To Kiss An Idol

Nivritti looked at Kyung-Soo, worriedly and bit her lips. The nurse was surely thinking wrong. Anyone who would see her hands in a man’s grip would think that they were in a relationship. Nivritti had to work fast. She kept thinking about how to handle the nurse.

She closed her eyes and exhaled a big puff of air. “You have signed an NDA, right?” she asked in an authoritative tone. Kyung-Soo’s eyes widened. He thought that Nivritti didn’t hear about that, but he was wrong.

“Yes, Ma’am,” the nurse bowed down.

“You know what that means?” inquired Nivritti.

“Yes, Ma’am. That I cannot speak a word about this to anyone,” replied the nurse.

“About what?”

“About the condition of idol Man Young-Chul,” the nurse answered.

“Then you didn’t read the NDA completely before signing,” commented Nivritti.

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“Excuse me!” the nurse looked at her, puzzled.

“It said that if you speak a single word about what you saw in this room and the company will make sure you never get a job anywhere in the world and they will sue you to kingdom come,” threatened Nivritti.

“It did not…” the nurse began to contrast Nivritti but stopped mid-sentence. “Rest assured, Ma’am. I am good at keeping secrets, that’s why Dr. Oh chose me,” she bowed down.

“Good!”

The nurse was now afraid to look at both Nivritti and Kyung-Soo. She placed her hand in her pocket and took out a prescription note. Without looking at them, she said, “this is the name of a medicine Dr. Oh wants you to get. We don’t have stock in our hospital. Sorry!”

“What is this?” asked Kyung-Soo.

“A different sedative, it will help him in his sleep,” replied the nurse and looked at Kyung-Soo but instantly averted her eyes. With both her hands, she presented the note to Kyung-Soo. Before He could take her from her hand, Nivritti snatched the paper out of her hand.

“Please inform Dr. Oh when you return with the sedative. I will take your leave now,” gulped the nurse with fear.

She rushed to the door, when Nivritti warned again, “remember!”

The nurse turned back and bowed down to Nivritti, “yes, Ma’am, not a word. I remember.” And she ran away from the room.

Nivritti kept staring at the door with squinted eyes. “Why did she keep staring at NK? Hasn’t she seen a handsome man before? And the way she was looking at my hand,” she scoffed. She just raised her hand and waved the paper before Kyung-Soo’s eyes.

He stopped hiding behind her and came in front of her. “Woah! You are sometimes very scary. This is how you intimidated the restaurant owner?” he asked, impressed.

“I had two options. Ask her nicely or threaten her. The thing is common people like us are afraid of any kind of lawsuit, so I thought bullying her would work better. If I had asked her nicely not to tell anyone that a girl was holding hands with Young-Chul, she would have thought I was a pushover and could betray me. But now she knows that I have power over her, she won’t say a word to anyone,” explained Nivritti.

“So, you heard everything about NDA?” asked Kyung-Soo.

“Yes, I did, and it was obvious too. K&Q went to such lengths to hide the fact that MY was in a hospital. It means they will definitely get an NDA,” replied Nivritti.

“Don’t you think you are a hypocrite?” teased Kyung-Soo.

Nivritti chuckled at his tease. “I know what you are going to say. When it was about MY, I was very vocal that you should not hide things and when it is about me, I am trying to hide things. But Mr. Nam Kyung-Soo, in the case of MY, I am asking you to tell the truth. Whereas in my case, MY and I are not in a relationship. I am holding his hands as a friend. If this hand-holding gets out in the wild, you all will have to deal with another scandal, which would be an absolute lie, yet tongues won’t stop wagging.”

“So, if you would have been in a relationship with him, would you have told the whole world about your relationship?” Kyung-Soo eagerly wanted the answer to his question. Her answer would tell him about his future with her.

“Hmm… first of all, I would never get into a relationship with any celebrity,” replied Nivritti. Kyung-Soo’s face fell with disappointment. “And if somehow, I enter a relationship with someone famous, I would discuss with him about what he wants tod o and how he would like to proceed and if he would be comfortable, I will definitely tell everyone about my relationship. I have experienced first-hand, what happens when you hide something,” explained Nivritti. Her answer made Kyung-Soo smile at his brightest.

