The girls were already settled in their own seats ready for breakfast when door opened revealing two girls wearing big sunglasses.

 

“Whoooaaa! Where is the sun yo?!” hyoyeon teased

 

“It’s in Seoul Hyoh!” jessica retorted sarcastically

 

“Huh?!”

 

“Unnie means that the sun is in Seoul hyoyeon unnie..” seohyun explained

 

Sooyoung, yoona, and hyoyeon didn’t nod instead they stared at seohyun with furrowed brows, trying to comprehend what she said…

 

“Unnies, jessica unnie meant not literally the sun, but sunny… sunny unnie’s in seoul right?”

 

The three nodded in agreement

 

“That’s why jessica unnie said that the sun is in Seoul… did you get it now?”

 

“Oooooooooooh….” echoed the three…

 

“Ofcourse! Sunny’s still in Seoul… hehehe…” sooyoung said scratching the back of her head

 

Tiffany and Yuri who’s been listening to the foolishness of the three, face palmed and sighing at the slowness of the trio to get what the statement means.

 

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Tiffany looked concern at the girl on her right leaning her head on the table.

 

“Taetae? What’s wrong? Are you feeling sick?”

 

“Hmmm… lack of sleep…” taeyeon answered without looking up

 

“You slept soundly last night… I checked on you before I go to sleep…”

 

“Yeah… I slept early but woke up in the middle of the night and the rest is history…” taeyeon lazily stated

 

“Same goes to the sleeping princess here… she suddenly woke up in the middle of the night feeling nervous whom she didn’t know why… she even called krystal just to make sure her family is doing good. Knowing that they’re good she still didn’t feel at ease. I don’t know what’s into her and just like what taeyeon say, the rest is history…” Yuri butted in as she patted jessica’s back

 

“Are you in the condition to go on with our activities today unnies?” questioned seohyun

 

The two straightened their back, and smiled...

 

“I can manage…” answered taeyeon

 

“And so am I…” seconded jessica

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Sooyoung looked at the girls, to the food served, and vice versa… she swallowed a big lump on . She wanted to interject to the conversation but the topic was kinda serious that’s why she backed off…

 

Little did she know that the other shikshin was thinking the same as her, yoona was biting her lips and it with her tongue. She wanted to dig in but couldn’t…

 

Yoona and Sooyoung smiled widely as the serious conversation slowly ended.  They grabbed their own chopsticks ready to attack; they’re simply waiting for the right time.

 

Hyoyeon’s eyes noticed the eagerness of the two shikshins, a devious smile crept unto her lips. So before the two could say something, she beat them up.

 

“Guys, have you called sunny this morning?” she asked

 

The two shikshins smiles vanished, and hyoyeon saw it, she wanted to laugh at their crest fallen faces but refrain from doing so, the two might hit her hard from prolonging their agony.

 

“I did unnie, but it just kept ringing…” retorted seohyun

 

“Yeah… I tried to call her few times but she didn’t pick it up… tried texting her but didn’t text back… now her phone was off… wonder what’s wrong? Is she busy or something?” jessica stated looking at seohyun

 

“Sunny unnie might be sleeping unnie… or ahmm… her phone might be on a silent phone… or her battery got drain…” explained seohyun

 

“Might be… might be…”

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Sooyoung could already feel her stomach complaining, she couldn’t wait any longer…

 

“Sunny don’t want us to feel pain… she wants us to be healthy always… so I suggest we should have our breakfast now… I know if sunny is here, she’ll say ‘let’s start our day smiling and with a full stomach!’ … Stop worrying, instead lets smile… and eat… we need energy for our today’s activities…” she chirped

 

“I agree with unnie… lets smile and eat!!!!!” agreed by yoona

 

“Okay let’s guys! We don’t want these two to gone amok because of their empty stomach…” hyoyeon smirked

 

“Yaaah!”

 

“Let’s eat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for the food!!!!”

