The Past is The Past

One Twist After Another

That same day 

Minjung POV

Me, Rachel, and Amber came back to SHINee's dorm with crackers and gatorade. I don't know what makes Rachel think that that's going to help, but she seems pretty confident. 

When we walked back inside the dorm, the smell wasn't so strong. As if someone had sprayed Febreeze. "Okay!! Who's awake and spraying air freshener??" Amber yelled. She didn't want anyone awake cause she thought right now they should be resting. 

Taemin trudged into the living room, looking defeated. "Sorry. Noona said the place smelled really bad so I tried to make it smell better" he pointed to me. Awwww. He tried to make it smell better for me? "It's okay Taeminnie. You need to sleep now" I said walking over to him. "But I can't sleep. My stomach hurts" he pouted. "It's because you guys are hungry. We brought you food" Amber said behind me. I turned around to her and nodded. Taemin nodded too and started to march back to his room. Amber followed him inside to put him to bed. Rachel went into the kitchen while I went into Jonghyun's room, where he was sleeping soundly. He must've needed to sleep. "Pabo. You're not sleeping enough" I said in my mind while I watched him sleep. He looked like he'd lost weight in his face. It was so heart breaking seeing him and the others like this, but like they say, there's a first time for everything..

I watched as his chest would rise up slowly when he breathed in. I just wanted to hold him. 

I could feel a small tear fall from my eye. When I looked back up at him, his eyes were open, looking at me. He reached out to wipe my tear. 

"Don't cry" he croaked. I just nodded and hugged him gently. I wanted to treat him gently, like his bones were made of thin glass. "We brought you food" I whispered. He just smiled and rubbed my cheek with his hand. 

Amber POV

"Do you really think that they can hold this down?" I asked Rachel, who was putting crackers in bowls. "....95% positive" she said proudly. 

"Uhh, and the other five percent?" 

"Well, it depends on how sick they are. If it's really bad, then that's the other five percent.." she bit her lip

"Okay then" I started to walk down the hall with two bowls of crackers and two bottles of gatorade. I tapped on Jonghyun's door and saw him on his bed holding Minjung's hand. They're so cute. "Psst" I whispered. They both looked up me. "Food!" Jjong smiled. I nodded and handed Minjung the food. I closed the door and headed for Key's room. I hated seeing him like this, but to take care of him, this is what I have to do. I might have a strong stomach, but the smallest things will make me cry. I tapped on Key's door and it creaked open. There he was, sleeping soundly in bed. I walked in and the light. He started to toss and turn at the light. "Yah.. Don't turn on the light" he mumbled. "Yeobo, it's me" I whispered. His eyes snapped open when he saw me crouching down by his bedside with the crackers. "You're back" he beamed and sat up in bed. "Yupp, and I brought you food. Rachel believes that you can eat this and keep it down" I explained. He smiled. "Hopefully.. Thank you" he said and pecked me on the lips. I smiled while I watched him munch on the crackers and drink the gatorade. 

Rachel POV

"Knock knock" I said knocking on Minho's door. Taemin was sitting up reading a book while Minho slept like a baby. "Taemin. You need to sleep.." I said. I was very disappointed in him. "I can't help it. My stomach.." he groaned. "Well, I have food for you. Hopefully you won't barf it back up" I smiled and handed him the crackers and the energy drink. "I think I'll be okay" he smiled, turned me around to Minho, and gestured me to walk over to him and wake him up. "Minho-sshi. It's time to wake up now" I whispered. He opened his eyes slowly. When his eyes adjusted, he smiled. "You came back"

"I did, and I bear gifts" I joked and gave him the bowl of crackers. Minho gasped at the sight of food. "Yummy" he beamed. I couldn't help but smile at his reaction to the crackers. When I sat back up and went for the door, I turned around and saw Taemin sitting by Minho's bed while they both nibbled on the crackers silently. I giggled and left the room. I looked down at the last bowl and bottle of juice at my feet and picked it up. I headed for Jinki's room and tapped on the door lightly. "Yeobo, I'm back with food" I said opening the door. I looked over to his bed to see him, I couldn't see his face at first, because he had covered his whole body in his blanket. Like he always does. I walked over and set the crackers down on his night stand. I grabbed the blanket and tugged it away so I can see his face. He was covered in sweat. "Why did you have to get sick?" I sighed to myself. I started to shake him awake "It's time to wake up.." I cooed. He finally opened his eyes and saw me. "Hiiiiiii" he moaned. 

