“Oppa-ya” Minjung yelled out to their manager, he slowly turned around, “I told you to wait downstairs” he said looking around as if Minjung wasn’t allowed around this area. “I want to talk to you about the Eun Neul situation” she seemed anxious, “Look, we can talk about that a bit later it isn’t important right now” he looked stressed, maybe the CEO was giving him a hard time, “What do you mean ‘it isn’t important right now” Minjung was really curious now, “No of course it is important, it’s just…” he looked around to see if anyone was coming, he leaned in closer and whispered into Minjung’s ear “I think this whole thing is ridiculous” he moved back to his normal position  again and ran his fingers through his hair,

“So you and me are on the same page huh” Minjung put her hands in her pockets and sighed, he was shocked to hear that she agreed with him, “I love Eun Neul to bits, and if any guy hurt her I would be on them in a flash of light, but I think the way she has reacted to a silly stage kiss has put a lot of stress on a lot of people, and not just workers I mean the fans as well” Their manager just nodded, he but his hand on her shoulder “Look, don’t stress it okay. We will all talk as a group in a few days, for now I think you all need some rest and time to think over things” Minjung thanked her manager then went back down stairs to the café. “So what took you so long” Eunji asked, “I bumped into our manager and had a short talk with him” Minjung was dazed she needed to talk to someone, someone who would listen to her and not judge her feelings.
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“Wouldn’t you be upset if I kissed another girl, even if it was a stage kiss? I know I would be pissed if you kissed another guy” JR punched his palm while looking at Minjung, she rolled her eyes and pushed his shoulder “First of all I wouldn’t even let you audition for anything that involved kissing another girl, and I have to put up with you hugging your fans, don’t push it mister” the two chuckled, “But I’m serious, don’t you think it’s a little silly the way she has reacted” JR nodded “You do have to remember that she is a year or two younger than all of us, and she probably hasn’t been in this sort of position before when a guy she likes kissed another girl, people react differently to everything I’m sure she will be over it in no time” JR kissed Minjung on the head pulling her in closer, Minjung loved how charismatic her was, he always knew the right thing to say. “But they aren’t even in a relationship” Minjung pouted, JR put his arm around her shoulders and rested her head on his shoulder. “When I was in middle school, there was this girl…Go Min Hee, she was one of the prettiest and nicest girls in my school—“ Minjung cleared loudly and glared at JR, he shook his head and chuckled

“Hey this was a while ago okay, and that was before I met you” he winked “We were good friends and I developed feelings for her, we would flirt sometimes, sometimes we knew we were doing it, sometimes we didn’t but one day I asked to her go to the movies with me and well she stood me up, I had flowers for her too. I was actually going to ask her out, but since she didn’t show up I was really gutted, but I thought something came up so I forgave her, but that same day when I was walking home I saw her holding hands with an older boy and they began to kiss. My heart ached and I was angry yet so upset all I wanted to do was lock myself in my room for the rest of my life” JR was looking at the starry sky as if a movie was playing of his ‘flashback’. “So where are you going with this” Minjung innocently blinked not catching onto the point of the story, “I know what Eun Neul is going through, it seeing the person you like kiss another person, you feel kind of embarrassed in a way for liking that person. Just don’t give her too much when she comes back, and I know it is a silly way to react but…sometimes you can’t help it”

Minjung nodded finally understanding, she still thought it was silly but she respected Eun Neul as a member of STAR and as a friend, she missed Eun Neul a lot too and she hated to see not just her but any of the members upset. “You know what…” Minjung whispered, JR smiled, “What” he asked resting his head on top of hers now. “You reminded me of my grandfather, when he tells us his old stories” JR burst out laughing Minjung had to cover his mouth so no one would notice them together. “Aigoo…what am I going to do with you” he chuckled shaking his head, “You can take me to a Dukbokki stand” smiled happily. “Kaja” JR got up from the park bench; he rubbed his cold hands together blowing on them to make them warmer before grabbing Minjung’s hand and walking to find a stand, both with a pair of glasses on as disguises.
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