Star Catcher

Star Catcher

When everyone settled down, Sohee sat on the couch next to Jaejoong. They continued with the buzzy chatter. All four of them were feeling rather energetic and everyone was in a good mood. Mostly. Except for one person. That was Yoochun.

Yoochun couldn't help but feel prickly with nerves. He wanted to tell everyone the truth about his feelings. It didn't feel right to have hidden feelings when Jaejoong, his best friend, was going out with Sohee. Yoochun wanted to end things clearly. He just didn't know how to do it right. So he decided to be blunt.

"I have something to tell you all," Yoochun announced.

Junsu stopped munching his chips. Jaejoong and Sohee froze in their places. And of course, Yoochun gulped.

"What is it?" Sohee asked.

Yoochun could barely meet her eyes without having his heart pound like crazy. He didn't want to feel so nervous, but he was. Around Sohee, he became something else.

"Yeah," Junsu said. "What's up, Micky?"

Clearly, Junsu was in a good mood. He rarely spoke of Yoochun's nickname. Yoochun cleared his throat, straightening his shirt too.

"I want to say something that I've been wanting to say for a very long time."

"Then say it, Yoochun." Jaejoong urged on.

This is it. Yoochun thought. Once the truth is told, anything may happen. This is a risk that I'm not willing to take, but I must deal with it. Here it goes.

"I like Sohee."

"Mwuh?!"

The exclamation hadn't come from Sohee. It had come from Junsu, which was slightly predictable. Sohee stared at Yoochun with open in shock. Jaejoong had his arms crossed, his eyebrows up in surprise. But not a happy surprise.

"Y-You like noona?!" Junsu asked in shock.

Yoochun blushed. "She's your noona, not mine. I'm older than her."

"B-But still. . ." Junsu stuttered, still bewildered.

Sohee eyed Yoochun warily. "W-Wae? Why do you like me?"

"Well," Yoochun started, not knowing how to answer. "Because. . . just because! I like. . . I like you. Your personality. Your appearance. Your. . . everything, I guess."

Sohee blushed in silence. Jaejoong pouted to himself before speaking.

"When did you start liking her?"

"A while ago." Yoochun muttered.

"When is that?"

"I dunno. Before you started dating her."

"When did you realize your feelings?"

"That's the same question!"

"No, of course not. Answer me."

"W-What business of yours is it?!" Yoochun said, his face filled with red.

Sohee smiled. "Jaejoong, stop asking so much. Yoochun is getting flustered."

"More than flustered." Yoochun added.

Junsu sighed. "Why are all my friends falling for my noona? This isn't fair."

Jaejoong spoke up. "Because Sohee is a star catcher."

"A what?" everyone asked.

"Star Catcher," Jaejoong repeated. "Sohee keeps on catching every star's hearts. With just a blink of an eye."

Sohee blushed. "Anya! You make me sound like a player."

"You are!" Jaejoong teased.

"Can we get back to the topic?" Junsu asked. "We were talking about Yoochun's crush on Sohee."

Yoochun glared at him. "Thanks for bringing it up again."

Junsu shrugged. "Yah, I'm trying to help you out. Let Sohee consider you."

Sohee stayed silent for a minute, not knowing how to answer. She already knew her own answer. She just didn't know how to respond politely to Yoochun without harsh words. Sohee didn't want to hurt his feelings. Nor did she want their friendship to end. Sohee carefully picked her words.

"Yoochun, you must know that I am very flattered by all of this. You are a very wonderful, kind person that I truly love and care for. I've been very glad to meet you and to befriend you. I know that you're a wonderful guy. However, I'm sorry. I love Jaejoong with all my heart. He is the one that I want to be with. Everything that we've done together has please me. I'm sorry."

To Sohee's surprise, Yoochun laughed. His smile was genuine, as if he'd heard a funny joke.

"Yah, are you crazy, hyung?" Junsu asked. "What's up with you?"

Yoochun shook his head, a smile still on his face. "Although I did confess to liking Sohee, I never asked her to date me. I simply told everyone my true feelings. You didn't need to respond to my confession, Sohee. It's alright."

Sohee smiled in embarrassment. "Ah. Oops. Okay."

