Thunderstorms
Backstage and Waiting Rooms
Nothing else really mattered to Kang Jihyun at that time. At first, she thought that all of this was only for fun, for entertainment purposes but words after words that came out from , she started to overact.
“It’s true, Woohyun-ssi. How could you say that you didn’t remember?” With that infamous poker face of hers, she stared at that lad sitting across her inside the spacious studio.
Nam Woohyun was flustered, everybody watching him at that time could tell it. The editors were probably picturing lots of edits and captions to put on his face, even Woohyun himself knew.
But how could she say all those words in front of a live audience? He thought that she already let all those things go but it turned out that she’s getting her revenge on him today.
“Aigoo, Woohyun-ssi! How could you do that?” The MC butted in.
“Le-let me explain.” He stuttered, putting his fist onto the table before him. Hoya, his fellow INFINITE member who’s sitting beside him started to rub his friend’s neck, trying to cool him down.
“Then explain it now.”
Woohyun gulped at the MC’s words while eyeing the crowd before him.
“Actually, SISTAR is my favourite group –“
“Aye…!” Soyou voiced out as a sign of protest, cutting his statement.
“Really, Soyou-ssi! But actually, the reason why I always ignored you guys is because of the fans… They’re my girlfriends, you know…” He seemed to try so hard to convince the audience.
“I saw it in a show, Woohyun-ssi. Your favourite group is A-Pink, right? You’re trying to lie to us…” The MC uttered jokingly, followed with a cynical laugh and soon, the audience followed.
“I like many groups!” He was frustrated with the shower of attacks until finally, all that he could do was bringing his head down.
“What about the badmouthing? She heard you talked bad about SISTAR during a backstage concert not too long ago.” MC Kim shot him again.
“It’s a misunderstanding. I think you’ve heard it wrong. I never talked bad about them.”
“Even so, I thought we as fellow idols would support each other but every time we met, he’s always showing that sour face. I really wonder what wrong that I did to him.” Soyou continued to send blood rushing to Woohyun’s face.
What would the Netizens see him now? An arrogant idol? Woohyun cringed at the thought of it.
“Okay. I’m sorry. INFINITE and SISTAR always bump to each other in shows and all… Maybe I was in a bad mood at those times. Bora Nuna… She’s always nice to us and the other members as well. I really like SISTAR, they’re like friends. I’m really sorry if you feel offended because I haven’t chit-chatted with you for quite a while. Let’s get closer to each other.”
The studio went silent while he was speaking and suddenly, Soyou felt a little guilty when she heard his sincere words and looking at his serious face.
She was just trying to stir up some excitement in the show, nothing more.
The crowd clapped at his apologetic words and soon, the MC moved on to the next part of the talk show.
***
“Hey, I’m sorry.”
He didn’t answer.
Soyou sighed when the lad just walked fast passed her and went straight into his waiting room. He’s always like acting like that towards her, cold. And that’s why she was feeling all frustrated that she let it all out on that show earlier. But there was a little bit of overacting before…
“You did a great job.” She turned to the voice behind her.
“Oh, Hoya Oppa…”
“But you’re a little too much.” He said, followed by a chuckle.
“I’m sorry… I guess I got a little carried away.”
“Woohyunnie is always like that. I think he’s a little scared of you.”
“That’s ridiculous!” She uttered, whining like a child, earning a laugh from Hoya.
“Well, things are sure going to be more awkward between you two. Woohyun seemed so flustered earlier. Wah, Soyou-ya, you’re so mean before. No wonder why he’s always acting all timid when he’s with you. Even I felt a little scared when I saw you before, during the show.”
“Timid? Hah! He just hates me. Ever since our rookie days.” Soyou protested but at the same time, she felt a little hurt while thinking back on the way he acted towards her ever since they knew each other. Everything was nothing but cold and insincere.
She’d been watching… Woohyun had been all nice and friendly whenever Bora or Da
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