Chapter 48:

An Awful Day (PLUS: a peek for the next chapter)

“Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck” – Joseph Heller

AT THE RED MAGNET…

The club was dark, gothic, loud, inviting, and filled with the dancing strobe lights with steps making rhythmic noises on the club floor followed with the swaying bodies following the music’s beat…

All four girls enjoyed until dusk the taste of freedom from everything, having fun chatting, drinking and mostly carelessly dancing~~

“Yah! This tastes re~a~lly---go~od… Hahahaha”-Jan Di barely finished her sentence as she continues to drink the glass up until its empty… her voice already indicating she’s drunk already

“Jan Di-ah! You’re drunk already? Hahahaha that’s like your 3^rd glass only! Hahahaha”-Jae Kyung hilariously laugh…

“Aigoo, this happens when you guys have too much fun!”-Ga Eul shouts over the noisy background for them to hear her, Ga Eul and Hae Jin helps the looking-drunk girls back to their VIP booth…

“Unnie!! You’ve finished a bottle of vodka already!!! Stop it!”-Hae Jin tries to snatch the bottle of alcohol from the funny looking Jae Kyung who’s raising her right hand a glass and the other hand the bottle while banging her head with the music

“I should get them some water, be right back okay?!”-Ga Eul bids a bit from Hae Jin which she nods in response; Ga Eul walks across the floor while avoiding getting bump by the moving bodies…

“Uhmmm…. Hi!”-Ga Eul timidly smiles at the barman

“Yes, Maam?! What can I do for you?!”-The barman smiles politely at Ga Eul

“I need water! My friend over there! Drank too much!”-Ga Eul tries not to shout but she needed to so that the guy can hear her

“Sure! I’ll get one… wait for a moment?!”-The barman says and Ga Eul just nods with a smile, while the barman left----

~~~MEANWHILE~~~

--There she is, the girl he cherishes; I wonder how will he feel if the one he cares so much gets hurt pretty bad… just like my little brother--- the thoughts ran through his mind as he gets up from his seat and walks slowly to the bar counter…. Steps away from her~~

“Here Maam, anything else?”-The barman returned with a pitcher filled with water and ice cubes plus an empty glass

“Oh! Thanks so much! That’s all!”-Ga Eul picks up the pitcher and glass, and bows with a smile at the barman for a thank you… as she turns around~~~ SPLASH!

“Oh My GOD! I’m so sorry…”-Ga Eul shrieks as she splashes a water at someone who bump her when she turned around and drop the glass which broke I pieces to the ground…

“It’s okay, here let me help you with that…”-The cold voice from the man sent shivers at Ga Eul’s back, she looks up and follows his gestures as he kneels down on her level and helps her pick up the broken glass

“A—Aniyo… it was my fault, I wasn’t looking where I was going…”-Ga Eul blabbed throughout which made the guy smirk and smile at her…she did the same

“Otoke! Maam, are you okay??? Oh no! let me do it please! You’ll hurt yourself!”-The nice barman went over them from the bar counter bringing a small broom and towel… cleaning it immediately

“I’m so sorry to give you so much trouble…”-Ga Eul apologizes at the barman but the guy just smiles at her and insisted to get another water for her friend… while the guy left

“Oh dear! I got you wet didn’t I!? Here!”-Ga Eul couldn’t find a napkin near so she took a scarf from her purse and offered it to dry himself

“Oh… you’re too kind, what a beautiful scarf you have”-The guy praises the scarf as he carefully use it to dry his clothes a bit

“Here Maam… be careful”-The barman came back with a smile and put the new glass and refilled pitcher on the counter… Ga Eul thanks him and he left to entertain other customers…

“Oh! Here thanks so much”-The guy offers Ga Eul’s scarf back to her as she reaches to get it from him… she accidentally holds his hand as he offers it to her, a cold sweat somehow flowed back her spine which she find it weird… they stood there frozen for a bit then----

“Unnie!!! What’s taking you---…”-Hae Jin who’s walking hurriedly from their booth calls out to Ga Eul then stops when she sees her with a guy and stares at the guy who’s back is facing her then to Ga Eul…

Ga Eul immediately snaps from her trance then grabs the scarf and stuffs it back to her purse the grabs the pitcher and glass bows at the guy before leaving hurriedly and when she got near to Hae Jin…

“Unnie! Who was that??!!”-Hae Jin shouts asking Ga Eul while trying to get good look of him but---

“Here… it was nothing…. Let’s go!”-Ga Eul gives the pitcher at Hae Jin then pushes her to walk back to their booth…

Then----

“Nice to meet you too… Chu Ga Eul…. Next stop? Song Hae Jin, looking forward to meet you—soon”-The guy who borrowed Ga Eul’s scarf and purposely bumps into her smirks and grins, then leaves the club using the back door…

