Chapter 555 (1/2)
“What a dirty life. Aah, I wish a meteorite fell right on top of my head.”
Suyeon, who had been chuckling until just now, finally fell over. Just before she hit her head on the table, Geunsoo reached out and caught her head.
“I did think that she was overdrinking a little, and it really came to this, huh.”
“I think it’s about time we get up,” Maru said as he looked at Suyeon who had licked her lips.
Although she was strong with alcohol, it was natural that she got drunk since she drank without rest. Maru didn’t know if this was a part of her plan or not, but in any case, she was completely drunk.
“I want to cry.”
“Suyeon-noona. Get yourself together.”
“I don’t want to. Life’s too hard.”
“This woman turns pessimistic once she’s drunk huh. Woman, you should watch your mouth. Aren’t you trying to look pretty? Geunsoo-hyung is right next to you.”
“Ah right, Geunsoo-oppa’s here. I know, I know. I’m the bad bitch. I’m the bad girl.”
Suyeon lept into Geunsoo’s embrace with a grin on her face. Maru paid his condolences to Geunsoo.
“Consider it as punishment for a popular man. Suyeon-noona, get on Geunsoo-hyung’s back.”
Geunsoo sighed before piggybacking Suyeon. At that moment, Maru saw Suyeon’s lips curve into a big smile. He didn’t say anything since she looked really happy.
“Sungjae-hyung. Let’s leave.”
Sungjae put on his baseball cap so that other people couldn’t see his face before putting on his hoodie as well. It would be incredibly hard to recognize him without getting up close.
“Maru. There’s a wallet in my pocket. Use the credit card in the wallet to pay.”
“Yes, sir.”
After paying the bill, Maru came out of the restaurant with the receipt. He saw the three sitting down under the parasol by the convenience store. They each held a hangover drink.
“You should call a chauffeur service and go home.”
“No. Sungjae and I are going to sleep there,” Geunsoo said as he pointed at an alley with motels in it.
“Get her a taxi home.”
“No!”
Suyeon, who had her face buried in her arms on the table, suddenly woke up and shouted. She grabbed onto Geunsoo’s arm and said something in a weird voice. To sum it up, she said she couldn’t go home because her car was right in front of the restaurant. Maru didn’t know what the car being here had to do with not being able to go home, but the stubborn Suyeon looked like she was about to lie down on the street if they called for a chauffeur service.
“Fine, fine. I’ll grab a room for you as well, so go sleep there.”
“Yes! I’m sleeping here!”
She became docile after that. It took around two minutes for her to start snoring.
“There’s Miso-noona too, and there’s this girl. Do the women at JA all act like this when they’re drunk?”
“Don’t ask. I’m beginning to get suspicious myself.”
Sungjae laughed before pressing on Suyeon’s forehead. Suyeon seemed to be in deep sleep as she didn’t even budge.
“I’ll grab two rooms, one for this embarrassment of a woman and one for me and Sungjae. Maru, do me a favor.”
Maru grabbed Suyeon’s left arm and Geunsoo grabbed her right.
“Sungjae-hyung, let me borrow your cap for a moment.”
He put the cap he got from Sungjae on Suyeon. Her long, disheveled hair covered most of her face, but they couldn’t go wrong with too much caution.
“Sungjae, you should wait here. We don’t want people catching you with us.”
Sungjae nodded at Geunsoo’s words. Sungjae was the most well-known out of the four of them here. There would be disastrous consequences if a photo of him going into a motel leaked out. First up, Bada would bawl her eyes out. That was disastrous enough. Since it was such a horrible matter, they had to be prepared.
He and Geunsoo threw Suyeon into a motel room before leaving. It wasn’t just an expression. They literally threw her on the bed.
“I’m sweating.”
“Me too.”
“So you’ll put her next to you?”
“No.”
“You’re quite firm with that stance.”
“I’m trying to think of an excuse to get far away from her, but I can’t because of the alcohol. Leaving JA is one method.”
“Suyeon-noona might follow you out.”
“That sounds more scary than the horror movie I watched a few days ago.”
Maru had to stop as he was walking back to the convenience store from the motel. Geunsoo sighed.
“I think he got caught.”
“He got caught indeed.”
“Should I try calling him?”
“Can he even pick up?”
“I’ll try anyway.”
He grabbed onto the rails as he tried calling. He saw Sungjae take out his phone in the middle of the crowd.
“Can you take the call right now?”
-Ah, yes. Please speak. Uhm, can you be quiet for a second? This is an important call.
The whole alley turned quiet in an instant with a word from him. Maru saw Sungjae leave the crowd before speaking,
“Can you escape?”
-No. Even if I can, I won’t be able to go to the motel. It seems like I’ll have to take the taxi back for today.
-I can’t help it. Oh, tell Geunsoo-hyung I said sorry. I’ll be going back first. I think I won’t be able to go home at all if I stay any longer.
“Alright. Have a safe trip home.”
He saw Sungjae wave from afar. He probably waved towards Maru’s general direction.
“Sungjae-hyung says he’ll take the taxi home. Also, he wanted to apologize to you.”
“That’s a pity. I wanted to talk with him in a quiet room. He was too famous to be hidden with a single hoodie, huh.”
“Taking his cap off wasn’t the best idea, it seems. But it’s quite curious to see so many people gather in such a short time. He feels like a true celebrity.”
“You envious?”
“No. I can’t get envious after seeing him getting almost squished to death. Wouldn’t people recognize you as well?”
“Probably not.”
“Twilight Struggles became so controversial though.”
“Hey, you make me sad by saying that even though you know what happened.”
Maru smiled and nodded. Geunsoo, the third son in the movie, had his head smashed by the elder’s hammer. As that scene was filled with blood and insults, it was switched to the next scene quickly, so it was hard to recognize any actors in the scene. When the camera showed Geunsoo from up close, his face was already covered in blood, so he was far from his normal immaculate self.
“Won’t you get a lot of female fans like Sungjae-hyung if this movie goes well?”
“That sounds good. It’s about time I buy my own house too, so I have to earn a lot of money.”