Pinocchio

Der Märchenclub
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Chapter 8

[Pinocchio]

 

 

“You’re lying,” was all that Jessica could mutter after she heard Kibum’s story.

 

“Go ask the others if you don’t believe it,” suggested Kibum. “Ah, I’ll get you my cousin, Ryeowook,” the childish-looking Kibum then pointed out to Ryeowook. It was only then that Jessica realized how…dazzled Ryeowook looked. She knew that he somehow always let out the vibe of a lost puppy, but now, he looked not only like a lost puppy, but a desperate, lost puppy.

 

“No,” Jessica said as her hand was stretched out to prevent Kibum from standing up and calling his cousin. “So he…” she paused to control herself back. There was always fear upon pronouncing that word --even when it was concerning a person that she disliked a lot. “...died?”

 

“Fortunately Ryeowook came just in time and Heechul was carried immediately to the hospital. He is saved, although he hasn’t regained consciousness now. But Heechul Hyung is a strong man, so I guess he’ll be fine.”

 

“…How did it happen?”

 

“Well, no one knows for sure, right? Heechul Hyung often wanders alone at night to meet his friends. He was probably on his way meeting them again last night. Someone stabbed his stomach from his behind. He was left on the empty street, but Hyung managed to call Ryeowook before he lost consciousness… or died from the lost of blood.”

 

“It’s…a dreadful accident,” Jessica reluctantly commented.

 

“Accident?” Kibum chuckled. “You really try your best not to believe in the reality, don’t you?”

 

Jessica maintained her glare to be as unfazed as she could. “I am talking about the reality. And the reality is… is that it was a horrible accident. Your delusional mind and your horrendous scenario… those are not real.”

 

“What takes it to make you believe all of these, Jessica-sshi?”

 

Wait.

 

“Why is it so important for you to make me believe all of these, hm, Kibum-sshi?”

 

Even when Jessica’s tone was a challenging one, Kibum’s childish smile never faltered. “Nothing. But if you are already convinced, then we can discuss this game more. I have a hunch that I’d need your point of view in analyzing all of these.”

 

“Kibum-sshi,” Jessica bitterly laughed. “Say, if your delusional theories and schemes turn out to be true, aren’t you the most possible main culprit responsible for all these…accidents?”

 

“Why is that?”

 

“You know too much. The detail you put in each of your analysis are too precise.”

 

“Ah,” Kibum laid his chin on his palm. “That could be a reasonable possibility. Will that be your guess?”

 

“Yes and no. I trust no one in that club. So anyone other than me could have a reasonable possibility to be the…master mind, if we follow your train of logic.”

 

“That could probably be wise… that self defense mechanism of yours,” commented Kibum. “Anyway, would you like to accompany me and Ryeowook to visit Heechul Hyung after this?”

 

The offer sounded crazy in her ear. Again, it was not that Jessica did not sympathize over Heechul’s accident. But Heechul had never been her best friend. Frankly, she disliked him a lot. She was glad that he was alive, but she felt like she did not need to do anything else other than to express her sympathy. “Why would I even –“

 

“Of course, she would like to accompany you, young man,” a woman with an elegant voice spoke on Jessica’s behalf. Jessica turned her head around to see that her grandmother already returned. And worse, it was not the first or second time that Jung Hyori determined the course of her life. It was an official theory then: Jessica would forever be her grandmother’s puppet.

 

Kibum stood from his chair and gave a polite bow towards Mrs. Jung. It startled Jessica slightly since Kibum looked like a free kid with a slightly rebellious tendency. Besides, Jessica heard that Kibum was the one who dared to reject the inheritance the Kim offered him. She supposed courtesy and high class society never appalled him. To see him actually capable of showing respect towards someone from that particular society he loathed was something Jessica had not expected.

 

“I heard about what happened to your cousin, Heechul. Poor boy. Seoul’s street at night is not safe, I’m concerned with the rising criminal rate,” commented Jung Hyori. “I hope he gets well soon.”

 

“Heechul Hyung is a strong man. He will get well soon,” assured Kibum.

 

Jung Hyori let out a smile that she had trained for years. Sometimes Jessica absurdly thought that the smile was painted on her face. “That’s a relief. I’ll leave Jessica in your care, is that alright Kibum-sshi?”

 

Kibum nodded. “I will take her back to you tonight at eight PM.”

 

Jessica’s grandmother nodded and flashed her trademark smile once more before the older lady walked away to greet someone important from whatever family. Jessica had a feeling that her grandmother was having a thought to betroth her to one of the sons of these prestigious families. It was with Lee Donghae the day before. Now, it was with Kim Kibum. Perhaps the day after Jung Hyori would try to match make her with a different boy again.

 

“Come. You know you have to,” stipulated Kibum as he shoved his hands inside his pants’ pockets.

 

Jessica sighed but decided to follow him anyway (she had no choice to begin with, right?). Ryeowook soon joined them and the three youths got into the car that took them towards Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital.

 

 

The sight that greeted Jessica once she stepped into Kim Heechul’s first class hospital room made her widened her eyes. Even Ryeowook immediately shouted ‘Hyung!’. Only

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yeonniestan94 #1
Coming back to reread this. For a moment i thought the story was deleted because i search for this on the jessica tag. Kekeke...
Found it finally thanks to Haesica😀😀
Macaroonssi
#2
its 2021 and I'm stil here so.....
aseulmonsta
#3
❤️
gyuhyeon #4
I'm here again for the nth times. This is my fav fanfic ever! I used to dislike sugen pairing but this fanfic brought a new light. Pinboo, could you please sign this story up for a drama please? It will be daebak really.
bwtplove
#5
Chapter 50: This chapter will always traumatized me. Imagine to encounter something like that as child..... :(
bwtplove
#6
Chapter 38: I thought Sunny x Sungmin's side story will be my fav one...but after reading Kibum's story....I guess the ranking change. I could understand the hatred he has toward his family so well. It's such an emotional story to me and the way the poor always have a big heart than the rich....you really did a great job at interpreting this.
LeiLeiLeiLeiLeiLei #7
Hi there! I actually read this fic when I was younger, and I wanna reread it but it's members only :(

I have long forgotten my old AFF account....... AHH how do I reread? hehe
shiningshawol13
#8
Hi! I don't know if you'll be able to see this comment, but yeah, just gonna share my thoughts here hahaha.

So I reread Project: Cupid and Der Marchenclub earlier this week because I've been feeling nostalgic lately and thought, hey, maybe I could reread my favorite Super Generation fanfics coz why not?

And well, I'd just like to say that your works remain to be one of my favorites. It's been years since you've published this, years since I've first read it (early 2015). I could still remember the times when I read a chapter or two in between classes back in college, struggling not to give in to the urge to read them while in class hahaha! This is the first time in a long while that I read it again but everything is still as wonderful and impactful as when I first read it.

Der Marchenclub, in particular, is my favorite Super Generation fanfic. Reading it again cemented that fact in my mind. I loveeeee the plot! In particular, I love how you utilized previously uttered lines and details, smoothly tying a to b. I love the flow of the narration, I know you must've hit some rough blocks, too, but in the end, the writing is just superb: the balance between the dialogue and narration is very nice. I love the characterizations and how utterly realistic and imperfect and humane there are (Heechul's my fave haha), though I agree that there are some characters you could've developed more (Yoona and Siwon, for instance, as you mentioned in yuor DMC blog haha). Overall though, I'd go so far as to say that your work is a masterpiece. I took my time re-reading it again, took my time to appreciate the smoothness in the flow, the humanity of the characters, the thrill of solving the mystery. Every single scene played out in my head, and I could perfectly picture Super Generation here (man, I miss them!). This story, the whole plot, it's a very good material for a TV series, that's how good it is.

It's also good in inspiring people. This fanfiction, your fanfiction - it reignited my desire to write again. These past few years I've been stuck in a slump, probably because of the combined stress from my personal and college life, plus the slightly growing distance from kpop, that I wasn't able to continue any of my stories here at all. I even find it hard to write anything because I began to doubt myself. Whenever I type something up, I ended up not finishing it or just erasing it because it feels off. I've graduated now though haha, so college's one factor off the things stressing me out, but I still didn't dare try to write again. At least, not until I read your stories again.

Der Marchenclub (and Project: Cupid!) reminded me of my love for YoonHae, for HeeSica, for SNSD and Super Junior, and most of all, my love for writing. It made me want to try writing again, mostly about YoonHae and HeeSica hahaha!

So I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for creating Der Marchenclub, thank you for creating your stories, and thank you most of all, for sharing it with us and not deleting it. A few days ago I tried searching again some of my favorite YoonHae fanfics, I can't remember their exact titles but what I know is that it's on livejournal (and soon remembered that it's written by muffinmaverick, if you know her hehe). However, I found out that she deleted her account, which means that even her stories were deleted. It suffices to say that I was utterly devastated. Fanfictions are some of my ways of coping even back then, so to find out that I could no longer read them again really pained me. I know the author must have her reasons, and she has all the right to delete her own account and works, but it still hurt. So really, thank you for keeping this precious works here in this site, thank you for sharing it with us still.

I think I'm kinda rambling at this point haha but what I want to say is that your works have inspired me again, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. I'm sure there are other readers out there, too who were inspired to hone or jumpstart their craft after reading your stories. So once again, I would like to say thank you to you. I'm still not very confident, I'm still doubting my skill but well, that can be honed and what's important is that I'm trying again, right? Haha.

Anyways, I miss seeing Super Junior and SNSD together, and reading Der Marchenclub again made me very nostalgic. I'm not that active here in asianfanfics nowadays but I think there are fewer and fewer Super Generation stories now, which I admit breaks my SONELF heart a little. I think it's fitting, though, since our idols have grown more and are living their own lives now, and we're living our own. It won't stop me from writing about them, though haha! If you ever get back to writing again (and I hope you do, I miss reading your stories!), I hope you know that there will still be people who'll welcome you back, and readers who will read your works.

Once again, thank you for writing!! Thank you for bringing Der Marchenclub and your other works to light, and for sharing it with us. :) It's rough in our world right now due to the pandemic but I hope you'll stay safe!