May 30
"What kind of person is Mingi?" Dae asked in gossiping tone
"I don't really know " nurse said while taking the girl's blood "He's cool on stage, his performances are unforgettable" she sighed "Well, that's what I heard. Personally, I've never spoke to him. But from afar he looks so hot" she accented last word
"I think he is really clumsy. I spoken to him once and he almost fell, tripping on a weight on gym" Dae chuckled
"No way!" nurse was surprised "He always act like he's so full of himself" she laughed, so did Dae
"How do you feel about Seonghwa then? He's like the opposite of Mingi" Dae was afraid that she was asking too much and that the nurse might feel uncomfortable, but nurse answered willingly
"In my opinion, many people underestimate him, maybe because he is just like all of us. I mean, he acts like he's one of us. He tries to make everyone he talks to, to not feel worse than him. And for example, he came and talked to me normally about you" nurse packed all plasters into a red box with a white plus
"Ohh he talked to you today? But it's morning" Dae was confused by prince carrying
"He came here before I came to you" she said and approached the door "And if you feel awkward with this, don't worry he's always like this. Whenever he have a patients that are somehow related to him, he asks everyday about their health. See you later" she said and left the room so Dae was alone once again
I should go and ask Seonghwa, but what should I say. ‚Hey can my friend come in again?' why do I think it sounds so weird? Gosh, or maybe I shouldn't talk to him, today Yeosang is... yeah it's important day I shouldn't think about myself
"Dae!" San came in unexpected "Wanna go for a walk?"
"Hey San! Sure let's go" she immediately got up
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They wandered for some time until they reached a green room. As the name suggests, everything was green, long curtains, stylish sofas, a fireplace and a table. Seonghwa sat next to Yeosang, who was still stressed.
„Good morning" Dae said sitting on opposite couch, San was right next to her
„Hello" Seonghwa smiled to them but it faded really fast "We are waiting for Mings, he's now talking with my dad"
„Yeah and later he will be like ‚Oh why did I do this, it's so embarrassing, why you let me do that?' „ San mocked Mingi's behavior
„Since when has he been talking to him?" Dae asked
„For about 5 minutes, moments before your arrival" prince patted officer's back
„I hope he won't say anything stupid" Yeosang said with his face hidden in hands
„There's no way he can be that clumsy, right?" Dae looked at San
„You never know" he replied „Once there was an award show, he was supposed to walk out cool to take his trophy but" San and two other men laughed „He tried to do a dance move but he slipped and fell" Seonghwa and San bursted out with laughter and Yeosang smiled at them, same goes for Dae
„I remember that! Or when he forgot lyrics to his own song" Seonghwa hit his knee „We went to his concert together, we were at the backstage, and halfway he forgot them and stood there for a while in silence while his fans were cheering and singing for him"
Dae started to laugh with them, even Yeosang did. San was holding his chest and Seonghwa trying to catch breath, Yeosang's eyes were as smiley as his wide smile while laughing.
"Mings a funny person" Yeosang stated
"Hell yeah, we love him" San agreed
"Sounds like a nice person to be friends with" Dae chuckled
"He is... he is" Seonghwa sighed "I appreciate him much and I hope he knows about it well"
"Wait shouldn't he be back? How long can it take to ask one thing?" San asked and looked at the big wooden clock
"My Father don't like long chitchats so he should be here any second" prince looked at Yeosang "How are you now?"
"I don't know, I know there's no way he can undo the law. But I still have some hope, but even if the King is going to agree to this, then we need somebody else to do it. I'm not sure anyone would like to take this on their hands" Yeosang inhaled deeply
"Leave it to me, I'll find somebody, and if not then" San shook his head "Then I'll take this for you"
"No San you can't. It'll ruin your reputation" officer tried to be strict
"I promise you we will find somebody, but we can't plan now since we don't even know if there is anything to plan" Seonghwa said calmly
"I hope Mingi will do well. It feels a bit like in some action book where everything depends on one conversation" Dae smiled to them and San replied with wider smile
After almost an hour they heard footsteps. Mingi opened door and came to the room, San immediately stoop up same as Seonghwa. They stared at each other questioning, Yeosang looked at Mingi helplessly with an upside down awkward smile. He still had a bit of hope in himself. Mingi was standing there, he has sunglasses on his hair and with a head movement he smoothly made them fall on his nose.
