When the plane landed you were more than ready to get up and move after sitting for so long, but you had to wait a few minutes longer for the aisle to clear enough for you to get up and grab your things from the overhead compartment. Once you had your bag in hand, you went through the terminal and looked around, hoping to find who you were looking for. Since you couldn’t find him right away you resorted to standing on your tiptoes and craning your neck. At this point you were starting to panic and thought, “What if he doesn’t show up? How am I supposed to find my way when I don’t speak Korean?! I won’t be able to get to the hotel and then I’ll have to hide out on the streets and someone will kidnap me! It’ll be a long time before anyone figures out I’m missing so it could be months or years until-” 

“______________?!” You heard a voice calling your name which snapped you out of your panic. Amongst the murmur from other people his voice was clear and familiar to you. You looked around one last time before spotting the tall figure off to the side as if to hide from everyone, but he was looking right at you.

You felt a smile spread across your face as you dashed towards the spot and wrapped your arms around him. “Aron!”

“Well, uh, _____________, I know it’s been a long time, but I wasn’t expecting this,” he chuckled upon your embrace.

You quickly let him go and turned a slight shade of pink. “Oh, well, I kind of thought you forgot about me and then I started to freak out so I’m just really relieved you’re here and it’s good to see you again.”

“Let me guess, you thought that you wouldn’t be able to communicate and then you’d get lost or kidnapped?” He asked with a hint of mockery in his voice.

“Maybe,” you felt your face redden even more.

“___________, remember that I didn’t know any Korean when I came here?” He asked before saying something to you in Korean.

“What did you say?”

“That you would have been fine.”

“And what makes you so sure Mr. Big-shot-celebrity?”

“Because Korea is becoming more English friendly in all the big cities and the crime-rate is low. Now, let’s get out of here before someone recognizes me,” Aron suggested and you nodded in agreement before following him. The airport was fairly crowded so no one was paying attention to the two of you as you went and got the rest of your bags before getting a cab to go to the hotel you would be staying at.

“So, what’s it like being a famous foreigner?” You asked once you were in your hotel room.

Aron shrugged slightly, “I get the same amount of love as the other members, except Ren, I guess so it’s not really any different except they speak better Korean and I speak better English.”

“That’s good. It’s nice to see that you’ve adjusted so well here, I’ll have to tell your mom that when I go back home.”

“You’ve talked to my mom?”

“Well, yeah, we’ve been practically best friends how long now? I’ve stayed in touch with your whole family and they stay in touch with mine. When I told your mom that I was coming to visit she seemed a bit jealous at first, but then she told me to make sure you were doing well and such.”

“I try to keep in touch with her as much as I can and I’ve told her I’m fine,” Aron gave a small sigh, “but I suppose she still worries.” You nodded to confirm that statement. “How’s ChuChu?”

“Your dog?” You laughed. “Just fine. Still annoying your mother though”

“ChuChu would,” he grinned. “So why don’t you tell me how you’ve been doing since I left?”

The two of you sat down and began catching up for hours; you really didn’t have much to say compared to him since he was the celebrity and had much more entertaining stories and you didn’t want to bore him. When it was late you ordered room service since you were far too lazy to leave your hotel and you and Aron were still talking until his phone rang. “Excuse me,” he gave a quick apologetic smile before answering “Yobosayo?” You couldn’t understand anything else except your name  beyond that because it was all in Korean, so it must have been someone from his company. After a few minutes he hung up and looked at you, “I have to go, my band mates are looking for me, but I’ll be back in the morning.”

“I’ll see you then,” you smiled before he left, leaving you to rest.

As promised, Aron returned the next day and the two of you started walking around the streets of the city, where you did in fact see some English around the place. He told you about a few things you could do at different places that you passed. When you reached another building you walked right inside and Aron made a gesture to what looked like a security guard. “Aron, where are we?” You asked.

“Pledis, my band mates want to meet you,” Aron explained as he guided you through the halls until you entered what looked like a practice room. Actually, it had to be since it had a large mirror to watch yourself dance in. You looked around, recognizing the green walls from videos you’d seen. Within the blink of an eye, four other guys were standing before you and bowed.

“Hello!” They all cheered in, what you had to say, was adorable accented English. Aron quickly worked at speaking in Korean to introduce you, but you already knew who everyone was since you kept up with Nu’est.

“She plettee,” JR smiled and it took you a minute to understand that he meant you were pretty.

You couldn’t help but blush, “Thank you.”

“We hear a lot...about you,” Minhyun explained making you blush more as you wondered what they had heard about you.

Although you didn’t understand it Aron told the guys to stop embarrassing him and they seemed to be teasing him. You were sure if you should be laughing or upset as Ren gestured to you before batting his eyelashes, making you really think of him as a girl. This went on for a few moments until Aron said something in a somewhat sharp tone. “What was all that about?” You asked.

“Um, nothing,” Aron gave a small fake laugh.

“He is...” Baekho trailed off unable to think of the word he meant to say. Everyone waited for a moment to see if he would think of it, but he eventually shook his head.

“Anyway,” you said slowly, “it’s nice to meet you all.”

“You too,” Ren smiled and draped an arm around you to lead you further into the room. You couldn’t help but feel a little uncomfortable since you weren’t able to communicate properly with anyone but Aron and something about the way he looked was off. Before you could dwell on it, Ren said something in Korean and Aron replied back quickly. “Aron is nice guy,” Ren smiled before you even asked what the two of them said.