~~~MEANWHILE ON THE ROAD~~~

“!@#$%^&”-Woo Bin curses on his lungs as he jerks the wheel of his car, it was a good thing that Yi Jeong’s not sitting beside him or he could’ve cursed at him worse…

They called their men to bring the cars of Ji Hoo and Yi Jeong to meet them at the café which they waited feeling like forever but it only took 15 minutes for the cars to arrive… driving their respective cars, all four drives in a convoy type drive…

“Why did I even agree on that freaking bachelorette party again??Damn!”-Jun Pyo slams his hand on the wheel and almost crashed on someone else’s car multiple times, driving recklessly…

SHORT FLASHBACK LAST NIGHT

“You agreed?!!!”-Jun Pyo’s voice  echoed as he stands fuming while Jan Di sits on an empty bench, they both decided to meet a park near Jan Di’s apartment just to avoid any noise

“Yah! I’m not deaf you know! It was your sister!! How could I say no?!”-Jan Di shouts back in frustration

“How?! By saying no! of course!”-Jun Pyo shouts back again

“Yah! I wanted to do something that makes her happy and besides the other girls will be with me!”-Jan Di shouts in response, which is funny both are shouting and they’re like couple of steps away from each other.

“Girls??? Who girls??”-Jun Pyo’s voice returns to its normal pitch

“Well… don’t over react okay? I have Jae Kyung-unnie, Ga Eul and ---- Hae Jin with me?”-Jan Di’s voice returns to its normal voice too then---

“WHAT?!!!! You’re bringing in Hae Jin?”-Jun Pyo‘s response was priceless

“Yah!! I said don’t over react didn’t I?!”-Jan Di’s voice went back to its loudness

“**Sigh** I won’t be able to convince you to stop this huh?”-Jun Pyo asks now normally deep sighing

“Mianhe, if I didn’t mention it to you in advance it’s just… they’re saying it’s a lot better to hang out a bit more with the girls it’ll be a good exposure for Hae Jin too don’t you think?”-Jan Di response now in a calm voice, Jun Pyo steps forward then sat next to Jan Di putting his arms around her

“Araso… just promise me, you’ll turn your phone on at all times… and no and I said no drinking more than 2 glasses of any alcoholic drinks Araso?”-Jun Pyo says as he stares at Jan Di

“Araso! Gomowoyo! Hahahaha”-Jan Di hugs Jun Pyo and made him smile

END OF FLASHBACK

BACK TO PRESENT

“Please keep her safe”-Ji Hoo mutters as he drives following Jun Pyo’s car in front and Yi Jeong at the back most following him... he brushes his hair and lets out and exasperated sigh….

