Eunhyuk entered the dorm he shared with the members of Super Junior with heavy steps. He just felt so tired with his jam packed personal schedule that day. He went recording for the upcoming repackaged album, shooting for Strong Heart, and auditioning for a role in a musical that was guaranteed to be a hit. Ever since he starred in Fame, he realized that he also had other passion aside from rapping and dancing. Apparently, he loved acting. He received great reviews for his acting as Tyronne Jackson in Fame. It made him even more confident in pursuing his path in musical.

It was also the reason for the frown that was currently showing on his handsome face. He was really nervous about the result. He really wanted that part, but he didn't think he was doing good enough at his audition earlier. His manager tried to calm him by saying that he was overthinking it. But it didn't help at all. He didn't feel any better and he felt stressed out by it.

He closed the door behind him and immediately smelled something good which made his tummy growled. He was hungry and he didn't even realize it. Someone's cooking. Ryeowook? He thought to himself.

He was about to step into the hallway when he saw a pair of shoes that didn't belong to any of the guys. It was a pair of soft pink flat shoes with size much smaller compared to theirs. There was no way in hell that any of the members would wear something like that. I'll kill them personally if that ever happens.

He tilted his head in confusion when suddenly it hit him. A smile appeared on his face once he realized whose the owner of those pretty shoes was. He walked faster than usual through the hallway to confirm his answer.

Once he reached the living room, he saw Ryeowook and Kyuhyun was sitting on the couch watching a variety show. Ryeowook's here, being his lazy self and not cooking. Eunhyuk smiled to himself once again, feeling excited to find out that it wasn't Ryeowook who was cooking in the kitchen. Then it must be her, Eunhyuk turned his back and proceeded walking to the kitchen.

And he was right. There she was, wearing a bright yellow apron with her hair tied into a cute ponytail. She was busy reading the recipe book while stirring the soup. It seemed like the soup had just gotten out of the stove as it was still boiling hot.

Eunhyuk leaned his body against the kitchen door and quietly observing her. She didn't even realize that he was there, she was too concentrated with the recipe. He had a soft smile on his face as he watched her tasted the soup she just made and grinned adorably in satisfaction.

Eunhyuk couldn't take it anymore. "Is it good?"

Ahreum almost choked on the soup as she was tasting another spoon of it. "How long have you been standing there?" She was coughing and hurriedly gulped down a big glass of water.

Eunhyuk laughed as he walked inside the kitchen. He stood at the opposite end of the table and observed all the food she had been preparing. "A while," he said with a smirk playing on his face. "What's this?" He motioned to all the almost-ready-foods on the table.

Ahreum waved her hand frantically at him. "It's not a surprise, I swear! I just thought I'd make you and the rest of the members some dinner tonight. Since all of you are so busy and all..." she answered in panic. She was afraid that Eunhyuk would think of it as a surprise and got angry all over again because of it.

Eunhyuk approached her and popped a tomato cherry into his mouth. "It's okay," he gave her a reassuring smile, "I just hope they taste as good as they smell." He laughed a little at her annoyed expression.

"Out, you don't belong here," Ahreum laughed and pushed him towards the kitchen's door.

"I don't wanna be here anyway," Eunhyuk shrugged his shoulder.

Ahreum couldn't help but let out another laugh. "Go change. I'll call you when it's ready."

"Fine. Just don't take too long, I'm starving." Eunhyuk grinned as he walked towards his room.

Eunhyuk couldn't help but drool at the sight in front of him. Nope, he wasn't watching some . He was sitting on the dinner table with lots and lots of foods served on it. The other members decided to eat their dinner in front of the tv. They were actually trying to help Ahreum as subtle as possible, hoping Eunhyuk wouldn't find out.

"I'm going to finish it all," Eunhyuk stated simply as he begin to put the dishes onto his plate.

Ahreum chuckled, "No one's stopping you."

"So, how was your day? Did you go to work?" Eunhyuk glanced at her while munching down his food. Most of the dishes are sweet. Can't stand spicy food, huh? He smiled at the realization and nodded absentmindedly.

"Yeah, I finished my shift about two hours ago and went straight here," Ahreum put another meat into his bowl. "How's yours? You look extremely tired," She asked worriedly.

"I am. The schedules today were just crazy. I auditioned for a musical. " Eunhyuk sighed and ran his fingers through his hair.

"I heard. How was it?" Ahreum put down her chopsticks, getting curious with the topic.

Eunhyuk sighed again for the umpteenth time that night. "I don't know. I don't think they'll call me back. There were so many talented actors auditioning for that part." The frustration could be heard on his voice.

Ahreum rested her chin on her hand which was propped on the table. "You may be new in this whole musical thing, but you love what you're doing. And sometimes, passion beats talent. Have some faith," Ahreum smiled softly at him.

Eunhyuk stared back at her in silent. It was strange, he felt really stressed out moments earlier, not even his manager or s could calm him down. But then, just a few simple words from Ahreum could easily reassure him. He suddenly felt everthing was going to work out in the end.

"Eat as much as you want then. I don't want you to collapse in the middle of our date." Ahreum gathered the empty plates and carried them to the sink.

"Why? Cause you would be too worried?" Eunhyuk was still sitting on the dinner table, happily munching down all the foods. He smirked at the thought of Ahreum worrying about him.

"No, cause you're too heavy to be moved." Ahreum smirked back at him.

Eunhyuk stuck his tounge out and made a face at her. Ahreum smiled at his childishness and dried her hands after she finished washing the plates.

"Hurry up, I'll be waiting at the living room." Ahreum tapped his shoulder lightly and went out of the kitchen. Eunhyuk didn't answer and just continue eating.

Eunhyuk was sulking at Ahreum for mocking him. "I'm not going to talk to her at all tonight..." he childishly muttered to himself.

"Are you ready?" Eunhyuk asked as he unconciously fixed Ahreum's coat. Ahreum smiled at the gesture and nodded her head a little.

Eunhyuk realized what he was doing and quickly removed his hands from her and coughed awkwardly. "Right. We better go now," Eunhyuk opened the door for her and shouted at the rest of the members who were still resting in the living room, "I'm leaving!"

"Have fun!"

"Becareful! Take care of Ahreum!"

"Give us the details later!"

"Be late! don't come home too soon!"

The last comment was from Kyuhyun. Eunhyuk could hear Kyuhyun's laugh mixed with Ryeowook's, Yesung's, Leeteuk's, and Siwon's. He bet Siwon was high-fiving Kyuhyun at that moment.

Eunhyuk sighed and shook his head in embarassement. He didn't know what he was embarassed of, Ahreum knew them for almost 5 years already. "Don't mind them."

Ahreum just smiled as they walked down the street to the nearest bus station. Eunhyuk glanced at her side profile and found it to be extremely breath taking under the moonlight. His heart was winning over his mind that night. He didn't listen to his mind and do what his heart told him to do. He tucked Ahreum's hair behind her ear just to get a better view of her face.

Ahreum felt like someone had stolen all the oxygen supply in her lungs when she felt Eunhyuk's hand brushed lightly against her skin. She couldn't hide the blush that was creeping on her face. It looked much more obvious on her than anybody else, no thanks to her pale skin. Before they realized it, they were already facing each other and gazing into each other's eyes.

He blurted out the first thing that came into his mind. "Why are you so quiet? Most of the girls I know wouldn't stop talking," he asked in a soft voice, almost like a whisper. He was still in a daze from how beautiful she was.

Ahreum frowned at his sudden question. "I know, I need to work on my attitude."

Eunhyuk look at her in confuse. "Why? It's not like it's a bad thing."

Ahreum was hesitant for a while. It's not a bad thing, but you like someone who's cheerful and sweet. Like Nara... "I know," she suddenly stood up from her seat. "Come on, the bus's coming."

Eunhyuk mentally cursed the bus driver. Nice timing.

They got on the bus and went straight to the far end seats at the back.It was a good thing that it was night time already. Or else, there would be many people on the bus and they would easily recognized him. Eunhyuk pulled his mask a little higher just in case. He pulled out his iPod and put on the headset. But instead of hearing the music by himself, he put the other end of the headet inside Ahreum's ear.

They were both silent all the way through the journey, lost in their own thoughts.

They got off the bus half an hour later and walk leisurely along the pavement.

"Where are we going?" Eunhyuk asked, feeling amused by himself that he was willing to follow Ahreum even without knowing the destination.

"You keep asking that," Ahreum chuckled and took another sip of her milk.

"Cause you keep planing the dates by yourself." Eunhyuk pulled down his mask and stuffed it into his backpack. He shivered from the cold wind that night. It was autumn, the weather was starting to get cold.

