After cleaning each other up, Jonghyun went outside on a phone call while Erica couldn't help but flail in the living room. She touched her lips and smiled. 'But it's only been a day!' Erica thought, 'Maybe he's just teasing me.' New excuses racked her brain. "Noona!" she heard Alex call out from his bedroom. She quickly got off the couch and sat next to Alex who was still lying drowsily on the bed. "What is it?" she asked calmly. "I miss my umma," he said. He turned over and burried his face into the pillow. How many times can one heart sink? Erica breathed in a deep sigh and brought herself to lie down next to Alex. "Erica noona will be here for now, okay? Your umma will come back soon," she whispered as she his hair. The two soon fell asleep in the warm evening air.

Later that evening, Erica woke up alone. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. " I guess I overslept?" she muttered under her breath. She walked downstairs to see Alex watching cartoons in the living room. She couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of his eyes glued to the television. "Ah, you're up" Jonghyun smiled as he approached the stairs. "Come back up, I want to show you something," he smiled. Erica followed him up to his room where he sat her on the bed. "Close your eyes," he said. She did as she was told. After a few minutes, she heard the strumming of a guitar. Damn it ! How she loved musicians. He started to hum to the tune. She felt his presence beside her as he continued on. "What do you think?" he finally asked. Erica reopened her eyes to see him putting away his instrument. "It was.. amazing!" she replied honestly. He chuckled and sat down next to her. "I wrote it for someone who I never knew." Erica looked at him like he was crazy. "What do you mean?" "Well, I wrote that song for someone who I'd .. in the future, play it for" he explained. "I guess that song was for you." Erica blushed, "What are you talking about, oppa?" she asked. 'So now I'm calling him oppa?' Erica's cheeks flushed a brighter pink. "It just felt like I needed to play it for you," he smiled. Erica giggled, "You're so confusing." They gazed at each other for what seemed to be hours before Jonghyun leaned closer. His breath danced along her lips. 'Maybe he's a player' another excuse popped up into her head suddenly. Erica quickly exhaled and back away. "I guess we should get dinner started," she laughed nervously before getting up and heading out the door leaving Jonghyun speechless. He rejoined her once he arrived to the kitchen. "Alright, what are we making?" he asked, clapping his hands together. "First, put on an apron" she scolded him. He grabbed a free apron from its hook and placed it over his head. Erica, without a word, walked over to him and tied the back for him. Jonghyun chuckled as she blushed. "Well now what?" he said softly, his face close to hers as he turned around. "Um.." Erica swallowed, "Sp-Spa-Spaghetti!" she said, rushing towards the pantry. She grabbed canned tomato sauce and spaghetti noodles and placed them on the counter. She found Jonghyun already boiling a pot of water. 'So, he's a cook, huh? How attractive.' Erica got right to work, boiling a pot of tomato sauce and adding ground-beef to it. "Meat sauce?" Jonghyun asked. "Mhmm~" she smiled,. "Can you dice the tomatoes?" she asked. Jonghyun grabbed some tomatoes from the fridge and brought out the cutting board. He started to slice the tomatoes unevenly and started to laugh at himself. Curious, Erica walked over to check on him. She soon started to laugh with him. "What are you doing?" she giggled. "I have no idea, to be honest" he bursted out laughing. Erica took his hands from behind him and started to help him dice them. She could see Jonghyun blushing, trying to hide his smile by looking around. "Yah! Watch your fingers or you'll lose one!" she scolded him, giggling. As they finished preparing dinner, Alex helped set the table. "Noona can sit across from hyung like how umma and appa do~" he smiled. Erica and Jonghyun exchanged glances before blushing. Jonghyun helped Erica bring the plates over and helped Alex pour the sauce over his noodles. "Mm~ It looks good!" Jonghyun announced, winking over at Erica. She smiled and helped Alex with his first fork full. "Alex-nah. Eat~" she said. The family of three began to start their first meal together. "Yah, you're so cute~" Erica laughed, as she wiped the splattered sauce off Alex's face. She felt Jonghyun's eyes watching her as she did so. 'Don't look.. Don't look..' she told herself . She forked another bunch of noodles and ate it carefully, making sure she didn't make a mess of herself. She looked up and met eyes with Jonghyun who quickly glanced away. She hid her smile and continued to eat. Suddenly, they heard a clash. "Alex!" Erica laughed. His head, face first, fell into the plate of red noodles. Jonghyun began to laugh as he picked up the emptied plate and spilled over contents. Erica picked the sleeping baby up from his position and wiped his face. "Noona, I want Jonghyun hyung.." Alex whimpered. Jonghyun came out of the kitchen just in time, and was handed the sleepy Alex. He nuzzled his face into his brother's neck before falling fast asleep. "You can go take him upstairs, I'll finish cleaning up" Erica whispered to him. Instead, Jonghyun took her hand with his free one and guided her upstairs with him. They both sat at Alex's bedside and tucked him in. "He really loves you," Erica admired as Jonghyun his little brother's hair. Jonghyun smiled. "When I'm older, I'll be the best appa in the world" he told her. "It already seems like you are," she smiled at him. Jonghyun took her hand and gave it a squeeze. "Tomorrow you have school, right? We'll both drive you." Erica oblidged, but Jonghyun insisted. "Besides, after we pick you up we can meet your father." "My.. appa?"