It was still very difficult for Seo Joo Hyun to understand his reason for not contacting her for a whole month. Did he know how worried she was? She kept asking herself. Was he safe? Has he been eating well? Did he miss her? Did he know how difficult it was for her to go through the whole month without hearing any news from him? He really made her angry. Did he know, she was waiting for him to call or text her immediately after their birthday episode on WGM? She was hoping for him to ask if she reached home safely or just telling her to rest well for the night. But of course he did not.
She felt cheated. After all the sweetness he did that night at the lake, he just left her stranded to fix the puzzle. She was so confused. Was he being sweet for her only for the show? Was he just acting? 'Urgh! I hate you Yong oppa!'
And that's not the only thing that's making her upset. She heard news from some friends who were keeping an update about CNBlue's activities that he did not even wear their couple ring. What was the ring to him? Just an ordiary fan ring? He just shattered her heart to tiny pieces. She could not live that way.
''Hey, why are you quiet?'' Jung Yonghwa gave a soft nudge on her shoulder.
''Nothing, I just don't feel like talking right now.'' She said, never looking at him. She was hoping to put some sense into him. She was very thankful that the WGM crew had given them a thirty minutes break. At least she could stop pretending for a while.
"Hyun-ah. You're mad at me right?" Yonghwa asked again, mindful of her unhappy mood.
"Hm what do you think?" Seohyun stared at him straight in the eye. "Now I want answers from you." Seohyun folded her arms and leaned back against the couch which was located in the salon's guest room.
"I thought I explained it a while ago?"
"That was when the cameras were rolling. Not counted."
"Aish sinchia. Please Hyun-ah, don't give your oppa a hard time. It was embarassing enough to explain it earlier. Don't make me repeat it please." Yonghwa pouted as he tugged lightly on her sleeves.
"I won't fall for your aegyos anymore. I've deducted your goguma points already. And guess what, I am going to mention it in the backroom interview later." Seohyun was getting very pissed off. "I have never been this angry before."
"Hyun-ah, Hyun-ah please... I won't do it again. Is it wrong of me to make sure of your feelings?" Yonghwa was getting anxious. As much as he enjoyed watching Seohyun getting angry at him for not contacting her, he also wanted the caring Seohyun to coax him and tell him that everything was alright. "I wanted to see if you miss me as much as I miss you. And now that I know that you really do miss me, I am very thankful for it."
"I don't want to believe you. I'm going to get upset again if I listen to you this time."
"No. I won't make you upset again. I promise!" Yonghwa linked his pinky finger with Seohyun's. Seohyun stared at their intertwined fingers. Her expression turned blank. But almost immediately, a wicked smile formed on her lips.
"Jeongmal?" Seohyun asked, her tone suddenly turned soft and kind. Yonghwa was estatic. 'Yah! My talent in swaying girls' heart isn't rusty after all!' He thought.
"Yes Hyun! Trust your nampyeon. From now on, I'll report everything to you." Yonghwa said excitedly. If only he brought his guitar along, he would have given it a celebratory strum.
"Hm... Well, I would if I could." Seohyun grinned slyly.
"Ah? What do you mean you would if you could? I don't like the sound of this."
"I can't trust you one hundred percent yet and you still have to earn your goguma points again. Your goguma account currently is zero. So good luck!"
"You can't be serious Hyun-ah? Sinchia-yo?" Yonghwa asked again to make sure whatever he heard from Seohyun is true and not coming from his imagination. Seohyun nodded her head. "Aish! Ahrasso. I'll earn them back. And I am doing this because of you. Because I need you to trust me. Because you are special to me."
Seohyun blushed. She did not expect Yonghwa to say something like that. 'Ah! Why must he say something like this? I must control my emotions! I want him to feel guilty for a while.'
"Ok. Good luck then." Seohyun replied with a straight face. She was fighting the heat that she could feel crawling up her shoulders, neck and heading straight to her face.
***
"You can't think of anything special associated with 29th August?" Yonghwa asked in disbelief. "Are you really sure or not?"
"Wae oppa? It's just a day we're going to perform together finally!" Seohyun smiled. "Aren't you excited?"
"Of course I'm excited. But..."
"No buts oppa. It's time for me to go. We'll see each other in a week right?" Seohyun was in the midst of getting into her van.
"Yeah. Ahrasso. I'll give you call soon." Yonghwa promised.
"Kenchiana oppa. Don't make promises you can't keep." Seohyun flashed her brightest smile for him. She wanted him to be aware of her sarcastic tone.
