Min Jun

Going back to work was hard for me. I didn’t want the weekend to end. It was amazing. I couldn’t believe Juniper was now my girlfriend. I looked at the pictures we had taken when we first went out to dinner. Everything happened so fast. It was like a dream that I didn’t want to wake up from. I wasn’t sure if I should let Jin know or keep it to myself. I’m sure he would eventually catch on, especially if I wasn’t hanging out with him as much as I usually would. I wasn’t going to just tell him about it. I figured if he didn’t mention it, I wouldn’t either. I came into work as normal as I could, but this time my mind was on Juniper. When I sat down at my desk, Jin turned around immediately. He looked at me as I got ready for another day at work.

“So what’s the deal?” He asked. He found out, I thought. I wasn’t sure, but I was going to play along until I couldn’t.

“What do you mean?” I responded.

“Why haven’t you been available lately? You don’t hang out with me and the guys anymore.”

“Well it’s just us guys, I need to change it up.” I replied not trying to make eye contact.

“Really? You don’t even hang out with me anymore. When the day is over, we usually go get dinner but are at the elevator as soon as it's time to leave.” He said.

“Well, I’ve been a bit busy with things.” I said nonchalantly.

“Really? Do you have another job?” He asked.

“What do you mean?” His question threw me off a bit. He thinks I have another job?

“You heard me, do you have another job that you rush off to after work?” I didn’t tell him about me working over at the studio.

“Can you keep a secret?” I asked. Jin came in close and leaned in.

“You know I can. What have you been up to?” He asked.

“I’ve been working at a dance studio, helping a friend.”

“A dance studio? But I thought you gave all of that up.” He asked.

“I can’t give up on my dream. I just slowed it down for a while.” I answered. I was being honest. After getting cut, I had to step away from it all to clear my head. I felt it was a perfect time for me to do my military service after that. It would not only take me away from all of the media, but it would give me a chance to clear my head. I had to find another approach to take my mind off things, especially Samantha. After she left me, I needed to really get away, so I signed up for my military service and left the week after. I was gone for 21 months. That gave me enough time to figure out what I wanted to do and what direction I wanted to go.

“Really? Is that why you are all over the internet?” He asked casually. I looked at him curiously.

“What are you talking about?” I asked. He looked at me with a smirk.

“You honestly don’t know?” He said while reaching for his phone.

“I’m serious, I don’t have a clue what you are talking about.” I said sitting back in the chair.

“Take a look.” He pulled up a video on his phone and gave it to me. It was me, at the dance studio. I was teaching a class and someone had posted a video of it. I looked at the owner of the channel and I didn’t recognize the name. I figured it was just someone who had come to the studio and noticed I was teaching.

“Ok, so that’s one video of me teaching the class, like I said. It’s nothing to worry about. I still have fans who want me to make a comeback.” I said, giving back his phone.

I figured since going to the studio, it would bring some attention to the place and help Alex and Sara out. No big deal; they would get more people wanting to take their classes and they would get more exposure. I didn’t mind helping my friends out, that was the least I could do after what they did for me.

“True, I will give you that. But there’s more.” He said. He pulled up another video. This time, it was a video from the weekend. It was Juniper and I. It was our dance. As I watched it, I was right back in the studio dancing with Juniper. Jin smiled as he watched over my shoulder. Then came the kiss; I could hear the people squealing and cheering on the video. I didn’t hear any of that while in the moment with Juniper, it was just us.

“How many times have you watched this?” I turned around and asked Jin.

“Uh, enough times to know that it’s Juniper you’re kissing.” He answered honestly. “Am I right?”

“How did you get this?” I asked. I looked at the channel that posted it, it was the same as the other video, KpopPrincess.

“I overheard some girls in the office talking about it in the cafeteria. I asked one of the girls in our department about it. I think her name is Mindi.” He said. This person must have someone come to the studio. I swiped through video after video of me dancing either teaching classes or practicing. I never paid attention to the people that came because everyone usually takes the class. I get it that some people post videos but it was like a Min Jun series on this channel. I went to the channel site and there were a bunch of videos of various things but the recently posted ones were of me.

“Just tell me, I’m right. It’s Juniper, right?” Jin asked again. I handed his phone to him and just looked at him.

“Yeah, it’s Juniper.” I finally answered.

I was curious to find out who was posting videos of me. I searched my name online and various videos popped up of me dancing. Old videos of back when I was a trainee and the most recent ones were of me dancing at the studio. A good majority of them were me practicing, but the ones with the most views were the ones from the weekend. And it looked like the one with Juniper and I was going viral. I read some of the comments, and people were trying to find out who the ‘mystery woman’ was who has my heart. I hoped Juniper didn’t have doubts about getting with me. I’m not even sure if she knew about the videos.

“When were you going to tell me?” Jin asked.

“I wasn’t.” I responded. Jin looked shocked and a bit disappointed. “I didn’t mean it like that. I was going to tell you, when you asked.” I stated.

“I knew something was up. You have been missing in action. So what’s the deal with you two?” He asked, scooting back to his desk beside me.

You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

“We’re dating.” I nonchalantly replied.

“What?!” Jin said loudly. People around us turned their attention towards us. “Sorry.” he said. I giggled and pretended to be focused on work. “How can you just say it like that?”

“What do you mean?”

“You’re dating? Since when?”

“Since that night. The night we kissed.” I pointed at the phone, referring to the video.

“Are you serious?” He looked at me with his eyes so big. I turned to him and looked him directly in the eyes.

“Yes.” He looked at me. He was so shocked, he didn’t know how to respond. I snickered and went back to focusing on work.

“How?”

