Fiance For Hire - Mark Tuan vs. Jackson

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"Jackson. Of course." Su answers, not really getting why the boy would be so nervous just to ask her out on a date. Besides, they're 'pretend fiances', it's but normal for them to go out on dates. 

Jackson raises an eyebrow. "Really?" 

"Sure, Gaga," she giggles, hitting his shoulder slightly as she sways with him to the music. "Why not?"

Jackson stares at her a little longer. Just then that the boy realizes that Su didn't quite get him when he said 'real date'. He furrows his brows, feeling angry. He doesn't really know if it's to her or to himself. He hasn't really had this kind of difficulty when he went out with others. Well, because then, he wasn't really the one asking, was he?

"What?" Su asks innocently, noticing his expression going bad. "Did I say anything wrong again?" Then she giggles, "Is it because I called you 'Gaga'?" She laughs harder and the couple dancing beside them look their way, envying how sweet they are. 

"Nevermind," he scoffs. "Let's just go back to our table. My toes are sore from you stepping on them." He leaves her there, stomping his way to their seats. 

"Hey, Jackson." She staggers to walk faster with her heels, trying not to catch any more attention. "I'm sorry, ok?" She tries to stop herself from giggling again. She sits beside him and makes a cute face. "Huh? Sorry." She pokes his side, trying to make him laugh. "C'mon. I said I'm sorry. What do you want me to do? Huh?"

"Can you stop?" He almost yells, looking really irritated. 

That takes her by surprise. She creases her brows and her smile disappears. "What's your problem?"

He rolls his eyes and takes a drink from the waiter that goes to their table. "Nothing."

"Jackson," Su gets a hold of the glass before he can put it in his mouth. "What's wrong?"

"I said it's nothing." He gets up, taking a deep breath. 

Before he could leave, she grabs his hand. "Where are you going?" 

"Just..." he takes another deep breath, "I just need to get some air."

She doesn't even get to follow him because another boy takes the seat Jackson just vacated. "Quarreling again, I see."

"Minhyuk!" Su says, her eyes getting bigger. "Hey!" She tries to smile, but really can't because of what happened last time. She's also actually surprised to see him here. From what Kimi said, this ball is for Chinese businessmen. She looks around, expecting to see Sam, thinking that he could be here as Sam's date. But, she couldn't see the girl anywhere. "What are you doing here?"

The boy pouts, pretending to be hurt. "How come you know little about me, but I know tons about you?" He tilts his head to the side, taking a drink from the waiter and puts it to his lips before smirking. 

"I'm sorry." Su, once again, goes on with her act. "Jackson really didn't tell me anything about his friends except for the ones close to him."

He takes a sip of the champagne before leaning closer to her, "Ok. You want me to go along with your lies? Fine." He grins. "But....you have to do something for me."

"Lies?" Su is fast to react, raising her brow and letting out a soft chuckle. "What lies?" She leans back on the chair. "Oh...the one you were telling me about last time? You still think I'm that girl?"

Minhyuk would want to give the girl a best actress award for her flawless acting. But, he knows better than to get swayed by her. He would never forget the quiet girl who used to eat alone at the playground of their high school because she was too scared to mingle with other people; the girl who was always quiet in his younger cousin's class but gets straight As; the girl whom he followed from school to her house secretly because he was afraid the other guys would keep bullying her - that girl. That one... the one who he had a crush on since the first time he got in public school when his dad decided to let him experience the 'real world'.