Haha Junhyung's Pic for this chapter, he's mentioned so ^^

Jae's POV

“We the best jeoldae mot malleyo

Rock the mic mic microphone!”

I heard a familiar song playing as I tried to sleep. I turned over in my bed and put both of my pillows on top of my head to drown out the lyrics to Outsider’s “S.O.B”

“We the best jeoldae mot mageo

Rock the mic mic microphone!”

The song kept playing. I opened my eyes only to be blinded by the sunlight that poured through my window. I sat up looking for the source and found my cell phone vibrating as it played the music. I forgot that I changed my ringtone to a different song just last night. But who was calling me so early in the morning? “Yoboseyo?” I answered while rubbing my tired eyes. [“♪Saengil chukahamnida, saengil chukahamnida saranghaeun Jae Lee shii saengil chukahamnida♪”] I smiled at the sweet voice that sung for me just now. “Yoseob ah…” I started to say. (So sweet….) [“Jae happy birthday”] Yoseob said. I couldn’t help but laugh a bit. “Kamsamnida” I said. [“So how does it feel to be 19!?”] He exclaimed. I was going to correct him that I was just turning 18 but I forgot that I live in Korea so I’m a year older than my age back home. “It feels the same as being 18” I replied. “You ready to party later?”] “Ne are you?” I asked. [“Yep and I can’t wait to give you your gift, I hope you like it…I’ve been working hard on it for a while”] he said. I smiled. “Whatever it is I’m sure I’ll love it” I said. [“Alright, I have to go now but see you at norebang later, anhyong”] Yoseob said cutely. “Anhyong” I said hanging up the phone. I got out of bed and looked at the calendar on my wall. (It really is my birthday isn’t it?) I flipped the date to the 30^th. (This makes birthday number three that I’ve celebrated here) I yawned while stretching out my arms. Looking at my cell phone I realized it was 11:00AM.

I guess it wasn’t that early after all. Usually Taemin would’ve tried waking me up by now even though it’s the weekend. I opened my door to see the hallway was kind of dark. I went to Taemin’s room and knocked on the door. “Taeminnie” I called but didn’t get an answer. I opened his door a little and peeked in to see he wasn’t in his room. “Where is this kid?” I asked myself. I headed down stairs quickly to see the lights off as well. Only a little sunlight shined through the curtains we had. The house was completely silent as if I was the only person there. “Lee umma…appa!” I called out. No one answered me. (Did they all leave? And today’s my birthday…) I walked into the living room to find no one there; I even checked the garage which was empty as well. (Maybe the kitchen?) I walked toward the kitchen feeling kind of hungry. If they did leave I would figure out where a little later but now I wanted food. I the kitchen light only to be surprised when I heard three voices starting to sing happy birthday in English. “Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Jae happy birthday to you!” Lee umma, appa and Taemin were in front of me clapping with silly glasses on. I laughed until I was at the point of tears. “K-kam...samnida” I said trying to catch my breath.  “Blow out the candles” Lee appa said as he pointed to a stack of pancakes with a few candles in it. I did as I was told and they clapped again. I looked at the rest of the table which was filled with an American styled breakfast. There was bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, waffles, pancakes and sausage. “I wanted to make you feel like you were back in the States” Lee umma smiled. I gave her a hug “Thank you” I smiled; I gave Lee appa a hug as well. When I turned to Taemin he just ran to the opposite side. “Taemin ah give noona a hug!” I said as I chased him around the table. “Ani!” he said with a laugh….

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Once I finished breakfast I opened the gifts umma and appa gave me. I received a nice pair of boots from Lee umma who had great fashion sense and appa gave me money. Taeminnie bought me a video game that seemed more for himself, but I appreciated the thought.

After spending time with the Lee’s I head upstairs to my room to chat with my parents back in Atlanta. It was funny how my dad tried his best to sing me happy birthday in Korean, major fail. I talked with my mom the longest [“So have you met a cute boy yet?”] She asked. “Mom!” I exclaimed getting a little embarrassed. The person I thought about was Dujun, but I didn’t want to tell her a thing about him because I knew if I did our conversation would never end and long distance charges were a pain. Finally hanging up with my parents I headed over to my closet to find something to wear later…

Yoseob’s POV

I had just finished wrapping the end of Jae’s flowers up in some pretty wrapping paper. I tied a bow around it making sure they looked perfect. I felt a bit nervous about them. Even though she said she would love any gift I’d give her I wasn’t sure if flowers were really her thing now that I think about it. I sighed to myself as I looked at them; well that’s why I bought the Naruto plushie right? To make up for the flowers she might not like…