"No. I will surely keep my promise to you Hyun." Yonghwa said somewhat dejected. 'She must have forgotten our 200th day as a couple. Aish sinchia.'
"Okay, oppa. See you next week. Take care!"
Yonghwa watched as Seohyun's van moved away. He felt dead all of a sudden. The meeting with his virtual wife was too short. He was missing her still. And so he took out his phone to send her a message to tell her just that.
***
"Who are you texting? It's been two hours. Aren't your fingers tired?" Hyoyeon asked her maknae.
"Just nobody." Seohyun replied grinning.
"Sinchia-yo? Ommo! Don't tell me it's that Jung Yonghwa?" Hyoyeon's eyes widened.
"Hm... It might be him, it might be not." Seohyun replied.
"Ya. I know your contented face too well Hyunnie-ah. I know it's him." Hyoyeon shook her head. "You met him earlier for WGM right? I should have followed you and give him a good punch."
"Unnie ah, I am able to handle it. Don't you worry."
"Ahrasso. Make sure you give him a good lesson. I don't want to see your tears again ok?"
"Of course unnie! Komawoyo!" Seohyun strode over to Hyoyeon to give her a tight hug.
"If he were to hurt you again..."
"Ahrasso unnie. I will inform you for sure." Seohyun promised.
***
It was a week later that Seohyun was able to meet up with Yonghwa. They were supposed to have another recording of the virtual marriage, at the same time practice for their upcoming performance in the Incheon Korean Music Wave.
"So, are you happy with the song arrangement?" Yonghwa enquired while they were taking a break from the recording and practice.
"Yeah. But I prefer the lyrics arrangement I made earlier. The lyrics do fit you oppa." Seohyun teased.
"Jashik. You just want to make me think about my mistakes right? I'm sorry okay, really really sorry."
"It's really easy to just say sorry and even easier to repeat the mistakes again." Seohyun sighed as she browsed the contents of her phone.
Yonghwa made a grab for Seohyun's hands causing her phone to slip gently on the table.
"Eeh! What are you doing oppa? Let go! What would the crew say if they see us? They might think differently." Seohyun hissed as she tried to pull her hands out of his grip.
"Andwae. Let them think whatever they want." Yonghwa refused as he held her hands even tighter.
"Shiro. Let go before I scream!" Seohyun threatened.
"Go ahead. The crew will run in and see this. It's going to be perfect!" Yonghwa grinned. He tugged harder at her hands, holding it against his chest much to Seohyun's dismay. "Can you feel my heartbeat?"
Seohyun was caught off guard. She was sure that she was blushing uncontrollably now. "Waeyo oppa? You are making me feel embarass you know."
Yonghwa smiled. He knew Seohyun too well now. "Okay, I will let go but you must forgive me first of my mistake for not contacting you for that one month and admit that you miss me."
"Bo? Just to remind you, your mistake is not only of you not contacting me, but also for not wearing our couple ring! Do you know how important that ring is to me?" Seohyun made a grab for her husband's shirt. Yonghwa laughed hard. "And it's not funny!" Seohyun gave him a shove in the chest.
"Hyun-ah... You look cute when you're angry like this." Yonghwa said, suddenly in a serious tone, making Seohyun blushed even more. "Just let me explain..."
"Aniyo! I don't want to hear anything from you.""But you must!"
"Wae?"
"Just listen ok? Please?"
"Uh, ne."
"Remember that time when I was doing the live performance when suddenly my old couple ring went missing? The one which was caught on camera?" Yonghwa asked, his eyes staring directly into Seohyun's. Seohyun had no choice but to look back, and was very aware of the close distance between him and her.
"Ne."
"It went missing when I was strumming the guitar. And as you know the whole of last month CNBlue were preparing for our first concert and we had lots of daily practices. And as for me, I have to practice with singing and playing the guitar. I was just afraid that I might accidentally destroy the ring during the practice session." Yonghwa explained. "I don't want to lose, no destroy to be exact, our couple ring again. You still remember my expression when I lost the first couple ring right? My feelings at that moment were mixed with worry, sad, anguish, pain and hurt. I don't ever want to experience it again. So that's why I decided to keep our new ring aside until I am done with the concert. And now, I wearing it again, see?"
Seohyun's eyes wandered towards Yonghwa's left hand which was still entertwined with her right hand. Her eyes landed on the ring. She was definitely thankful that he was still wearing it. His reasons were strong enough. It made her feel a bit guilty for being angry towards him.
"But you still didn't contact me." Seohyun pouted. Yonghwa laughed, pinching her cheek, which caused her to whine in pain.
