Newspaper

Kyung Mi's POV, a few weeks after prom...

I adjusted my long hair into a sleek ponytail and grabbed my sneakers before leaving. I jogged along the cobblestone path and let my eyes wander across the world waking up around me. The sound of my shoes softly hitting the ground and my short laboured breaths were covered with the beautiful songs of birds and the leaves bristling in the wind. I turned around a corner and saw a familiar figure crouching and panting heavily.

" Taeyang-ah?" I asked in confusion and concern as my ears were filled with her melodious laughter and she stood up straight.

" I'm sorry if I worried you. I'm just really fat and unfit!" she laughed as I felt my body stiffen at her gorgeous appearance.

Her shiny black hair was kept in a neat bun, she wore black shorts which barely covered her long smooth legs and wore a loose shirt which was slightly bent to the right so her shoulder was on display, her lips were pursed and her cheeks a little redder than usual with a bead of sweat resting at her eyebrow and of course the most enchanting feature was her eyes which sparkled with happiness as she laughed and the small dimples forming on her cheeks whenever she moved those deep red lips into a smile.

" It's fine. You aren't fat by the way." I reassured as she smiled and I bit my cheeks at the sight of those adorable dimples.

" Wanna run with me?" she asked sheepishly as I glanced around for any signs of people watching us and there were none, so I happily agreed.

She raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow at my actions and I shrugged.

" What? Sometimes I want to make sure that no one is stalking me, especially not my Mom." I said as we walked along the path.

" Why would your Mom stalk you?" she laughed as I pressed my lips into a thin line at the information I had accidentally slipped.

" Oh...erm... Are you a dog person or a cat person?" she asked, changing the subject since she noticed that it bothered me.

" I think... dog person." I answered and she grinned.

" I have a cat, but I want a dog." She chuckled making me blush slightly.

" Now, time for something for serious, who do you have a crush on?" she asked with absolutely no seriousness at all and I felt a little bit of panic rise in me.

" I don't like anybody." I think...

" I don't like anyone either." She said with a nervous laugh before we continued running instead of walking.

***

" I'm so glad we came to a stop." Sighed Taeyang as she licked her mint and chocolate ice cream.

" How's the ice cream?" I asked as I ate my cinnamon and nutmeg filled Hotteok.

(A/N hotteok is like a puffy and crispy pancake which has a filling of your choice inside)

" Yummy! You want some?" she asked as she held out the cone and I glanced hesitantly at it before taking a bite and she smirked at my satisfied expression.

" Wyou phwan wsome?" I muffled out as I gestured to my hotteok and she gladly took a bite before moaning.

" It's sooo good." She said as I felt heat creep onto my cheeks.

Why did I think of something else...? Something a little more...dirty...

The rest of the time we were laughing and talking about our hobbies, likes and dislikes, etc.

1. Her favourite colour is pink

2. She likes tulips

3. She's a dog person, but is fine with a cat

4. Her favourite food is spaghetti Bolognese

5. Her birthday is the 17th of May

And that was all I listed down before it was time to go back home.

***

I walked to my porch and unlocked the front door, but the grey and black crinkled newspaper next to a flower pot caught my eye. I hesitantly picked it up and dusted it off, only to drop it back down after reading the large bold and black headline: DRUNK KYUNG MI DIRTY DANCING AT HIGHSCHOOL PROM.

And in a smaller print underneath: Drunk Daughter Of Kiana Mi

My eyes widened as I hesitantly took a few steps back... what if my mom saw this?!

CLICK CLICK

I instantly shielded my face with my hands and backed into a corner and accidentally fell on my butt when I tried to get away from the flashes of light coming from a nearby bush.

" Stop it!" I screamed to the person hiding, but instead, the flashes became brighter and the clicks became quicker.

I scrambled quickly onto my feet and snatched my keys from my pocket, before accidentally fumbling with the keys and opening the door to barge in and slam it shut, keeping the intruder at bay.

" Mom!" I yelled in panic as the person clothed in black with a matching mask shielding their face began knocking loudly onto the door while another person which crawled out from behind a tree began trying to take pictures from the windows.

" Dad!" I screamed as I ran into his office to find it empty.

