Chapter 238 The Relationship Scandal
Korain was angry at everyone. They had so much to do yet Kyung-Soo and Nivritti kept bickering like always. On top of that Young-Chul was feeling guilty about Nivritti's pain.
"Your fault, your fault, your fault, shut up both of you!!" scolded Korain. "You two, stop fighting about everything and anything that comes to your mind. I have had enough of that. You both are responsible for that injury. He is an idiot to provoke you, but I thought you were smart, why did you chase after him? You could have asked me, I would have thrown him to the ground just like that," he snapped his fingers to put emphasis on his words.
"And you, you need to stop saying sorry for asking for help. Not everything is your fault. She chose to help you, you didn't force her. She could have left you on that balcony and not dealt with you. Did she say anything about her pain to you? Then why are you demeaning her kind gesture? She didn't care about her pain, or her injury and sat with you the whole night to make you feel better. She calmed you down after you were freaking out and now you do this? If she is ready to put aside her pain to help you, you need to put aside your guilt and get better. Do you understand?" Korain scolded Young-Chul.
"Yes, hyung," Young-Chul lowered his head and spoke. Everyone stood there scared, not speaking a single word after Korain's display of authority.
"Now everyone, finish your breakfast. We have a lot of work to do. Doctor San, please take care of her and please leave. You must not be late, your patients must be waiting for you. Boys, before we leave, we need to clean her house and set up the bean bags," ordered Korain.
"What? No. No need to clean…" said Nivritti.
Before she could complete her sentence, Korain pointed his forefinger at her and ordered, "not a word. Lie down, get your medicine and rest. We are sorry for making a mess. Boys, we have little time. We need to finish everything and then go talk to Hu-ssi. We have history to make today."
"History?" whispered Jae-Geun.
"Yeah, you will find out later today," replied Nivritti.
Jae-Geun grabbed his bag and took out the medicine. He approached Nivritti, raised her sleeve, and gave her an injection. "You know you will feel sleepy after this, right?" he asked. Nivritti just nodded.
He again informed Jae-Hwa to apply an ice pack on Nivritti's foot, pulled and pushed his parents, especially his mother and left.
Leaving Nivritti on the couch, everyone started working their way through the house. Young-Chul and Korain said that they will take care of the bedroom as they slept there last night. They changed the sheets and threw the laundry in the washing machine.
"Hey! Why is this not working?" asked Korain who stood before Nivritti with a vacuum cleaner in his hand.
"You guys don't have to do that," protested Nivritti.
"Ugh…" groaned Korain. "Do you ever reply on the first try? Or do you want Jae to do all the work?"
"What? No! Why would she do all the work?" asked Nivritti.
"So, you are saying that you will clean your apartment, with that leg, with that swollen leg?" Korain stood before her with a tilted head and one hand on his waist grinding his teeth, condescendingly.
Nivritti sighed, closed her eyes, shook her head in disbelief and then replied, "it has never worked. You will have to use the old-fashioned broom and dustpan."
"Okay, TK, PJ, you take care of the bean bag and be careful of the beans, don't spill any. Without a vacuum cleaner it will be difficult to clean them up if they get out. MY will take care of the laundry. I will do the brooming, JJ, take care of the moping. JH, take the balcony, NK, you are responsible for cleaning the bathroom," Korain was giving out orders.
And Nivritti shouted when she heard that Kyung-Soo would clean her bathroom, "what?"
"What?" Korain stared at her.
"Nothing! You are the boss," Nivritti replied and lay down on the couch quietly.
"Let me help too," said Manager Park.
"You can help Jae in cleaning the table and take care of the kitchen," replied Korain.
Everyone nodded and started to move in their respective direction. Suddenly a thought came to Nivritti's mind. She promised Jeong-Eun that she would help him talk to Jae-Hwa and drama after drama stopped her from doing that. Now she had that opportunity.
"Um, Manager Park, could you help me please?" she interrupted.
"Yes, please!" he said.
"Could you please get my laptop from the night table in my room?" she requested.
