chapter11

The knot

“oh I will tell you but I will excuse myself for a few minutes” woo bin said that he had to think of a reply first, story he just has to put up in less than five minutes as he walked to the men’s room, standing before the mirror
“kim so eun. You played me back. You sure have brains and not that dumb and easy girl ” he mumbled to himself as he let his brain do some thinking for the story for a few minutes and when he finally came up with a story he exited the men’s room and too his seat back
“woo bin sshi, the dinner is served, we are waiting for you to join” se ra’s husband said as there was already all the items served for them
“thank you” woo bin said politely as everyone started eating and took a bite of their food, but being the curious self, se ra asked again
“woo bin sshi, you said you will tell your story” woo bin glanced towards so eun who now smirked to him waiting for his reply, he smirked back at her which made so eun confused a little on what was that smirk for
“sure, I will” he said, he is already ready with a story that soon so eun wondered and was waiting for him to speak so that she could hear what he came up with, all the three people were curious to hear from woo bin, he smiled feeling proud of himself as he began
“when I was 8, me along with two of my friends, always played at a playground near to our house with some other kids, but there was this girl sitting on one of the swings that was at the corner of the ground and always reading, the girl with big glasses we used to call whenever we spoke of her. She was there almost every time when we played but was always found reading, one of my friends even asked her to play with us but she said she prefer reading books, so we didn’t ask her again, but” he stopped as he saw their faces, all of them were hearing him with so much interest and breaking the flow, se ra curiously asked him to continue
“but ?” woo bin laughed at curiosity and spoke again
“one day for some reason I came early that day to the ground, some new kids from the next neighborhood came to our ground and started bullying her, they took off her glasses, broke them and also took the book she was reading and held it high, she was short and was struggling to reach for her book, at first I thought that ‘why should I help that girl who refused to play with us’ but then she was struggling hard and I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I went in and said ‘yah, you guys, why are you troubling her’ ” that last line, woo bin said as if he were a little kid, even so eun wondered if that was a real story, he sure has ability to make up stories, so eun thought and heard the rest
“and you know they won’t stay still, so I ended up fighting with their leader, soon a few other kids from my neighborhood came and we all were fighting hard, and you know we what will happen with the heroes, we won and those kids ran away losing”
“that means you played so eun’s hero” se ra said excitedly as she clasped her hands
“yes” woo bin said nodding proudly
“then ?” se ra’s husband now asked curiously thinking that this story was interesting
“after that, since her glasses are broken and was already crying, she couldn’t see well, I dropped her off her home, but the next day in the ground when I approached her she asked me ‘who are you ?’
“what ?” both the other couple asked confusedly, woo bin laughed a little as he explained
“since she didn’t have her glasses on she couldn’t recognize me from the previous day” you will never leave an opportunity to show yourself great right woo bin, so eun thought as he said that since she wears glasses still now.
“that is why you need lenses so eun ah” se ra commented listened his explanation, so eun just sighed as she nodded with nothing much to say and then woo bin continued
“so we became friends, and sometimes she used to come play with us and sometime she used to tell us the stories she read, and we all had fun together for almost an year. Later my parents had to move out and I left that neighborhood as I missed her for almost 17 years, until I saw her again as my nephew’s teacher almost a year and half ago, I was so much confused on how to approach her thinking how to ask her out and now we are here.” He said proudly as he completed his story.
“wow great” se ra said as she clapped a little before turning towards so eun and said
“so eun ah, I never knew you were friends with kim woo bin from childhood”
“neither do I ” so eun said forgetting for a minute the fact that she wasn't supposed to know
“what ?” se ra asked in confusion only then so eun realized that she had let those words out with out thinking,
“that, she didn’t recognize me instantly, that’s what she meant” woo bin came to the rescue and so eun sighed in relief that she has not been caught. All of them conversed a little more before completing their dinner, both the ladies hugged each other before departing to their rooms since se ra and her husband would be leaving back to korea by the flight early next morning and so eun and woo bin still have five days of stay, both the gentlemen shook their hands too.
“wasn’t she bashful the other day, how come she was so sweet today ?” woo bin asked as he noticed the change in se ra’s behavior towards so eun, she didn’t use any bashful comments and was so sweet and she seemed like a friend now
“oh, we are friends now” so eun said as she was so happy that she could see her and that they are also friends now, and more over woo bin managed with a story in such a short period of time
“you sure have a knick for making stories woo bin sshi” so eun said as she laughed a little, though she was glad he came up with a believable story, there was a slight tone of mockery in her tone for the act he pulled up earlier.
“yah, even you too have a knick for making me believe you fell for that act, you should be an actor, I really thought you fell for the act”
“well I actually fell for that act, but later I met with a house keeping lady who told me what happened and then realized you played a trick, so I thought of a little revenge” she said as she smirked at the word revenge, woo bin’s eyebrows twitched as he thought of a suitable reply and spoke
“yeah let’s see who will win the next time kim so eun”
 “that means you will be playing more pranks? You are really a kid woo bin sshi, making your nephew call you hyung, playing pranks, making stories, I wonder why shin hye being that beautiful and intelligent was dating someone as childish as you” so eun said teasing him
“yah, I am not childish” woo bin said in his defense but deep down he knew he acted childish with so eun in this matter
“if you say so” so eun scoffed off as she mocked him again and he pouted at her action, soon they approached the elevator door as she remembered something and she curiously asked
“what have you said to shin hye ?”
“I haven’t said anything and better you don’t too”
“why ?”  so eun asked confused,
“she said earlier that she has been feeling insecure about this marriage though she already knew everything, so I thought since this dinner means nothing more than a friendly dinner, I shouldn’t make her worry unnecessarily” so eun was pleased by that answer,
“you care so much for her woo bin, she is lucky to have someone like you” she said praising him a little as he cared so much for not to worry herself unnecessarily. 
“well” woo bin said before thinking of the next words, he really cared for shin hye, he knew her for years so why not accept this compliment so composing his words he said confidently
“that is what kim woo bin is, best and perfect in everything I do” as he winked at the end, so eun laughed a little at his action and then said
“there you go boasting about yourself again”
“yah, I am not boasting, it is ture” he said as he pouted to so eun which made so eun laugh out thinking how child-like he is, he narrowed his eyes at so eun who was now laughing even more hard, thinking of  a reply he was about to speak when the elevator stopped and the door opened and stepping outside
she bid her farewell.
“good night woo bin sshi” well a little taken aback by her farewell he nodded, she smiled back and left woo bin alone, sighing at her behavior woo bin also went back to his room.


