박 나라 pov
I look at Chen as he responded to one of the reporter from a news site. He was smiling and the sweat all over his face is still trailing. The rest of the other members are also waving to the different cameras. Chen was just alone answering the reporter's questions and adorably smiling at the camera. My heart flutters. It's just like the old days when i crawl and trick all the security guards just to slip backstage. I hid myself behind the big black box and peep to watch him. He has gone from hot to extremely beyond humanity hot. Oh shit. i can't stop remembering his naked body years ago. Ohm.
He waved the reporter who is done with the interview. He stood there waving at the staffs who are busily packing things. But the lights above him seemed to be strange. It was flickering and swinging. I look at the metal tube that supports the lights is slowly falling down and the sparkles of the lights become seriously flickering. Before the metal tubes fall to Chen, I ran to him and pushed him away.
첸 pov
My body rolls over the floor when a sudden force pushed me. I heard people scream my name and the loud bang of the metal tube that fell from above. I saw the tube fell on the girl's body and bounced to her head. As her body fell on the floor, my eyes are locked to her face, where her hair is slowly covering. She fell the floor and did not move, I crawled to her and saw blood flowing on the floor. I took her to my arms, raise her head.
My heart beats double, no, triples as I look at that angelic face stained with her own blood. Nara! My members and other people gather around us and call for an ambulance. Some cameras flashing and taking pictures,
"Stop taking pictures." Xiumin hyung exclaimed. He took Nara away from my arms and carry her heading outside the stadium. "Where are the medical team? Let's bring her to the hospital." He panicked as he ran. Our staffs are protecting him from inquisitive eyes of other people around.
I was left stunned and speechless looking at how Xiumin hyung jus snatched and ran her away from me. Nara was here all night?
I feel the arms of Channie in my shoulder, he smiled and guide me following our members going to the other exit from the backstage.
"She will be fine." He said coolly.
I did not answer him instead I speed up my pace and ran into my car, leaving him. He never followed me. I guess he understand the mixture of feelings I have in my chest now. She is back, the chairman's suspicion that she went back to Korea was right. Back in the old days of secretly slipping into the backstage, back to the days where she just look at me from far away.
I followed the ambulance heading to the nearest hospital. Even if things won't be the same, but the feeling of her saving me from danger, will make a good excuse of seeing her.
She was rushed in the emergency, I saw Xiumin hyung in front of the emergency room. His shirt stained with her blood. I ran to him. I don't know if I should ask if she was okay or confront him for snatching him from me.
"She will be alright Chenna." He said without being asked.
Voluntarily, I sighed as a sign of relief that she's fine.
"Im sorry for jus snatching her like that, you look dazed and rattled. I was scared too." He said lowly.
"Don't bother to apologize hyung, it doesn't makes sense." I replied nonchalantly. "It's not like it matters."
박 나라 pov
My head is spinning when I wake up, I look at my side where there was a male nurse checking my IV and taking my temperature from my ears. He smiled at me, I returned a smile.
"How do you feel now, Ma'am?" He asked.
"I feel dizzy. Is this a hospital room?" I asked as my eyes began to wander around the walls covered with cream colored satin curtains that matched the cream paint of the wall.
"Yes Ma'am. Sir Xiumin transferred you here from the emergency room. You underwent CT scan and there's nothing to worry about your head Ma'am. It's just a cut that bleeds a lot." The nurse said while checking on the chart beside me.
Xiumin oppa is here?
"Ahh, nurse, where is Xiumin oppa?"
"He left already Ma'am but Sir Chen is currently talking to your doctor."
Chen! Chen? Chen? Jesus!
My heart panics. Oh my God. Yeah. I saved him from that big metal tube in the backstage. I closed my eyes firmly and muttered a small prayer that things will just go alright. As soon as the nurse left, I was left dazed and confused at the same time. Should I pretend to be asleep when he came in? Or will he ever give a damn to come in? But the door opens, and he came in.
Our gaze met, he did not show any emotion as he strides to my bed. He stand beside me while I just look at him. My mind has formulated several lines that I should say when I see him but I can't even recall any of them.
"You will be discharged this tomorrow morning and thank you for saving me, I think I owe you that." He said flatly. No emotion, there's no sign of happiness that we get to see each other after four long years. I mean, who would be happy if you see your girlfriend after she just left you, no heads up!
"No, don't thank me for it. Anybody would do the same in that situation." I made a forced smile then make a courage to look at him then look away. I feel useless, crazy and a trash. Shall tell recall the content of my letter that I left to him? No, I just can't. I have no courage at all.
"If that so, well you are right." He just shrugged his shoulders and turned to the other bed intended for the patient's guardian.
"C-Chen?" I called him, despite of my fear to talk to him but I think I should start a conversation. He did not answer. "How have you been these years?"