 

Each and every one start digging in except for the two sleepy girls who were in deep thought

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Tiffany and Yuri nudge the two and told them to start eating, whom they followed like a zombie…

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Thirty Minutes passed the hour of Ten

 

Mrs. Lee walked in to her daughter’s room, she saw her still sleeping. She looked at the clock and to her daughter. She was thinking whether to wake her up or let her sleep some more. They have an appointment to Dr. Linton as she called his secretary a while ago.

 

She was caressing her daughter’s head softly, letting her sleep for 10 more minutes before she woke her up. “Soonkyu-ah, don’t make me worry too much please… I love you…” she mumbled watching her daughter sleep.

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Sunny’s POv

 

I’m still not well, the throbbing of my head was gone but I’m feeling hot. Do I have a fever? No, I’m just being pessimistic… I’m good… I’m good… I’m doing good… I am simply tired from throwing up everything I ate yesterday. I wonder what time is it now. How long have I been out? I still have some schedules today. I need to get up now, but I’m having a hard time to move my body, it’s so heavy! My body’s not obeying me! Aish!

 

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I calm myself, inhale… exhale… clearing my thought from anything… I heard someone… the voice is so soothing to my ear… but the tone used was… was depressed. Its umma… umma’s worried about me, I don’t want her to feel that way, I’m doing my best to be healthy, well, okay I know I refuted towards Dr. Linton’s advice, it’s just for two months, and I’m doing this for the girls’ sake and for myself.

 

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I slowly open my eyes, and saw umma’s worried eyes and showed a weak smile. I acted cute and showed the best sunny smile I have to release her from worries.

 

“Good Morning Umma…”

 

“Morning baby… how are you feeling?” asked umma as she pinched my nose

 

“Umma~~~~~” I whine wrinkling my nose

 

“Aigoo… this big baby…. how’s baby soonkyu feeling today?” she asked with a brighter face now… my cuteness is still my best weapon… hehehe

 

 

“Better because an angel sent from above is smiling at me right now…”

 

“Huh?! Who?”

 

“Mrs. Lee… hehehe”

 

“Tsk! Cheeeky cute big baby!” umma was grinning and so am I as she squeeze my cheeks

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After I freshen up and took a brunch, umma and I went to the hospital for my checkup as scheduled.

 

So here I am, inside of Dr. Linton’s office, waiting for his sermon. *sigh* Umma and I were settled ourselves on in front of Doc’s table. Dr. Linton looked up to us after reading the results. Here it goes, the sermon starts.

 

“What do we have here… how are you feeling sunny?” Dr. Linton asked smiling

 

“I’m good…”

 

“Hmmm… how is she Mrs. Lee?” asked Dr. Linton to umma as he was doubtful of my answer

 

“She’s not doing good Doc., she made me so much worried in the middle of the night…”

 

“Umma… it’s just an upset stomach.” I tried to reason out but to no avail, umma continued to talk and talk and talk…

 

“She throws out almost everything in her stomach, she felt dizzy, and she had a slight fever. I wanted to bring her to the hospital but she insisted that meds and good night sleep will do. I let her passed that time because I don’t want her to feel stress or anything. I delayed it until this morning; I wanted to make sure that she’s fine. That my baby soonkyu here is fine.”

 

“Umma~~~~ I’m not a baby anymore… I’m a big girl now…” I whined

 

“You are still a baby to me and to your appa…” she said petting my head

 

“Umma~~~~”

 

“She’s still a baby indeed…” Dr. Linton said giggling

 

I pouted and crossed my arms as Umma and Dr. Linton kept on teasing me, few seconds of playing and we go down to serious matters.

 

“Have you noticed that you’ve been catching colds easily than others? Feeling worn-out most of the time? Always gets sick? Have you noticed that sunny?”

