After the Strong Heart show was aired, the boys kept bothering Nicky about her dancing abilities. They all kept asking where she learned that and if she would dance again. She just ignored them and kept with her job, but deep inside she was actually happy of being able to surprise them. “I think that episode was the most watched episode ever!” Michelle said excited. “Sure, any episode where someone makes a total fool of themselves is very popular” Nicky said. “What else can you do? Do you tap dance? Belly dance? Lap dancing???” Michelle asked moving her eyebrows.  “Michelle!! No!!! Well…… I do belly dance.” She responded.  “Nice! You’re going to kill Leeteuk-sshi!” Michelle responded laughing and  elbowing her. “Stop that! I’m not telling him! It was just a class, with Jessy again.” Nicky said. “Jessy seems to be a huge influence in you.” Michelle said. “We’ve been friends for a long time. Almost like a sister” Nicky added. “She should keep on breaking your innocent outer shell!” Michelle said laughing. “Why do people insist on calling me innocent?” Nicky added. “Well unnie, you used to be a nun, you’ve never been intimate with a guy and you give that innocent vibe” Michelle explained laughing. “I wasn’t a nun! I almost became a nun!” Nicky explained. “You were in a convent, counts as a nun!” Michelle added. “I’m tired of people labeling me as innocent. Just because I’ve never driven a car it doesn’t mean I don’t know how to do it” Nicky said crossing her arms. “Oh!!!!!! Nice comparison! Are you saying you know your way around things?” Michelle asked her laughing. “I read a lot” Nicky responded with a small smile. “Put all that knowledge to work. I bet Leeteuk-sshi would gladly volunteer!” Michelle said and they both laughed.

Nicky was behind the counter in Kona Beans when Kangin entered. “Nicky-ah!” he said smiling at her. “Kangin-sshi, hi!” she responded. “Ani, Kangin oppa!” he commanded with a smile. “I’m older than all of you, so there’s no ‘oppa’ calling in here.” She said smiling. “Jinja? Leeteuk hyung likes calling him oppa.” He added. “I don’t call him that.” She responded and they both laughed.  “Sit with me?”  he asked her and they sat on the back.  They talked a little since his English was not very good but they had a great time. “You great. I approve.” He said after a while with a huge smile and a ‘thumbs up’ signal. “Oh! I needed your approval? Well, I’m happy I passed!” she said and they both laughed.

The SS4 tour kept rolling and now they were leaving Indonesia after a great concert. The boys have been bothering Eunhyuk non-stop and Nicky had no idea why. “What’s going on?” she  asked Leeteuk as they boarded the plane. “He lost” Leeteuk responded while helping her with a bag. “Lost? Lost what?” she said. “Bet” he responded. “A bet? What have I told you about doing bets?”  she said and Leeteuk just laughed. When they landed in South Korea the boys grabbed Eunhyuk to the bathroom. “Noona! Help!” Eunhuyk yell as the others dragged him. “What are they doing?” Nicky asked looking at them as Leeteuk grabbed his things. He had to leave before the others for a recording so he exited the airport through the back.  “You see.  Bye, Love you” he whisper into her ear and left with another manager. Nicky went and waited outside the bathroom door for the guys. She could hear  the laughing and the commotion inside. “Boys, what are you doing? Hurry up!”  she said and Jung Hoo came out of the bathroom laughing. “You were there as well? What are a bunch of guys doing all together in a bathroom?” she ask looking at him. “You’ll see. Grab your camera” he said laughing. Then out came the boys and Eunhyuk was dressed as Marilyn Monroe. “What on earth?” Nicky said laughing. The rest of the boys went outside and grabbed their cameras. A big bunch of fans were gathered since the boys tweeted about a big event at the airport. As soon as Eunhyuk stepped outside the whole place was full with laughter. He was mortified but he managed to keep calm an even laughed about it a little. Nicky could hardly breathe because  of the laughter and she made a mental note to never do bets with any of them.

It was time for SMTown shows; the boys ended the tour with an encore presentation in Korea and now they were on their way to California. Nicky was very excited about it, she has never been to LA and being in an English speaking country made her happy. During the flight all SM artist were together. She and Leeteuk kept distance to avoid any suspicious but what he actually wanted was for someone to notice so he could finally tell. He wasn’t alone though, since Taeyeon kept following him every chance she had. Nicky just ignore that and repeated to herself that there was nothing to worry about. They arrived at LA and the airport was full of fans. At the hotel they all got their rooms and decided to go around the city. Nicky went with them to an amusement park alongside with some other idols and their managers. Some managers didn’t like the fact that fans were taking pictures and they scolded Nicky for taking the pictures for the fans.  “We are outside, this is a public space. If they want to take pictures they can. This is a different country people.” She said a bit annoyed.  She returned to her hotel room to rest a little and Leeteuk entered. He went in with his own key (he asked reception for a copy of her room key) not knowing that someone noticed and was keeping a close eye on him. As he entered he found Nicky reading in her ipad.

“Hi” he said kissing her. “Hey sweetie. Where are you going?” she asked.  “Gym. What you do?” he responded looking for a bag. “Reading some fanfics” she said.  “You read that?” he asked with a chuckle. “Yes! They’re entertaining. I like to see the weird scenarios the fans create. For example, in this one you had twins.” She said moving the ipad. “Twins?!? With you?” he said smiling. “NO…. the fans doesn’t know about  us.” She replied surprised. “Tia Vicky and omma are twins?” he asked her remembering something. “Yes…my mother and Tia Vicky were twins. Why you ask?” she replied confused. “We will have twins!” he said with a huge excited smile. “You do know where babies come from, right?” she said a little surprised. “We will get there” he responded winking at her with a smirk and leaving the room. Nicky stayed there surprised. It was the first time he mentioned something like that; something that implied  they had a future together….and it felt amazing.