Haneul’s POV

When I woke up from my sleep, Junhyung was sleeping soundly beside me, so was most of the people on the plane. He had his head turned over to my side. I playfully poked his nose lightly. He wiggled his nose but did not wake up.

“Stupid Joker.” I whispered.

I got up and slipped out as gently as possible so as not to wake him up. I never knew getting out from my seat could be such a freaky experience. I walked down the lane to go to the toilet as well as stretch my aching body. I did not go back to my seat immediately. I stood near the emergency exit, looking out at the clouds.

I turned around when I felt a tap on my arm.

“Yes?” I looked at the little girl.

She handed me a paper rose and ran off.

“Wh.. what??” I looked at the paper, a little confused.

I opened up the rose and my jaws dropped.

‘Give me another chance, please :(’

I recognized the handwriting, it belonged to Junhyung. But I thought he was asleep? I kept the paper in my pocket and continued to look outside. After awhile, I headed back to my seat. As I walked down the lane, people were tapping me and handing me paper roses. I opened them up and it all had the same words, well, at least. Some wrote ‘Just one, please ><’

When did he do all these? It was a little dramatic but nevertheless, very, very sweet and cute.

“Not you too?” I asked when Yoseob stopped me.

“Well, he is my brother.” He handed me the paper rose.

I opened it up, his wrote ‘Give me him another chance, please :(‘

The other boys from me handed me the paper rose too.

Doojoon totally strike off Junhyung’s words and replaced it with his own:Junhyung is a bit stupid but loves you! Don’t be stingy! I know you love him too! Just one more chance!

Hyunseung’s one had a little P.S. beneath Junhyung’s words: Give him a chance, and give yourself one too.

Kikwang’s one had the ‘me’ strike off and was replaced with Junnie hyung.

Dongwoon’s one had a small drawing of a boy crying beneath the words.

I looked at the notes, and then at them. They were all smiling.

“When did he do this?” I asked.

“No idea.” Yoseob shrugged his shoulders.

I turned to the other side where Junhyung was. He was still asleep.

“You all are in this together, aren’t you?” I asked.

They nodded.

I shook my head and headed back to my seat. I had more difficulties getting back to my seat then coming out. I sat down and turned to him. He was still asleep, snoring softly even.

“Are you a ninja?” I asked, but received only snoring as a reply.

“Miss, you’re awake. Here’s your meal.” The air stewardess handed me a tray.

“Meal?” I asked.

“Yea, we served food just now but you were asleep. Your boyfriend asked us to serve it to you later instead.” She explained.

“Sorry, but may I ask how long has the flight been?” I asked.

“About six hours.” She said.

I slept for six hours already!?

“Ouh.. Thanks.” I said.

“Your boyfriend is really lovely, you know.” She said, pointing at the tray of food before leaving.

I opened up the tray and almost laughed out at the sight of the food. I don’t know what did Junhyung do or say to get this but I’m pretty sure this wasn’t the plane food everyone else ate. In the tray where the rice were supposed to be were two Onigiri with sad faces made out of seaweed.

“How to eat something so cute?” I asked myself.

I entertained myself with the songs on my iTouch as I ate. I replayed my playlist as I ate. I stopped whatever I was doing when I heard a different song.

“It’s not supposed to be this..” I mumbled to myself as I wiped my hands clean before picking up my iTouch.

The song playing was familiar but I don’t remember it sounding like this. The singer sounded like… Junhyung?

A day passed and a month passed
but I did not hear from you.
My tears fall and my heart burns.

This is not it, it's only temporary.
This is not gonna be it, this is not gonna be it.
This is not gonna be it. Don't try to cheer me up.
The empty space you left only gets bigger.

I looked at the title on the screen. It read: For you, From the Joker.

I see you again and you, you are my love.
I see you hundred times and I, I am your love.
You are my match made in heaven.
You took the wrong path, that's all.

Even if I am born again, I only want you.
Even if I love again, I only want you.
You will come back, you will come back.
Because without you, there is no me.

Even when I look back again, you, you're my love
Even if I look (at you) thousands of times, I'm, I'm your love
Approved by the heavens, you're my love
We've been separated for a while, that's all

I know this song, I like it a lot too. FT Island’s I hope.

Even when I see other girls, I only want you
Even if I love another, I only want you
You will come back, you will to come back
because without me, there is no you.

Every night, I pray, not for my happiness but for misfortune
For your sake, not for me, so I can't love another
You are the only one for me,
You are my heart's one desire.
I'm not going to change. Even if I'm born again, I only want you.

Even if I'm born again, I only want you.
Even if I love again, I only want you
You will come back, you will come back.
Because without you, there is no me.

When did this ninja change my playlist? And what was even more amusing was when did he record this cover? It didn’t seem like a shabby job, instead, it sounded as thou it was studio recorded. How much I miss his singing voice. I put the song on repeat as I ate. I couldn’t help but smile like a fool.

When I was done eating, I opened up the lid of the cup for water but instead I found a paper rose inside. This is red in colour while the others I received were baby pink.

‘Would you give this idiot here another chance to make up for his mistakes? This idiot is nothing without you. In fact, he isn’t the Joker. He is, the Fool.’

I laughed at the note. I had my tray cleared before taking out all the slips of paper I collected and laid them on the table. I had a total of 40 paper roses including the red one. I kept rereading those words and giggling to myself. He is really a fool, isn’t he?

Awhile later, he woke up and our eyes met. He blushed when he saw the slips of paper on the table.

“Why?” I asked.

“Huh?” He looked at me, confused.

“Why are you trying so hard?” I asked.

His expression fell a little.

“Is it wrong?” He asked.

“No, I just want to know why.” I said.

“Because I love you? I thought you knew it already.” He said.

“Can’t I just have one more chance?” He mumbled, looking at his fingers.

“But…” I said.

“It’s okay.” He got up and walked off.

I looked at his empty seat and found an instruction sheet to folding paper roses. I looked at it and couldn’t help but feel amazed by how he actually did it. It looked extremely complicated and folding one is already seem like a chore to me, but he folded forty. I turned to the back of the paper and read his scribbling. He had written out the meaning of what each particular number of roses meant. Forty roses meant genuine love.

“It’s rude to look at other people’s stuff.” He said, taking the paper back from me and slipping it into his pocket.

His eyes were slightly red. Did he cry, again?

“It’s rude to walk off when someone is talking too.” I said.

He sat down, not saying anything.

“Should I continue with what I want to say?” I asked.

He looked away.

“Silence means yes. So where was I? Oh I said ‘But’. But… I’ve already given you my answer.” I said.

“HOW WAS THAT AN ANSWER!?” He yelled, earning a few glares from people around us.

He apologized by bowing before turning back to me.

“How is it not an answer?” I asked.

“I…” He looked down, frowning.

“I asked if you would still do what you planned to do IF I said no, and you said yes. And then I asked you again then why did you even bother asking me to promise you an answer when you were not even going to do what I said.” I said.

“And so?” He looked confused.

“I said, IF I said no. IF. I. F. IF.” I said.

He looked as thou I just threw him a five part mathematics question to solve.

“SO IT’S A YES!?” He suddenly yelled.

I didn’t bother to answer him.

“Really!? Really!?” He shook my arm.

“You’re right. You’re not the Joker. You’re the Fool.” I said.

“Yes, yes! I am the Fool. But, really!?” He was smiling really widely.

“If you’re going to continue yelling at this volume, I’m sure you’ll be pushed out of the plane soon.” I said.

He buried his face in his palms, giggling like a girl.

“Are you crazy?” I asked, laughing as well.

“Ya!” He nodded.

When he finally calmed down, he looked at me, but started laughing again.

“Oh gosh. Are you that happy?” I laughed.

“Hell yes!” He said.

After quite awhile of laughing, he looked at me.

“Thank you.” He said.