"Are you saying you wanna try doing it?" Ahreum raised an eyebrow at him.

Eunhyuk shrugged his shoulder. "Maybe." Ahreum laughed at his statement, she wasn't buying it.

"What's on your backpack? It looks bigger than usual." Eunhyuk pointed to Ahreum's broken white backpack.

"You'll find out soon," Ahreum smiled and stopped in front of a park. "We're here."

"Wow..." Eunhyuk gaped at the sight in front of him. It was a large city park filled with trees as far as you can see. The leaves on the trees were yellow and red, indicating that it was autumn already. The leaves were decorating the ground, making it seemed like it was covered by yellow snow. The lighting in the park was dimmed, giving a romantic yet peaceful feeling to the visitors.

There were some other couples that were strolling down the park. Eunhyuk wasn't worried about being recognized by them, they were too in love with each other to even noticed him.

Ahreum had to pull him by his jacket cause he was too enchanted by the view. "This place is awesome." Eunhyuk grinned at her, showing her his adorable gummy smile.

"My parents used to take me here on Saturdays," Ahreum smiled at the memory. Her eyes were looking at nothing in particular.

"Used to?" Eunhyuk asked her at her choice of word.

"Let's sit here!" Ahreum suddenly sat down on a bench and pulled Eunhyuk down with her. They were sitting on a park bench under a big old tree, right in front of them was a lake with a wooden bridge. The only thing that seperated them with the lake was a street for pedestrians and bikers.

Eunhyuk stretched his tired body and inhaled the fresh air into his lungs. He turned to look at Ahreum who sat beside him, drinking her milk with a peaceful smile planted on her beautiful face.

"Ahreum-ah," Eunhyuk called her softly.

Ahreum was shocked hearing him called her that way. He was always calling her 'Ahreum-ssi', or 'You', or even 'Yah'. "Hm? What is it, oppa?"

"Uum, about yesterday. I'm sorry for treating you that way. It's just-"

"It's okay, oppa. It was my fault anyway. Let's just not talk about it anymore, okay?" Ahreum shook her head and pulled her coat tighter to her body.

Eunhyuk bit on his tongue. It took him alot of courage just to apologize at her. He took his scarf out of his backpack and and put it around Ahreum's neck and his. Ahreum gave him a confused look as he fix the scarf for the two of them. "This is a couple scarf. It is purposedly made longer than the usual one so we can use it together."

Ahreum blushed and smiled as she inhaled Eunhyuk's scent that lingered on the scarf. He's doing it well, treating me as if I'm his real girlfriend. "Thanks, oppa," she reached into her backpack and pulled something out. "I have something for you."

"Hm? What is it?" Eunhyuk tried to peek at the stuffs she was hiding behind her back.

"Ta-da!" Ahreum grinned and showed him three beautifully wrapped gift bags.

"Woah, what's this?" Eunhyuk laughed happily as Ahreum presented him three presents with different colors.

Ahreum smiled mischievously and handed him the presents one by one. "This one is for your birthday," she handed him the one that was wrapped in silver gift bag. "And this one is for christmas," she handed the green one. "This one is for New Year." She handed him the last one which was wrapped in blue.

"Thank you," Eunhyuk laughed and received all the presents gratefully. "Why now?" He couldn't help but ask. He was so confused with the sudden presents.

"Cause I won't be there when all of that happens," Ahreum gazed at him with a soft smile on her face. A hint of sadness could be seen in her eyes.

"What are you talking about?" The smile was wiped off his face.

"Your birthday is in April, we already missed it this year. Cristmas and New Year isn't until two months from now..." Ahreum trailed. "So I better give these to you now. You can't open it until the day comes, okay?" She quickly tried to change the mood by smiling brightly at him.

"Right..." Eunhyuk stared at the presents in his hands. Somehow, he felt someone just squeezed his heart and refused to let it go. What's wrong with my chest... Eunhyuk shook his head and looked back at Ahreum who was trying her best to maintain the smile on her face. He took adeep breath and decided to give her good memories instead of sad ones.

"Can I open this one?" Eunhyuk smirked and pointed at his christmas present. His eyes glinted mischievously.

Ahreum laughed and slapped his arm playfully. "No! I told you, wait patiently."

"Oh come on, just one! Please?" Eunhyuk batted his eyelashes and begged cutely at her.

