the next day, chaerin wake up from her sleep to a really bad headache. she slowly open her eyes and groans when the bright sunlight touches her face, stinging her eyes. "...... why is it so bright......."

she grabs a pillow to cover her face but suddenly, she thought of something. "holy sh─ what time is it?"

forgetting her headache, she look at the watch. chaerin widened her eyes as wide as she can when she see its showing the digits 10.34 AM.

"shit! i am so dead!" she run to the bathroom and quickly wash up. there's no time to brush her teeth and wash her face separately, she do it all in the shower. she's aware of how bad her hair look, but screw it she will cover it up with beanie or something.

"chaerin? are you okay?" suddenly, wonwoo knock the door.

"oh god, wonwoo you're home??? why didn't you wake me up??? i'm so freaking late now oh god what i'm gonna tell the head department??"

"i've called them this morning, relax okay?"

chaerin stops. "what do you mean you called them?"

"i told them you're not well and need some rest. don't worry, i can give you the sick note. take your time," he said. hearing that, chaerin exhale a big sigh of relief. "thanks, wonwoo."

chaerin take off the shower cap and let the water run through her hair and body.

wait. wait.
what happened after we drink yesterday?
i called minsu, didn't i?
then what happened─ did he call wonwoo?
wonwoo knew????

"oh my god." chaerin sits on her heels, pulling her hair. "kang chaerin why are you like this?????"

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chaerin get out of the shower and dry her hair. she notices her hair is getting long to her shoulders. she's not a fans of long hair, especially when she have to take care of it really really carefully.

for her, its better to keep it short. its easier and less work to do. besides, since she was a small kid, growing up without a mom, papa kang always kept her hair short because obviously he didn't know how to 'decorate' his daughter's hair.

remembering how her dad always feels bad about it, chaerin laugh. "i'll make him cuts my hair again, then."

she take her phone and text her dad.

chaerin
dad my hair's getting
long again~
cut them for me

my one and only 👑❤
hello to you too
what are you? 5?
go to saloon or something
stop disturbing your dad

or just keep your hair long
its been almost 30 years you have
that boring hairstyle
you only change the color

chaerin
i don't want to
they gonna charge me a
lot of money
its a waste

my one and only 👑❤
you didn't complain about
your torn apart designer shirts yet
your're complaining about saloon

for once, chaerin
act like a normal girl, spend
money and go to saloon

you wanna do mohawk? punk?
the hair stylist have it all

chaerin
why do i need to go there when
my dad is the best hairstylist in
this universe?

my one and only 👑❤
you said that just to
save your money, isnt't it?

chaerin
what? dad, of course
not!
well maybe a little?
you know economy is
quite bad these days

my one and only 👑❤
fine
come over when you have time

chaerin
okay ♡

my one and only 👑❤
are you okay now?
wonwoo said you're not well
when i called last night

chaerin sigh. "he really do everything for me.." she feels really guilty right now. wondering what else did wonwoo knew and did for her drunk ass last night. did he know about moran?

chaerin
i'm feeling better
don't worry, dad
my husband is a doctor
you know

my one and only 👑❤
now you're bragging
i told minsu to drop by your
house to give you citrus tea
drink it all

chaerin
you don't have to
he have a lot of work to do
now, why are you asking
him to do things

my one and only 👑❤
i have a lot of work to
do, too
why don't you cut your hair
by yourself

chaerin
i said i don't want to

my one and only 👑❤
i have my garden to take care
of, stop disturbing me

chaerin
but you'll cut my hair right?
dad???
kang seungwon ssi?

[ read ]

don't leave me on read
dad?

[ read ]

but you promised!
dadd??
excuse me, mr kang?

[ read ]

fineeeee

"and then he ask me why i'm so childish.." chaerin pouts and connect the charger to her phone. after she gets ready, she walk out the room to find wonwoo. they need to talk. but first she went to the kitchen for some water and notices that minsu already sent the citrus tea to her.

while wonwoo is in the living room, with his laptop and few thick books. he's doing some research while watching the video of the complicated surgeries from all big hospital from the whole world.

chaerin think that's better and more comfortable if she don't know what those people doing to someone's rib cage and all the wires, blood. "hey, are you busy?"

"nah just studying a little bit, why?" wonwoo pause the video and put the laptop aside.

"nothing, just─ uhm thanks for yesterday. did minsu call you?" chaerin couldn't meet his eyes. she can't remember a thing from last night, which is really really bad for her.

"yeah, he did." wonwoo look at chaerin. from his point of view, he know that chaerin still can't recall anything from yesterday. that's why she's being awkward and all. he smiles. "you don't remember anything, don't you?"

chaerin scratches the back of her head. "uh.... no... taehee gave me some strong shot of alcohol so.. i didn't threw up on you right? or punch you or something.."

wonwoo chuckle and shake his head. "no, you were just completely passed out,"

"oh, i'm sorry." chaerin said. she wanted to ask about moran but she just can't. let alone to explain the situation why she decided to drink in a broad light until sun down.

"but is it okay for me to ask why you went to the club yesterday? i thought you were going to work," wonwoo's question make her almost lose her breath.

"actually.. i was but somehow your friend, doctor moran asked me to give her a lift and i did. and then, you see i don't want to bad mouth her or anything. i'm just telling you the facts." she finally look at wonwoo.

"its okay, just tell me what i need to know,"

"well... she told me something about you and your ex girlfriend, basically she went overboard and i have no choice...... but..... to ask her to get out of the car....... in the busy road... kind of? but i did stop in an emergency lane. i got so many things in my mind and i really can't go to work so that's why i went for a couple of drinks with taehee,"

chaerin play with her fingers and chew on her bottom lips. getting ready of what wonwoo gonna say to her.

"what did moran said about me and sohyun?"

"just about how romantic you were," chaerin shrugs. "she also said you kinda left the work for a date with me and its unprofessional and all."

"chaerin, please do me a favor."

"what is it?" chaerin look at wonwoo with a pair of big, curious eyes. she thought he was asking her what happened and suddenly he's asking for a favor? what

"if you happens to bump into moran after this, please act like you don't know her. don't talk, don't smile, don't do anything. break all the contacts with her. okay?"

chaerin nods. "okay so.. you're not mad?"

"you left her in a busy road, its wrong but she kind of deserved that. besides she's an adult, she knew what to do." wonwoo sigh. "you know, this is not the first time she did something like this. i can't really blame her, she was raised like a princess and always got what she want, so that's why she's acting childish like that."

"maybe you should confront with her, make her understand the situation here correctly. you can't just ignore her all the time, you know?" chaerin said. "you need to make things clear with her,"

"i will try," wonwoo said. he want to tell her about another thing that happened last night where he said the love thing but he just brush it off. this is not the right timing. "by the way, are you hungry?"

"yes, very much."

wonwoo laugh and clean up his books. "let me clean all my biological mess first and we'll get some food outside,"

"sure thing, doctor jeon."

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papa kang appreciation post :

i feel like these people who are new to kdrama and kpop need to know this legend.