Requested by anon
Working for MBLAQ was the most hectic task you had burdened yourself with. You had to reach the company way before your starting time and stay late to finish everything. It wasn’t the company that did it to you but the members themselves. They acted like a bunch of helpless babies who needed to be fed everything. From looking at their schedules to their wardrobe almost everything was on you.
“___________, did you get our sizes changed for tomorrow’s performance.” G.O asked poking his head inside your tiny office.
“What? Uhh.. hold on give me a sec,” you said without looking up. You were looking for a very important file that you had lost.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
“Nothing I’m just looking for a very important file I might have lost and ..if that really is the case then.. I’m going to be in big trouble. Ohh my my,” you smacked your forehead.
“Hey, hey, hey relax okay?,” G.O asked coming closer to you. He held your hands to calm your nerves. “Think about where you might have put it last time.”
“That’s what I’ve been trying to do but I can’t find it,” you said as more wrinkles formed on your forehead. “Oh wait,” you snapped your fingers suddenly remembering something. You bent down and reached for the last drawer. Your eyes twinkled as the open drawer revealed the object you had been looking for.
“See it was that easy,” G.O said with a calm smile.
“Gomawo,” you replied.
“Hey how about you take me out for coffee instead of thanking me?” he asked. You looked up at him, only to receive a unhesitant wink from him.
“Umm how about you go back to practice?” you asked, pushing him out the door.
“How inhospitable!,” G.O commented with a chuckle, before finally leaving you alone.
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“________ah, come join us for lunch!,” Seungho asked. You looked at him from the tiny crack between the door. How could he have possibly seen you? You walked inside to half dressed and sweaty members sitting in the corner of the practice room. Each had their lunch boxes in front of them.
“No thank you I have a lot to finish and I didn’t bring lunch today. I’ll just grab something from outside,” you kindly declined his offer.
“We can share our food with you. Joon and I have a lot,” he replied eagerly.
“Waeeeee,” Joon suddenly cried as if someone had awoken him from his deep slumber. Seungho nudged him to control his emotions. Your gaze fell on Joon but you quickly looked away. Out of all the members he was the only one that didn’t try to hit on you. You were okay with that but the thing you hates about him was his ego. He was way too cocky for you to even be able to start a conversation with him.
“It’s okay _________ I can share mine with you,” Mir said patting the empty wooden space next to him.
“I don’t want to be a bother though,” you said glancing at Joon once again.
“Trust me, you aren’t a bother at all,” he replied. You quietly sat down next to him. Each of them put some of their food on the empty plate and offered it to you.
“Gomawo,” you thanked them and began eating. You and Joon had occasional and awkward eye contacts just like usual. The other boys had pampered you so much that it annoyed you the way he treated you.
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Joon wandered about the building hoping to find something to do. The guys had decided to have a late evening practice but none of them had shown up. He was the first to reach. He stopped right outside your room remembering the small lunch episode from earlier that day. A slight tinge of guilt took over him. He began to open the door not knowing that you were still inside.
“Those guys are head over heels for you ___________,” a voice said. He opened the door a little more to see who it was. It was one of the assistants he had often seen around.
“They’re really not all that attractive,” you said. He could recognize your voice out of all the voices in the world.
“What do you mean?” the other girl asked.
“Well I don’t see why fan girls throw themselves over them. I get it. They are idols but there’s nothing more to them than that. I like those guys because they are sweet but nothing more.”
“Waaaaahhh _________. If they treated me like they treat you I would just curl up in a corner and weep.”
You giggled at her description and shook your head.
“So would you ever want to go out with one of them?” she asked.
“I don’t think any of them will ever be able to sweep me off me feet,” you said and winked at her with a cocky smile. She slapped your back and then the two of you went back to working. Little did you know that Joon had heard all of your conversation. He was a little disappointed but more importantly there was a plan cooking up in his head.
