Chapter 3: Remember Me (Part3)
A week left before relaxation period was over. Dao was getting happy because he will be going back to work and she’d be able to go back to work as well. It was Saturday night; Tae Hyun was bored out of his mind. He thought this whole relaxation period would be enjoyable for him, but it wasn’t. He was used to always working and not just sitting around at home doing nothing. He decided to plan something. Since he hasn’t been in Thailand for years he decided to take a trip. He ordered Dao to make up a plan as to where they should go. He wanted to see the pretty sightings of Thailand. Of course she had to do it.
Her manager called her about a photo shoot she needed to do. It was for the Sudsupda magazine. She didn’t know if it was possible. Her manager told her that it was going to be done at Koh Samui (Island Samui in Thailand). Then she had the idea of planning the trip there. It was a beautiful island with many resorts and wonderful sightings. She told him about it and he was pleased. She booked a hotel and they were going there tomorrow.
It was Sunday morning. Dao had so much to do. She had to clean and do her normal chores as well as pack and get ready for the trip. She had to pack his clothes and hers. He wasn’t home that day because he went to visit his parents before they were off. She took the chance to pack some things into her bag that he didn’t know about. By 3pm they were ready and off to go.
Since they took a plane it took only an hour for them to get there.
They got to the room and everything was wonderful. Tae Hyun was so happy and amazed at how beautiful everything was. There were so many resorts and hotels to choose from. He was glad that Dao chose this one because it was really unique and traditional. She was glad that he liked it. He was suspicious as to how she chose it though.
He looks at her who was unpacking his things, “Have you been here before?”
She didn’t look at him, “No…what makes you say that? How can someone poor like me afford to come here?”
He was still suspicious, “Well how did you find out about this place?”
Dao was stuck. She looked around, “Oh! I looked it up on the internet of course! You can find out so much through the internet. She looked at him, and YES. I know what the internet is. There are internet cafes that I go to.”
He was pleased with her answer and went to look around some more. He comes back and sees that she was done packing. She was about to leave and he stopped her.
“Where are you going?”
She turns to look at him, “I’m going to my place of course.”
He gives her a smirk, “and where’s that? Are you able to afford it? I thought you didn’t have money?”
He caught her. She didn’t know what to say. Her manager already had a room for her. “Umm…well. I…I”
He grabbed her bag and put it on the ground. “You can’t go anywhere! Since you booked this room with only one bed then we’ll both sleep on it. It’s fine with me. We’re both guys. “
She grabs her bag, “No! No…it’s ok…really. I can’t possibly share a bed with my boss. That can’t do!”
He grabs her bag again and now they were doing a tug of war.
Tae Hyun: “I am your boss! You have to do what I tell you!”
Dao: “But...”
Tae Hyun: “No BUTS! That is it!”
He lets go of the bag and she falls to the ground. He tells her to unpack and go change. It was time for dinner. He went to take a shower.
She gets up and was going to throw the bag at him.
“Argh… what am I going to do now? I can’t unpack everything! I have my photo shoot in two days. What am I going to say to him? He’s such a pain!”
She calls her manager to tell her that she’d arrive on the day of the shooting instead. Her mom was sick so she didn’t want to leave her.
Dao decided to change since he was in the shower. She made sure he was still in there. She took off her t shirt to put on a button up shirt. She was half way up and when she turned around he was staring at her. She quickly covered herself and buttoned everything up. He was standing by the door with his arms cross. He was smiling. Again, he only had a towel on.
“What’s wrong? There’s nothing to be ashamed of. We’re both guys. He stood right behind her breathing on her neck.”
She turned around and they almost kissed. “They stood there for a moment in that position”. He jumped back quickly realizing how close he was to another guy.
“Are you finished? I’m getting hungry.”
Dao checked her clothes to see if they were all in tack. “Yes. I’m all done”.
They went to eat a very luxurious dinner. Dao was really excited because she never had this kind of experience. She was glad that she chose this place. It was her dream place for her honey moon. Even though it wasn’t her honey moon she was still glad she could come.
Since he wasn’t too familiar with Thai food she did all the ordering. Everything she ordered was delicious. After they were done they went walking around the hotel. He was so happy. It was the first time she saw him smiling so much. It seemed as if he hasn’t had this kind of vacation before. They sat outside of their room.
He told her in excitement about what he wanted to do the next day.
“Din! I have ideas for tomorrow! We should go running at the beach early tomorrow morning. Then we could have breakfast out here. We could go swimming and get massages! Then lunch can be here again as well. I like it right here. Then we could rest for a bit and then have dinner out by the beach. After that we could walk out by the shores”. He looks at Din with a big smile. “How does that sound to you?”
She realizes that they were both enjoying the vacation and it was their first time being out there. They were together. Dao smiles at him, “That sounds fun! It would be a pretty busy day tomorrow hehe”.
