The Sparta and The Ace

His Favorite

HIS FAVORITE

June 2019 // Running Man episode 458-459

Song Jihyo started acting almost 20 years ago, she knew how to act on different kind of situations, all thanks to her hardwork and experience for years.

She loved everything about acting, even the hardship she had to go through to nail the painful, sad emotions of the character she's playing. Kwangsoo even said that whenever she's working on a drama or a film, she'd be more sensitive because she's still immersed in the character. She never denied because Kwangsoo said the truth, he of course knew it as a fellow actor.

One thing she didn't like, or more like the only time she didn't like acting was during Running Man's shoot, especially when the guests are fawning over her long-time boyfriend. No one except their immidiate families and managers/agencies knew about the relationship. They hid it so well even from the Running Man members and production team.

Jihyo hated how the Apink girls are talking so comfortably with Jongkook that day. Burning with jealousy, she wanted to just go home and abandon the shoot.

Thankfully, Nucksal & Kode Kunst were actually fun nam-dongsaengs to talk to, even during the lunch break, Jihyo had fun talking with them. Jihyo is usually shy and awkward around people but she relaxed quicker around them as they're both loud and funny like Sechan, which she grew closer too since he joined the show.

For the second mission, after her team played the karaoke game, they took a seat to watch the next teams. Coincidentally, Jihyo picked a seat just in front of her boyfriend.

No one saw it but she gritted her teeth as she could hear him talking and laughing with the girls from Apink, even when they're not in the same team.

During the tape-changing break, Kwangsoo passed the bottles of water around and when he's done, he came to Jihyo. "Noona, are you having a bad day today? Your voice went really high earlier with Seokjin hyeong."

Jihyo turned to Seokjin who was seated on her right. "Did I? Mianhaeyo oppa, I did it to make people laugh."

Seokjin patted Jihyo's back with a chuckle. "I know Jihyo-ya, don't worry about it."

"But you're pretty quiet too noona, are you sure you're okay?" Even if they're talking right in front of her boyfriend, she wasn't sure if he can hear the conversation as he's being way too focused with whatever he's talking about with Naeun.

"I'm fine Kwangsoo-ya, just a little bit tired."

Before Kwangsoo can ask more, she felt a hand on her right shoulder. "Eo? Are you getting sleepy after lunch again, Jihyo-ya?" Jongkook asked, he always found the right time to tease her love for naps.

"Aish, geumanhaeyo oppa." She said it grumpily, earning laughter from the others around.

It's not a secret that Jihyo had a lot of fire inside of her, that's why the other members didn't tease her as bad as they tease Somin. But Jongkook sensed that the tone she used was her being angry about something for real. He wanted to know why but of course he can't ask her openly, with people and cameras around them.

By the end of the second game, Seokjin got swapped with Sechan and Jihyo had more fun with him on the team. They ended up winning the third game and became the first fixed group for the 9th anniversary performance.

As the shoot finally finished, Jihyo bowed and waved to the guests, members and staffs. She didn't forget to exchange numbers with Nucksal and Kode Kunst as they will have to keep in contact for the song later. It took her no more than 5 minutes to leave the set and went to the parking lot to find her manager's car.