Mi Young’s POV:

We got in the car and Eun was placed in the back, next to Onew and Hoya. I climbed in shotgun next to SungGyu. The others had gone back earlier, while Eun was asleep; I shot Eun a quick glance as she settled on Onew’s shoulder and went back to sleep. I bit my bottom lip, it’s my fault…if only I found the medicine earlier and had warned her. She wouldn’t be….like this…mute…and weak. Tears pricked at the corners of my eyes as I chewed on my bottom lip in an attempt to dissuade the tears. A warm hand grasped mine, averting my gaze from Eun to SungGyu. He gave me a reassuring smile and I smiled back at him weakly as we pulled on to the highway.

“What have I told you about doing that to your lips?” He chided lightly.

I cast my gaze downward and his hand squeezed mine gently.

“She’ll be ok, just keep fighting. For her.” He said calmly.

I nodded weakly; I still couldn’t help but feel like it was my fault. He let go of my hand and
returned his attention to the road. I turned to look out the window, yesterday and today’s events playing over and over again in my head. Eun taking that deadly bite of the waffles, followed by the violent puking; me rushing to find the meds, and all the crying. But oh god when her heart stopped….it was like my own was being ripped out. I was so hysterical that they refused to let me in the ambulance so Hoya went instead. The others went straight to the hospital, WooHyun included. I however, locked myself in my room, trying to calm down. The only thoughts that had crossed my mind were how was I gonna tell KangDae, and what the hell was gonna happen if she didn’t come out of this. Just as my darker thoughts had absorbed me SungGyu came bursting into my room. He saw me and knelt next to me, only then did it register that I was crying. He pulled me into a comforting hug and my hair, whispering soothing words in my ear. I fell over, my legs suddenly unable to hold me up, my knees buckling. SungGyu had caught me and lowered me to the ground, never once letting go. I just remember sobbing into his chest, whispering how it was my fault, and how I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself.

I guess I had fallen asleep like that because the next thing I remember was him bringing me
to see Eun when Key called. He held my hand tightly as we entered the hospital; and when I saw Eun on the bed, awake I broke down again. Dropping to my knees, whispering “thank god” as I cried; Eun blinked at me and opened to speak but no words came out. Oh god…she’s mute…no no no….not again….Eunnie. I was brought out of my thoughts by SungGyu’s hand brushing against my cheek.
“Hey…we’re here.” He said softly.

I blinked, and realized that we were in fact at the house, and there were tears silently streaming down my cheeks.
“C’mon, let’s go inside.” He said softly.

I nodded, and unbuckled my seatbelt. I opened my door and silently slid out; I went to open the back seat door to get Eun but then I realized no one was in there. I blinked and let out a soft “oh.”

“Hoya brought her in. She’s still sleeping though.” SungGyu answered my question as he came around the car onto my side.

“She needs to rest…” I said softly.

SungGyu nodded solemnly and I went on ahead; brushing the tears out of my eyes. Song Mi
Young doesn’t cry, I won’t show my weakened state to the oppas, or Eun. I can’t. Eun doesn’t need the stress. I walked into the house silently, I walked through the living room; everyone had gathered there, presumably to wait for Eun to wake up. I walked past all of them, silently. The tears were pricking at my eyes once more, aish…I stormed past all of them, including a panicked WooHyun and headed straight for my SungGyu’s room. I entered and slammed the door behind me, diving onto the bed as soon as the door was closed. I heard WooHyun crying from the living room and I began to cry as well. There was a soft knock on the door and SungGyu entered. He looked at me and I pulled a pillow up to my chest hugging it, and sat up; staring him down stubbornly. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

“You’re crying again…” He said calmly.

“No I’m not.” I replied stubbornly.

“Mi Young…” He whispered.

He walked over to me and sat down next to me on the bed, he put an arm around me and I
leaned into him.

“It’s okay for you to cry you know.” He said soothingly.

“No it ing isn’t. I don’t deserve to. It’s my fault.” I replied.

“You know, WooHyunnie’s in the living room saying the exact same thing.”

“Namu….he didn’t know. It’s not his fault, I should have told him.” I whispered solemnly.

“Mi Younggie, you’re being too hard on yourself, it wasn’t your fault.”

“Yes it is……I hate myself for this.”

“He thinks you hate him.”