 

I simply nodded as a reply to Dr. Linton

 

“That’s because you have a weak immune system. Different people have different immune system. Notice that even though all of you were exposed to this toxic environment, you were the only person who gets sick while the others didn’t. That’s because of your weak immune system. You know that immune system protects us from diseases or viruses, and with this being frail, we as if invite toxics in our environment to feed us. Do you get me?”

 

Again I nodded…

 

“That’s why I’m giving you prescriptions to help boost your immune system. However, these prescriptions don’t always guarantee a 99.9 percent of a strong immune system. You should accompany these with exercise, good food, avoid any stress, excessive exercise or over training… enough rest… enough rest… rest… that’s what you needed sunny… Some people disregard a weak immune system, they say that taking vitamins or supplements will be enough, but it isn’t, one should stop a bad habit if they have one, change their lifestyle for the better, and listen to doctor’s advice… or else it will lead to some serious illness…”

 

I looked up to Doc and then to Umma and gave them a sly smile, “I’m asking for two months, then after that I’m going to follow religiously your prescriptions and advices Dr. Linton. Please… I don’t want to let the down the girls, I already promised them… and the schedules I have, it’s for me and the members’ sake. We’ve signed endorsements contracts as a group and we will deal with it as a group, the only difference in this is that, I’m taking photo shoots, cf filming in advance alone, because I only have two months. Two months to be with them, and I don’t know when I’m going back… hmmm… For how long am I going to take a rest?”

 

“When you’re already in a perfect condition…” answered Dr. Linton

 

“How long will it take?”

 

“It depends on how your body will act on it…”

 

“Estimates? A month? Two? Six?”

 

“Maybe a year?”

 

“What?!”

 

“Maybe lesser… depends on you…”

 

“Umma~~~” I whined facing umma

 

“Don’t you want to spend time with me and your appa soonkyu-ah?”

 

“Of course I want to, appa is working... will he take a leave?”

 

“He will take an indefinite leave for you…”

 

“Really?”

 

“Yes… we’ve talked about it already…”

 

“*sigh*okay… but I still have two months…”

 

“Two months… that’s our deal soonkyu-ah…”

 

“Thanks umma…” I said and moved closer to umma for a warm bear hug “you’re the best!”

 

Umma returned my hug… “Aigoo… Now be a good girl and follow Dr. Linton’s advice at the moment… okay?”

 

“Okay… hehehe… I’ll try…”

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I got another sermon from Dr. Linton before we left. He explained things I need to do to boost my immune system which I diligently listened to such as;

 

•Get plenty of sleep and rest, the body rejuvenates and strengthens when it is at rest.  Many people like to think they can function just fine on 5 to 7 hours a night, but the truth is, we require at least 8 to 10 hours per night.

 

•Cut down worry and learn to de-stress, there are studies that prove that stress and depression effect the body physically and can even weaken the immune system.

 

•Eat a well-balanced diet, don't skip meals.  The four food groups have everything our bodies need to thrive.  Learn the vitamins in your food and get a good dose of each one.

 

•Always take a multivitamin, which he’d prescribed to me.

 

•Have a regular exercise regimen.  Exercise makes our body stronger, increase circulation of blood and nutrients, and helps flush the body of toxins.

 

•Drink plenty of water, this helps flush the body of toxins and keeps you well hydrated.

 

•Eat foods with high antioxidant levels.  Antioxidants are vitamins in your diet that can reduce your risk of cancer and other diseases and can give your immune system a boost.  Eat a diet full of fresh fruits and vegetables, which are excellent sources of antioxidants.  Antioxidant vitamins include vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta carotine.  Food sources include: fruits and vegetables, dairy products, melons, berries, dark greens, whole grains, dairy and meats (high protein).

