“Where are we going?” she asked staring out the window.

“To Incheon.”

“Incheon?!”

“You heard me,” he said, “Incheon.”

“What…why!”

“Why are you screaming in my ears when I’m right here?” he asked succeeding in getting on her nerves.

“Lee Donghae! Bring me back to Seoul.”

“No can do.”

“What are you up to?”

Donghae turned to her with a mischievous expression on his face, “Mmm…about that…you’ll find out. So, sit tight and sleep or something.”

Victoria frowned deeply at him and turned away from him mumbling under her breath. And just almost an hour later she stared at the familiar house before her. She’d only seen it once and had only been in it once and that was after she’d been to Chief Kang’s.

“What are you doing?” she asked in a threatening tone turning to look at Donghae who was taking the seatbelt off him.

“Lets go.” he unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car.

Victoria laughed sarcastically to herself and quickly locked the door when Donghae finally made his way around the car. He unlocked the car but she locked it again and after a few times of repeating that he finally opened the door and forced her out.

“Why are you being like this?” he asked holding onto her hand.

“Why are you being like this?” she threw the question back at him.

He just stared at her and began walking toward the door.

“Lee Donghae, this isn’t funny.” she said. “Give me a good explanation right now. Where’s Jung Hee Sun?”

“Why are you worried? Just trust me.” he opened the door and led her inside.

Victoria let out a loud sigh and almost tripped after him when she entered the house.

“Ah…Donghae…” a voice said turning around from the kitchen.

Victoria stared at him feeling embarrassment fly through her. She quickly gave him a 90 degree bow.

“Hello.” Victoria greeted.

His uncle stared at her at first and before he could say anything Donghae cut in, “Uncle, I said before I’d bring my girlfriend to visit you.”

His uncle fully turned from around where he was standing and glanced at them with a questioning expression on his face then he eventually smiled after the confusion passed.

“Victoria Song, correct?” he asked. “Hi, I’m Donghae’s uncle.”

“Hi.” Victoria greeted again. “I’m Victoria Song.”

His uncle smiled kindly.

“Uncle, I’m going to show her around.” Donghae interrupted.

“I’ll fix up something quick for you two,” his uncle said turning back into the kitchen.

Victoria frowned at Donghae before he pulled her toward the stairs. Stopping at the bottom she glanced around quickly before turning to him.

“What was with that?” she asked.

“It’s true, isn’t it?” he asked.

Victoria rolled her eyes before he suddenly picked her up. Letting a shout of surprise he frowned at her.

“Be quiet, will you?” he asked.

“Put me down.” Victoria continued glaring at him.

“Boy, I don’t know how many times you’ve given me that look,” he said in a teasing manner. “My uncle is purposely giving us the time to be alone.”

“Didn’t you tell him to leave us alone?” Victoria asked feeling him begin to climb up the stairs. “But really, where are we going?” Victoria turned to look around the hallway when they reached the top.

She remembered going into the guest room at the end of the hallway but Donghae had gone in the opposite direction. Donghae turned down that direction opposite from the guest room and after opening a door and closing it Victoria felt him half toss her onto a fluffy surface. Before she could get a look around he immediately jumped beside her face down and turned to look at her with a cheerful smile which quickly melted the memory that was coming to her in her mind.

“Where’s this?” she asked looking at the blue ceiling.

“My room.”

“What?”

Donghae turned over so that they were both staring at the ceiling.

“Aren’t you going to freak out?” he asked.

Victoria was quiet, “No.”

“Why?”

“Because you’re Lee Donghae.”

“This has been my room ever since I moved in,” he said as if his room were a person. “It’s the largest bedroom in the house. Even my uncle’s bedroom isn’t quite as big as this.”

“Maybe because he knew you’re a selfish person.” Victoria joked.

“Don’t go around telling people that.” he warned and watched her sit up.

“You left that there?” she asked pointing to an object on his desk facing them.

Donghae also sat up to find her pointing at the picture in the photo frame.

“Are you surprised?” he asked.

“Not really.” she replied. “Eunhyuk told me what happened that night. He said you sounded pitiful.”

“That jerk even said that.” she heard him mutter.

Feeling like laughing she locked her arm around his and leaned against his shoulder.

/////

Eunhyuk looked up when his friend joined him at the table. The urgent wind telling its story of the upcoming cold blew over his warm bowl of soup.

“Is Hee Sun at school?” Donghae asked.

“Yep.”

“Hee Sun seems to be maturing.”

“She’s not maturing or growing up,” Eunhyuk stated, “she only did it because she needed to. It was the only way to relieve herself. Even if she hangs onto you she’ll continue to feel like she’s suffocating.”

He watched Donghae open a pack of chips.

“Why? Aren’t you going to join me for a drink?” Eunhyuk asked.

“I’m in too happy a mood to drink.” Donghae replied.

“Something good happen?” Eunhyuk wondered.

“Very good.” Donghae smiled. “Lets not take too long, ok? Victoria’s at my house.”

“Really?” Eunhyuk asked. “Yea, you’re sure to be happy.”

“Hyuk,” Donghae finally sounded serious, “about the rehab, don’t you dare say a thing about it to her.”

Eunhyuk glanced at him. “You think I don’t know?”

Donghae smiled and lightly slapped him across the arm. “I’m going to go now. You enjoy yourself.”

/////

Kim Heechul walked into the small building and found Sasha’s desk empty when he entered. Heechul almost turned away but turned back when he noticed something interesting on her desk.

Picking up a piece of paper he read, “Hangzhou rehabilitation center?”

The door suddenly opened and Sasha walked out of Chief Kang’s office. She first stared at him then noticed the paper in his hands. Rushing over she took from his hands.

“Don’t go touching things that belong to others,” she snapped. “This is an investigation bureau.”

“Oh,” Heechul said, “then why would you leave things lying around then? It’s not my fault I picked it up. I was just curious. You should get into the habit of keeping it some place where people won’t go snooping around, like your desk drawer.”

Sasha just stared at him before she sat down. Turning away from her Heechul walked into the chief’s office.

“Afternoon chief,” Heechul greeted.

“Kim Heechul!” the chief gladly greeted looking up from the papers on his desk. “Do you need something? Why are you stopping by today?”

“I just wanted to see how things were going.”

“Oh, really? We’re getting quite busy now,” Chief Kang replied.

“Is that so?”

Chief Kang nodded. Before Donghae had left he’d told him not to tell anyone about his trip to China. Keeping that in mind Chief Kang just smiled at Heechul.

“I didn’t know Donghae returned to work,” Heechul said slightly turning toward the door.

“Oh, Donghae?” the chief said. “He returned quite a while ago.”

“Is he still in Seoul?”

“He moved back to Incheon, but he may be going back to Seoul.” Chief Kang replied.

“Move back? Why?” Heechul felt curious.

“His girlfriend lives in Seoul.” Chief Kang replied.

“Girlfriend?” Heechul repeated. “Who?”

“I don’t think I can tell you that.” Chief Kang replied.

“Haven’t you always been known to be an open talker?” Heechul questioned.

“This is inside information,” Chief Kang said. “Now, if you’d please leave I think I’ve wasted enough time already.”

Heechul glanced at him curiously but walked out anyway. When he stopped by his car he couldn’t help but look back.

“So, they’re being all secretive eh?” Heechul asked. “Seoul?”