Learning About The Past: Junsu's Turn

A Chance to Change the Past
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Hi, guys! So here's the next part of Erin trying to find out more about the boys' current situation.

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It was just early evening when we got back to the suite.

I had watched with wide eyes as Changmin devoured (there was no other word for it) everything in sight during lunch, while his other members all chuckled amusedly at my shock, and we had afterwards merely spent the afternoon sitting from café to café, while sampling their coffee, cakes, and other pastries.

The lazy slowness of the latter part of our day took its toll on us, so even if we technically haven’t done much, we all somehow felt too tired to do anything other than to plop down on the seats in the living room as soon as we entered the suite.

From the threshold, Changmin walked across straight to the sofa and collapsed face-down on it, his long, lanky body taking up all the space.

“Move over,” Jaejoong muttered tiredly, trying to shove Changmin’s ridiculously long legs out of the way. But he wouldn’t budge.

“Leave me alone, hyung,” Changmin’s muffled voice grunted. “I’m booped.”

“That’s not even a real word,” I told him, rolling my eyes, as I fell down the same armchair that I had occupied last night. “So, get your freakishly long legs out of the way so that Jaejoong oppa can sit!”

Changmin raised his head just enough to scowl at me. “What are you, some kind of English major or something?” he snapped.

I raised my eyebrows at him. “Yes, I am, actually.”

The four other members all turned to look at me. I gave them a small smile.

Changmin, however, just scowled even more. “That was a rhetorical question!”

The smile was wiped off my face in an instant. “Sure, it was…” I told him in a very mocking tone.

He let out a low growl as he pushed himself off the sofa and placed himself right in front of me. I also stood up from my seat to face him head on.

Even if he was almost a goddamn feet taller than me.

Shoot.

Jaejoong, meanwhile, didn’t seem to give a damn that we were about to fight again. “Hallelujah,” he muttered, before claiming the spot Changmin had just vacated, stretching and groaning in relief.

If Jaejoong wasn’t very much bothered about me and Changmin, the other half of the Yunjae couple, on the other hand, was very much annoyed and frustrated with us.

“Can you two not lay off each other for more than five seconds?!” he shouted as he got in between Changmin and I. Meanwhile, Junsu had grabbed onto my shoulders and Yoochun forcibly dragged Changmin away.

“Yeah, sure, five seconds is nothing,” Changmin replied sarcastically, trying to get Yoochun off him. “She does or says something to annoy me every five minutes, though.”

“I do something to annoy you?” I scoffed.

This guy was unbelievable!

Yunho was gritting his teeth so hard that if I wasn’t so mad I’d worry that they would be reduced to stubbles. He was about to shout at us again, when a loud snore from the sofa made him, Yoochun, Changmin, Junsu, and I all turn our heads in that direction.

He hasn’t even been on the sofa for more than 2 minutes, but Jaejoong was already fast asleep, his mouth hanging open.

“Charming,” Yoochun snorted, finally letting go of Changmin, now that there was no chance of him charging at me again, since the maknae was too busy staring disbelievingly at his snoring hyung. Yoochun then turned to me. “Just what exactly did you two do earlier? I mean, I’m knackered, but I’m not that beat,” he laughed.

“I didn’t do anything to him,” I laughed as well. “I actually thought he really enjoyed the shopping.”

Not counting the part where we talked about their company, of course, I added to myself.

“Of course he did,” the four members who were still awake all chorused. They said it in different ways, though: Changmin said it while rolling his eyes, Yoochun was snickering for his part, Junsu was giggling, and Yunho said it while smiling fondly at Jaejoong

Well, at least now I understood why he was looking at Jaejoong like that. Hehe, Yunjae ftw!

“Alright, I better get this sleeping beauty to bed,” Yunho smiled, picking Jaejoong up bridal-style and making me see one of my most favorite Yunjae fantasies happen right before my very eyes.

Woah…

As he hoisted Jaejoong into his arms, he glared at Changmin and me. “Changmin, Yoochun is sharing the room with you tonight. Erin, you stay with Junsu in the second room.”

“YES!” Changmin and I both shouted gleefully at the same time. And then, yes, we glared at each other again.

Yunho muttered darkly under his breath, before looking at Yoochun and Junsu. “You two can keep those two in line tonight,” he instructed, before stalking off to their room, kicking their door open and then slamming it shut with his foot.

“Brilliant,” Yoochun grimaced. Then, he swung his arm around Changmin’s neck and pulled him into a headlock. “Alright, Minnie, let's go to bed!”

“Don’t call me that!” Changmin growled, struggling to break lose. “And I’m not sleeping yet! It’s still early!”

My God, does he sound exactly like a whining child or what? And yet, at the same time, I also found it quite… endearing? I shook that thought quickly out of my head.

Well, I suppose him acting like a child is much better than him acting like a jerk, anyway, I thought.

“Ah, no way,” Yoochun said cheerfully, pulling Changmin to the direction of the third room. “I want to get some rest, but I’m not risking you two fighting again! Not when it means that Yunho hyung will have my head for it, at any rate. So, you’re coming with me!”

“Well, at least I can finally get the bed on the right,” Changmin mumbled, smirking and shooting a look back at me. I narrowed my eyes at him.

Yoochun, however, stopped walking abruptly and raised an eyebrow challengingly. “Oh, yeah? And what makes you think I’m letting you have that bed?”

“Hyung!” Changmin complained, very much dismayed.

Apparently he thought that just because I’m moving to the second room, he can already take the bed with the better view. Ha, well I guess he better think again! I smirked widely at the maknae’s irritation.