"Indeed you don't know anything." He coldly replied.
"Well, sometimes news are not reliable." I commented easing my nervousness.
"Im happy." His short replied tell me all the hardships that he went through.
"Im sorry." I muttered. Praying he would at least confront me, I think I would feel better if he will curse me or even more hurt me.
"Theres nothing to be sorry about. Stop talking nonsense and sleep, I don't sleep almost two days straight."
Then he did not say anything after that. Yes, he said that theres nothing to be sorry about. But I know behind that words, he still resent me for leaving him and pushing him to unbearable pain. I guess I still have a long way to go to have his, at least forgiveness even if no love any more.
The next morning, I wake up without Chen, maybe he just left already. It's already four in the morning and the male nurse is checking my IV and checking the bandage on my head. I sighed. When will I get to see him again?
My father came for my discharge and nagging me like I have been committing a big crime. I stayed silent but not happy at all.
"Nara, stop acting like a sasaeng fan, slipping to the backstage and getting into accident! You are not twenty two anymore, you are old enough to handle your love life the mature way?" He again start to nag.
"Mature, in what way? Undress in front of Jongdae and seduce him? Makes sense!" I replied.
"I don't even know from where corner on earth you acquire that attitude. Grow up Nara." His voice slightly rose.
"Appa, listen please, I don't really understand you, uh. What are you up to now? You threaten me that you're going to ruin Chen's career if I don't leave him so I just flew away to save my dearest boyfriend, now that he curse me to death, you tell me that I should handle my love life in a mature way. Kindly explain because im not really good in reading riddles." I voiced out my frustration and my confusion to my father who just pop up in the corner and ruin my lovely love life.
"Because in the first place, you can never have a happy relationship with a boyfriend if you have grudges with the first man who came in your life Nara, and that's me. Okay, I'm sorry about being mean, maybe we just don't know about each other and I just wanted to have you back badly. But this time around, do better, come back to me and win Chen back." This is the first time that the Lee Soo Man apologized to me, his voice and his face displays his sincerity but im a bit suspicious.
"I would never forgive you if you have another motive, Appa." I said sternly.
"So, you're coming home?" His face lightened with glee.
"Im going back to my old house." I replied.
"You're such a brat. So I guess I will make a public announcement about my daughter coming back."
"Appa, if you're going to do that, I would gladly go back to Japan and never see you again."
"Japan is very near though."
"I can hide better than you think."
He ended up sighing and nodding. I guess Appa is not that cruel at all.
I placed all my things in the living room and decided to just leave it there. I feel tired arranging them since my head still hurts. Eoma is said that she will prepare something for me to eat. After meeting with my father, Chen's mother just said that I did a good job reconciling with my father but still I still have a lot to things to understand about my dad.
I look at the whole surrounding of the house, still the same but I can see that the four years of being empty does not damaged the whole house. It was well maintained, and the paints are new. The appliances that she left are still there, very clean. Eoma prepares a lot for my comeback.
My phone rings. HongKi oppa?
"Oppa?"
"Wow, welcome to Korea! I just heard that you made a really heroic job of saving your boyfriend? How is that even possible for a very hard headed Park Nara?" As expected he nagged again.
"Oppa, cant you just congratulate me for my comeback? Im settling here for good, yeah! As you wish." I answered as I climbed the stairs to my room.
"Im happy, yes but you being injured is a different story!"
I closed my eyes firmly and just sighed at how domineering HongKi oppa really is.
"Okay, thanks! You and Hikari just say the same thing today and you both stressed me but really thanks for the concern."
I opened the door, I was amazed at how the old things are still present in their places. The old posters and the old albums. My merchandise are still on their places neatly arranged. Did Eoma did this all?
"Ill see you tomorrow alright? We need to discuss the business I have in mind."
Thanks God, he stopped nagging.
"What some sort of business is that?" I replied and sit on my bed.
"We will make star house Korea. What do you think?" I can see the smirk in his face based on his tone.
"I think if you can present a good proposal to me, I'll bite that!" I replied.
"Brat, you are the one to present to me, okay and not the other way around! Ill invest on your Star house Korea. Me and Hikari really agreed about it and you have do good."
Hilarious!
"Seriously? Like my head still aches!"
"Bye for now Naraya. Ill fetch you tomorrow."
I was left speechless.
Like the whole situation was being planned ahead of time. The Star House was being established already before my return. Hongki oppa has already bought a four story building and all needed facilities are already installed. He has also acquired partnership with his agency FNC to have their trainees as well as promoting artist to perform during night parties. But what surprises me more was that it was all financed by Appa? So the two already conspired to bring me back and would give me reason to stay here for good. There was no presentation happen because everything just need me to run it so basically we just need to officially open the Star House.