“No….I don’t….I just can’t face them like this…”

“Tell him that seems to me like you both need to hear it. That it wasn’t your fault.”

“But it was! I knew about the allergy but I didn’t say anything! It didn’t even cross my mind! I’m such a horrible friend; I almost let her DIE SungGyu. Do you get that?!” I yelled, the tears pouring down my cheeks.

“You didn’t almost let her die, according to Key the paramedics said you found the medicine just in time.”

“She DIED SungGyu, I saw the heart rate monitor flat line. I did this to her!” I cried.

“No, no….shh….come on Mi Young listen to me. The cinnamon did this, miscommunication did this, you did not.” SungGyu said calmly.

“….Gyu…..” I cried harder.

“Shh…..it’s okay Mi Younggie….” He whispered into my hair.

He rubbed circles into my back and held me tight, as I cried another knock was on the door. The sound of soft sobbing was heard.

“Mi Young? …I’m sorry….I really am….it’s my fault…” WooHyun whispered softly in between sobs. I pulled away from SungGyu.

“WooHyunnie…” I whispered.

“It’s all my fault….I’m sorry….so so sorry…” WooHyun cried.

I shot out of SungGyu’s arms and ran to the door; leaving the leader on the bed. I opened the
door and hugged the weeping WooHyun. He cried harder, I think he thought I was gonna hit him. I held onto him tightly and cried as well. I managed to compose myself long enough to remember what SungGyu had told me, that he thought I hated him.

“Namu….I don’t….I don’t hate you….it wasn’t your fault….you didn’t know…” I said in between sobs.

“Mi Younggie.” He sobbed.

He wrapped his arms around me and we cried, holding on to each other. Vaguely, I could
tell SungGyu was standing over us, making sure we were still breathing through all the tears. I heard shuffling and WooHyun and I looked up, and saw Eun standing in the hallway.

“Why…..crying?” She whispered, her voice was hoarse.

“Eunnie…” I yelled.

I tackled the barely recovered girl and hugged her tightly, afraid to let her go. She stared at me in confusion and I glanced back at WooHyun who was smiling solemnly.

“Come ‘ere Namu.” I beckoned.

WooHyun stood up and walked over to us and Eun and I pulled him into our hug. We
hugged tightly and then my phone rang, I pulled out of the hug and left the two to hug it out. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and answered it. When I realized who it was I left the room, and we spoke in hushed tones. The phone call only lasted about a minute and I sighed. Ok, I am officially scared out of my ever living mind; I just got off the phone with my eldest sister and what she told me scared the out of me. my life. What do I do? OMFG. I went back into the living room to find everyone sitting there talking and worrying over still hoarse but able to speak Eun. I was jumpy ever since I hung up with my sister, most of the oppas were oblivious to this, and Eun was equally as oblivious. I left the living room, avoiding the oppas as I did. As soon as I was out of view I ran to the wardrobe room, I need to think about this. I entered the quiet room and closed the door behind me, with my mind and my heart racing a mile a minute. I sat down amongst a pile of clothes, cross legged as if I was about to meditate.

What am I going to do?! If I tell the oppas they’ll flip way the out and the dorm will become a warzone. If Eun finds out she’ll be even worse than I am right now. I could tell Leeteuk-oppa and see what he suggests, but he might tell Kyuhyunnie or Eunhyuk and that would be BAD. . I need to calm down and think about how to handle this calmly. Take a deep breath, close your eyes and breathe. I closed my eyes and repeated the mantra in my head; just as I has begun to relax the door slammed open behind me.

“HOLY MOTHER OF HOGOD!” I yelled in surprise.

I shot up, adrenaline flowing like crazy my heart felt like it was about to burst out of my chest. I
turned slowly and saw L standing there staring me down. God…at least it wasn’t Minho or Key. I flopped back down on the floor with a sigh.

“For the love of lemon candies boy. What. The. ?!”I yelled. The boy scared the bejeezus outta me.
“Are you ok?” He asked.

My left eye twitched; the nerve of this y er.

“Am I ok? No godammit! You scared the out of me!” I growled.

L walked into the room, closing the door behind him as he entered. Once the door was closed
the store softened slightly.

“No, I meant are you ok? You’ve been acting jumpy since that phone call.”

“You’re really observant aren’t you.” I sighed.

