There are advantages to being out of the training camp. I'm not running everywhere, for one… even though that may change on Monday. For the next three days I don't have someone on my case 24/7 and that's damned nice. But the biggest advantage to being in transition is…a phone!!!

And, man, would I have loved to see Junsu's face when I called him. Shame these phones are too old to make video calls.

I wasn't sure he'd take the call, actually. He wouldn't have known the number I was calling from and it's call-collect, but my dongsaeng has good instincts. He picked up and I got to surprise him.

It was great hearing his voice. I got the chance to tell him about the surprise my team mates had arranged for me, that I'd been able to see him sing on TV. He started to sound a bit husky at that, but when I about it he told me I sounded as if I was on holiday rather than in the army.

That I sounded happy.

And I was.

Am.

Strange though it seems.

It wasn't a long call, somebody yelled for me to get it moving, but I can call him again. And just knowing that I can talk to people when I want to is… giddy.