Sister, Back-off From MY MAN

At the back stage

Kiaraa congratulated the cast whoever she came across while trying to find Ian.

Then she saw a guy dressed like Ian, looking gloomy and sulking in a corner which surprised her.

His play was a hit, so she expected to see him looking bright and happy, not sad and gloomy.

"My amazing Romeo, you were awesome" Kiaraa went to hug him but Ian glared at her, which made her hands stop in the mid-air.

"What happened Ian? Why do you look so upset?" Kiaraa worriedly asked him.

'Did anyone insult his acting or his role? Did he get some negative feedback?' she wondered.

"What were you doing with Song Ji Hun?" he couldn't restrain himself from asking this question and neither could he pretend like he didn't see anything or was fine.

Ian prefers being direct.

"When?" Kiaraa looked genuinely confused.

"Earlier, during the play" Ian was gritting his teeth in frustration.

"Well, we were watching the play. What happened?" Kiaraa casually asked him.

"K, I don't want you to spend time with him" Ian declared.

"Why not?"

Kiaraa was confused as they were all family friends. These two are so close to Hwan so why there is a problem in spending time with Ji Hun.

"Because I don't like him" Ian honestly replied.

Kiaraa chuckled hearing his words, "You are being silly. Anyway, you were good in today's play, I was surprised when…"

"Kiaraa, I just asked you something, can you not change the topic?" Ian raised his voice at her.

Kiaraa didn't intentionally change the topic, she indeed didn't take her encounter with Song Ji Hun serious enough to make such promises to Ian.

"Don't talk to me in that tone" She warned Ian, not liking the way he raised his voice at her.

"I am sorry" Ian tried to calm down knowing Kiaraa's nature, "But please promise me you won't spend time with Song Ji Hun like you did today"

"Ian, what is wrong with you? Why are you making a big deal out of it?"

Kiaraa genuinely took her interaction with Song Ji Hun as a fleeting cloud. It meant nothing to her.

"Kiaraa, can't you just agree with one request I am making? As a best friend, I am asking you for something. Please just agree with it."

"You are being ridiculous" Kiaraa glared at him.

"When you ask me to ignore Aera, to not include her in our games, to not greet her back when she greets me, you too were being ridiculous" Ian reminded her of her own antics.

Kiaraa couldn't retort as he was right, he always gave in to her weird, nonsensical demands, so she decided to let him have his way for once.

"Fine, I won't interact with Song Ji Hun from now on, happy?" she asked him.

Ian was extremely happy and he hugged her, "Thanks for this promise, K. It means a lot"

"But after Aera marries him, I have to interact with him, right? After all he would be family" Kiaraa joked to lighten the mood.

It worked as this made Ian's mood good, "True, true then you can talk to him."

"Hey Ian, you were so good man" Song Ji Hwan, who just arrived there hugged Ian and congratulated him.

"Thanks dude, hope you two enjoyed the play"

"Yes"

"Yes"

Song Ji Hwan and Kiaraa answered him together.

"What? You enjoyed this play? You didn't make fun of it?" Ian was not surprised by Ji Hwan's response but was of Kiaraa's.

Kiaraa recollected she enjoyed this play because of the conversations she had with Song Ji Hun but after what just happened between her and Ian, she didn't wish to spoil his mood.

"I surprisingly did and no, I didn't make fun of it at all" Kiaraa lied through thin teeth, which was obviously noticed by Song Ji Hwan, who legit walked away annoyed by her comments, during the play.

"Awe, did you hear that Ji Hwan, she didn't make of a romantic play? I am so shocked" Ian actually believed her and was happy.

'Seems like since I am the one, who played Romeo, she appreciated romance' Ian's heart concluded, improving his mood further.

"Yeah, I heard her" Song Ji Hwan lightly smiled as if he believed her but he didn't.

"Shall we have lunch? I am very hungry" Kiaraa pouted rubbing her hand on her stomach.

"Sure, let me get changed" Ian went back to the changing room to change into casual clothes.

"Liar, liar pants on fire" Song Ji Hwan taunted Kiaraa after ensuring Ian left.

"But my pants are not on fire so I am not a liar" Kiaraa retorted back.

"Kiaraa, Ji Hun told me how much you two made fun of Ian and this play" Ji Hwan lied to her, perfectly hitting the bull's eye in the darkness.

"Okay, okay, but don't tell Ian, he was in a bad mood already and if he knows I made fun of him with your brother, he will be more pissed and I do not have the energy to pacify him" 

Kiaraa joined her hands and begged him.

"Cool but I still can't believe you would make fun of Ian. He is your best friend" Song Ji Hwan flicked her forehead to punish her.

"Not Ian, this play is what we made fun of, such a ridiculous story it is" Kiaraa was still unhappy to see Romeo and Juliet dying at the end.

"Kiaraa, not one word against one of my favourite classics" Song Ji Hwan warned her as he was a movie buff and enjoys classics.

"Yeah, fine" Kiaraa didn't have the energy to deal with two upset guys in one day so she just gave up.

Ian came out of the changing room, looking very happy, he then wrapped his arm around Kiaraa's shoulder as if she was his and the three people went to have lunch.

Kiaraa and Hwan didn't find anything weird in Ian's actions as they were used to it.