# 39

My Hot Babe
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"What happened?" Sungmin says.

"He started crying..." Donghae says. "It's always this... he cries about... I hate it..."

Donghae called Sungmin. If he could join him for a coffee. But they're just sitting in the car.  Donghae thought... he's their manager. Hyukjae's cousin. So he would understand both sides.

"Wait... he's crying and... you just left?" Sungmin says.

"No! He hid in the bedroom so... I told him we could talk about it later..."

"What did he say?"

"Okay."

"Well... you know how he feels..."

"Yeah," Donghae says. "But we've been married for years now... am I supposed to hide him and the fact that I'm married forever? Do we have to hide so much? Fans don't even care about following me to airports or work schedules..."

"But some reporters might... if they find out you're with your spouse somewhere. That would be big news, your spouse's identity... especially if they can tell the man is not a friend."

The assumption everyone made... is that Donghae's married to a woman. He didn't like it. But it meant Hyukjae could be mistaken for a friend. A manager. Staff. Whatever.

If they're out on the beach though... or having a romantic dinner... or strolling somewhere nice... and if someone recognized him... they might wonder. Whether Hyukjae is just a friend.

"What are the chances of anyone seeing us? We've been fine all these years."

"Because Hyukjae hides well?"

"I don't like that he has to do that for me!"

"Hey..." Sungmin says. Pats his arm. "It's okay. You guys will work it out."

Donghae rubs his eyes.

 

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He heads home after dropping Sungmin off. He's nervous.

Honestly. He might just give in. But Hyukjae might too. Donghae doesn't even know. What he prefers would happen. If Hyukjae says yes... then he'll still be very anxious. And Donghae very regretful.

If Hyukjae says no... he will feel bad. And Donghae will feel bad. Because it will have to do with him being Lee Donghae. Not about the anniversary trip.

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hyukkie_chin
1455 streak #1
Starting the year w one of my faaaavs! :) randomly missing my fav husbands 🥰
mukupriya #2
Chapter 19: Re-reading this for the third time and just realised that I don't know the whole love story of donghae and eunhyuk . It would be great if u can give us bonus chapter of that, if it's too much then it's fine like this also.
Ps:- in case I had missed the part of there love story it would be great if anyone can tell me how it happened.
Thanks
hyukkie_chin
1455 streak #3
spending my 718 with one of my fav fics 😎💙
yanHae15
120 streak #4
Chapter 69: 🥺🥺 this is why ppl should take time to think and be mindful of other ppl's feelings before throwing out words or doing things. Because once words are spoken and actions were done, it'll be very hard to take them back and undo the damage you've caused.
I know Jaemin wants to correct his mistakes, but the damage has been done. And it's not that easy to forgive because they were hurt emotionally and even lost their jobs 🥺

I hope fans will know this and reflect on themselves. Our idols are humans too. They can get hurt with our words and actions. If we really love and support them, respect them and their decisions, because no amount of money you spent on them can make you own them. They do not owe you anything either.
kiwicolada
1573 streak #5
Chapter 69: Ok somehow it's cute how naive Jaymin is. Thinking that he can make things right when he is now supporting his favorite idol with their real life partner. But I also can understand Donghae's frustration and anger. The damage was done in the past and unfortunately it's hard to make the community forget. It's not like in a fairytale where a fairy godmother appears, swinging her wand and everything is fine again. I think kids like Jaymin need to understand that. But I'm glad he's trying and regards his former opinion about the whole situation. Unfortunately he's only one in a million of so many haters. I can feel that Hae has a hard time to trust that kid now, but Hyukkie is trying to give him another chance. Let's see where this will lead them to. Thank you for another new bonus ❤️
hyukkie_chin
1455 streak #6
Chapter 69: Hae can't just easily forget how those nasty comments ha affected them especially hyuk. The last part kinda hurts because yes, they accepted what happened in the past but thinking all of those just hurts.
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Fortunately these two were strong to go through all of these. Now that they've finally moved on from it comes a reminder of those moments. But I guess Jaymin really had changed; the fact that he wanted to correct his wrongs.
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We really have to careful w the words we say because we may forget them in the long run but for those affected they will always remember it.
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Thank you for the bonus again, authornim! ^^
sisterJo
#7
Chapter 69: These bonuses are so good. You have this great ability to perfectly describe the essence of an issue or situation. Your characters and dialogues feel vibrant and real. Good job, author 💙
fullofwish
1510 streak #8
Chapter 69: He's right. At this point there's no going back to before, even if there was a big shift in fans' attitudes and they started treating them, or idols in general, better. It doesn't erase what they've been through, and Donghae obviously doesn't want to fight to return to that world. At least not now. Seems he'd rather just move on, and no amount of positive, supportive articles or any other press will change that.

If he's not interested in returning to the spotlight and all the hardships that would mean for him and Hyuk, it's almost better to ignore any of those gossipy editorials, good or bad. It's basically irrelevant what people think or say now. Let what happened be a lesson to these enlightened fans, so that they educate other fans to not do the same again and make other idols leave the industry unfairly. But everyone just needs to move on, and let them live their lives happily and how they want now.

HelenDamnation #9
Chapter 69: I really like how you're having Donghae be just plain angry. I can't blame him. And expecting celebrities to always take it with a smile when fans mistreat them is absurd, but somehow we do expect that.
OdetteSwan
909 streak #10
Chapter 69: I really feel Donghae's hurt for what they had to go through especially Hyukjae. If only these fans respected them as real persons with feelings.
Thank you so much for another bonus chapter.