Serendipity 奇缘

#22: Drunk on love...

"At last the meeting's over!!! Shall we all go out for dinner together to get to know each other better?" the korean producer said.

"Yeh... That's a good idea!!!" TVXQ's manager Lee said.

All five of us turned and looked at my team leader anxiously. If he said 'Yes', there goes my dinner with Jaejoong... But it would seem to be rude for him to reject though...

"Yes please... Let's have dinner together... Then you guys can introduce us to some proper Korean cuisine... We haven't got time to eat any since we were here..." my team leader replied.

My heart fell. I couldn't help but show some disappointment on my face, I looked down to avoid anyone seeing my facial expression. Including Jaejoong.

"So I take it that everyone's going?" the producer asked.

"Yeh..." TVXQ's manager replied, then he turned to TVXQ, "You guys are okay for dinner right?"

"Yeh... Hyung..." they replied in unison.

"It's settled then... Shall we?" the producer stood up, and everyone started streaming out of the meeting room.

I stood up slowly and watched as the producer, TVXQ's manager and my team leader left the room first, followed by the korean team, my team, and then TVXQ... As I watched them stream out, I realised that the guys were purposely slowing down their pace so that they were walking with me. Max scooted alongside me.

"Nuna... What's happening? So are you going to work with us from now on for this project's filming" Max whispered to me softly.

"I guess so..."

"How come you didn't tell us earlier?"

"I didn't even know until just now..."

"Oh..."

Max looked at me sympathetically.

"Do we have to carry on pretending that we don't know each other?"

"Yes... I think we have to act like new acquaintances... So please don't call me nuna in front of them... Just call me by my name... Like how you address the others in my team..."

"But..."

"You can still call me nuna when we're not in public... It's okay..."

"Okay... But what about Jaejoong-hyung? Won't it be very difficult for him to..."

I looked at Max in despair and looked down as I walked. Frankly speaking, I didn't know what to do about Jaejoong. I think it would be very tough for him. Cos he tends to speak his mind, and act his own way. It'll be hard to force him to carry on the white lie for so many months. I don't know for how long would he be able to take it...

"Max, don't bother Kiki anymore... I think she's already quite flexed over this... Give her some space, okay?" Micky's whisper interupted our conversation. He had slowed down to walk alongside me and Max.

"Okay..." Max replied.

I looked down at the feet in front of me. And noticed Jaejoong was walking directly in front of me, with U-Know and Xiah beside him. My eyes moved up from his feet to his back. U-Know and Xiah had their arms over his shoulders and were whispering something to him.

"Hyung... You have to stay focused okay... Don't let this get to you... We'll be behind you... But you need to keep Kiki a secret for now... We can't let our manager know about her now... Or else we'll all get in trouble... Including her... And her team..." U-Know said, as he patted Jaejoong on his shoulder.