“High school teen concept photos shoot?” Uee asked out as she read the contract, the contract where she would be endorsing for a new brand of clothes focused for teens.
“yes, you along with a male model will be shown in it, various places where teens prefer to go” Uee nodded as she heard the explanation from one of the managers of the modeling firm she signed a contract with the help of so eun’s father-in-law.
“okay, where should I sign ?” Uee asked, she knew being a model she had to do every kind of concept and this concept was good as she thought.
“Here” as the manager pointed Uee signed, and the manager asked
“thanks for accepting the deal Uee” he said politely and Uee smiled and said
“oh I should be thankful for considering a new model like me, where will be the photo shoot then ?” he smiled for the first sentence and then went into the details as he spoke
“Since there are various places teens would go, we will go to an amusement park, a school, coffee shop and a play ground and skating ring. Five places total so it will be a five day shoot since all the places we selected are far from one another. You will be advised to arrive at those places by time and not be late. And here is the list of places where the shoot will be held for the five days.” Uee took a look at the list, all the places seemed fine but one place excited her, the school where her unni will be working, that is where she will be doing her first photo shoot
“we will be doing a shoot there ?” she asked excitedly and before the manager could complete the sentence she went ahead and asked “can I bring my unni to the photo shoot ? my unni actually works in that school, so can I have a visitor please ?” she asked, she calculated the dates, school was the last day of photo shoot and also so eun would be back two days before that day and she also said that she would be joining school back from the same day as the photo shoot, it will be a nice surprise for so eun, Uee thought as she asked the manager politely with a smile.
“sure” he accepted, he thought as there would be no problem if one person come to watch the shoot.
“thank you” she said politely
“it is fine as long as there would be no rucks”
“I will make sure, there will be none, promise from me”
“good”
“thank you sir, umm I have another question ”
“go ahead”
“who is the male model ?”
“oh that hasn’t been decided yet, so you will meet him on the day of shoot itself”
“oh okay” Uee said and after thanking him once again and bidding her goodbye to meet on the day of the shoot she happily exited the door. She signed a contract, she will be going to shoot before her unni, and a this is a big photo shoot, she happily made her way towards her bi-cycle and started riding it in happiness, now she could even help her unni pay off some debt of their father’s, this day has been very good for her, only if she has hyun joon oppa with it would be even great, thinking that she took a turn on the road as her eyes neglected a car that was speeding and taking the same turn from the opposite direction. Both of them crashed which made Uee fall off from her bi-cycle.