I ran all over the house and locked all possible entrances, but couldn't find anyone not even any of the bodyguards. I grabbed my phone and punched in their phone numbers, but they didn't answer, so I had to resort to another person.

" Help please! I need you to come over to my house right now and bring help!" I practically roared into the phone before hearing something crash from upstairs.

" Why should I help you?" he asked, his voice sounding relaxed and dazed like I had just woken him up.

" Please I think they broke in..." I whispered after crawling into the grandfather clock in one of the lounges and hiding.

" Who broke in?" he asked, his voice sounded a little more alert.

I hated to admit this, but I needed help and the closest I could get was from my childhood friend, who will always be only a friend in my heart... but of course my fate has been written in stone.

" P-Paparazzi I-I think. D-Don't end t-the call yet" I said softly as I listened intently and paid close attention to my surroundings. It was very dark... too dark... oh no it's dark...

" I'm coming." He said as I heard shuffling and someone groan in annoyance.

" It's too early to wake up." Said a familiar female voice as I heard something fall onto the floor.

" A friend needs us." He said before the line was abruptly cut off.

" Hello? Hello?" I whispered frantically before lifting my phone away from my ear to see that there was no more signal.

BOOM

All the lights were suddenly shut off, making everything pitch black and the heat increased.

My heart beat loudly in my chest, so hard and fast that I thought someone else could hear it as well. My palms were sweaty which made the phone threaten to accidentally slip from my grasp as I curled myself smaller and tried to push myself away from the door and become as small as possible. I felt a bead of sweat trail down from my hair to the back of my neck and the only sounds I heard were my short and quiet intakes and exhales of breath which seemed like the only air in this confined coffin.

My imagination started taking a little more control and scary figures popped from the shadows causing me to cower away and tighten my hold while I was hugging my knees and my back pressed painfully against the walls of the clock.

That's when I heard it... soft footsteps... gentle taps against the mahogany floors...

The opening slowly creaked open as I held my breath and squeezed my eyes shut while preparing for my doom, but before a scream could erupt out of me, a calloused hand pressed roughly against my mouth and I whimpered and grunted as I tried to move out of the person's grip.

" Shhh shhh you're gonna get us both caught." Said the masculine voice as I held back from biting his hand away to listen to what he had to say.

" Look, I'm going to get you out of here, but you have to trust me." He whispered as I nodded and he slowly removed his hand as it brushed past my lips. He's my only chance of getting out of here and he seems... trustworthy...

" Come." He said as he stepped away and helped me out of the grandfather clock.

I still couldn't see or make out any of his features as he slowly led me out of the living room and closer to the back of the house.

BANG!

" mmph" I accidentally muffle against his palm which is once again slammed onto my mouth as crouched behind the kitchen island.

SNAP!

Camera lights were flashing from various areas of the house and one of the photographers were extremely close to our hiding spot, making me lean closer towards my mysterious saviour and he let me.

" I think she might be upstairs." Said the photographer while walking away and I let out a breath which I hadn't realised I was holding.

" Come on, let's go." Said my hero as he led us out the back door and we sat behind a large cherry blossom tree. I noticed the hero had slightly curly jet black hair and large black eyes decorating his smooth peach skin and his plump light pink lips parted as he exhaled a breath of relief.

" Hey! Get out!" yelled a familiar voice full of anger as my senses snapped towards the front yard.

I quickly ran to the porch and maintained discreet and hidden while I saw Ha Joon, Jin-Ae and Mi Young scold the paparazzi. I looked behind me to only realise that my saviour was gone before sprinting to my newfound friends and hiding behind them when the cameras flashed rapidly.

" Are you ok?" asked Mi Young as Jin-Ae and Ha Joon continued trying to tell the photographers to get out of my house and stop taking pictures.

" Yea... but where is he?" I said in concern and curiosity as I looked around us and saw that the mysterious boy was no where near us.

" Let's go! Boss will be angry if we're late!" Yelled a deep masculine voice as my 'hero' came out of the house and stood at the porch talking to the other photographers.

" Where is who?" asked Mi Young as her eye brows furrowed in confusion.

" No way..." I sighed as the group and the boy continued talking.

They were actually listening to him?!

