Just A Phone Call Away
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Summary: Lin Na is one of HIM International's best workers and good friends with the members of Taiwanese band Fahrenheit, living a happy life in Taiwan.
Can it get even better?
It can!
One day Lin is recieving the offer of a lifetime, working with her most favorite band ever...Super Junior!
Read what is instore for her, when she is arriving in Korea and finds out she has to live right nextdoor to them and basically be their babysitter.
Chaos, fun, anger, sadness, happiness, pranks, fights, love...
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UPDATE 26.02.2017: Hey everyone, I am BACK!
Well I took a looooooooooooooong break from writing and just recently decided to get back into it.
To those who are new to this story...I hope you will enjoy it!
To those who used to read this story 6 years ago (OMG such a long time) and now got a message of this story being updated: WELCOME BACK!
I am sorry it took me forever to update but first I was busy with life and then I just kinda lost my spirit to write.
Good thing, this spirit is back!
Well before I update this story with a new chapter I will first go through this story again and change some stuff.
Why? Because first I want to make it easier on my life and get rid of a minor storyline whose absence you probably won't even notice.
And second...because I have been to Korea for 1,5 years I feel like changing some of the phrases and stuff that I wrote to feel more correct.
Also I shall probably call Leeteuk and Eunhyuk by their real names more often from now on.
I grew out of calling them by their stage names. I feel more comfortable with their real names! ^^
Sooooooooo now...off to the beginning!
Main Characters:
Lee Hyukjae/ Eunhyuk: Member of Korean band "Super Junior", age: 24
Lee Donghae: Member of Korean band "Super Junior", age: 23
Cho Kyuhyun: Member of Korean band "Super Junior", age: 22
Lu Lin Na (Sabrina): German girl, who starts out as a worker for Taiwanese company "HIM International" but will soon be with "SM Entertainment" to work with Super Junior, age: 23
Supportive Characters:
All the other Super Junior (+ M) members...some may become main characters later on, too.
Fahrenheit members Calvin Chen, Arron Yan, Jiro Wang, Wu Chun
Amber: Sabrina's/Lin Na's best friend, Australian girl, Chinese Major, age:21 (later chapters)
Melanie: Sabrina's/Lin Na's second best friend, another German girl, Stylist, age: 27 (later chapters)
Anja: Sabrina's/Lin Na's older sister, currently travelling, camera(wo)man, age: 28 (later chapters)
Other Korean and Taiwanese stars
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Foreword
***Sabrina's aka Lin Na's POV***
Ever had a dream...a weird dream?
A dream that made you think 'Hey! Actually that is pretty fun, but it will never ever happen!'?
Well it happened to me.
A year ago I came to Taiwan to fulfill my dream.
I have loved Taiwan from the first moment I laid eyes on it, while staying there for a holiday.
I ree year later to learn Chinese and work abroad.
I started teaching some English and German (Oh by the way…did I forget to mention? I’m from Germany)
My real name is Sabrina, but in Taiwan they call me Lu Lin Na, and I’m 23 years old.
Anyway…back to my story.
So I started teaching some languages and somehow, after my Chinese became fluent (I’m even able to write very well) I ended up working for 'HIM International'.
I am a big fan of the Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit, but have never seen an official international website which is rather inconsiderate for non-Chinese speaking fans.
So one day I decided to send an email to 'HIM International' inquiring if they needed the assistance of someone who is able to speak both, English and Chinese, and to some extent Korean, in helping them translate an international website and answer queries from overseas fans.
It was originally meant to be a joke.
But two days later I got a call from HIM, asking me to come for a job interview.
And amazingly I got offered a job.
I worked with the 'Fahrenciti' team, translating the website and answering emails.
And guess what?
It helped Fahrenheit to get even more popular!
There were so many happy fans that could now finally apply for Fahrenciti membership.
I even became familiar with the members of Fahrenheit.
I had a huge crush on them at first, but eventually got over it.
Now we are great friends.
They act like older brothers with me now and are very grateful to me for helping them connect with a new fan-base.
Yalun, I’m the closest to him seeing as he is my age, often comes to visit my office as I work very late hours.
I’m almost always the last to leave, as there is always so much work to do answering the fan questions.
I also work on Fahrenheit’s events, translating and helping with overseas fans.
It is really very enjoyable and rewarding, not to mention a lot of fun!
I often think, "This can’t be true, right? How am I living in Taiwan, working for Fahrenheit and be someone they consider a friend?"
But they do really look out for me.
Chun always calls me to remind me to eat properly.
Yalun visits me late at night at the office to keep me company, sometimes even helping answer questions.
It’s actually pretty funny; fans would never suspect they were being replied to by one of their favourite stars.
And Calvin, wow!
I really had a huge crush on him.
He is always very sweet to me, joking around and taking me out to have some fun, especially when I’m missing my family back in Germany.
