Chapter 2: The Reason The (1/1)

After an hour and a half of being in the bus, they halted at a rest stop and some took a short break, buying some food, while some continued their mysterious plan. After a few minutes, they proceeded with the bus ride and Khun took the time to talk to and distract Fany when she was awake. He tried talking to her, but upon the mention of Taec’s name, he was immediately shunned away with a fiery glare from the woman.“Never realized you’re marrying a feisty woman... ever thought of agreeing with the break up?” Khun teased Taec as he went to the back for a little while, but receiving a hit on the shoulder for his bad joke. He also informed the man of his failure to talk to Fany but re-assured that he already had something in mind to mend the relationship.Two hours after, they arrived at JeongSeon in Gangwon-do and breathed in the fresh air brought by nature as they got off the bus. Khun was the one who walked in the pension house first, followed by the rest, and as soon as JoKwon walked in, he was warmly welcomed by the pension owner who was his Aunt. The owner gave the keys to the rooms to Khun and he distributed them to the team.“Go and settle in your rooms, go freshen up if you want and please meet us here in the lobby by 12nn for our lunch, okay?” Khun announced and the rest responded with “aye, aye captain”Before Taec left for their room, Khun gave him a pat on the back. Fany placed the key in the door, and went in with Taec following behind again. She quietly unpacked her things while Taec still followed her around, wanting to get the opportunity to talk to her.“Fany-ah... can we at least sort this out first? The others are starting to be uncomfortable with us being like this...” Taec spoke as he gripped at her wrist lightly.“I thought we both wanted space and time... so I guess we should have that... even in here...” She replied with an unreadable expression and he sighed in frustration.“I’m sorry... I really am... what more do you want me to do, so you could forgive me...?” he asked in a calm and clear tone.“I don’t really know... I’m confused myself too... so just give me some time to think okay?” she spoke as she released herself from his grip, before going back into the room to continue unpacking.He just breathed deeply thinking that it’s better than her insisting on them breaking up. Maybe the calm environment of that place could change her mind and get her back to her senses. He goes out to find her but was shocked to see her laying down a mat on the floor and instantly knew that it was for him.“So I guess I still won’t be sleeping on the bed tonight... well that’s better than in Kwon and ChangMin hyung’s room...” he thought inside.The group met at exactly 12 noon and walked to a nearby restaurant to enjoy their lunch. However, things were still not normal as Taec and Fany sat about three seats apart and were at opposite sides of the table. Sunny and Vic kept Fany busy with their conversation about all things girly, while Khun, MinJun and Woo were having a bro-talk with Taec as they all waited for their food.After lunch, they took a tour around JeongSeo-gun and went to the village market, and also visited Arari Village. They rode the rail bikes and finished going around the town before sunset and decided to spend the remaining hours at the pension. They have also bought some dishes for dinner to share with the pension owner and employees. Aside from that, it was time for Khun and the gang to execute plan A of their “Have Taecfany Make-up” mission.By the time they were having their dinner, the mood had brightened up a bit as Fany started to show her smile again. As the first official activity for the team building trip, JoKwon suggested that Karaoke is a must as they bring fun and through a person’s song choice, you would know the person better. And bonds also tend to grow closer once you sing freely without holding back.However, the team changed the activity earlier in the bus as a Duet Karaoke Madness, and wrote each of their names in little pieces of paper, so that the duet partners would be at random. They also wrote duet song titles and placed them on a different container.But of course, the TaecFany duet was pre-planned as they had folded their names together so that it’s a definite TaecFany duet, and they prepared a separate bag with only one