Best Part (ChuuLip)

Who Knows Who

Jiwoo waved energetically, her arms flying as she sends hearts everywhere. She'd been on nonstop since she'd arrived in her first schedule. Breakfast and coffee in her system. Now, she could feel the continuous energy gave and shared throughout the day began to drain. She could use a break. She didn't want to end the fan meet but she had to rest before her next schedule. She yelled her final goodbyes and love yous to her fans and slipped through the exit curtain. A staff immediately stopped her in her tracks telling her to leave the penguin plushie she wasn't even aware she was hugging.

She pouted but proceeded to hand it over to the staff. She was then told to meet her manager, Kang Min, in the van. It made her wonder. Jiwoo didn't notice her disappear. She bowed in gratitude before leaving. On her way, she humbly greeted and bowed to every person she passes. She saw their black van on the distance. Someone handed a brown paper bag to her manager. Upon seeing the logo of her favorite restaurant, her steps quicken. A huge smile forming on her face. Her stomach rumbled, reminding her she hasn't eaten since her 7 a.m breakfast and it's already past noon.

"Jiwoo! There you are. Here," Min ushered her inside the van then closed the door. "I'm sure you're starving. Should've fed you before your fan meeting, I'm sorry." she gave Jiwoo a meal box that smelled divine. Utensils and tissues then followed. "You have 4 hours to rest before we head to Lunar Radio."

Jiwoo sighed happily, almost drooling as she opens the box. "No need to say sorry, unnie. I know firsthand how hectic our schedule is. Thank you for ordering my favorite." She shoved a spoonful in her mouth. "Hmm! So good. By the way, can I go somewhere during my rest instead?"

"Won't you rather rest?"

"I want to, but I also want to meet this one."

Min stared at her like she's dissecting a frog. Her eyes squinted and her brows furrowed in concentration mixed with suspicion. "You don't have a boyfriend yet, don't you Kim Jiwoo? Remember in the contra—"

Jiwoo burst out laughing despite trying to hold it in. "No, unnie. I don't have a boyfriend. I'm only going to meet an old friend of mine, a female friend of mine."

"Well, that's more troubling. This is a conservative country, they won't be accepting your relationship and you'll be getting hate that will probably hinder your career. And I'm not saying this because I disapprove of homosexual relationships, truth to be told I'm bi and had a girlfriend before. What I'm trying to say is, I don't want you to lose your dream."

Jiwoo stared at Min with wide eyes and mouth open. She found herself shocked and speechless at what just her manager had laid out in the open. She tried to process her manager's words with difficulties. Jiwoo would never expect to have a conversation like this with her manager. Has she been giving off gay signals? She almost laughed to herself.

Strong gay signals.

She panicked for a second before composing herself. "It's not like that, unnie. She's just a friend of mine." Then she noticed she hasn't corrected that there's a possibility she could have a homosexual relationship. Before she could deny something, her manager beat her to it.

"You don't have any feelings for her or anything?" said Min and the van roared into life before starting. Giving Jiwoo time to answer her question.

"No, unnie. I don't." She took a sip from her bottled water. Her mind suddenly flashed to her pure adoration filled antics concerning Jungeun. "No need to worry," she said. She only has to be careful it doesn't develop into something more romantic than just best-friendly adoration.

"Okay then, where should we drop you?"

Jiwoo muttered the address where Jungeun worked at. Only knowing about it yesterday after asking Jungeun through text. They had been texting each other nonstop whenever Jiwoo could find the chance. Jiwoo remembered Jungeun telling her not to visit her at work without notice. In an instant, she asked for her phone.