Ceci gave Helen a puzzled look as the maknae handed an invitation with a ticket to a cruise out to her. The leader took the invitation and ticket and then looked at Helen for further explanation.

“We got invited to a party in a yacht. We’re going on a cruise!” Helen announced excitedly. “Pack your stuff and get your most elegant dress. We’re going tomorrow!”

The leader nodded and went to her room to get her things ready for the event. The maknae smiled to herself as things were going the way she planned. She brought her phone out and texted Changmin,

Got everything ready. She doesn’t seem to be suspicious. I’m confident things will go smoothly. ^_^  XOXO, Helen

Changmin smiled upon reading Helen’s text message. He placed his phone inside his pocket as he went upstairs to his hyung’s bedroom. Only to find him on his bed, in his boxers and wife beater. The leader laid down comfortably, his back resting on his soft pillows, his bambi stuffed toy next to him. It took him a few seconds to finally notice Changmin since he was too engrossed in the book he was reading.

“Yo’ Changmin. I see you’re finally here.” The leader greeted as he settled his book on his side table. Changmin smiled as he approached his hyung. He handed him the invitation and ticket to the cruise.

“We got invited to a party. Get your stuff ready and prepare your best tux… We’re going on a cruise.” Changmin said in a calm manner, keeping his act natural and unsuspicious. The leader just nodded and got up from his bed to do as the maknae told.

“So how long will the cruise take?” The leader asked out of curiosity as he opened his closet.

“Just twelve hours.” The maknae replied. “It’s from 6pm to 6 am…”

Yunho nodded in response and Changmin left him to get his things ready. He got his phone from his pocket and let out a sigh of relief as he texted Helen,
 

Got Hyung to say yes. Evil Maknae powers are indeed powerful. Kekeke…. See you tomorrow. ^_^ -Changmin

Just a few hours away until the event and Ceci was still in her bathrobe. She had already her make up and hair done, but she had trouble finding something to wear even with all the clothes she had, being a famous celebrity and all…

Helen looked at her Unnie suspiciously. Ceci had just dashed to Helen’s room and opened her closet and she had been staring for quite some time and she seemed to be looking for something.

“Why are you looking?” Helen asked teasingly, startling the leader.

Ceci blushed and responded, “You have a lot of clothes…”

The maknae smiled and chuckled, “You too… Why bother looking at mine? Are you trying to impress someone?”

The maknae sure loved teasing her unnie. For her it was entertaining to watch especially when the leader grew speechless. It made Helen want to more.  But Helen eventually stopped and helped her unnie look for something. She took a couture white-laced black dress for Ceci to wear. She wanted her unnie to look freaking gorgeous for the night. The whole thing was arranged for her after all.

Ceci hesitantly tried on the dress. She looked at herself in the mirror and stared in awe. The maknae smiled at how Ceci looked good in the dress.  The maknae thought, ‘Tonight, TVXQ’s Jung Yunho would go crazy…”

Ceci looked so gorgeous.  Helen had done it again. She made her look perfect for the evening.

It didn’t take too long for Helen to get ready. She picked an Alexander McQueen crystal-printed dress. Her shoes were a stunner. Unlike most shoes that had heels, hers was different. It had no heels, only a sturdy wooded sole that guides her toes, adorned with studs, her signature.

Alas, the two were ready to party. They got into Helen’s BMW M3 and drove away to get to the venue.

The two girls arrived at around 5:30pm. Helen helped Ceci get their things into the yacht. Right after all things were set. Helen told Ceci that she had to go somewhere and that she’ll come back after a few minutes.
 

Yunho was getting pretty hysterical. The yacht was about to sail and Changmin still hasn’t come back. He kept walking back and forth as he bombarded the maknae with text messages. He tried giving him a call but he wouldn’t answer. The leader was starting to get worried. His eyes widened in shock as soon as the yacht started moving. He went to find the captain and talk to him. Yunho was suddenly out of his mind. He started walking fast to look for the control room, when all of a sudden he bumped into a girl, causing her to trip on her heels.

Yunho’s reflexes were pretty good. He was able to hold the girl’s petite waist, catching her, preventing her from falling. Yunho felt his cheeks heat up at the sudden skin ship made by him and the girl. He eventually pulled away from her to apologize when he was star strucked and became at lost for words as soon as he recognized who the girl was.
 

