Slowly I began to regain my consciousness and I woke up.
I looked around and realized I was in the biggest room in
the Nam Hotel. The Presidential Suite.
“What am I doing in here?” I asked myself.
Then suddenly the chair in front of me spun around. Ji Won
was sitting in it. I stared at him with wide eyes. I started
to panic because I was all alone with him in the room.
Ji Won gave me a sideways glance. “You okay?”
he asked. I nodded my head. Ji Won got up out of his seat
and walked towards me. He sat down on the bed next to me
and looked at me straight in the eyes. “So what’s
your name?” he asked.
“Mi-“ I began but instantly cut myself off.
‘Stupid, I thought to myself. You almost said your
real name!’ I saw Ji Won’s eyes grow wide.
“What did you say your name was?”
“Min-Sung,” I answered him quickly.
“Oh,” he said and backed away from me.
Ji Won stood up and walked towards the window, looking outside.
He knew the new recruit was a boy but somewhere inside him
wished Min Sung would say his name was Mina. He let out
a sigh.
“There’s a meeting tomorrow. Be there okay?”
I looked at Ji Won with his back facing me. It had only
been 2 years but I felt as though I couldn’t read
what was going on in his mind anymore. I let out a sigh
myself. “Ji Won, where do we meet later tomorrow?”
The call of his real name made Ji Won suddenly look up.
He ran over to where Min Sung was sitting and grabbed him
by his shoulders. “How do you know my real Korean
name? No one knows me by that. Everyone calls me Matthew.”
Oh no, I thought. I had completely forgotten that Ji Won
had changed his name to Matthew but I thought fast. “I
didn’t know your name as Ji Won. All I said was, ‘Gee,
wanna go out later tomorrow?’
I felt Ji Won’s grip on me loosen. He had bought the
story. When he was looking, I let out a sigh of relief.
‘I’m losing it,’ thought Ji Won. “We’ll
meet in the main dining room tomorrow,” Ji Won told
Min Sung. He nodded his head and left. Ji Won walked out
to the balcony and looked up at the sky.
“I love you Mina, that’s why it hurts so much
that you’re not here.”
But the real Mina had left before she could have heard those
words
Meanwhile back in the hotel lobby…
After Sung Hoon and the others gave the new
recruits instructions and about the meeting,
they all went back to their rooms.
“You think there’s something wrong
with Matthew hyung?” asked Jae Jin.
“Yeah,” said Jae Duc. “Did
you see the way he held the new guy?”
They began to shudder.
“No, it’s nothing,” answered
Sung Hoon.
“You think maybe Matthew is gay?”
asked Ji Yong.
“You’re the one who looks gay,”
said Jae Duc, jokingly.
“Shut up!” yelled Ji Yong as he
punched Jae Duc lightly.
The others began to laugh. Then Su Won said,
“Could be though. I never saw him ‘be’
with a girl before.”
