201x/9/24
It is the recording of Music bank, where fx is rehersing for their performance on their new EP "Love Storm"; this song is an echo to their last title song "Rum pum pum pum", which talks about girls feeling insecured about the feeling of the boys they loved, and that they feeling they are hit by a storm, going up and down.
It's Amber's part now, with her brown hair and grey-silver outfit, rapping and dancing. All Korean artists have to work hard, show their best to survive in this cruel world, it is so especially for foreigners. Amber, like the other foreign stars, has had a hard time struggling as a trainee, therefore she has put on 120% effort everytime she got a chance to perform on stage; that's what snoopy has taught her all these years. She still remembered the shouts of "only 13" and things like "Henry out" when Henry first debut, she was upset and angry, and eventually worried about herself, that she would too, not being accepted. But Henry did not give up, he made it through, that's what Amber learned from him for all these years: no matter what, remember your dream and never give it up, wait for it and you'll get it somehow in the end.
"Speaking of snoopy......" Amber thought to herself, "it is rare that he only texted me once since the past weeks, what's he up to?"
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Vegetables being washed, chopped to pieces; meat seasoned and cut into suitable sizes. Frying pan ready in hand, ingredients adding in one by one and FIRE.
You're now watching Master chef WGM version.
Just kidding, it is snoopy in casual clothes, wearing an apron and cooking chao mian (chinese noodles). Just after the moment Henry put the cooked chao mian on a plate, the oven turned off and "Ding~", Henry put on a glove and with a cloth in other hand, he pulls out a just done chocolate cake out, he puts the cake on the table waiting for it to cool down, and at the meantime he puts the chicken into the oven.
Henry takes out seaweed and rice, and starts to make kimbap (aka korean sushi). He makes roll after roll and when he has done cutting it, the sushi has filled up five big boxes. Henry then turned to the cake, apply some whiped cream and straberries as topping, uses chocolate to write "Happy birthday Amber" on top of the cake.
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Q: You're making the cake to celebrate Amber's birthday?
Henry: Well not exactly, I wanted to go and support her as her husband not as her friend for her first come back stage, and since 18th was her birthday, so I've just decided to make a cake for her.
Q: How long have you been preparaing this for?
Henry: ummmm I woke up at 5 today, normally if this is not for work, I wouldn't be waking up this early; but it's Amber so I want to cook some really good food for her, and her members, I need to get a good impression in front of them.
Q: You're really good at cooking so I believe it is going to be fine.
Henry: Yea I hope so too, I hope the skills I've developed from acting "final recipe" help.
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Henry has packed up everything, and dressed in his blue t-shirt and black skinny jeans, cap by his side on the sofa; he takes out his phone and makes a call.
"Hello cody nuna" Says Henry.
"Hi Henry." Answers the cody, it is the cody nuna who helped to paint all the tattos on Henry suring the promotion of "trap".
"Where is Amber now? What's she doing?"
"Tsk tsk tsk look at you, already missing her taht much?" Cody teases Henry which Henry blushes a little over the phone. "Fx is now rehersing for the last time and will perform live in 15 minutes, then I don't think they have any thing else for the day, I'll ask their manager to help you so don't worry."
"Thank you nuna!"
"You're welcome! See you later then, I've gotta go and help them make up. Bye!"
"Goodbye!" Henry hangs up, he raises from the sofa and checks things inside the large bags beside the door, to make sure he hasn't left anything. He puts on his shoes and checks himself for the last time in the mirror.
"Perfect!" Thinks Henry, and he leaves the house and gets into the car to see his wife and fearful(?) sister-in-laws.
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Cheers and applauses roar the house after the first comeback stage of fx has ended, Amber tries her best from not smiling and to keep her facial expression as straight as possible until the staff go on and cue them off stage.
"YEA We all did a great job!" She runs around the members and hugging them, the others just look at her, thinking how could she is still that energetic after the show.
"Amber calm down, we are going that way." It is their leader Victoria stops Amber from going the wrong way and become the first ever idol who got lost in the backstage of Music Bank.
"Oh yea unnie I'm sorry." Amber laughs and follows the other members, while Luna and Suli are making fun of her.
"Vic-umma I'm so hungry, what will you make for us when we are back?" Krystal stays beside Victoria, and asking their umma to take care of her stomach. The other members hear their conversation and shouting the food that they want to eat the most.
"I'm probaly going to make......." Victoria's jaw drops when she opens the door and see that there are already food served in their waiting room. The others are all curious to know what has made their leader that surprised.
They all rush in and when they see it, they are all excited from what they see.
"OH MY GOD! The food smells so nice!" "Who did it?" "Are these for us?" "Can we eat it already?"
Suddenly lights turned off, and they all screams on top of their voice. "AHHHHHH GHOST!"
Then they calm down when they hear the familiar violin playing the tune of "happy birthday", and see their cody unnie walking out with a birthday cake in her hands.
"Happy birthday to you Amber!" Cody smiles and give Amber the birthday cake after the violin played the last note.
"Whoa Amber!" The fx members all cheer for her and the lights are on now, they cheer even louder when they finally see Henry with a pink llama hat on his head, violin and bow on one hand, and a giant llama doll on the other, walking towards them.
