TVXQ were standing in the side of the mini stage in the Lotte World.. People were everywhere.. Jaejoong was still holding Jasmine in her hand, not wanting to let her go.. Her hand keeps squeezing his hand that was covered by a glove.. He stared at her, worry and fear can be seen in her face, just like what he felt as he looked at the people around then to YooSu and back to her.. He tightened his hold on her hand and rubbed it with his thumb..

"Hyung!! Eotteoke??" Junsu said nervously in a low voice to JaeChun..

"Let's just do what they want.. If someone recognize us, we can tell them that this was a surprise performance for them.. Just act normal.." Yoochun said in a calm voice while looking at HoMin..

Junsu followed his gaze to HoMin a few feet away from them.. "Hyung.. Wae??"

"Strange.. Our costumes.." Yoochun said out of the blue..

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"Hyung.. How can we escape here?? We could be in trouble if they recognize us.." Changmin whispered nervously to Yunho while looking at the people in the Lotte World.. But Yunho was looking at the other three in costumes with Jasmine.. "Hyung!!" he hit his back with his palm..

"Ouch!!" he yelped in pain as he reached his back and rubbed it.. "WAE?!"

"I'm asking you but you're thinking about Jasmine-ssi.." he said in annoyed tone..

"Mianhae..But its not her.. Anyway, dont you feel anything strange with those three guys there with her??" Yun asked as he looked the three..

Min followed his gaze to the three guys.. He looked at their costumes then to his and Yun's costumes.. He noticed the two guys in rabbit and sheep costume, YooSu, looking at their direction..

"Alright!! Go to the stage now!!" the man named Kim Sooro interrupted them and gestured them to go up to the stage..

They looked at each other's faces.. The six remained standing at their position.. Sooro noticed Jasmine down to her and Jae's hands that was connected..

"Mwoya?! Why are you dating at this hour?! Didn't your boss tell you that bringing a girlfriend is not allowed at working hours?! Aish.." he said irritatedly as he glared at Jaejoong..

YooSu chuckled at Jae and Jas.. Min looked at Yun then back to Jae and Jas.. She felt her face heated in embarrassment..

"I'm sorry but I'm not his--"

"Choesonghabnida..I wont do it again.." he cut her off as he covered with his palm and bowed apologetically at Sooro..

"I'll forgave you this time.. Dont do it again next time!! Araseo??"

"De.." he bowed again and pulled her waist closer as she tried to pulled herself away from him..

"Excuse me, Sir..But..Can you tell us what we're going to do in the stage?? I mean..our job.." Chun asked curiously..

Sooro frowned and blew a rasp.. "You really dont know??" TVXQ shook their heads.. "You're performers so you'll dance to the music to entertain the people here.. Specially the kids.." he answered nonchalant.. "Aish!! Kook Jong-ah.. Where is that guy again?!" Sooro asked the man who's checking the sound system..

"He's just here a while ago..I dont know where he is.." Kook Jong answered..

"Yah!! Chunhee-ya?!!" Sooro shouted his name in annoyed tone.. "Go to the stage after a minute and start dancing when the music starts.." he said to them before walking away.. {A/N: Family Outing is here!! ^^~}

TVXQ heaved a deep sigh of relief when Sooro was far from them.. Jae loosened his hugged to her waist and pulled his hands out of ..

"Yah!!" she glared at him and pushed him on his chest..

"Wae??" he asked innocently..

Chun cleared his throat.. Jae looked away and smiled in victory as he eyed the guy in tiger costume, Yunho.. Jasmine looked at him in disbelief..

Yun felt a strange feeling that made him want to be in Jae's position as he watched their interaction.. He shrugged those feelings aside..

"I guess we dont have no choice.. Let's just help them to do their work for now.." Yun said to Min..

"Okay~" Min sighed in defeat..

Yun approached JaeChunSu and Jasmine, Min followed him from behind.. YooSu looked at each other curiously then back to HoMin again.. Jae straightened up when he noticed them coming on their direction and held her hand again..

"Just get near me..And dont get near at any guy here because I dont like it..and I hate it.." Jae whispered firmly.. She narrowed her eyes irritatedly.. "I wont let them hurt you.. I'll protect you..I promise.. So just stay near me.. Okay??~" he whispered again and his voice became soft and gentle in her ear that brought chills throughout her body..

She twisted her head to face him then slowly nodded and gulped as she blinked.. Her heart beats faster as their lips were only inches away though she cant see his whole face, she can feel his warm breathes brushed her skin..