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A few days passed by and surprisingly none of the guys made an effort to flirt with you. You were curious but you didn’t let it show. You had gotten so used to it that suddenly, nothing happening was killing you. You often walked past their room but al you got were slight head nods or a quick wave but that was it. The thing that was stranger was the fact that Joon had been paying more attention to you than usual. You liked it by all means but it was also making you uncomfortable. The reason you liked it as because he had never made an effort to talk to you before. He would always mind his own business. That always saddened you and I guess you were falling for the “we run after what we don’t have” quote.
You tried to get a quick peek inside their practice room while walking back to your office. Instead you ended up bumping into Joon who had appeared out of nowhere. The water he had been drinking was dripping down his sleeveless shirt.
“Looking for something?” he asked with a smirk fixed on his face.
“Ahh..aniyo,” you shook your head, clenching the files tightly close to your chest. You thought he was going to move on but he just stood there watching you making a fool out of yourself.
“What?” you mumbled.
“Nothing,” he said and then walked right past you making sure your shoulders touched.
These awkward didn’t stop there. They continued for a good two week before finally you gave in.
As usual you were running around the building getting everything ready when two hands pulled you into a dark corner. You struggled to let go but clearly the male figure was much stronger. He held your hands tightly and covered your mouth so you wouldn’t move or scream.
“Don’t scream,” he tried to hush you and then slowly moved his hands from your mouth. You had made up your mind to scream as loud as possible but seeing his face so close to yours and feeling his sweet, warm breath on you face completely paralyzed you. He shook you lightly to bring you back to reality. You blinked repeatedly wanting to say something but you were still captivated by his strong gaze.
“I think we both know where this is going?” he whispered and before you could say anything he planted a sweet kiss on your lips. You could feel all the butterflies, fluttering in your stomach. It was nice feeling. A feeling you had been long waiting for.
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Two months later:
“I am so excited we will be spending out first Christmas together,” you said to Joon as he lay on the couch scrolling on his phone.
“Me too,” he said lazily.
“What’s wrong with you? You don’t seem hyped up for it,” you said playing with the cotton ball in your hand.
“You guys want some coffee?” Seungho asked from the kitchen.
“Yeah sure,” you replied.
“No I’m good,” said Joon paying little attention to his surroundings.
“Oppa,” you moved closer to him and nudged him. He didn’t let your hand fall. He grabbed it almost pulling you on top of him.
“Of course I’m excited that we will be spending Christmas together,” he said and touched your nose with his. A bright layer of pink took over your face as you shyly looked away.
“It’s been two months ________ and you still blush.” He cupped your face in his hands and then leaned in to kiss you.
“Not in the living room you guys,” G.O said entering and throwing a cushion at the two of you.
“Get outta here,” Joon said throwing it back. G.O ran into the kitchen to escape the long and childish tirade that was to follow after it.
“Now where were we?” he said and looked back at you. You nervous genes began kicking in so you pulled away to calm your racing heart.
“I should help the guys with the coffee.”
“Aniyooo come back here,” he tried to get a hold of your arm but you very sneakily dodged him.
You were still a little bedazzled walking to the kitchen when some words, you should have never heard, touched your ears.
“I can’t believe Joon actually got her. All of this was just a play. A simple bet and now look at them.”
“But they still make a cute couple and look pretty happy together,” Seungho replied to G.O.
“I know they really do but Joon’s the man. He said he was going to get her and he won the bet. It was that easy for him.” G.O replied patting Seungho’s back.
This earth shattering revelation broke you completely. You were merely a play, a bet. He never really loved you. He was just playing around because according to him you were ‘easy to get’.
“Hey what’s taking you guys so long with the coffee,” Joon asked getting up from the couch. He panicked at the sight of you standing frozen in the corner with tears gushing out of your eyes.
“What’s wrong ______?” he asked lunging towards you.
“O Ohhhh,” G.O and Seungho cried, also coming towards you.
“Get away from me,” you yelled pushing Joon back.
“What happened?” he asked. He was confused. He looked at you, then at the boys and then back at you.“What’s wrong __________? What’s wrong guys? Please tell me.”