As traffic kicks in for the night while they stopped in a traffic jam, Ji Hoo fishes out his phone and scrolls down and stares at one of the photos he took using his phone while they’re having their vacation at Playa Del Carmen… a stolen pic of Hae Jin walking on the beach…. He smiles

He didn’t realized the honking noise following him from behind was not able to see the green light from the street light… he stuffs his phone back to his pocket then drives continuously…

Yi Jeong on the other hand keeps on squeezing the wheel out of frustration and keeps sighing to himself, stealing glances of his reflection from his rearview mirror while trying not to shout in frustration…

“Damn rush hour”-He mutters as he jerks the wheel following Ji Hoo’s car from behind…

“I swear… if something happens to her---…”-He stops himself not wanting to imagine anything worse than he already thinks…

AFTER ALMOST HALF AN HOUR…

Finally the F4 Boys arrived in front of the RED MAGNET club, they look at each other as they nod at each other to get inside…

They were welcomed by a dark atmosphere, disturbing colorful dancing strobe lights, loud chatter, scattered cheer and laughs paired by the swaying bodies by the music on the floor… but no voices similar to the girls can be heard…

Jun Pyo and the others got confused on where to look for them, before they could move… a swarm of inviting girls came up to them, literally throwing themselves… but they just treat them invisible…

Out of frustration…

“Do it!”-Woo Bin shouts at the phone talking to someone, then suddenly the music abruptly stops then white lights dim the floor, the dancing stop, the chatter stop… literally everything stops… then they found them, as the crowd parted… they found the four girls sitting at a VIP booth…

“Oppa?”-Hae Jin stands and before she could say anything Ji Hoo pulls her into a tight hug and the guy breathes in her scent and lets go of her staring at her face

“Oppa? Did something happened?”- Hae Jin’s eyes full of shock and Ji Hoo couldn’t say anything just standing there…

“Sunbae why are you here?”-Ga Eul stands up and Yi Jeong just hugs her tightly like what Ji Hoo did to Hae Jin and the two girls looks at each other confused

“Ga Eul-ah, gwenchana? Nothing happened right?”-Yi Jeong’s eyes just focused on Ga Eul

“Uhmmm, nothing happened Sunbae, Weoyo? Are you okay?”-Ga Eul returns the question as she caresses the worried cheeks of her boyfriend

“Aigoo… what did I say not drinking more than 2 glasses…”-Jun Pyo who we thought would react furiously softens his expression when he sees his fiancé sleeping, face on the table, face as calm as ever… he approaches her and takes the unwanted hair off her cheeks and caresses them… “Pabo”- that’s all he could say

“Yah! This is a girl’s night out! Private!!”-The drunk Jae Kyung, stands up and tries to walk but failed and was about to fall but Woo Bin caught her

“Oh if it isn’t my bo---…”-Jae Kyung was about to spill when Woo Bin covers …

“Let’s all go home first for now… then we can talk tomorrow what happened hmm?”-Woo Bin says to advert their stares away from him… then they all agreed…

Woo Bin took Jae Kyung, Jun Pyo did the same to Jan Di and Yi Jeong same to Ga Eul… All three drop the girls at their apartment… Ji Hoo insisted to Hae Jin she must stay at the mansion just to be careful… they all left the night hanging with questions…

AT THE YOON HOUSEHOLD…

Ji Hoo just arrives from the Song Mansion to drop Hae Jin there, he felt bad leaving her there… he wanted to spend the night with her but he had to know she is safe, and he thinks to himself, Woo Bin will be more suitable to protect her for now… he sighs as he walks up to his porch and dugs his keys from his pocket and was about to open the door when~~~

He realizes the door’s open… he could’ve sworn he locked it when he left…. He slowly opens the door and turns the switch on, light welcomes the room…

And he saw a figure back facing him, the figure staring at one of his collective paintings…

“You’re back, I thought you’re not coming home…”-The cold voice but the voice he hasn’t heard for few years from now… the voice that calmed him down in the past

“Why are you---…”-He was about to ask

“You still keep a spare key under the mat, I let myself in… since a girl like me can’t just stay outside all night waiting for you…”-She replies, she approaches Ji Hoo and hugs him abruptly

“I’ve missed you my Ji Hoo…”-Her voice sends shivers on Ji Hoo’s spine

“Min Seo-hyun”-Ji Hoo quietly mutters

AND END OF THE CHAPTER!!!

NEXT CHAPTER: “A BLAST FROM THE PAST”

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