Chapter 20: Face It!!

Why Did it Take So Long to Find Me?

 

Kangin                     Yesung

 

That kiss caused a shift in our relationship. We became more comfortable with each other and ''skinship'' become more frequent. My feels!!

Two weeks have passed. Edward kept giving seonbae and me odd tasks; all have to do with Super Junior and KPOP. Seems like his project is going well!

 

- Chohwa, Kangta; see me for a minute

Seonbae and I exchanged glances then paced to his office.

From behind the desk he stared at us tapping his fingers on the desk. Then he lent forward and said in his matter-of-fact way:

- Kangta; I depend on you in this work; you know that

- Thank you sir

- And you!

Me what? Mwo mwo?!!!! 이멍청이야!! You boor!!

- I personally don't like you

As if I care arsehole!!

- But Albert trusts you a lot

Oh boss!! 역시!! boss 밖에 없어!! I just have you Boss!!

But… wait… what was that all about?

 

- The show has been processed. Kangta will take care of everything that has to do with cameras; you'll be an assistant director I'm saying…

Kangta seonbae whose eyes glittered looked so excited and happy. I was so happy for him. We high-fived

- While you…

Me what? What again? What about me bugger?!!!!

- Since you master the two languages, and since you know pretty much about KPOP and Super Junior, and since you know them personally you'll co-write the script...

Holy Cow!!

- You'll co-writer with writers Kim YounYoung and Kim JeeYoun

Sod it!! I would co-write with Strong Heart writers. I ??!!

- Can I hug you sir?

- No

Blast it berk!! For a fleeting moment I liked you. For one flurry second I liked you. Darn it!!

- I'd hug Kangta seonbae instead aish

And I did

But that was when the happy excitement ended.

- You'll go meet the writers later in the day as well as the members

- Okay

- You'll meet the members frequently during this week. They must have been notified by now so you'll have to arrange your schedule for the next month. There will be shooting round the clock and an episode daily.

- WOW!! You mean we'll shoot the episode today and broadcast it tomorrow

- Exactly

- That's lots of work!!

- It all depends on you. If you do it right –as Albert believes you would- everything will be ok.

- Don't worry. I have two veteran writers with me

He stared at me for a minute

- There's something you seem to miss

- What?

- You're not just a script writer; you're the main

- Main what?

Stupidly I asked

- Main lead; the English person who'll live in Super Junior's dorm!

Screw it!! All that explanation was because I was the lead! I was the person who'd live there! The show was about me!

- In a nugget; the show is all about you. It all depends on you; on how you'll act, how you'll spend the day, how you'll stimulate their capabilities and abilities, how you'll make them give their all, how you'll make everyday different, genuine and interesting, how you'll open their hearts to you and people's hearts to you and them and how you'll represent those 14 Korean celebrities to the prejudiced English; us.

I must have miscalculated something. I must have misunderstood something

- Get going now

As I froze there, Edward stepped towards me, put his hand on my shoulder and whispered in my ear:

- I know you can do it. You're the only one who can. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have ventured into this

The shock of what my mission was like and the shock of the assuring words coming from Edward were more than I could endure. I sank to the floor and Kangta seonbae caught me.

I needed some time to compose myself. I was worried the most about the guys' reactions. Heechul would simply kick me out.

 

- So what you're saying is that an English woman would live with the fourteen of us in one dorm for a whole month, would manage our schedules and boss us around?

Kyuhyun exclaimed; apparently pissed off

Manager hyung replied:

- Ya! Look at the full half of the cup. It's BBC. The whole UK will be watching you. You're not young anymore and we know better how our popularity isn't the same. If BBC wants to revive us why would we say no? Not only the UK; the programme will be subbed in English so the whole world will be watching. Something else; Kibum will appear on the show for the first time since 2009; how will ELF react? Henry and Zhoumi will also appear. Can't you see the big picture?!

Everything hyung said was right. It'd be uncomfortable but it might be the greatest opportunity ever!

- What about the script writer?

-  Kim YounYoung and Kim JeeYoun will co-write with the English guest

- Why would the guest write?

Sungmin enquired

- First because we need an English writer; for the language. Second; she's basically a writer.

- Is she pretty?

Eunhyuk canvassed

- Haven't seen her yet. But I know she's young and so talented. Adams and Co. wouldn't invest in someone who has the least percentage of failing

-아무리 생각해도; 계집이 답게… No matter how I see it; it's just like that battleaxe!!

I turned to hyung. It seemed reasonable... 근대 설마!! But no way that'd be!

