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Sooyoung walks towards the three and surprised to see his two sons awake and giggling, says in whispers…

Sooyoung:       ***you two been awake all this long? Very naughty both of you….

The two nods in response and continue to giggle… Minho signals her mother for a whisper…

Minho:             ***Mom, don’t wake Bummie, we want to stay like this until he wakes up…

Sooyoung:       ***No, we miss Bummie too. You two (now looks at Taemin) have been with him entirely
                        these past few days (now gently wakes up Kibum while the two are left speechless by their
                        Mother’s actions) Bummie, Bummie… wake up… wake up sweetie…wake up…

Kibum:             (purses lips, cringes his eyebrows in slight discontentment and slowly opens his eyes – his
                        mood swiftly changes to a very sweet smile upon seeing who’s in front of him) Auntie…
                        good morning…

Kibum quickly releases from Minho and Taemin embrace, both who after losing contact with Kibum – sigh in frustration looking at their mother in worried eyes; Kibum quickly embraces Sooyoung, who also giggles watching her sons funny behavior at her action.

Kibum:             How are you Auntie, where’s uncle?

Leeteuk after hearing his Kibum mentioning his name, excitedly marches unto the bed and hugs Kibum for a morning greeting, says

“Good morning, Bummie? Did you have a good sleep? Did these two bother you a lot?”

Minho:             (gaping at his Dad’s action) Dad… what on earth! Tirading questions on Bummie… and
                        hugging as well…

Taemin:           (nonchalantly watches his Dad’s action) yeah… Dad… what’s with that… you don’t hug 
                        us…

Leeteuk:          (gives a sudden sharp glance on Minho & Taemin) Quiet…. Both of you Minho and
                       Taemin… (releases his hug)

Kibum:             (giggles) I am fine Uncle… Thank you… No they did not bother me… they have been very
                        nice…

Leeteuk:          Fine then (sighs)….

Minho:             (blows air on his nose) Dad, as if… we are going to do something bad to Bummie…
                        aaisshh..

Kibum:             (suddenly calls on his parents) Mom, Dad ggeezzz what are you two doing there position 
                        like by-standers… aaaiigoo… my morning kiss?

Jessica and Heechul pace towards Kibum, while the Choi’s scoot backward to give way for Jessica and Heechul, Jessica says…

Jessica:           (kisses Kibum on the lips) Good morning Bummie… you had a good night sleep?

Kibum:             (nods) yeah…Mom…thanks a lot.  I love you… Hi Dad…

Heechul:          (embraces and kisses Kibum’s lips) Good morning Bummie… I miss you!!

Kibum:             (sighs) Dad… you always do… checking on me every morning… aayoo…

At this Jessica laughs so loud… looking at the now embarrassed Heechul…. While this happening - the Kim’s family interacts; the Choi’s watches in admiration how sweet Kibum is towards his parents and vice versa…

Jessica:           (goes unto a dopey mode) uuhmmm coz you are always busy – Bummie, how about
                        having an activity tonight (points here pointer finger down) inside…

Heechul:          (nods) yeah… Bummie let’s all have fun…

Kibum:             (hums) not a bad idea… (turns to Sooyoung and smiles watching her gaping) Auntie…
                        your lips… heh eh ehh…

Hearing Kibum’s remarks, they are sent back to reality breathing deeply in surprise. Sooyoung speechless simply nods in response so that Leeteuk takes the chance to save the awkward situation…

Leeteuk:          How about we play scrabble?

Taemin:           (recovering) But Dad we are like seven? How would that be possible?

Leeteuk:          (in confidence) aaahh… You don’t know me…

Jessica:           (smiles) yeah… that would be great but how?

Leeteuk:          simple… let’s split into two groups… except Kibum…

Kibum:             (surprised) Why can’t i?

                     Leeteuk:          coz you will act as the scorer and the deciding unit… and here is the rule… whoever gets
                                             the highest score for every move doodles the loser face at one and the group with
                                             the lowest score needs to …let’s see prepare a sumptuous dinner for the winning party in
                                             our next trip – Paris… and for the second round….

                         The losing party shall prepare wait… (looks at Jessica and Heechul) Can we stay for
                         another day here? What do you think?

Heechul:          Yeah, why not…

Leeteuk:          Alright… Losing party will arrange the beach party set up tomorrow coz we have not spent 
                        all together of us while we are here on the beach…so this is a chance

Sooyoung:       That is a great idea.

Heechul:          Sounds fun… Let’s play then…

Jessica:           Let me get the boardgame and some lipsticks…

Sooyoung:       Jessie dear…. Cheap lipsticks please… okay…

Jessica:           I wonder if we have one… I will go check…

Jessica so excited gets out of the room to get the scrabble boardgame and comes back with all the things needed for the game such as scrabble boardgame, lipstick, pad, pen and a timer as well as snacks… First group consists of: Jessica, Minho and Sooyoung while Second Group consists of: Heechul, Leeteuk and Taemin.  First Group wins the first round while the on the second round Heechul’s Team wins only because Kibum played on behalf of Taemin…

Comes next morning, as scheduled, it is picnic time at the beach. As expected the losing team prepares the tent and all necessary things needed for the activity. Everybody is enjoying and having a good time – they take pictures as memories and play various beach games.  They also spend the rest of the day visiting other islets for a tour trip.

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