Henry flew into the house and was glad when he saw that his parents weren't there anymore. He quickly made his way into his room and let himself fall onto the bed. His heart was beating like crazy while he thought, I'm such a coward! He had made up with Sungmin to kiss Zhou Mi onto his lips but hadn't been able to do it in the end because his fear and shyness had gotten the better of him. But at the same time... Oh my gosh, I've kissed Zhou Mi! What if Sungmin wasn't quite correct? What if he didn't like it? What if he notices now that he doens't feel the way Sungmin-hyung says he does? What if he didn't the whole time?

But what if he did like it?! Oh my gosh, lord what am I supposed to do now?! Or when I see him again tomorrow or on Monday?!

...

Why do I even worry about that so much?!

He sighed, still feeling all giddy. But he had to calm down.

Damn it, that was impossible! How was he supposed to calm down when he had just kissed Zhou Mi, even if it had been only onto the cheek?!

He wanted to go to the river badly just then but there was the risk that he might see the Chinaman and if that happened again that day, he would run away as fast as he could just to not let the other see how embarrassed he was. So what could he do then? His violin!

Henry quickly grabbed his intrument but realized after only a couple of tunes that he was even too confused to play. Damn, a walk would have been perfect just then!

He turned some music on only to turn it off again a little later, finding out that that wasn't the right thing either. He would have loved to be able to call a friend... a friend... Sungmin! He had hatched this whole situation, he would now have to listen to him!

Henry ran to the telephone that was in the hallway as always but then had to search Sungmin's phone number. Where had the other placed it? In the living room? The kitchen? No, neither. Where else? The only other possibility would be his room. Or his mother had taken it and put it somewhere where he wouldn't be able to find it. So, first his room. But again, nothing. Not on his desk, in the sheets or anywhere else where he would have expected it.

Henry sighed, already annoyed from not being able to find the tiny note. "Mom!" he yelled, not knowing where in the house his mother was.

Steps were heard on stairs and Henry quickly ran her way. "What is it, Henry?" she asked.

"I think Sungmin left his phone number here. Do you know where it is?"

"Have you already searched for it in the living room?"

"Yes. And the kitchen and my room."

Sooyoung made a thoughtful face. "Well... no, if it's not in the living room, I don't know where it is."

"But it is not there! Maybe you accidentally put it into the bin when you-"

"No, I didn't. Let's search for it together."

"But it isn't in the living room."

"We'll see, Henry. Just let me look for it."

"But-" His mother was already in the next room and started searching. Henry sighed. He needed this number. Now. So he didn't have any other possibilities than to search along with his mother, did he?

"I think you're right and the note isn't here..."

"I know." Half an hour had gone by and they had searched through the living room and the kitchen and now they had just finished his room. Henry was about to explode. He had to talk with Sungmin or he would just... burst into fire from all the things kept inside him just then. "Mom, do you remember where you could have put it?" he asked once more urgently. Pretty, pretty, please! he begged inside his head.

"Yes, he's here. And I somehow assume he's been searching something." Kangin's voice resonated from the hallway while mother and son stood in the latter's room. Henry's father laughed. "Yeah, yeah, I'll pass the phone on to him." he said and came to a stand in the doorway, a smirk on his face and a familiar white sheet in his hand.

"Dad!" Henry exclaimed the second he knew what was on that sheet without having read anything. "Why did you keep that? Mom and I've been searching for an eternity!"

"It was only half an hour, son. And now calm down, your friend wants to talk to you." He hadn't even finished the sentence when Henry already held the phone in his hand and motioned for his parents to leave his room. "Hyung~! How am I supposed to talk with you if you won't stop chatting with my dad while my mom and I search your phone number because I couldn't find it?!"

Sungmin laughed. "Calm down, Henry-ah! And then tell me everything that happened! Don't dare to leave out any details!"

"How am I supposed to calm down when I shall tell you everything?"

"Just tell me! You can also skip that calm-down part!"

"Y-you know... I didn't make it. I only kissed him on his cheek, I was too afraid to do anything else. Hyung, what if you aren't right, what if he doesn't feel anything like that towards me. Oh my gosh, I bet I have totally embarrassed myself!! Sungmin, he won't look at me ever again, he will think I'm weird, he will keep his distance, I won't ever see him again-"

"Henry-ah, calm down! And stop talking English, I can't understand you!"

"Sungmin-hyung, what am I supposed to do?"

"You are supposed to calm down right now. Take a deep breath. C'mon, let's do it together, breathe in" - Henry heard Sungmin inhale and tried to follow his example - "breathe out." Exactly the same just the other way around. "Breathe in, breathe out." They did that for a couple of seconds until Henry could feel himself having calmed down a little again. "And now tell me once more and slowlier what's bothering you."

"Hyung, what if he doesn't like me? I bet he won't want to see me again! I have just found someone who's nice to me and won't turn away even while knowing the truth and he was there for me when I broke down in his apartment and so on but... what if you're wrong and he doesn't even like me? What if you misinterpreted his behavior and he just thinks about us being normal friends? I mean, it's not like I want more but what if he will turn away from me because he thinks now that I'm gay and I am not and he won't like me anymore and I won't get to see him ever again and-"

"Henry! Calm. Down! Stop hyperventilating! And face it, the fact that you agreed on kissing him proves already that you like him more than just friends. And I mean, since when do I know him? I gotta admit, it's not all that long, but it feels like forever because I know kinda everything that happened to him here and a lot of things that happened to him when he was in China. So, when I think I see something in his eyes or body language that shows he wants to become closer with someone and maybe even give love a chance, then trust me, I will be right. I've talked to him a little about that earlier as well and he kind of told me that he likes you - more than friends. I already saw him fall in love at the beginning of his time living here in Korea. So trust me when I say that he definitely does feel more for you than just normal friends would. You want to know what you are supposed to do? I don't know. But I guess he doesn't know what to think about earlier either. So, give him some room to think and maybe see him again Monday if you won't meet him before on accident or something. He will need some time to think about everything that has happened, too, and he will have to sort his feelings a little as well, I guess. I mean, that he has fallen for you somehow... makes your being together a little difficult, doesn't it? No offense, but I guess I will have to help him a little from the background or I'm afraid you two will never make it."

"What?"

"I'm just saying, give him some time to think and me some time to talk to him and everything will be fine. Maybe you really won't get to see him before Monday, we'll see. But - I won't promise to contact you after everything I found out, he's still my best friend and you two won't be able to have a real relationship when I always have to play your counselor!"

"Hyung! Wait, relationship?!"

"Yes, what else were you thinking about? C'mon, am I the only one who notices the two of you trying to stare at one another without letting anyone else see or seeing how comfortable you two are, also with skinship and so on? I haven't known you for long, but I know him and how it looks when someone falls in love and trust me - you're a hopeless case if you will deny you have and so