DONGHAE’s POV

One more week.

Seven days more before we go back. I don’t know if I should be excited or not for going back to Korea, well, sure, I miss lots of things there but I kind of got used to things here too. Our manager decided to bring Mochi and Zhoumi along with us to get acquainted with the rest of the band and also because they’re participating for our concert in Seoul, three months from now; SuJu M will perform the song “Me”. ELFs also accepted the two being with the same team as ours so it won’t be a surprise that they also have a fanbase in Korea.

These past few days are all filled with happy things; I finally got used to talking Chinese with the help of Zhoumi, Hankyung-hyung and Mochi; I’m even better that Kyuhyun. Ryeowookie also taught me how to bake a chocolate mousse cake which was surprisingly easy; or, it is, for me, since Wookie did most of the job. Kyuhyun, Siwon and I went to China town the other day and bought souvenirs for our members, and also for ourselves. And lastly, Hyukjae and I are starting to be the way we used to be.

He called me a couple of times, and we just talked about random stuff about our work and the things we do when we don’t have schedule. I still ask him a lot of times about that surprise he’s talking about but he won’t tell me. We laugh like before and share stories like before, and I like it. Though, I’d be lying if I’d say that my heart is not beating painfully fast in my chest whenever I saw his name flashing on my phone, indicating that he’s calling, or the butterflies in my stomach when he calls my name. Well, I still love him, that’s the fact that won’t change, but I know where my place is now; I’m his best friend, and that’s how things should be.

“Hae-hyung, what do you want for dinner?” Kyu asked, while I sit at the sofa watching movies.

“Why? Don’t tell me you’ll cook?!” I said, “Please don’t. I still want to live! I’m too young to die!” I said, teasing him as I clutch my neck with my hands, the other members laughing at me.

“Fine, you’ll eat ramen, while I’ll order pizza,” he stuck his tongue out at me, and fished his phone out of his jeans, making a phone call.

“What?! Kyu~” I cooed, but he ignored me.

“Ah yes, yes, add lots and lots of cheese and pepperoni, please. Yes, two order of your largest pizza,” he talked to the phone, as I sat beside him, giving him the puppy eyes, but he looked elsewhere with that smirk on his lips, the members laughing at us still.

“Okay, 30 minutes? Thanks,” he shut his phone but still avoiding my gaze. I pouted, feeling a bit annoyed, so I stood up.

“Fine. I won’t eat,” I said and went to my room, shutting the door lightly and lying on my bed, staring at the ceiling. I reached out to the nemo plushie Siwon and Kyu bought for me at the China town, it was really cute and the size is just enough to cuddle, so I hugged it, feeling the soft object caressing my skin. Then, I heard the door open; I closed my eyes, pretending to be asleep. My bed creaked as the person who intruded my room sat beside me.

“I know you’re awake, Hae,” Siwon’s voice came and I opened my eyes, seeing him smiling down at me, I smiled back and sat down properly.

“What’s wrong, Siwonnie?” I asked him, as he grabbed my nemo plushie and placing it on his lap, it.

“Nothing, I just want to talk to you and ask if you’re okay,” he said.

“I’m fine, I’m not ill anymore,” I told him matter of factly.

“That’s not what I meant, Hae. I mean, here,” he spoke as he placed his hand on my chest, “does it still hurt?”

I looked at him, then at his hand, and back to him again, “Siwon,” I started, placing my hand on top of his and gently putting it down, “I am perfectly fine.”

He eyed me for a few seconds before answering back, “You’re eyes tell otherwise. Hae, are you seriously fine with the way things are now? A few days time, we’ll go back, you’ll see him, live with him, be eunhae with him; can you really handle everything?”

I sighed before answering, “This is how I want things to be, Siwon, this is exactly how I want it to be. I am not as weak as you think; I can handle myself perfectly well.”

“But, you still love him,” he said.

Smiling, I stared into his eyes, “Yes, I do. I love him so much that I don’t what to do. But I am also his best friend, and if that’s the only thing that can make me close to him, I’ll take it.”

“Hae, you’ll just make yourself suffer more. You’ll just inflict more pain to yourself,” he said.

“I know. But, this is what I chose, and I am happy with the way things are,” I answered back sincerely, smiling.

“You know, this is exactly why I like you,” he suddenly uttered and I looked at him, “you’re too good, too kind and too perfect. Hyuk’s an idiot for not returning your feelings you know,” he teased.

“Tell me about it. Haha, but I guess that’s what I liked about him too, him being an idiot,” I said and we laughed.

He caressed my cheek tenderly with his right hand and placed a kiss on my forehead, “I’ll protect you, Hae. I’ll try my best to shield you from the pain or wipe your tears if you can’t take it. I’ll always be here, okay?” he whispered and I smiled, and nodded.

“Am I intruding?” someone suddenly spoke and Siwon and I looked at the door where the maknae was eyeing us.

“No, no. Come in,” Siwon said, as I pouted slightly, “but I think someone’s still mad at you though,” he added and I heard Kyu chuckled, sitting beside Siwon.

“Look, Hae-hyung, I brought your pizza,” he said, revealing a big box of pepperoni pizza and a smile plastered on his face, “don’t be mad. I ordered a box just for you, you know,” he added and this time, I smiled back, getting the box and opening it.

“Thanks, Kyu!” I said and the two of them chuckled.

“It’s so easy to satisfy you, you know,” Siwon commented.

“On the contrary, it’s also easy to make him cry,” Kyu added.

“Yeah, yeah, whatever. Are you eating or not?” I retorted, biting from my first slice of pizza and both of them got a slice for themselves.

“So, what were you talking about awhile ago?” Kyuhyun asked.

“You know, the thing we discussed last night,” Siwon answered, not looking at Kyu.

“You gossiped about me?” I looked at the two guys incredulously.

“Hey, it’s not called gossiping, it’s called scheming,” Kyu said, already eating his second slice.

“Scheming? For what?”

“You know, on how to make things hard for Hyukjae-hyung and whatever,” Kyu answered, as if what he said doesn’t matter.

“And why do you need to do that?”

“Of course, because we want to,” Siwon answered this time.

“And when did you start becoming like Kyu?” I looked at Siwon with a raised brow, and he just smiled.

“Really, you two,” I shook my head but they just smirked.

+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+

“Are you done packing?” Hyukjae asked on the phone.

I groaned. It’s too early and he called me just to ask that? Seriously, I love him, but he disrupting my precious sleep for something as simple as that is just too much. He’s been calling nonstop for the past few days ever since manager-hyung told them when we’ll be back; tsk, that manager-hyung and his big mouth.

“Hyuk, are you calling this late just to ask that? Seriously?” I answered, my eyes closed.

Actually, we’re planning to surprise them. We’re not supposed to tell them when we’ll be back but it disappeared because of manager-hyung. And now, the members, especially Hyukkie, keep on calling and telling we shouldn’t forget their souvenirs.

“Ahmm…yes, so answer me,” Hyuk demanded and I sighed, forcing myself to answer.

“Of course I’m already packed, our flight is on the morning, Hyuk, how can I not be packed,” I said.

“Good then,” he muttered, “hey, are you asleep?”

“Yes.”

“Hae…come on, talk to me,” he whined.

“Hyukkie, I’ll be back tomorrow, we can talk all day if you want,” I whined back.

“But if you came back and we’ll live in the same dorm again, we won’t be able to call each other like this since we’ll see each other’s faces,” he reasoned out.

“And so?”

“Well, your voice sounds a bit different on the phone and I’ll miss it,” he answered back and I chuckled.

“You know, you’re becoming a bit weird,” I commented.

“That’s because I’ve no one else to hang out with but Yesung-hyung,” he whined a bit and I can’t help but smile.

“So you miss me so much, huh?”

“Yeah, and the d—never mind,” he quickly amended that made me raised a brow and made me curious.

“The what, Hyukkie?” I asked him, a bit awake.

“Nothing…I told you it’s a surprise~” he cooed.

“Right…haha, okay, so Hyuk, can we sleep now?”

“Do you really want to sleep that much?” he asked and I hummed in response.

“I never heard that fish could sleep,” he said out of the blue.

“Of course you never heard, because your kind sleeps in trees, duuh,” I retorted and chuckled.

“Funny,” he answered back, “sleepy?”

“Yeah. Come on, Hyukkie, let’s just go to sleep,” I whined a bit, feeling my eyes getting heavy and heavier in every second.

“Fine. Night, Hae. Love you,” he said again. He says those words every night that it’s making me happy and sad at the same time. Happy because he never really says it before and sad because he doesn’t mean it the way I do when I say it.

“Yeah, love you too,” I answered and drifted off to dream land.

+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+

I was staring out of the plane’s window, looking over the vast ocean; its color is really pretty. Beside me was Mochi who’s munching chips while listening to his iPod. We’ll land in Korea for a few more minutes and I’ll see them again. I’ll see him.

