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His throat suddenly went dry at the sight of her, all he could do was pull out a chair for her to sit on.
“Yah, stop staring at Hwangbo Unni!”, Gain said. Hyunjoong blinked and was suddenly self conscious he directed his eyes to the barbecue grill only to find Gain yanking Jokwon's arm. Jokwon was staring at Hwangbo all the while. “You have a wife now!”, she added after hitting her husband's arm.
Hwangbo sat there laughing at Jokwon and Gain's cuteness and childish display.
“Well, it's all your fault!”, Jokwon told his wife in a serious tone.
Gain's eyes widened, “Me? What did I do?”
“You dressed her up and did her make up”, Jokwon answered, “But of course, I only have eyes for you Yeobo”, he quickly added afraid to be hit again.
“Okay, I forgive you”, Gain muttered, trying to hide a shy smile after hearing Jokwon's words.
Hwangbo sat quietly suddenly self conscious of the stares from other man in the garden.
Hyunjoong stood awkwardly near the crackling fire, stealing glances at Hwangbo. It especially did not help that Gain and Jokwon were being their cute, loveydovey selves again. He could not help but wonder the last time he and Hwangbo were that comfortable with each other. He was just glad that there were no cameramen nor other people aside from the four of them. Somehow, he found himself thanking God for modern technology and digital cameras, otherwise he would look stupid trying to mask his true feelings again and the PD would be shouting 'CUT' after every scene.
“What's for dinner?”, Hwangbo asked hoping to break the awkwardness rising in the air.
“Barbecue..”, Hyunjoong answered timidly
“And Ssangchu...”, Jokwon answered imitating how Hyunjoong pronounced it on their 1st dinner together.
"She was not asking you, stupid”, Gain hit Jokwon's arm again.
Hwangbo laughed at how Jokwon mimicked Hyunjoong. Her ex-Shillang loosened up a bit when he heard her laughing knowing that she still thought of those as good times.
As they ate their dinner, an assistant called Gain and Jokwon for their black room interview.
“Thank you, by the way, for sending me to the clinic yesterday.”, Hwangbo said almost in a whisper, her eyes fixed on her plate.
“It's what anybody would have done”, he said staring blankly at the darkness surrounding them. “It's what I will always do for you”, he wanted to say.
There was that awkward silence again.
“Are you still hurt?”, he asked her, “Still having headaches?”
She smiled brightly then shook her head, “I'm fine now. Perhaps, I was just overworked or fatigued”, she calmly said.
“Excuse me”, two of the crew approached the garden. “We have to change the batteries of the cameras. This will only take a few minutes, maybe 15 to 20 minutes at the most”
The crew gathered the cameras placed in several key areas in the garden and went back inside.
Hwangbo stood up and started walking towards the sliding doors when she felt Hyunjoong grab her right hand.
“What happened to us, Hyejung?”, he asked in a throaty voice.
Hwangbo turned around to face him. She did not even try to remove her hand from his grip. A sarcastic smile was pasted on her face. “Nothing”, she spat out bitterly. “Nothing happened. Us never happened. There was no US”, she added trying to control the volume of her voice.
He held her hand even tighter. “I'm sorry”, he lowered his head. “I do not even know where and when to begin.”. He put his cheek against the palm of her soft hands.
“There's no need to be sorry”, she said hardening her heart.
"Yes, there is", he said his voice starting to crack, "Because I lost you, and it was all my fault."
Hwangbo finally found the courage to push his hand away. "Let me go.", she sternly said. "There's no need to be sorry. There's no need to explain. It is no one's fault. You did not leave me wondering what happened and asking myself questions. I was not the one left behind. Let's just leave it at that."
She went back to her seat when she noticed Gain and Jokwon approaching. Hwangbo pretended to continue eating hoping no one will notice the hurt in her eyes.
"We have a surprise for you, Unni!", Gain yelled excitedly.
"I am so exited!!! This is a first, right? No one has ever done this on the show, right?", Jokwon eagerly asked the staff member who was setting up something.
Hwangbo and Hyunjoong kept quiet and just watched everything that was happening.
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