POV Xiumin

I looked at his hands squeezing the bottom of my shirt. He had his head down. It sounded like he wanted to say something serious to me. He took a deep breath. I blinked and waited for him to talk. He suddenly lifted his head. I stepped back a bit out of surprise.

-"Mmh can we.... Can we become friends?" he asked

He closed his eyes tight as if he was waiting for a punishment. I was speechless. I didn't really know how to answer that question. I mean, for me we were already friends. He got me by surprise. I chuckled a bit and ruffled his hair. That guy will always surprise me.

-"Of course we can be friend." I answered

-"Oh yes yes yes !! My 3rd friend !!" He yelled while jumping

I tilted my head. What was that? Sometimes I don't get him. I smiled at his reaction. He was just like my dreamed little brother. It would be great if we have this relationship. I heard Tao calling us to have dinner. Luhan left first. I walked into the room and put my clothes on the bed I was sleeping on.

Before living, I checked my phone. 14 missed call, 30 messages. I sighed and threw the phone on the bed. I messed my hair. I knew who it was. Normally, a girl who doesn't give up on a boy is cute, in Sulli's case, it has turned into a real obsession. Why wouldn't she leave me alone? Moreover, it had been a few days since I noticed that her brother, Baekhyun, was also harassing me. It was going to be a real mess if it wasn't stopped soon.

I stretched my arms and finally stepped toward the kitchen. Everyone was already sitting  at the table. My seat was between D.O and Tao. I sat down on the chair and glanced at what we were going to eat. Carrots... I didn't really hate carrots but I don't particularly appreciate them. I winced a bit and put some in my plate and started eating.

Although we were all exhausted, the dinner was very joyful. Tao acted silly as always and D.O kept on arguing with him while Lay was concentrating on his conversation with a piece of carrot. Sometimes I wondered if they were really my friends or complete strangers. In some situations I hoped that I didn't know them... I let them alone and started to talk with the actor and the chief. I learnt that they weren't related by blood. I tried to know more about this but they kept on changing the subject. I didn't want to insist too much.

At the end of the meal, we watched the dishes and went to our room. After a long and loud yawn, I let my body fall on my bed. I looked at my phone 14 missed call, 40 messages. I sighed again. How annoying !

-"What's wrong?" asked D.O

As I didn't want to answer him, I handed him my phone, his eyes widened when he glanced at the screen. I held my laugh, like this he had a Chihuahua's eyes. He advised me to settle things down before things get too big. I vaguely nodded at him. I was too exhausted to think about it tonight.  I covered my body with the blanket. I felt quite cold this night.

-"Aaah..; I miss having ... I want him !!!" Complained Tao

I rolled my eyes. D.O threw a pillow at him to shut his mouth. The maknae pouted a bit and whined. It had been three months since he had seen his lover. He added that he almost cheated on him twice but since he loves his boyfriend he resisted. I put my blanket on my head. I didn't want to hear more. This guy had no complex. He could talk about everything. One day, we were in a boring class and he started to explain us how he liked to be done...

Once he finished nagging, Lay turned off the light. I didn't know why but I felt like tomorrow was going to be a hard day for all of us and that we had to sleep early. Anyway, I hardly fell asleep. Sulli's harassment tortured my mind. I couldn't help but imagining her attacking my friends or something. She also could start a rumor about me that could destroy my dream. I shook my head. She can't destroy my dream...she just can't...

A loud sound near my ear woke me up. I sat up on my bed and look around. The chief was in the room with his phone playing some loud music. Once we were all awake, he stopped the music. He ordered us to be ready in ten minutes wearing sport clothes. Uh-Oh.. what was going on? I glanced at my phone : 5 am.

Even though none of us understood the situation we all obeyed. We feared his reaction if we refused to obey his orders. We joined him in front of the door. He had this malicious smirk on his face, as if he was saying "You don't know it yet but you're about to die". I shivered a bit. I noticed that he was also wearing sporty clothes. We followed him outside.

