Song Mingi in The Secret Admirer

Chapter 7

"C'mon San! Please don't be mad at me! It's just one date," I whined to San. 

"Mingi, I know what you are doing, and I don't appreciate what you are doing with my sister," San replied sternly. 

"We're just going to try and see if we're a good fit. If we're not, then there are no hard feelings, and believe me, Haneul made sure to tell me that," I responded. San rolled his eyes at me, and he made his way towards me. 

"I can't tell you to not go out with her-- I just feel like there's something more going on," San sighed. 

"Hey, man. Your sister came on to me! She's been after me for years," I responded. I shouldn't have said that since as soon as those words came out, San whacked me across the shoulder. I yelped in pain and held onto my shoulder. "Ow!" I dramatically said. 

"I know she's always liked you, but never in a thousand years did I think she would actually to do something about it. She's older than you!" San exclaimed. 

"Hey, age is but a number, San," I said matter of factly. San shook his head and ran a hand over his slicked-back hair. 

"I just don't want you to use her, Mingi. I know how much you love Y/N, are you sure you didn't ask my sister out because of her?" he asked. I felt like I got hit with a ton of bricks, and San noticed my panicked face expression. He looked away and sighed loudly. 

"You love her, don't you?" I nodded solemnly. "Then why didn't you ask her out before Yunho?" San asked. 

"I don't know," I said honestly. "Y/N has rejected me before, and I'm afraid she'll do it again. But, now its too late," I said. I felt tears well up in my eyes, and I blinked furiously to prevent them from falling out. 

"I've never seen you like this before Mingi, please don't cry. My heart hurts to see you like this. Mingi?" San said. He held onto my hands and patted my back. "Don't cry, Mingi."

"I don't even know why I'm crying," I said as the tears rolled down my cheeks. San embraced me tightly and patted my head, and suddenly I felt terrible about using Haneul in this way. "Maybe I should just not go on the date. You're right, I'm just using your sister, and I don't want to hurt her feelings." San nodded politely and started to stroke his chin, wondering about what I should do. 

"Let's talk to Haneul. Maybe she'll understand," San said. I looked at him, but I was too ashamed to face Haneul and tell her the truth. I knew that it would be the right thing to do though. San went to get her from her room, and when she saw me in tears, she ran to hug me. 

"Mingi, baby, what's wrong?" she asked in her sweet, honeyed voice. San and I explained to her the situation and she listened carefully to the story. After the explanation there was a moment of silence. She still had her arm around me and she held my hand. 

"You need to tell her, Mingi. She has the right to know that you love her, and if she chooses Yunho still then you can't do anything about it. But-- at least you will know what her heart wanted, and then maybe you will move on." Haneul said. I stared into her eyes and she smiled reassuringly at me. I nodded my head and stood up. I quickly sat back down and hid my face with my hands7t.

"I can't, I'm not strong enough. Yunho already kissed her, and she kissed him back. Of course, she would choose him, I mean Yunho is all kinds of amazing," I said hanging my head low. She lifted my chin up to look at her. 

"You are as good as Yunho, Mingi, and no one is better than anyone. You need to fight for her, and I will help you," she said. I scrunched my eyebrows together in confusion and exchanged a look with San.

"How?" we asked in chorus. 

"I'll go on the double date with you, and I'll make sure you tell her how you feel."