He stopped to look at her smile. It seemed familiar to him for some reason. He shook it off. It was time to get ready for bed. She went to take a shower and came out to see him lying on the bed with only his white robe on. He was watching TV. She knew that he was watching her drama again. Dao stood next to the bathroom door. She didn’t know what to do. She didn’t want to share bed with him. It was awkward. For that night she rolled two rolls of band around her chest just to be safe. He saw her just standing there. He told her to come and sleep and to stop staring at him. She denied that she was staring at him and walked up next to the bed, grabbed a pillow and slept on the floor. He notices that the she wasn’t on the bed and looked around to see where she went. He got up to find that she was lying on the ground. He kicked her and told her to sleep on the bed. She didn’t budge. She was pretending to be sleeping.
“Don’t try to pretend! I know you can’t fall asleep that fast! I know you can hear me. GET UP!”
Dao didn’t budge. “He was getting mad”.
“Fine. You want to play like that? He goes down on the ground and carries her up”.
She wakes up, “wha…what are you doing? Let me go! Put me down right now!” She kept fussing and kicking. He threw her onto the bed but he fell on top of her. He laid on top of her for a while. They were looking at each other. She then kicked him and he got off.
“What is wrong with you? How can a guy kick another guy in that place? Do you have no sympathy?!”
Dao gets up and apologizes. “Well why were you on top of me?”
He looks at her angrily, “Well who was the one that was kicking and fussing! I told you to sleep on the bed. If you don’t want that to happen again then go to sleep. Don’t even think about sleeping on the ground!”
Dao lies on the bed slowly. She tries to stay near the edge. The bed was really comfy. She liked it. Tae Hyun smiled because he knew she like the bed. He went to take off his robe. She saw and quickly got up.
“Wh…why are you taking off your robe”?
He laughs, “Don’t you know me already? You know I like to sleep half naked. I don’t like sleeping with too much on”. He looks at Dao. “See I can’t possibly understand how you could sleep with all that clothing on. It looks so uncomfortable”.
Dao looks at herself, “well it’s actually comfortable for me. I like sleeping with lots and lots of layers”. She scratched her head and realizes that she had to sleep with it on tonight. It was going to be very uncomfortable with all the clothing and wig on. They both fell asleep.
Dao wakes up the next morning. She was used to getting up so early even without an alarm clock. She noticed her leg was around him and his arm was around her. She didn’t want to wake him up so she carefully moved herself. She got up quietly and went to the restroom. She looked in the mirror and noticed that her wig was gone! She secretly peeked towards the bed to see his head on top of it. She didn’t know how to get it without waking him up. She twisted her hair and put a cap on. She slowly pulled the wig from his head. But every time she did his head would move with it. Then she pulled it out really fast. He woke up and she threw it on the ground under the bed.
“Rise and shine hehe! It’s time we get started on this adventurous day?!”
He looked at her with sleepy eyes. For a moment he thought it was the girl from the TV because Din was smiling. He rubbed his eyes and saw that it was Din. He was disappointed so he got up and went to shower. Dao quickly put on her wig.
They started their day as it was planned last night. Running down the beach made running an exciting thing that morning for Dao. She never knew that it would be so much fun. The wind was blowing and the sun was about to rise. When they were done they stood by the ocean as the waves ran up and down their feet. They watched the sun come up. It was a beautiful sight. Dao watched and turned to see that Tae Hyun was smiling brightly. She turned to breathe in the fresh ocean smell. She spread out her arms and breathed. He watched her. Din became such an interesting person ever since they came there. He was glad that Din was enjoying it.
(They had breakfast here. Outside near their room)
After breakfast it was time to go swimming. Dao totally forgot that he wanted to swim. She didn’t want to. He’d totally find out if she did. She tried to excuse herself by saying that she didn’t know how to. He didn’t care. He wanted a swimming partner. Tae Hyun offered to teach her. She still refused. He let it go but if she wasn’t swimming then she’d have to get that massage. She realized she had to be somewhat naked for that. Dao was going crazy. She decided to go for a swim. She didn’t take any of her clothing on. She also put on a life jacket. It would’ve been embarrassing if there were people there. It was ok because they had their own personal pool. Tae Hyun laughed at her because of her funny appearance. He taught her how to swim. Dao felt uncomfortable because he was touching everywhere. She was glad she had the life jacket on or else he’d notice her two bumps.
She excused herself from the massage session. She told him she didn’t like people touching her and she wasn’t comfortable with being naked. He let her go. She had to make sure dinner was ready for when he was done. The dinner setting was right for a couple’s sweet night together. It was really beautiful. He looked really handsome. She couldn’t fight the urge to stare at him. They had a chance to talk that night.
As they were walking down the shore he asked if she had a girlfriend. Dao was confused. Why would she have a girlfriend? She was a girl. Then she realized she was Din at that moment.
“Oh…no. I don’t have anyone at the moment. Why do you ask?”
Tae Hyun gave him a sigh, “This scenery and this type of setting is right for any couple to fall in love. I do wish I could share it with a girl”.
Dao looks at him with a smirk on her face. “Doo… you have someone already?”
He smiled, “I don’t know if I can call it that yet. I do have someone in mind though. I hope that it was her I could share this with. He looked far out into the dark ocean”.
Dao looked down and swirled her feet in the sand. She was kind of down to hear that he already had someone in mind.