“I confessed.” I said. I honestly did. I let it all out and it was like a huge weight was lifted off of me.

“Wow. And she said yes?”

“Yes she did. She said yes.” I smiled proudly. I was happy she did. I wasn’t really sure of what I would have done had she rejected me. I hadn’t really thought about it honestly. I just put my heart out there and went with the flow; and she accepted it.

“Wa.” He said sitting back in his chair. My phone buzzed; I received a text. I looked at my phone and smiled, it was Juniper.

[Juniper] Hi Min Jun, How are you doing?

[Min Jun] Hi Juni, I’m doing good. How are you?

[Juniper] Good. I’ve been thinking about you.

[Min Jun] I’ve been thinking about you too. I miss you. Is that too soon to say?

[Juniper] No. 😄 I miss you too.😘

[Min Jun] 😘😍🌹🤗

[Juniper] 😁 Will I see you today?🤔🙏

[Min Jun] Of course!👍 I was hoping to see you!😘😜🤭😚How about dinner?

[Juniper] That sounds good. I can’t wait😋😊💋.

[Min Jun] I’ll pick you up. Anything you want to eat, my treat. Jin slid his chair back and looked at me. I was smiling and texting.

“What are you smiling about? I can hear your fingers going crazy.” He asked, trying to see my phone.

“I’m texting with Juniper. We’re going to dinner.”

“Can I come too? I haven’t eaten with you in a few days, and we’ve always eaten together after work. You owe me.” I didn’t want him to feel left out since I started dating Jin.

“Let me see if Juniper can bring her friend from work.”

[Min Jun] Do you mind if Jin comes? You can ask your friend from work.

[Juniper] Sure, but I have another friend too who would like to come also. She can meet us there.

[Min Jun] Okay, where do you want to eat?

[Juniper] There is a great place to get chicken and beer, called Kanbul Chicken Yongsan. That’s what I want to eat. It’s near my place.

[Min Jun] Okay. I’ll see you after work. 😜😘

[Juniper] See you then. 😘

“Well?” Jin asked impatiently.

“She said you can come, but she has another friend who will be joining us. It’s her friend from America.” Jin’s eyes got big.

“There is another one? But wait, it will be uneven. I need to invite someone to make it even.”

“Why not invite Taehyung?” I suggested.

“Ah yes, he will do.” He got up and scurried over to Taehyung’s desk. This night was going to be interesting, I thought.

The work day couldn't end fast enough for me. I was constantly looking at the clock while working, I tried hard to focus on work, but even though I was busy, it still didn’t keep me from being anxious about picking Juniper up. I couldn’t wait to see her face. It had been almost 24 hours since I dropped her off at her place and I was anxiously waiting for me to see her again.

Finally, it was time for us to leave to pick up Juniper. Jin seemed more excited to go as well. Taehyung met us downstairs in the lobby of the office building.

Juniper and Se-ra were waiting outside their building by the time we arrived. It was a bit chilly, so I was worried a bit since they had been outside waiting. The weather had been seasonably cool and I didn’t want her to catch a cold. She smiled and waved as I drove up. I got out to open the door for her. Taehyung also got out to greet Se-ra. Se-ra looked surprised that he had accompanied us, but not in a bad way. She blushed as he offered her to enter the car on his side. She got in and sat in the middle of Jin and Taehyung. I greeted Juniper at the car door and held it open for her. I wanted to kiss her so bad, but this was not the moment to do so. I will wait until we are alone for that. There was no reason to display our affection for each other, we had done enough over the weekend. I closed the door for Juniper and hurried back to the driver’s side, and we were off.

We arrived at the restaurant and Juniper was correct, it was literally in the general area of where she lived. I could see her apartment building in the distance. Chanel was waiting at the restaurant when we arrived.

“Chanel!” Juniper called to her as we arrived.

“It’s about damn time. I’m freezing out here. This feels like Chicago weather.” She said walking over to the car.

“Did you wait long?” Juniper asked.

“No, not really. I just got here. I had the driver drop me off and I waited a bit before I told him that he could leave.” Chanel said.

“Oh ok, good. Let’s go inside.” Juniper said. We all piled out of the car and walked to the door.

“Oh, let me introduce you guys first. This is my bestie who lives here, Se-ra. Se-ra, this is my bestie from America, Chanel.”

“Nice to meet you bestie.” Chanel said.

“Nice to finally meet you too, bestie!” Se-ra said as she bowed. Chanel bowed in return.

“You already know Min Jun.” Juniper said.

“Good to see you again Chanel.” I responded.

“Hi Min Jun, it’s good to see you too.” Chanel said and she walked over and gave me a hug.

“Chanel, these are my friends from work, Jin and Taehyung.” I stated as I pointed in their directions.

“Nice to meet the both of you.” She said. Both Jin and Taehyung slightly bowed and Chanel responded as well with a bow.

“Let’s get inside, I’m hungry.” Juniper said. I held the door open for everyone as we entered the restaurant.

We quickly found a table that would fit all of us comfortably nearest the back of the restaurant. Juniper sat next to me between Jin and I and Chanel sat across the table from Jin. Se-ra sat between Chanel and Taehyung across from Juniper. It was quiet as we all were looking at the menus trying to decide what to eat. I kept stealing glances at Juniper and she would bump me to stop staring. She slowly turned and looked at me; she smiled and my heart skipped a beat. I smiled back at her and gave her a wink. She blushed and went back to looking at the menu. She had the menu on the table and turned the pages with one hand while the other rested on her lap. While no one was paying attention, I reached over and laced my fingers with hers. She held my hand underneath the table; I could see her smiling with approval through my peripheral. I could only imagine how this night would end.