Stay With Me [an EXO's ChanYeol Fanfic]

Chapter 9 - Unrequited Love

JiEun swayed her body freely under the strong beat music at the dance pool. The alcohol and sweat gave her a great relief and thrill. She clinched with some young trendy people and wobbled back to the table.

"Woohoo! So fun!" She fell on the sofa. She saw others moving their lips but could hardly hear under the noise. It was funny and she laughed vigorously.

"JiEun you look hot tonight!" One of the guys flirted. JiEun and him were both regular customers of these discos and bumped into each other all the times.

"Oh, really?" JiEun leaned forward and pointed, "but I thought...you like her instead!"

The group gave a guffaw. The guy hugged another girl, "Ok! So let's demonstrate how much I like you..." He caressed with her lips and she gladly accepted it. Everyone screamed and cheered. They were all drunk and turned wild.

"Haha..." JiEun was excited and raised her glass, "You guys are such great friends! Ok! Next round is on me!"

The group cheered and pulled JiEun back out to the dance pool. JiEun enjoyed herself and had a great time tonight. This was her way to buy friends, and to buy her happiness.

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The next day, HyeMin went to visit JiEun at her place to return some DVDs to her.

"You just woke up? It's 3PM!" HyeMin looked at JiEun who had clumsy hair and tired and dry face, "You went out to disco again last night? What time did you go to bed?"

"This morning." JiEun yawned and hugged a cushion.

HyeMin shook her head, "This is not good for your health. Besides, you could find more meaningful stuffs to do..."

"How else should I kill my time? I've renewed my contract with SPAO and all I need to do is to wait for their call to do fittings and then take studio photos for them. Other than that, I've got nothing to do. ChanYeol doesn't allow me to work free-lance elsewhere. Meanwhile, going to discos is the best...lots of people...lots of noise...lots of fun!" JiEun picked up the nail polish on the coffee table. She put up her leg and began to paint her toe nails.

HyeMin sighed and changed topic, "Your place sure gets a lot of sunlight. You can open the windows and get some fresh air. It's not so hot today and you don't need to turn on the air-con so high." HyeMin suggested.

"The air-con is comfortable! I don't need to pay for it anyway. Who cares." JiEun shrugged her shoulder.

"There's no picture of him here. I'm always curious to see how he looks like." HyeMin scanned around.

"Well, his family is very low-profile and you don't see them in pulp magazines and stuffs." JiEun explained, "As for the pictures, we never took any together and he doesn't let me put any of his pictures in the house, just in case the maid or other people see them."

HyeMin nodded. She understood their relationship cannot be disclosed. She felt bad for JiEun, yet it was her choice to stay with ChanYeol.

At this time, the part-time maid Fanny opened the door and stepped into the house. She greeted JiEun politely and walked into the kitchen.

"Hey, you!" JiEun stopped her rudely, "Do the laundry first. I just spilled coffee on the bedsheet. Wash that before you do anything else."

"Sure Miss Jeon." Fanny softly sighed and went to do her work. This boss always made her place dirty and messy. The worst part was her attitude. If the pay was not high, Fanny would not stay here to work at all.

JiEun called to the kitchen, "Make dinner for two people tonight. My boyfriend is coming over. Be sure to buy some prawns at the market. He says he wants prawns for dinner."