Chapter 14

Before

The door alert song played on the keypad, Ha Eun rushed to the keypad to check on the incoming guest.

"Who is it?", she said to the intercom.

"It's Jumin."

Jumin's face was seen on the screen. He was carrying a box of sorts, so Ha Eun pressed the button to allow him to come up.

Soon, the doorbell rang and Ha Eun opened the door for Jumin, and he was carrying a gift basket and a wine bottle with a ribbon wrapped around it.

"Oh, Jumin, what is this?", asked Ha Eun.

"To congratulate you on moving here."

"It's just for 2 months. Besides, you didn't give me wine when I moved in with Zen."

"That's because I didn't agree to that.", replied Jumin.

"Jumin, I hate you."

---

Now

Zen emerged from the main bedroom, turned off the lights but left the door open.

"She'll be fine. It's not that bad.", said Zen.

"She didn't drink much. Just a couple of glass, I don't know she gets drunk easily."

"I didn't know either."

Zen opened the refrigerator looking for something to drink. Of course, Ha Eun would not keep any beer there.

"No more wine for us, of course. Coffee? Juice? There's no beer here.", said Zen.

"I'll just stay here with the wine."

The two men sat at the living room, Zen occasionally glanced at the bedroom to see if anything happens to Ha Eun.

"She rarely drinks, like I can count the times with one hand. And getting drunk.... I think it was one time."

Zen reminisces the one time and probably the last time Ha Eun drank that much beer.

It was a night when they decided to grab some street food, people were busy chatting with each other, drinking, so no one bothered with them and thankfully, no one noticed Zen. Being in that loud place, people laughing, talking loudly, couples fighting, it was a special experience. Ha Eun had permitted Zen to drink just one bottle that night.

When suddenly, a woman sat on the empty seat of their table.

"Oh! It's Zen!", she said.

Zen gave a look of detest to the woman. She was one of the woman that had chased after him long time ago, trying hard to win his heart, but he would never fall for such woman. Ha Eun was even more surprised.

"Ah, are you the girlfriend? Aren't you going to introduce us?", she asked.

Ha Eun looked at Zen, confused and surprised at the same time. Zen sighed.

"Ha Eun, this is an old acquaintance of mine, this is Ha Eun.", Zen said flatly.

"Haha! So you're after the plain type now. What a surprise. And look at this, just one bottle! Don't you usually drink piles of bottles?"

Zen wanted to drive the woman away, but he's sure, very sure, that she'll make a commotion if he were to do that.

"I didn't drink that much now.", he answered.

The woman replied with a loud laugh. Ha Eun clearly looks uncomfortable.

"Can you guess what Ha Eun did afterwards?"

Jumin shook his head, listening attentively with his wine glass in his hand.

"She was so annoyed, she said she would drink for me. She called for another bottle and both of them drink. Drink and drink, that woman was already drunk but Ha Eun wasn't. She even called for one last bottle. I was clearly worried, but she was as normal as she could be. In the end, the woman was so drunk, we called the taxi for her and left her. And the second the taxi left, she fell on my arms. Turns out she had used all her energy just to stay sober. That whole night she emptied her stomach and the next morning she kept saying she's going to die. I'm not letting her drink that much again.", explained Zen.

"That was beer-drunk, this is wine-drunk, it's different.", said Jumin.

"Maybe. That's why she was just disoriented. Oh, how was she when drunk?"

Zen asked curiously, well people sometimes act differently when drunk. It would be lying to say he wasn't curious.

"She said that you are so bad at operating the capsule coffee machine that she's afraid you'll break it one day.", said Jumin.

"Ahh, it got too many buttons I'm confused."

"And you've stayed in that apartment that long but never bothered to change the water that can suddenly spew hot water and cold water the next second, Ha Eun had it changed the second week she was there."

"Yes."

"And that both of you had phone sex the first night because she can't sleep since it's the first time you've been separated."

Zen almost sprayed his coffee all over with Jumin's words.

"God, she's dangerous when she's drunk.....", mumbled Zen.

"And your love for Shibari bondage."

Zen coughed for real, the water chocked him so hard.

"Is there more?!", exclaimed Zen.

"No, that's the last."

Jumin and Zen were at opposite states, Jumin was calm and flat as usual while Zen was all flustered. There goes most of their spiciest secrets.

"You can ask her questions with wine next time, you'll get truthful answers.", said Jumin.