He nodded and sat down next to me, I could probably tell him. L’s calm about most things…oh
who am I kidding? I need to talk to someone….

“It’s a long story.” I warned.

“I’m not doing anything.” He replied quickly.

“Alright, so I was talking to my sister.” I started.

“I figured considering you flipped out when you got the call.” He said with a smirk.

“Shuddup ya wise-.” I muttered and I punched him lightly.

“Anyway, continue.”

“Well, she’s marrying Eun’s older brother KangDae this spring. KangDae’s really umm….protective.”

“Most older brothers are.”

“No I mean like Hoya combined with Minho protective.” I stressed. Since I was Eun’s friend since forever KangDae was like my own older brother and to call him “overprotective” was an EXTREME understatement. I remember when he found out I had a boyfriend last year…he went BEZERK. I mean was yelling profanities and threatening to murder him with a rusty pizza cutter. Once Yun had calmed him down he didn’t speak to me for two weeks. Eun was
really upset, she knew about the whole thing, albeit she was more than a little confused; however, she didn’t like him that much and since she’s so close to her brother…well…she was practically in tears. God I’m so screwed, if he found out about the cinnamon incident I am DEAD.

“Oh.” L said.

“Yeah, oh. And when Eun and I told him he wanted to go on the show he went ballistic.”

“Ah…so…he’s coming here?”

“Yeah, he found out…somehow. I’m gonna die.”

“I take it this won’t be good.”

“Ya think?!” I snapped. I’m so dead, ah! I put my head in my hands and groaned. L put his arm around me comfortingly, and pulled me up. I looked over at him and he smiled at me.

“We’ll fix this don’t worry.” He said reassuringly.

“How?” I asked.

“Just wait here for me to come back ok?” He said with a reassuring smile.

With that he left me standing there confused, watching him leave. What the hell is he going to
do? He returned after a few minutes with Eun and Key. He grabbed my hand and led me out of the room.

“Key knows?” I asked.

“Yeah, and we are getting you two out of here so you don’t get caught in the crossfire.” Key answered.

“Where are we going oppas?” Eun asked as Key dragged her through the hallways.

“Eunnie….KangDae found out. He’s coming for a visit; I explained my voice anxious and solemn.

“Oh ! Move! Move! Move!” She yelled.

With that the four of us burst into a run, we had just gotten outside and I thought maybe we
would have gotten away. THEN, we ran smack into KangDae. . . Motherer.

“Oh !” I yelled in surprise, backing away almost instantly.

“Yah! Eun! Mi Young!” He yelled.

Eun didn’t react fast enough, shocked by KangDae’s arrival to the point where she was frozen in place. KangDae grabbed her and pulled her to him. She fought weakly against him, the after affects of the cinnamon poisoning still present. I am DEAD. . He was practically trembling with rage, and to be honest I was scared less. Key and L stepped in front of me and L gave KangDae the “Jiu” stare. How the hell KangDae didn’t spontaneously combust is beyond me.

“Mi Young! Come here! NOW!” He roared.

“KangDae-oppa…” Eun tried.

“Shut up Eun! You came to this ing show even though I told you not to!” He shouted at her. With that Eun began to cry and my fear was replaced with rage.

“KangDae you er! Don’t talk to her like that!” I roared.

“SHUT UP MI YOUNG! She almost died because of you! I got a call from the ing EMERGENCY ROOM! The emergency room! Because she ate cinnamon! CINNAMON! My little sister was ing POISONED!” He yelled at me.

That hit me. Hard. My guilt resurfaced with a vengeance. I had practically killed my best friend
because I couldn’t warn her in time. Oh god…. The tears began pricking at the corner of my eyes. Key pulled me into a hug; protectively, holding me.

“Yah! I don’t care who the you are! Back off!” Key roared.

“No YOU back off; you gay- motherer. I’m their brother, their REAL brother, and I am taking them with me.” KangDae spat. At the sound of all the yelling the rest of the oppas came outside, confused and in Minho and Hoya’s cases, very VERY angry. Key and L were momentarily distracted by their arrival and KangDae ripped me from Key’s arms. I tried to get away from him, jerking and twisting out of his grip and he yelled at me some more.

“Mi Young you little stop fighting me!” He yelled.

“No godammit! KangDae let me go! You’re hurting!” I screamed.

