Barely Scripted

Chapter 1- first meeting

"What? Tonight? I'm going to meet her tonight?" My eyes almost popped out of their sockets when one of the guys from the show told me that I would be meeting my 'wife' at midnight that exact same night. I already read the script, I knew what I was supposed to do, but I didn't expect for us to meet this late. I was pretty tired. It had been a long day.

Our band, CNBlue, had to do a radio show till late at night and I tried my best not to think about meeting this random celebrity of the opposite sex in a couple of hours. I was just worried that she was a huge star and didn't know who I was since I wasn't exactly huge yet. Despite my worries, the radio show went by swiftly anyway. I had fun with my boys. That's what's important. Making a name for us. I needn't worry about it. It's all in the script. Or so I hoped.

"Hyung, are you pumped to meet this girl? I bet she's someone really popular! Maybe one of the Wonder Girls! Or better yet, SNSD!" Jungshin wouldn't stop yapping his mouth in the elevator as we rode it down to the lobby of the MBC building where we would be filming the show. I looked up at him from my phone and shrugged. "Let's just hope she's really pretty." I really didn't care. Just getting it over with was good enough for me.

And the filming began. We did what the script told us to. Playing around, anticipating the girl's appearance. Laughing at the right times. It was pretty laid back, different from shooting a drama. No directors shouting "CUT" whenever we goof off. Goofing off actually seems like a good thing in this situation. I made a mental note to keep goofing off in future episodes, just for the fans. I was comfortable enough with the concept. Follow the script, but improvise whenever possibe.

And finally, she came, 30 minutes late. I was hiding behind the front desk, peeking at who it was from there. And when I saw her, I felt my jaw dropped for awhile before a giddy feeling danced its way into me. I couldn't believe my luck on this show. Jungshin was spot on! She was tall, lean, had long wavy hair, chubby cheeks and a sweet shy smile. Of course I immediately knew who she was. Who doesn't? Seohyun. I found myself holding my breath for a moment. This was it. The moment for me to jump out from behind this desk has arrived. It's time I met my fate. I stopped to laugh at myself for a moment for being overly dramatic again.

It was a funny scene. Jonghyun, Minhyuk and I popping out from behind the front desk yelling, "CONGRATULATIONS!" to Seohyun and Jungshin who was pretending to be her husband. I could already picture myself laughing infront of our tv later when it airs. We greeted her and from this distance I could see that she had beautiful clear eyes, even though it was already late at night and she was probably tired from her day's events. Then I asked her who out of all four of us that she'd want for her real husband since she seemed adorably confused at the moment. It was either she was really good at acting or she truly didn't know. All four of us turned around, cheeky grins on our faces, and waited for her to place her pink blanket on any one of us who she thought was her real husband. Surprisingly enough, she, although hesitantly, placed it on me. That's it! She definitely knew! Where's the jutice?! I'd like to know in advance that my wife was SNSD's maknae too!

The night went on. Since it was our first meeting, there were a series of awkward moments which made me want to laugh but I held it in, afraid I'd embarrass her. Although sometimes I'd laugh, just to ease the intensely awkward atmosphere between us.

I learned that she had never in her life liked, what else dated, a guy before. She was intensely inexperienced and what made me even more uneasy was when she asked me the difference between love and like. THAT WAS DEFINITELY NOT IN THE SCRIPT. How the hell was I supposed to answer that question?! I'd dated before of course, but never to the extent that I understood what love actually was. It was something I never gave myself time to think bout. And I didn't plan on answering that question annytime soon. I had a career to take care of.

Seohyun was organized, beautiful, polite, kind,  beautiful, shy, honest, beautiful, sincere and pure. In other words, she was immensely out of my league! I wasn't exactly hoping for anything out of this. But I was just afraid.

What if I'm a bad influence to her?

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When I received the script for the next filming, I couldn't help but feel dread seep in. It was only a few days after our first meeting and I was yet to get over the fear of contaminating her pure self. I wasn't ready to meet her again no matter how much seeing those sparkling eyes, knowing I'd be calling her my wife for the next few months made my stomach flip. We had decided that we would be engaged first, something that had never been done in the show ever before, then only proceed to becoming a married couple. She obviously liked that idea and it made me feel good.

The next day when we were both on the same music programme along with dozens of other idols, I didn't expect for her to go along with our deal: to show off the couple 2000 won couple ring we'd bought the night before. It wasn't exactly in the script but they seemed to like the idea so we went with it.

She was shy when we crossed paths in the hallways, bowing and greeting me as her huband as her sisters giggled and squealed behind her. It was an adorable sight, but I didn't let it get to me just yet.

I watched the broadcast from my dressing room. I didn't realize it then, but Jonghyun told me that I barely blinked when her group performed on screen. I ended up with hot cheeks and shoving him away, embarrassed that my bandmate who I'd already considered as a brother caught me that way. But that didn't stop me from keeping my eyes on her as she performed. She had a charm that I couldn't explain. I guess I just wanted to watch her, and not just because I had to due to the annoying WGM camera that wouldn't get out of my face in order to catch my reaction when she does it. 

She did it. Twice. I could see her trying a few other times too. Slowly, I smiled. She did it.

When it was my turn to perform, I turned my swag on and did what I loved to do. But the thought of the ring never left my mind. And so I did it. Every chance I had, I took it. Who knows exactly how many times I did it. Hyun, I hope you saw it.

She'd said goguma last night. I felt that was a good thing.