Zee’s POV

I am not going to lie. That shout of his probably reached a couple of octaves. Well, I already expected as much.

            “can you tone it down a bit? I think the whole floor just heard you.” I complained rubbing my ears.

            “what do you mean you’re leaving? Why are you leaving? When?! Why didn’t you tell me this sooner?!” he ignored what I said and just ranted on.

You’d think he’d let me answer his first question first right?

            “hold it!” I held both my hands up to make him stop talking. “will you relax and let me explain first?”

by some weird miracle he stopped talking and glared at me; arms still crossed.

            “ok, I am leaving for 2 weeks to fix my working visa. I have to go back because I can’t stay in Korea for a straight year. I also didn’t tell coz I wanted to do it AFTER I’ve told your company, which I did just yesterday. I wanted to tell you after the concert but considering some unexpected circumstances beyond our control…” I gestured to his face. “…I decided to postpone telling you. But since you so wanted to know, here I am telling you now. finally happy?”

I finished crossed my arms and glared at him. To my surprise his expression became puzzled.

            “2 weeks? You’ll be coming back?”

            “of course I’ll come back. The hotel is still standing, isn’t it?” I answered. I looked at him and then it hit me. “you think I’m not coming back, don't you?”

            “me!? Psh! No I don’t.” he said denying what was already obvious coz he suddenly looked relieved.

            “uh huh…riiiiight…if you say so. Well, I’ll be off then.” I turned and started to walk towards he door.

            “yah! We’re still not finished talking about this!” I heard him shout. I turned to look at him again.

            “fine. Now go and rest.”

He raised and crossed his legs and stared at me.  I just realized he took off the bandage off his cheek. I don’t know but looking at that gash on his cheek is really making me feel uncomfortable.

            “stay for a bit.” He said seriously and a bit quietly.

            “why? You afraid to be alone?” I teased. His brows furrowed.

            “no. just want some company. You can do whatever you want, just stay until ZhouMi arrives.” He said tucking himself in and covering himself with his blanket.

He wasn’t lying down so I sat at Zhou Mi’s bed and crossed my legs. I took out my phone to check on my twitter. I’m sure Heechul’s fanboard incident had spread across the internet by now.

Aaand I was right. fanaccounts of the incidents were already tweeted by SJ’s fanbases in twitter and my they are furious.

Majority of my timeline were filled with that news. There was also news that was unrelated to the incident but it was surely “newsworthy” for fans. It was Donghae oppa’s tweet a few days ago where he posted a picture of us at Kyuhyun’s musical.

It didn’t make big kpop headlines but popular blogs dedicated to Super Junior made some articles about it and some fans paid particular attention to “the girl with the SJ boys”. Obviously, Henry and I don’t look alike so they wouldn’t notice the resemblance.

I still can’t believe Donghae oppa posted it on Twitter!

            “what?”

I looked up and saw Heechul lying down but he was looking at me.

Did I just think out loud just now?

            “err… you heard me?” I tried smiling but failed.

            “uh…yeah…your thoughts were that loud.” He said making fun at my moment. “what are you thinking about anyway?”

            “just the picture Donghae oppa tweeted.” I said casually ad went back to checking my timeline.

Heechul sat bolt upright and I looked up at him in reflex.

            “you have a twitter account?!” he said almost shouting.

            “yes, just like everyone. Why?”

            “why didn’t you tell me?” he asked indignantly.

            “should I? you didn’t even ask if I have one.” Duh!

            “don’t be smart. Are you following us on twitter?” he said irritably and reached his phone from his bedside table.

            “yeah. Why are you so annoyed anyway? At least Donghae oppa asked if I have one.” I rolled my eyes and tucked my phone back in my pocket.

I reacted when I saw the tweet after the musical so when I told Donghae oppa about it he asked if I have twitter and when I said I did he asked if he could follow me, so I gave him my twitter ID. Aaannnddd…he’s not the only one who knows. A few of the members does too, like Siwon and Ryeowook oppa.

            “so he follows you now?” he asked still irritated.

