�It�s you! Jang Geun Suk-sshi!!!� So Eun smiled while Geun Suk just kept on ignoring her. �Oh my gosh, you�re really good-looking in person! Wait, are you going to be under SM form now on? Wow! Nice to meet you! I�m Kim So Eun! I�m SM�s future big star!�

That�s when Geun Suk turned to her and he looks serious. He�s wearing black shades and very expensive outfit. So Eun frowned when he just snobbed her and he looked away.

And when the elevator opened, Geun Suk went out first, and then So Eun. She followed him with her eye while he�s walking away. 

�That guy is something. He didn�t even nod at me, what a waste! But he�s really god-looking.� And then she suddenly felt her stomach again. �Oh, here it goes again! Where�s the bathroom?!�



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When Il Woo went out to the eatery, he saw So Eun eating her breakfast there. He smiled and approached her. �Why are you eating breakfast here? Ahjumma didn�t cook?�

So Eun swallowed her food. �My mom left had to leave early. She went to Jeju. The husband of her cousin died and she�ll be staying there until the burial.�

�Ah, I see. Yah, you look strange. How�s the audition at SM?�

So Eun stopped eating and frowned. �Argh, don�t even mention that to me! Those people are really stupid for rejecting me! I�m even more talented than those members of the girl bands they formed! Aisshh, how disgusting!!!�

Il Woo smiled. �So Eun-ah, don�t lose hope. I�m sure you�ll be able to make your dream come true. Just continue on what you�re doing.�

So Eun looked at him. �I�m somehow thankful that you�re always here to encourage me. Even though there are only two of us who believe that I will be a famous artist, it�s enough to keep me going. Thank you so much, Oppa.�

�I�m your oppa, and I won�t go anywhere.� Then Il Woo stood up.

�You�re going somewhere?�

�Yes. I�m going to look for a job. Wish me luck.�

�Good luck, Oppa! Fighting!�

�Fighting!� And they laughed. �I�m going!�

�Take care, oppa! I�ll be helping Halmoni here, don�t worry!�



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�You�ll be with SM for two years and I expect you to behave well and cooperate properly. Understand?� Geun Suk is just looking out to the window and didn�t answer. Gyun Woo sighed. �Geun Suk-ah.�

Geun Suk finally looked at his manager. �Hyung.�

�Yah, are you okay? Were you listening to me?�

�Oh, of course. I heard what you say.�

�Good. Well, the company will be having a presscon for you. They�ll be introducing you as their new talent. It will be tomorrow night.�

�Alright. Am I free for the rest of the day?�

�No, you�re not. Photoshoots, magazine interview and you�ll be finally moving to your new house.�

Geun Suk took a deep breath and wore his shades again. �Okay.�


Jang Geun Suk. It�s been two years since he left the country and went to New York. After a year, he�s already known as one of the newest but very famous image model of the most popular clothing line in New York. He signed under the biggest modeling agency there and for a very short time of twelve months; he�s already well-known in America and in different countries in the world. 

And now, he returned to his own country, after being a top model in a foreign land for a year, to continue his career. 




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Il Woo has gone to three agencies already but none of them minded to hire him as an employee. He�s walking at the sidewalk while eating an ice pop.

�Aigoo, when will I find my job luck? How am I suppose to court a girl, I�m a jobless useless guy!�

And then he suddenly stopped and turned his head to the window of a food chain. He read the flyer posted on the window. �Wanted, delivery boy.� He frowned. �Delivery boy? Isn�t that too low for a good-looking guy like me?� he shook his head and just went inside the food chain.

He looked for the manager and asked about the hiring of a delivery boy.

�Four thousand a month?� Il Woo asked the manager.

�Yes. We�re really in need for more delivery boy so we did a bit addition to the salary.�

�Four thousand a month? That�s not bad.� Il Woo whispered. �Mr. Manager, I want to apply!�

The manager told Il Woo to start that day so he was already given the uniform. And since he already knows how to use a scooter, there wasn�t any need for more orientations. He started soon as he was accepted by the management and he felt relieved.