"No!"

---

Seven's new habit was checking the CCTV for Ha Eun every morning. Every morning, Ha Eun would come out to the hallway, stand near the CCTV, wave and said inaudibly 'fighting!' while making fists with her hand. And then she went on with her day.

The security guard would be puzzled with it. Only Seven would understand, and it was a good way to start every morning. Something that only they knew.

"Hey, why are you all smiles? Did you finish your job?", asked Vanderwood.

"I'm working on it."

"I know you're working for the RFA problem, but your assignment is nearing deadline."

"Yes, yes I know."

Well this is the truth. No matter how big his feelings for Ha Eun, he couldn't be with her. He's dangerous, he'll endanger her. Besides, she has Zen now. For her, he's just a good friend.

But his feelings for her won't change.

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Jaehee Kang, H.E, Yoosung

Jaehee Kang: Ha Eun!

H.E: Oh

H.E: Hello Jaehee. Had your lunch yet?

Yoosung: Hello!

Jaehee Kang: Now is not the time!

Yoosung: What happened, Jaehee?

Jaehee Kang: Check Zen's fan café.

Jaehee Kang: Now!

H.E: What?

H.E: Okay.

H.E has left the chatroom.

Yoosung: Jaehee, what happened?

Jaehee Kang: It's the jealous fan again.....

H.E has entered the chatroom.

H.E: WHAT IN THE WORLD!

H.E: My pictures are all over the fan café!

H.E: !

Yoosung: What?!

Jaehee Kang: They did blur out your face so it's unrecognizable, but.....

Yoosung: How did they get your photos?

H.E: Hyun oppa must be busy, he would've called me if he knows about it.

Jaehee Kang: I think you should let him know.

H.E has left the chatroom.

Yoosung: Couldn't Seven handle this?

Jaehee Kang: He must be handling this as we speak.

Yoosung: Jealous fans are crazy.....

Yoosung: Did they stalk Ha Eun or what?

Jaehee Kang: The photos were taken quite up close so I didn't think so....

Yoosung: I thought they've already forgotten about it.

Yoosung: It's been more than a month after all.

707 has entered the chatroom.

Jaehee Kang: Seven!

Yoosung: Seven, good timing!

707: I'm just here for an update.

707: I know everyone would go nuts.

707: But I've frozen the account for now. The posts are down, hopefully no one managed to save it.

Jaehee Kang: They would have already done that.

707: Even so, I'll take down any posts that pops up.

707: Don't worry.

707: I'll go back to work.

707 has left the chatroom.

Yoosung: Well, this turns out quite complicated.

Yoosung: Poor Ha Eun.

---

Ha Eun paced around the living room, she had left a message on Zen's phone. Telling him to check his fan café and then call her as soon as possible. He's shooting his drama, and she hoped he checks his phone on breaks and cuts.

10 minutes later, the call came.

"Oh oppa, thank God!", she said.

"What...why....how.... Your photos....."

"I don't know. But Seven said he got it for now."

"No, Ha Eun.... I took them.", said Zen.

"What?"

"That photos, I took them with my phone!"

"So, somebody got my photos from your phone?", asked Ha Eun.

"It's likely that way... God, how can it happen...."

"Did you get your phone stolen?"

"Of course not, how can you be calling me now?"

Ha Eun face palmed herself, she's in panic and she's not usually this easy to panic. But you should panic when your photos are circulating in a den of angry fans.

"Oppa...."

"What?", replied Zen.

"Have you ever taken naked photos of me?"

"Why are you asking that now?!"

"Because your phone gallery is currently circulating on the internet!", yelled Ha Eun.

"Uhmm.... Yes...."

"WHAT?!"

"But but but! I took it with the camera you bought me, not with my phone."

Zen had read Ha Eun's message and locked himself inside one of the dressing room to call Ha Eun back. He can't risk anyone listening to Zen calling his girlfriend, especially now. In the quiet room, he can hear Ha Eun's worried sigh.

"Don't worry, we'll sort this out."

"I never expected it to be like this.", Ha Eun said softly.

"It's okay. We'll get through this. 2 more weeks, right?"

"I miss you, oppa."

"I miss you too. Don't worry too much, okay."

---

Seven ran the tracing program when Vanderwood wasn't looking at him, checking at him. He's had enough of Vanderwood's constant complaining.

The ping sound meant Seven found the source of the post.

"Yes!"