Chapter 15
1465 Words
Yeonjoo's POV
"Hahahaha" We are now in our room and they are continuing teasing Kaori.
"Naneun geugahaneun il-eul joh-ahaji anh-a, ag-ui" (I didn't like him, you malicious ones) –Kaori
"Ayieeee, geuneun gyeolko geiga anieossda" (She's not gay anymore) – Gyungyon
"Geuneun jal saeng-gyeossda" (He's handsome) –Hyejin
"Jebal naleul meomchwo jwo" (Can you stop teasing me) –Kaori
By 5 o'clock, we will have our English training session with Austin because most of us aren't trained to speak English, Tae-jung wants us to be fluent in English to communicate well with all of our fans and to the media worldwide.
I spoke a little English but I learned when I was staying in America for a couple of months when I had my vacation, that Austin can do his best for us.
5:00 PM
We went to the fourth floor where the English session will be held, Austin isn't here yet.
"Geuneun eodie?" (Where is he?) –Hyejin
Then after a while, Austin is here.
"Annyeonghaseyo"
"English" Gyungyon teased Austin.
"Ok, good afternoon, my name is Austin, I will be your English instructor for today" –Austin
"Geuga mwolae?" (What did he say?) –Hyejin
"Geuneun ulileul sogaehabnida" (He introducing himself to us)
"So, I would start our lecture by introducing some Korean words that have been translated into English" he distributed some papers to us.
There are Korean and some English words and there are 70 items, we can't memorize them well.
"Woe bollyum?" (Why so many?) –Yujin
"Ahhmm why are there so many words, according to her"
"That's only some basic words, you can learn that by reading it one by one" –Austin
"Ok" Most of the words are familiar to me, he is correct, this is a basic one.
"Yawnnnnn" –Asuka
"Don't worry, I will help you, it's not just a prop, we would start by learning some basic sentences okay?" –Austin
"Ok," they answered.
"Annyeonghaseyo, in English, there are kinds of greetings like good morning, good afternoon, and good evening"
"Ahhh"
"Since it's 5 in the afternoon, what would you greet?" -Austin
"Good afternoon"
"Nice one, next sentence is mannaseo bangabseubnida, that means nice meeting you, next part is eotteohge jinae meaning how are you" –Austin
"Ihaehani?" (I can't understand) –Misty
"It's like asking...." I interrupted his speech. "Excuse me, can you introduce it in Korean?" he has just been speechless.
"Oh sure" He returned to his table and grabbed his book. "Yeleul deul-eo" (Just an example) "Annyeonghaseyo, eotteohge jinae? geu uimineun good afternoon, how are you or good evening, how are you"
"Ahhhh" Now we get it.
"Do you understand?" he thumbs up like asking a question.
"Ahh, al-ayo, uliga geuui g**g-uileul ihaehamyeon" (Ahh I know, his question is if we understand him) –Doyoun
"Jogeum" (Just a little) –Hyejin
"Ok, let's try another sentence" he tried to give us many examples of sentences that he has been using in a specific manner.
The lecture finished at 7 p.m. and we decided to take our dinner.
"Geuneun eotteohge galeuchigo issseubnikka? gwaenchanh-a?" (How was his lecture, is it good?) I asked them.
"Geulsse, naneun jogeum baeugoissda" (It's good, I'm learning a bit) –Kaori
"Sogdoneun ama dangsin-i geuleul yeong-gam? Ayieeeeee" (Really?, maybe you're inspired by him?) They continued teasing Kaori again.
"Dangsin-eun yeonju unnie, oseutin-ege mueos-eul malhal su issseubnikka?" (You Yeonjoo, what can you say to Austin?) –Yujin
"Ani, geuneun gwaenchanh-a" (Nothing, he's good)
"Wae ihaehal su eobs-seubnikka?" (Why can't I understand anything?) -Misty
"Dangsin-i deudgo issgi ttaemun-e, eojjeomyeon oseutin-eul joh-ahabnikka? injeong" (Cause you're not listening, maybe you're the one who likes Austin? Admit it) and Kaori shots back to them.
"Hahahaha" we laughed back, that was the first time Kaori fired back at them, especially at Misty.
"Kaoli mal-i maj-a, jal deul-eumyeon ihaega jaldoego, galeuchineun de neungsughada" (Kaori is right, we will understand better if we listen, he is good at teaching) –Gyungyon
"Jeongmal? ulineun naeil al-anael geos-ibnida" (Is that so? Let's see tomorrow) Misty smiled in front of us, it looked like this dweeb had a plan on Austin.