Il Woo smiled and took a deep breath. �Finally! I have a job!�

�Il Woo-sshi!� One of the crews called him.

�Yes!�

�You�re first delivery job!�

�Okay!�

Il Woo conditioned the scooter he�ll be using for delivery and then he asked for the address where he�ll be taking those orders. �Bring those here.� He looked at the paper and read the address. 

�House #7, Scott Village. Hm? I remember this place.�




After twenty-minutes, he arrived at the Scott Village and parked the scooter in front of the House #7. He took off his helmet and looked at the house. �I�m here again.�


Chae Won is sitting on the sofa and is about to drink her soju when someone rang the doorbell. She frowned and stood up. �Aisshh!� she headed to the door and opened it. She saw a delivery boy carrying the delivery box from the food chain she called earlier.

Il Woo smiled very happily. �Good noon! Here�s your order, ma�am!� 

Chae Won frowned. �Why are you so happy?�

Il Woo�s smiled vanished and whispered to himself. �Ah, this girl is really��

�Bring it to the kitchen.�

�Yes, ma�am.� And he made a face when Chae Won turned around. Il Woo put the box on the kitchen table while Chae Won sat on one of the chairs and drank her soju. Il Woo looked at her.

�Chae Won-sshi, do you normally drink at this time of the day?�

Chae Won looked at him. �How did you know my name?�

Il Woo laughed and shook his head. �Ah, how can you have such poor memory? This is already our fourth meeting and you still don�t recognize me?�

�Why, who are you?�

�I�m Jung Il Woo! The one who took you home last time. You were drunk then, don�t you remember?�

�Oh, I see. Then, so what if you�re that guy? As if I care who you are.� Il Woo frowned. Did you bring all my orders?�

�Ah, yes!� And Il Woo took out the orders from the box one by one. And after he has already checked all the orders, that�s when he realized that Chae Won actually ordered lots of different kinds of food that can be enough for ten people! �Ah, C-Chae Won-sshi. Are you gonna eat all these?�

�Why re you asking?�

�Ah well, uhm��

�I can eat all those. I haven�t eaten for three days.�

�What?! Three days?! And you�re drinking soju???�

�Yah, are you yelling at me?!�

�Of course not, Chae Won-sshi! I was just shocked-�

�Wait! Is that�pickled fish?� Chae Won pointed one of the dishes.

�Yes. Pickled fish! It�s one of our chain�s specialties. It�s really-�

�Did I order that?� Chae Won whispered. �How stupid!�

�Chae Won-sshi?�

Chae Won drank her soju straight and then she just threw the bottle away and made it break when it fell on the ground. Il Woo just looked at her. Then Chae Won started crying like a kid.

�Chae Won-sshi.�

�Why did I order that?! Why it has to be that food?!� And she continued crying. Then she stood up and is about to walk out of the kitchen when she lost her balance and fell down. �Ouch!� And her palms landed on the broken pieces of glass from the soju bottle.

�Chae Won-sshi!� Il Woo hurried and he helped her stand up. �Are you okay?� And he saw that both of her palms are hurt and are full of wounds and they�re bleeding. �Hey, your palms are-�

�What a stupid jerk! I really hate him! Aaah!!!� Chae Won continued crying again and she just made Il Woo irritated. �Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!�

�Yah!!! Stop!!!� Il Woo shouted at her and she suddenly stopped.

�Yah, how dare you to shout at me!!!�

�Can you remain still?! Do you want these deadly pieces to enter your veins and kill you slowly?�

�What?�

�Look at your palms; they�re full of broken glass! And they�re bleeding! You can cry later, cry the whole day, but we have to get rid of this things first!� Chae Won looked at Il Woo.




Il Woo looked for the first aid kit and he carefully and gently took out all the broken pieces of glass stuck on Chae Won�s palms and applied ointment to the wounds; while the latter is just quiet and didn�t seem to feel hurt.