Then everything went back to normal. Well, as normal as it could be, anyways. Sohee and Yoochun were both feeling awkward with each other. Jaejoong and Junsu were both still surprised and jealous.

~ ~ ~

My gosh. . .What a surprising day it has been! I had no idea at all that Yoochun liked me. Well, I knew that he liked me as a friend, but nothing more. Now I'm very. . . I don' know. I don't know anymore. I don't want to do the assignment that Boss has assigned me to do. In fact, there's more than one assignment. I'm gonna be so bus this week. Hopefully everything will turn out fine. I need to get ahold of Jaejoong's key. He is one of the concert directors of the latest concert. That's how I knew that he had the key. But now. . . I'm nervous about finding the key. . . and getting caught! Wish me luck...

Sohee finished writing and put her journal away. Then she walked out of her new room, sneaking up to Jaejoong's room. Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu were downstairs in the living room, asleep. They'd all been watching television all night while Sohee had headed upstairs, saying that she was tired and wanted to sleep. Now, Sohee was inside of Jaejoong's room, tiptoeing across the floor in the dark. She didn't' want the lights on, just in case anyone got up and saw her.

As Sohee rummaged through Jaejoong's drawers, a small key was discovered, hidden underneath all the papers. Jaejoong had put a sticky note beside it.

Concert Keys

This was just too easy! Sohee thought. I'd expected something much harder to find. Well, I guess it's a good thing.

"What are you doing in here?"

Sohee's blood went cold as ice. She turned her head around slowly and there stood Junsu.

"J-Junsu? What are you doing here?" Sohee asked slowly.

"You didn't answer my question." Junsu replied.

Sohee's heart pounded against her ribcage. "I. . .I was. . . I was getting some tissue. My room doesn't have any. I was thinking Jaejoong would have some. I think I'm getting a cold."

Junsu's face was instantly filled with concern. "Really? Noona, take some medicine. Here, I'll go get some."

"A-Ani!" Sohee yelled. "Um, I already took some. It's okay. Why are you here, Junsu?"

Junsu smiled sheepishly. "I woke up from a bad dream and I wanted to check up on you."

Sohee nodded. "I see."

Then, Junsu sighed. "Ani. That's a lie. I actually wanted to talk to you."

"About what?" Sohee asked.

"Yoochun's earlier confession made me remember," Junsu said slowly.

"W-What's up?"

Junsu sighed. "Noona, don't be offended, alright?"

Sohee nodded. "Go on."

"To tell you the truth, I've been in love with you since high school. When we became friends, I started to like you."

Oh, no. Not again. Sohee thought. But she stayed silent so that Junsu could continue to talk.

"Even when you were dating Junho, I couldn't help but continue to like you," Junsu said. "You were the girl that I couldn't get. But it was even worse when you moved away. I couldn't see you. I could only write to you. It was hard to communicate. I tried to forget about you. And for a while, I dated other girls. You became a memory that was in the back of my mind, almost faded away. Until you came back. I started to wonder if I was in love with you again. For a while, I was very confident that I still loved you. I was really hurt when you started dating Jaejoong. But then, the more time you two spent together, the more happier I felt for you. I now realize that I don't have feelings for you anymore. I just wanted to tell you, Noona."

"Thank you, Junsu." Sohee whispered. "I guess Jaejoong was right. I really am a Star Catcher."


So, this chapter explains the title of the story! I hope that you understand now? Haha. Sohee almost got caught! The rest of Sohee's 'assignments' will be written with more detail in the next few chapters, alright? Thanks for reading!

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alexamoon21 #1
New reader :))) please updateeee
Jun_KOI_Mi
#2
Now everything revealed
I think she deserve to be hated
melody82181
#3
@TiaraL: Lmao. Yep, I'm happy for her too. Phew. Haha. Thanks for keeping up with my story! ^^
cassiexAKTF
#4
I would never do that to someone I "love", not even to a stranger. o__o; And does she love writing music or the salary that comes with it? lol.
Anyway, I know it's tough for you to write her character like this, so do your best to keep pushing on. x_x
Jun_KOI_Mi
#5
OMG!
She do that just for her career?
melody82181
#6
@TiaraL Aww...Thanks! Hope that you'll like reading it. :)