking time off and think of everything plus just reading your comments, I guess you could say I'm feeling a little bit better. 

I know it's kind of awkward for me sharing this but I thought I should let you all know. And this is not me saying you need to stop with the update comments. No. This is me saying just bombard me with whatever comment/criticism you can give. It helps :D

And BTW I'm sorry for the crappy update. I'll try to do better in the upcoming chapters! 

Thanks all! :)