Title; According To The Script
Fandom/Pairing; Boys Before Flowers/ Kim Bum + Kim So Eun
Rating; T
Summary; Emotions run high in the trailers.
PART THREE; Relax
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So Eun nervously bit her lip as she watched the make-up artists put the finishing touches on Bum’s face. She looked down at herself, decked out in Ga Eul’s tattered red apron and cotton dress. The kissing scene was to be played out at night on the rooftop of Yi Jeong’s museum, where Yi Jeong would whisk Ga Eul away from the porridge shop (as always) and finally admit his feelings to her. Ga Eul would be on the verge of tears, before Yi Jeong would lean in and-
“Are you nervous?” Bum’s husky voice broke her train of thought.
So Eun blinked at the formally dressed boy, before nodding furiously.
“I know it’s only acting, but it’s still a first kiss! Well, not my first-first kiss, but to kiss in front of the whole nation-” she began to ramble
Bum grinned as he watched So Eun babble on. He leant back against his chair, content to pretend he was paying attention, when actually; he was just staring at her. Her porcelain skin pinked with embarrassment as So Eun realised Bum had stopped listening to her. She sighed resignedly.
“Yes, I’m nervous. So nervous that my stomach is churning!” she admitted almost dejectedly.
Bum chuckled at So Eun’s mood swings. He put on a mock-hurt expression.
“What, is the thought of kissing me making you want to throw up?”
So Eun’s eyes widened. The thought of kissing Bum didn’t make her throw up. Unless the butterflies fluttering in her stomach wanted to make their way up her throat and out her mouth, she was far from throwing up when it came to kissing Bum. Her thoughts tumbled out of her mouth as So Eun began to wave her arms in protest.
“That’s not what I meant! Actually, you’d be pretty nice to kiss. I mean, it’s not like I don’t think you’re cute, or funny, or sweet, or anything…” So Eun trailed off, her eyes widening in shock as soon as she realised what she had revealed.
Bum felt his heart swell and a grin tug on the corner of his lips. So she thought he was cute, funny and sweet? A blush slowly crept its way up both the young stars’ cheeks. So Eun inwardly cringed. She had basically just confessed her feelings for him, and just before they were to film a kissing scene! She mentally slapped herself.
“Ow!”
Oh, she really had slapped herself. Bum guffawed as So Eun rubbed her forehead, pouting. There was a knock on the door, and the familiar head of their PD popped in.
“Five minutes until shooting. Remember to bring your scripts”
The door closed and the air was suddenly thick. So Eun looked away, her cheeks pink and her eyes darting everywhere except him. Bum rubbed the back of neck awkwardly, his heart still rapidly beating from So Eun’s outburst.
“Um, we better go out and, um, prepare for the k-kiss” So Eun finally stammered, pretending not to notice how middle-school she felt.
Bum almost laughed at how nervous she was, before he realised he was too. He took a deep breath, before reaching out to touch So Eun’s hand. She jumped, startled, her dark eyes flashing to meet his. He gave her a soft smile, and So Eun nearly melted.
“Relax, it’s just me. We’re actors, and we’re being paid to do this. This kiss is part of our job. It’s just acting, remember?”
So Eun raised an eyebrow, hiding a smirk.
“You so stole that from Yi Jeong”
Bum shrugged, a cheeky grin playing on his lips. So Eun sighed, running a hand through her perfectly styled hair. She was just going to have to shove her butterflies aside and just do it. Feelings or not, she still had a role to play. So Eun looked determined as she fixed Bum with an intense, smoldering stare, making his blood rush and his heart pound.
“Then let’s go do our job”
Bum wondered why he was so excited about that.
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