 

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Aaaaah… yeeeesh! At long last it’s over! I’m going home! Wheeew! But I’m a good girl… I’ll try to do those things… I’ll try… hehehe…

 

“Bye Doc…”

 

“Bye Sunny… I’ll see you before you leave for japan…”

 

I pouted and he smiled…

 

“I’m glad to be your doctor… thank you…”

 

I smiled and bowed to him…

 

“Thank you Dr. Linton…” I heard umma said

 

“Very much welcome Mrs. Lee…”

 

And they shook hands, Dr. Linton gave me a look... I knew what it means… and so I say…

 

“I promise! Don’t worry too much! hehehe I’m a good girl…” raising my hand up

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The girls started their day without a morning greeting from the sunshine of the group. Aside from the food teasing to the two shikshins during breakfast, nothing follows. The girls were practicing seriously this time.

 

Morning practice ended, they were having their lunch silently. Only chewing could be heard. But one person couldn’t hold it anymore. It seems so weird that they were all like mutes.

 

Clearing , she asked in between the silence… “Why are we acting like mutes?” and looked at the girls who looked back at her with furrowed brows

 

“What?!” yuri asked

 

“Ooohoh… now you’re deaf… tsk tsk tsk…”

 

“Yah! tch!”

 

“Sthhop… it guysss… let’s… jwust… eat…” butted sooyoung…

 

“Don’t talk when your mouth is full sooyoung unnie…” reprimanded seohyun

 

“My mouth is not full seo, could I talk now?” yoona innocently asked permission whom seohyun responded with a nod

 

“Hyo unnie, we are not mutes… we simply don’t want to lose some of our energy by talking… our practice had been intense lately…”

 

“Then what do you call that two…*pointing to the zombie like taeyeon and jessica*”

 

“Ahmmm… they’re zombies at the moment… they will be back onto their original state in due time…”

 

“What?!”

 

“Now… now… now… look who’s deaf…” yuri countered smirking at hyoyeon…

 

Hyoyeon glared at yuri who was ready to counteracted when tiffany meddle…

 

“Hep! hep! Chill girls… we’re maybe tired that’s why we’re mute… and these two lifeless girls are simply sleepy because of lack of sleep…”

 

“If sunny is here, she would do some aegyo to cheer us all up… I miss sunny bunny!” sooyoung whined while chewing some meat balls…

 

“Unnie… don’t talk…”

 

“Ooopz! Sorry Seo… hehe”

 

“Don’t talk…”

 

Yoona covered sooyoung’s mouth when the girl is about to talk again…

 

“Don’t talk…” yoona reminded again and sooyoung nodded blinking few times

 

“Ewwww! What’s that? Beautiful eyes?” hyoyeon teased

 

Sooyoung glared and stuff a piece of steak at hyoyeon’s mouth…

 

“Eat… eat… eat… sssssh… you’re too loud my dear friend…”

 

Hyoyeon returned the glare and chew the food roughly… “rawwwr! I’m going to eat you!”

 

“Raaawwwwr! No match for me… scary… tsk…” sooyoung retorted

 

“Raaawrrr!”

 

“Raaaaaawwwrrr!”

 

“Rawwwwwr!”

 

Everybody started roaring one at a time... and laughed…

 

Taeyeon looked at the weird girls who looked backed at her waiting for her roar… her brows furrowed and then a word slip to her tongue… “Rawr?!” she said deadly

 

Then here goes to the ice princess who arched her brows up and made her own version… “Meorawr!” she roared in a poker face…

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Silence was in the air… only the breathing could be heard… everybody’s attention was on the jessica… they don’t know how to react, they were trying to comprehend what was that about… they were staring at her

 

Jessica gave a cold stare at the girls… “What?! Please… just laugh… it’s aegyo… geezz!” she said rolling her eyes…

 

 “Hahahahahahahhahahahaha… hahahahahhaa….”

 

Then everybody started to laugh…

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Didn’t proofread, I just write… too lazy to check on grammatical errors… so please bear with it…

I’ll correct those errors when this story ends.

 

I hope this chapter answers some of your queries. Boring? If so, I apologize… I’ll do better next time… *bows90degrees*

 

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