Chapter 40：Taboo

After completing their shoot the guys all boarded their van as they all had another meeting at the company about their upcoming show in Shanghai.

Timo sat in the back and tiredly closed his eyes to get some sleep. Mui and Vic accompanied him whereas Kai and Ray sat in the middle and let their manager drive them to the said location.

Getting the chance at last Kai and the others didn't hold back in questioning Ray about his endeavours of last night.

Kai: where were you last night?

Mui: (suspicious) he was with a woman!

Vic: (comprehending) Oh! that's why he smelled like a woman!

Timo: (mumbling) keep it low, people are trying to sleep here!

Mui: bro! Is your sleep more interesting than Ray finally being with a woman?

Vic: (surprissed) how do you know?

Ray: (rolling his eyes) I told him.

Kai: (mock hurt) Ray! I thought I was your best friend, how can you do this to me?

Ray: (swatting him on the head) You aren't my lover so shut up.

Mui: so were you really with some woman last night?

Ray: yes, I stayed at Ye-Jin's place last night.

Vic: (thinking) Ye-Jin? Oh! Aera's friend?

At the mention of Aera's name the whole atmosphere turned quite solemn and vic quickly slapped his mouth shut.

Ray: (embarrassed) it's alright. Don't turn her name into some kind of taboo guys.

Kai: (relieved) Ok then tell us what happened?

Thus ray spilled the beans on his adventures of the previous night. And surprisingly enough the guys all listened to his tale attentively. They didn't even pay this amount of attention to their boss either.

Mui: So you don't know what happened to her?

Vic: he already told us that bro.

Kai: (ignoring the bickering duo) You're going to her place later?

Ray: (nodding) yes I plan to do that.

Kai: then before that I need your help with something.

Ray: (raising a brow) my help with?

Kai: (with a straight face) I need to buy a ring for my fi-mother.

Ray didn't notice Kai's little fumble with words.

Ray: sure, that way I'll get something for Ye-Jin too.

Timo: (hoarsely) you're thinking of buying her something?

Ray: (nodding) yes, she's done so much for me all these days. I have to do something for her too right?

Timo: (smirking) things are surely getting interesting around here these days.

Ray: (confused) huh?

Kai: (with an evil glint) I know what you mean big brother!

Ray didn't understand what they were speaking about so instead of asking them multiple times and falling for their prank he simply shrugged off the whole thing with an indifferent attitude.