Hidden: Strings of Fate

CHAPTER 56

"Jangnan hae? I'm supposed to be your friend and yet you give the hyungs better nicknames than me!" He exploded.

"What can I say?" I took a sip of my drink. It was a lemonade that I occasionally home-made. "I just feel more imaginative when it comes to the oppas. You drain my creativity Hyogi Bear."

"Yah! Geumanhae." He said through gritted teeth.

"You haven't even heard my explanation yet! I don't know why you're getting so upset. If anything your one probably has the best meaning yet!"

"Go on then. Let's hear your explanation then." Min suggested, preparing her lecture wrap.

"I wanted to keep your name Hyogi Bear because... you're not that cute cuddly 17 year old from two years ago any more."

"It's not been two years yet..." Min muttered.

"It's near enough." I muttered back. "Hyogi Bear represents you as an individual and it also represents the fact that you look like a bear when you're throwing these pabos around." I pointed at the other members.

"Yah!" Taekwoon roared with a mouthful of food.

"Have some respect!" Hakyeon shrieked, as he slammed his drink on the table.

"We're older than all three of you!" Wonshik and Hongbin protested.

"Who are you calling a pabo?!" Jaehwan pouted as he crossed his arms.

"You maybe older but seriously. I've seen how you act in the waiting rooms it's like me and Hyuk have to look after 5 ginormous children. Isn't that right, Hyuk?" I asked him. His cheeks had gone red. "Yah. Why have your cheeks gone red?" I narrowed.

"Its too hot." He replied, fanning his face with his hands. He looked thoughtful.

"Take your jumper off then." I giggled. "Anyway back to the topic at hand. Yes, oppa I did call you two, wimps."

"Ah! Wae??!" Wonshik and Taekwoon chorused.

"How old are you again? And... you're scared... of a bug? Sometimes I forget that you're" I said, pointing to Wonshik "a 21 year old and you're" I pointed to Taekwoon, "a 24 year old."

"Bugs... are scary especially with their millions of legs and sticky out things that look like leeches. They can infect you! They can even kill you!" Wonshik justified.

"Oppa, seriously? Where are you going to find a bug that infects you and kills you in South Korea? This isn't the bloody Amazonian Rainforest you know!! I mean seriously, what kind of men are scared of a little bug?! You run away at the sight of them, acting like they're going to eat you..." I scoffed.

"They might." Hyuk muttered, which got a slap on the back of his from both Min and me. "Yah! Why are you two so violent all the time?!"

"What can I say? Most of time, your mouth asks us to be violent..." Min replied, sarcastically.

"Bugs are scary! They can get into every hole in your body and lay their eggs there." Taekwoon had gone red in the face.

"Why? Have you ever experienced one climbing into your crevices?" I joked.

"Yah!" Taekwoon exclaimed, hitting his hand on the table.

"And besides do you know how many spiders you have while you sleep? It's like 8 a year! And you're there, scared of one tiny cockroach." I shouted in disbelief.

"It wasn't tiny! Do you know how big it was? It was like the size of my finger!" He brought up his finger to show me. We all fell backwards and started to laugh in a raucous. Well, all apart from Taekwoon and Wonshik. I sat back up soon after having a good chuckle.

"Oh yeah compared to how big you are! That cockroach was like miniscule compared to the size of you!" I replied.

"It was huge!" Wonshik justified.

"Ok oppa OK. We get it. Next time just say that they scare you instead of cowering in fear." I laughed, remembering an incident that involved a scared Wonshik, me, a terrified Taekwoon, a cockroach and a slipper. Long story short, I had to protect them from the cockroach.

I saw the lights flickering on the corner of my eye. Yeah! Finally! No more dinner by candle light! I blew the candles out as the lights came on steadily. We all breathed a sigh of relief.

A sudden door slamming made us all jump out of our skin. We looked towards it, shaken. Out came Jun Gi, he looked furious. He grabbed my wrist, causing me to drop the cup I had in my hand. Water ended up spilling everywhere. I looked at him in shock. He yanked me up and dragged me to my room. Forcing me into my room, he slammed the door shut.

"What is wrong with you? It's not enough that you withheld a massive secret from me but now I'm not even allowed to eat a decent meal with people I like?!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

"I said I was sorry." He grabbed my arms and shook me. "What's it going to take for you to forgive me?! Do you understand how much I messed up that day? What don't you understand?! I can never forgive myself for putting you in that type of situation."

"Go back to England. You never should have come here to start with. I have no intention of forgiving you." I pushed past him towards the door. I reached out towards the door handle. He stood there for a second then came towards me. He turned me to face him.

His hands held mine on either side of my face. He slid his fingers in between mine and held on to my hands tightly, applying pressure against them.

I looked at his face, searching for any explanation. That's when I noticed it. He had tears in his eyes. His face looked like he hadn't slept in a while. I gasped.

"What are you...?" I demanded as I struggled to get out of his grasp. He crashed his lips on to mine, cutting me off. His lips moved rhythmically against mine, sucking, pulling, biting. I twisted my hand trying to get it all out. My tears threatened to fall. 'No... not under these circumstances.' He deepened the kiss, asking, begging for more access. It was like he was eating my soul with every pull, every bite. 'Stop Jun Gi! Stop!' He slipped his tongue into my mouth. 'No! You're going to regret this! I know you! Better than myself! Don't do this to yourself! To me. To us!' My breath got caught in my throat. My eyes widened in shock. I tried to pull my hand out of his grasp. With every last strength I had left I yanked my hand out and push him away. I raised my right hand. A tear betrayed me. 'I'm sorry... Jun Gi. It's the only way you'll see sense.' I smacked him as hard as I could on his left cheek. His head fell to his right.

"What is WRONG with you!?" I shrieked as tears fell from my eyes.