Sakura's POV:

I finished telling Chaen the whole story behind the items on her mini shrine dedicated to me as a member of AKB48 and HKT48. I never left anything out, but the name of Jurina Matsui. I'm not yet ready to tell her about Matsui Jurina, the woman whom I fell in love with, the one who betrayed me. There are so many wounds that are only beginning to heal, I don't want to intentionally take out the scabs that were only starting to heal. I'll tell her when I'm ready, soon, when there's only a scar left, when I'm fully healed and ready.

We are now eating all the delicious things her house maid cooked for us. My kids ate contentedly and happily, making me twice as happy for them. My kids Nako and Hitomi, were so good to me, that I don't, even just for a bit, regret taking them with me to Korea. The two who has been with me during the last 5 months of my life as an AKB48 and HKT48 member. Albeit the roughest time, I grew more profoundly in love with my two kids, more profoundly supportive of my two kids. Now as we start a new chapter of our lives, in a new country, far from the one we grew up with, I know better now to always care for them more than I had as a former member of the 48 Groups. Chaeyeon scooped so much of the food at the table to my plate. When I barely finished she scoops one more serving to me and says.

"Eat up, please." She says.

"Isn't it a little too much?" I asked her finally.

"Non-sense, we dance around and move around a lot, you'll burn all of these eventually." She replied.

"Besides it's Shirataki Rice, you said it yourself, these contains zero calories." She followed up.

So, I ate everything she puts on my plate. The rest of the kids similarly had second servings of each of the food items. They ate deliciously, it was a sight to see and hear their audible gobble and slurp, some even making the sound mmmmmhhhhhhhh and the smiles on their satisfied faces was really a sight I seldom see, especially for Nako and Tomi who eats silently, often just thanking me for food that I cooked for them, none of the audible sounds like right now. But Chaen's kids were expressive for their liking of the food that I cooked for them.

After lunch, we all got ready to leave for the Hair Salon, around a shopping mall. The kids were excited to go to the arcade and I only had Chaen with me, who's now waiting for me to be called by the salon's staff. Apparently this Hair Salon, was on a schedule only basis, but since she was friends with the Salon's owner, she had the owner schedule me for a cut and color session. The owner Jiwon gladly squeezed me in through her busy schedule. She even welcomed us to her shop personally.

She sat beside me and just scrolled through her phone and once she's done checking things on her phone, she tucks away the phone on her chest pocket and straightened herself. She wore a button down men's shirt over her plain black tank top, her skinny jeans and her Adidas Ultraboost 21 Black sneakers. She also wore her sunglasses. Meanwhile, I wore my cropped black shirt and a black fleece jogging pants, paired with my Ultraboost 5.0 DNA sneakers and my Clubmaster sunglasses.

She looks hot in her skinny jeans and her button down shirt didn't help, I could see her neck and her collarbones. Gosh those collarbones are so y. She's just really hot and y, probably from years of dancing. Her is no exemption and the swell of her s, I'd rather not focus on her perfect body, because she's making me feel hot and bothered. Aside from the fact that it's hot in Korea, just looking at her now makes me hot and bothered. She's just looking some place else, rather than me, I don't mind though, it gave me an opportunity to take in her beautiful side profile and admire her perfect body. I wanted to have her body, but I guess, I will never have her perfect body, which was on full display earlier before lunch when I saw her half . I thought for a while she wanted to me, causing me to panic and scream. I'm grateful that no one heard us, the teasing won't probably subside forever.

Soon, I was called by the staff. I rose up from my seat and looked back to Chaeyeon and told her.

"You can go and join the kids if you're bored. I'll call you when I'm done." I reminded her.

"Nah, I'll stay with my Koibito." She said scoffing at me.

"Suit yourself then and I'm not your Koibito, so stop calling me Koibito." I replied to her.

"Koibito." She said again.

"Ugh! Whatever you want Team Captain." I replied to her and walked out to follow the staff.

The staff washed my hair first, then I was ushered into a swivel chair and she blow dried my hair lightly. Then Jiwon came and smiled at me through the mirror. Chaeyeon came in and said.

"She understands Japanese, she also speaks Japanese, so it's okay to talk in Japanese." Chaeyeon told me in Japanese.

"Okay." I replied to her.

"Hello, Ma'am Sakura, what do you want to do with your hair?" Jiwon asked me in Japanese.

"I wanted to cut it to a shoulder length, then re-apply the color pink on roots." I replied to her.

"Okay, Ma'am Sakura." She replied.

She proceeds to cut my hair, then after I am satisified with the length, I gave her a thumbs up and told her that's enough, I also instructed her to thin out my hair which she did using thinning shears. A final look at the mirror and I was so satisfied with my hair cut. Then she put the hair dye on my hair.

"Kura-chan, I bought you Boba Tea. Matcha Honey Dew Milk Tea, I'm sorry, I didn't know what flavor you'd like." She said and smiled sheepishly.

"Thanks, I love Boba Tea Smoothies, but this'll do as well." I replied and smiled.

"Wait for me here, what flavor do you like?" She asked me again and took away the cup she handed me.

"Chocolate Cookie Smoothie with Pearls. It's okay, don't bother about it." I replied to her as I tried to reach for my cup.

To which she avoids and ran away from me. I was left alone with Jiwon. Jiwon asked me a question I never expected.

"Are you her new flavor of the month?" Jiwon asked me in Japanese.

"Eeeehhhh??? Excuse me?!" I replied to her.

"Oh c'mon, don't act like you don't know what I mean." Jiwon replied.

"I honestly don't know, Miss. She is my co-trainee, We are both training to work as Korean Idol Stars. So please don't misunderstand me as her 'Flavor of the Month' we are not like that and if ever we had a deeper relationship, I can assure you it wouldn't be for the mean time, my parents raised me well, I don't play for a month, I most certainly won't just have with anyone, especially a stranger." I told Jiwon this truth between Chaen and I.

Jiwon looked at me intently, her eyes showed she doesn't believe the truth about me and Chaen. I hope she didn't hear my voice falter at the last statement, because I know I'd give everything to Chaen if she would only ask me, despite her being a total stranger, a fan to me. I just have this feelings of comfort towards Chaen, like home and family. Because despite whatever I may tell her in the long run, I know for a fact that she would still be the warm and kind Chaen that she is now. I may not know her but the first time I saw her, I had this feeling of Koi No Yokan or to simply put, I felt that we'd fall in love eventually and my instincts were never wrong, I maybe a little naïve the previous time, but I learned my lesson to never ignore my gut feelings.

The first time I met Jurina, I never felt at ease, it took her a good 2 years to break me down and betray me, I never felt home with Jurina, neither did I fell in love right away. Totally unlike Chaen, who managed to get close to me as if we've known each other for a long time now, like our whole lives were somehow intertwined, like a reincarnation of two couples in love. In fact, I don't think Jurina has ever made me feel a whole zoo of emotions, unlike Chaen, definitely not like what Lee Chaeyeon did, because Chaen showed me respect without me having to ask for it. I looked at her quite annoyed.

"Why does she call you 'Koibito' then?" Jiwon asked.

"Ask her why she calls me Koibito. I dare you, Miss." I replied to her.

I pretended to be busy with my phone, I quickly sent a message to Chaen, asking her where she is, but I was too late, because Chaen thankfully got back in the Salon, she handed me the chocolate cookie boba tea smoothie and smiled at me. Jiwon went ahead and welcomed other guests.

"Thank you." I replied to her.

She must've noticed my sour mood despite me thanking her for the drinks. I took a sip of the drink first and then after when she asked me about why I'm in a bad mood, I answered her honestly.

"What's wrong, Kura-chan? Why do you look like you would kill someone?"

"Your friend, the owner of this salon, asked me if I am your 'Flavor of the Month' she also wanted to know why you call me Koibito." I replied smiling at her.

"Tell me honestly, are you going around telling people I am your 'Flavor of the Month?' Please enlighten me." I asked her.

I took another sip of my boba tea, looking at her through the mirror.

"No, I haven't. I don't even talk to Jiwon that much, I didn't tell her about you. I'm sorry, I'll be sure to talk to her after you're done." She replied to me and solemnly bowed to me.

"No, don't. It's really not a big deal. I just wanted honesty from you, before telling people about me, tell me first and tell me what you're planning on telling your friends. If I am your 'Flavor of the Month' to someone, at least let me know, so that I know how to react." I replied to her.

"No, I'll still talk to her. Forgive her, she's just worried about me. Before I trained for WM Entertainment, I've been such an to any woman, often just ing them and playing them like a game for a month then, nothing. She's used to that old me." She replied firmly.

"No, please. Just drop it please?" I said to her and looked at her with my Puppy eyes.

"No, Kura-chan. She was wrong for confronting you, when you don't even know who I am, I was just your simple fan, a stranger basically. It's not right that she asks you these questions, when you are innocent about this." She firmly said.

Her eyes were now furious, as she eyes through the mirror her friend.

"Koibito, just please drop it. Please, for me?" I asked her again, this time using her term of endearment in the hopes she'd drop this issue.

Being a Blood Type A, I always never minded comments from others, I don't want to have a confrontation with anyone, even the staffs at a hair salon, I'm really not one to instigate any fights or conflicts. I am a peaceful person, I just wanted to know if she told someone about me. Because I don't understand what the lady wanted to know from me, was she gossiping about Chaen? What was her purpose for confronting me? So what if Chaen calls me Koibito? Will it make her life better to know why?

"I'll just have a calm and friendly talk with her, Saku-chan." She replied, her tone laced with finality.

The Monster is back, gosh. Poor hairdresser.

"Call me when you're done, I'll be at the waiting area." She followed up, before leaving me alone.

I got my phone again and started to text Nako and Hitomi. I told them to come back to the Salon. No reply came, I'm guessing they're busy playing in the arcade. I sighed in my seat, getting antsy by the minute. Soon, Jiwon was free, she was just checking how the color is going in my hair, when I saw Chaen approach her friend Jiwon. I eyed her, pleading not to do anything bad, but she just walked past me and took Jiwon by the wrist and proceeded to drag Jiwon at the back of her Salon.

What is up with Koreans? Why do they like taking people by the wrist when they are mad? Chaeyeon must've been a Blood Type B, because she has an erratic behavior, easily angered, uncooperative and unforgiving. I'm good at guessing Bloodtypes of people around me, I bet