I got my clothes ready and headed to the bathroom to get in the shower. When I came out I could hear my mother calling me. “Yoseob ah! Come down here” she said. “Ne in a minute, I’m getting dressed!” I shouted back. I didn’t hear a response from her. I quickly dressed myself in a graphic tee and blue jeans. I grabbed my hat of the dresser and Jae’s gifts. I made sure I stuffed my cell phone in pocket before running down stairs to answer my mother’s call. “Ne umma?” I said. “Yoseob your appa called and said he needs a little extra help at the shop” she said as she walked toward the front door and slipped on her shoes. “Ne umma hajiman-” I tried to say but was cut off. “Yoseob ah it shouldn’t take that long” my mother said. I sighed a little and replied with “Kwenchanayo” as I followed her out the door…

Jae’s POV

The time was 6:50PM and I’d just finished getting ready to go out. I made sure my hair was fully straightened and my eyeliner was okay. I didn’t where much make up but I did like wearing black eyeliner. I put my beanie on and adjusted the bottom of my skinny jeans. I didn’t dress up into nothing special…just because it was my birthday didn’t mean I had to have a special outfit. “Noona are you ready yet?” Taemin called from his room. “Ne” I said from the bathroom. I turned the light out and headed to my room once more. Looking at my cell phone now the time was 6:54. I knew everyone was probably on their way to norebang by now since I talked to them earlier. The only person I didn’t check on was Yoseob. “Let’s go” Taemin said as he peeked his head in my doorway. I nodded and followed after him. “Okay kids be safe and have fun” Lee umma said. “Ne, we will” I smiled. I slipped on my gray high top converses; Taemin slipped his on as well. (Yes we had the same exact shoes) When he opened the door we saw Sungjong waiting. “Annyonghaseyo” he smiled. “Annyong” I smiled back. “Noona happy birthday” Sungjong said in his best English. I found his accent very cute. He pulled something out his pocket and handed to me. “Sorry I couldn’t get you anything better noona” he said handing me an adorable hello kitty phone charm. “Aigoo, it’s so cute” I said opening it quickly and clasping it to my phone. “Kamsamnida” I smiled as I pinched his cheek. We started walking down the street; it was a good thing that the place wasn’t so far away….

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When we arrived at norebang we were greeted by Joy who looked extra adorable in her outfit. “Unnie! Happy Birthday!” she ran to me giving me a hug. “Thank you” I smiled. “Taemin, Sungjong” she smiled to them. Taemin ruffled her hair a bit. “Annyong” he smiled. Joy linked arms with me. “Come on everyone’s waiting!” she squealed. “Is Yoseob here yet?” I asked. Joy shook her head no. As we walked to the room I took out my cell phone and called him. [“Yoboseyo”] he answered. “Yoseob are you on your way?” I asked, [“Ne I’ll be there in a minute”] he said. “Okay” I said and hung up the phone. I could hear loud laughter as we approached closer to the room. “Happy Birthday!” everyone shouted as we entered. All my girls were there. Suddenly I heard singing from behind us. “Saengil chukahamnida!” the boys came piling in. It was Jonghyun, Mir, Minho, Key, G.O and Thunder singing. I tried covering my face laughing at the fact that they were singing it funny. Jonghyun was holding a cake for me and he gestured for me to blow out the candles. I blew out all of them.

I felt someone grab my shoulders from behind. “Happy birthday dongsaeng” Zsuzsi said. “Thanks unnie” I smiled. I felt someone tap my head and saw that it was Junsu. “Oppa you came too!” I exclaimed. I was surprised to see him. He grabbed Zsuzsi pulling her into a hug. “You’re my babe’s dongsaeng so you’re my dongsaeng too” he smiled as he nudged his face into Zsuzsi unnie’s neck. “Ah, okay I just hope you two do more singing than anything else” I laughed. “YAH! Let’s get this party started!” Mir shouted. “Mir no cake!” I said but wasn’t sure if he heard me.