His grip on my forearm was painful, nails digging into my skin. There was gonna be a helluva
bruise there tomorrow. The next thing I knew I hit the hard concrete, I could hear Key, Eun and a few of the oppas gasp. I tasted blood on the inside of my mouth; the bastard hit me. He hit me. I looked up at my adoptive oppas, tears threatening to spill. The guilt, the fear, the pain and the anger all melded into a surge of emotions. Minho was furious and yelling at KangDae like crazy, Eun was sobbing. How did all of this happen? This morning I was laughing with DongWoo and JongHyun, now I was on the floor, almost in tears; my cheek stinging like crazy.

“KangDae! How could you?!” Eun sobbed.

“Shut up! Do you have any idea how scared I was for you?!” He roared.

Key rushed over to me, pulling himself out of Jjong’s arms to run to me; only to be shoved back by KangDae. This was bad. The world around me slowed to a stop, Eun’s sobbing was the only thing I could hear. I stood up slowly and my hands clenched and unclenched. I will not ing cry; not until this is over. My long loose hair hung in my face and I heard JongHyun, KangDae, Minho and Hoya screaming at each other. The leaders were trying to remain calm and deal with the situation. I couldn’t tell what L and DongWoo were doing but WooHyunnie and Key were each holding their “sons”. I clenched my teeth tightly.

“KangDae-oppa.” I spoke softly, my voice barely above a whisper: cheek, stinging.
The tears were threatening to fall any moment now despite my refusal to cry; my emotions
were running rampant. KangDae had gotten pissed off at me before that was nothing new considering our clashing protective personalities. But, he had never laid a hand on me before. Let alone hit me. He turned to me, eyes a blaze. The normally happy chocolate eyes, black with rage and crazed with emotions. I held his gaze and my right hand made a tight fist.

“Mi Young…” before he could finish his sentence my fist connected with his jaw. Hard.
The look of surprise on his face as I hit him was uncensored and the force of my punch knocked him back. I was shaking with rage and Eun ran over to me. A tear slowly spilled out of my eye, KangDae took a step back from me; his hand cupping his jaw.

“KangDae you listen to me.” I growled, all though my voice was cracking under the strain my tone was low and threatening. “Get out of here before I murder you.”

KangDae looked up at me, ready to speak, injured jaw clenched tightly.

“Mi Young—”

“DON’T!” I cut him off. I took a deep breath before continuing. “Don’t ing talk to me.” My voice was scary calm.

I could see the oppas and KangDae tensing; he knew what he had done. The “devil” as Eun
called it has appeared and she’s pissed. I opened my mouth to continue when I heard Minho growl. He stepped forward towards us and I stopped his movement by simply lifting my hand. The wind shifted and the atmosphere changed significantly; it went from emotional to deadly calm. They could all tell not to interfere, or even approach me.

“I can handle this Minho.” I said, the calm in my voice causing everyone to shiver. My eyes never left KangDae’s; he faltered under my intense gaze. The death glare I gave him was chilling him to the core.

“KangDae I understand you are angry, but you crossed the line. I don’t even care that you HIT me.” I started. A lone tear rolled down my cheek, one of the people I considered my family was doing so much damage to others I cared deeply about. I wanted to cry my heart out with Eun. Hell, I wanted to punch him again; the emotions had begun to consume me.

“Can’t you see you did more harm than good?!” I yelled.

Another tear ran down my face, Eun tightened her grip on me. KangDae looked into my eyes; his maddened and crazed gaze had been replaced by one of sorrow, and guilt. The severity of his rage fueled actions had hit him.

“Mi Young—”

“Save it KangDae.” I cut him off again.

I was severely disappointed, God it hurts so much. My heart was ripping to shreds inside my
chest; KangDae stepped towards me, mouth open to speak. I pushed Eun behind me and stared him down, he was trying to find the right words. Choosing carefully. I heard Key and WooHyun collect Eun and mutter soothing words to her, trying to calm her sobbing.

“Mianhe.” KangDae whispered.

Before I could retort a shout of “Mi Young!” tore my death stare from my guilt ridden relative to
the man that pulled me away. I looked up at the man that was currently holding me in his arms
protectively, it was Kyuhyun. Where the hell did he come from? He stared KangDae down angrily and then looked down at me. He saw the red handprint on my cheek and returned his gaze to KangDae; a murderous aura emanating from him. Great, just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse. He opened his mouth to speak and I turned away from KangDae; the need to cry my heart out was just too much.