Should I call so eun or not ? hyun joon wondered if he should call her, there was this insecurity he felt that so eun left for honey moon with woo bin, hyun joon also knew that shin hye would also be there but still he was still unsure, to call or not call, he was unable to decide, he paid the bill in the coffee shop and exited towards his car, putting his phone in the next seat he started the engine and sped ahead, one turn and all he knew was he crashed something and they fell, worriedly he got down from his car and rushed to see a girl, he could easily recognize, Kim Uee,
“Uee, are you fine ?” he asked concerned for her as he took the bi-cycle which was still on her leg, her leg scratched a little, Uee was furious for that scratch, in a week she had a shoot and she ended up scratching her leg, who was driving with such a blind eye, she was about to shout when she heard that voice calling, the voice she could recognize instantly, all her rage cooled down and she said
“oh oppa, I am fine”
“come get up” he said as he extended his hand to help her stand.
“thanks oppa”
“oh I am sorry I crashed into you, your bi-cycle too, I will get it repaired soon”
“oppa, that is not I have to worry about now, this is”
“what ?”
“I just signed a modeling contract and have a shoot in a week”
“really ?” he asked her as that words cheered him up, he always knew that was what Uee dreamed of from childhood, finally she got to fulfill her dream and he was so happy,
“yes oppa, I just signed”
“that is really a great news Uee ah, congrats for your first contract” he said as he pulled her for a hug as he congratulated her and released her after a second, but Uee was a bit taken aback by that, hug from her oppa, butterflies flew in her stomach from one side to another and she blushed as she shyly said smiling
“kumao oppa”
“Uee ah come with me” hyun joon said, Uee nodded, he didn’t ask but just said, but he need not ask if it was me since I would say yes anyway Uee thought as she grinned to herself at that thought, he place the bi-cycle in the car’s back and they both drove to a nearby med store, asking Uee to wait a bit for him on one of the benched in that area, hyun joon went in and bought a cleanser and a anti-scar band aid. He came back and cleansed her injury and carefully placed the band aid on her knee. Uee was at loss of words, she never expected hyun joon doing these things for her, she was continuously blushing and lost in thought that she didn’t realize hyun joon finished until he spoke
“Uee ah, sorry, because of me you had an injury in this important time” hyun said apologetically as how his carelessness caused Uee trouble, he was really feeling bad at that thought
“oh oppa, you need not be, I think the scar will leave soon, it is a small injury don’t worry”
“but still” he was still unsure, if it didn’t go away he would be costing Uee her dream and her first shoot and that thought disturbed him a lot.
“Then I have a way for that” Uee said as she thought this as an opportunity to get close with him
“what is it?” he asked curiously and Uee answered
“Drive me where ever I need to go till the shoot will be finished”
“what ?” he asked
“you heard it oppa” Uee said as she gave conformation to her words, but if that could reduce his guilt then he would surely do that
“sure then, call me whenever you need a ride, okay ?”
“sure oppa” Uee said brightly, now she can spend a few days with him happily. After their little deal hyun joon dropped Uee home and left for his.


After their dinner with so eun’s friend, so eun and woo bin returned back to their normal retinue, woo bin mostly spending time together with shin hye alone, so eun doing all the tourist activities and trying various cusine and then on the last day before shin hye leaves, all three of them had their dinner together as they conversed. Woo bin left to drop shin hye at the airport as she left, so eun waited back at the hotel, since shin hye leaving means , the room under shin hye’s name has to be vacated and so eun has now to shift into woo bin’s room, so arranging her things.


