Chapter 3
Seoul, SaranghaeFor the days following the fan meet, Seunghyun couldn't shake the feeling of curiosity about the girl at the fan meet – how she had held up a V sign to cheer for victory, even managing to get people from the crowd to do the same thing. What did it mean? The action was just too deliberate to ignore.
Seunghyun was relaxing at the dorm one night when this very thought came over him once again. Curiosity getting the best of him, he decided to browse the internet for a little while, hoping to find some answers.
Eventually, he came across various comments from Primadonnas about his relationship with Natalie. He had seen all too many of these already and contemplated not reading any further, knowing the bad things they often said about Natalie, but was surprised when he began to notice that not all the articles were negative. In fact, some Primadonnas showed support of their relationship, even expressing hopes that the other FT Island members would find girlfriends and be happy, too. Then at last, he found some answers on a web site that surprised him the most – a fan page dedicated to him and Natalie.
The fan's gesture had been significant after all. The V sign she made with her hand was more than just a cute pose. Seunghyun's jaw dropped as he read what was on his screen.
The V was for victory, the Korean word for which is seungri. Seungri. Korean netizens loved making couple names, that much was very well known. But what Seunghyun didn't know was that there was even a couple name for him and Natalie. With the first character of his name, seung, and the last character of Natalie's, ri, the Seungri couple had managed to develop its own fan base. That fan's victory sign had been a meaningful gesture of support for Seunghyun, and simply knowing this made him speechless.
Checking the clock that he had set in Eastern Standard Time to make sure she wasn't sleeping, it was all Seunghyun could do to contain his excitement by calling Natalie to tell her all about what had happened. It had been a while since they talked, so he was happy to finally see her face on his screen again when she logged on. Telling her about the couple charms, about the fan and the V sign and the Primadonnas and the victory couple support – it all only added to his joy, being able to see Natalie happy about it as well.
They took the time to catch up about trivial topics and serious ones too. FT Island had just won the Music Bank K-Chart, and Natalie had recently nursed her best friend Mimi back to health after getting her wisdom teeth removed. He told her about UC Love, but then again he didn't know much about the group himself. They talked excitedly about plans they were making for the winter, plans that they were both greatly looking forward to even though New Year's Eve was still a couple of months away.
Still lying on his bed, talking to Natalie with his laptop in front of him, Seunghyun was suddenly pounced upon by his other members. He was so caught up talking to Natalie about winter break that he hadn't even noticed them come in. They all piled onto the bed with him, four pairs of hands all struggling to take hold of the laptop.
"Hi Natalie!" Jaejin said excitedly over the eruption of shouts and commotion.
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