chapter 10

Chapter 10.

Flashback

"Dreamcatcher Siyeon is suspected of committing school violence against classmates"

"A classmate in high school accuses Dreamcatcher Siyeon of bullying"

The entire DCC office is like boiling water, all trying to find out who spread this news. Manager Shin immediately went to the group's dorm to find Siyeon, wanting to talk directly to the truth.

- After all, what is this? – Manager Shin shouted.

- I didn't do it, who, who spread this false rumor? - Siyeon shivered as she looked at her phone.

- Lee Siyeon, no matter what happens, you must tell the truth so that the company knows how to handle it. It's only been 2 years since the debut group, but this happened, do you know how many people you're affecting?

- I told you I didn't - Siyeon growled word by word.

- I used to observe you a lot when you were a trainee, you weren't enthusiastic about interacting with other trainees, always showed a cold face, even hated SuA. You must have been like that when you were at school, right? did you have any conflicting relationship with your classmates?

- No, I don't play with them, there's no chance for friction.

- In class, you don't play with anyone?

- I only play with people in the music club, because I do singing activities with them, that's all.

- Is that true?

- You find out who spread this rumor, bring it to me to see what is true, do you think I'm afraid? - Siyeon raised an eyebrow and angrily walked out of the house.

SuA stood in the room right next to the door and heard the entire conversation between Siyeon and manager Shin, she walked out of the room, and saw manager Shin frowning and typing something on the phone. SuA gently walked out of the house.

She saw Siyeon walking in the street, Siyeon must have wanted to go for a walk to relieve the stress. SuA, when she read the news in the newspaper, immediately thought of finding out who spread the malicious rumor about Siyeon and suing it, because she believes that Siyeon never did.

Although Lee Siyeon has never shown a friendly side to her, except when on camera, Siyeon’s face is full of scary aura, but she still believes that the girl is a gentle and kind person, Siyeon’s not that easy to bully others.

Probably because she already had special feelings for Siyeon, in her heart she defended Siyeon  unconditionally.

SuA called her father Kim, a lawyer working in her hometown Masan. She asks him to rely on the connections he has, to find a good detective in Seoul to track down the person who spread the rumors about Siyeon, so that she can solve this matter quickly.

Siyeon walked straight out to the bank of the Han River and SuA followed closely, the two of them 10 feet apart. SuA looked deeply at Siyeon's back rising and falling, she knew that the girl was suffering a lot.

Although Siyeon always shows her strong side, she is someone who cries easily, she always tries to hide her true feelings inside. Recently, Dreamcatcher attended a wedding of an employee in the company, Siyeon cried when she saw the other couple saying their vows together.

Siyeon is someone who cries easily over very small things, such people are usually people with sincere and pure hearts.

SuA knows that Siyeon's inside and the outside are very different, she has read a lot of psychology books and she understands this.

Walking peacefully like that, suddenly Siyeon turned her back, their eyes met.

SuA was too shy to turn her face away, pretending like nothing happened.

Her heart was pounding, Siyeon found her, what to do.

- What are you doing? – SuA heard Siyeon's echoing voice.

She turned to look at Siyeon, then slowly approached.

- I thought you weren't feeling well, so I followed you to see if you were okay.

- I don't need it, you go home.

- Okay, then you just pretend you haven't seen me yet

- You're so annoying Kim SuA, you're here and you're trying to mock me about that rumor, aren't you?

- No, I haven't said anything yet and you think I'm mocking you? - SuA frowned.

- If that's not the case, what are you doing here, are you too free? - Siyeon continued her annoyed tone.

- I've been living with you for 2 years now, do you think I'm a free person? – SuA raised her eyebrows and asked. Siyeon creates karma that wants to make her angry. She is an extrovert with a full schedule from morning to night, if at work, she is constantly busy, and if there is free time, she will fill herself with her personal schedules, exercising, meeting friends, painting, cleaning the house….

She hasn't had a day called free, because she doesn't like to be idle.

- If you're busy, go do your own thing.

- When are you going to stop showing that hateful voice?

- ……………………

- If I care about you, you will tell I want to mock you, when I cook dinner for you, you criticize my meal  up and down, then the next day you blame me for not cooking for you. You punished me to stand at the door and wait for you, I did it, and then you was still angry with me, I went out with my friends, and you  asked to follow me and then acted friendly like there was a camera around, while always showing off that you hate me. You’re always so hot and cold, after all, why? – SuA angrily said it all, the problems she just mentioned above are all things she has hidden in her heart for a long time, she always patiently ignores everything.