The cold wind whipped my face. It was still dark outside. I looked at Jongdae, still wondering what we were about to do. Suddenly, the chief started to run. It took a few seconds to my friends and me to understand what happened. We hurried to catch him. Was he serious? Were we really going to jog at 5 am in the morning? Apparently we were indeed going to job and we were far from stopping.

The air was cold and dry. It burned my throat. My legs were hurting me. When was the last time I ran? I glanced at my friends. D.O seemed to enjoy it. He was running regularly and looked around. Tao heavily breathed and sounded like he was about to die. As for Lay, I wasn't really sure what to think. He had his eyes opened and he was wincing a bit and yet it looked like he was sleeping.. really weird..

After forty-five minutes of running, I started to get used to the painful leg and even enjoyed running. Even Tao stopped whining and found his own pace. We ran like this for ten minutes before stopping. We were in front of a huge building. The youngest immediately sat on the steps that were in front of us, he was panting. I was a bit worried, he looked like he was about to faint.. D.O stretched his legs, Lay drank a bit of water. I tried to catch my breath. This jog really killed me.

I glanced at Jongdae. He was staring at us with a satisfied look on his face. Seriously... Can someone be more sadistic than this man? After the exhausting day of yesterday, asking us to jog for a hour at 5 am.... I sighed, he was the king..

After ten minutes of resting, we entered in the building. The chief the light. We were in a big hall where tables were placed symmetrically.  He explained us that this would become his new restaurant. For now, we would practice cooking in the kitchen. I couldn't believe my ears. I..I will cook in one of Jongdae's restaurant !! I was so exited about this. Anyway, something was bothering me. We were going to cook.... just that? Something was wrong..

My friends and I followed him through long corridors and finally ended up in the kitchen. Everything was new and clean. D.O had his mouth wide opened. I slowly moved around. I was amazed. I could never imagine such a huge and beautiful kitchen. Jongdae suddenly clapped his hands. We stepped toward the table he was standing next to. There was a covered plate on the table... Something smell fishy..

With his malicious smile, he took the lid away. I raised an eye brow. Was it a joke? On the plate there were six eyes, a beef tongue and ...brain. I am not kidding. Those things were really on the plate before us. I started to sweat. I had an idea of what he was about to ask us. I prayed God to be wrong.

-"These are the ingredients you are about to cook" Jongdae said.

POV Luhan

I yawned and walked toward the kitchen. I wondered where brother took them...Anyway he didn't have to wake them up with that loud music ! I pouted.. It was my first day off since a few months and he woke me up at 5 am. What a mean guy ! I opened the fridge and picked out a bottle of milk. I put it on the table and opened a cupboard to grab the cereals and a bowl.

Once my bowl was ready, I sat at the table and poured some milk in the bowl. Today, I was going to stay in the apartment and do exactly nothing. It was rare of me to feel that lazy. I ate slowly my cereals. While chewing, I remembered about yesterday. It was one of the best day I ever had. Three friends... I goofily smiled. I strangely felt happy. You see dad? I finally have some friends now.

I looked around. I frowned as I didn't find what I wanted. I started to panic and kept on looking for it. I tried to hold my tears. No.. No it can't be.. It can't be lost. I rushed in my room. I sighed in relief as I saw it on my bed. I let myself fall on my knees. I held my chest. I really thought I had lost it... I stood up and walked toward it.

-"I'm sorry Mr bunnnnyyyyyy" I said while crying

I lifted it up and hugged it tight. I just can't live without it. It might sound childish but I really can't. I sat on my bed and look at it. With him, I feel like my parents are always with me.. I smiled a bit and hugged it again. Yosh, let's dress up now. I opened my closet. Why do I have this much clothes? I always have a hard time with choosing... I grabbed the first clothes I found. A while tank with black words on it and blue jeans. I nodded at my choice and dressed up.

I looked at myself on the mirror. My eyes were attracted to my legs. I found them quite skinny... Should I eat more? I shrugged. Nobody seemed to be bothered by that so it must be okay. Anyway I have always been skinny so.. I took bunny and walked back to the kitchen. I wasn't hungry anymore but I forced myself to eat the rest of the cereals. I hated wasting food. Once I ate the last spoon, I put the bowl in the sink and stepped in the living room.

