Couple T-shirts / jung hoseok(#17)

마흔 하나

HoSeok

"Can I just stay here to take care of you? It is my duty to take care of you when you are sick because you are really that important to me. Your roommates can take care of you but it is not the same when I am taking care of you." I immediately regretted as soon as I said all of those words out of my mouth, it is not meant to be said on a day like this. It is way too cheesy and it might sound too much to someone who doesn't like it and I am very sure that Wendy wouldn't like it at all.

She looked at me with wide-open eyes, and she blinked several times. "Don't you really have to get back to work? You are the main lead and you are the most important character in the drama, nothing can be done if you are not there." She grabbed her phone from the bed. "I am going to call SeokJin ssi and have you back on the set this instant, Yeongwon can be a little odd and inappropriate at times."

"Don't call her, I am going to take care of you and that can't change my mind. Even if you try to tell SeokJin hyung, he is definitely going to allow me to take care of you because you are very precious to me." I literally don't know what exactly what I am saying right now, everything feels really funny, my face is burning and my stomach feels funny but I know what I want right now. "Because I care a lot about you and that I like you, I really do."

There I said it, I finally said the word out and I feel even more embarrassed by it, I have risked my life trying to confess to her when she is sick and wanting me to leave. I don't even know what her reaction is going to be, she is not feeling sick and she is definitely not in for this love confession that Bae Yeongwon pushed me into doing it.

It only made things worse and I feel like Wendy is going to unfriend me right after this second, it is too much for our friendship. "Jung HoSeok... I..."

I knew it, that she is going to say no, why would anyone good want to be with me? And I popped the question at such a weird timing, she is not going to react well to this at all. "Sorry for saying this nonsense at this timing and I'm sure that must upset you a lot, I better leave now so that you will feel better without me around." I made the run out of her apartment but her voice stops me from doing that.

"I never knew that you would feel that way about me, I thought that I was the only one who felt that way about you." Her reply was brief but I knew exactly how she felt about me, her feelings that she had for me. "I wanted to let you know about it but I was afraid that you might reject me because you are a superstar and I am just a failed author."

And the thing is that I had those thoughts in my mind as well, I wasn't doing as well in my career and she appeared to be doing so much better in her own career, she earned a name for herself during all of those years after graduating from university and I am struggling to stay famous after being famous once in my career. I admired her for her hard work and how she managed to overcome it in her own ways, I liked that she didn't try to hide the fact that she isn't as good as she thinks and she improves herself day after day.

And now she is a scriptwriter and one of the main leads in the drama and she did it with all of her hard work, I might have given her the headstart but she didn't stop trying to become the best person that she can be. Because of all of those qualities that Wendy has, I started to develop strong feelings for her and before I knew it, I was in love with her.

"I'm glad that you are not a failed author now," I said to her.

"And you are not a failure as well, you just needed more time to find your talent and what you are good at. And clearly, you are good at acting and the whole world needs to see that you are a good actor and make viewers feel touched and inspired by your acting."

"You made me want to be a better actor, I did it all for you. Because I want to be with you, acting alongside each other as a couple and in real life as well." I struggled to smile as my cheeks are literally shivering due to nervousness. "Would you want that?"

It only took a short second for her to nod and smile back at me, she wanted the same thing as me and be my significant other. I ran over to hug me and I hugged her for as long as I can, I filled her up with all of my warmth and she will definitely feel better with me hugging her like this. "Will this be a good love confession to be used in a drama?" I laughed at her comment and I replied her back. "It definitely will, for our love story."

I made my way to the kitchen to whip up a meal for her, as she is still feeling weak and she can't get out of the bed. I found whatever that is appropriate for a sickly person to eat and I placed her food in front of her after 30 minutes. "Abalone porridge, and there is a glass of water and your medication next to it."

"Thank you." She smiled at me and she scooped up a mouthful of it and brought it to her mouth and blew on it, making it less hot. And she ate it, chewing like a squirrel and I stared at her, just doing that. "It is delicious, I didn't know that you can cook."

"Now you know and I will be making a lot of food to feed you when you are busy with your work and when you are sick just like now, I will never leave your side for even a moment and stay on until the end. I mean it and I will never go back on my words, Jung HoSeok doesn't do that kind of a thing."