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CHAPTER FOUR
↳ Kang ༉‧₊˚✧

             "Kang, wait a minute!"

             I look back at the person who called me, disappointed that it's Han So-hee, the one I shot Nevertheless with two years ago. Next to her is her mother, who looks much younger than her. I thought I got rid of them. I was wrong.

            "I am glad to see you again!" Mrs. Han tells me.

            "How is your grandfather?"

            "He's in Taiwan, coming back in December."

            "What a coincidence, I have a flight to Taiwan in two days too! I'll put in a good word for you and So-hee."

            I'm smiling, but I wish I could cry. Grandpa is obsessed with finding me someone, someone like So-hee. Don't get me wrong, she is ok, but she, mom, and grandpa are obsessed with making a couple. It won't happen anytime soon.

            "Do you have plans tomorrow?" her voice interrupts her mother's.

           "Yes, I'm going to the premiere of the movie my friend is in, but I'll let you know if my schedule clears up."

           I'm not lying to her that I want to, maybe just a little, but I really have to go to the premiere tomorrow and my schedule is constantly busy. Ten started talking in Thai from stress and I can't understand anything he says.

          "Please excuse me but I have to go, I promised Mr. Cha Eunwoo that we will meet."

            So-hee and her mother get sad, but understand me and leave first. If I knew I was going to run into them, I wouldn't have come all the way to Itaewon for an event that doesn't benefit me.
           I take my phone out of my pocket and want to call Hyo-seop, but someone catches my attention. Even thought she's not facing, her long black hair, sprinkled with glitter, blended with the satin dress she wears, gives the impression of the combination of the sky at night, full of stars, and during the day, clear. The heels she's wearung have a pearl strap with a white bow on the side, and she's holding and iPhone and a Lady Dior Premium bag. She floats throught the tiresome crowd like a vapor, undisturbed by no one. I can't miss this oportunity. 

         I walk towards her confidently, already looking for all my clever lines, until I bump into Ga-young's tiny body, which jolts me back to reality. "Finally found you! Have you been hiding or what?"

         I look up for the girl, but she is already gone.

         "You look like you've seen a ghost, why are you so pale?"

         "Well, thanks for the compliment. I was going for a girl, but you got in my way."

         "Good thing I did it, I saved the victim."

         "How funny you are, that's why all the boyfriends you had left you."

"Measure your words, Song!"

Moon Ga-young, Eunwoo's wife is the right person to throw insults at, but never really fight with. She doesn't stop contradicting you until she's right. Sometimes I tease her beacuse it's funny to see her unhappy, sometimes she even smiles when I manage to shut her up!
A heavy hand rests on my shoulder. It the silver snake-shaped ring with two eyed-shaped emeralds hadn't been on his finger, where it's been since I gave it to him, I wouldn't have know it was Hyo-seop, immediately followed by Eunwoo and Ten.

"Would you rather go to a fancy club?" obe of his bad ideas comes out. "No offense, but this event is too boring and sophisticated for me."

"It really is too sophisticated for him." Ten continues his fantasy. "He wanted to come in shorts."

"Is my fault that it's October and it's eighty-six degrees outside?"

"I don't want to get drunk, So-hee and her mother are here, plus someone has to drive all four of you back home."

"So I can drink as much as I want?" Hyo-seop enthusiasm makes all four of us laugh.

"If you want to end up in Travis Scott's house again..." Ga-young cuts him off.

"Hey, I was sixteen then and Travis was really nice and didn't call the police."

"You call him by his name as if you shared a bottle of vodka with him when you were little."

"Look how we got, we're all dressed up sofisticate and talking about how Hyo-seop broke into Travis Scott's house while he was taking a shower." Ten complained.

"If I attract the attention of all the guests by my presence, we go to whichever club I want." Hyo-seop takes us by surprise.

"And if you don't?" I challange him even more.

"We're staying here."

"I don't think it's a good idea..."

But in vain. Before Eunwoo can speak his mind, Hyo-seop is already gone.

"What do you think is going to do?" Ga-young asks us, a bit more scared this time.

I shrug, because you know what happens when we play with fire and gasoline? It explodes. This is what will happen to us if the devil Hyo-seop is not careful.

⎯⎯ ୨ ୧ ⎯⎯

The silence falls over us like a blanket of cloth when So Moon-go, the one who created the event takes the stage where the classical music orchestra was. "It is a pleasure to wish youl all a good evening! I sincerely hope you are well and I really wish I could welcome you all, but there are too many of you! You might think I'm making this announcement probably because the event is over, but no. We're taking a break from the classical music and I'll admit, it's not my favorite genre, it's just a trend."

Most start laughing at his sincerity.

"Now, without further ado, I want to welcome two of the most famous actors..."

No way. The woman and the man are coming on stage, she with a microphone, he with an electric guitar. If I didn't faint when So Hee's mother grabbed me, I'm going to faint now, when she's standing in front of me.

"Isn't that the girl who left Red Velvet five years ago?" I can hear Ga-young asking Eunwoo.

"Isn't that our friend?" Ten returns the question.

No damn way.

"I want a standing ovation for Dangerous Women by Ariana Grande, covered by Ahn Hyo-seop and Akira Yontararak!"

Akira, the girl who singed for me nine years ago, with the masive dating scandal, the girl that I destroyed, and she comed back more famous.