He cursed inwardly. He didn’t expect her to be there. Changmin didn’t say anything. That’s when it hit him…

‘Changmin!!! I know you have something to do with this!’ Yunho thought, not that he regretted or didn’t like being around her. In fact, he was incredibly happy to see her again. It was just that he wasn’t told about it. He wasn’t able to prepare. He still felt awkward especially when the memory about a certain incident was still fresh in his mind.

“Ceci…” Yunho said as he looked at her. Ceci just stared at him with eyes as wide as saucers. She couldn’t believe it as well. She wasn’t prepared to see him just yet. She felt her face heat up all of a sudden. She didn’t know what to do.

Yunho decided to just enjoy the ‘view’ before him.  Ceci was a total knock out. She wore a three-forth sleeved, white-laced, fitted black cocktail dress that stopped about three inches above her knees. The dress hugged her figure perfectly. She wore Black pumps that matched her dress perfectly. She wore light make up that made her look fresh and she had her brown hair curled at the ends. She was incredibly breath-taking.

Ceci on the other hand, couldn’t help but be stunned by Yunho as well. He looked good himself. –‘Good’ was rather an understatement. Yunho looked really handsome in his tux. He looked young, fresh, clean and sophisticated in it. Ceci just couldn’t help but fangirl deep down inside. Her thoughts about using ‘showtime’ on Yunho was slowly fading. Helen was right after all. ‘Showtime’ would never work on Yunho. Ceci just loved him so much. He was too irresistible for her.
 

But of course, the female leader had her pride. She was hurt afterall and Yunho had to be sensitive about what he just said on air. Moreover, Ceci felt really ashamed after everything that had happened. Her actions that night, she figured, were probably a major turn off for Yunho. However, Yunho, didn’t think such things. He knows that Ceci is a decent girl and he cares about her. In fact, he was also ashamed of what he did. He didn’t know how to converse with her.

“T-there must be a mistake…” Ceci said, breaking the silence between her and Yunho. Yunho felt a slight ‘pang’ in his chest. The thought  of Ceci thinking that being with him as of that moment was a mistake hurt him. Ceci ran off to look for a staff on the yacht to talk to her. She dialed Helen’s number and cursed as she can’t reach her.

Lee Haju. Where are you? You set this up? How can you leave me? Ottoke?! –Ceci

Yunho followed Ceci. She was pretty fast in her high heels as soon as Ceci found the butler that Helen hired for the whole cruise, Ceci came up to him and asked nicely, despite the fact that she was being hysterical deep down.inside.
The butler was around his 40’s. He seemed nice and accommodating.

“Sir, There must be a mistake. We came here for a party and two of the guests weren’t able to ride on the yacht.” Cecilia said as she showed the invitation to the butler. She also brilliantly guessed that Changmin might have been ‘left’ too, since Yunho looked pretty worried. The butler scratched his head in confusion as he looked at the invitation. He gave Ceci an apologetic look and replied. “Ma’am , you must be mistaken. Helen Lee-shii said that this cruise would be for two people only. There is no party as well. Just a romantic dinner for a couple while on a cruise.”

“Couple?” Yunho asked in confusion. Ceci was stunned. Her cheeks were starting to heat up again.

“Yes, Sir. You two are the couple, right?” The butler smiled  at the two awkward leaders.  The idea made Yunho giddy. ‘Couple… Me and Ceci?’

“But Sir… Yunho and I… We aren’t a-“ Ceci laughed nervously. The butler gave her an assuring smile.

“No need to worry, Ma’am… Your relationship won’t be revealed to the press or the media. Everything that will happen will remain in this yatch. We assure you that your secret is safe with us. We understand you are focused on your careers. We promise that we will be quiet about this.” The butler stated, which surprised the two and made them speechless.

“Well, I have to go back to my work now, Ma’am, Sir… We have to make sure that your date will be remarkable…Helen Lee-shii’s orders. While waiting for everything else to be prepared, feel free to enjoy the view of the sunset while on the cruise. You may also stay in some of the rooms in the yacht to get some rest. Dinner will be served at around 8pm.”
The butler bowed and left. The two leaders were left dumbfounded and could only nod after everything that the butler said.
 

The two leaders were forced to go to dinner, despite the lack of appetite they had after being stressed out. It was a lot to process and the awkward aura that surrounded them didn’t make them feel any better.

Yunho felt really bothered by the fact that Ceci had been ignoring him. He wanted to talk to her so badly. He was pretty tongue-tied, but he knew he had to fix things with her. That was probably why Changmin and Helen set the cruise for them.

