Seunghyun's POV
If Aye had one amazing talent to prove, that was doing her best on how to completely ignore a person. I was used to her ignoring me back then but this time was the worse than I could imagine.
Everything about the whole situation between us was SO awkward, nobody was dumb enough not to realize that. If we were in a room, she would walk around ignoring me like I was some dead cat crushed by a motorcyle somewhere that shouldn't be touched. If I asked her a question, she would answer the freakin question then leave right away. Leaving me dumbstruck, embarassed and looking like a complete fool. If I tried to open up a conversation, she would do her very best to not pursue with it and then LEAVE.
"Maybe you should give her space. You've been clingy long enough and some women hate that." Jonghun retaliated while we were in the van.
"When was I clingy???" I protested gripping hard to my seat. "Tell me, when?? It was Jaejin who was with her all the time so how was I clingy."
"I heard that. You really don't know the rules don't you." Jaejin said in a husky voice, about to fall asleep.
"What rules?" I was starting to look dumber than ever.
"Our friend here is really ignorant when it comes to the ladies." Jonghun giggled.
"Try to make the woman miss you. It's that simple. If you don't follow her often or ignore her the way she ignores you, she'd wonder and will come crawling back to you."
"It's a proven fact coming from the master." Jonghun continued to fibble with his phone like he had ESP with Hongki or whatever.
"Shut up. You had your dirty ways too. Don't act all clean."
Jonghun bursted out laughing.
"Yes, yes" Jaejin added in an english accent before he dozed off to sleep.
I stared at Hongki hyung's back since he was sitting beside the drivers seat. Wondering if he said this out of concern or if he was messing around. I knew Hongki hyung to be frank when it comes to girls so I figured if he was serious or being the player that he normally was. Plus I've never seen these hyungs get so romantically linked before or have been a serious relationship or maybe I was just too busy to get involved. I don't really know. So I was confused as ever. I turned to look at Minari beside me but he had fallen asleep too. Its not like he can be of help to my romatic situation. So I just let it go.
The van finally led to our stop. Today's schedule was a filming for a commercial plus a photoshoot to go with it. Means more interaction with stylists and handlers, Aye. PD-nim rolled the van door to open and the moment I stepped foot outside, I saw her. Skinny jeans, white-tshirt that fitted her upper body so well, her long hair styled with soft curls at the bottom, my eyes refused to leave. She was busy un-packing what we needed and I found the whole package, very hot. I was stuck to the ground with my pathetic gaze before Minhwan put his arm around me and led me inside the warehouse room.
"Why don't you start acting and stop staring."
I followed silently as we walked between the busy staffs working hand in hand to make the project work. "It wouldn't hurt if you follow the hyungs advice for a change. Maybe it is for the better of the situation."
"Oh yeah. And I thought sleeping was all that mattered to you." I mocked him.
Minari and I seated at our designated seats as the stylists started working their fingers on our hairs. Aye was rushing to and fro behind me, completely ignoring my existence as usual. I was contented by watching her reflection from the huge mirror infront of me, my eyeballs practically moving left to right. It sucks that I can only watch her this like this because I was practically non-existent to her at this point. I wish I knew why.
It pains my heart because I was contempling on what I should do until I've finally decided that maybe giving her space will work. I swore to myself from this moment on, she won't be getting any special treatments from me. There was a 'pang' in my heart the moment I said this to myself. It means she was going to do everything on her own now. And I wasn't going to take care of her from that matter. It hurts but it needed to be done for the sake of both of our sanity. If she completely didn't care about me then maybe it was the sign that I should move on with my feelings.
I found myself massaging my temples from the headache that was building up. My eyes lit up from PD Rari and manager Yoon-Ho's gossiping.
"If you can lend her money, I promise I will pay you back..."
"It has been really tough on Aye..."
So much for restraining myself but it felt like my whole being was going nuclear if I didn't know what was going on. I waited for Yoon-Ho to leave before I nagged Rari.
"It's a surprise that you didn't know." Rari smirked before walking away.
"Noona, I swear you don't want to know. Look, are you going to tell me or not because I'm really going to go mental here!" I whined at her.
Rari sighed before giving me a concerned look. "Aye...she hasn't been able to pay for her house lately so her landlady gave her only until today to pack and leave."