A smile crept on my face as I remembered our conversation last night, him sounding more excited to see me than myself. I’ve also been thinking about that surprise he’s talking about countless of times, it’s making me more curious in every minute.

“We’ll be landing in less than ten minutes. Please fasten your seatbelts and remain in your seats,”

We landed, got our luggage and made our way outside the airport, where the fans are piling up. I felt a hand enclosing with mine and saw Mochi biting his lower lip form nervousness. I squeezed his hand and he looked at me, I smiled at him,

“Hold tight, okay?” I whispered and he nodded, smiling back.

The security helped us by making a path for us to walk through, since the fans and media are covering the way. I smiled at the fans, and waved with my right hand, while holding Mochi’s hand with my left hand tightly, making sure he won’t lose grip from the wave of fans blocking our way. His hand is cold and shaking and I can understand it pretty well since there are some ELFs who do not accept new members to our group; Kyu is a living testament to that, but thankfully, through time, ELFs came to love him. Mochi and Zhoumi do have some antis here in Korea, that we’re sure of because of the posts we’ve read in our webpage. They were nasty and I really hate those posting it, but I know once they get to know the two, they’ll like them the way I do.

Finally, after about 20 minutes of squeezing our way to our van, we made it inside. I still held Mochi’s shaking hand as I sat by the window, pulling him next to me as Manager-hyung drove to our dorm.

“Mochi, don’t be too nervous. I’m here, you know,” I assured him.

“Y—yeah,” he answered back, and I just held his hand tighter, starting to feel bad that he’s this nervous instead of being excited.

“I won’t leave you, okay? Don’t think about the bad things, think about the great stuff. I’ll tour you around Seoul and I won’t leave your side until you get used to things. You’ll also stay in my room, for the mean time,” I said, wishing that this will make him a bit at ease.

“Thank you, Dongdong,” he answered.

“You’re always welcome, Mochi,” I smiled as we reached the dorms.

We dismounted the van, me still holding Mochi’s hand as we entered the dorm. The first thing that I saw were confetties and the sound of party poppers, followed by a shout,

“WELCOME BACK!!!” by our members, who are all wearing party hats. I smiled at their childishness.

“Is there a birthday party?” I asked, but I was answered by arms wrapping me in a tight hug. I hugged them back with one hand, and they hugged Mochi too, who’s still holding my hand. The other SuJu M entered the dorms and was also enveloped in a warm welcome hug.

“Hae! Welcome back!” I heard him say, and I looked at the bottom of the stair as the person came towards me, with that gummy smile in his face. He opened his arms and I let go of Mochi’s hand, wrapping both of my arms around him; my best friend. His arms we’re tight around me, making it hard to breathe, not that I’d complain about that since I am also hugging him tight. Damn, I miss him. I miss his hugs, his strawberry smell, his gummy smile; everything. We hugged for a few seconds before releasing and smiling at each other,

“I missed you,” he said first and I swear I can feel my cheeks burning a bit as I answered, “I miss you too.”

“Monkey!” Kyu suddenly appeared, hugging Hyuk. “Aren’t you going to welcome your adorable maknae?” he said.

“Right. Welcome back, maknae,” Hyukkie chuckled and let go of Kyu’s hug, making his way to me once again when I felt arms wrapping around my waist.

“Hae, why don’t you place your luggage on your room first? And take Henry with you,” Siwon whispered to my ear.

“Why are you whispering?” I asked, and looked at him curiously, his arms still around me.

“Nothing, just go, Henry’s there,” he pointed Mochi who’s standing between Heechul-hyung and Hankyung-hyung, not knowing what to say.

“Right, I’ll be back,” I told him and made my way towards them, grabbing Mochi’s hand once again.

“Dongsaeng! I missed you so much!” Heechul-hyung told me as he kissed my cheek, and I chuckled.

“I missed you more, hyung, but if you excuse me, I’ll take Mochi to my room first, okay?” I told them, and they nodded as I hauled Mochi towards my room.

+_+_+_+_+_+_+

As Donghae and Henry made their way towards his room, he was oblivious of a certain someone eyeing his every move and two person who are smirking for the success of their plan.

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Sorry it took soo long :)

Yay! They’re back!

I’m starting to get excited with my own story…haha…gosh, Kyu and Siwon tandem are too much, don’t you think? They’re so adorable! :D

Comments are pretty much appreciated and subscribers are more than welcome… <3