But Lee Siyeon was so stubborn that she couldn't stand it, she knew that Siyeon's night out with her in Brazil was because Siyeon actively asked to follow, not because Gahyeon invited. Gahyeon told her everything.

She knew that that guy Paulo liked her, but she didn't care because it was just a social relationship, meeting only once. She only focuses on experiencing new services when going abroad, she doesn't care about anything else.

Lee Siyeon was silent, then spoke softly.

- Kim SuA, you do all that for the money, we have to be close to each other to make more money, to be more famous, isn't it?

The bottom of Kim SuA's miniature universe eyes turned black, her heart broke when she heard Siyeon's words.

- The things I do, because I care and worry about you.

- ……………………

- You want to believe it or not, whatever, I just want to say that - SuA turned and walked away, leaving Siyeon standing there in a bad mood.

Siyeon watched SuA's figure fade away until it disappeared, inside her there was an unnamed emotion.

She didn't know what it was, but it made her feel very heavy.

End flashback.

At the Maison coffee shop, JiU asked Siyeon to go out for a drink to take pictures. Siyeon happily agreed because she thought it was just a casual date, until the cup of coffee was half done, JiU started on the main topic and JiU’s question made her tongue stiffen immediately.

- Siyeon, you like girls right?

- ……………………. - Siyeon kept silent, eyes wide open looking at the opposite person.

- Is it true?

- Was it SuA or Gahyeon who told you?

- It turns out that the one who knew about this in advance was SuA and Gahyeon, not me - JiU smirked, feeling a bit disappointed in her longtime sister.

- What did they tell you?

- I don't want to answer that question, I want you to be the one to tell me directly, we promised each other not to keep secrets, right?

- ……………………

- You don't believe me? At least I'm still the leader of Dreamcatcher, I need to know all my members well.

- The fact that I have kissed or had sex to a girl, or the fact that I have not had a boyfriend, cannot be confirmed that I am gay, I am a straight girl, next year I will have to get married according to my parents' orders, you know this already - Siyeon replied emphatically, taking a sip of coffee.

Her face was a calm lake, but inside she was raging like a storm.

- Kiss? Have sex? What? Who did you kiss? Who do you have sex with? - JiU panics.

Siyeon dilated her pupils, which means SuA or Gahyeon didn't tell JiU specifically, she missed her words....

It's because JiU talks in a way that prompts her to tell the truth, Kim JiU is really clever and cunning.

- Lee Siyeon, don't try to hide anything from me, if you don't tell me everything, you won't leave this coffee shop - JiU said coldly, the figure of a leader rose.

Siyeon trembled with fear, JiU looked at her with those eyes, she didn't have the courage to hide JiU  anymore.

- I… I kissed SuA at the group's 1st No.1 celebration party in Melon.

- And then?

- I… slept with her at the hotel two months ago.

- Then?

- I... also slept with her again in Daegu, on the last visit to Mr. and Mrs. Lee.

- So you can't have feelings for Shinwon, because you’re in love with Kim SuA - JiU concluded.

- It's not like that, the day at the party was because I was too drunk to act unconsciously, and sleeping with her... was due to ... suddenly sexual desires, that's all.

- Does SuA know these things, or does she think differently from you?

- No, SuA knows that, she's already been through too many one-night stands with girls, and I'm just one of them.

- Who told you that?

- Gahyeon revealed SuA's true self to me, and SuA also tacitly confirmed it to me.

JiU narrowed her eyes, feeling confused.

- So the kiss at the party was because you lost consciousness, and the bed was because SuA solicited you?

- No, going to bed is voluntary, because I… also want it.

- ………….

- Thanks to that night, I determined that I can't have feelings for men.

- Ten minutes ago, you just confirmed to me that you’re a straight girl - JiU laughed.

- Well….maybe…a long time later….maybe I have feelings for a certain guy, who knows in the future.

- Did you know that if you don't listen to Mr. and Mrs. Lee, they will cut off your dream as a singer?

- Yes, I know, they must have told you. My parents want me to get married at the end of next year, the wedding will take place in secret, which is a condition for me to continue doing the job I want - Siyeon sighed.

- Your parents said it at the first dinner in Daegu, both me, SuA and Handong heard. So what do you do now? while your current situation is like this?

- I don't know, I guess I have to stay away from Kim SuA for a long enough time, so I can calm down and move on to a new relationship.

- Siyeon, you….are you so lustful with SuA?

Siyeon put her hands on her face.

- I don't know, I don't understand myself anymore.

