Bitter Holidays in Jeju

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

"Chini... answer your phone." Nanginginig na ang kamay ko kasi kanina pa niya nire-reject ang tawag ko. I know she's doing this because we weren't answering her calls and messages as well.

"She's still not answering?" BJH asked and I shook my head. "Okay, I'll try to give her a call."

Jin-hyeong scooped his phone out of his pants and dialled Chini. Nagulat ako kasi it doesn't take too long when she answered his call. Hinayaan ko sila mag-usap habang puno pa rin ako ng problema kung paano kami makaaalis ni BJH dito sa isang restaurant while we're avoiding the commotion outside. Hindi kami makaaalis ng airport if they would swarm us. Wala kaming palag do'n.

We're trying to get Chini kasi mas maraming connection 'yon so she can help us. Mi-sun and Dong-yoon just love the attention. I think nagpa-interview rin kaagad sila sa mga reporter since they went to Jeju and to the place we have been. And now that they just announced their arrival publicly and they knew na kasabay kami sa flight nila, they are already waiting for us to come out of the airport and it's gonna be hell on earth.

Saglit lang ay natapos nang kausapin ni Jin-hyeong si Chini. That was quick. Ano naman kayang pinag-usapan nila?

"Anong sabi ni Chini?"

He shook his head. "She's not going to pick us up here," anunsyo nito. Napauwang ang bibig ko nang sabihin niya 'yon sa akin. I was literally confused inside my head kasi anong gagawin namin dito ngayon sa airport. Para kaming na-trap. "She's on a meeting with the boss. They just started the meeting."

"What about si Seung-Gi? Maybe he can help."

He shrugged off. "I don't know. Chini can only ask for him, not me. We should just go and not mind them. We'll just give them what they want to know. Just smile. Let them kill with it."

Napalitan akong ngumiti sa sinabi niya. And looks like desidido na rin siyang umalis kaya hindi na ako umangal pa. We grabbed our stuff and then we just get out of the restaurant. Nakahihiya pa dahil wala kaming binili. We're just trying to take our time pero mukhang hindi sila aalis hangga't nila kami naco-corner.

Some people recognized BJH as we're heading out of the airport. Sumusunod sa amin ang mga camera phone nila. Iyong iba ay tinatawag pa ang pangalan niya and then there were foreigners na naglakas ng loob na lumapit at makapagpa-picture pa talaga sa kanya. Though BJH gladly take their requests at ngumiti ito sa kanila na para bang walang dinadalang problema.

Nang matapos iyon ay binilisan na lang namin ang paglalakad nang marating namin ang exit. We're not wrong when the media's already waiting for us.

"Jin-hyeong..."

"You'll be fine. Don't talk. Let me do this," pagpanatag ng loob nito sa akin. I'm not even sure if it really helps me, but how he handled most of the situations comes out good, so I'll just let him do all the work and be right behind him.

When we stopped so these people would start asking Jin-hyeong's some questions. Nakayuko lamang ang ulo ko at umiiwas na makuhanan ng litrato ang pagmumukha ko, though I don't think its avoidable since gagawa at gagawa talaga sila ng paraan para makuhaan ako ng picture. Though one thing that escalated it when Jin-hyeong called everyone out.

"Gman," he called and everyone froze for a moment. "Naege mulerbosipsio. Narl girockhashipsio. Na sazineul manhi jjiger, hajiman gniorl akkige gnioga hamkke hal su absi, tonen uriga ternago nan dangsin jilmuna dadap. Nuhndle ihaehani?" (Stop. Ask me. Record me. Take a lot of photos of me, but spare her. She has nothing to do with this, or we will just leave and I won't answer any of your questions. Do you guys understand that?)