It was tuesday night. I was still in the middle of vocal lesson with some other trainees when suddenly I felt really thirsty. I carefully excused myself to get some water, afraid that the songsaenim would be angry at me for interrupting his lesson. But unexpctedly, he just smiled and let me. Is it because I'm his favorite? I giggled to myself.

I changed my mind when I passed by the vending machine. I couldn't resist a cup of sweet and warm hot chocolate. I finished the hot chocolate quickly and rested the back of my head at the wall beside the vending machine. I closed my eyes and exhaled loudly. I had been practicing for more than 14 hours that day and I felt really tired.

After a while I reluctantly strated walking back to the practice room. I took a peek at my watch to see how long I had been leaving the class when I noticed it was 9 pm. I quickly fished out my cellphone from my pocket and dialed Kyuhyun's number.

It had been a routine for me for the past two weeks to call him every 9 pm. He was a very busy man, I could barely communicate with him. So 9 pm was then my favorite time of the day. But he told me that he could only talked for about 10 minutes with me on the phone cause he was usually still in the middle of his schedule or he didn't want his manager or the other members to feel bothered by him. I was a little dissapointed when I first heard that, but then I told myself that I was already lucky enough to be in that position. I texted him every morning and noon to remind him to have his meals or just to say random stuffs. I was afraid that he would consider me as a clingy girlfriend. Wait, not girlfriend. More like... clingy 'partner'? Whatever. So I told him that he didn't have to reply. And sadly, he rarely did. But again, I it up.

Kyuhyun answered at the third ring, "Hey." I could feel he was smiling.

I instantly brighten up after hearing his voice. All the sad thoughts just washed away. "Hey, are you busy?"

"Well, as usual," he chuckled, "aren't you suppose to be practicing?"

I purposely slowed down my steps so I wouldn't reach the practice room too soon. "I'm giving myself a break," I told him in a mischievous tone.

He laughed hearing my answer. "I used to do that too when I was a trainee. I guess great people thing alike, huh?"

"Don't over-praised yourself," I rolled my eyes and laughed, "so, where are you right now, oppa?"

"Just here and there..." He trailed.

"Ah, be serious oppa!" He didn't answer.

"Oppa?" I tried calling him cause he didn't say anything.

I started to panic.  "Oppa? Are you mad?" Our 10 minutes was almost up and I didn't want to end the phone call in a bad term.

Suddenly I felt someone hugged me from behind and rested his head on my shoulder. I gasped in shocked.

"Why would I be mad, Nara-ah?" Kyuhyun said as he disconnected our phone call and kissed my cheek sweetly.

I blushed at the sudden contact. "God, you scared me oppa! What are you doing here?" I laughed nervously and put my hands on top of his hands which were circling my waist.

"Why? Don't you miss me?" He chuckled, feeling my nervousness.

I frowned hearing his question. I turned my head slightly so I could see his face. "Why are you asking..."

I didn't get to finish my question as he leaned down and kissed my lips. My mind instantly became hazy and my heart was beating faster. I never got used to his kiss, no matter how many times we had kissed in the past two weeks.

I turned my body to face him and tangled my hands behind his neck, pulling him closer. After a while, I reluctantly pulled my lips from his as I suddenly remembered where we were. "We're in SM bulding's corridor, oppa. Someone can see us." I looked at his rich brown eyes and chuckled.

He pecked my lips once before he answered, "I'm living for Japan for about a week tomorrow. I just wanted to see you."

I smiled sadly at him, "I'll still be calling you everynight. At least I can hear your voice, oppa." I didn't want to think about the cost. I was just desperately wanted to be with him.

He smiled and tucked my hair behind my ear. "I have to go now. I actually still have a schedule. I forced manager hyung to stopped here for a while."

I sighed softly before immediately forced a smile. "Come home soon, oppa." I caressed his cheek lovingly.

I could faintly see him blushed before he leaned down and kissed me softly one more time. "I will, Nara-ah."

I reached the dorm at about 2 in the morning. I tried to sleep through the entire trip back to the dorm, but I just couldn't. Her face when she told me to come home soon was printed in my mind like a tattoo. She was smiling, but I could see sadness in her beautiful eyes. My heart raced everytime I recall the event.

I opened the door to our dorm and dragged my feet to the living room. We had a really early flight later that day so I decided to just watch tv and catch some sleep later on the plane. I was a bit surprised when I found all my 9 hyungs were also on the living room. Some were watching tv, some were reading magazines, and some were just resting their heads on the couch. Seemed like they all had the same thought as me.

"Hey, Kyu. Sit here, you must be tired." Leeteuk patted the empty spot next to him on the couch.

I threw myself on the couch and snuggled to him. He just chuckled and patted my head.

"Did you get a chance to see Nara today?" Yesung asked me while  holding his dog on the floor. I already told them about the situation between Nara and I. Well,  I was forced to tell them to be exact.

I nodded my head with my eyes still closed, "I did."

"Don't be sad. You can still call her in the morning before we take off and then after we landed." Donghae said while his eyes were still glued to the tv.

"I'm not sad. Beside, I don't need to call her. She always call me everynight at 9 and texted me everyday," I shrugged my shoulder nonchalantly.

"You mean you never called her even once? You even scheduled your phonecall? And you never texted her first?" Heechul turned his eyes from the tv and stared at me in disbelief.

"Well, if I did, wouldn't she thinks that I needed her badly? In which I don't, by the way. I'm not rushing things, hyung." I opened my eyes and straighten my back against the couch, starting to feel defensive.

"So, have you guys made it official? I'm still confuse here." Shindong scratched his head and frowned at me.

I sighed at his question. "If you mean by official is dating, then the answer is no. We're not dating. I'm still trying to sort out my feelings for her."

"But from what I've been hearing just now, it seems like she's the only one who's making the effort," Siwon stated his words carefully.

I felt like I was being attacked by all my hyungs and answered him without even thinking. "Well, she did liked me first!" I could hear my voice raised a little. I didn't want to admit even to myself that there was a part of me which was starting to wait for her call everynight and miss her presence everyday.

"But Kyu, it feels like you're taking her for granted," Ryeowook said in a small voice, afraid I would get mad at him.

I saw from the corner of my eyes that Sungmin was looking at me with an I-told-you-so look. We've had the conversation before, and he told me exactly what the other hyungs been telling me just then. That pissed me off even more.

"Whatever," I told them in a harsh tone. I rested myself back on the couch and set my eyes on the tv.

Leeteuk gave signal to the other members to drop the topic while Eunhyuk didn't say anything through out the conversation and just stared at the tv with a hard face.

Hey, guys. This chapter was originally too long, so I decided to divide it into 2 parts. I'll post the second part later tonight or tomorrow :)