Chapter 34 - Smiling Sun (7)
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Minyoon yawned loudly and ruffled his hair while Yoonmin was typing away on his phone. The twins received a message from their sister to meet her at her home. They had to disguise themselves because Minyoon was famous and fans might stalk him. Yoonmin had to wear a disguise because he looked like his brother and fans sometimes confused the two of them.
They wore identical caps to cover their hair and face masks. The boys were already inside Jina's apartment, lazing on her bed.
"Why did sis call us here?" Yoonmin asked lazily. He was calculating the total revenue their company made in the year and for once, he was satisfied with the outcome.
"Probably to tell us how much she misses us," Minyoon shrugged.
"We live only a mile away," Yoonmin frowned.
"Whatever the reason is, I'm not leaving without dinner!" Minyoon declared. "Aunt is gonna cook dinner tonight at her mansion."
That made Yoonmin almost drop his phone.
"What?" he hissed. "In that case, I'm not leaving without dinner either. Or better yet, I'm gonna tell sis to make our breakfast as well."
As much as they love their aunt Mina, she was a terrible cook. Only their uncle Kanji could digest her disgusting cooking. But then again, uncle Kanji had really bad taste buds so they were a match made in heaven.
"Where are they anyway?" Yoonmin complained. "I have a meeting with investors! They're gonna invest in your next concert."
"And I have a fan event which I was paid in full for," Minyoon moaned. "If I don't go, I'll have to return the money!"
Then he frowned and turned to his brother. "Aren't you grounded?" he asked his twin.
"It's an online meeting," Yoonmin stated. "Learn to go digital, brother. It's cheap."
"And yet, you make me work like a slave at all concerts and events," Minyoon muttered. At that very moment, Minyoon's phone rang up.
"Yes sis," Minyoon said over the speaker.
"We're gonna run a little late coz there's crazy traffic on the road," Jina's voice came from the other end. "Someone else is also coming over to my place. Let her in. Her name is Soobin and she's from your class."
"Our class?" Minyoon frowned. There was a knock on the door and Yoonmin strode over to open it. To his surprise, it was a dark haired girl with slightly chubby cheeks. She wore the uniform of Dalton High and was shocked to see him.
"H-Hwang Minyoon?" she squeaked, blushing a little.
"Who are you?" Yoonmin asked.
"Oi, let her in!" Minyoon's voice came from inside. "Sis called her here."
Yoonmin peered at the girl. He did not pay much attention to the people in his class because they bored him and hence, did not know anyone by face.
But this girl...why did she look so familiar?
Soobin lowered her head, blushing hard as she entered the apartment. To her surprise, she saw the real Minyoon sitting on the bed, looking very bored.
Both the twins are here! She realized. Minyoon merely nodded at her as she meekly sat on a chair, shaking in nervousness. She kept on glancing at Minyoon every now and then but Yoonmin was still peering at her, feeling suspicious. He was sure he saw her somewhere before.
Soobin noticed Yoonmin's gaze on her and was startled. He was looking at her intently as if he knew something about her. She quickly looked away from him, hiding her face with her hair.
He was still racking his brains to remember who she was when it hit him.
"Aha!" he exclaimed. "Golden Penny!"
Soobin's eyes widened in shock while Minyoon was excited.
"Golden penny?" he asked, looking around. "Where?"
Yoonmin was about to say something but Soobin jumped at him.
"I need to talk to you!" she claimed. She grabbed his arm and pulled him outside.
Minyoon was confused as the tiny girl dragged his twin away. "Weird," he muttered. "Girls usually pull me away to talk."
He shrugged and lay on the bed, reading a comic. Outside, Soobin pulled Yoonmin towards the staircase.
"You're the president of Minyoon's official fanclub, aren't ya?" Yoonmin asked her. "Golden_Penny2138."
"How the hell do you know?" Soobin demanded. "I never told anyone!"
"Easy," Yoonmin shrugged. "You bought over 8000 dollars worth merchandise over the past three years. In fact, you were our first customer and paid by card. Also, your name and ID are on our website database. I know it coz I handle the website and the data. Furthermore, you've been our highest buyer, winning almost every auction. I might not remember our classmates but I do remember the best customer of my company."
He nodded, feeling proud of himself as if he solved a very important mystery. But Soobin was scared. She did not want people to find out about her being Minyoon's fanclub president.
"Don't tell anyone!" she begged. "Please!"
"Why not?" Yoonmin asked. "What's so shameful about being a fan? Thanks to you, our pockets are full."
He paused before adding, "We're also grateful that you've spent on our hard work and supported my brother over the years nonstop."
"It's not that!" Soobin exclaimed. She was now red in the face and fidgeted nervously with her fingers. "I...I'm content with being a silent supporter," she mumbled. "I want to support Minmin because I like his music. I don't want the unnecessary attention by being labeled as his biggest fan. You see, the other fans are savage. They'll harass me if I expose my identity and they'll also annoy Minmin with this…"
Yoonmin could not understand her logic at all but he sighed. "As long as you keep buying our merchandise, I guess I can keep my mouth shut," he shrugged. "I don't really care about all that."
"Don't tell Minmin!" Soobin begged.
"Meh, he's more into his looks than bother with all this," Yoonmin replied. "He doesn't even know who Golden_Penny2138 is. I won't tell him either."
Soobin was relieved.
"But why are you here?" he asked, feeling curious. "And how do you know my sister?"
"I'm a witness on a murder case," Soobin revealed. "A little boy was killed only a few blocks from here. I saw his body was dumped by a woman with a black tattoo on her left wrist."
"Black tattoo?" Yoonmin frowned.
"At that time I didn't realize it," Soobin pouted. "But now that I think of it, I think that tattoo was similar to the symbol on one of Minmin's videos! You remember the bat-like symbol with bars on it as if the bat was caged?"
"Bat-like tattoo?"
Both of them jumped in shock and spun around to find Jina and Hobin standing at the staircase.
"Yes," Soobin replied. "I only recalled it coz I was watching one of Minmi- I mean, Minyoon's music videos that day. That symbol appeared on screen and I realized that the symbol matched the tattoo on the woman's wrist!"
"Do you mean to say…" Hobin began. "That woman is a fan of idols?"
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