He gulped as he stared at her eyes then to her lips and back to her eyes again behind his hood.. His heart beats faster just like her as he can feel how close she is..

"Ahmm.. Hyung??~" Chun poked his shoulder and cleared his throat..

They both turned and they saw the four guys in costumes looking at them..

Jasmine eyes grew big and looked at the other direction.. She lowered her head and bit her bottom lip in embarrassment..

Yun looked away for a moment and sighed..

"Ahmm.." he started then looked at them again and they stared at him with curious faces except for Min.. He stood in front of them as their leader.. Again.. After a long time.. "Since we are here.. Let's just do our best to finish this.. Although I dont know about this and the song that we'll be dancing or performing.. I'll just make the steps on the spot and you can just follow me or you can do adlib steps but still have to be compatible to the music.." he said in his leader tone..

"We can dance too!!" Su exclaimed excitedly in his dolphin voice.. "Right hyung??" he asked JaeChun and they nodded with a confident smiles on their faces..

'Junsu hyung??' Min looked at the man in sheep costume.. Somehow, he had this strange feeling that it was him because he felt an urge to talk back and see him annoyed.. An urge to bully him.. He wants to take his hood out of his head but he knows he cant just do that.. 'It's impossible??.. But..' he slowly raised his hand to Junsu's hood..

"Excuse me.. You all have to go to the stage now.."

Min was startled and dropped his hand immediately.. They all looked at the owner of the voice and saw a tall man..

"Chunhee-yah!!" Sooro called the tall man from afar..

"Ne!!" he answered quickly and turned to them again.. He saw Jasmine and bowed.. He smiled at her as he rubbed the back of his neck..

Jasmine blinked and a shy smile formed in her lips then bowed back.. She felt Jae's hold got tight.. She gritted her teeth and glared at him..

Chunhee noticed the man in lion costume's looking at him.. He suddenly shivered in fear throughout his body.. He can feel the glares and pierce eyes behind the hood of the man and gulped in fear..

"Ah... Hw-hwaiting..." he turned and hurriedly walked away from them..

They went up to the mini stage one by one.. Jae hesitated to let Jasmine go as he eyed ChunHee from afar..

"Hey.. They're waiting for you up there.." she pulled her hands from him..

He looked at the stage then back to her..

"I..I wont go.. anywhere..I..I'll just..stay here.." she turned and looked at the ground as she played with her fingers while bitting her bottom lip..

He turned her as he cupped her face and tilted her head up to face him..

"You're dead if I didn't see you here after this.." he whispered in a firm tone..

Her eyes narrowed and chuckled.. "Aras--" her words were cut when she felt his lips on her forehead..

His lips stayed there for seconds before he finally let her go and dashed to the stage leaving her dumpfounded..

Chun turned to Su and gestured him to move.. They stepped a few steps to the side to give Jae a space.. Jae was in the middle of YooMin.. HoSu on both sides.. Their positions formed a W when you looked from above..

People started to gather around the stage with anticipation when they saw them up on the stage with their cute costumes.. Sooro eyed Kook Jong to start the music.. He nodded and pushed the play button..

'This song is.....' TVXQ and Jasmine were shocked when the music of the song started to play in the speakers..

'Our....song...' TVXQ thought in unison.. Their bodies became numb.. They didn't move at their position as they heard their voices sing the chorus of the song as an intro..

People started to murmur and get annoyed as the song continued to play but no one in the stage is dancing or moving.. They started to leave group by group..

Sooro frowned irritatedley.. "Mwoya??! What's wrong with them??! Why they are not performing??" he yelled irritatedly..

Jasmine looked at them with a worried face.. Her gaze shifted to Jae who was just standing in the middle of them five.. She knew how hard it was for them to sing, dance, and perform their old songs sang when they were still five with his four members.. And this song, 'Balloons', is one of their memorable song..

YooSu lowered their heads and looked at the ground.. Jae looked at them in concern..

"H-Hyung.." Min looked at Yunho..

YunJae gazes accidentally met.. They can feel their eyes staring at each other behind the hoods they're wearing..

" ♫ ♪ Nae maeumedo areumdaun gieoktteuri saenggangna ♫ ♪ "

TVXQ curiously looked at the owner of the voice.. Then, they saw her.. In front of the stage.. Clapping her hands to the beat of the song, smiling brightly at them..

Jasmine took a glance at the people behind her and gulped nervously.. Though she was shy and emabarrassed in front of many people but she wants to cheer them up, him.. She turned to them and smiled brightly..