            “yeah. Coz he asked.” even those 3 oppas following me caused quite a stir with their fans. They wanted to know who I was and since then the number of people following me increased dramatically. I really have to be extra careful what I tweet now.

            “What’s your ID then?” he glared looking up from his phone.

            “it’s ZaristaL. Now if you won’t sleep I’m leaving.” I stood up and walked towards the door. I heard him say something but I just waved a hand at him. I didn’t even bother to turn and look at him. We’ll just talk about it tomorrow or when we get back to Korea.

            “hey, was that Heechul hyung shouting?” I turned and looked at Siwon oppa and Zhou Mi who looked like they just got to the hotel from the concert.

            “yeah, you know how he is when he doesn’t get his way.” I answered.

            “what did you two argue this time?” Siwon oppa asked obviously amused. He knows most of our arguments come from the shallowest reasons.

            “twitter.” I sighed crossing my arms. Both Zhou Mi and Siwon oppa looked at me confused. I saw them looking at each other.

            “twitter?” ZhouMi asked.

            “I didn’t tell him I had an account so he went all loco on me.” I waved my hand in slight frustration.

Looking around the hallway, which looked empty, either the two of them came back first or the others are already in their rooms.

            “ah.” Siwon oppa raised his eyesbrows or should I say sibrows in understanding. “so he didn’t know. I thought he did already.”

            “well, the fact is, he didn’t. That must’ve really irked him.” Zhou Mi sniggered. “I think I must go in before he starts throwing things around again. Better get my designer sunglasses out of his way.”

With that he entered his room. There wasn’t any shouting or any sound at all. Maybe he finally went to sleep? Err… well I doubt it.

            “I think I shouldn’t tell him I already know right?” oppa said on the verge of laughing.

            “not if you still want to live, I think.” We laughed. “anyway oppa, we should get rested, we still have an early flight tomorrow.”

            “right. goodnight, Zee.” We waved at each other and went to out respective rooms.

Going back home to Canada made me really excited and forlorn at the same time. I really missed home and I want to be with my family again. I honestly didn’t expect to be sad, because I wasn’t expecting any of this when I came to Korea. “this” meaning having a family in Super Junior, being with Heechul(which is the most surprising thing of all) and of course how they made me feel Korea is already my second home.

What will happen during my trip? We’ll just have to find out. I have to prepare myself for the scene that will probably happen when I leave. Especially when the boys’ date of departure to Malaysia is on the same date of my departure to Canada. Oh boy!

2 weeks later

Incheon International Airport waiting lounge, 8 am

Heechul’s POV

            “for crying out loud will you stop sulking!?” SaeMi finally exploded.

I haven’t been talking to her since we left the dorms this morning. Since our flight time is just an hour away we all decided to just come together.

It just really irks me why she just told me about this stupid trip of hers just 2 weeks ago! On top of that, she told me about it when I had that darn incident plus she didn’t tell me about her having a twitter account. Ok, I didn’t exactly ask her about it and I did force her to tell me about the trip but that’s not the point!

            “I am not sulking!” I shot right back at her.

            “yeah right.” Jungmo snorted from behind me. I turned and flicked my at the back of his head which made a muffled “tok” sound.

            “fine sulk all you want. When you decide to grow up I’ll just be with Henry.” She stood up and stormed towards his cousin who was listening to his ipod with the other 2 maknaes.

            “you know what, hyung, if you’d miss her while she’s away you can just tell her. Better get it over with.” Jungmo muttered rubbing the back of his head.

            “you want me to hit you again?” I snapped.

I really didn’t mind talking a bit loudly, the lounge isn’t crowded anyway and most of the people here were foreigners.

            “don’t get pissed coz he’s right.” Jay defended Jungmo and handed me a cup of coffee. “here you eye bags shows you didn’t get enough sleep last night.”

            “what are you two? My conscience?” I said grumpily sipping at my coffee.

The three of us were in a corner and the others were doing their own things. Leeteuk, Siwon and Eunhyuk were dozing off; Yesung, ZhouMi and Shindong were having breakfast at a café outside and Donghae and Sungmin were watching something on Hae’s ipad.

