Dance for Me (Ong Seungwoo)

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Three: Aftermath

Today was the big day, the day I had to decide on whether I wanted to stay with Kai or end our relationship. I was really confused about what I wanted to do as I loved Kai as a friend but I didn't know if I liked him as anything more. And I still cared for Ong I knew that for sure as my mind sometimes would float back to him. He was now MCing on a show and each time I saw him I got this sort of pain in my heart.

The SM building never felt further away as I sat in the back of the taxi cab heading to tell them what I had decided.

Even worse news I had to call Nathan to check up on him, he seemed to be very stressed as he had fallen in most of his programs. I had heard from my parents at how much the American media was hyping him up and I just wanted to check in on him. He had his final skate tomorrow and I wanted to talk to him before then.

When I made it to the building I just stood outside for a couple of minutes trying to find the strength to make my way inside. No matter what I said I wanted Kai to still be my friend and I didn't want to lose him again like last time.

I enjoyed my time with him I just didn't want him to think I liked him and then turn around and tell him that I didn't see him like that. Something like that could ruin everything we had built so I had to approach this cautiously. It also seemed as if we were Korea's sweethearts with the number of fan sights I had found us on.

Even more annoying were the people trying to prove that we weren't dating, someone had gotten a hold of the picture of Nathan and I hugging and that had circulated. It got so bad that SM had to make a statement that Americans hugged there friends, unlike Koreans who preferred to keep a distance. Thankfully that seemed to clear that whole thing up but now I was more worried than ever to have to tell everyone that Kai and I were going to break up. I knew SM would handle this perfectly as they always seemed to be able to handle everything gracefully but I was still a little worried about everybody hating me.

I was so nervous about the whole thing that it felt like I was actually breaking up with Kai for real. Though I was freaking out I pushed through making my way into the building and up to the president's office.

"Hello Hana, how are you today," he asked once I entered his office.

He had a rather large smile on his face as he motioned for me to take a seat. I was the only one here, "I'm doing okay, how are you" I asked offering a kind smile in return.

"Busy" was his response not that it surprised me much after all he was a leader of one of the big three entertainment companies.

Nodding we sat in silence waiting for Kai to show up with his manager so that we could get the meeting started. "Ah there they are," he said as the two people entered the office both bowing in greeting.

"Hello, Hana" Kai's manager said nodding in acknowledgment to me.

I bowed in greeting as the two of them took the seats across from me Kai and I's eyes connected for a moment. "Well the trial period is up, Hana Kai what have you two decided," the president asked looking between the two of us.

Glancing at Kai I swallowed preparing to speak, but before I could Kai spoke up instead. "I don't think Hana and I felt that we really enjoyed dating instead wanting to stay strictly friends," he said. I'm pretty sure that my mouth was hanging open in astonishment not expecting Kai to be the one to say that.

"Hana is the correct" the president asked turning his attention to me.

"I really like Kai but I don't want to date him, I prefer him as a friend" I explained.

The president nodded and wrote something down in a book in front of him. "Alright I'll make a statement, thank you for doing this for us Hana," he said reaching his hand out for me to shake. "I look forward to working with you in the future," he said as our hands connected.