"Hwaiting!!" she mouthed and raised her two fists in the air.. She didn't noticed that her gaze was locked at Jaejoong..

TVXQ were touched by her.. They tried recomposed themselves.. YunJae hearts skipped a beat.. Jae's lips formed a small smile that slowly turned to a wide smile because of her..

Yun noticed her gaze to the man who's wearing the lion costume.. It was bright and affectionate.. He envied whoever the man who's behind those costume.. He shrugged his thoughts aside and looked at Min.. He nodded and gave him a reassuring smile.. He looked at the three and their eyes gaze met again.. He gulped before he smiled to him..

Jae sheepishly smiled back to him.. He turned to YooSu and caught their attention by moving his hand and one leg.. He smiled to them.. He turned to Yun again and YooSu followed his gaze.. Yun nodded his head to them and a small smile formed on his lips.. As if they can read his mind.. The four nodded their heads and smiled back..

Yun slightly pushed Min forward to the middle as his parts of the song started to play.. He started to follow to beat of the song with cute steps..

♫ ♪ Haneul nopi nareuneun saram ♫ ♪

Min hesitated at first.. He took a deep breathe and started dancing the song with a smile plastered on his face but his eyes were started to get watered..

Jae started moving his body to the beat of the song in a cute way.. His smile never leave his lips and eyes locked on her as he dance.. He dont want her to feel sad and worried..

YooSu recomposed themselves and gulped the lump on their throats.. They started to dance the steps of the song as a tear threatening to escape from their eyes..

Chun stepped forward to the middle and dance as his part started to play..

♫ ♪ Geu jogeuman kkumeul.. Ijeobeorigo san geon.. Naega neomu keobeoryeosseul ttae ♫ ♪

Junsu stepped next forward to the middle and did his signature pose, Angel Xiah.. JaeChun acted that they fainted behind him..

♫ ♪ Hajiman gweroul ttaen aicheoreom.. Ttwieo nolgo shipeo ♫ ♪

Min saw them and the feelings he felt when they filmed Balloons music video suddenly appeared.. For some odd reason, he feel the happiness and satisfaction while performing with them like he was with his hyungs..

Jae stepped next but instead of pointing his so called kame hame wave to HoSu, he turned and pointed it to Jasmine.. She cant help but to laugh at his cuteness..

♫ ♪ Jogeuman naui kkumdeureul pungseone gadeuk kko ♫ ♪

The chorus started to play again.. They played with the children song and dance steps.. They dance together as one.. Again..

♫ ♪ Jinagabeorin eorin shijeoren.. Pungseoneul tago naraganeun yeppeun kkumdokku eotjji.. ♫ ♪

Jasmine looked behind her and smile in satisfaction..

People were starting to gather and fill the venue again.. Most of them were following the rhythm of the song by clapping their hands and nodding their heads to the beat.. Some were recording their performance on their phones..

♫ ♪ Noran pungseoni haneureul nalmyeon.. Nae maeumedo areumdaun gieoktteuri saenggangna ♫ ♪

Jae stepped forward to the middle and started singing his part in a low voice.. A smile plastered on his face and gaze never leave Jasmine..

♫ ♪ Wae haneureul bomyeon.. Naneun nunmuri nalkka.. Geugeotjjocha al su eopjjanha ♫ ♪

Jae ran behind them as Yun stepped forward in the middle..

♫ ♪ Wae eoreuni dwemyeon ijeobeorige dwelkka.. Jogeumateon ai shijeoreul ♫ ♪

They jumped-walked and YooMin faced each other and laughed.. Jae appeared in between of them and laughed evilly as YooMin faked a scared faces..

♫ ♪ Ttaeroneun nado geunyang haneul nopi naragago shipeo ♫ ♪

Su did his signature pose again with Yunho this time..

♫ ♪ Ijeottteon naui kkumdeulgwa chueogeul gadeuk kko ♫ ♪

They dance the chorus once again with Su in the middle.. At this moment.. JYJ and HoMin forgot that they were strangers with those costumes.. They forgot that they dont know each other.. They forgot that they were on stage and many people were watching them..

♫ ♪ Jinagabeorin eorin shijeoren.. Pungseoneul tago naraganeun yeppeun kkumdokku eotjji ♫ ♪

Its like they were only alone in the world.. Jae always took a glance at Jasmine with a smile plastered on his lips..

♫ ♪ Noran pungseoni haneureul nalmyeon .. Nae maeumedo areumdaun gieoktteuri saenggangna ♫ ♪

They paused and Min turned his back to them.. Playing the ice game..