I took one cracker out of the bowl and brought it close to his mouth. He looked down at the cracker and raised an eyebrow. "You're supposed to eat it" I laughed. He looked up at me with puppy dog eyes and ate the cracker out of my hands, still keeping his gaze on me. When he finally swallowed it, he sighed. "The first thing I've eaten in almost 24 hours" 

"Well there's more.. I'll stay and feed it to you" I smiled and grabbed another cracker from the bowl and opened the bottle of gatorade. 

Amber POV

After we finally got done taking care of the boys, Minjung went home while Rachel came to f(x)'s dorm. While we were there, Rachel asked the other four members if they knew what Halloween was. Krystal knew everything, Luna and Sulli knew nothing. Vic didn't know what it was, but at least she recognized the word. Rachel sat Luna, Sulli, and Vic down for a learning session. As the lesson went on, the three members got more and more interested. After she told them about her plan, she left and went home. And for the rest of the night, my members couldn't stop talking about Halloween.

>>> Two days later

Rachel POV

I sat on my couch reading a magazine while I waited for him to come over. Which is weird, cause I never read magazines... 

Finally there was knock at the door. I jumped up and opened the door. He already knew plenty about Halloween so there was no need to tell him. Instead, he agreed to come with me to one of the only Halloween stores in Seoul and look at decorations. 

"I wonder what they look like in Korea.." I couldn't help but wonder out loud in the car. 

"You mean the stores?" Ryeowook asked in the passenger seat

"Yeah. I still can't believe they only have one or two. In America where I lived, there was one on every corner this time of year" I frowned. Well, at least I found one. 

This was the first real time I've talked to Ryeowook since our fight. And it felt nice to actually be spending time with him. He doesn't know that I was awake when he kissed me on the cheek. I kept wondering if I should tell him or not. Will it make much of a difference?

When we finally got to the place, I jumped up and down with excitement. "I can't believe we're here" I beamed.

Ryeowook came over to the other side of the car where I was having my episode and grabbed me by the shoulders. "Calm down" he giggled. I pouted and stayed still. 

We finally made it in and I was pretty surprised. The store was very clean and very organized compared to the Halloween stores where I grew up, which were small little quaint warehouses that had decorations scattered all over the place with price tags that you buy from the dollar store. Which would you prefer? One big, clean organized store, or a bunch of little small, unorganized shacks? 

"Wow" I gaped at the store. "Never seen a Halloween store before?" Ryeowook asked. 

"Of course I have!"

"I never have"

"Well that's because you aren't cool"

"Well why are you so surprised?"

"Because.. This store is so impressive compared to the ones back where I used to live"

Ryeowook nodded his head "Ohhh, I see"

It sounds rather ridiculous that I spent almost every dime I had on Halloween decor when I lived in America. I was quite the fanatic, along with my brother. We'd spend hours and hours of our time gushing over the nice things they had. I felt like such a nerd, but I definitely didn't want to show it. 

For a brief minute.

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I was looking down at the masks and I saw a pokemon mask. Chris will love this!

I grabbed the mask off the shelf and started looking for my brother. I could feel myself smiling "Chris! Chris, where'd you go? You have to see this!"

Where'd he go? Did he leave?

He didn't leave me again, he did when I was fifteen, and I got scolded by mom. "Dude, you really need to see this!" I wondered around the store when I felt eyes on me. I looked up and realized that I was being watched. "Isn't that Rachel from Noize?" one person said. Rachel? Noise? That's all I understood, The person spoke a different language. How did they know my name?

Another person spoke up, in the same language. Where am I? Am I not in America anymore?

I escaped from the crowd. I looked around some more and then I saw him. I saw my brother. There he was looking at the stuffed animals. I smiled and started walking towards him when I tripped. My head started to shake and I could feel my brain move around in my skull. When I looked back up, my brother was gone, and where he was standing, someone else was standing. It was a man I didn't recognize. When he saw that I fell, he helped me up. When I was face to face with him, he tried talking to me. He was holding up a small stuffed bat. I couldn't respond, I didn't know why. But I couldn't. I didn't know what he was saying, as if he was speaking in a different language. 

Second by second, the man started to become more familiar. The old memories started to drain as the new memories started to fill. I wasn't Rachel from Seattle, with a brother always by my side, and two parents waiting for me at home. 

I also wasn't Rachel from Seattle, living the single life with almost no friends. 

I was Rachel, the singer. 

My workplace is Seoul, South Korea. I can understand, speak, read, and write fluent korean

I was Rachel from Seoul, with a brother that I barely ever talk to anymore, and no parents to go home to.

I was Rachel from Seoul, taken by Lee Jinki, with friends to be with, yet my family has been disbanded. 

