Hanging out with the guys here reminds me of hanging out with Chunnie and Su. The same kind of random, disjointed conversations, the strange jokes that sometimes only raise a laugh after a lengthy explanation, the dares and bets and simply goofing around.

Junsu was horrified to find that I hadn't been anywhere near Twitter even though I now have computer access, but then… I have the crazy right here. I go running shirtless every morning… because of a dare. I autograph uniforms and body parts… because of a dare. I've even written a proposal for one of the guys - and if that isn't strange, when I've never written one of my own…

Junsu called it tribute and he's not wrong. But the way I see it, a few minutes of mad are a very small price to pay for more normal than I've had in ten years. And that's the other thing that reminds me of Yoochun and Junsu: the guys I'm serving with can embrace the mad, and then let me have the normal. And I can handle that. Even if it makes me feel a little like something rare that's escaped from the zoo and found a new home on the base.