“I know,” you looked at Aron with a smile that he naturally returned.

“Um...do you guys need to practice or something?” You asked as the other members shifted uncomfortably.

“Well we don’t need to, but we probably should,” Aron laughed.

“Then practice, I’d like to see you guys live, even if it’s just a practice” you admitted so Aron did a quick translation before the group set up for the choreography of “Yobosayo”. You sat down in front of the giant mirror and watched them all move smoothly due to the many practices. When they finished you applauded, earning smiles from all of them. “Why don’t you guys keep practicing and I’ll go get you some water?”

“Sure,” Aron said after translating what you said and the others nodded. After some quick directions to where you could get some water bottles, you were on your way Unfortunately, after a few turns in the halls you forgot the directions so you gave a sigh and began to wander around in your best attempt to find your way. By some miracle you found your way to the water bottles and then got back to the hallway with the practice rooms. You tried to listen for the music but heard none, making you resort to peeking through the tiny windows of the doors to try to see if Nu’est was in the room. After about three doors you saw Minhyun, Ren, JR, and Baekho all standing around Aron and talking to him rapidly. “Should I go in, or wait, or...?” You asked yourself as you waited a few more minutes before they separated, which you took as a sign to go back in. “I’m back,” you smiled and passed out the water bottles.

“Thanks,” Aron smiled as you handed the last one to him.

“I was thinking that maybe you guys would want to come to my hotel for dinner, so we could get to know each other a little more, and I can hear some embarrassing stories about you,” you nudged Aron lightly.

“What she say?” Ren asked before Aron translated so the group started to chat enthusiastically.

“They’d like that,” Aron explained.

“Great! I’ll let you guys practice and see you at, say, 7?”

“Sounds good,” Aron smiled.

“Alright, see you guys later,” You gave a quick little wave before leaving.

There was a knock on your hotel room door right at seven o’clock that you quickly went to answer and let all of Nu’est in. “Hi,” Minhyun smiled as he took took of his shoes.

“Hi guys, the lasagna is cooling off so we can eat soon,” you announced.

Instead of translating Aron looked at you with wide happy easy, “Did you say lasagna?!”

“Yup, I managed to get all the supplies and make it myself; let’s sit down and I’ll get all the plates and stuff set,” you gestured to the little table before you moved into the kitchen area of the hotel room. Thankfully you’d gotten an upgraded suite that allowed for more room, a kitchen, as well as silverware and dishware. You returned to the kitchen and set the plates before bringing out the food and seeing everyone’s eyes get wider at the sight so it wasn’t long before the food was served and everyone was eating. Given the issue of translation, the meal was quiet but no one seemed to mind as they enjoyed the food; especially Aron.

There was a slight murmur in Korean when everyone was finished before Ren stood up, “Good, but we go now,” Ren stood up and gave a slight bow before patting Aron on the back. The next thing you noticed was Minhyun winking at Aron as Baekho also seemed to give you both a knowing smirk.  You tried to ask what was going on, but Ren, along with the other three members, was already walking out the door.

“...do they always do that?” You asked Aron.

“No, they're just, um, being themselves,” he shrugged, “I’ll help you wash these,” he grabbed the plates before moving to the kitchen area.

“There’s no need, I’ll wash them when I have more to wash,” you said quickly, “so we can go something else instead...unless you go now too,” you couldn’t help but tease about Ren’s Engrish.

Aron laughed, “No, actually, I wanted to talk to you.”

“Ok,” you sat down on the couch so Aron sat beside you.

He took a deep breath before beginning, “I’m really glad you came to visit and, umm, you’ve been my best friend a long time so, um, I’m really glad that we’ve stayed in touch since I left because I honestly, uh, worried about it when I was deciding to come to Korea or not,” he gave a little nervous laugh before clearing his throat. “I also worried about it because, um, I was going to tell you how I felt, but knew I couldn’t if I left since, uh, I couldn’t do that to you. Now that you’re here, I can’t help but, um, feel the same way again and this time I need to tell you how I feel. I really like you, __________, and I would really like you to be my girlfriend, but, uh, I know I can’t ask you to leave your family behind to stay here with me and you , um, deserve to have someone close to you to be with,” he looked away from you at the end.

You sat there unsure how to respond since you hadn’t expected that. You could feel yourself blushing again as you smiled and took his hand. “We could make it work you know? I wouldn’t mind staying here for as long as I can because I’ve really missed you and to be honest...I felt the same, but I wasn’t going to keep you from your dream.”

“Chicha?!”

“English,” you laughed.

“Sorry, I’m getting so used to using Korean. I said ‘really’,” Aron laughed.

“Yeah, I would really like to be your girlfriend,” you smiled and squeezed his hand. Aron moved his mouth to say something only to have his phone ring, which he ignored. “Aren’t you going to answer that?” You asked.

“No, I’m with my girlfriend right now...and it’s just the guys calling to make sure I actually told you,” Aron turned red.

“Aw, that’s sweet,” you naturally leaned forward to kiss his forehead. “My shy little boyfriend needed some encouragement to confess.”

“Oops, I shouldn’t have told you that, can we pretend I didn’t tell you that?”

“Nope,” you laughed “because this is a story I’ll never forget!”