And the person who was in front of me wasn't my brother. It was Kim Ryeowook. 

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After all the activity in my brain finally ceased, I blinked one more time and saw that Ryeowook was giving me a worried look. "Are you okay??" he asked me. 

I dropped the mask and started to feel like I wanted to cry. "You're not Chris" I blurted out in english

Ryeowook POV

I was looking down at the stuffed animals and saw a fluffy black stuffed bat. "Didn't Luna say she liked bats? Would Rachel buy it for her?" I thought in my head. I was broke, but I still wanted to get it for Luna. I was deep in thought when I heard a big thud to my left. I looked over and saw Rachel on the ground. Did she fall? There were people behind her, giving her weird looks

I ran over to help her up. 

When I got her up, she looked up at me, with a "who-are-you" look. I ignored it. 

"Are you okay. Are you hurt?" I asked. She didn't respond. 

I looked for any cuts or scratches, she had none. "Well I found this" I said holding up the bat. "Luna said she likes bats and I was hoping we could buy it for her. Well, not exactly we.. Because I have no money" I said biting my lip, hoping she'd understand. But she wouldn't talk to me. All she did was stare at me. So I stared back into her eyes. "Is this a staring contest? Or..." I joked. But to that, she still wouldn't answer. That's when I started to worry. Finally, she blinked.

"Are you okay??" I asked while she dropped the thing that was in her hands, a pokemon mask. I looked back up at her to see that her eyes were watering. 

"You're not Chris" she said in english. 

"Chris? Who's Chris?" I asked. When I heard that name, I thought of Rachel's brother Chris, who I've heard very little about. 

Rachel sniffed once and rubbed her eyes. "Are you okay?" I asked her again. She looked up at me and nodded "Yeah, I'm okay.. I just need a hug" she said leaning in closer to hug me. She seemed shaken. What happened that I missed?

>>>> The next day 

Amber POV

I woke up this morning from a call from Rachel 

"Why are you calling so early??" I asked into the phone "You woke me up"

"Dude, it's almost 12:30pm" she said flatly. 

"I-I know! I'm catching up on sleep"

"Oh.."

"Are you okay?? You don't sound good"

"If another person asks me if I'm okay, I'm gunna break something!"

"Okay, geez. Sorry"

"Sorry about that. I need to tell you what happened yesterday"

"Oh god what?" 

And with that, Rachel told me about her vision that she had. The story sounded so sad. But she didn't sound sad. 

"It was creepy, but it's over now. Why did it happen though? I'm too young to be nostalgic" she ranted into the phone

"Well.. I don't know. At least now it's over. Let's just hope it doesn't happen again. The guys are feeling a lot better today. They wanted to know when you wanna start your plan" I explained into the phone. 

"That's the other thing I wanted to talk to you about. Let's start it today" she beamed. I could hear the smile in her voice

While I was still on the phone with her, there was a knock at the door, we all went out to see who it was. It was Ryeowook. He had a present for Luna. Even though they couldn't officially date, he still wanted to spoil her like her boyfriend. It was cute. "Ryeowook's here. He gave Luna a stuffed animal" I gushed into the phone to Rachel.

"Don't believe anything he says. I was the one who bought that stuffed animal" she hissed

 

Sorry for the stupid chapter. But oh my gosh! I've got two new subscribers! What?? Out of nowhere! That's so awesome! You guys should tell me what I should do to make the story more interesting! Leave a comment pleaseeeeee! :D I'm not sure what I did to make the story better. But tell me, so I can do it again :D Have a good day, my 7 subscribers <333 I love you!

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inspiritdawn
#1
Yeaaa I like this!!
mellie93 #2
AWWWWWW!! Minho is finally getting along with Rachel! :D<br />
and i hate my prolonged silence more than you do..but i have been really busy lately with school.. :(
starpaints #3
*___*
mellie93 #4
seriously "One Twist After Another"<br />
PERFECT TITLE!! <br />
mellie93 #5
Good Luck~<br />
it's okay to have a life! ;)<br />
Enjoy your drama club activites! :D
valentina
#6
update sooooooooooooooooooon please!!!
mellie93 #7
i have been kinda busy with school and you're such a quick updater, which is honestly a great thing!i always get to read 3 chapters at a time..! :P<br />
Thank You! Great Story!! :D
Purplish95 #8
Nice story! i almost cried at chapter 2, especially when her dad came! >< Subscribed! ^^
mellie93 #9
Sounds like a great plot line..just read half of the forward and decided to subscribe.. :D<br />
I'll comment again once i finish reading! :)
fallenangel1202
#10
Your story is so awesome! Keep it up >.<