“Hyung, let me handle this. Take care of Mi Young.” L spoke up.

I felt Kyuhyun nod and pull me away from KangDae; I was close to losing it. He held me tightly
and whispered soothing words into my hair, I heard L calmly speaking to KangDae. I can’t cry, I need to be strong….I can’t cry. Kyuhyun led me over to where DongWoo, Key, WooHyun, the Maknaes and Eunhyuk were. Eunhyuk held Eun tightly, concealing her small frame.

“Mi Younggie….” She whispered when she saw me.

I looked up at her, her face was tearstained and she looked heartbroken.

“You don’t need to be strong for me. Cry your heart out.” She said. When she said that the flood gates let all hell run rampant on me; the tears poured out of my eyes and I sobbed into Kyuhyun’s chest. His shirt was getting wet but he didn’t seem to mind, I held on to his shirt for dear life.

“Shhh, Mi Younggie I’m here it’ll be ok.” I heard him whisper. He kissed the top of my head gently and rubbed my back as I cried. Dammit and I said I wouldn’t cry. After a few minutes I pulled my head away from his chest, and tried to pull out of his grip. I’m stronger than this dammit. He refused to let me go and held me in place. I looked over at Eun and she gave me a weak smile that I tried my best to return. I calmed my sobbing for the most part, and Eun
gave me a questioning look. I shook my head; I’m done crying because KangDae ed up. My cheek still hurt like a motherer though. Kyuhyun kissed my forehead lightly.

“You ok?” he asked concerned.

“Why does everyone keep asking me that?” I replied with a small laugh.

“Because your cheek is bright red and you were sobbing.”

I shook my head lightly and he pulled me closer; my ear rested against his chest. I could hear his heartbeat, and the steady rhythm was somewhat calming. I heard L, SungGyu and Onew’s voices closer than they were before and I looked around. L was walking toward us while the leaders stayed with KangDae.

“L-oppa?” Eun asked.

“KangDae would like to talk to both of you, but that’s only if you feel up to it. He’s calmed down a lot.” He said calmly. I could tell L was just as upset about this incident as the rest of us but remained calmer than most.

“I’ll go talk to him; he’s my brother after all.” Eun said pulling out of Eunhyuk’s embrace.

“Tell him he can go shove it as far as I am concerned.” I called after her as she left with L.

“You want me to kick his ?” Kyuhyun asked.

“No.” I sighed.

“Who is he anyway?”

“My future brother in law.”

“Bwoh?”

“Yeah, my sister’s gonna marry him.”

Kyuhyun stared down at me and I saw KangDae and Eun walk over from the corner of my eye. I turned to I could face them and I felt Kyuhyun’s grip tighten a bit. KangDae was looking at the ground.

“Mi Young…I’m sorry, I over reacted…I didn’t mean to…” He couldn’t even utter what he did.
I sighed and forcibly pulled away from Kyuhyun. I hugged KangDae and he hugged me back; I
really am too forgiving with this boy. He may be a up sometimes but he’s my up.

“It’s ok. You’re still a douche bag.” I said. He laughed and let me go.

“I really am sorry…. Oh, by the way. The wedding is in two months.”

Ladies and gentlemen I present to you KangDae, king of mood swings, awkward moments and non-sequitors….wait…WHAT?!

“WHAT?!” I yelled.

“Yeah, and Yun wanted both of you to help her plan for the wedding….”

“So, we have to go back with you?” Eun asked.

“Yeah-”

“No way in hell! MINE!” Kyuhyun and Eunhyuk yelled.

And once again we were picked up and being carried away by Kyuhyun and Eunhyuk. Seriously what is with these people?!

“DAMN KOREANS! BRING BACK MY SISTERS!” KangDae yelled after us.

“YOU’RE KOREAN TOO PABO!!!!!!” Key screeched.

Sigh, of course. Here we go again, round two anyone?

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A/N: So... Key-umma didn’t leave an author’s note, but if she did, she would say
DOUBLE UPDATE ES!!!!!!
xD
I hope you all like this update. I promise the KangDae/Yun wedding will bring much crack in the future. We just wanted to try and have a serious section of this story ahhaha.

Thanks again!
~Dobu