 

I stood outside the door and couldn't bring myself to ring the bell. How would they react? Could they really believe that I just knew about it? What would Heechul do? How would Yesung look? And... Kangin?

I had to do it eventually so I summoned my courage and rang the bell. The manager opened the door. I introduced myself and he ushered me inside. I walked with bated breath. The moment they lay eyes on me Heechul cried:

-그럴 알았어!! I knew it would be that way!!

The manager shifted his gaze between the shocked faces of the members and my averted eyes.

- Do you know each other?

- Actually…

Heechul was about to continue when Leeteuk Leader-nim stepped on his foot

- She's HaeBum's buddy for life. We told you about her

- Aha!! I've heard a lot about you

Thank you Leader!! Thank you very much indeed!!

Yesung oppa also looked at Leader with gratitude then met my eyes. I felt relaxed

- Manager hyung; since we know Chohwa already we'll manage on our own. You may leave

- Will you? Ok I already have a lot to do. Work hard

He clapped my shoulder and left.

And the storm started

 

- Yah!! Park Chohwa!! You're totally unexpected.

Everyone was shocked but more comfortable since they knew me, except for Heechul who stormed at me and Kangin who left the room

- Hyung, will you leave Chohwa alone, please?

Yesung oppa came to my defence. They were about to quarrel when Leeteuk ordered everyone to sit down and listen to the plan. He called Kangin who came unwillingly. I wondered what was wrong with him.

- So you lured us into this?

Heechul started

Will you be quite chatterbox?

- I haven't. Yesung oppa has!

- What?

Yesung stared at me. I narrated the whole thing.

I could see how Chul longed to hit the hell out of Yesung.

- So what's the plan?

That was Siwon

 

- The plan is: I'll live here for a month. I'll arrange the schedules as to have activities with the band as whole and individual activities. We have to agree on those activities. Every one of you will teach me something. And at the time I'd be with one member the other members have to something together; something related

- Awesome!!

Heechul commented sarcastically

- Cherry oppa; I know you don't like me personally but we have to work this out together please

- 그렇게 부르지 !! Don't call me that

- Oppa!!

- Don't call me oppa!!

I steamed up

- Ya Kim Heechul! Who do you think you are? Why would this show that costs millions and has a chance of raising Super Junior to a level they never reached fail because of your attitude? Why would the other guys lose the chance for a serious breakthrough because of your foul temper? Would you let that go? I'm sorry I scratched your phone on our first meeting!!

I was practically shouting and everyone –including HaeBum who saw me angry before- was hit between the eyes. Heechul suddenly seemed to realise his mistake and sat down quietly as I went through the plan.

 

I can never describe my happiness when I found out Chohwa was to be the guest. We'd live under the same roof for a month. We'd cook, chat, play, laugh and sleep together.

And the way she explained her proposal, and the ideas she had!! I must have saved a country in my past life to meet such a woman.

 

Cool! I'd live in distress for a month. Yeah it's awesome to watch her getting along with everybody. It's amazing how talented she is and how impressed everybody is. It's amusing to watch her and Yesung hyung exchanging glances and touches every now and then. And it's so crushing to be the only one who couldn't enjoy and couldn't belong.

 

After my outburst Kangin was the only one who avoided me. I must have done something damaging to see him steering clear of me like that! I had not the slightest clue what could that be but felt guilty all the same.

I spent the rest of the day and the most of following week meeting the writers, seonbae and the members. Meeting the writers was a dream that came true and working with them was awesome. They took all my suggestions seriously and I was learning heavily. We needed lots of English lines. Actually all my lines were English. Even if the guys replied in Korean I wasn't supposed to utter any Korean word; that was the plan; in order to corner them into using the language.

 

In the last day before shooting started I emphasised one point:

- It's true that the show is about you guys but there's something you must know about the English. The English have so much pride in them and like to believe they're the best. So even if they like you and cheer for you, even if they're curious to death about you; they're watching the show for me. They want to see how I influence you, how their Englishwoman acts, how their Englishwoman portrays England, and how Koreans treat her. I'm not bragging or claiming that's right; I'm just trying to point this out. The director is English so he'll go for that as well. So please, please once more, act natural. The more natural you act, the more comfortable I'll be, and the greater the show will turn out. Something else and I'm sorry to say that; the more English you speak the more screen time you'll have.

 

I didn't sleep a wink that night; not only because I was nervous but because all the members were cursing me. How bad must they have hated me for saying those words!!

And there was Kangin!!

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