After their little deal, hyun joon has been taking Uee to where ever she needs to go, the salon, shopping of new clothes and going around together, both hyun joon and Uee enjoyed their time and seeing Uee excited for her shoot made hyun joon want to support her even better, he thought it as his responsibility, since so eun is not here to support her, he thought knowing her for all these years and the importance of her dream at this important moments, he should support her being a friend, that is the reason he agreed on being her ride till her photo shoot finishes. It has been more than ten days since so eun left and she will be returning in day after tomorrow, wondering how has she been and with a little amount of unknown jealousy between the not-so-happening couple who went on a vacation with his girlfriend, hyun joon decided to call so eun and just ask how she was and offer her ride from home. Thinking he dialed her number.

 

“oppa, you sure you have no problem with that?” so eun asked over the phone to hyun joon who was suggesting to pick her up,
“yeah I am free the day you will be returning so eun ah, so don’t worry” he assured her
“okay then oppa, you can come to the airport then” so eun said, after a minute more of conversing about their arrival time, hyun joon hung up. So eun started at her phone, looking through some pictures, pictures of her with her sister and her parents, a vacation she always wanted to have with them together but now she was here alone and missing them. She was so lost in thought that she didn’t realize that woo bin had been staring at her for a while. From the beginning of her call with ‘her oppa’ to whom she talked with much excitement, and then committing to the airport pick up thing which he totally disliked ‘as if I am not kim woo bin, why does she forget that fact that I will be already having a car waiting for our pick up’ woo bin thought. He continued observing her, even after she finished her call she didn’t turn backwards, wondering what she was doing woo bin went towards her, there she was staring at her family picture in her mobile,
“missing them ?” woo bin asked
“I wish they can see this place too” so eun feeling sad
“you can even now air-head, just take some pictures and send them for now, next time we all can plan on a family ”
“no, with our money”
“yah why are you so against about me spending ? we both are married”
“a 1 year contract marriage woo bin sshi” he got the answer that shut him down he was searching for words when so eun said
“your family is already giving me so much, a luxurious life and your father also promised to get Uee a contract, I don’t want to leave burdened by all that when the time comes for me to leave” so eun said as she didn’t want to take much of those feelings while she leaves, she just want to leave the way she entered without much disturbances. But to woo bin, it was different, whatever he has to offer she rejects him, did she get accustomed with individualism or was she showing him an attitude he wondered, but her voice didn’t seem like she was giving him an attitude, her voice clearly sounded as an explanation, carefully arranged so that they wouldn’t offend the person in front of her which is him. This girl, I can’t understand at all  woo bin thought and seeing the heated atmosphere with that conversation, woo bin decided to change the subject itself
“you, I will take a picture of you, send them to your mother and Uee and have a talk with them, may be that can help you” and saying that he pulled so eun back to the balcony and snatched her phone from her hand and took her a picture of her and the picture rescue scenery from their balcony and handed her phone back to her. She smiled looking at her picture and immediately sent that to her family. Seeing she was busy with her phone woo bin turned away but stopped by so eun’s call
“thank you woo bin sshi” he smiled and asked her
“shall we go and have lunch?” so eun was a little taken aback by that, she didn’t expect him to ask that, ever since they have been here in Hawaii, she never ate with him alone, all three of them hanged once or twice and then there was this dinner with se ra , occasional greetings were there but she ate alone by going to some restaurant or by ordering room service. But the weather seemed too good and she was actually planning on going out to a nearby church before she went to lunch, so she suggested
“shall we go to a nearby chruch before having lunch?” that didn’t seem too bad for woo bin, it has been a while since he had visited a church so why not now, thinking he agreed. That was the last day of their trip, both of them enjoyed the serenity and the peaceful aura of the church and prayed for a little while as they went for lunch. After returning both of them packed their bags as they got ready for their departure tomorrow.

