To Kiss An Idol

158 The New Suggestion

The whole way Kyung-Soo kept staring at Jeong-Eun and Nivritti who kept smiling and chatting with each other. He knew he had to concentrate on the road, but his eyes kept glancing at the rearview mirror.

“Why are they whispering?” thought Kyung-Soo.

“How much are you guys missing us?” asked Jeong-Eun.

“Just ask straight forward, how much Jae is missing you?” teased Nivritti.

“Ritti!” Jeong-Eun softly punched her upper arm. Even though the car was dark she could see that his cheeks turned red. He looked away from her to avoid detection. Kyung-Soo tightened his grip on the steering wheel and muttered curses at Jeong-Eun.

“He touches her, and she is fine. I touch her and she stops breathing. And why is he touching her? JH has a crush on her, MY wants to date her and this idiot is playing boxing with her. How will she notice me when these idiots keep hoarding her time?” he gritted his teeth.

“I will ask her to call you. Will you reply?” asked Nivritti.

“What are you saying?” Jeong-Eun’s teeth were distinctively visible in the darkness as he could not stop smiling at Nivritti’s suggestion. Abruptly he stopped smiling. “But she does not have my number.”

“The whole Rencontre team have all of your numbers. When NK asked for my number, Chung-Ho gave us a list that had your numbers,” replied Nivritti.

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“What?” shouted Jeong-Eun.

His loud voice startled Kyung-Soo and for a second, he lost control of his SUV but immediately brought the car back to its track. Both Jeong-Eun and Nivritti were shaken violently. Nivritti’s head was about to hit the door of the car when Jeong-Eun wrapped his arms around Nivritti saving her from getting hurt.

“Careful, NK!” she shouted.

“Are you alright?” asked Jeong-Eun. Nivritti nodded.

“He shouted again,” protested Kyung-Soo and looked back to check if they were okay. He was feeling guilty for not driving carefully but his guilt vanished, and anger appeared when he saw Jeong-Eun holding her in his arms. “I told you to not shout abruptly. Why do you keep shouting?” he scolded Jeong-Eun.

“Sorry, Hyung! Won’t shout again. But drive carefully, she was about to get hurt,” replied Jeong-Eun.

Kyung-Soo immediately applied the brakes and turned around. “What? How?”

“He is exaggerating. I am fine,” replied Nivritti.

“Are you sure?” asked Kyung-Soo.

“Yes, I am fine,” replied Nivritti.

Kyung-Soo looked at Jeong-Eun. “You heard what she said?”

“Yes.”

“Then let her go, sit properly and wear your seatbelts, you idiots!” shouted Kyung-Soo. He turned back and pressed the accelerator.

Jeong-Eun and Nivritti immediately wore seatbelts.

“Did he call us, idiots?” asked Nivritti.

“I heard that too,” replied Jeong-Eun.

“And again, they start with their whispering,” muttered Kyung-Soo. 𝒇𝔯e𝚎𝘄𝑒𝑏𝙣𝑜𝚟𝗲𝑙.c𝘰𝚖

Finally, they reached Nivritti’s building. Nivritti opened the door and saw that Kyung-Soo and Jeong-Eun were ready to get out of the car too.

“Don’t!” she shouted. “Don’t get out of the car. I can go by myself.”

“But…” protested Jeong-Eun.

“PJ! Go home. You guys have wasted a lot of time on me. Go and rest. You guys too need rest. I know you all have not been resting well just because MY is in hospital,” suggested Nivritti.

Kyung-Soo smiled at her concern. It was true that no one slept well since the day Young-Chul was found unconscious in his room. They kept running up and down from hospital to home and vice versa. They had to take care of Young-Chul and at the same time hide his condition from the world.

She jumped out of the car and waved them goodbye. Kyung-Soo kept staring at her walking away. Jeong-Eun in the meantime jumped from the backseat to the front.

Suddenly, Nivritti turned around and asked them, “when do you think you guys can come back?”

“No idea! We will have to wait for the doctor’s words,” replied Kyung-Soo.

“Do you think you guys can issue another statement about taking a rest,” inquired Nivritti.

“What? Why?” asked Jeong-Eun.

“Before your fans start theories and speculations, it’s better for you all to control the narrative,” she replied.

“Why are you in the script department? Transfer to the PR,” smiled Jeong-Eun.

“Ha-ha,” she laughed wholeheartedly. Kyung-Soo held his chest and rubbed his heart to ease his fast-running heartbeat after looking at her beautiful, laughing face.

“Shit! So pretty,” unknowingly, Kyung-Soo blurted out. Luckily, only Jeong-Eun heard him. Nivritti was a little far to hear him. Jeong-Eun elbowed him in his stomach and Kyung-Soo came back to his senses.