"Happy birthday Amber!" Henry smiles, and Amber walks up to hug him.
"Thank you snoopy!" Amber smiles happily, and taking the doll with her.
"Hmmmm you two," Victoria speaks up, "Amber aren't you going to introduce Henry?"
"But you already known Henry!" Amber doesn't really understand this, but she still does it because it is only right to listen to what Vic-unni says. "Ummm this is Henry from super junior m and I'm sure all of you must have known, and ummm he is my....husband. It feels really weird to say this."
"What? so you are saying you don't want me to be your husband?" Henry pulls the llama doll back.
"I'm not saying that, I'm just..... just...Argh!" Amber doesn't know how to explain, that she is just "a little bit" too shy to tell her member that Henry is her "husband".
"Owwww Amber unni is being shy!!!" Luna laughs at Amber. Which Amber runs up to Luna angrily and yells "Yah Luna!" and the two of them havea tag game.
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Interview
Q: Was Luna right about you're being shy?
Amber: (laughs uneasily) Ummmmm I'm not really sure, it's just feel weird to say like 'hey guys, this is my husband' doesn't it? Plus, it is not like the others, my members have known Henry for a long time, and that they also knew that we are going onto WGM too, doesn't it seem too unnecessary to introduce him "formally" again?
Q: In Korea or like Asia places, this is some kind of manner....
Amber: Oh really? Sorry I'm American.
Q: So do you still now think that it is weird to announce Henry as your husband?
Amber: (thinking seriously) Well it's still feels weird....
Q: You are just shy!
Amber: I'm not! (over reacting) Seriously I'm ........ not........ I don't know
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"So you've prepared all these by yourself?" Amber asks Henry while eating.
"Does that tastes bad? But I've tried it before...." Henry is worried that his food is not good enough, not just because of afraid of not looking good in front of the fx members, his concern is that Amber does not like the food.
"No it tastes REALLY good, that's why I'm asking you, it seems to be unbelievable that you could cook food almost as good as Vic-unnie." Amber answers, while attacking another piece of chicken.
"It's great that you like it." Henry says, smiling and staring at Amber, totally forgot about the presence of fx ambers and the cameras.
"Ummmm" Krystal speaks up, breaking Henber's eye-connection and conversation.
"We members are tired, so we are going back home first." Victoria stands up, which Henry and other members follow. "We'll leave you guys some time to talk to each other, Henry xi you are going to make sure Amber is home safely?" Victoria glares at him.
"Yes of course." Henry bows a little from Victoria's leader aura.
"Bye Amber unnie!" Shout the three little sisters of Amber. "Take care of her Henry oppa!" Suli adds in before closing the door.
"So.... there's only me and you now." Henry says happily, man he was very nervous being around the other members.
"Yea thanks snoopy, for preparaing all these." Amber says sincerely.
"It was nothing, glad you liked it." Henry ruffles Amber's hair. "I saw the performance today, it was really awesome!"
"Where did you see it?" Amber didn't expect Henry have the time to watch her performance since he has made so much food.
"I was waiting in Cody nuna's room while you guys are on stage, I saw it from the tv there in the room." Henry answers.
"Were you and unnie alone in the room?"
"What you're jealous?" Henry teases.
Amber doesn't reply, and pretends to be angry and turns away from Henry. In fact she is angry at herself, thinking to herself that 'Yea why do you even care about Henry being with cody unnie, ALONE'
Henry makes it up to Amber quick though, "I'm not, there are whole bunch of other codys and dancers in and out, staying in the room and all." He turns Amber to face him. "Come on! We haven't seen or talk to each other for weeks." He pauses and asks, "you missed me?"
"No I did not. But I was worried that why didn't you talk or text me for the past weeks." Amber is still angry. "And you didn't even text me on my birthday!"
"I'm trying to give you a surprise!" Henry takes out a jewel box and hands it over to Amber. "Open it."
"You know I don't really put on things like......" She opens and takes a look. "Oh my god it is so cute!"
"I bet you are going to like it!" Henry smiles and takes out what's inside. "Come on, I'll put it on for you."
Amber holds out her left arm, and Henry puts on a watch, it is a white watch with snoopy on it.
After Henry has done, he takes out an identical box and open it. "It's couple, and mine is here."
Henry looks at Amber in the eyes. "Amber Josephine Liu, would you like to help me to put in on?"
"Yea sure." Amber tries her best not to laugh. "Don't tell me this is a proposal snoopy." Amber asks before putting it on.
"No this is your birthday present, and trust me, I've got things better for the proposal." Henry smirks.
"Yeah we'll see." Amber laughs with him, and together they are admiring their watches.
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Interview
Henry: I'm really happy that Amber liked what I've done for her, it was not something really big, something that very fancy but she still appreciated it. I'm glad to know that what I've done it's some kind of support or comfort to her, and I would continue to support her as her husband. Amber fighting!
Amber: At first I was kinda disappointed because I thought snoopy has forgotten about me, but then today he just showed up withh all these things and wow...... It gave me a lot of support, knowing that he really cared for me and I have to work hard not to disappoint him and all the others who loved me so much. Thank you Snoopy, I'll do my best, you too! Fighting!