            “not exactly, but you better do something soon, her boarding time is fast approaching.” Jay said pointing at the clock in the lounge that shows boarding and departure times for each international flight.

            “and with the time difference and your busy schedules, I doubt you two can talk. Not unless you count emails, but with your temper you’d probably just throw your computer or cell phone from waiting too long.” Jungmo added laughing a bit.

These two just wouldn’t stop making fun of me. Just wait when I get my revenge you two will definitely regret teasing me like this.

Korean Air flight 7C831 bound for Toronto, Canada is ready to board passengers. Passengers on this flight may board the plane through gate number 23. Once again flight 7C831 bound for Toronto, Canada is now ready to board passengers.

            “oh! See, hyung, that’s her.” Jungmo said. I stiffened at the sound of the PA which was announced in Korean then in English.

I saw SaeMi stood up and grabbed her carry on and started to bid goodbye everyone, except me who she just gave a glare.

Kyuhyun and Henry walked her out of the lounge after the guys gave her a quick hug and I just stared at the door as it closed.

            “Heechul-ah, go say goodbye before we all suffer from your regrets later. I’m so frustrated with you right now and I will kick you if you don’t go out now.” Leeteuk suddenly muttered still with his eyes closed and arms crossed.

Aish!

I stood up and started towards the door.

            “finally.” Eunhyuk muttered looking the same as Leeteuk.

I didn’t bother answering and just opened the door and looked for her. I walked towards her gate when I didn’t see any of them. How can they vanish so fast when they just got out?

I stood by her gate and still no sign of her. Did she already board the plane? Impossible I would’ve met Henry and Kyuhyun along the way.

A soft tap on my shoulder made me turn.

There she was behind me grinning smugly with Kyuhyun and Henry who were sniggering behind her.

            “so you finally decided to stop sulking and say goodbye?” she was so smug when she said it that it made me slightly stunned for a second. But she’s forgetting I’m the king of verbal comebacks.

            “no, I was looking for the restroom.” Ok this was lame.

            “there’s one in the lounge.” She crossed her arms. I so want to wipe that look off of her face.

            “Someone’s using it.”

            “there’s also one near the lounge.”

            “it was crowded.”

            “so does my gate look like a restroom to you?” she smirked. I frowned. She’s really getting better at this.

            “no, I was just…amused at how many people are boarding the plane.” Lame…lame…lame…

she raised both her eyebrows obviously not believing me but she just shrugged.

            “if you say so, anyway, bye Heechul, Kyuhyun, Henry! See in two weeks!” she said walking backwards towards her gate while waving at us.

as soon as she turned her back something in the back of mind just kicked and made me…

            “hey Zee!” I called. She froze and slowly turned. Her brows furrowed.

            “did you just call me by my name?” she asked shocked.

            “yeah so? I think it’s be a nice change to call you that.” I don’t know what made me and calling her that gave me shivers. It’s the first time since a few weeks after I met her right?

            “nothing…you’re weird. Heechul if you want to say something to me just say it.” she said walking towards me. Yeesh! I at this. Big time! How can I speak my mind all the time but telling her I will miss her seems so hard to say???

            “I only want to say goodbye, ok?” yeah, I know. It’s worth a thousand face palms, which probably what the two idiots behind me were doing.

            “you sure that’s all you want to say?” argh!

            “fine. I’ll miss you alright?! Yah happy?” I blurted out without thinking.

There goes the gagging noise behind me. Henry and Kyuhyun will so gonna get it!

SaeMi…ahem…Zee looked at me for a minute and then wrapped her arms around me neck.

            “I’ll miss you too, you know.” She whispered and I automatically wrapped my arms around her waist.

More gagging noises.

We gave each other a brief hug before breaking apart. It actually felt good.

Last call for Korean Air flight 7C831 bound for Toronto, Canada. Passengers on this flight may board the aircraft through gate number 23…

            “that’s me. I really have to go now. will let you guys know when I get there, ok? Safe flight to all of you and goodluck in your concert tomorrow.” Zee waved goodbye and hurried towards her gate.