“Control your feelings, Hyung!” teased Jeong-Eun.

“Shut up!” mumbled Kyung-Soo and hit Jeong-Eun on his thighs.

“What do you think we should say to our fans?” asked Jeong-Eun.

“Why are you asking me?” protested Nivritti. “Ask your PR guys.”

“But if you would have been a part of our PR team, what you would have said?” emphasised Kyung-Soo.

“Hmm…” she thought for a while. “I would have said that you guys are busy with your yearly check-ups as you don’t want any surprises before Rencontre. So even if anyone spots you in the hospital, you will have an excuse,” she replied.

Kyung-Soo and Jeong-Eun looked at her with their jaws dropped to the floor. Without blinking their eyes, they just kept staring at her. She waited for a few seconds for them to say something but they just kept staring. After a while, it was uncomfortable.

“Okay, you guys need to say something. Speak, say something, anything,” she shouted.

Kyung-Soo opened his door and jumped out of the car. He didn’t care about anyone or anything, he just came near Nivritti and hugged her dearly. She froze. He had hugged her a lot of times but never in front of anyone. She glanced at Jeong-Eun who too jumped from the car and ran towards her.

“My emotions exactly!” he shouted and hugged both of them.

“What? What… are… you… doing?” she stammered.

“How do you do that?” asked Jeong-Eun.

“Okay, let me go, now,” she ordered and both men let her go. “And what do I do?” she asked.

“Think fast, what else?” shouted Jeong-Eun.

“I am a writer, PJ. It’s my job to get rid of all the plot holes. If a story is not tightly knit, I get uncomfortable,” she replied.

“Thank you for thinking about us, always,” smiled Kyung-Soo.

“That is literally my job, NK,” she smiled at him. “Not leave, go home, rest.”

“I will talk to the PR team and our CEO and tell them about your suggestion,” said Kyung-Soo.

“What? No! don’t tell him that,” shouted Nivritti.

“Why?” asked Jeong-Eun.

“No one is supposed to know about Young-Chul. He will call me nosy. He will hate me for barging into every aspect of your lives,” sulked Nivritti.

“What is wrong with that?” shouted Kyung-Soo.

“What nonsense!” yelled Jeong-Eun.

“I don’t know. I just feel he would get sick of me after hearing my name so many times,” said Nivritti.

Both Jeong-Eun and Kyung-Soo facepalmed.

“Really! Sometimes you are so smart and sometimes you act like a fool,” Kyung-Soo rolled his eyes.

“Hey!” she shouted. f𝔯ℯe𝓌ℯ𝐛𝒏𝐨ѵel.c𝚘𝐦

“Don’t worry, Hu-ssi is a sweetheart. I know he will like your suggestion,” assured Jeong-Eun.

Nivritti smiled at both of them. Jeong-Eun ruffled her hair with adoration and after saying goodbye, they left. Nivritti walked to her house, smiling. She quickly cooked her food, ate it, and went to bed. She didn’t get any time to work on scripts.

Before going to bed, she picked up her phone and messaged Young-Chul, “Get better soon. Good night.” She stared at her phone for minutes, but Young-Chul never replied. She thought that he might have slept so didn’t check his phone.

She pondered if she should message Korain as he was staying with him but stopped herself from doing that. She covered herself with a blanket and slept wishing good health for Young-Chul.

The morning arrived and the first thing she did was check her phone. As she woke up before her alarm could go off, she turned off the alarm and checked for Young-Chul’s reply. But there was none.

“Is he alright? Did he get sicker?” she pondered. She could not wait any further and messaged Korain.

He immediately replied that Young-Chul was doing fine and was sleeping. “Maybe he didn’t reply because he was sleeping,” she thought.

She got out of her bed and went to the bathroom. After getting dressed up, she went to the kitchen and prepared breakfast. She wanted something light, so she opted for eggs only. She made an omelette from two eggs and prepared a cup of tea.

After grabbing all her things, she walked towards her office. She greeted the guard with a smile and reached her department. She knew that ASD won’t arrive today as well. Chung-Ho had already announced that for the entire week, they won’t see ASD and she knew why.

She felt it bad to keep it from Jae-Hwa but she had no choice. She wondered if Chung-Ho knew about the same. Was he informed or was he too given a half-truth?

While all were busy with scripts, everyone’s google alert chimed in and there was an update about ASD and their medical check-up. Nivritti smiled as another one of her suggestions was approved. All read the alert and went back to their work as it was nothing exciting for them.

The whole day their fans kept talking about how nice ASD are that they kept updating them about themselves and all wished for their good health.

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