Breaking Rules

RULE # 6: WHEN DINING, DON'T GOBBLE EVERYTHING UP

Only a breath away from one another, their lips were almost touching.

Ji couldn't find it in him to look away, he could only think of how beautiful she was even this close.

"Ji Yong!!!!!!!!" his mother's voice thundered throughout the whole house – shaking he and Dara back to sanity.

They guiltily sat up and went as far away from one another as the room allowed. The door opened and in came Se7en.

"What happened here???" he asked.

"We were cleaning" Ji immediately replied.

Se7en's brows went up "So... uhmmm... this is how you clean now..."

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House Parties are not for kids

Han greeted her warmly. She was passed off to be hugged by everyone as soon as she stepped down Se7en's car and she heard someone singing "In or Out".

Lin, their "videographer" held the camera to her face and was saying "Encore! Encore! Encore!"

She laughed. "Oh no please... please..."

Han grabbed her by the arm. "Hey! Let my special guest be! This will be the first time that she'll be eating my "Han's special recipe" and I want her to go at it now."

"Thank you Unnie" Dara replied.

"But of course! I wouldn't let you go back to the Philippines without tasting my specialty. I swear. The people who eat this always come back for more."

"Wow" she enthused "I'm excited. Kekeke."

Han smiled widely "Come on. Hey everybody! Let's all go eat!"

Everybody headed for the patio where a long table was set-up. There was barbecue grilling on the side, a beer keg, and plates and plates of sumptuous food.

"Did you cook all these?" Dara asked.

"I did" Han told her and guided her towards a seat "Ji! Se7en! Seat with us here!"

Se7en sat on Han's left side and Ji, awkwardly, sat by her right side.

Han eagerly put her specialty on Dara's plate "Eat a lot, ok? And make sure you dip this in Crab Paste Soy Sauce."

Dara nodded, trying to avoid brushing against Ji at the packed table. She noticed that he was doing the same. It was a good thing that everyone was too busy eating to notice.

"Let him" she thought "It's as if I wanted to actually have him that close staring at my face."

She proceeded to eat Han's specialty and felt stars popping out of her eyeballs.

"This is good!" she exclaimed, earning an approving laughter from Han "Wow!"

She smothered everything with the Crab Paste Soy Sauce.

"You'll get an aching stomach if you eat too much of that" Ji told her.

She made a face at him "I don't care. It tastes really really good."

"Don't be such a kill joy Ji! That's also how you looked like the first time you tasted Han's specialty" Se7en commented, stuffing himself with Barbecue.

"Don't say I didn't tell you so" he fired at Dara once again "I'm not seating beside you on the car."

"Who said we'd go home together?" Dara replied.