Malcolm's POV
I opened my mouth as the sound of sizzling and the smell of meat getting cooked filled the basement.
"Ah!" I opened my mouth as Minju fed me another mouthful of pork belly wrapped in lettuce which made her giggle.
"Mmm. It's so delicious" I smiled as I munched on it.
"What if we get caught because of the smell?" I asked her.
"We're all the way in the basement. We should be fine" She smiled.
"Right? Who would come here at night?" I chuckled.
"Why do we have to hide our relationship? We're not doing anything wrong" she pouted.
"Koreans are old-fashioned. It's awkward to openly date" I replied.
"And I'm and RA here. People might say it's inappropriate to date someone at the dorm because I could show preferential treatment to that person like you" I explained and locked my arm with hers before I laid my head on her shoulder.
"Does that mean we can't go here together?" She asked as she held out two tickets which we both looked at.
"What is that?" I asked and my eyes widened as I read it and backed off from her.
"An amusement park season pass? Where did you get these?" I asked in disbelief.
"I got them today from my boss" She smiled which made me gasp.
"When should we go? Now? Later?" She giggled.
"We're not going anywhere" I smiled at her as I quickly too the tickets from her hands.
"We should sell it online" I joked which made her remove my arm from hers and move away from me.
"Fine. Sell them. You're so obsessed with money" She pouted before turning the other way.
"I'm just kidding. Got you!" I chuckled before tickling her which made her turn back towards me then locking arms again.
"I haven't been to one since middle school field trip" I explained.
"We should go. We both don't have classes. Let's go on a weekday when it's gonna be less crowded" I suggested which made her smile.
"Okay. This is for woking hard at your part-time jobs, studying, and dating" She said as she made another serving before holding it for me to eat.
"Ah" I opened my mouth as I was about to eat it until Han suddenly came in between us and ate it which made us shocked.
"What's going on here? What are you two doing here?" He asked as he pointed at both of us while munching on the food in hus mouth.
"You two..." He started again as we backed off from each other and thought of an excuse.
"Uh, that's not it" Minju said.
"Are so smart!" He said as he crouched in between us.
"So we can secretly eat here" He said as he looked at us.
Phew...
"If you cook in the kitchen, the kids will come like wild dogs, especially Changbin" He groaned as Minju and I looked at each other and smiled in relief.
"Yah! I'll keep it a secret just between us three, so call me next time, okay?" He smiled before sliding in between us which made both of us look at him with distraught.
-Time Skip-
I agreed on helping Ms. Jieun with something in her room and she told me to get the documents on the cabinet.
I reached up for it and got the stack of papers but when I removed it from cabinet it was too heavy which made me drop a few of them.
"Hey!" She said as she looked at me.
"I'm sorry" I said as I sighed and went down to pick it up.
I fixed the documents but found a picture of Ms. Jieun with a familiar face.
"Professor, Isn't this the actress Park Shin Hye?" I asked as I stood up and showed it to her.
"How did you get a picture with her? That's so cool" I explained as I went closer to her before examining the picture which made me confused as I saw another familiar face.
Minju?
"What are you doing?" She asked as she quickly took the photo off my hands.
"Oh, I'm sorry" I bowed.
"But isn't that Minju? Why was she-" I asked as I pointed at the photo.
"None of your business. You can't tell anyone. Not a word" She cut me off.
"Yes, sir" I nodded.
"We'll be in trouble if this gets out. It's trouble for you, me, and the entire school. You didn't see a thing" She scolded and I just nodded.
"Forget it, okay?" She said, sternly.
"Yes. I'm sorry" I bowed again.
After that, I left the room and my mind was so confused now. I went to the stairs and looked up the actress. I saw the results and read about her.
Park Shin Hye's daughter...Kim Minju?
"Minju is Park Shin Hye's daughter?" I mumbled before clicking in articles about her.
"She was adopted from Korea when she was five...it really is Minju" I whispered as I read the articles.
I looked at the photo and it really was her with her mother.
Is Minju's mom really a famous actress?
"It can't be" I sighed.
-Time Skip-
I just got back to the dorm from work and I was sitting on my bed. I took out my phone and checked the notifications I had.
(Minmin): I'm too excited about going to the amusement park to sleep.
(Minmin): I planned out which rides to go one and in what order. Wanna see it?
I sighed as I read her message. I wanted to ask her about what I discovered earlier but I felt that it wasn't the right time.
I'm too tired. Going to sleep. See you tomorrow:(Mallows)
I sent before putting down my phone.
Has Minju just been putting an act this whole time?
Why would she keep this big secret from me?
Why would someone rich and famous like Minju...be secretly in Korea hanging out with a nobody like me?
She's going to inherit millions of dollars, so why does she need to work at a restaurant to pay for my phone?
Was this all an act?
But why?
