Finding the Right Words

Chapter 67- A Company's Job

In an unfortunate turn of events, the refrigerator that Min Hee and I had found on the side of the road, went out, and I had to figure out what to do with my cheese. I couldn't just let it all spoil, so I had to think of something to do, and fast. Fortunately, I was able to convince the SuJu members to let me use their fridge, so long as they were able to eat some of the cheese. Since I didn't have any other choice, I had to agree, as long as they left me some. 

It took me a while to reorganize the refrigerator to fit all of the food, but as soon as I did, I had to go clean up a coffee spill in the living room. Sometimes I wondered if I should have a walkie-talkie. I coould just imagine it. "Minsung-ah, Minsung-ah, cleanup requested in upstairs bedroom 2. Cleanup requested in upstairs bedroom 2". It would be a nightmare.

I was humming to myself as I scrubbed the coffee off of the floor, wondering what I should cook for dinner. Thanks to Ryeowook, I'd been learning how to make a lot of delicious Korean foods, and sometimes took my own twists on them. I always had to cook something that would make the members happy, though, not an easy trick when they all liked different things. Still, I wasn't the best cook in the world, but I'd like to say I did pretty well.

It had only been two days since I had been rescued from the airport, and it already felt like I had never left at all. I knew that as soon as I was done there, I would head to my dance class, and then my vocal training lesson, just as I had before my sister had gotten sick. 

When I finally finished my work and went to the company building, though, I was greeted at the door by one of the company secretaries.  She told me to go straight to the office of the icy lady from earlier, the one that had grudgingly let me stay at the company. Did this have something to do with the dating scandal she mentioned so grudgingly earlier?

I went to the office, knocking on the door before I entered. When I stepped into the room, Sungmin, sitting in one of the chairs in front of the desk, turned around to wave at me, then pat the seat of the chair next to him. I slid into it, setting my purse on the floor next to me. "Shiljjang... can you tell me why I was called here?"

"Ah, Minsung. You're ten minutes later than I expected you."

"Choisoimida. I was late making dinner at the dorm."

"Really?" Sungmin turned to me, his eyes bright. "What's for dinner?"

"Spicy fish soup."

"Oh, that sounds good! But what about Eunhyuk? He doesn't like fish..."

"What are you talking about? He likes Donghae just fine. Besides, everyone else likes it, so he can deal."

The lady cleared her throat pointedly, and Sungmin and I looked at each other for a second before hiding small smiles by looking at our feet.

"Please try to focus, you two."

"Yes, ma'am," we both said.

"Alright, so as I started to tell your sunbae, Minsung, you're both here about the results of the recent scandal that's cropped up because of Sungmin coming to get you from the airport."

"But we're not dating," I said immediately.

"She's just a very good friend. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to catch her in time, so I was really, really happy when I was able to stop her. I didn't mean to make it into a dating scandal," Sungmin explained. The way he said that he was really, really happy when he was able to stop me made little butterflies rise up in my stomach.

"Yes, well, try to convince the fans of that. Actually, I'd be much happier if the fans got upset and started flipping tables about it or something. But they're not."