�Chae Won-sshi, are you okay? Aren�t you hurting?�

Chae Won didn�t look at him and she stayed looking in one direction. �What an idiotic question.�

�Hm?�

�Isn�t it obvious that I�m not okay and that I�m hurting?! Why do guys have to be insensitive and numb?!� And tears are starting to flow from her eyes again. Il Woo looked at her. �Does everything has to be said and explained for you to know and realize it? Are you guys blind? Does your sense of feeling cannot work?! Why are you so stupid???!!!!� She yelled and then cried again.

Il Woo gently put Chae Won�s hands down right after he has put a bandage on both of her hands. He looked at Chae Won who is still crying.

�Chae won-sshi, w-what�s your problem?�

Chae Won stopped crying and gave Il Woo a mad look. Il Woo wondered why she just suddenly changed mood again. Chae Won picked up the phone and called the food chain where Il Woo works. �Hello? That delivery boy you have, his name�s Jung Il Woo, I want him to be fired.�

�Yah, Chae Won-sshi!�

�He just left without returning my change, so you better fire him now before he could victim other customers. Then she put down the phone and turned to Il Woo. �You, you can leave now.�

�Yah!!!�



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Geun Suk is walking his way to the elevator when he suddenly felt like going to the bathroom. He went to the opposite direction and used the bathroom for a while. He�s washing his hands when a girl just suddenly went inside and locked the door.

�Hey!� And when he looked�

�Oh, Jang Geun Suk-sshi!� So Eun obviously got surprised. Geun Suk recalled who she is; the girl on the elevator.

�Hey, you entered the wrong-�

�I know! But, please let me hide here for a while! An emergency just happened!�

�In your age, you should know how to act properly. Go out.�

�I can�t!�

�Why?�

�I really can�t!� Geun Suk walked to the door and is about to open it when� �You can�t go out, too!� So Eun told him. �There are lots of people outside, they will see you. You�re not allowed to be out yet, right?�

Geun Suk faced her. �How did you know that?�

�Well, uhm�you haven�t done any presscon yet. And once they see you here at SM, isn�t that going to be a mess?� Geun Suk sighed and just stepped away from the door. So Eun sighed, too, and leaned her back on the wall. She frowned and touched her forehead. �Aisshh, I didn�t know that those people will take what I said seriously. Gosh, that was close!�

�Why are they chasing you?� Geun Suk suddenly asked.

So Eun shyly smiled. �Well, that�uhm�they heard me saying I will be kicking out SNSD once I become SM�s newest artist. I was just joking but they seemed offended and they ran after me. And those people are really scary. I didn�t know they�re SNSD�s fans.�

Geun Suk rolled his eyes. �You hate those girls?�

�SNSD? No, of course not! Actually, they�re my idol. I was just envious of them. I can sing and dance like them, or even better, but SM kept on rejecting me. It�s really frustrating.�

�So you�re here for audition?� So Eun nodded. �Then, show me what you got.�

�Eh?�

�I want to see how you sing and dance.�

�What? You want me to sing and dance�here?�

�it�s your fault why we�re stuck here.�

�Well�but, why do you want me to do that?�

Geun Suk sighed. �I�m looking for a partner. And if you can show me that you�re good, I will ask SM to reconsider you.�

�W-wha�Really???!!!�



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Il Woo sat after cleaning the tables. It�s getting dark and the costumers are getting seldom. He frowned when he remembered Chae Won again. 

�Aisshh, that girl is my bad luck. Whenever I�m getting rejected from a job, she�s always there. and when I finally got the job, she just ruined everything! She�s really getting on my nerves!�

He was quickly fired by the manager of the food chain because they took the customer�s statements and didn�t listen to his explanation anymore. 

Il Woo scratched his head. �I wonder if I�ll ever get a job.� Then he sod up and suddenly stopped when he saw someone unexpected who entered the eatery and sat on the table in the middle. Il Woo�s grandma approached the newly arrived customer.