            “safe flight to you too.” Henry called from behind me. I turned to look at the 2 behind me after Zee’s figure disappeared.

            “Henry, I’ll miss you!” Kyuhyun started stomp and act like a kid with tantrums.

            “Kyuhyun, I’ll miss you too!” Henry answered back in a high-pitched voice then the two idiots hugged each other like how Zee and I did it just a few minutes ago.

            “I’ll miss you forever and ever, Henry!”

            “alright, you two crazy idiots!” my temper snapped.

I grabbed both Henry and Kyuhyun by their ears, twisted it and dragged them to the waiting lounge.

            “OW! OW! OW! Hyung! LEGGO!” Henry tried to push my hand away but I held on and twisted it even garder.

            “HYUNG!!! it HURTS! OW!!!”

I’ve never met such troublemakers for maknaes. Why of all groups does these troublemakers have to land in Super Junior? Oh yeah it’s our charm that is what makes us unique. Blah blah blah!

            “hey, what’s wrong with you two? Why are you ears so red?” Donghae asked Kyuhyun and Henry as we got back to the lounge.

            “hngMNFRGMNFMNFNFMN…” Kyuhyun seemed to chew his words as he answered Donghae.

I flobbed beside Leeteuk and took my phone out.

            “huh?” Donghae looked as confused as a preschooler being asked to solve a calculus problem.

            “he said, Heechul hyung twisted his and Henry’s ears.” Sungmin answered lazily. Donghae snapped at the bored man beside him.

            “you could understand that?” Donghae asked in surprise.

            “he was my roommate  for years before he decided to move out. And I spent years deciphering all that weird mumblings that he does when he talks in his sleep and when he wakes up.” We all looked at Sungmin as if he was the craziest person on earth and he seemed practically oblivious to it.

            “finally said goodbye?” Leeteuk asked grinning knowingly.

            “don’t even start with me, JungSu.” I said threateningly closing my eyes for a short nap.

I heard him laugh but I ignored him. This is going to be a long two weeks.

Toronto Pearson International Airport, 1 pm

Zee’s POV

I hate flying long flights it makes my legs so darn stiff. But at least dad got me business class tickets. Yey for me!

My flight arrived 30 minutes earlier but it took a great deal of time to get my luggage. I only have on bag with me but there were that many people on my flight.

I walked out of the airport looking for some familiar faces. I feel so sleepy already. This time zone changes is just hell. I think it’s around 11pm in Korea now. I should be sleeping now! then again I don’t think so. I’d probably just had dinner after rehearsals in Malaysia.

            “Zee! Over here!” I turned to look at the deep, familiar voice behind me. And broke into a smile.

            “Arnold!” I ran and hugged my brother. A 7-year doesn’t seem obvious with how young he looked.

I must say my brother and I looked so much alike just how Annie and Josh look alike. Now those two got the look of the Lau family with the super tiny eyes.

            “how are you, kiddo?” he said ruffling my hair. He always makes me feel like a little kid.

            “I’m not a kid anymore, Arnold and I’m good, how about you? And mom and dad?” I brushed his hand away from my head and he helped me pick up my luggage

            “you will always be a little kid to me, Zee. So tell me, I heard from mom and dad about that new boyfriend of yours? Kim Heechul, right?” he subtly asked as we both got into his car. I groaned into my hands.

I somehow regretted telling dad about it a few months ago. I knew he’d tell Arnold then he’d be all in his protective brother mode. He never trusted Alexander and if his parents were our parents’ friends then he probably already smashed Alexander’s face into a pulp.

            “can we not talk about this now?” I begged waving a hand as we drove away from the airport.

            “why not? It’s a long ride home. so he’s a member of the group where Henry’s in right?” I knew it! he’s in full big brother mode now.

            “yes, but he’s not in SJM. Why are you asking these questions like you don’t already know? You probably already researched all about him even interviewed Hanna.” Yes I know my brother that well.

            “I just want to hear it from you. So he’s a guy who looks like a girl, like to kiss s on stage for fan service, has many eccentricities, sharp tongue, good with words, has a lot of fans as well as antis and never had a relationship that lasted longer than 3 months? Am I right?” he enumerated.