“Ceci… Can we talk?” He asked nervously. He cursed himself inwardly at how lame he sounded. “Please?”

Ceci was stunned at how THE Uknow Yunho actually begged for her just to talk to him.  She never expected that. She badly wanted to give in, but she was pretty stubborn.

“What do you want?” She asked coldly as she sliced the meat on her plate. Yunho looked at her and gulped down his saliva upon guessing how angry she is based on how she sliced her piece of meat. Yunho couldn’t help but feel sorry for the meat and later on, he knew he would feel sorry for himself.

“Look. Whatever happened, if I had hurt you, I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to. Please, let me make it up to you…” He said. It was pretty surprising. Yunho wasn’t actually the type to give in easily. He was pretty stubborn as well, being TVXQ’s leader he just had that natural stubbornness which later he just learned to use not only among s, but also around women. But Ceci, was a special case… She was indeed different…

Ceci wanted so much to give in and she hated herself for being such a softy. She had to learn. She was too easy to give in. She knew that at some point she had to learn more about men and that sometimes she had to make them suffer a bit, that she had to make them work hard to earn her trust. After experiencing that heart-break with Jay, she knew she had to be tough around men. Back then, every time she and Jay would get to an argument, she’d get hurt so badly, but Jay would just be forgiven easily. She loved him dearly…. When they broke up she realized she was wrong for being too soft on him. That’s pretty much the reason why she’s being so hard on Yunho. She hated making her ideal man go through such. It hurt her to resist him, but she had to. She wanted to see how far he’d go for her.

After he said on air, that the kiss didn’t happen and that he was just probably drunk, Ceci was hurt pretty badly. It scared her and disappointed her that her idol and ideal man, would be just like those guys who only want girls for their physical features and that to him, she’s just another girl he could throw away after ‘using.’

“That’s what all of you say. How could you be like that?” She said in frustration, her Jeollado accent was becoming evident as she spoke. She looked away from him. His eyes were the type most people get lost in. They were gorgeous it made her lose focus.

Yunho, upon hearing her spoke in the dialect he had known  and spoken ever since he was a kid, suppressed a smile. He didn’t want Ceci to think he wasn’t serious with her. He was amazed at how Ceci’s accent came up when she was frustrated and angry. It made her look more real and beautiful in his eyes. Moreover, Yunho hadn’t spoken and heard his dialect for so long, when he heard her speak in such, he felt like he was home…

“Like what?” Yunho asked cluelessly. He felt his palms get sweaty as he was starting to get nervous.

“How could you act like nothing happened? Like none of it matters to you? How could all men just say sweet words and then get what they want afterwards?” She said , tears started to form her eyes. She could see how Yunho had no idea at all and that he was pretty dense. Ceci is a woman, obviously and she wanted him to realize on his own. She didn’t want to say it directly to him. She found it pretty embarrassing and it was so frustrating that Yunho was too dense to read between the lines…

“Ceci ,if it was the kiss that bothers you so much… We could act like it didn’t happen…” Yunho said which hurt her even more. Apparently, Yunho didn’t get what she meant. He thought Ceci was worried about Caleb finding out about how they made out. Yunho thought Ceci and Caleb are together….
 

“Act like nothing happened?” Ceci reiterated. “How can you act like nothing happened, Yunho? How can you think that, that kiss was nothing, when to me…? It was pretty much everything… Everything I have ever wanted ever since…”

Upon finally saying what she had to, the tears finally came out to her eyes, like crystals that pierced Yunho’s heart as soon as they fell…

Yunho was left in awe and it was then that he realized what Ceci felt. He was too stunned to say anything, but his heart raced. Ceci stood up from her seat, feeling like a fool. She decided to walk away before things get worse. She was embarrassed. She had just said it to him and it made her feel pathetic. She thought, Yunho would probably think of her as a petty little fangirl, alittle fool who was crazy for him. She thought he might have thought she was vulgar, immature and annoying like everyone else. It embarrassed her.

But as of that moment, Yunho was thinking differently. Yunho saw Ceci in a different light. When he first saw her, he already thought she was beautiful, attractive and fun. He was attracted to the mystery that she was. But now, it was a different kind of attraction that he felt…Yunho thought she was real… Ceci was the real deal and she just mesmerized him. The way she spoke with her accent when she felt frustrated and the way she cried when she was hurt, when she told him how she felt and cried about it made her even more beautiful in Yunho’s eyes. He  saw deeper into her and that’s when he realized, that what he felt towards her was beyond mere attraction…

He stood up from his seat and followed her. The people working at the yacht started to get worried upon witnessing their argument.

