-Zhang Li Yin-

The next day and the following days I was on the computer arranging things for the vacation. I had totally forgotten about Junsu and his confession. I wonder if he succeeded.

“How does this place sound?” I asked Eunji who was sitting beside me. I was on the computer, searching up places that would be a good destination for vacationing.

“Sakura Island? The name sounds really nice. And look at that hotel! It looks so elegant.” Eunji grinned as she pointed to the screen.

“Well, it looks like we have our destination.” I smiled as I made arrangements.

“So how many people are going exactly?” Eunji asked.

“Well, there’s me, you, Yunho, Jaejoong, and Junsu.” I listed the names of those who were going with us. I called Jaejoong the day after the night I talked with Junsu. Jaejoong said that he was able to go along with us. Eunji said that Yunho would like to come with us on the trip too.

“I can’t wait! The reviews for this island sound so intriguing.” Eunji smiled.

“Calm down. I’m trying to organize the arrangements for the trip.” I said as I booked our hotel rooms and such.

After filling out all things, I was finally able to have a confirmed date.

“We’ll be leaving next Sunday. Our plane is at 2: 35 PM.” I told Junsu later that night on the balcony.

“That sounds great.” Junsu replied glumly.

“What’s wrong with you?” I asked him. I haven’t spoken to him for a couple days now. I wonder how his confession went.

“You know that girl I told you about the other day? I told her that I like her, but then she rejected me. She said that she didn’t like me in that way. She said that she was just playing around with me. She doesn’t want to get serious with me.” Junsu sighed after he finished explaining.

Hearing Junsu say that he got rejected made me feel sympathetic for him. But it also made me feel relaxed and happy. At least I know that he isn’t dating with some girl who I don’t know. I know that Junsu won’t be single for his entire life, but just the thought of seeing him with another girl hugging or kissing made me feel all depressed. I know that if I see him with another girl, I’ll probably end up crying on my bed. But if Junsu is happy, I’ll be happy.

“Well, there’s always next time.” Was the best I could come up with.

“Is she someone I know?” I asked him. I hoped not.

“No, she’s one of Yoochun’s friends.” He said.

I heard Junsu let out a sigh.

“Well, I think I’ll go to bed now. Night.” Junsu waved weakly as he went back in.

Even after Junsu’s light shut off, I was still outside sitting on the chair. I liked how the moon looked tonight. It was round and bright.

“Cassiopeia, can you tell me why I like him? Can you tell me how to make my feelings for him disappear?” I asked the stars in the sky.

I was talking to things that would never reply back.

“Why? Why do I like him?” I asked again. I could feel my tears starting to swell up in my eyes.

“Why can’t I just give up on him? I know he doesn’t like me, but why? Why do I still have feelings for him?” I started to let the tears come out. They fell out like little diamond rocks. They sparkled in the night as they dripped down to my chin.

Days later, it was finally time for us to be on our way. It was finally time for us to abroad the plane and begin our journey to Sakura Island.

“I see that you’re excited for this trip.” Junsu said as he took his seat on my left. Eunji was sitting right beside me with Yunho on her other side. Jaejoong was sitting right next to Junsu.

“Of course! Who wouldn’t be happy? We’re going to have two entire weeks on a beautiful island! We’re going to have so much fun!” I smiled at him.

“And don’t forget all those cute guys we’ll see on the beach!” Eunji daydreamed.

“Excuse me…” Yunho looked at her.

“Oh… right, sorry.” Eunji laughed as she calmed back down.

Recently, Eunji and Yunho haven’t been getting along as good as I thought. Just last week, they were arguing when I got home from work. Eunji told me that Yunho got mad when she went out for dinner with one of her co-workers, which was a male. She was trying to tell him that it was just a friendly dinner, and nothing else, but Yunho, being a man with pride, had to get mad because of something that small.

I looked at Eunji. She was back to talking to Yunho like before. It didn’t seem like they had a fight.

For the entire five hour ride, the five of us did our own thing. I had brought my lap top along with me, so I was watching dramas the entire time. Junsu was listening to music. Jaejoong was busy working on stuff from work. I kept telling him to relax, but he kept saying that he’ll finish up really quickly. Yunho and Eunji were both watching dramas on Yunho’s lap top.

I couldn’t help but sneak a couple glances at Junsu while he wasn’t looking. He looked so peaceful when he was listening to music.

That’s how the rest of the plane trip went. I was anticipating for the arrival of the island.

