My Guide // ON HOLD

Chapter 13

Narrator's POV

A few days passed and it was finally the day to shoot 'My Little Old Boy'. Somin was actually nervous, despite convincing herself and Jongkook that she'll be okay.

But again, she's an independent woman. She took a deep breath and she took one last check on the mirror in her waiting room. Her curly hair was dyed brown now and she also had bangs. Her cheeks were pink from a light tap of blush and her lips were shining from a lipgloss.

Her outfit was a modest beige dress, a black belt on her waist, with long sleeves and the dress reached her ankles. To top the outfit off, she wore black heels.

"Are you alright?" Mr Kim, her manager, asked her. She nodded, giving him a thumbs up. Her hairstylist gave her hair a last ruffle before patting her back. Somin smiled at her, thanking her as always.

"Somin-ssi, we're ready now," One of the staffs of 'My Little Old Boy' called her out. "Yep, I'm all set," She replied as the staff nodded and walked away.

Somin was already smiling as she was walking to the set, full of nervous and excited butterflies. As she heard her name being introduced by the hosts, Seo Janghoon and Shin Dongyup, she went onto the set with the brightest smile she could sincerely give.

It was all rainbows and cupcakes until she saw a fit figure she was all too familiar with, hidden among the camera staffs.

Somin's POV

What the actual hell?

My heart was pounding immensely as I made eye contact with Jongkook oppa. I saw him looking away quickly and turned away from me.

Even though I felt such uncontrollable emotions at the moment, I kept a sweet smile as I greeted the mothers and the MCs.

"Hello, I'm Jeon Somin. It's a pleasure to be here," I greeted everyone as they applaused. I took a seat down after the mothers and the MCs sat down.

"Somin-ssi, it is indeed an honour for you to come on our show. How have you been and what are you up to these days?" One of the hosts, Shin Dongyup sunbae, asked.

"I've been great actually. As many people know, I've just joined Running Man for about a few weeks now and I'm grateful that all the members are so caring," I answered.

"Not only that, I'm filming a new drama currently called, 'Mother's Love'. It's a comforting drama about a mother who needs help for her son's medical condition by begging her relatives, who've abused her and her son when they were poor," I continued.

"The story continues from there and it's overall a heart-wrenching but beautiful drama," I ended with a small smile.

"Wow, you do seem very busy. First of all, thank you for coming here. It's really great to have a multi-talented celebrity who's an actress and an entertainer," Janghoon sunbae complimented and I thanked him with a small bow from my seat and a grin.

"The drama sounds really great. I think I'll watch it," One of the mothers', suddenly added. I looked at her and grinned. It was Heechul-ssi's mother. Other mothers' nodded and agreed.

"Thank you," I blushed slightly under the gaze of their warm eyes and smiles.

"And as we've just heard, Jongkook is here actually," My ears perked up at Dongyup sunbae's statement.  Is he going to call him out now? Oh god, please no.

Narrator's POV

Jongkook's heart pounded at his name being called out. He cursed multiple times under his breath. He shouldn't have came. Why did he even bother to come?

He made his way among the cameramen and camerawomen, waving his hand. "Oh look, there he is!" Janghoon pointed at him and chuckled. Jongkook's mother only smiled at him as other mothers' laughed softly.

Somin forced a smile and nodded her head as a form of greeting. But Jongkook knew how she felt because eyes tells. Anger, disappointment and betrayal.

He started to feel stupid. She looked fine. God. On his damn mind, he knew. How pretty she was.

He waved his hand away, to not distract the shooting. He forced himself to break eye contact with Somin and bowed towards everyone before backing away, hidden behind the cameras.

The shoot went on like that. Atleast for awhile, Somin could forget about what just happened and eased her heart by watching the screen and have conversations with the mothers.

Somin's POV

"Thank you for inviting me," I thanked everyone and bowed respectfully. I had a conversation with every mother as they each gave me a small hug.

I said my goodbyes to the hosts and l quickly went to my waiting room. "I can't believe Jongkook oppa was here. I had told him that I'd be fine but he still wouldn't listen," I scoffed as I ranted to my manager, Mr Kim.

I gulped down a glass of water and sat down on a couch. "It's my fault, Somin. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about this," Mr Kim sighed.

I cocked an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" I stood up, wanting to hear what he had to say.

"Yesterday, he called me at night. He said that he wanted to be here so that he could supervised you as a guide. It didn't really made sense to me as to why he desperately wants to see how you're doing but yeah, I let him since he seemed so sincere," Mr Kim explained.

What? "So, you're saying he begged you?" I questioned. "Well, if you want to put it that way. I'm sorry once again, Somin," Mr Kim apologised.

I shooked my head with a smile. "It's alright. I get it. It's not your fault. It's his," I closed my eyes momentarily from all this information.

"Is he still here?" I glanced at the clock,which showed 4 35pm. "Yeah probably. I saw him walking to his waiting room when you were saying goodbye to everyone," He said.

"Alright. Do you mind packing my stuff for me? I think that I need to talk to him," I asked for a favor. Mr Kim nodded as I thanked him. I left my waiting room and paced myself to face the one and only Jongkook.