"I did it" Mingi said with his deep voice
"What? Really?" Yeosang stood up and came closer to him "Are you serious?" his eyes were wide open
"Yes, you have to find someone for your place, and I did this permanently. So you can never kill anyone" Mingi said and Yeosang hugged him
"Okey I'm going to find somebody for your replacement, come with me Hwa" San said and rushed out of the door, Seonghwa closed them behind them and rushed with him
"I need to go and finish the paperwork, thank you so much Mingi, I'm gonna treat you with tasty meal" officer said happily and left
Mingi and Dae were alone in the room, he went behind her to a long cabinet. She approached him, and started talking.
"How did you success? They said it's almost impossible for the king to agree to such a thing" Dae asked him
Mingi wasn't paying much attention to what she was saying and started to pull something out from a cabinet. A big bottle of whiskey could be seen in his hands. He opened it with one twist and took a few sips. He wiped his mouth and leaned over the girl, taking something out of his pocket.
"Drugs" he showed her a little bag with white powder "I didn't want to use them but he didn't give me a choice" Mingi said and took another sip of whiskey
"Do you know that they are illegal and that giving them to someone without their knowledge is punishable?" she looked around to see if there's anybody else than them "And your friend is an Head Officer in police"
"Don't care, I did the best for him. Nobody will ever know I gave King the drugs" He put the bottle aside, and got even closer to the girl than he was before "Nobody will know if you'll keep your mouth shut. And you will, right?"
„Okey" she exhaled "I will but I still think it's not right. I think you should tell them, or if you want to I can talk to-„
Mingi didn't let her finish because he put his finger on her mouth. The girl felt a primal shiver and concern, Mingi was under the influence of alcohol and drugs, he didn't know what he was doing. She continued to be quiet as he grabbed her chin and stroked her with his thumb.
„Maybe you shouldn't talk that much" Mingi whispered
In one move, he brought his mouth to hers. His hand went to her neck and held it tightly, Dae could feel his breath. Lips met lips, his body heat warmer than hers. Dae tried to stop thinking, and wanted to let it go. This was wrong, yet, it felt so good. But she had to put an end in it.
She pushed him with her hands which made him almost stumble. He rested his hand on the cabinet. Dae frowned slightly, her emotions went crazy, she didn't know what to say to him. He couldn't even look at her, which she couldn't see, because the singer was still wearing sunglasses.
"Why did you do that?" Dae asked reproachfully "What the hell were you thinking?" she felt embarrassed, the idea that everything was taking too long, she needed some fresh air. Without looking back at Mingi, she quickly left the room.
"Sorry..." Mingi said quietly looking at her back while she was leaving
Apparently you do things when you're drunk that you wouldn't do when you were sober. However, Mingi never wanted to kiss Dae, he didn't know her and he wasn't attracted to her in any way. She was different from his ideal, she was not his dream girl. He just felt a great compulsion to kiss a woman, any woman. He had many girlfriends before, popular, rich and beautiful. But that one kiss with Dae was different for him.
Dae didn't want to talk to anyone, except Yunho, her comfort person. Everyone was busy anyway, so she wanted to spend some time with her friend.
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It's already afternoon, maybe now I can go and talk to Seonghwa. Hope Yunho can come
Dae stood up from her bed. She already did every test like in a routine. She left the room and, as usual, she didn't know where to go, so she asked the nurse to take her to the prince. Nurse was a little confused since she also didn't know where could he be, but she did her best to ask maids and eventually they got to prince's office.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Dae asked Seonghwa while maid was leaving the room "And you San?" she asked the champion who was sitting on a couch
"I'm fine, thank you Dae. Everything went smoothly today and Yeosang is now having time to relax" Seonghwa said while closing a red file
"Yeah, we are great now, less stressed" San chuckled "And you?"