“Ahhhh! It feels good to b standing on two legs again.” Eunji exclaimed as she stretched her limbs. We just got our luggage and we were sitting outside the airport, waiting to get picked up from the bus that would take tourists to their designated hotel.

“All you did was watch, sit, and eat.” I pointed out.

“There’s nothing else to do on a plane.” She replied.

I laughed and shook my head. Just as I sat down on the bench, a big tourist bus arrived right in front of us. The words on the bus were the exact same name as the hotel that I booked.

The five of us hopped on and gave the tourist lady our ticket and walked to the back of the bus.

Around half an hour later, we arrived at our hotel.

“Thank you and please have a nice trip.” The tour guide said as we got off the bus and walked towards the exotic looking building, which is also our hotel.

“Hello, how may I help you?” The lady behind the desk asked us.

“My name is Zhang Li Yin. I booked two rooms online a while ago.” I told the lady.

“Okay, I’ll help you check in.” She said as she typed something into the computer.

“Zhang Li Yin… Here we have it. Two luxury rooms. Both of them have two king sized beds. You are able to push together the beds to make them bigger if you wish. Here are the keys to your rooms. You are able to use the keys to enter the swimming area, fitness gym, and the sauna rooms. Enjoy your stay at Sakura Island.” The lady smiled as she gave us our room keys.

“Thank you.” I thanked her as I grabbed the keys and walked away into the lounge.

“Alright, so one room is for the three of you guys. The other one is for Eunji and me.” I said as I handed them the room key numbered 245. I kept the one that was numbered 244.

“Let’s just go into the rooms and put everything away first. Freshen up a bit, and then we’ll meet up.” Jaejoong suggested as he swiped his key into the key hole.

Eunji and I also went into our room.

The first thing that I noticed when I stepped inside was the size of the room. It was at least double the size of our living room. I saw the two king sized beds placed by the wall. The white fluffy square made me want to just jump in and roll around.

“This is so much better than our own house!” Eunji shouted as she bounced on her bed like a five year old.

“I know eh? Too bad we’re only staying here for two weeks. But! Let’s make those two weeks the happiest two weeks!” I shouted with glee as I opened my luggage and placed everything where they should be.

“Alright, I’m ready to go.” Eunji announces moments later after we finished putting stuff away.

“Okay then, let’s go get the guys. I want to start exploring this beautiful island. I heard that there’s an in-cave hot spring somewhere around the island. I really want to go check it out. It’s not all the time that you can go to a hot spring in the summer.” I said as I grabbed my bag and stuffed some things that I would need for the hot spring. Then I put my shoes on. Eunji followed right after me with all her stuff ready.

I knocked on the guy’s room but no one answered. I knocked again, a bit harder this time but the door suddenly opened by itself. They had forgotten to close the door.

When I stepped into the room, the one thing I noticed was clothing everywhere on the ground and the three of them were jumping on their beds, hitting each other with pillows.

“Yah! Take this!” I heard Junsu shout as he whacked Jaejoong on the head.

“Hey! I thought we were a team!” Jaejoong shouted back as he hit Junsu straight in the face.

“Take this Hyung!” Junsu shouted as he threw his pillow into Yunho’s stomach.

I couldn’t help but start laughing at their actions. They looked exactly like three little kids having a pillow fight. They didn’t look like mature adults to me. Then I heard Eunji also starting to laugh with me.

Once the three guys’ heard us laughing, they stopped what they were doing and looked at us.

“When did you guys get in here?” Junsu asked us.

Before anyone could answer, Jaejoong threw a pillow at Junsu, straight in the face, resulting in Junsu falling to the ground on his .

“Ouch, Hyung, why’d you do that?” Junsu whined as he rubbed his .

“That’s for hitting me.” Jaejoong smirked.

“But, really, how’d you two get in here?” He asked.

“Well, we knocked, but no one answered. And the door wasn’t even closed properly, so we just let ourselves in.” I replied as I looked around the ground. There were clothing, pillows, and bed sheets scattered all over the ground.

“I’m sorry that you have to see this mess.” Yunho apologized to us, well, Eunji to be exact, as he hopped down onto the ground and picked up all the clothing that belonged to him.

Jaejoong and Junsu followed what he was doing and cleaned up their mess.

“Oh, bring your swimming trunks, towels, and whatever you need to go into a hot spring.” I told them.

“We’re going to a hot spring?!” They all exclaimed at the same time.