Suddenly three more figures walked into the room. “Yah! Why wasn’t I invited?” Hyunseung asked as he entered with Jiyong and Dujun. “Oh great it’s mister 4D” Camila laughed. I looked at Dujun who was looking at me. I couldn’t help but turn my head at his stare. “Looks like you two are wearing the same beanie” Zsuzsi smiled as she nudged my arm. “Have you been talking on the phone?” she said looking at Dujun. “Unnie!” I exclaimed. “I don’t have his number” I whispered. “And maybe tonight you should get it” J unnie added.  The first song started to play and first at the mic was Key singing Kesha’s “Tic Tok” He started to get into diva mode as he sang the song. “I wanted to sing that” Camila mumbled. “Well go ahead, you’re not going to let him show you up are you?” May smiled. “You’re right” Camila said as she grabbed the second mic and started to sing with Key who surprisingly let her.  (Yes they’re making progress)

“Hey” Dujun said approaching me. All the girls seem to leave me for some reason. “Hey” I said. “How come you didn’t tell me today was your birthday?” he asked as he sat down. I sat down too, I honestly didn’t think of inviting him. “We are friends aren’t we?” he asked with a smile. (I guess we are….) I nodded a little. Dujun started to tug on my beanie. “Someone’s been stalking me” he smiled trying to indicate that we have the same headwear. “You sure you haven’t been following me around? Peeking through my window?” I asked raising my eyebrow at him. He just laughed. “So where’s your friend?” he asked. The only person that was not here yet was Yoseob. “He’s on his way” I said. “Ah okay” Dujun said. “Hey how did you know about us being here?” I asked. “Well Greta told Jiyong who told Hyunseung who told me” he smiled. “Oh god please don’t tell me you told Junhyung and Joon?” I said feeling sick at the thought of them ruining the fun. “Ani. Joon had something to do tonight and Junhyung is out with other friends of ours” he said. I sighed with relief.

Time seem to pass by quickly. Everyone was having fun singing and talking to one another. “Hey unnie, the time’s almost up but we’re not done so should we pay for another hour?” Greta asked. “Um sure” I smiled. “I’ll pay for it” Jiyong said leaving the room. “Dujunnie, how about you sing something” Hyunseung said. Dujun stood up. “Arasso” he smiled. I watched him unsure of what kind of singing voice he had. Once the music started to play everyone started to laugh and so did I. The song he was singing was Son Dam Bi’s “Queen”. When the song got to the part “1, 2, 3, 4 do you wanna” all the other boys jumped up and joined him earning big laughter from the rest of the girls. They were hilarious. I looked at the time on my phone, Yoseob was really late and I started to get upset.

Yoseob’s POV

I was serving meals to the customers at my parents shop. There were lot of them coming in and I think it was because of the special my parents had going on. I looked at my cell phone and it was almost 8:05PM. (Dammit!) I looked at umma but before I could speak she smiled and said. “Go on” I took off my apron and grabbed Jae’s gifts and hurried out the door. I didn’t have time to be walking so I jogged down the street. It was dark out. I knew Jae would probably be upset since I told her I’d be there about an hour ago. (Forgive me…) I decided to take a short cut to get to norebang quicker. Ahead of me I saw a few guys talking and laughing. I tried to move over so I wouldn’t bump into them but I ended up doing so anyway. “Hey watch where you’re going!” one of them yelled. “Mianhamnida” I apologized quickly. I was trying to get pass the rest of the guys but they started to surround me. “Didn’t I tell you to stay out of my way” I heard a familiar voice say. I turned around to see Junhyung glaring at me. He approached closer. “Mianhae but-” before I couldn’t finish my sentence I felt a sharp pain in my abdomen. Junhyung punched me in the stomach. I grabbed my stomach in pain causing me to drop Jae’s gifts. My hat fell of my head and I felt someone grab my hair. Junhyung approached me with a crooked grin. I smelt alcohol on his breath. He was drunk….

“Please let me go I have to…” I begged but was punch in the mouth by some other guy. Junhyung kneed me in the stomach and I fell to my knees. I felt stunned and unable to move… I looked at Jae’s gifts that were next to me and as I tried to reach for them my hand was kicked. I was kicked again until I was completely on the ground… Junhyung crushed the flowers under his feet, my eyes widened at the sight. I felt tears rolling down my cheeks as I was kicked again. All I could think about was Jae and the others…..before I out…..

Jae’s POV

I sat there looking at my cell phone while everyone was having a great time. I scrolled down to Yoseob’s name but hesitated to push the call button. (Why should I call him? He told me he’d be here…) I was mad that Yoseob hadn’t showed up yet. If he didn’t want to come he could’ve called and told me by now! What kind of friend is he….

I sighed to myself and turned off my cell phone… I needed to enjoy this time with everyone else and forget about Yang Yoseob for now…

To be continued…..