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A Familiar Stranger
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“Annyeong!” The nation’s MC greets everyone while bowing to every single staff he passes. Ji Hyo was pretty sure he even bowed to a lighting fixture without noticing.

 

“Oppa, you seem to be in a good mood today." Ji Hyo observes.

 

“Geureom-yo, we’re getting new additions to the family!” Jae Seok says chirply, clapping Ji Hyo’s back.

 

She actually had forgotten about this, Gary had left a few months ago and Ji Hyo was too preoccupied with the rest of the members. She’s convinced that the rest of the guys think she’s still sad about the Monday boyfriend’s departure, but in reality, she is actually very happy for him especially when she’d heard that he had gotten married. She always knew Gary would make a good husband to a lucky woman. And with everything else going on, including the wrap-up of her drama, she had very little time to remember that they were meeting the new members today. Finally, another girl to the many Mondays full of men.

 

“Ah, jinjja? Time really flies.”

 

“It really does. One second, Kwang Soo was about two meters tall, and before you know it, he’s already nine feet." He says loud enough for the approaching actor to hear.

 

“Hyeeee, hyung!” Kwang Soo laughs, giving Jae Seok’s arm a playful squeeze.

 

Looking up, the actress noticed how Kwang Soo looked a bit tired. “Eo, Kwang Soo-ya. How was the script reading yesterday?”

 

“It went really well since I’ve already worked with the director before. It was fun.”

 

“What are those bags under your eyes, then?” She says, pointing out his eyes.

 

“Ah, Jong Kook hyung keeps forcing me to work out with him. He keeps nagging about how I have to make myself look like a real policeman in training. I really think he’s just bored.”

 

Ji Hyo laughs as she sees how the giraffe quickly changed from being “annoyed” at Jong Kook to a loyal dongsaeng in a split second.

 

“Ya! Are you just gonna keep on chatting or should we just start filming next monday?!”

 

Wah. Jong Kook oppa really does have a weird way of making people do things.  

 

“Coming!” Ji Hyo yells as she runs behind Kwang Soo and Jae Seok whose already walking away, arm in arm with the scary tiger.

 

“Ya, we should all switch seats!” Haha and Jae Seok says in chorus.

 

All at once, the members try their best to exchange seats in the cramped-up bus.

 

Ji Hyo was fixing her seatbelt when she hears, “Why are you picking a fight with me all of a sudden?" Says the new maknae, Yang Se Chan. 
 

Then, she heard Kwang Soo

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I should really edit the earlier chapters, shouldn't I? Every time I read them, I can't help but think that I need to edit them to make the flow of the words better, especially for the new readers. I'd hate it if they stop reading half-way through because the first few chapters are iffy. Lol

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Chicha27 #1
Chapter 60: This chapter very sad :(( . Thank you for the update!!! Can't wait for your next update^^
maisie010 12 streak #2
Chapter 60: My heart breaks for Kwang Soo *sigh*. Thank you for the update!! ^^
maisie010 12 streak #3
Chapter 58: "And though it was spring again, the bed didn't feel as warm as she thought it would be." I like how this sentence perfectly encapsulates how she really feels.

Didn't realize I'm already at the end of the story! I will wait for updates ^^ Fighting!
maisie010 12 streak #4
Chapter 56: It's like the World of the Married! I feel so sad for both of them. I feel like it's all just a misunderstanding. Kwang Soo couldn't possibly.. :(
maisie010 12 streak #5
Chapter 54: I feel so sad for this chapter huhu I dread the next one. Jealousy and insecurity can really make one think irrationally. :(
regzlim
#6
Chapter 58: I guess Dong Wook was there to pick up the pieces after the dissolution of the marriage.

I really enjoyed the way you wrote about Ji Hyo waking up to the sight of a sleeping Dong Wook. It invoked a sense of warmth in the scene's sweetness, and I can feel Ji Hyo's affection for him. Yet, reading further, one gets the impression that Dong Wook is nothing but a replacement. A rebound love. And I find that somewhat sad, and I feel myself pitying the man and rooting for him. NOOooo! LOL.

But I digress. I think deep inside Ji Hyo knows this. Knows that she is treating him as a replacement and is trying to compensate for it. She definitely is trying to convince herself about the rice. To me, the bibimbap scene is an analogy of their relationship. She wants Dong Wook's bibimbap to be like Kwang Soo's. She wants it to be good, she convinces herself it is as good. She wants Dong Wook to be like Kwang Soo. She wants their love to be the same as what she had with Kwang Soo. I found that tragic and heartbreaking.

The last paragraph infuriates me though. I would never answer a loved one's question on whether I loved her by giving her another question, even if her previous statement about meeting her ex surprises me.

"What kind of question is that?" Yeah, Dong Wook. I could ask you the same. It comes from a woman who is insecure, and wants reassurance. An answer like that says a lot about a man. He isn't confident enough in his love for her.

Darn it, I am confused again. And that's a testament on your writing skills! Good job!
alwayskpoplover
#7
Chapter 58: Aigoo... Dongwook should have gave a proper answer! I hope Ji Hyo isn't too bothered. Then again, being woman, woman overthinks way too much so... >< aigoo!!
Lmoonlight #8
Chapter 57: Why am I crying like this?? gosh they don't deserve this I hope that ji hyo would find out that it's just a misunderstanding
And im curious how kwang soo adopted the girl
Tasyakamila27 #9
Chapter 57: Why? Why? Why? This is very sad! I feel that there is still love between them but because of that misunderstanding.........
I just want them to resolve the misunderstanding all this time.

Can they still be together again? And I want them to get back together!
alwayskpoplover
#10
Chapter 57: Damn! I'm crying yet again! How ironic how life is! Once the person you thought you couldn't live without had suddenly become more than a stranger and that hurts! Aigoo!