Minhyun's POV
I looked at Minki's brothers who were staring curiously at me. Realizing that this was going to take some time to explain, I asked if I could sit down. Jonghun sat on top of Seunghyun's limp legs, and Minhwan sat on the floor.
"Get off my legs, pea-brain!" Seunghyun grunted under the weight of Jonghun.
"It's okay. I'm really comfortable, so you don't have to worry about me," Jonghun grinned. I sighed. Those two....since they were just one year apart, they knew each other the best. They knew each other's secrets, feelings, and habits....And they liked to fight with each other.
Sitting on the adjacent couch I collected my thoughts.
"So our boss told us Minki had to quit school," I started. Minhwan's eyes bugged out, and Seunghyun rolled over in surprise, knocking Jonghyun off and onto Minhwan.
"Yah! Get off me! You're too heavy!" Minhwan complained.
"Then," I continued, "Minki has to come back to school....as a guy."
Seunghyun stared, while Jonghun's eyes lit up.
"OOooh, I get it. That smart boss," Jonghun's eyes twinkled. Seunghyun glanced at Jonghun with a quizzical expression.
"What? I don't get it," Seunghyun knitted his eyebrows.
"It's easy, Seunghyun!" laughed Minhwan. Now Seunghyun was pissed. His little brothers could get it, but he couldn't? Wow.
"Let me explain to you, le dumbo," Jonghun grinned, "it means that the boss is trying to set up a past for Mr. Minki."
Seunghyun still looked confused. The clock struck once, signaling that it was ten-thirty. Yawning, I gathered my thoughts.
"Exactly. So basically, Mr. Han wants Minki to re-enter school as...her twin brother. That's why she came home, so she could set the whole thing up. We need to make a new name for her and a new background, and a reason the girl Minki went missing," I explained, yawning once again. Why do I even stay up late to explain when it's actually Minki's problem?
"Ah," Jonghyun said with another twinkle (oh sh!t....What now?), "how about let's make Mr. Minki into a clown?"
"Yah! I'm not going to have a clown for a younger brother!" Minhwan whined.
"How about a gangster that's been sent here to learn how to be polite?" offered Seunghyun.
"Would Minki be able to act like a former gangster?" I asked. I didn't really think so. Minki's so laid back and unactive, that it's even surprising that she can actually dance. Her brothers seemed to have the same thoughts, too, and the shook their heads.
"How about we drag Minki in here to see what she thinks?" I expressed my thoughts out loud, already on my feet to drag Minki into the livingroom. I heard a thump behind me as Seunghyun fell of the couch.
"W-wait up!! Y-you can't do that!" he spluttered, trying to get to his feet.
"Why not?" I questioned, turning into the hallway. There was a shuffle behind me and Jonghyun threw himself at my feet, causing me to tumble onto the floor.
"BECAUSE KIKI'S TANTRUMS ARE EVEN WORSE THAN SEUNGHYUN'S WHEN SHE WAKES UP!!!" he hysterically yelled. What? Minki was just fine when I woke her up every morning to go to school....so what's wrong with just waking her up a few hours earlier?
"Minki's going to clobber us if she wakes up! She hates being woke up earlier than she has too!" Minhwan answered my question, as if he could read my mind. Then he pulled on Jonghun's legs.
"This IS required!" I struggled towards her bedroom, dragging Jonghun and Minhwan who were still clinging to my feet. I was only a meter away now! Then I saw a blur sprint in front of me.
It was Seunghyun.
"I. JUST. NEED. TO. WA-" I huffed each word out one by one, but stopped when I realized Seunghyun had sprinted way too fast and couldn't stop himself on the wooden floor because of his socks.
"WHOAAAA!!!" Seunghyun gasped as he braced himself for the impact. At the last second, right before he should've crashed into Minki's door, the door opend.
And he crashed into Minki.
"WHAT THE-" Minki was cut off as Seunghyun crashed into her, and she was tangled in a mess of legs and arms. She slammed into the floor with a loud BANG!!!
Everyone froze, waiting for her tantrum. She sat up, with a scary calm face. Then looked looked at each one of us, touched the bump that had begin to swell on her head, and breathed a VERY deep breath.
"So....WHAT THE F-"
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10 minutes later
"We're sorry!!!" We bowed our heads on the floor, quivering. So this was what they meant. She was scary....
"What the he!l were you all doing?! Causing all that racket and waking up all the neighbors?! Are you crazy!?" she lectured.
Not as crazy as you, I retorted back in my mind, but kept silent.
"Seunghyun! You better buy me some icecream tomorrow! Or I'm telling mom!" she threatened, moving onto Seunghyun.
"Why me?" he grumbled. She wacked him in the head.
"Because you rammed into me," she explained, "So what's all this commotion about waking me up?"
"Um....we were just talking about what Mr. Han told you today," I started. She remained expressionless and plopped down on the couch, which meant she had calmed down.
"You should've just told me," she whined. I saw Seunghyun and Minhwan exchange glances that practically said, Yeah right. We walked back over to the couches, with new bruises, and settled down.
"Okay, so first we need to come up with your new name," I started. Minki's eyes grew excited.
"Oh! Can I be Ren?" she widened her eyes like a puppy....she isn't usually like this. Maybe the fall had somehow knocked around her brain?
"Why Ren?" asked Jonghun. Minhwan sighed.
"Is it one of your manga things?" Minhwan raised an eyebrow. Oh right, Minki and all her manga. I bet she reads all those girly mangas just because she has no girly life of her own, being surrounded by four guys all the time.
"How did you know?" exclaimed Minki in surprise.
"Who wouldn't? And I'm betting it came from that new series you've been so obsessed about? Skip Beat?" replied Minhwan. Jonghyun lifted his eyebrows in admiration.
"Wow, you're smarter than you look!" Jonghun grinned. Minhwan whipped around.
"What are you implying?!" Minhwan tensed, about to start a fight. Uh oh, not another fight. The neighbors will definitely get mad...wait....that's me.
"Girls, girls, you're both beautiful," I tried to calm down the situation. Luckily it worked.
"Doesn't that name sound weird though? Omma wouldn't name you something like that....and how about those people in your dorm? Are you just going to tell them your name is now Ren?" reasoned Seunghyun.
"Good idea. How about we just change your name to Choi Manki?" I suggested, then realized my mistake.
"Manki?! Manki?! It sounds like Choi Monkey!! PABO!!" she bellowed. Whoops.
"Okay....Choi Minmin? Wait...no....uh..," Jonghyun wondered.
"Just leave it as Ren! I can say that Omma wanted to give me a cool name, but was too lazy for the girl me," said Minki. I thought about it....and it did kind of make sense.
"All right then. Your name is Choi Ren. The only korean with a two syllable name then," I accepted. Everyone nodded in agreement, too tired to argue.
And that was the start of the star, Ren.
