Summer Night's Dream
Episode 22 - Waiting Room

Ji-Ho's performance finally comes to the end of the song, and closing it, the sound of drum beats begins to be played ending with Ji-Ho jumping following the last blow of the drummers. The audience began to cheer boisterously and clap excitedly at Ji-Ho's performance, and to avenge the enthusiasm of his fans, the man bowed and then smiled brightly as he re-enforced his body.

The crowd's cheering spirit still hasn't subsided even though Ji-Ho has started to step back slowly. From the crowd of spectators began to sound the word "Encore!" being cheered on many times, makes Ji-Ho's thin smile blossom. He was happy that the audience at the venue liked his performance and wanted more, but it was a pity that his performance was arranged and he should not exceed the arrangement of the show or the appearance of other artists. So in the end to make the audience not so disappointed, he said, he bowed once more and turned around and ran small towards the backstage as he extended his hand to welcome the hands of the fans standing to the right left of the stage.

Arriving at the backstage, Ji-Ho bows back to greet the staff one by one. "Sugohaseyo," he said politely with a friendly smile. Then he began to remove the earpieces and other equipment he had used on the stage and handed them to his stylist. From a distance he could see his manager starting his way closer with a drinking bottle in one hand and a bag that must have contained a change of clothes in the other.

"Hyung, I'll wait in the locker room until the next schedule. I'll meet you later in the car" Ji-Ho told him when the manager was in front of him and handed over the items he was holding earlier. "Gomawo," he raised his hand which raised the bottle, as a sign that he was about to depart from where they were.

"Yeah, noona! I'm gonna put this shirt in the dressing room. You can pick it up later when I'm gone," Ji-Ho turns back and calls out to the stylist. When he saw his stylist nod in understanding, he continued his steps to the dressing room.

Ji-Ho's steps are slow and uninspired. Mind floated. At first he was very excited about this concert because he could invite Nara. But in fact Nara also can not come, so the spirit was only on stage and now all that remains is a sense of disappointment and boredom. If only Nara had, they could have gone on a date before she went to the next schedule. But it seems like, like yesterday when Nara was not around, she would just wait bored in her waiting room alone.

Doldrums Ji-Ho turns her waiting room doorknob and pushes and doors. His head was still bowed uninspired as he walked in. But his head was raised when he heard someone calling, "Ji-Ho-ya sugohaesso!"

"Nara! What are you doing here?" ji-ho's eyes blink at the sight before him. The girl he had been waiting for was now sitting on the sofa in his waiting room. The girl he was currently dying to meet smiled warmly at him, making his fatigue disappear and his spirit peaked again instantly.

"I said hello and you only saw Nara?! What kind of friend are you? Absolutely outrageous!" Park Kyung stands up from her place, a blotch of her waist blocking Ji-Ho's view of Nara.

Park Kyung's behavior makes her grieve slowly and she quickly says, "Arasseo, arasseo! Mianhae.." as her hand moved giving the code for Park Kyung to move. A second later his mouth also moved silently saying "Kka," as a command code for Park Kyung to leave him alone with Nara.

Treated like that Park Kyung can only roll the eyeballs. "Arasseo!" her reply was also without a sound to Ji-Ho. "Alright, then I will leave you two here," he turned for a moment towards Nara who was looking at him confused with two eyes twitching, then looked back at Ji-Ho who said "Gomawo!" without a sound, he made her turn her eyes again.

While walking past Ji-Ho, Park Kyung takes the time to pat her best friend on the shoulder. "You don't do anything here" he joked, chuckling softly.

"Yes!" Ji-Ho glares, about to kick Park Kyung or hit her for joking like that. But the man had already darted away leaving the room.

Nara is still gnawing at Park Kyung's back which is getting farther away until it disappears behind the door. Park Kyung left him. Now lives her and Ji-Ho who are left in the room. There are only two of them left. What should he do now? Ah, he should have talked to Ji-Ho. What's he supposed to say? What good topic is he talking about?

Not so long thinking, suddenly something crossed the girl's mind. Right too, he hasn't spoken those words to Ji-Ho yet. Nara stands up from the gray sofa she sits on and walks over to Ji-Ho.

"Sugohaseyo," Nara said with a stiff smile but her tone still sounded sincere.

Ji-Ho smiles broadly before replying to Nara. "Gomawoyo's chat. I thought you weren't coming,"

"Nl..." Nara cradled before saying her reason. His eyes move left and right avoiding Ji-Ho's gaze. "My business ended up getting done faster, and I still got here" he explained. "Ah, I met Park Kyung at the front door and she brought me here,"

"Um...yeah..it's really the original plan," Ji-Ho chuckled and continued, "So, did you get to see my performance from the television? What say?"

Asked like that Nara's eyes again sparkled. "Of course it's cool! Although I also watched it from TV but like something different! It feels really good to see you perform! It's a pity that I can only enjoy 2 songs. You know I came faster. Your performance is very good, when in hindsight I've seen hundreds of your performances but you're still stunning. You know not, until now I still...Kyaa!"

Nara screeches when suddenly her body is pulled into Ji-Ho's arms. His babbling was of course cut off. He can't even say anything anymore. Mind empty. Her body instantly feels cold, either out of shock or out of nervousness being in Ji-Ho's arms.

Still trying to gather her wits, Ji-Ho's voice sounds softly whispering behind her arms. "Thank you for being my fan" he said, then gulped to ease nervousness to say his next words. "Now, can you like me as the real Woo Ji-Ho?"

Those words shot out and instantly channeled warmth into Nara's body. The hug was no longer as cold as it had been. He felt his heart beating fast. Somehow he felt he did not want to escape from Ji-Ho's embrace. It seemed that his heart already knew what to answer, but his tongue was still mute, because in his mind he was still confused.

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