"Fine, just one," Ahreum smiled and tucked her hair behind her ear.

Eunhyuk grinned and opened his christmast present. It was a soft yellow knitted sweater. "This is nice. I love it," Eunhyuk turned to Ahreum and smiled happily at her. Little wrinkles appeared underneath his eyes everytime he smiled, Ahreum just loved it so much.

Ahreum nodded and pointed at the initial written at the front of the sweater. "I designed the sweater by myself. You can see your initial here." There was 'LH' embedded on it.

Eunhyuk folded the sweater neatly and stared at her with his brilliant brown eyes. "One more?"

Ahreum laughed, she found it amusing that Eunhyuk couldn't wait patiently. "Fine, just open it all. You're going to ask to open the other one anyway."

"That's right!" Eunhyuk laughed and high-fived with Ahreum.

He chose to open his birthday present first. It was a really thick album with a size of a magazine. Eunhyuk tilted his head in confussion and opened the first page. Once he went throught the first few pages, his eyes widened in shock. "This is- It's- Wow. Everything's here," he stuttered trying to find the right words.

It was an album full of Eunhyuk's photos and articles ever since his debut up until the recent ones. "I gathered everything I could find. But it was really hard finding the articles around your debut time." Ahreum pointed at different articles in the album excitedly.

Eunhyuk was at lost of words. He stared at her without any intention of looking away. "This is so precious..." He ran his fingers at the cover of the album and found himself once again staring at her. I stare at her awfully too much today, but I still can't get enough.

"Open the last one," Ahreum urged him and smiled adorably. Eunhyuk smiled softly and opened his last presents. It was an empty album with nothing inside it.

"Huh?" Eunhyuk opened the pages one by one, hoping to find something in it.

"It's empty," Ahreum smiled and continued, "Since it's your New Year's gift, I thought I'd give you a new photo album. So you can continue making memories with all the people you love."

She's so thoughtful, Eunhyuk thought as he glanced at her. Million things running through his mind at that moment. He couldn't really tell what he was feeling, but he surely felt warm on the inside.

"Thank you, for all of these. But I didn't prepare anything for you," Eunhyuk bit his lower lip and mentally slapped himself for being so thoughtless.

Ahreum smiled and took out her instax camera. "What are you talking about? Spending 30 days together with you is the best gift you can possibly gave me." She organized the presents on Eunhyuk's lap and held out the camera in front of them. "Show the presents. Smile!"

He gave one photo to Eunhyuk and he smiled seeing the result. They looked like a real couple with all the presents in his hands and the scarfs holding them close.

"It's late. Let's go home," Ahreum stood up from the bench after putting all the presents neatly inside Eunhyuk's backpack.

Eunhyuk smiled gratefully at her. He noticed that she was still drinking her milk. "What's so good about plain milk?" He raised an eyebrow at her and smirked.

"What's so good about strawberry milk?" Ahreum asked back and mimic his expression.

Eunhyuk laughed and nodded his head absentmindedly. "Touche`."

A leaf fell on Ahreum's hair and Eunhyuk purposedly took the leaf off while her hair gently. "Let's go." They smiled at themselves and walked out of the park side by side.

It was already passed midnight when they reached the bus station. They should take different bus since they were heading to different directions.

"Will you be alright?" Eunhyuk placed his scarf around her neck, he couldn't hide the fact that he was worried.

"Oh, my bus is here," Ahreum stated as she walked to the bus. "I'll be fine oppa, don't worry."

"Call me when you get home," Eunhyuk frowned and stuck his hands inside his jacket's pocket.

Ahreum stopped at the staircase of the bus. She turned slightly at him and shook her head, "I won't. You need a good night rest."

Eunhyuk could only sigh at her statement. He didn't want to force cause it would seem like he was the one who needed her. He got slightly annoyed with his confusing feelings and waved her a half-hearted goodbye. "Suit yourself. Night"

"Goodnight, Hyuk oppa," She smiled one last time before the bus door shut close. Eunhyuk watched as the bus drove off and disappeared from his sight.

Little did he know that he wouldn't be able get a good night rest after all.  The thought of her and how their time together was ticking away to an end just wouldn't leave his mind.

Tick... Tick... Tick...

Your time is running out.

Another loooong chapter for you lovely readers ;)

I'm afraid I won't be able to update next week, so I gave you one right now to makeup for it :)

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