- It's very difficult to stay away from SuA, because we are working together every day, in front of the camera you always have to be close to her

- I know, it's hard, I'm trying.

JiU silently looked at Siyeon's pathetic expression, she seemed to have understood everything.

“Kim SuA, you have successfully flirted with this girl” – JiU’s POV.

Flashback

After a week of struggling with false rumors about Siyeon, DCC Company has not come up with a solution, nor does it know how to handle Siyeon. In this Republic of Korea, school violence is a social problem, if an entertainment star is caught up in this rumor, it is usually forced to leave the group, or stop working, and the opportunity to return to showbiz very difficult.

Then, suddenly, the person who spread the rumor spoke up, it was all a misunderstanding, Lee Siyeon was not at fault.

Chairman Lee Jae Won stared blankly at the newspaper for a long time, not believing what he had just read.

- Chairman Lee….so...this is over, right? – Manager Kang, who specializes in handling communications for the company, is hesitant to speak up.

- Yeah….suddenly someone spoke up…no need to do anything else.

Siyeon sat in the living room, reading the news on her phone with both surprise and joy. For the past few days, she has lived in extreme negativity and anxiety, although she has done nothing wrong, but she is afraid that someone has malicious intentions to harm her, wants to drown her career.

JiU came out from the bedroom, smiling at Siyeon.

- Did you read the newspaper? the matter is solved.

- Why… all of a sudden? - Siyeon asked.

- SuA went to find the person who spread the rumor and met them to talk about it, the negotiation went well - JiU announced, holding a snack bag in one hand, the remote turning on the TV in the other.

- How did she find it?

- SuA's father is a very good lawyer, knows a lot of detectives, finding one is not difficult for them

- ………… - Siyeon was surprised, she only knew that SuA's hometown was in Masan, but she had not had the opportunity to care about SuA’s parents' profession.

- The person who spread the rumors is really a classmate of your, that girl is jealous because your  academic achievements are always at the top of the school, and you come from a rich family, your parents are head of parents at school right?

Siyeon calmly listened, it turned out that was the reason. She didn't hang out with anyone in that class because she simply couldn't find someone worthy to play with. During that time in high school, she could only play with friends in the music club, because of the same passion and good conversation.

The girl she once had a secret crush on was the electric guitarist in the band, she once gave that girl  chocolates but then didn't say anything. After Siyeon went to Seoul to practice at DCC, she also didn't have the opportunity to meet them much anymore, her friendship has weakened a bit. Until now, her close friends are only Dreamcatcher members.

Not all, except one. But today she had the opportunity to understand more about Kim SuA, the fact that SuA secretly helped her, she was really grateful.

- Where is SuA now?

- Must be going artificial mountain climbing, this morning I saw she and Gahyeon eating breakfast and said so, I passed by so I heard.

Siyeon knew the place where SuA used to go climbing, she looked at her phone to check the time, she immediately got up, prepared and left the house.

SuA finished her exercise, she bowed to the teacher and prepared to leave. Stepping out the door, she  saw Lee Siyeon's figure standing outside.

She wanted to die, why did Siyeon appear here?

- I have a gift for you - Siyeon held up a white bag and a smaller black bag.

SuA surprisedly received two bags, inside the white bag was a yellow T-shirt with sunflower motifs, and the black bag inside had two cans of hydrated water for refreshment.

SuA wanted to laugh at Siyeon's sudden cute action, Siyeon gave her a present but the face was blank, looking so cute.

If Siyeon wanted to hide the feelings, then SuA would restrain her cheerfulness, she opened a cold deep tone.

- I will take cans of hydrated water to drink, and I don't accept this shirt, I don't like yellow, and I don't like sunflowers either - SuA said, handed Siyeon a white bag, then blatantly walked past Siyeon to return home. The place to practice climbing with the dorm is not too far apart, so she often walks here.

- What color do you like? What flowers do you like? – Siyeon trailed behind, asked. Her head cursed at Kim SuA, did SuA know that she had just run as full pelt to buy SuA gifts in time when SuA could finish climbing the mountain?

- You don't need to care about that, but how did you know to go there to find me?

- Well, I know the places you go to exercise, just random - Siyeon scratched her head, the fact that she knew the places SuA frequented was because she asked people around, she was too free so she was curious but not mean nothing.

And SuA just said what Siyeon used to say to SuA, Siyeon was speechless and couldn't do anything about it. Her head cursed again.

While on the way, she thought she needed to say thank you to SuA, but she still couldn't speak. And in the end everything ended in SuA calmly going back to the dorm, and Siyeon following behind without daring to do anything.

End chapter 10