I glanced at the clock. It was ten am already. I sighed and laid in the sofa. How boring... I didn't know what to do and I didn't want to watch TV. I suddenly wanted to go outside. Suho wouldn't agree for sure. I decided not to tell him and just go out. I picked one of my hand bag and put Mr Bunny in it. I was going to be scolded by hyung... But it was going to be so fun ! I took my white jordans and wore them. Okay I am ready !

I walked toward the door and opened it. I jumped back and screamed out of fear. My manager was standing at the door and looked at me with stern eyes. How could he do that? I mean always appear when I want to go out. I heard him sighing. He asked me where I was about to go. I looked down and played with my fingers while answering him. He stepped toward me and flicked my forehead.

-"And you really thought that it was okay for you to go out like this? You are even not wearing sunglasses ! Fans will surely recognize you and you'll create a fuss again" Suho scolded me.

What did he mean by "again"? It only happened once when I wanted to buy an ice cream. I looked at him with puppy eyes and tried to persuade him to come with me outside. After a few seconds of thinking, he finally agreed. He took off his scarf and handed it to me. I wrapped it around my neck and picked out my sunglasses from my bag. Now we were ready to go.

We climbed down the stairs. I told him how Jongdae woke me up this morning. Suho frowned a bit. I didn't know why but he didn't seem to like these guys very much. They are really kind though. I shrugged and changed the subject. I didn't want to fight with him right now.

Since it was my day off, I wasn't expected to go out today. My fans weren't waiting me outside. It's quite scary to know that they know every second of your schedule. I shivered a bit. Let's not talk about that. I went in the car. Hyung asked me where I wanted to go. I shrugged. I had just no idea where I wanted to go but I wanted to go there. He sighed loudly and shook his head. I chuckled a bit. I knew how annoying I could be sometimes.

My manager then started to drive. I looked outside through the window. The streets were full of people. It must be nice to be able to walk in the streets without fearing being touched or recognized... I wondered how it felt like. Suho finally parked the car. I looked around. Where were we? I didn't know that place... He opened that door for me. I took my bag and stepped out. We were in a park.

I couldn't even remember the last time I went in a park. I smiled at him and thanked him. Suho was the only one to know what I want even when I don't know myself. We slowly walked toward it. There were a lot of children playing. Their mothers were watching them while sitting on benches and talking. There were also some old women feeding birds. I smiled. It looked like a perfect painting.

I glanced at my manager. He rolled his eyes and nodded. I handed him my bag and ran toward the playground with the kids. At first they looked suspiciously at me but after a few seconds they all adopted me and we played together. I loved children. They weren't trying to be nice because I am Luhan. They didn't care about my celebrity, the only thing they wanted is playing with me.

I noticed that there was a little girl playing on her own. I asked on of the kids why she was alone. He answered that she never talked to anyone. I found it really sad and walked toward her. She was playing with the sand. When she noticed me she lifted her eyes to look at me and focused back on the sand. I sat next to her and tried to talk to her. She kept silent. Was she mute? I extended my hands to mess her hair. She quickly moved her head away and looked at me with fearful eyes.

Somehow I recognized me in her. I didn't want her to be playing alone like this. I didn't know how to make her happy. I thought for a few seconds and decided to sing. Maybe she would relax a bit. I took a deep breath and started to sing. I was singing the drama's song. I liked this one more than the others. It was about having fun and just keep on smiling. The perfect song for her.

As I was singing, all of the other children gathered around me. One by one they sat next to her. She was a bit confused at first but finally relaxed. I looked at each of them. I could see sparkles in their eyes. I couldn't help but smiling. At that precise moment, I knew I was happy. Happiness is the hardest feeling to explain and describe. You just feel it and appreciate it. And share it.

At the end of the song. The children applauded me. I stood up and bowed at them. The little girl smiled at me and thanked me. I ruffled her hair and told her to be strong. It was almost twelve o'clock. I looked around and let out a surprised sound. All the mothers and some passersby formed a circle around me. Some of them had phones and were filming. W..What should I do? I didn't like being watched like that. I wanted to move but my body wouldn't respond. I was petrified. Fortunately, Suho appeared like superman and dragged me out of the circle.

We rushed toward the car. Once I put my security belt on, I picked up Mr Bunny and told him everything that happened. I kept on smiling goofily. What a nice morning I had. My tummy suddenly growled. Suho laughed loud and asked me where I wanted to eat. I was about to tell him that I didn't know when I remembered about Shin Hye's friend. Her restaurant was delicious. I told Suho about my idea. He smiled and agreed.

POV Xiumin

I was sitting on the chair and messing my hair. I had no idea what taste it would have. Jongdae asked us to cook brain, eyes and the beef tongue. Instead of doing four dish, we decided to join to prepare one meal. Nobody knew how it would turn. We were experimenting. Somehow it was really interesting since we never had cooked such ingredients. D.O and I focused on the brain, Tao took the eyes and Lay ended up with the tongue.

We tasted the brain without it being cooked. How to explain... it wasn't that bad, but the texture was very unpleasant. Then we cooked it ten minutes and tasted. The taste was awful and the texture was still unpleasant. We then kept on trying to find the right time it needed. Now we were trying 57 minutes. It may sound ridiculous but in cooking even 1 minutes is important.

I heard the "bip bip" of the timer letting me know that the brain was finally cooked. My friend and I gathered and tasted the brain. We exchanged a look and nodded. It wasn't perfect but it was the lest awful and we finally had the texture we wanted. As for our two other friends, they seemed to have also found the taste they wanted. We then gathered and tried to find a way to put everything together.

Tao then said that he had an idea and added that we could trust him. I was a bit suspicious about it. He was too confident. I knew that he would do something silly but I didn't prevent him. There was nothing wrong to have fun from time to time. Lay, D.O and I prepared a table for Jongdae. The chief appeared a few minutes later, impatient to taste what we made.

He sat at the table and Tao brought the covered plate. He had this goofy smile that he always wore after having done a silly thing. He gently took off the lid. I closed my eyes and sighed. I knew it.. I heard Lay covering his mouth while chuckling. D.O was looking down and biting his lips not to laugh.  Tao did a face  with the ingredients we cooked. He had put the brain in the middle of the plate, forming a mass. He placed the tongue at the bottom of it and the eyes on the middle. The ears were made of salad.

I must admit that it was very funny. I think that we didn't have the same sense of humor with Jongdae. He glared at each of us. We immediately stopped laughing. Tao stepped back to line up with us. The chief picked up his fork and tasted the brain. I tried to read what he was thinking on his face but this man was a real grave. He had the same expression when he tasted the tongue and the eyes.

When he finished, he stood up and asked us who did what. We explained him the role of each of us. He nodded a bit and scolded us.

-"This is unacceptable ! A real shame ! How can you present such a thing to customers? Even if you had never cooked these ingredients you must have found a way to put them together !" he yelled

We were lining in front of him, all our heads were low. We knew that we would be scolded like that. It didn't feel good at all. We disappointed the biggest Cook in Korea. Well, we only can blame ourselves. After having scolded us, he took a deep breath and added

-"However..  I would never have imagined that such rookies like you could do something like that."

I immediately lifted my head up. Was it a compliment?

-"You did a good work."

My face lightened with a big smile. Chief Jongdae actually enjoyed what we cooked ! We looked at each other and proudly smiled. Cooking with these guys was the best. The cook smiled at us and told us that we were free for the rest of the day. I asked him to repeat. Was he serious? As he gave me the same answer, we bowed to him and gathered our belongings before heading outside.

It was already one pm. Nobody knew what to do. Lay wanted to meet his girlfriend but she had some schedule and they couldn't meet up. We ended up deciding just to hang out and go to a coffee shop. But before, we were going in my apartment to change our clothes.

It was quite funny to see every people in the bus looking weirdly at us. We were indeed wearing our cook uniform. We were so excited to have our afternoon free that we had forgotten to change ourselves. We get out of the bus at my stop and walked toward my house. We were joking about Jongdae's face when he saw the face. It was so funny. I wished I had recorded him with my phone.. well if I had done it, he probably would have killed me.

I opened my tenement's door and we entered in. D.O and Tao kept on bickering in the stairs. I sighed, they were so loud. I was about to open my door when I saw a mass of letter in front of it. I frowned a bit and picked up one. I ripped it in pieces as I recognized the other. Lay gave me a worried glance. I tried to reassured him with a smile but I wasn't very peaceful myself. She hadn't seen me for two days and she was harassing me like that. Anyway, if she continued to harass me like this, I was going to report her to the police.

I pushed the letters away and opened my apartment. Tao rushed in the Kitchen and opened the fridge. He was hungry. He slammed the fridge's door and accused me of being a mean friend who doesn't even have food for his friends. I rolled my eyes and didn't answered him. I was already having a hard time feeding myself and I should feed my friends... Sorry Tao but I can't.

I walk toward my room and changed myself. D.O talked to me about Sulli. He was obviously worried about it. I shrugged. It had already been a long time since the first time I rejected her. I was quite used to all to this. My friend still warned me and begged me to be careful. I patted his head and promised him before running away while avoiding a pillow.

Once everyone was changed, we walked in the convenient store in front of my tenement to buy some sandwiches  to eat. Indeed, we were so concentrated on cooking that we had forgotten to eat. I greeted the owner and talked to her a bit while my friends were choosing what they wanted. I told her about yesterday and today. She chuckled a bit. I asked her who was replacing me at night. She explained that she found a French girl who was studying here. She was very funny but her Korean was very good. I nodded. How interesting, it would be nice if I could meet her.

The owner did a discount for us. We thanked her and walked out of the store. Lay didn't want to take the bus. He wanted to walk around. We agreed with him and started to walk around in the streets. We were very loud with our laughs. People were looking at us with a smile. It was pretty cool to make them smile. After a hour of wandering in the streets, we finally found a good coffee shop that wasn't very expensive.

When we entered in, Lay recognized some of our classmates. It impressed me. I never thought that he actually knew who was in our class. Anyway, we walked toward them and sat with them. They seemed to be happy to see us. Even though it only had been two days since we left, they wanted to know how it was with the Chief. I let Tao the pleasure to explain everything to them. Of course the only thing he did was complaining and whining. I couldn't help but smiling. It was hard for sure, but it wasn't really that bad.

I was having fun with all of my friends. It made me forget about Sulli's case for a while. After half an hour, I looked outside through the window and froze. On the street in front of the coffee shop, she was here. She was staring at me with a disturbing look. I shivered. Lay was the first one to notice her. All of my friends knew about the problem I had with her. They advised me not to go but I had to. I had to talk to her so I could put an end at everything.

I stood up and walked out of the coffee shop. I crossed the road and stepped toward her. She kept on looking at me straight in the eyes. Her gaze scared me. I uneasily rubbed the back of my neck and opened my mouth to talk.

-"You are mine" she said before I could "You can only be MINE. I won't let anyone touch you. I will protect you ! Don't worry, you are safe with me. Even if that person is famous, I will protect you, mine..mine.."

I tried to act as normal as I could. What was she talking about? Was she really serious? She was scaring me. She chuckled a bit and walked away. I stood there for a few seconds. I shook my head. I must have misheard her. She couldn't have pronounced these words. That was completely insane. Protecting me? This crazy girl...

POV Luhan

I rolled on my bed. I was bored! I wanted to play but I didn't know what. It had been a few hours now since we came back to the restaurant with Suho. He was called by my CEO and left me. I pouted how dared he leave me? I snuggled my face in the pillow. Anyway the food I ate was sooo delicious. And I mean it ! µShould I talk about it in one of my interview or in one show? I shook my head. No, I shouldn't. The pwner told me that she liked that calmness in her restaurant. If I ever talk about it, the restaurant would be immediately crowded.