They went back to the room but both stayed in different places. Dao was outside sitting by the water. Tae Hyun was just watching TV inside. Dao kept thinking about their time together.
“What am I thinking? Why would I be thinking about this guy?” She laughs it off shaking her head. She stares into the night sky.
It was the day of her photo shoot. She still didn’t know what to say to him. That day all he wanted to do was staying in the room. She told him she wanted to go roam around. He agreed and let her go. She had to run to get there on time. They were all waiting for her. She got her makeup and hair done.
While she was doing that Tae Hyun got bored and decided to go get something to drink. He ordered something and it came. He was about to grab it until someone took it first.
“HEY! That’s mine!”
“Excuse me! I ordered it first. If you didn’t notice I was here first”, says Fah.
He took off his sun glasses and saw that it was her. “Oh it’s you!”
Fah took off hers and saw that it was Tae Hyun. “Hey! Here we meet again with the similar situation”.
They both talked for about 2 hours. They had some good laughs. She was there to shoot her drama and he was there for vacation. They agreed to meet up again tomorrow for breakfast.
As Fah walked back towards the beach she saw Dao. They had a little chat. They were still cold towards each other. Fah mentions about having a breakfast date tomorrow morning with a handsome fellow. He was also Korean. Dao was a little iffy about it. She knew it couldn’t possibly be Tae Hyun. Dao didn’t want to argue with her so she left.
“Why is she here? Gosh let’s just hope I don’t have to bump into her at all”.
Dao rushes back to the room. She realizes that she was about 30 minutes late for dinner. She knew he’d be mad. When she got there he was surely waiting. He wasn’t mad but rather calm. He wanted to know why she was late. He told her about meeting an actress here and that he had a breakfast date with her tomorrow morning. Dao was disappointed to find out that it was true. He was hungry so he grabbed her hand and took her outside. She saw that everything was already set up. He ordered everything himself. She was so proud of him. He smelled something. He sniffed around until he got really close to her. She pushed him away.
“What are you doing?!”
He grabs her again. “You… (sniff, sniff) you smell like a girls perfume! Are you wearing a girl’s perfume?!”
She forgot that she put her perfume on today. No…no! Why would I wear a girl’s perfume! I’m a guy.
Tae Hyun was still not buying it. “Wait a minute. Were you hooking up with girls today?!!” He pointed at Dao. “You were weren’t you! OMG haha. I didn’t know you had it in ya. Did you get some numbers today? Maybe you should invite someone to join us with the breakfast date tomorrow!”
Dao freed herself from him. She went to the table with food and started to eat. She tried to change the subject. It didn’t work. He kept going at it.
Dao was so tired that night she fell asleep right when she hit the bed. He was surprised that she slept so fast. What could she have been doing to make her that tired? He was watching TV again as usual. When he was about to sleep he notices Dao. He stares at her for a while. He smiles and moves her hair out of her face. He realized what he was doing and turned away.
“What the hell are you thinking! That was a guy! A guy! You’re a guy! What…am I feeling? No no no. It’s probably nothing. Haha…yea. Nothing. You have a breakfast date tomorrow with a beautiful GIRL. Yes yes you like GIRLS!!!” He fell asleep on the ground. He didn’t want to sleep near her anymore.
The next morning Dao didn’t see him asleep next to her. She thought maybe he already left but that wasn’t possible because it was too early. She took a shower and got ready. She came out to see that he was sleeping on the ground. She took the blanket from the bed and put it on him. Her face was really close to his. He woke up to see her that close to him. He jumped up and hit his head on the drawer.
“What are you doing near me?” He says as he covered himself up with the blanket. She just got up and told him she’d be back.
She went down to the lobby and saw Fah. She tried to hide herself but Fah already saw her.
“Dao! Is that you? Why are you dressed so ugly like that? I know you’re not filming anything at the moment. What are you scheming again?”
Dao had her back to her, “I’m sorry. I think you’ve got the wrong person”.
Before she walks away Fah tells her, “No matter what you’re wearing, no matter how much you try to hide, I know it’s you. I know…it’s you”.
Dao runs back to the room. Tae Hyun was all done. It was time for breakfast. Dao didn’t want to see Fah. Everything would be out if Fah were to see her. She lied and said she wasn’t feeling well. He didn’t want to leave her alone after she told him that. But she insisted that he go. It was their last day there anyways. She wanted him to enjoy it. Besides…there’s always room service. He left.
She was a bit jealous knowing that he was having a date with Fah. She told herself to not care. The reason why she disguised herself in the first place was to stop the wedding.
He came back and watched over her as she was pretending to sleep. He stayed far away because he didn’t want to stare at her again. They had their last meal at the resort in their room. She ordered the same meal they had when they first got there. It was all great memories. He asked if she enjoyed it. She smiled at him, “If I were to be sad, I’d probably return here just to be happy again”. He stared at her. That smile…It was becoming more familiar every time he sees it. Where was it? Where did he see that smile before?
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Sorry guys their chapter is turning out longer than i expected. There will probably be three more parts. It's romantic comedy hehe. Well for now at least...I really like writing their story haha. Glad you guys are enjoying it