The sound of the alarm woke Nicky up. She turned it off and remained in bed looking at the ceiling. “Was it all a dream?” she thought and rubbed her eyes. She then felt the ring on her finger and looked at it. “So, it is true” she said and got up smiling. She peeked through the connecting door and saw Leeteuk still sleeping; a feeling of happiness surrounded her as she grabbed her things and entered the bathroom. Once she was ready, Nicky went into Leeteuk’s room to wake him up. She sat on the bed next to him and started calling him. “Teukie, good morning, sweetie. Is time to wake up” she said playing with his hair. He just smiled and grabbed her arm pulling her down onto the bed. Nicky squealed as she fell down on the pillow right next to him. “Good morning” he said kissing  her. They were laying down on their sides, facing each other. Nicky could only smile and look at him. “You have to get up; it’s the last day and the group’s agenda is packed.” She said, her assistant manager personality taking over. “Neh…..but moment here first” he responded placing a hand on her waist. “No moment, get up.” Nicky said smiling and caressing his cheek. “Arasso…….breakfast with me?” he asked her rubbing their noses together.

“We can’t be seen together. People can’t know about us.” Nicky replied looking at him. “Why?” he asked. “For like a hundred reasons!” she said sitting up. “You’re an idol, I work for you, I’m older than you, I’m not Ko……….” She added but he interrupted her with a long, slow kiss.  “Don’t matter” he whispered while kissing her. “Every time you do that…I….. I lost my words” Nicky said when he broke the kiss. He just smile and got up from the bed leaving her a little dazed. “Teukie, I’m serious! We have to keep this secret” she said. He turned around facing her with a smile. “Everybody?” he asked raising and eyebrow. “Well, yes! I mean, the other guys would probably find out but…who knows how the company would react if they knew……..” Nicky said. “He knows” Leeteuk added smiling. “Wait, what? Who knows?” Nicky asked. “Lee Soo Man-sshi” he replied smiling . “I don’t understand, you just told me last night, how could he know?” she asked him. Leeteuk just laughed and kneeled in from of her. “He know my feelings” he said kissing her. “No problem” he  added standing up and walking to the bathroom.  “I’m…………I’m going to……wake up the others” Nicky said standing up an entering her room. She was looking for her key everywhere. “Have you seen my key? I can’t find it; actually I haven’t seen it since yesterday.” She said. “Aniyo. Use mine” shouted Leeteuk from the bathroom. “Teukie, was Kyuhyun in my room yesterday?” she asked him remembering something.  “Neh” he shouted back. “That evil child….. I’m taking your key, I’ll be right back.” She said taking his key and left.

“Boys, it’s me. I’m going in!” Nicky said entering the room. “Good morning noona!” said Ryeowook combing his hair. “Hi sweetie” she replied looking around. Kyuhyun was asleep, with the covers up to his nose. She signaled Ryeowook to be silent as she got closer to Kyu’s bed. Suddenly she jumped on his bed and started hitting him with a pillow. “YAH! What the hell is going on??” Kyuhyun shouted surprised and sleepy. “You little trouble maker! Where’s my key?” said Nicky still hitting him with the pillow. “Noona! Yah! Noona stop! What key?” he said trying to stop her. “My master key! I know you have it because you wanted it! Give it back!” she replied still hitting him. Sungmin and Donghae entered the room at that moment and saw the funny scene. Ryeowook was laughing in a corner. “I don’t have!” Kyuhyun said grabbing her pillow. “Cho Kyuhyun! Don’t you dare lie to me!” Nicky said looking straight at him, he just smirked and she hit him one more time. “Yah! Aisssssh………..arasso!” Kyuhyun said stretching his arm and grabbing the key from his jeans on the floor. “You little thief! Why you took it?” Nicky grabbed her key back and slapped his hand.  “Noona!” Kyu whined when she slapped his hand. The other boys in the room just laughed at them. Suddenly Yesung got out of the bathroom with only a towel around his waist.

Nicky covered her face at the sight while the others guys kept laughing. “You in boys room, don’t cover now!” Kyuhyun said trying to get her to move her hands. “That ring new” added Kyu looking at her hand. Nicky stood up from the bed really fast. “Yesung could you please put some clothes on; and guys get ready for breakfast upstairs. Today’s agenda is really packed.” She said walking to the door. “Arasso noona” Yesung said smiling and grabbing some clothes from the closet. “Noona, you eat with us?” asked Donghae as she passed by him.  “I don’t think so sweetie. There’s a meeting right now. I’ll wake up the others and see you around, ok?” she answered ruffling his hair and left the room. “You saw her face when Yesung got out of the bathroom?” Sungmin said laughing. “She is very shy! Like a little girl!” said Ryeowook with a smile. “She hits like a grown woman!” said Kyuhyun shaking his hand and the others laughed.