" But we didn't get any pictures of the girl!" complained one of the photographers only to receive a stern glare from the boy.

" You have plenty pictures of the house and that should be enough!" he instructed before they all leapt and ran away leaving us all in shock.

But as the boy passed by me I grabbed onto the sleeve of his black hoodie and tugged him back.

" Who the hell are you?!" I screamed in frustration as his lips tugged into a smirk and everyone else's eyebrows knitted in confusion and they stared at us with mouths agape.

" Jae Sang. A pleasure to meet you and you're welcome, but I gotta go." He said with a mock and playful salute before pulling his sleeve out of my grip and darted after his 'friends'.

A Week Later:

" So he just left?!" exclaimed Taeyang in annoyance and I nodded vigorously.

" And I haven't seen him since, but the strange thing is, none of the pictures were posted anywhere!" I said as she tried to wrap her head around my strange encounter.

" We have to find him, he might be-"

" Find who...?" yawned Mi Young as she struggled to continue listening to our conversation without falling fast asleep.

" Jae Sang obviously!" yelled Taeyang as she hysterically threw her hands up in irritation.

Lol she looks so cute when she does that achem... wait what?

" Oh that's easy." Said Mi Young as she stifled another yawn.

" What? How?" I asked as Mi Young eyed me suspiciously before pointing towards the vending machine which so happened to sell a few drinks from Starbucks.

" 1 Java Chip Frappuccino please." She declared, I grumbled and rolled my eyes before getting her the drink.

" There you have your drink, now tell." Said Taeyang impatiently as I bit my lips to stop myself from smirking.

Mi Young held up her index finger as she closed her eyes and sipped her drink while Baek Hyeon came over to us.

" You dropped this." He said to Taeyang as he returned a beautiful clip to her and I felt a pang of jealousy and hurt hit me.

" T-Thanks." She stuttered out before Baek Hyeon walked away.

" Are you ok?" asked Mi Young as she watched us both with something swirling in her dark mysterious black eyes.

" Yea." Said both Taeyang and I at the same time.

" Pssst isn't that the girl in the newspaper?" whispered someone from behind me.

It had already been a week, but the newspaper article was still a hot topic in the gossip in this school. My mom is a model and a famous actress which sometimes starred in American movies, but ever since the article had been posted all the news had been revolving around my actions instead of my mom's success, it's quite annoying.

" You were attacked by paparazzi slash photographers correct?" asked Mi Young and I nodded as I tried to ignore the overwhelming whispers which were getting louder.

" This 'mysterious hero' was seemingly working with the press, but backed out at the last moment and-" Continued Mi Young before she was cut off by Ha Joon.

" Hey, what's up?" he asked casually and Mi Young playfully glared at him for interrupting her before continuing her explaination.

" While you asked him for his name, I noticed a small logo on his sleeve, the logo had an 'E' with a few other swirls and details-"

" So what do we have to do?" asked Jin-Ae as I suddenly noticed that she and the rest of our friend group were sitting with us.

" Can you please stop interrupting me! Hmph I'm already wasting my time and the ice is melting!" complained Mi Young as she held up her drink to show the mostly melted ice and we all nodded and zipped our lips shut.

" As I was saying, we know the logo, so now we can google about all the newsfeed companies and find out which one he belongs to, then you can thank him and talk and whatever." She said before shaking her drink, so that the separated melted ice would mix with the rest of the drink.

" How did you even know that I was going to thank him?" I laughed as she just shrugged her shoulders and slurped her drink until it finished.

" Ha! Found it! He works for this company called Exposé!" exclaimed Jin-Ae as she waved her phone in front of my face making me a little dizzy.

" Lol exposé. What kind of name is that?" laughed Taeyang as I let down my hair, so that it could hide the pink splashed onto my cheeks.

" So we all go to this building after school?" Asked Ha Joon which was standing questionably close to Jin-Ae.

Jin-Ae wore his over-sized hoodie to hide her slightly bigger baby bump, but I'm starting to think it's more than that, but I'm happy for her because she deserves a better guy than that scumbag Seojun.

"Yep, we go find 'hero dude' after school." Chuckled Mi Young.

" I'm coming too!" yelled Baek Hyeon in panic of being left out and we all laughed at his cute antics.