Chapter 40: Smiling Stress

Wrong Number

After Ricky told Yoochun about what happened everything spread fast. The others finally knew it on the day itself when Yoochun stopped by the girls’ place. They were pretty excited. Miryo even cried of happiness.

“So… Can this be a solution to all our problems now?” Miryo questioned that night. She was laying on the long couch and Yoochun was on the other chair. Ga-In and Narsha was already asleep and so were Junsu and Changmin who were at their place. They booked a flight to go to America to meet up with Min Jeul.

“We still have problems you know.” Yoochun said.

“Yeah… Yunho… But… He wanted this right? Maybe it won’t be a problem to him. But then again, the baby.” Miryo said.

“And you and me…” Yoochun added and Miryo looked up at him.

“Apologies to me then.” Miryo said.

“Why should I? You started it first! You were the one who took everything seriously.” Yoochun defended himself.

“Yeah? But who was the one that said those hurtful things to me without even thinking about what I would feel?” Miryo said.

She just gazed at Yoochun as he gazed back. It was a little surprising that she wasn’t yelling at him about it or anything. She didn’t seem angry or anything. She looked normal and felt calm and collected. Yoochun then looked away. He already knew he was wrong but he just won’t confess it.

“See…” Miryo mumbled to herself.

From getting so tired the whole day Miryo fell asleep on the couch as she was facing the side. Yoochun didn’t even realize that until he heard someone snoring. He looked at Miryo and shook his head.

“That’s just…” Yoochun said not being able to think of a simple word that would best describe Miryo’s snoring.

Yoochun got up from his seat and approached Miryo. He bgean using his foot to nudge Miryo to wake her up but apparently she wasn’t even moving or groaning about it. She was in deep slumber. Yoochun decided to poke her face so when we came up close to her face he stopped and looked at it. Yoochun got lost in Miryo’s beauty and couldn’t help but continue to stare.

At the middle of the staring, someone woke up. Ga-In exited her room and was about to go to the kitchen to get something to drink when she saw Yoochun who had his face up close to Miryo’s face.

“What the hell are you doing Yoochun oppa?” Ga-In questioned.

Yoochun slowly lifted his face away from Miryo’s and looked at Ga-In who was standing there with her arms crossed and she had a weird look on her face. Yoochun cleared his through and had his hands in his pocket thinking of an explanation.

“I won’t tell her don’t worry.” Ga-In said and went to the kitchen anyway.

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In America on the other hand, Min Jeul fell asleep after almost talking non-stop to Jaejoong about everything the whole day. Jaejoong just kept brushing his fingers on her hair. Ricky was just sitting there staring at the two. All of a sudden Yunho entered the room.

“She remembers?” Yunho questioned.

“Yeah… My parents stopped by earlier already and went home when she slept. The doctor didn’t know how it happened but he said it happened. Although we can’t take her home yet because she hasn’t fully recovered. The doctor said he’ll stop by tomorrow and do one more clearer check-up on her and the baby to make sure there’s nothing new popping out.” Ricky explained.

Jaejoong, who just kept brushing Min Jeul’s hair, didn’t care that Yunho was there. It was better to ignore him because he was still completely mad at him for everything he did and especially for what’s inside Min Jeul right now. Jaejoong had his full focus on Min Jeul the whole time. Even if Yunho approached her on the other side Jaejoong didn’t take his eyes off her.

“I changed the date for us to leave the country.” Yunho said.

No response from Jaejoong whatsoever.

“You changed it? Why?” Ricky asked.

“Cause I thought it was for the best until this came up.” Yunho said.

“Re-schedule again, that would be better, and Yoochun hyung mentioned that they’ll be leaving Korea tomorrow to come here.” Ricky said.

“That’s… Good to know I guess…” Yunho said.

The awkward moments were a killer and so was the awkward silence. Yunho exited the room and called the airlines to re-schedule once more. The lady on the phone was apparently getting really irritated because it seems like Yunho couldn’t make up his mind.


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As the day went by it was finally morning. The girls’ brought all their things to the boys’ house. The boys were taking forever to pack while the girls were at the living room just waiting for them.

“Oppas!! Hurry up please! I’m so excited to leave already! I want to see Min Jeul!” Ga-In yelled impatiently.

“Be patient!” Changmin yelled at Ga-In.

“Don’t yell at me!” Ga-In argued.

“Then don’t yell at me either!” Changmin said.

“But you yelled first!” Ga-In said.

“But you mmmmm…” Changmin said as his mouth got covered by Junsu.

“Why can’t you just keep your mouth shut huh? It’s better if you eat than you speak.” Junsu said and he released the young boy.

“But… But…” Changmin said and Junsu just walked away.