“So, you are an advocate for truth too,” smirked Kyung-Soo.

“Yes.”

Kyung-Soo tilted his head and looked at her mischievously. One step after another he moved towards her.

“What?” she looked up and down at him, confused.

But he just kept moving closer to her with a smirk on his face. She gulped and stepped backwards. He would take one step forward and Nivritti would move in the opposite direction. Her legs stopped when suddenly the bed crept behind her.

She was about to stumble on Young-Chul when Kyung-Soo grabbed her by her waist and pulled her closer to his chest.

“What are you doing?” she hyperventilated.

“You tell the truth, right?”

“What?”

He moved his lips near her ears and whispered, “then how many people have you informed that you kissed me.”

“I… o… we…” being this close to Kyung-Soo again fried her brain. One of her hands was on his chest trying to keep her balance. His husky whisper sent a chill down her spine. Every single hair on her body stood up. She kept blinking frantically. Even though she took gulp after gulp, her throat was as dry as dust. Unconsciously she again licked her lips.

Kyung-Soo closed his eyes and let go of her in frustration. “Aishh… why? Why? Why do you do that?” he grunted in annoyance. He turned away from her, clenched his fists and exhaled several times to calm himself down.

“What? What did I do?” asked Nivritti, gasping and gulping.

Kyung-Soo suddenly turned around and went in her face. She bent backwards to get away from her face. Without warning he placed both his hands on the bed, enclosing her in his arms, even without touching her.

She kept breathing heavily and kept moving her head as far away from him as she could.

Kyung-Soo chuckled, “you were all ruthless and threatening a few seconds ago. Now, look at you. Listen to me, you need to stop licking your lips. Next time I see you lick your lips, I will kiss you.”

“Huh…” she gasped loudly.

“You are lucky MY is here. You are very lucky,” warned Kyung-Soo with a devilish smile on his face. She just gulped and kept breathing heavily. she wanted to run away from there, but her hand was in a tight grip. Young-Chul was not letting her leave.

“I will be back with medicine and food. See you then,” he winked at her and lifted his arms from the bed, breaking the enclosure. But Nivritti was afraid to move. She remained frozen in her position.

Kyung-Soo smiled diabolically at her and walked out of the room with his cap and his mask. The moment the door closed behind him, Nivritti let out a sigh of relief. Her breath shuddered and she sat on the chair as her knees started to give in.

“Shit! Shit! Oh, shit!” she spent some time catching her breath. “Stop pursuing me, my foot! Why does he have to act like that? Oh, my heart, oh my heart. Oh, I am getting a heart attack. It’s a good thing I am in a hospital. Shit!! If I die I will sue his ass for murder,” she kept exhaling and inhaling and muttering things to herself.

“Yaaa! Keep sleeping like a log. Can’t even see my plight. This is how your Hyung treats me and here I am helping you. Huh…” she scolded Young-Chul.

She kept cursing Kyung-Soo under her breath when her phone rang. She picked up her phone and saw that Jae-Geun was calling her.

“Oh shit! I completely forgot about him,” she mumbled. She picked up the phone and greeted, “Hello! Jae-Geun.”

“Where are you? Your session is still going on?” asked Jae-Geun.

Nivritti closed her eyes and shook her in shame. She didn’t want to lie to Jae-Geun but she would have to. “I am sorry. My meeting was over a long time ago. I left the hospital. I am almost at home,” she lied.

“Oh!” Jae-Geun was taken aback.

“Sorry for not saying goodbye. But I wanted to get away from the hospital as soon as possible,” she lied again with a guilty expression on her face.

“Oh, no worries. It’s okay. Rest well and I will see you later,” responded Jae-Geun.

“Sorry, Jae-Geun!” apologised Nivritti. Jae-Geun disconnected the call. Nivritti pursed her lips and tapped her phone on her forehead.

She looked at Young-Chul and said, “see now I have to lie for you too. Now, if you won’t get better, I will kill you. Do you hear me?”