[long hiatus] Not Like Other Guy「Moon Taeil」

7 - Rumors

MyungJu's pov

I rushly walk back to home. I need to meet KyungHee quick. Those guys at the restaurant, they are part of the college's social media admin. What is worse I saw them taking pictures.

They saw me and Taeil together and this is bad. Taeil, as I know is a rising star on the college, everyone starting to know him and if there any hot news around him it will sell fast.

I usually would not care what they post but I just want to make sure they doesn't post me and Taeil. I don't care if it was other woman but it was ME. I don't want Taeil to suffer rumors because of me.

That is why I turned down Taeil. I don't want the rumors going around about me and him this Sunday. That is just OUT OF MY plan.

As I arrive home I shouted KyungHee's name.

"KYUNGHEE-AH, KYUNGHEE-AH"

"Why so loud, MyungJu?" TaeHa from her room go out to check on me.

"Yes, MyungJu, I know you are hungry, I am cooking now," KyungHee from the kitchen with a frying pan on her hand walk to me.

"KyungHee-ah, could you check your gossip group chatroom?" I talk like I rap, good thing KyungHee understands.

"Umm? Suddenly interested in gossip, now?"

"QUICK" I kinda lose my cool.

"Okay,okay" KyungHee take out her phone from her jeans pocket. "Let see... umm" KyungHee is scrolling through her messages "OMO, WHAT IS THIS? They posted 'a new college couple spotted' at ig!?"

"WHAT?!" Without hesitating I took out my phone and log on to my ig, I searched the college account and see the post.

Oh.My.God.

It is really there. Me and Taeil eating together and why does the picture must be we looking happy and giggly. I mean the picture was so lovable, everyone who see this would really believe that we are dating.

"OMG MYUNGJU, IS THIS REAL??? Why didn't I know that it have escaleted this quick?" TaeHa who check the post too was really shocked.

"Before I explain. KyungHee did you have the password for this trash account?"

I am really mad for people like this. Why can't just they sit on their own seat?

"I have. Do you want me to delete it?"

"YES, PLEASE!" I'm begging you KyungHee.

"Doing that might cause problem for me. You sure?"

"It wasn't true, me and Taeil are far from dating. Please take it down, I know you won't let false news going around right?"

KyungHee let out a deep breath.

"Almost 300 people have seen this, you sure it will change MyungJu?" TaeHa ask me. Based on the post
it almost receive 300 likes. I don't know if it will ever change but that's what I could do for now.

"Lets just hope" KyungHee said  after done deleting the post. "HanJi is the social media team leader, you should talk to her instead, MyungJu"

I just keep silence. I lean myself on the couch as sign I am half relieved.

"What happen tho," Taeha ask.

I tell them the whole story from where me and Mina are just trying to take a look of Taeil but turn out bad.

Speaking of Mina, never thought that call was real. I think she just set me up. Now that she is nowhere around the house, it must been she have go to work.

"Poor you, MyungJu" TaeHa said to me after I done telling them what happen.

I just hope that nothing will go worse.

"uh-oh"

"whats wrong, KyungHee?"

"HanJi was really mad for me taking down that post. If she was beside me now, I will be getting deaf"

KyungHee scroll through her messenger and keep replying to HanJi.

"She gonna upload that back and pretend it was gone because of bug" KyungHee said to me.

"Why she would do that?" TaeHa ask.

"Obviously because it was a good tea" KyungHee answer.

"You guys always got thirst, huh"

"Honestly speaking, if I weren't befriended with you guys, I would be like her. Thanks to MyungJu that I am not like her and that is why I was stay as the magazine's main editor" said KyungHee while her eyes are on me.

That is right. KyungHee was suppose to be the social media team leader. She aims to be the best reporter in the college but she lose the competition to be the team leader because of me.

She lose to HanJi because her tea was tastier than KyungHee. But what HanJi send was a total fake news, that she created. KyungHee was supposed to do that thing too, making false news but I got to brainwash her and said 'if you ever gonna win, win it in clean way'

Fake news are something that I hate. You accused people thing they never do and that must broke them into pieces.

"I'm gonna sleep now, I won't be needing dinner. Thank you, KyungHee. People like HanJi will never back down so I'll let her go this time" I said to KyungHee as I enter my room.

"But MyungJu! Lets fight her! We can win" I heard TaeHa but I decide to ignore her.

I am too tired to argue now. At this point the hope are crushed. Now, I gotta survive the questions the reporter will ask me. Maybe they won't come to me but to Taeil.

Taeil...

Crap! I gotta send this to him.

I quickly send the post to him.

[Direct Messages]

moon_taeil
what is this?

kim.myungju
it is us, they got us.

you mean the people
that sat beside us at the
restaurant?

yes. them.
that is why I go back first.

you got sharp eye.
I didnt even notice that
they are the reporter team.

we can't be seen together
again.
that is why this Sunday is cancelled.

but MyungJu,

taeil... please understand that I want to focus studying.
dating is forbidden for me.

I understand that
but loving you was not my choice.

stop talking bullshit.

it wasn't a bullshit.
loving you was a fate.
[seen 5.45pm]

Moon Taeil, that was cringey and I almost block you.