SONG COUSINS (Mino and Gunhee)

Chapter 42: Feelings Revealed

I got to the cafe. I looked around and found #Gun near the back. As I walked to him I saw some people staring at me and some even whispered to eachother. I think they recognized me. I should of worn some sunglasses or a mask. But I was in a hurry when I came. But even if I wear sunglasses or a mask, I still stand out. My eyes and skin color give it away. Since my eyes are big and my skin is a light tan people know right away that I am not Korean. And with my hourglass body type being petite but with curves didn't help much with hiding my identity. As I got nearer to where #Gun was I tried to cover myself up a bit with my hair by letting down my bangs. I don't usually let them down since they grew long so I always use a pin or a clip. But right now this was the only way I could try to hide myself. When I got to #Gun he looked at me weird. I think he was confused as to why I was covering half my face with my hair. I sat down in the chair in front of him. "I think some people here recognize me and I didn't bring sunglasses or a mask with me..." I whispered. "Ahhh. Now I see why your covering yourself up with your hair. But if you feel uncomfortable with all these people around we can go up on the rooftop. We'll have more privacy there." "Sure. Lets go." We got up and took some stairs to go up the rooftop of the cafe. There was a picnic table up there so we sat there. I looked around and my guess is that this is where the employees take their break.

"I heard you and Donghyuk were dating..." "Oh. Sorry for not telling you. It just happened so suddenly. But before when you had asked if Donghyuk was my boyfriend I didn't lie because at that time we weren't dating..." "Its okay. I'm not accusing you of lying. I believe you. And I don't know why I even asked you to come here today...I guess I just couldn't really believe the news until I heard it come from you...And now all I'm left with is regret...Regret of not asking you out before...Regret of not telling you how I felt about you...But now I guess I'm too late. And there's nothing else for me to do but to congratulate you and wish you happiness." "I knew all along that you liked me. Jooheon had told me. And guess what? I liked you too and I still do. My feelings for you grow more and more everyday. But now I'm being forced to date some other guy. So why didn't you tell me how you felt about me before? I waited so long for you to confess so why now that its too late?" "Being FORCED to date? What do you mean?" "I'm not supposed to tell anyone but yes, I am being forced to date Donghyuk. But now you tell me, why didn't you confess before?" "I didn't tell you how I felt about you because I didn't feel good enough for you. I'm just a trainee and you are a woman with a career. So I wanted to wait and confess to you when I became an artist. Cuz only then will I feel good enough for you. But I now I realize that I was dumb for waiting. And now here I am like an idiot telling you how I've felt for you this whole time. I'm hopeless, I know." "You being a trainee does not matter to me at all. And look at me now, I'm even a trainee myself. So I don't see why such a stupid thing stopped you from asking me out." "But look at you. Your gorgeous. So many guys chase after you. And a lot of those guys are way better than me. Even Donghyuk is better than me. At least his future is already set for him and he's debuting soon. But me? I don't even know if I'll be eliminated tomorrow." "In your eyes other guys may be better than you, but in my eyes you are the better guy. Other guys just want to get in my pants and they make a move the first chance they get. But you, you are different. You are better. All this time you were there for me and you never asked for anything in return or expected anything from me. You are special. Special to me. And I've never felt this way for other guys. I've never loved before. But I love you." "I'm sorry for not telling you this before but I love you too. But what can we do about it now? It's too late..." "It's never too late. Because true love takes time and it waits. Right now I'm dating Donghyuk because we got in a sticky situation. So its not like I'm dating him because I want to. YG said we have to date for some months and then later we decide if we want to break up or not. But for now we have to act like a real couple." "So you don't like Donghyuk?" "I do but more like a friend. I don't love him like I love you. So I know this may be too much to ask but could you maybe wait for me? Just a few months and then we can be together." "Of course I'll wait for you. I've been waiting for you for 20 years so of course I can wait a few more months." "You've been waiting for me 20 years? Really now? You've barely known me for some months." "Don't ruin the moment. What I meant is that I've been waiting for love for 20 years and now I've finally found you, my love." "Well I've been waiting for almost 23 years. Thats longer than you. And I had to go to the other side of the world to find it. So you had it easier cuz you didn't have to go anywhere, I came to you." "And I'm thankful that you came to me. Gomawo." "Thank you too. And saranghae, I love you, te amo, Je t'aime, wo ai ni, aishiteru." "What did you you just say? All I understood was saranghae." "I said I love you in 6 different languages." "What languages were those?" "The languages I know. Korean, English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Japanese." "But you don't know Japanese." "I know. But I did learn how to say I love you just in case if I ever dated a Japanese." "Well you can erase aishiteru from your mind because from now on you'll only need to know how to say saranghae." "Okay. And the only person I'll say saranghae is to you." "And the only person I'll love is you." "Me too. Your the only one for me. Now I gotta go. Its been almost an hour and I have to go back to the guys." "The guys? Whay guys?" "Don't be jealous. Its just your cousin, Jinwoo, and another gay couple." "Oh. Okay. And I wasn't jealous. I was just curious." "Okay. Whatever you say. But I gotta go now. I'll text you later. Bye. I love you." "Bye. I love you too."