As they were almost finished packing Miryo couldn’t help but think what was happening back there right now. She didn’t know if a fight bursted between Yunho and Jaejoong because Yunho got mad or if it was the opposite way around. Ga-In noticed how stressed and worried Miryo seemed, she approached her and kneeled to her level on the couch.

“Unni… You’re stressed. Once we get to America you and I have to check out the spas there okay?” Ga-In said trying to cheer Miryo up with what girls really need. Miryo just smiled at the younger female and gave each other a hug.

After hours of packing the boys were finally done and they were on their way to the airport. As soon they arrived fans were there once again cheering on the boys and even the girls. There were banners and fans which had a photo of the artists. Being the nice people they are they gave friendly hugs and handshakes as well as photos together and autographs to the lucky ones.

As soon as everything was unloaded from their bag they bid farewell to the Korean fans and headed inside where it was less noisy and much more comfortable. They were asked to wait for the stewardesses to fix the plane a little to make sure everything was better and comfortable for them to stay in. Miryo had a worried look on her face and this was completely bugging Yoochun.

Yoochun approached Miryo and kneeled to her level. She just gave him a weird look while Yoochun was giving a cute innocent look which Miryo wasn’t obviously falling for.

“What do you want now Park?” Miryo asked.

“You seem worried.” Yoochun said.

“I’m not worried.” Miryo lied.

“I’m going at guessing women’s feelings so you can lie to me and it’s useless if you do. So, what’s worrying you?” Yoochun asked.

“It’s none of your business Yoochun. Just leave me alone please?” Miryo said.

As soon as that Yoochun wanted to say one more thing but to his disappointment the stewardess came out and said that everything was settled. They boarded the plane before the other passengers did. Junsu sat next to Narsha up front and considering it was only Yoochun, Miryo, Changmin and Ga-In left they began to think separately.

Changmin didn’t want to sit next to the noisy and crazy Ga-In so he pulled Miryo’s arm at the same time as Yoochun. Miryo looked at Yoochun and shrugged off his arm.

“I’m sitting next to Changmin. At least he’s quiet.” Miryo said.

“Unni…” Ga-In said.

“I’d rather sit with her than you Ga-In, even if she felt sorry for you!” Changmin said and pulled Miryo to their seat before Miryo could change her mind. Leading Yoochun to sit to Ga-In and miraculously she was quiet the whole 13 hour flight to America.

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13 hours have already passed and Ricky was at their house getting ready to pick up the others. He got out of the house and got inside his dad’s car and drove to the airport. As he arrived the six were sitting outside waiting for them. There were some fan girls at the side who were keeping their distance from the artists because there was security all over. Ricky waved at them and they approached.

“Sup guys?” Ricky greeted.

“Jet lag.” Narsha said who just quickly got in the car.

“My head hurts. You guys have aspirin at home right?” Ga-In asked.

“Hi Ricky.” Miryo greet as she walked right behind Ga-In.

“Hey…” Ricky said.

“Do those girls really need to be staying with us? I don’t mind staying with Miryo noona but who are those two with you guys?” Ricky asked.

“Friends. Don’t worry, they aren’t that noisy.” Yoochun said.

“Except for the other short haired one. The smaller one.” Changmin said talking about Ga-In. Ricky shivered at the thought.

They were driving back home and everyone was quiet. Nobody even mimicked a single sound out of their mouths. Miryo was too busy thinking of Min Jeul’s safety until now. Ga-In was trying not to think of anything because her head was in pain. Narsha on the other hand could still feel the jet lag. Ricky felt a little awkward with the girls around.

Changmin was busy playing with his PSP and Junsu was asleep. Yoochun was up front next to his brother who was driving. They arrived home after making a stop at McDonald’s and having a very very noisy and confusing order through the drive thru. As they reached home the girls came out first not caring about their things and headed to one of the rooms. The guys followed along with the heavy bags and reached the room.

“You guys only have one guest room?” Narsha asked.

“Just cause we live in America doesn’t mean we are rich you know.” Ricky said rudely and Yoochun smacked his shoulder and Ricky rubbed it gently.

“Okay… Rude much?” Narsha mumbled the last two words.

“Boys sleep on the floor girls on the bed. Apparently we’ll try to sleep together. The bed is big enough for the three of us.” Miryo settled it.

“We have to stay on the floor hyung?” Changmin asked.

“Apparently we have to.” Yoochun said.

Changmin didn’t like the idea but he was the only one complaining so there was no choice for him. They placed their bags on each side they picked and Ga-In made a trip to the bathroom. She opened the medicine cabinet looking for aspirin but she saw none.

“Yoochun oppa! Where do you guys keep the aspirins? My head is banging here…” Ga-In said.

“Ask Ricky.” Yoochun said as he was looking through his things for his iPod. Ga-In groaned and left the bathroom.

