The Pavilion

Shin Hae Sun isn't blind. She knows a good looking man when she sees one. As an actress, she's had her fair share of good looking co-actors and leading men whom she's spent romantic and intimate kissing scenes with. They've even made her heart flutter more than once. But once those scenes were done, the feeling fleets away too. No matter how good looking those guys were, Hae Sun has always been able to separate her character's feelings from her own.

Which is why she's baffled with how nervous she felt on her way to the pavilion.

Kim Jung Hyun is a good looking and talented actor. Hae Sun has watched some of his shows and from what she can recall in that one episode of Crash Landing on You, he has a very good physique too. One time on set, Cha Chung Hwa even bragged about seeing his upper body live and it made Jung Hyun so shy that his ears turned visibly red. Hae Sun never gave much attention to it since it was expected from an actor. But with the frequent skinship of their characters? It became harder to ignore overtime. He was not just good looking – he was very strong too.

She noticed when he pulled her up from the pool.

She noticed when he carried her in the palace kitchen.

She noticed when they shot that long kiss at So Yong's house. 

Every time he would hold her – be it her hand, arm, or waist – Hae Sun would always notice the underlying strength hidden behind Jung Hyun's sweet and kind persona. It made him more dependable and easier to act those romantic scenes with. He was charming... intriguing... who knew he was the cute, innocent, and sexy concubine all-in-one?

Oh, but all those scenes! Hae Sun thought as she internally cringed.

The bathtub dream.

The night their characters finally made love.

The morning after.

It was not unusual for an actor to do those scenes but for a no touch couple, their characters surely did touch a lot. She would even see Chae Seo Eun get shy at the sidelines whenever she would hold Jung Hyun or Jung Hyun would hover on top of her. They weren't that big of a deal during the time of the shoot. It was the flashbacks that come much later that trouble her.

His chest! I can't believe I felt his chest! With my hands!

And now, she's on her way to shoot another scene that requires them to be physically close to each other. 

***

"Okay!" shouted the director. "Good job everyone!"

The cast started to congratulate each other as the staff removed the equipment for the next shooting location. The scene between the King and the Queen was supposed to be comedic but it was so steamy that Seo Eun still felt shy looking at her sunbaenims. Even Chung Hwa couldn't stop pinching her when Hae Sun and Jung Hyun were wrapped around each other on the floor. And that growl? the subtle breathy moans that they both made? Seo Eun did her best to steady her wildly beating heart! She was there in almost all of their intimate scenes so far and the chemistry between the two was truly, undeniably, 100 percent DAEBAK!

"Ya – you two – that was so good!" Chung Hwa excitedly said.

"Aigoo noona", Jung Hyun shyly replied. "That was nothing. Komawoyo"

"It was really good oppa, unnie! I thought my heart was going to burst from excitement! The tension between you two looked so real!"

Hae Sun felt herself blush. "Ya, Seo Eun-ah, why are you like this? It was just good acting." Then she looked at her leading man and joked, "But really, I think it was because of Jung Hyunie's roar." Jung Hyun playfully glared at her and she responded by hitting his arm.

While the two bantered, Chung Hwa whispered to Seo Eun "Sure, it was just because of their good acting." She mischievously winked at her before announcing, "Okay, stop it you two. Let's go and have our lunch."

The four of them left the pavilion and went on with the rest of their schedules for the day. 

***

Late that night, on his bed, Jung Hyun tossed and turned. Scenes from that day's shoot kept flashing through his mind as his heart pounded hard on his chest. Unable to sleep, he abruptly sat up and grabbed his hair in frustration.

Her leg hooked around his side.

Her embrace as he lifted her to his chest.

Her hands on his nape.

Her caress on his back.

"Aaaaaah!"

How can she be cute, innocent, and sexy all at the same time?!

*The End*