"I'm okey... well I have a question" Dae said "Can Yunho come here? I need to talk to him really badly" Dae folded her hands
San's expression became more serious, he felt annoyed at the mere thought of Yunho's presence. Seonghwa, on the other hand, had no problem with it.
"Sure, I'll send someone to take him here, just wait a little" Seonghwa smiled
"Thank you so much Seonghwa! See y'all later!" Dae said and rushed out the door to her room, as soon as San haven't heard any footsteps he turned in Seonghwa direction
"I don't like this Yunho guy" he leaned against the couch
"What? San you can't say things like that, Dae likes him so he must be a wonderful person" Seonghwa tried to teach his friend to not judge a book by it's cover
"But listen, she said he found her on the desert, like he was doing trades" he bounced off the back of the sofa and sat closer to the prince "Where the fuck was he doing trades? He was aboard or something? But on the other way, no fucking roads on this side of the desert go to any larger city" San was irritated more by the fact that trader could be lying to Dae
"San, please calm down, and there should be any other explanation. We shouldn't be the ones who judge since we don't even know him" Seonghwa put out the fire in the candle "I should get somebody to take him here, I'll be right back" he said and left
"Oh man, I need to fucking know what kind of shit is going on with this guy" San said to himself and stared at the window
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"HONNIE!" Dae shouted when a tall young man came into her room
"DIDI!" Yunho gave off the same energy as hers
"You won't believe what happened" Dae said and made some space for him to sit on the bed "You know Mingi?"
"Yeah, of course, I was the one who told you about him" he answered proudly
"He was drunk, and" she lowered her voice "He kissed me"
"WHAT?" Yunho was shocked "Wait but, whaaat?? How did that happened? Why did he do that?"
"I tell you since the start" Dae started to tell him everything, but didn't say a word about drugs
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"I'm still in shock" he said and inhaled loudly "So what are you two now?"
"Hey! You can't ask that question, there is nothing with 'us', it's just weird. I know he wasn't himself so now I don't know if he'll remember that or not" Dae concerned
"I think you should talk to him, sort things out and you know, forget?" Yunho suggested
"I will, I will" she lay down on the bed "I don't really like that kind of behavior"
"What behavior?" Yunho layed down next to her
"Thinking only after the fact, anyway, wait... have you seen the Jongho guy?" Dae snapped back to reality
"No I haven't" he said blankly "We should meet up with him tomorrow" Yunho said with a cold tone
"That would be amazing, I hope he didn't forget about me" Dae said hugged Yunho by side, while they both were still laying in bed, he shook his head a little and came back to reality "I like you Yunho, I like you a lot"
"I like you too Didi" he hugged her back with his hand but was facing the ceiling "You remind me of many beautiful things that I like"
"Really? For example what things?" she smiled at him widely but he haven't looked at her
"Hmmm, for example puppies, I love them so much. And potato chips, one day we will eat them together, and no, I don't know why are they reminding me of you" he looked at her but as soon as she stared at him he looked away "What else, games, they are my comfort place, like you" he turned his head to hers "Now your turn, what things I remind you of"
"Hmm let me think" she looked up "Forest, you know the feeling of fresh breeze, that's where I see you. And also I love dancing, I feel like you would be good at this if you tried to"
"You can teach me how to dance one day" they looked at each other "Deal?"
"Deal." Dae agreed
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ATEEZ TOUR??? HELLO ITS ONLY SEOUL AND IM STILL SHOCKED, THEY ARE GOING WILD THIS TIME. LIKE PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME SEE THEM. ITS NOT A WANT ITS A NEED TO BE AT THEIR CONCERT