"I'm really really really sorry Hyun-ah. Forgive me please?"
"Hm... I'll think about it." With that, Seohyun yanked her hands out of Yonghwa's grasp. She gave a sly wink before snatching her phone and walking away.
'Aish! She's torturing me endlessly!' Yonghwa sighed.
***
Yonghwa could not sleep that night. His mind was playing the moment he saw the pictures Seohyun showed him earlier in the recording room; pictures of Seohyun in a wedding dress. His innocent wife in a white dress looked so inviting. But sadly, he was not the groom standing beside Seohyun, the bride.
'Aish sinchia! Why must the concept be a wedding dress? Why can't it be a mermaid? No! Too exposed. Or an angel? No! She's my angel! Or a fairy? No! It fits her too much! Aish! She can just be something different!' Yonghwa thought angrily.
'And then there's him, in a white suit standing next to her! I should be the one at her side, not him.' Yonghwa sighed continuously as he rolled from one end of the bed to the other, still unable to force himself to sleep.
Before he realised it, he was dialing Seohyun's number on his handphone. 'No harm in calling right? Anyway I need to earn the goguma points. And I miss her. She must be missing me too.'
"Yeobeoseyo?" Seohyun's voice answered cheerfully. Yonghwa could feel his spirits lift up.
"Seo Joohyun... What are you doing? Still not sleeping yet?"
"Oppa, you hold on a second." Seohyun told him. He could hear her talking to somebody. Then he heard-
"Ya Yong-soebang! You dare do that again, the eight of us will come and haunt you!"
"Treat her right will you?"
"Ya! This is a warning!"
Slowly the shouting voices got softer and softer. Yonghwa cringed. The SNSD girls were quite scary. He did not think that his dongsaengs would stand up for him like that.
"Oppa you there?" Seohyun asked.
"Of course. You were with your unnies just now?" Yonghwa enquired. "Sinchia!"
Yonghwa could hear her giggling. Oh how he loved that cute laugh! "Yes oppa. They were practically interviewing me about you."
"I understand if they are angry with me."
"Don't worry oppa. They're just saying. But still, they do mean their words."
"Hyun-ah, I can't sleep." Yonghwa whined.
"Wae? It's late oppa."
"I- I keep thinking of those photos in your handphone." Yonghwa told her. "Delete them."
"Shiro! They're just photos oppa."
"But they're disturbing my peace of mind."
"Aish sinchia! What do I do with you?" Seohyun shook her head. She was actually enjoying every second of it, her Yong oppa getting jealous of just mere pictures, that was entertaining!
"Hyun, are you going to delete them?"
"Ok, I will delete it from my phone but after I transfer it to my desktop." Seohyun said. "That is as much I can tolerate with your fussiness."
"This is not being fussy. This is called jealousy. And I am openly telling you that I am jealous that you're wearing a wedding dress and standing beside another guy. I don't like it. Shiro."
Seohyun smiled. It was impossible for her to be angry with him. That was his charm. He always knew when to make her smile.
"Ahrasso. But I can't promise you that the pictures are gone for good. They were taken by some coordinator unnie on the set." Seohyun said. "I guess they might have already upload it somewhere on the net."
"Sinchia! It's gonna be torturous for me." Yonghwa shook his head. Seohyun laughed.
"Oppa," Seohyun called.
"Ne?"
"You are cute when you act like this."
"Sinchia? I should do it often then. Keke"
"But it won't work when we meet up next week." Seohyun told him making Yonghwa confused.
"Because I'm supposed to still be upset with you over that one month period thingy."
"But why?"
"Well, we have to keep the audiences anticipate our episode don't we?" Seohyun explained.
"Of course. That's my girl, always being smart!" Yonghwa teased.
"Ah sinchia!"
"Hyun-ah?"
"Ne?"
"Um... S-sar uh... S-sarang-h-hae." Yonghwa stammered, unable to make his confession clear enough.
"Ne? Oppa can you speak properly? I could hardly hear you." Seohyun complained.
"Oh nevermind, I'll tell you when we meet next week ok." Yonghwa said quickly. To repeat that line again could make him crazy. "I'll text you tomorrow. Good night Hyun!"
"Oh ok, good night oppa."
The moment Yonghwa disconnect their phone connection, he immediately pressed his face into his pillow and gave a scream. He could feel himself getting hot from being shy and embarrased. But then he felt relieved and smiled wide, knowing that Seohyun has really forgiven him. He was really falling helplessly in love with her. And of course no one knew about this and he planned to keep it a secret from the viewers, from the WGM crew, from his dongsaengs, from the world.
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