“For what?” I asked.

“Giving me another chance.” He said.

“That’s because you deserve it.” I mumbled.

We were silent for awhile.

“When did you do this?” I asked, showing him the slip of papers.

“When you were asleep.” He said.

“How did you manage to get everything done so fast? And this?” I showed him the song on my iTouch.

“It’s a secret.” He smiled.

“Keep things from me already. Maybe I should reconsider…” I sighed.

“What?! No no! Alright, I’ll say. Please.” He grabbed my arm.

“Say.” I said.

“I recorded that song some time ago. I just synced it into your iTouch when you were asleep.” He explained.

“Then this?” I asked, showing him the paper.

“I did it just now.” He said.

“And this?” I showed him the photo of the Onigiri.

“Oh. This.. Haa.. I made it.” He smiled slightly.

“You what!?” My eyes widened.

“I made it here and passed it to them to keep warm until you wake up.” He said.

“Did you wash your hands before you made it?” I .

He looked at me with the ‘Why do you always have to spoil the moment?!’ face.

“Just kidding.” I laughed.

Junhyung’s POV

We watched a movie together on my laptop throughout the rest of the flight. We were so close to each other it felt almost the same as before. I very much wanted to put my arm around her shoulder and pull her closer to me, but I stopped myself from doing it. What if she gets offended and everything just disappear?

The boys at the other side were showing me thumbs up and giggling at us but Haneul was too into the movie to even realize what was happening around her. I am sure even if I were to steal a kiss from her now she would not realize. But of course, I am not going to try.

“Do you have other movies?” She asked.

“I do. Play whatever you want.” I turned the laptop over to her.

She excitedly searched for a movie to watch.

“Haneul ah.” I called out.

“Hmm?” She answered, but not looking at me.

“What are we now?” I asked.

“What?” She asked, still scrolling down the list of movies I have.

“Let’s watch this!” She said excitedly even before I could say anything else.

“Sure.” I mumbled, watching the movie with her.

The plane landed about four hours later. As we walked out, I walked beside her but she was talking to other people.

“Haneul.” I called out again.

“Yea?” She turned to me.

“Can I ask you something?” I said.

“Sure.” She said.

I looked at the people around, in hope she got my meaning. Luckily she did. We walked slowly behind them.

“Yea?” She asked.

“What are we now?” I asked.

“What do you mean by what are we now?” She asked.

“Like… I…” I mumbled.

“I said I’ll give you another chance, no?” She asked.

“Yea. But.. So.. What are we now? Exactly.. I.. I don’t know what am I saying.” I mumbled.

“Yea, neither do I know what you’re saying.” She laughed.

“Are we considered together now?” I blabbered out.

She looked at me, a little confused.

“Together? I.. I honestly don’t know about that.” She said.

“But you have a chance, so do whatever you want with it.” She smiled.

So is this some sort of open ticket?

“Alright. Let me help you with this.” I said, taking her bag for her.

We walked to the custom together with the rest of Beast. The moment we exited the area, we could hear yelling from fans. It felt nice to be back in Korea after so long, but I missed the peacefulness in Kenya already. This emotion is really confusing. We were waving to the fans when I remembered Haneul. Where did she disappear to? She was beside me just awhile ago.

“UMMA!!!!!!!” I heard a two little voices call out in unison.

I turned to where the voice came from. My heart ached and jealously poured all over me.

I saw Haneul hugging two kids, a boy and a girl. The girl was the one I saw in the ski resort, the boy looked unfamiliar. Behind them stood Jace, hands in his pockets, smiling widely. Who were the kids? How are they related to Haneul, or Jace? All these questions still have no answers to it. But one thing I could confirm was, they looked like a family, a really happy family.

Do I really still stand a chance? Even if with Haneul it is a yes, but how about her kids? To start with, the girl hates me already.

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The sad Onigiris~

Junhyung when he realized Haneul's answer was 'Yes' all along

Junhyung when he saw Haneul with the kids and Jace