"Hmmm what scandal?" I say, playing the fool."Dylan..." Irene just says my name but that"s enough for me to know that I better start explaining right now or my life could be on the line.
"Uhm... you see let me try to explain things. It will either only add fuel to the fire or have the opposite effect and may cause the matter to be blown over really fast. As a celebrity you can"t afford that. It"s better to maintain the mystery when you can. Andy Warhol once said, that you actually have more power when you shut up. The less you say, the more profound and mysterious you appear. The public will start filling in the gaps with their own imagination .
Mystery is sometimes more important than knowledge."
Irene sits there silently and bites her top her lip visibly showing her displeasure but unable to counter my argument and just says, "Since when were you this smart?"
"What"s that supposed to mean? I got 398 on the CSAT and I"m studying at SNU. I"ve always been smart. I normally just let you win because it ... benefits me" I stick out my tongue really playfully for a person on his hospital bed.
"You let me win!..... Are you saying I"m dumb" She says, which even forces her cute satoori (regional dialect) to show
I give her a quick peck on the cheeks, making her squirm a bit. "No, you are actually really smart. I"m just waaaaaay smarter. But because you are very very very pretty that"s a bonus"
"What about me ?" Chae-won interrupts our dramlike experience
"Huh? What about you?" I ask
"Am I not very pretty too" She says straightforwardly
"Yeah. That"s obvious" "But you really ruined the mood you know"
She smiles really happily and then ignoring the fact that Irene is even present, leans over and kisses me on the cheek.
"UNNIE!" Irene drags me away
"What? I was kissing me "boyfriend". Is their something wrong with that" She answers calmly and in a tone that one might describe as serene even.
"Wait wait. Chae-won-ah did you forget what I told you before" I ask slightly confused at her current actions. She"s surprisingly acting without conscience.
"I remember...." She says, "You rejected me" She says really brightly proceeding to kiss me again. "But I don"t care"
"Unnie! His mine, get your own" Irene complains, "I"m not an a collectible you know! I"m limited edition. Pfft as if she could get another model like me? Maybe a cheap imitation but I"m a brand name"
"You speak like I don"t have a say" I add
"You don"t! It"s my feelings. I get to decide how I feel" She says matter of factly
"Well she"s technically not wrong but you can"t just act how you want. Thats hara.s.sment! Thinking about it, Yoona"s the same. She attacks me whenever she has the chance.
"Dylan are you sure rejected her properly?" Irene asks
Thinking back, I did say I liked her but I made it clear. I like Irene more.
"I"m pretty sure ... I ... did" I say trying to get a hold of the situation right now.
"Pretty sure ... what did you say exactly?" She asks
"I said... "I like you Chae-won but I .... I can"t live without Joohyun" I think thats what I said" I give her the abridged version.
Irene puffs her cheeks out blowing air interchangeably into either cheek. "While I"m not really happy with how you answered. You did a good job!" Proceeding to pet me on the head like a pet whose behaved properly.
Is she training me ? I"ve heard about this before. Men are dogs.
Whether you"re saying it as an insult or in an endearing way, it"s true af. I mean, there"s a reason that dogs are "man"s best friend," because they have so much in common.
There is a writer who even wrote a book that follows a woman who realizes that she can train her boyfriend the way she learned to train her dog.
"On the other hand, Women are complex creatures, they"re more like cats. Dogs are simple. You give him a treat and he"ll continue behaving, you punish him and you"ll eventually get him to stop"
"You understand that as a rejection right?"" I ask Irene her thoughts
"It"s pretty clear to me" She says turning to Chae-won whose absolutely blissful playing the role of a maiden.
"Yup. Pretty clear." Chae-won agrees
"Then why aren"t you giving up?" I ask
"Why must I?" She looks at me determinedly "You like me right?"
"Yeah"
"Then the answer is simple. If you think it"s unfair to Joohyun. All we have to do is make it fair!" Chae-won says excitedly
"Huh? Make it fair?"
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