“so eun ah” hyun joon called as he watched so eun come out of the arrivals door when he saw her coming and beside her was woo bin.
“oppa” so eun said happily as she fastened her pace and went to him
“how are you oppa”
“I am fine so eun ah, how was your trip ?”
“it was great oppa” so eun said with a smile, hyun joon wanted to ask more about her trip but he glanced towards woo bin who was standing beside so eun with a poker face, thinking that he could continue his conversation in the car too he said
“let’s go to the car first” and all three of them went to his car, so eun sat beside hyun joon in the front seat while woo bin sat alone in the back seat.
“so eun open that” hyun joon said as he pointed to the small locker in his car meant to keep things, nodding to him, so eun opened and squealed in happiness
“fortune cookies, oppa, you know how much I missed them” she said as he held that box tightly and happily
“I know you love them, eat them once you get home” he said as he saw the happy so eun for receiving those cookies and she nodded to him with a grin, woo bin only watched in bitterness as he said to himself ‘I guess this is what silent lovers do for the ones they love’. So eun and hyun joon talked about her trip.

“unni, stay in school after the school finishes okay?” Uee asked her sister to stay back in school so that she could show her unni her work.
“why ?” so eun asked for that request
“please, just stay there unni, and don’t ask anymore questions okay?” Uee pleaded so eun, giving in so eun said
“okay”
“thank unni, bye” Uee said as she hung up the call, so eun got ready and left for school. After her classes, so eun waited back in her class, arranging her student books as she waited for Uee to come.
“unni,” Uee said as she knocked on the class door and came in, both the sisters hugged each other and exchanged smile while so eun noticed that Uee was in a school uniform
“why are you wearing uniform Uee ah ?” so eun asked
“unni” Uee waited to increase the suspense as she squealed in happiness
“surprise, my first photo shoot”
“what…” hearing the happy news so eun hugged her sister happily as they Uee explained how she got the contract signed and how she made a ride-deal with hyun joon, so eun was happy for Uee, as she congratulated her again and again as they conversed.
“unni, come let’s go to my set” Uee said, so eun nodded and they both went to the class where they were shooting, the room filled with camera’s , lightning and a bunch of more people
“unni, come let me introduce you to my co-model, he is such a fun guy and helped me since it is my first shoot”
“then I have to thank him for taking care of my sister, aren’t I ?” so eun said and both the sisters made way to the male model who was having his touch-up done and he could already see the girls from the mirror ahead of him.
“oppa, meet my sister”  Uee said to him, without glancing first at his face so eun bowed to him as he was about to turn to face them, she said
“annyahaseyo, I heard you took care of my sister and guided her, thanks a lot, i am”
“kim so eun, nice to meet you here” hearing her name already being called, so eun wondered who was it as she immediately looked at his face and watched him in a shock
“you are a model ?” she asked in confusion that how can he be here while she saw him in Hawaii
“am I not as good looking as a model should be?” he asked with a smirk
“no, that’s not what I meant, I mean” she said as she corrected her sentence as she apologized him for asking that question,
“sorry for that, nice to meet you again lee jong suk” he smiled back at her as she returned her smile.


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ephemeral--
#1
Chapter 25: omg update pls
Miraasarpati228 #2
Chapter 25: Plz update
likatulay #3
Chapter 25: yeeeyyy!! awww, I can see something going on between those three.. lol.. like it so much,, am glad you update, Im inlove with this story..
ileanamty
#4
Hi! I Just discover your history because your update, and I read it in a a row... I really like it! I hope you can update more of it ;)
syazza #5
Chapter 25: Thanks for the update.. Its good. I'm looking forward what will happen when woo bin come with jong suk and so eun too. The story getting more interesting now.
Mira_143 #6
Plz update this story
diana05 #7
Chapter 24: awww thaey hugged each other I guess the love story actually started ;)
new_mayaulidhasso #8
Chapter 24: I want to know what game is it at Jeju? hahaha
Will Woobin and Soeun realize their feeling for each other?
Or Jongsuk will disturb them again after making Woobin jealous? hahaha
That girl, Sera really know about Soeun's condition without her husband.
Update soon author. Wanna see the lovely dovey between Woobin and Soeun hehehe
Author Fighting!!!
Gomawo^^
likatulay #9
Chapter 24: yeeyy!! interesting!!,, love it, I love it!.... aww woo pin just tell her already how you feel, lol,, and jong suk saw them?? oooh... cant wait to see whats going to happen to the three of them. make woo pin a bit of jealous of Jong suk.. lol.. update soon please..
MonicaRuiz #10
Chapter 24: Aaaahhhh !!!
this is very interesting!!!!!
Please update soon!!!!