Family Secrets

Truth

When Myung-dae asked to speak with Sang, he thought nothing of it, agreeing immediately. They were close, so he knew that Myung-dae would be honest with him and he'd do the same in return. "That song...It was about Choon-hee, wasn't it? And the other guy want Jae-Hwa."

Sang couldn't help but blush and looked down as he admitted. "Yeah...It was about Choon-hee, but don't tell anyone. I don't want Dak-ho to find out and kill me or Choon-hee to find out and make everything awkward."

Myung-dae nodded in understanding, agreeing to keep it a secret. "As long as we're being honest about who we like, keep this between us, but I like someone too. She's Jae-Hwa's cousin, Minji. It wouldn't be so bad for Choon-hee or anyone else from TH1RT3EN found out as long and Jae-Hwa and Minji don't know."

That night, the boys went to Dak-ho and Choon-hee's house as always, laughing and joking around with each other. Yeo and Choon-hee helped with dinner as always. Neither Myung-dae nor Sang mentioned what they had admitted to each other, though it was obvious they'd talked about it. It's not that they were acting the same. They just seemed to be a lot closer to each other than previously, which usually occurred after having a personal conversation with each other, which made the other members curious.

That night when the boys went home, they decided to ask the two actors about it. They all sat on the couches as they normally would when they got home. Ryung, being the impatient one of the group, was naturally the one to ask Sang and Myung-dae the question they'd all been thinking. "I don't think it's a secret that Sang and Myung-dae have seemed closer today, which leads to the question of what happened to make them closer than they had been? Is there a secret you haven't told us?

Both boys looked at each other, having a silent conversation about how much to tell them before Myung-dae finally sighed and leaned back. "We did talk about something, but it has to stay between us. Sang doesn't even want Dak-ho to know about it yet, so please don't tell anyone. I have a crush on Park Minji..."

"And I like Choon-hee, which is why I don't want Dak-ho to know. I'd rather not die so young. Please don't tell Dak-ho that I like his sister, and don't tell Choon-hee either." Sang bowed his head as he admitted, hoping they wouldn't say anything. All of the boys agreed to not tell Dak-ho about Sang's crush on his sister, but they silently agreed to helping him start dating her as well.

The next day was a day off for the boys, who were all hanging out with Choon-hee at her house. They all spread out on the couches, almost forcing Sang to sit next to Choon-hee discreetly.  For over half of the day, they were watching movies, but for the second half, they started playing board games and card games. The boys of TH1RT3EN had brought some games they had bought when they were on tour in the United States, such as Uno and Monopoly. Despite not fully knowing the rules, Choon-hee was very good at Uno, and even got third place. Myung-dae had gotten first, and Kwang-sun second.

As they were beginning a second round of Uno at Dak-ho's request, Sang stepped out of the room to take a phone call. The other boys continued to play on account of Dak-ho's competitiveness. Everyone thought it was funny whenever something happened that was negative on Dak-ho's parts, such as being skipped or needing to draw cards. Dak-ho was the most competitive of them, but he was the one with all the bad luck in card games and board games. At the end of the second round, Dak-ho had gotten fifth. He was over dramatic about losing again, but that wasn't new. At least he did better than the first time when he was ninth.
While Dak-ho was mourning his loss and the others were laughing, accusing him of being too dramatic, Sang came back in with a look of shock. "That was Ho Ja...She just moved back to town and was asking to meet up." Hwang Ho Ja was Sang's first girlfriend who moved to Busan for a few years.

"What did you tell her?" Seung spoke solemnly, knowing their relationship didn't end well. Neither one of them had wanted to break up at the time, but they knew a long-distance relationship wouldn't last long at all.