People were chanting the lyrics with them.. Children were dancing and mimicing their steps.. Sooro, Kook Jong and Chunhee we're also enjoying their performance..

♫ ♪ Lallararara rallararara rallararara rarallara rallallalla rarara ♫ ♪

Min turned and Jae faked to collapse on the floor..

♫ ♪ Seweori heulleodo ♫ ♪

Yun held out his hand and helped him to stand up..

♫ ♪ Ijeobeoryeodo ♫ ♪

TVXQ held their hands together side by side while swaying their bodies to the beat..

♫ ♪ Noran pungseone dameul su isseulkka ♫ ♪

They started to ran and play on the stage.. They were laughing and just enjoying the music with the steps..

♫ ♪ Jinagabeorin eorin shijeoren.. Pungseoneul tago naraganeun yeppeun kkumdokku eotjji.. Noran pungseoni haneureul nalmyeon .. Nae maeumedo areumdaun gieoktteuri saenggangna ♫ ♪

At the near end of the song, they swayed their butts and bodies with their hands in the air side by side.. They spun around together perfectly.. Faced to the left, raised their right legs and left hands in the air.. They looked behind and twisted their heads to the crowd.. They waved their hands with a V-sign and lips curved into wide smiles..

They recieved a loud cheer and clap from the crowd..

"Jalhaesseo!! Jalhaesseo!!" Sooro clapped his hands, feeling satisfied with their performance.. {A/N: Jalhaesseo - good job}

Jasmine raised her two thumbs..

TVXQ smiled to her.. They looked at each other's faces with a smile plastered on their lips.. Yun held out his hand to Min on his side.. He gladly took his hand and they both looked at Jae.. Jae smiled and held out his hand to Chun and Min on his sides and they gladly took it.. Chun turned to Su and held out his hand too.. Su smiled as he took his hand.. They held each other's hand side by side.. Even just for a simple performance, they feel satisfied seeing the people enjoying their performance.. They feel connected to each other as they felt each other's hand.. They can understand each other without saying a word.. They looked at each other and nodded their heads.. They faced the people as they raised their hands and did a 90 degree bow to their audience..

After minutes of their performance, people were starting to leave and continued wandering around the Lotte World with a satisfied looks..

They were standing in the stage watching the people leaving the small venue.. Jae excitedly jumped down to the stage..

They gasped when they saw him accidentally tripped on the wire.. Jasmine closed her eyes tightly as a loud thud was heard from the ground..

"That must've hurt.....a lot.." Su mumbled with a mouth open..

"Hyung should learn how to be patient sometimes.." Chun added as he nodded his head..

Yun looked away and silently laughed as Min was already laughing at his clumsiness..

Jae immediately stood up as he groaned in pain while rubbing his back..

"Yah.. What did jumped all of a sudden?!" she asked and laughed..

He recomposed himself and straightened up..

"Y-yah..." she gasped when he suddenly pulled her in his arms and hugged her tightly..

"Gomawo.." he whispered in her ear and kissed her hair.. He buried his face on her hair as he pulled her closer..

She tried to breathe normally as her heart beats faster and faster again.. Her hands was on his chest and eyes blinking.. She can feel and hear his heartbeat..

YooSu was smiling at the two and slid out their phones out of their costume's big pocket.. Min watched YooSu with curious face.. Yun sighed and just smiled watching Jasmine's reaction..

"Cha!! You all really did a great job!!" Sooro interrupted them with a satisfied smile..

Jasmine slightly pushed Jae on his chest and lowered her head to hide her reddened face..

"Sooro hyung.." Kook Jong and Chunhee approached them with five guys behind them wearing costumes and holding a different animal costume heads..

"Sir.. I'm sorry we're late.. We stuck on a heavy traffic.." the guy in the middle apologized and the five guys bowed their heads..

Sooro frowned confused like Kook Jong and Chunhee.. The three looked at TVXQ who's wearing costumes then to the five new guys in costumes too..

"Hyung..I think its time for us to leave.." Min whispered to Yun and the latter nodded his head..

Yun cleared his throat.. HoMin bowed at Sooro and to his men then to JYJ and Jasmine.. They bowed back.. His eyes stared at Jae for seconds before he looked away and gave him a small smile.. They started walking away from them..

"Hyung..I think we should leave right now too.." Chun said to Jae..

They bowed to the confused three men.. Jae held Jasmine's hand and dragged her away with them..

Unknown to them.. Two guys were carefully following them from afar..