"Of course!" he walked away.
"Psst!" she signalled Jeong-Eun to look at her. He was busy opening the box of the bean bags. He looked at her and saw that she was gesturing towards Jae-Hwa.
"What?" he mouthed.
"Go talk to her," she mouthed back.
But he didn't understand the shape her lips were making. He again mouthed, "what?"
She moved her forefinger and gestured for him to come near her. He looked around and walked close to her.
"What?" he murmured.
"Come closer," she said.
Jeong-Eun lowered his face near her. She immediately grabbed his collar and lowered him even more. "Go talk to her. Help her in the kitchen. Ask her whatever you wanted to ask. This can be your opportunity, you moron," she gritted her teeth.
"What about Manager Park?" he asked.
"Why do you think I sent him away? Grab the chance. Help her carry the boxes and utensils," she snapped at him.
"Right! Right!" he stood straight and looked at Jae-Hwa who was collecting empty boxes of breakfast. He cleared his throat and walked near Jae-Hwa. She lifted her head and looked at him. For a second, she stopped whatever she was doing and kept staring at him. Nivritti looked at them and could not stop smiling at them.
She felt someone approaching her and she straightened her face. Manager Park came with her laptop and the charger. She sat up and leaned her back on the handrail of the couch. She took the laptop from his hand and placed it on her lap.
"Comfortable?" he asked and reached towards her leg to take care of the cushion.
"No, please don't," she shouted at once.
All looked at her shocked.
"What? Are you in pain?" asked Jung-Hwa who was standing on the threshold of the bedroom, waiting for Korain to finish the sweeping.
"No," she replied.
"Then why did you shout?" scolded Kyung-Soo who came out of the bathroom after he heard her scream.
"He was about to touch my feet and, in my culture, elders don't touch the feet of their young ones. It's a respect thing," she explained. "Sorry, if I offended you," she apologised to Manager Park.
"Oh, please don't say that. I understand. But let me help you," he said.
"Let me," interjected Jung-Hwa and walked close to Nivritti.
"JJ! No!" she tried to stop him.
"What? Am I older than you?" he asked.
"No."
"Then?" he asked again.
Nivritti just looked at him. She had no answer for him. He just moved forward and took care of her foot and fluffed the cushion under it. Everyone went back to their chores except Manager Park who stood there staring at Jeong-Eun who walked behind Jae-Hwa into the kitchen.
"You can help, TK," Nivritti nudged Manager Park.
"Right!" he smiled at her but looked at Jae-Hwa and Jeong-Eun, sceptically.
Nivritti saw his facial expression and understood that something bothered him after looking at them together. He was not liking that Jae-Hwa and Jeong-Eun were standing close while washing the dishes. "Shit! What is he thinking about?" she thought.
She knew she had to divert his mind away Jeong-Euna and Jae-Hwa. "Don't think much about that. I told him to help her," she said.
"What?" asked Manager Park, confused.
"I see you are thinking along the lines of spooky scandal. He is just helping her. There is nothing going on between them. You can relax," she assured him.
"You have no idea how people will react if they get to know that the boys are in a relationship. It can destroy their fanbase. Their popularity will decrease drastically. All everyone will talk about is their relationship and not their music, their talent," replied Manager Park.
"Is it that bad?" asked Nivritti.
"You have no idea. Not only his, but her life will also be chaotic," said Manager Park.
"Oh!" exclaimed Nivritti.
He moved near Thae after having a chat with Nivritti and started helping him but kept his eyes on Jae-Hwa and Jeong-Eun all the time. Nivritti kept glancing at her laptop and Manager Park alternatively.
"Why is he staring at them? Will he try to separate them? Why is he so concerned about ASD's relationship status? What bad can happen? Did something bad happen in history? Nothing came up about their relationships of affairs when I researched them. Well, I researched only about their music and albums and videos. Should I look at what happened? Nah! I don't want to know about their personal life, that would be snooping," she thought.
She opened a new tab and typed "ASD affairs and ex-girlfriends" in the search bar.
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