“________ we were just joking. None of it is true,” Seungho said trying to get a hold of you.
“Will someone answer me?” Joon yelled.
“Get away from me. All of you just…,” you covered your face with your hands. You felt Joon’s hands around you once again. He was trying to force your hands away from your face. You suddenly pulled away.
“I can’t believe you this. I was just a play. A time pass. Wasn’t I?” you said.
“Whaa,” he gasped. He looked at the guys, not being able to say anything. You shook your head in disappointment. You thought it better to leave than to stay there and watch him make excuses. He was really good at them and you knew you wouldn’t be able to win.
“_________ wait,” he called after you but you didn’t stop.
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Waking up to the morning didn’t feel good anymore. You shifted in bed and looked at your phone. 20 missed calls – a bajillion unread messages. You rolled your eyes and tossed the phone to the other side of the bed. 5 days had passed away since you had last seen him. It was the day before Christmas. For some reason you were curios to what his messages had to say. You picked up the phone to open one of them but just then your phone began to vibrate. It was him –calling you again. Very hesitantly you picked it up.
“Oh Thank God you picked it up. _________ please listen to me okay. Just hear me out,” he said in a hushed tone. His voice was a mixture of worry and happiness. You didn’t know what to say. Your heart fluttered hearing his voice after five days but the anger was still there. You were still mad.
“There’s nothing you can do Joon. Let’s just forget about everything that happened between us okay?” you said.
“How?” he cried. “How can I forget about all of it? _______, _________ I love you.”
You gasped at his sudden confession. HE hadn’t said that to you in the two months he was with you and now suddenly out of nowhere he was telling you that he loved you. You couldn’t take it. You were bewildered and scared. You immediately hung up.
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You walked around your tiny apartment looking at all the Christmas decorations that you had very happily bought. You were supposed to be spending that day with Joon. Your first ever Christmas with someone special. Someone you cared about. And there you were sitting on your couch alone and gazing blankly into space thinking about him. You could lie to your heart all you wanted to but he had been on your mind this whole time. You couldn’t stop thinking about him. When you two were together you knew there was something special. And even now a little part of you believed that.
You were still deeply engrossed in your thoughts when you hear someone knock on your door. You knew who it would be but strangely there was no repetition in the knocking. You walked up to the door and found a red piece of paper that someone might have slipped inside. It had the word ‘Please’ scribbled on it.
Another slid in. You picked it up. This one was green and had ‘Forgive’ written on it. The next one was golden and had the word ‘Me’. Several others followed with the same Christmas themed colors with the same words written on them. You picked up each one until you had a more than two dozen in your hand. You finally looked through the peep hole. Joon was busy writing the next ‘Please’ on the green paper. He looked like a little kid desperately begging for forgiveness.
You didn’t know when but a smile had embraced your face. You couldn’t help it. No matter how much you denied it, you still had feelings for him. Sure, your relationship hadn’t started the way you would have wanted it to but at least he was trying to mend his mistakes. He wanted to make it right and he was putting in all the effort he could. No other guy would have done it if they didn’t care. That one, right there in front of you scribbling letters on different colored papers surely did care.
You swung open the door and hugged him just as he was about to slip in another paper. His hug tightened around you.
“I am so sorry ________. I was stupid. I don’t know what I was thinking but I really do love you. Sure I didn’t feel like that the first time I confronted you but I do feel that way right now. If you want us to start all over again than I wouldn’t hesitate one bit. I just.. just don’t leave me please!.”
“Shhhh,” you hushed him. you could feel his tears on your shoulder. He kissed you on your neck and then on your cheeks and then finally your lips.
“I’m so sorry,” he said once again and then reconnected his lips to yours.
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Okay I know I am a day too late but I really did got caught up with a bunch of stuff. I don’t want to miss out on anything while I am here in Hong Kong but I am still trying to keep up with my writing. I hope you guys like this one because I put a lot of thought into this one. It took me a while to write this one too.
Didn’t proof read since I have to go somewhere but I’ll be sure to do it later