She went outside of the guest room exploring the whole house. She went through almost every place except for bedrooms. She couldn’t find Ricky. As she was in the hallways of the second floor where the bedrooms were, she saw a door at the very end which was half open. She slowly and quietly approached the room and peaked through the open space. Her eyes grew as she saw Ricky changing his clothes.

Upon seeing such a great site of Ricky’s body, Ga-In giggled and felt some chills down her spine. She rushed back to the guest room and saw that the boys were outside. Narsha was lying down on the bed while Miryo was sitting up. Ga-In closed the door and rushed to the two that were on the bed and she had a huge smile on her face.

“You’re looking like an idiot again, I’m guessing something happened?” Narsha asked.

“Eeeeh!!” Ga-In squealed like a middle school girl who had a crush on Yoochun.

“I thought you had a headache?” Miryo said.

“Yes! I did have a headache but thanks to Yoohwan it’s all gone!” Ga-In said.

“Ricky? What did he do?” Miryo said.

“Well… I was looking for Yoohwan to ask for an aspirin or where they put it. I couldn’t find him anywhere so I passed by through the second floor and saw a slightly opened door. I peaked a bit and saw Yoohwan’s amazingly gorgeous hot body! Oh my it’s even better than Changmin’s! Eeeeh! Yoohwan oppa!” Ga-In said as she placed both her hands between her face.

“Oh my gosh she has a middle school girl crush on Park Yoohwan. Ew…” Narsha said.

“How is that suppose to be ew?” Ga-In neglected.

“I don’t know I can’t look at Yoohwan as my time. Just saying his real name sound stranges. I like Ricky better.” Narsha said and covered her face with a pillow.

“Well it’s cute you have a crush on him. Yoohwan, I mean Ricky, is handsome. At least now Changmin won’t feel annoyed about you and maybe he’ll even be happy about it. Wouldn’t you think so?” Miryo said as she tapped Narsha and Narsha just gave a thumbs up.

Changmin suddenly entered the room and went through his luggage.

“Hey Changmin! I have something to tell you!” Ga-In said.

“I’m not interested and never will I ever be. If you’re asking me to marry you again dream on!” Changmin said and left the room.

“He didn’t even pay attention to me.” Ga-In said.

“I told you so.” Miryo said.

As the day went on they decided to go to the hospital at night. As they got there the guard let them all in and they went upstairs. During their walk through the hallway Ga-In was trying to get closer to Ricky. Ricky didn’t even notice and just continued to walk. They arrived at Min Jeul’s room and got inside. There they saw Min Jeul playing with Jaejoong with a huge smile on her face and on Jaejoong’s too.

The sight was something so heartwarming to all of them. Miryo couldn’t help but let out a smile. Min Jeul saw her unnis standing there and showed off a huge smile on her face. Jaejoong turned to face them and even gave a smile too. Yunho was asleep by the bed.

“Unni!” Min Jeul squealed a little. Miryo and the two others approached her and hugged her tightly.

“Are you feeling all better now?” Miryo asked and she was about to cry.

And then… Tears fell down streaming down her cheeks. Min Jeul used her fingers to wipe off Miryo’s tears and Miryo decided to help her out.

“Unni, please don’t cry. I missed all of you and I’m feeling a little good now that I know everything. And now that I feel really like myself.” Min Jeul said.

The old Min Jeul became a new. All of them were really happy seeing this. Min Jeul looked less sick than she did before. Her skin was still as smooth and of course to Jaejoong’s perspective she was still beautiful. Her eyes were clear and sparkling and so were her lips which used to be choppy. Min Jeul seemed as if she wasn’t even a sick person at all.

Her stomach on the other hand was growing a little bit now. Jaejoong hasn’t even given a single thought about the human being growing inside of Min Jeul. He fully focused on her because of how happy he was. If he knew that only that would help her remember he would have done that days ago. But that didn’t matter now.

They kept chit chatting the whole night not thinking about Yunho who was snoring on the spare bed. They ordered pizza and ate. Yoochun’s parents arrived and they were happy to see all of them so happy and not fighting or even showing the slightest expression of stress.

Ga-In tried her best to get closer to Ricky and Changmin was slowly noticing this and was somehow trying to pull Ga-In away from him. Yoochun kept on glancing over and over again at Miryo who seemed as if her stress was all gone seeing how happy Min Jeul was. Miryo was actually glancing back from time to time too. Narsha’s jet lag went away and she was happy to see her friends smiling.

It was definitely one of the best sights to see and that wouldn’t end there. But where in the world is Jea now?

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@lemonspringday I know... I was trapped because I didn't know how to end it (which is also the cause of making it even longer than I expected) so I decided... "I'll kill her like crazy" LOL XD But you'll love its sequel... Trust me :3 I'll just post on your wall when I'll start posting it's sequel.
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