Starstruck

To the six-member group, love you guys...


"On position everyone, let's do some blocking before we roll," the current executive producer of Muhan Girls wailed.

The group of six got up and lazily walked back to their previous spots, they are usually a rowdy bunch, full of life and laughter but even superheroes experienced power drain and at six in the morning, human power outage is just inevitable, they had been working for twenty-seven hours straight, filming two episodes in a row as a national holiday is coming and if they want to spend some precious time with their families on that day, they have to pay and sacrifice a little, err, a lot. Whoever said that the entertainment business is all glitz and glamor will sink in shame if he or she see the girls at that moment.

"Come on girls, the faster we move, the better for us, we can all, finally, go home and have some much-needed rest and sleep, and we won't be seeing each other till next, next week," the executive producer tried to pump up his system and cajole his stars.

Everyone's exhausted, but they all knew what they had to do, they are professionals and the instant they entered show business, they all knew what they had signed up for, so, with big smiles plastered on their faces, they bounced back to life, though the effort was taking all the remaining energy that they have.

Song Euni, Baek Boram, Ahn Young Mee, Oh Ju Eun, Han Ji Woo and Hwangbo Hye Jung are the season three Muhan Girls and they were proving to everyone that they justly deserve to be called so.

The six of them were on their designated locus while the production staff were busy preparing for the final set and last round of filming when Hwangbo's manager came in sight and handed her her cellphone mouthing 'It's HIM!'

"Yoboseoyo?"

"Aren't you done yet?"

"Good morning to you, too! And nope, we're not through yet but we're on the last part so it'll be just an hour or two more."

"I fell asleep waiting for you," the man on the other end of the line whined.

"I know and I am sorry, I'll rush home after this and I'm all yours for the entire week," she cooed.

"Really? You're not going to work for the rest of the week, nor would you go out of the house? We'll stay bundled up together in bed all week without any distractions? And without any clothes on..." he teased, his tone a notch happier.

"Hahaha, yes on all three questions, about the last one, let me get back at you," she teased back, oh how she miss this man.

Her manager caught her attention and signaled that the filming will commence, "I'm gonna hang up and do my work, go back to sleep and I'll be there in a while, I'll wake you up with a kiss my prince," she tried to lighten up their goodbye.

"I don't like!"

"What?"

"I don't wanna sleep and I don't wanna stay home... I want to see you asap," he stoutly declared.

"Well, as much as I want to grant you what you want, I can't, unless you want me to run out of here, creating a havoc or I have a superpower I am not aware of wherein I can be at two places at one time."

She heard a dejected sigh on the other line before he spoke again, "It doesn't matter, I'll just have to ask my alien friends for help," his tone serious, not a hitch in his voice.

She wanted to laugh at his crazy idea but as she didn't want to rub salt on his wound which she knew she was the cause of, she held her horses and whispered affectionately, "Okay shillang, just surprise and humor me."

"Ooo-kay," his monosyllabic answer albeit longer than it should be. "See you in a jiffy, buinnie!"

She sighed, she wants nothing but to spend all her time with him but in their line of work, that just can't be. But she hadn't taken more than ten steps when she caught sight of a blue Porsche Cayenne, she had to do a double take to make sure, and a glimpse of that personalized plate number, which is a code only the two of them know, sealed it, "He's really here," she softly breathed. "Another magic, another surprise," she smiled, touched the glass window as if he was there and left to resume filming.

An hour and a half later, Muhan Girl's two-episode shoot was finally done, all of them rushed outside, unwilling to delay their respite a minute longer. The gang filed out saying their goodbyes and having their last minute chitchats while waiting for their managers and own source of transportation when he came out of his car without a care in the world, winked and smiled that million-dollar-smile of his to one woman in particular and swaggered directly towards her. Hwangbo Hye Jung was speechless, he never fails to make her heart go ballistic, in that love-fool kind of way; he never fails to turn her knees into jell-o thus standing on her feet becomes a chore; and he never fails to make her life turns into a slow-mo, just by his mere presence, just by being there. The sweetest smile was curved on her lips, the deepest of love was mirrored in her eyes and the purest of longing was visible in their brief embrace.

"Surprise," he whispered. "I miss you so my love," he added before giving her an intimate but exiguous peck on the lips.

Everyone, including all the production staff, crew and hosts, with the exclusion of Song Euni and Baek Boram, were starstruck. Who would have thought that their sleepy Wednesday morning will turn in full three-sixty with the appearance of Kim Hyun Joong. Who would have thought that they'll meet the Hallyu star in his capri shorts, wifebeater and beanie, who would have thought that he's that sweet and caring. Everyone was starstruck, they were all in awe, they couldn't believe that the three-year rumor of a ssangchu coupling is real but everyone are sure of one thing, the two of them would give the royal couple a run for their money.

"So it is true, unnie Hye Jung and Hyun Joong-shi are together," the maknae murmur, to no singular person, still unmoving, unable to tore her gaze away from the loving couple who were oblivious of everyone.

They were all starstruck not just by their unexpected visitor but by the flame and passion that the two obviously shared, who would have thought that the boyish general and the snob 4D prince fit each other like they were mold in the same cast.

Who would have thought... and who wouldn't be starstruck...