Calvin really knows what it feels like to be so far away from home, seeing as he studied in Canada for so long.
So he made it his mission to make me smile whenever I’m sad, and somehow he had a talent for it.
And then there is Jiro.
Sometimes I don’t understand him at all.
He is such a flirt at Fahrenheit events, but in day-to-day life he is a completely different person.
He acts like a total gentleman helping me carrying stuff, opening doors, but he is always rather shy, especially in the beginning when he thought he had to speak English with me.
It got better after he realized I am able to speak Chinese.
He started to open up more and these days he often comes over to practice English with me, even trying to learn some German.
But gosh!
That isn’t really the important thing.
The important thing was the call I just got 10 minutes ago.
***10 minutes ago***
I lay on my bed exhausted from working late last night.
Today was my day off, so I intended to stay in bed as long as I wanted to.
Then I heard it.
RING RING RING!!!
My damn phone was ringing.
I groaned.
I really didn’t want to get up.
But the annoying ringing wouldn’t stop.
It just kept ringing and ringing.
I rolled off my bed mumbling in annoyance and answered.
"Wei?"
"Excuse me, is this Lu Lin Na speaking?"
I furrowed my brow, it was rare for me to receive an English call.
"Yes, may I ask who I am talking to?"
"Oh sure, I’m Mr. Park from SM Entertainment!"
That made me even more confused.
"SM Entertainment?" I asked incredulously.
What the hell did they want from me?
"Yes, it is one of Korean's leading Entertainment companies."
I rolled my eyes…of course I knew who they were…I worked with some of their people once for a tourism event including Fahrenheit and Super Junior M.
"Yes, of course, I know about SM Entertainment. Uhm, how can I help you?"
"I’m calling to make you an offer".
Do you know the feeling of being confused to no end?
I was even worse.
"Offer?" I echoed.
"Yes, SM Entertainment wants to offer you a job."
I sank down onto my couch.
"What? Why? What job?" I blurted out.
I heard Mr. Park chuckle at the other end.
"Apparently you made a very good impression on Mr. Sung, one of Super Junior M’s managers, while working together for the Korean-Taiwanese tourism event 2 months ago!"
My mind cleared a bit.
"Oh yes, Mr. Sung, how is he doing? It was really great working with him!"
Mr. Sung and I talked over many details regarding the tourism event…seeing as over time I got fluent in Korean too and HIM International needed someone to talk to SME people.
"He is doing just fine! So back to the offer."
I was waiting.
"SME is offering you a job as a personal assistant to one of our idol groups…paying you three times as much as you are earning now. Your flight will be paid!"
I was still sitting in shock.
"Hello?"
Mr. Park’s voice brought me back.
"Uhm, yes, hello, I’m still there."
"Great!"
I shook my head to clear my mind.
"Why would SME offer me something like that? Why me?"
"Because Mr. Sung got the impression that you’re a rather talented woman in organizing things, not to mention caring for people, dealing with stars and being able to speak four different languages. Those guys could do with someone teaching them a bit more English…seeing as they started to become more popular over in Europe and America".
I was surprised by such praise.
"Thank you for the praise, but actually I’m just a normal worker over at HIM International, so…"
"Don’t be so modest. You are very gifted and SME would be very happy to see you working for them!"
I thought for a moment.
"Uh, thank you. So, just out of curiosity, what would be my job?"
"Like I said, you would take over being a personal assistant to one of our idol groups. Meaning you would check over their schedules with the managers, help them to be where they should be at the right time, looking presentable. Talking to them about their problems. Helping them to make their busy life as comfortable as it could be. They are currently having some problems bringing their normal life and their stardom together…struggling through some hard times. Basically we just need you to be friends with them by helping them out wherever you can."
I gulped.
"Wow…uhm…that’s a big responsibility! What if those guys don’t like me? What if I’m not the right person to help them? You know, being a star is very hard and maybe you should look for some professional to help them out!"
Mr. Park laughed.
"Seeing as you are already being so considerate about their feelings without even knowing them shows me, that you will be the right person for that job! So what do you say?"
Again I had to think.
"Excuse me, Mr. Park, but this comes to me as quite a shock. Is it possible for me to consider that opportunity for some days and get back to you with my decision?"
"Of course, take your time to think about it. I will call you again in three days asking for your decision."
"Great, thank you Mr. Park!"
"No problem at all."
It then occurred to me I was forgetting a rather important question.
"Mr. Park, one more question!"
"Of course!"
"You were talking about an idol group. Which one?"
Mr. Park laughed.
"Our very own and lovely Super Junior, of course!"
"Oh, okay, thank you…I will talk to you in three days!"
"Bye, pleased to talk to you Ms. Lu!"
"Likewise, bye!"
With that I hung up and sat there in shock.
Super Junior?
I’m sooooooo ed up!
I love them!
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