�Agasshi, what can we give you?�

�Three bottles of soju.�

�Soju? Don�t you want any-�

�Just soju, Halmoni.�

�Alright.�

Il Woo went to the kitchen when his grandma went back there to get some soju. �Halmoni, let me serve that.�

�It�s for the pretty girl-�

�I know.�

Il Woo put the here bottles of soju in front of Chae Won and then he sat opposite her. Chae Won looked at him. �Did I tell you to share a table with me?�

�Don�t tell me, you�ve forgotten who I am. What kind of memory do you exactly have?� 

Chae Won rolled her eyes. �Why? Is it important to me to remember who you are? How annoying.� She opened the first bottle and began drinking without using the soju glass.

Il Woo coldly laughed. �How could a rich girl act like this?� he whispered. �Yah, Chae Won-sshi, I was just the delivery boy who got fired on his first day of work because of your unbelievable lie. Now, you remember?�

�Oh! You! Again?!� Chae Won frowned. �Why do you seem to be always everywhere?�

�I live here.�

�What?�

�My grandma owns this.�

�Oh, really.� Chae Won nodded and looked around. �What a filthy place.�

�Yah, what are you doing here? Your house is far from here; how come a rich person like you knows this village?�

�Our former maid lives here, but I can�t find her home.�

�Maid? What�s her name?�

�Han Ji Tae.�

�Ah, Han Ji Tae-sshi. She no longer lives here. She just got married last year and we didn�t hear any news about her since then.�

�Really?� Chae Won laughed. �What a lucky lady. I didn�t know someone would actually marry her.�

Il Woo frowned. �Yah, why are you so rude at people? Can�t you do anything better than ruining other people�s image? And making others suffer with your reckless words?�


Chae Won drank soju again. �You, why are you always acting like you're my father? You�re not even my friend for to talk to me like this!�

�Yes, I�m not your friend! No one would want to be your friend.�

Chae Won sighed. �Just leave me alone, okay?�

Il Woo stood up and left her. He went to the kitchen and got some food and ate there. �Il Woo-ah, do you know that agasshi?� His grandma asked him.

�Yes. Don�t ask more about her Halmoni, she�s worthless girl who can�t do good.�

�But Il Woo-ah, she looks so sad.�

�Hm?�

�She looks lonely and sad. Can�t you notice?�

After eating, Il Woo washed the dishes and did some work. And then he went out and saw that Chae won is still there. She�s about to empty all the three bottles of soju but she stills seems to be sitting still. Il Woo looked at the wall clock, it�s already past ten. He took a deep breath and went to Chae Won again.

�Yah, Chae Won-sshi, don�t you think it�s time for you to go home? It�s already past ten.�

�I don�t want to go home.�

�We�ll be closing at eleven, so you must be out of here by that time.�

Chae Won looked at him. �Do you know what�s the real difference between love and hate?�

�Hm?�

�Actually, they�re closely the same. Except for that fact that�love hurts more.� Il Woo looked at her as she�s starting to cry again. �And because it hurts more, it gives out the reason for hate to exist. Love�is such a hateful thing.� And she drank the last soju from the third bottle. �Yah, give me another bottle.�

�That�s enough.�

�I still want one more!�

�You�re drunk.�

�No, I�m not!�

�Chae Won-sshi, do you have a problem?�

Chae Won laughed. �Are you really that moron-type? Why are you still asking about the things which are already obvious?!�

�Then, tell me.�

�What?�

�Yah look, I don�t like you but you look so helpless. So I�m going to listen to you right now, I�m not bad as you are. Whatever you keep inside, you should at least release it, and it will make you feel better. Even just to one person, you should tell it.� Chae Won just rolled her eyes and frowned.

And Il Woo suddenly thought of a brilliant idea. �Chae Won-sshi.�

�What?� Chae Won irritatedly asked.

�I just lose my job because of you; won�t you do something about it?�

�I don�t care if you lost your job.�

�Of course you don�t.� Il Woo whispered. �That�s so rude, don�t you think. But, I just thought of something that both of us will benefit from it.� Chae Won looked at him.

�What?�

�You have to give me a job, and in return, I will be helping you.�

�Yah, what are you talking about?�

Il Woo smiled. �I want to apply to you right now,,,,,,,,, and I�m telling you, I have the requirements you need. Hire me�to be your friend.�

�What?