I sighed. What should I do?? I took Mr Bunny and looked at it.

-"Do you have any idea?" I asked it.

I suddenly knew what I could do. I smiled at my best friend and thanked it before rushing out of my room. I walked toward the living room and stopped. Wait... what was I about to do? Uh-oh.. I guess I forgot what I wanted to do. I pouted. I hated when it happened. And well, it happened more than I wanted. I walked toward the living room and sat on the sofa.

I the TV. It was the news. I frowned a bit as I heard the name of my manager. What was going on? Apparently I was in the middle of a scandal with Shin Hye and he was explaining everything to the media with Shin Hye's manager. They are really annoying to always imagine a scandal. It wasn't my first one so I was a bit used to hear about me in the media.

It is somehow weird to learn something about you through the TV. But well, it's how an actor's life is. I changed the channel to the cartoons. I sighed again, I was still bored... I heard my phone ringing suddenly. It was an unknown number. I frowned a bit. Only the people I worked with knew about this number. I picked my phone up and answered.

-"Hey there, So you're the one who is going out with my girlfriend?"

I froze. Crap, it's Park Shin Hye's boyfriend !! What can I do? What should I do? It was just a friendly hang out ! nothing more !! I started to panic. Even though I was quite close to him, I still felt uneasy with him.

-"I... I errmm.. It's just , not like this ! We, she, I, friends !" I stuttered.

I heard the man's voice laughing. He wasn't trying to have any explanation, he was trusting his girlfriend. He just missed me a bit. It had been a long time since the both of us met, so he wanted to talk a bit with me. I smiled nervously. I wasn't really fine with hanging out with a stranger... I took a deep breath and accepted to meet him. He offered to meet at my house. I agreed.

I put my phone on the sofa. I couldn't believe what I just did. I accepted a complete stranger to come in my apartment ! What was happening to me? I rushed to my room and hid myself under the blanket. I don't want to meet him ! I don't want to meet him ! But I couldn't tell him no after having agreed. I sighed and sat up on my bed while whining.

I stood up and walked in the bathroom. I checked at myself in the mirror. Not really bad. I walked back to my room and grabbed Mr Bunny before stepping toward the living room. I sat on the sofa and waited for him to come. I tried to calm down. Come on Luhan, it's not the first time that you meet him. Don't be so nervous.. I messed my hair and pouted. Jongsuk was a kind man, I liked him. The only problem was that he liked to do skinship. He loved hugs and such things. I was afraid to have a weird reaction in front of him.

I tilted my head. We were close for sure but I never wondered if we were friend or not. May be he only considered me as a co worker? I shrugged we would see later. My heart missed a beat as I heard a knock on the door. I deeply breathed and stood up to open the door. Jongsuk opened his arm wide and stepped ahead before stopping.

-"Right ! No hug for you !" He said with a big smile on his face

I was a bit surprised. How did he know that I didn't like hugs? In front of my puzzled face, he explained that my manager told him about my strong shyness and that he couldn't touch me. I discreetly sighed in relief and relaxed a bit. I offered him some coffee. We walked in the kitchen. 

As  I was making the coffee, we started to talk about the new drama I was going to play in the next week with his girlfriend. I told him that I was impatient to play in this drama. I loved the character I was given. We kept on talking of everything and nothing while drinking the coffee. I had forgotten how easy going he was. It seemed like I had always known him. This type of persons was the best.

He suddenly asked me who were the four people that my brother chose. I told him about them and how kind they were. He kept on silently listening to me with his big cheerful smile on his lips. I suddenly realized that I was talking too much about them and quickly changed the subject.

-"Oh no, keep on talking about that Xiumin. He seems to be a really kind man" he said

I couldn't help but blushing at his words. Did I talk about him too much? I felt stupid, I didn't want him to get the wrong idea.. Fortunately, his manager called him and he had to go. I walked with him until the door and bowed to him. He opened the door and was about to go when he turned around to face me and said

-"You seem to be a bit different since the last time we met.... more open? I guess?"

He left the apartment after these words. I tilted my head. Did I really changed?