All the boys gathered upstairs for breakfast. They shared a table with the f(x) girls and TVXQ. They all laughed and enjoy the food while chatting. Kyuhyun was seated next to Leeteuk and noticed the ring on his finger; he was sure he saw that ring before. Leeteuk got up to get some juice and Kyuhyun followed him. “Hyung, that’s new.” Kyu said pointing to his hand. “Neh, it’s nice, right?” said Leeteuk smiling. “Neh……but it looked prettier on Nicky noona’s hand” responded Kyuhyun in a low voice with an evil smile on his face. Leeteuk lifted his eyebrows  surprised and smiled. “I saw her earlier, she was wearing hers. You finally confessed?” Kyuhyun asked. “Neh, we are together now. But don’t tell anybody. She wants to keep it a secret.” Leeteuk responded with a big smile. “No problem.….Hyung, you better treat her right or I will punch you in the face, arasso?” Kyuhyun added looking very serious. “I will” responded Leeteuk very surprised by the younger man reaction. “She’s my noona, don’t play with her” Kyuhyun added.  “I will never hurt her. Never” Leeteuk responded.

Nicky was on the upper deck supervising some activities with Jung Hoo and writing on her clipboard. Jung Hoo noticed the ring on her finger and her big smile. “Everything’s okay?” He asked her.”Yes, everything is going according to plan. All idols are at their activities.” she added. “You seem happier today.” He told her. “Huh? Oh, it’s just that I fell better” she replied smiling. “Really? That’s good. So, he told you?” he asked her. “What? Who?” she replied confused. “Leeteuk” he responded smiling and pointing to her ring. “What the………How do you know?” she asked,  lowering her voice. “I’ve always known. He send me to buy the rings.” He said.  Nicky just looked at him in disbelief. “Hey I had to help a friend!” he added laughing. ” I am your friend! Why you didn’t tell me!?!?” Nicky responded hitting him lightly with the clipboard. “It wasn’t my confession to tell! I’m really happy for you two.” He said laughing. “You can’t tell anybody! I’m serious!” she replied. “Don’t worry; I won’t tell. I’m good at keeping secrets.” He said. “Definitively!” she replied back.

The boys returned to their rooms to change and rest a little, that was the last night on board and a special SMTown concert was being held.  Nicky was in her bed with her books when Leeteuk returned to his room. “Hello” he said entering her room and sitting next to her on the bed. “You finished your activities?” Nicky asked. “No hello boyfriend? Aissshhh……..” said Leeteuk pouting his lips and Nicky laughed. “Sorry! I’m still getting use to us being ‘us’” she replied and gave him a light kiss on the lips. “I’m hungry. Dinner with me?” he asked her holding her hand. “Teukie we can’t be together in public.” She replied. “We out together before.” He said. “Yes, but…..now is different.”  She replied looking at him. “Better” he replied smiling and looking at her. “Room service!” he added looking for the menu inside the night table.

They ordered in and when the food arrived he placed it in the small coffee table. They sat next to each other on the sofa. “I need a fork” Nicky said looking around.  “Chopsticks” said Leeteuk. “You know that I don’t know how to use them” she replied. “Come here, I teach” he said motioning for her to get up and move closer to him. He then grabbed her making her sit on his lap. “Is this really necessary?” Nicky asked smiling. “Neh” he replied placing his arms around her waist. “Ok then” she added laughing. He helped her to properly grab the chopsticks, and after a couple of failed attempts, she was able to eat a couple pieces of meat using them. “You’re a good teacher” she said feeding him some meat. “You good student” he replied smiling. “Except for Hangeul!” she said and they both laughed. She looked at her watch and got a little nervous. “Sweetie, you need to get ready for the show and I have to call the others…..” she said trying to get up from his lap but he hold her tight. “Ani…easy. Take easy” he told her. “I’m sorry. I can’t brush off the assistant manager thing; I hope you can deal with my craziness.” She said caressing his cheek. “I love craziness” he replied kissing her hand . “Go get ready” she told him and this time he let her go. “Arasso” he said standing up and hugging her. Nicky still couldn’t believe that they were now a couple, and he felt like the luckiest man in the whole world.