THE FOLLOWING DAY
We will have a guesting for tomorrow here in Seoul, we are performing in a noontime show so this would be the last day of our two-day break then after that, we will continue our world tour and our next stop, Hong Kong.
"Do you understand what I've said to you, girls?" –Austin
"Naleul" (Me) –Misty
"Mwoya?" (What is that?) –Austin
"i dan-eoleul uliege beon-yeog hal su issseubnikka? "gaolieseo oseutin-eul salanghabnida"
"i dan-eoleul uliege beon-yeog hal su issseubnikka? "gaolieseo oseutin-eul salanghabnida" (Can you translate this into English? "I love you Austin, from Kaori") What is Misty's up to? For sure, she's having a plan on Austin.
She gives a piece of paper to Austin. "Huh?"
Misty is secretly laughing behind. "Uliege ilg-eo jusil su issnayo" (Can you read it to us?)
Austin was shocked when he saw what Misty wrote on the paper.
"Wae? mueos-eul sseossni?" (Why? What did you write?) –Hyejin
"What's her problem? Ok let's proceed, where was I" –Austin
"Seonsaengnim, wae naega dangsin-egejuneun dan-eoleul beon-yeoghaji anh-assseubnikka?" (Sir, why can't you translate the sentence that I gave to you?) -Misty
"Sesang-e, amugeosdo aniya" (He can't do it, you're weak) –Misty
"Ye ye" (Yes indeed) Ohh no, they are arguing against Austin.
"Geugeos-eul byeongyeong" (Replace him.) –Hyejin
"Chill girls, I'm just doing my duty here ok? I'm not here to play jokes ok? Haixt" –Austin
"Chungbun hae yeoja ya" (Enough girls) I told them to shut up now, and they stopped teasing Austin.
"Gamsahabnida Yeonjoo" –Austin
"Gyesog jinhaenghagessseubnida. yeogie sabon-i issseubnida. dab-eul wonhabnida" (OK let's proceed, I have copies of the sentences here, you should answer them) He gave a bunch of papers to Asuka. "Dangsin-eun geugeos-eul tong-gwa hal su" (Just pass)
Austin's POV
It's so tiring to teach them.
I was just a little pissed off earlier while I was teaching, Misty gave me a sentence that said "I love you Austin, by Kaori" She's crazy, they must be thankful that I'm their fan, I couldn't say it earlier because Kaori was there and I don't want to embarrass her.
I was thrilled. Yes, I was thrilled but I didn't have time to flirt because if TJP found out, I might get fired from my job, one of his rules is that I can't fall in love with idols because it will affect their career.
They are hard to teach, and it seems like in less than a week, I would give up on my job right away, it looks like I will be back in the Philippines in no time, Coleen is right, they are hard to handle.
But the best part was when Yeonjoo helped me to stop her colleagues when they were teasing me, fortunately, Yeonjoo appreciated me, and I want to thank her personally.
Wait, it's 6 pm, where are they?
"Annyeonghaseyo" it was Misty who came back and seemed to be teasing again by her smile. I think he has a crush on me, I thought he wanted a girl.
"Where are the others?"
"Naneun gagoissda" (On their way) –Misty
They are about to have dinner, we have to finish before 7 pm.
"Mul-eobol su-issda?" (Can I ask?) If I'm single? Yes, I'm single, if I'm available, yes, even if you're after a girl, why not? Because she'd been teasing me a while ago.
"Translate it in English, yeong-eolo beon-yeog" She was shocked by what I said, now it's my turn hahaha.
"Eolyeoum, nan ajig molla" (It's hard, I don't know that.)
"My gosh, it's so easy"
"Ehh? nega museun mal-eulhaneunji moleugessda" (I don't understand what you're saying) –Misty
"Because you're not listening to me a while ago, is my face distracting? Now you're going to fall in love with a man hahaha" I teased Misty.
"Dodaeche! neo balam piugo issni?" (What the hell! Are you making fun of me?) She hit me suddenly.
"Mueos-i munjeibnida?" (What the?)
"I'm not teasing you ok? Give me a reason why I'm gonna tease you?"
"Dangsin-i issseubnida" (Here you go again) Confirm, she's not listening to me.
Her other colleagues were already arriving, so I started lecturing again.
"Jal gongbuhaeya hal geos gat-a yeolsimhi chyeo" (It looks like someone needs to study hard there.) While looking at Misty, she suddenly averted her gaze from me.
Strawberry has a trip tomorrow and according to TJP they will be going to a network to perform on a noontime show, like Showtime or Eat Bulaga type, and the news is, that they have a foreign guest who will be a co-host for a few weeks on said show out, I'll still be with them woooo!!
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