<OST: It's You - Chungha>
"No one wants me..." Jieun brooded as she walked along the pathway, kicking stones along the sidewalk. "No one has any time for me at all..."
"Lee Jieun...?"
"I'm not her-" Jieun covered her face instinctively, trying to get away from the male fan standing before her, refusing to make any eye contact. "You've recognised the wrong person."
"No-" A familiar chuckle filled Jieun's ears. "Jieun-noona, it's me."
Jieun looked up, her hand still shielding her face. "Oh-?"
"Hello-" Taehyung giggled as he bent down a little to meet Jieun's eyes. "Looks like our little celebrity over here is getting way too popular to even chat with me now."
"No, no, no-" Jieun burst into laughter as she hurriedly put down her hand. "Sorry, I thought you were a fan... I've been getting recognised way too often nowadays."
"Of course, your channel has been doing so well these days-" Taehyung winked. "I'm subscribed, noona. Don't forget that I was your first fan - the first person who uploaded a picture of your work onto my Twitter account."
"Of course, how can I forget?" Jieun managed a smile. "I still have you to thank for a lot of things."
Taehyung grinned. "Well, I have you to thank for helping me reconcile with JK too. Anyway, how's he?"
"Him...?" Jieun let out a deep sigh. "Don't even talk about him."
"Why-" Taehyung laughed. "Did you guys fight again?"
"No, it's just-" Jieun sighed. "Ah, forget it. You won't understand."
"What do you mean?" Taehyung chuckled. "Why? What did he do this time?"
"Nothing," Jieun groaned. "I just- I just haven't been able to talk to him or hang out with him as much as I usually do... and I'm really frustrated about that."
"Ah-" Taehyung nodded slowly, finally understanding the situation. "Concert prep."
"Mmhmm."
"Well-" Taehyung pouted. "I know it must suck to have to pretend to be okay in front of him because you don't want him to worry about you, but that's just the life of a celebrity, you know what I mean?"
"I know, I just-" Jieun sighed again. "I'm just bored for now, but I'll get used to it one day. But other than that, there's also the issue of having to date in private. Well... after all, I'm also somewhat of a celebrity right now... we'll both have to adjust to this type of lifestyle eventually."
"Have you guys never thought of dating publicly?" Taehyung furrowed his eyebrows. "I thought the whole motto of your company right now is to live freely... but keeping your relationship a secret, that's not exactly living freely, is it?"
"I..." Jieun shrugged. "You're right - to a certain extent, I guess. But we're not hiding our relationship now because we're afraid... we just don't see the need to mix up our private lives with our public lives."
"But the problem you were mentioning earlier-" Taehyung frowned. "That's kind of something that can be made better by going public with your relationship, is it not? The only reason why you have to go visit him in private at his studio all the time is because there might be trouble if people see you in public. If you go public with your relationship, you don't have to fear that anymore - whatever schedules he goes for, or wherever he goes... you guys can be together openly. Isn't that much better?"
"To a certain extent, yeah-" Jieun nodded slowly. "But do you really think it's feasible...?"
"I mean, I have no say in this but-" Taehyung hesitated. "I feel like if I were in your position, I'd want to date openly."
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Romancein which jeon jungkook believes that lee jieun has fallen for him, when she is actually just doing her job as an undercover news reporter. what happens when he finds himself falling for her?