Yunho grabbed hold of her wrist as soon as caught up to her. Ceci sobbed as she tried to shrug his hand off of her, but failed as he was strong.

“Let go…” She sobbed, half-whining, half-begging, but Yunho did the opposite. He held on to her tighter and wrapped his arms around her waist, hugging her from behind. Ceci was bewildered by his actions. He sighed as he protectively held her against him, like she was a fragile thing that would break eventually. Ceci could feel Yunho’s breath on her neck as he breathed. He was so close to her. It made her heart race and her cheeks flushed a deeper shade of red. She couldn’t help but notice how Yunho’s gentleness and warmth, made her stop crying… She stopped struggling. She just stood there and let him hold her close. She flinched when she felt Yunho’s nose on the right side of her neck, then his soft lips pecked it lightly. Yunho inhaled her scent as he breathed so closely to her and noticed that she smelled like strawberries…

“Ceci…” He whispered, lovingly into her ear, his deep, gentle baritone voice sent shivers to her spine. “Hear me out first… Please…”

Ceci kept silent as she listened to him and remained in his warm embrace.

“I didn’t mean what I said and I’m sorry that I have hurt you. It wasn’t my intention to do so. Back then, when I was asked on air about the kiss, I wasn’t thinking clearly. I was still confused and when you walked away when I approached you, I thought you didn’t want to talk about it. So when I was asked about it on a show, I lied because I thought it was the best for both of us. What I said a while ago, it was a total lie. I don’t want to act like our kiss didn’t happen at all because I know it was real. Even if we weren’t quite sober that time, I know it was real and if time would’ve turned and I had been given the chance to re-do everything, drunk or not I’d still do it. I’d still kiss you because I wanted to and because… I love you… I love you Kim Sunjung...”

Tears of happiness this time escaped Ceci’s eyes, upon hearing Yunho’s confession. She realized he was really sincere and the fact that he called her by her real name, made her realized that Yunho most importantly appreciated Kim Sunjung, the simple girl behind that famous leader of Kasai. She gently pulled away from his embrace to turn around and face him. She looked into his gorgeous eyes as she wrapped her arms around his neck. She rested her head on his chest and hugged him tight.

“I love you too… Jung Yunho… Ever since, I was just Sunjung the little fangirl from Gwangju…  I had always looked up to you.”She confessed to him and Yunho smiled relieved that finally they’ve decided to become more honest with each other.

“’Just Sunjung’ is an understatement though…” He spoke… “Just then, I saw how amazing Sunjung is… I was attracted to Cecilia… But Sunjung… Well Sunjung is different. Sunjung is more real, simple and less complex.”

“Is that a good thing?” Ceci asked innocently as she slightly pulled away and looked up to meet his gaze. Yunho smiled as he ran his fingers through her silky hair.

“It’s a good thing.” He chuckled. “Would you give me the chance to see Sunjung more often and let me love her even more?”

Ceci smiled and gave him a nod.

“Would you be my girl friend?” He asked. “Let’s start dating. Officially.Please?”

“It would be an honor to date TVXQ’s Yunho, my idol and inspiration.” She replied, giggling.

“Well it would be my pleasure to date Kasai’s Cecilia… Haha… A lot of fanboys will kill me…” He remarked before leaning forward to brush his lips gently against hers, feeling the warmth of her lips against his as he held her closer, wishing that their cruise won’t ever end and last much longer…

A.N. I hope their relationship progress wasn’t too fast or too slow… Back then, in my stories, kisses happen at around Chapter 30 or 40 something… I figured it bore some of my readers. I hope the timing is just okay…

I hesitated a bit on the kiss… LOL Despite the fact that I already had them making out in an earlier chapter…>//<

Well I finally gave you their first, kiss as an official couple… LOL a kiss where in both are sober… XD

Hahaha… the two evil maknae’s are pretty powerful, neh? Hahaha

I hope you guys liked the chap. I know it’s kinda cheesy… Hahhaa… I’m sorry… I’m pretty much into fluff… XD

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Eia’s a bit busy for now. She guided me, still in writing this. ^^

We will try to update as soon as we can. Eia and I usually sort ideas together. Hahaha

With love,
~Kei-Chan <3