“What? I’m exchanging places with Erin, aren’t I? It only makes sense that I use her bed, then,” Yoochun grinned, resuming his walking and dragging.

Changmin kept grumbling and muttering until Yoochun pulled him into the third room and shut the door behind them.

“So, you wanna just lounge about here, or head to bed, too?” Junsu asked me, while I was still looking all smug and grinning triumphantly at Changmin’s (and Yoochun's) closed door.

“Huh? Oh,” I said, distracted from my happiness that Changmin still can’t get away with things when it comes to his hyungs. “I guess head to bed, too? I’m not yet really sleepy, but it would be nice to lie down. Those beds are really comfortable,” I grinned.

“Yep, it’s really like lying down on clouds,” Junsu agreed.

Well, if we apparently already have clouds, and with you five gods here, then this place really is heaven on earth, then, I thought, smiling slightly.

“You know, you’re very lucky that Jaejoong’s already knocked out tonight,” Junsu told me, as he comfortably got in between his sheets.

“Why is that?” I asked confusedly, opting to just sit on my bed for a while. I pulled my knees to my chest and wrapped my arms around them, facing Junsu’s side and looking at him curiously.

“Well, Yoochun and I had just started sleeping when we heard you and Changmin arguing last night,” he began.

I grimaced at him apologetically.

Not that I was regretting shouting back at the maknae last night (it was his fault, after all), but I was still sorry that we disturbed Yoochun and Junsu.

Junsu just waved off my apology and continued, “Well, anyway, we hadn’t been able to sleep sooner than that because of them.”

He winced and thumbed to the wall separating our room from Yunho and Jaejoong’s beside him.

“What do you mean? They were arguing, too?”

Junsu snorted. “That would have been better.” Then, seeing my bewildered look, he explained further, “These walls are really lacking in thickness, and those two are never quiet when they… you know… get it on.”

This time it only took me a couple of seconds to understand what he meant, and I winced, too.

“Yeah,” he laughed a bit. Then, he glanced at me speculatively. “Though I suppose I should correct my earlier statement. Seeing as it’s you, I guess I should have said that it’s unlucky that Jaejoong’s already asleep, then.”

“What?” I gaped at him.

“You don’t want to get your first 'hands-on' real experience of how Yunho and Jaejoong really are in private?” he

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chap23 will be a bit delayed! I'm sorry! D: I'm buried in school work right now. I'll try to update during the week, if not, definitely on the 30th then T.T

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Bayan13 #1
Chapter 1: Every time I miss them and yearn to be within this casual intimate space with them, I come back to this story. Every time I ask myself unanswerable questions or think of what-ifs and how different the future could've been, I come back to this story.

I wasn't sure about reading this story at first, as I believe that everything happens for a reason. I believe that everything the boys have experienced - good or bad - has helped them grow and mature into who and what they are today, as different as they might be in the story. They each paved their path with their efforts and hard work. They all grew a lot, learned a lot, and made many amazing achievements and precious memories. The things they did, the music they made, and the experiences they gained in those ten years apart are all equally precious, and I honestly wouldn't trade them for an alternate reality.

That's why I treasure their present as much as their past. Their past will always be precious - to them and us - no matter how much time passes or things change. If they ever have a future together, that day will be the happiest in Cassiopeia's history. Until that day comes, I will treasure every day they spend growing and doing their best in what they love. I'm grateful enough that they exist in this world in my lifetime.

Yet there are days when I wish this story was real and yearn for any interactions between the five with all my being. On such days, every DB5K song, video, and picture just makes me cry and scream WHY.

It's even worse when I read this story set in 2014 and realize that barely anything has changed five years later. Instead, we now yearn to see JYJ interactions just like we always did with DB5K. It's so painful and frustrating. It's naive to think it'll ever get less hard and sad to remember after many years. That's because no matter how much time passes, they'll never be less precious in our hearts.

Being part of Cassiopeia is not easy. Our boys are separated and experience many hardships, and our fandom is equally split, messy, and toxic as a result. There's a lot we need to endure, wait for, and persevere through as fans. But the boys honestly make anything and everything worth it. They're the reason we're all still here going strong 15 years later. We still empty merchandise and album shelves and increase votes and views. We still sell out tickets and fill venues. We're still a shining pearl red ocean. We're still keeping the faith and finding happiness and inspiration in our boys. We honestly couldn't be more blessed.
Angelz0715 #2
Chapter 54: This story is so good! I really wish that it was true that they are still together. But even now I’m still always keeping the faith to see them reunite again someday~
jcnafaiz
#3
Chapter 53: Where are you now??
YooAnne6002
#4
Chapter 54: Just done reading Thank you author nim for this fic I really love it if only this is TVXQ5 reality, if only all five of them stands on the same side about the lawsuit, but atleast with this fic cassiopeia's 5 stars are still together, it makes me happy
Erin and ChangMin bickering is what makes this fic more enjoyable ro read, I love how they end up with each other and be a happily married couple and have 2 lovable kids
I also love the last part it seems like YooChun is falling inlove with JunSu, I want YooSu and YunJae wedding update please, again thank you and
God bless you author nim
changmindi988
#5
Chapter 54: Shim Erin! and I love you author-nim!
changmindi988
#6
Chapter 50: doneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee oi u made me kiss him mentally!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thankuuuuuuuuuu uhggggggggggggg
changmindi988
#7
Chapter 25: Thats exactly what they shouldve done!
changmindi988
#8
Chapter 15: There she spilled it out and i'm crying a river here
changmindi988
#9
Chapter 13: Nice one to distract Junsu <3
changmindi988
#10
Chapter 11: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk