To Kiss An Idol

The Age Difference

Everyone from the script team was staring at the ASD team members. They were standing guard, and no one tried to barge in after that. Though everyone saw what Thae did and how Nivritti reacted. All were feeling bad for Nivritti.

"Get out of my way," Chung-Ho shouted.

Everyone looked at him and he pushed and pulled and came before Thae and the rest of the team. They were standing in front of the door and were not letting anyone peek in. No one could hear what Kyung-Soo and Nivritti were talking about.

No one was even sure that there would be a talk. They all saw her crying and were confident that she would keep crying. Poor girl, since the day she arrived, people kept giving her reasons to cry. This was supposed to be her day, but Thae spoiled it, again.

"What is happening?" shouted Chung-Ho.

"Choi-ssi, calm down," assured Jeong-Eun.

"What did you do?" he ignored Jeong-Eun and directed his question to Thae.

He had no idea how to answer. He was in shock at what he did. He traumatised an innocent girl. He was wrong. He was so wrong. "I just... I just..." Thae eyes started tearing up. He hugged Yong tighter to find some comfort.

Chung-Ho looked at the dog and understood everything. "She told you she was afraid of dogs but nooo, you had to test it. Have you lost your mind? What has gotten in you, Kang Thae?" he shouted at the tops of his lungs. Rarely anyone used their full name. Mostly, people used their stage name to address them, but Chung-Ho was not in the mood today.

He was angry at Thae. He berated her yesterday even when she was innocent and today, he tormented her again, even after she told him about her condition. She was afraid of dogs. She could not look at them or touch them. But Thae shoved a dog in her face.

Seeing him angry, Korain took the reins of the situation in his hands. His voice was enough to calm anyone down. "Choi-ssi, Kyung-Soo is taking care of her. Calm down!" he said softly.

But Chung-Ho was not having any of that. "He could have stopped Thae. He let him test his theory."

"This was the only way Thae could have learned a lesson. Kyung-Soo is very good at taking care of people, we can vouch for him. He is the best leader in the industry, after all," comforted Korain. Everyone else nodded in his favour.

Slightly, Chung-Ho calmed down, "I said I would protect her from now." He hung his head low in shame. He failed again in protecting her.

"I promise to you, we will protect her from now on too. If anyone says anything to her, they will have to face us first, even Kat, happy?" reassured Korain.

"Not in the least," replied Chung-Ho. "If she doesn't come in 5 minutes, I am going in."

"Give him at least 10 minutes," pleaded Young-Chul.

"She is scared, he needs time," said Korain.

"Fine, 10 minutes, Korain," he folded his arms over his chest and kept staring at them. "And you, get out of my sight," he reprimanded Thae. Thae lowered his head and walked out of the room alone. No one accompanied him. "Rest of you, go back to work. This is not a drama for you to enjoy," he chided his team.

Everyone ran to their cubicle and sat down. Though they had their computers on, none of them was working. Everyone was interested in what would happen next.

Jae-Hwa was feeling sad for Nivritti. She got rebuked by Thae yesterday and he again hurt her. He didn't shout at her today but did something far worse. He brought her fear face to face with her. She wanted to run to her and console her. But now she would have to wait.