            “I see you still haven’t lost your touch. But yes you are right.”

            “huh!...huh…”

            “what?”

            “I think I like him better than I do your ex.” He smiled a bit but there’s still his brother tone somewhere in his words.

            “he may be complicated but he’s definitely better than Alexander. Annoying but at least not an .” My brother laughed.

            “maybe I should visit you and Henry in Korea some time and get to know this new man of yours. You don’t mind do you?” He teased.

            “oh sure not at all…come and visit when you don’t speak a word in Korean then you’ll end up making Henry and I you personal translators.” I retorted angrily.

            “someone’s extra feisty today.” he replied amused.

            “it’s just jet lag.” I said sulkily.

Every time I have my temper tantrums Arnold would always take it easily.

            “aren’t you glad that I’m saying I actually like your new boyfriend? Well, not exactly a lot since he’s fond of kissing guys on stage but yeah…I think mom does too.” My head snapped back to him.

Mom and I never really talked about him a lot. She just asked how we were, if he’s treating me ok and all that but not a thing about if she likes Heechul or not.

            “how’d you know?”

            “I just do ok? Now when do you plan to introduce me to him?”

            “we even don’t have much time to meet because of his busy schedules and you actually want to meet him where we both are in different time zones?” I was aghast.

            “hey if you really want it to happen you two will find a way. You’ll be here two weeks so you better let me to talk to him.” He said authoritatively.

            “why am I starting to regret this trip?” I slouched in my seat and crossed my arms.

            “Don’t worry lil sis you will only get this much from your big brother.” Something in what he said made me feel nervous.

            “what exactly do you mean by that?”

            “well, I am not the only one who wants to know more about your boyfriend, you know.” Oh no! did mom and dad tell the whole clan?

            “you mean--!?”

            “yes, and Hanna just obliged willingly every time they ask her about the group and the member, more specifically Heechul.” My brother grinned again.

            “why ask now? they didn’t ask much when Henry started training with them nor did they ask every detail about the members.” I was really irritated at this point.

Yes they were happy about Henry’s career and popularity but they didn’t really ask stuff like this.

            “Henry’s is a man, you know how they are. You are a woman so they will definitely pay close attention to details. Not that a few of them didn’t oppose but…”

            “yeah, I know. He’s Korean and I’m Chinese.” I sulked again.

            “right on, sis. But I wouldn’t worry too much about that if I were you. Mom and dad aren’t exactly living in the 18^th century. They’re fine about it, trust me.” He winked. I didn’t replay immediately and just stared out the highway.

I really do miss this place. The trees, the people, everything!

I am so glad to be back. Not so much as what’s waiting for me at home but I am happy to finally see my family and to torture Hanna by burning the autographed shirt by Super Junior and SJM’s new album in front of her.

1 week later

SJ Dorm

Heechul’s POV

1 week since Zee left and I didn’t know it would be like this but it’s torture!

She and I had been so busy this week that the only news I could get from her was her tweets and emails. I can’t really call her coz it’d be expensive and setting up a video chat is complicated coz of the time difference, but we will set up before she comes back. By the sound of her emails, she was having a hard time dealing with a certain fangirl.

            “JungSu-ah, what time are we leaving? I’m bored!” I moaned while lying down on the couch.

            “The others are still picking up the girls so we need to wait for them here.” Leeteuk sighed and sat on the couch.

First of all, I didn’t know who came up with this idea of having dinner with the SoShi girls. Whoever it was at planning this whole thing.

            “why didn’t they drop by here first?” Yesung asked coming out from the kitchen with his puppy Kkoming.

            “Kyuhyun, Siwon, Ryeowook and Donghae were at the company and were nearest the SoShi dorms so they had to pick them up first before coming here.” He likes to act calm but I know he’s getting crabby coz of hunger.

Well, Leeteuk you’re not the only one who’s craving for food. At least when Zee was here I could just go downstairs and ask her some.

            “Shindong’s not coming?” I asked.

            “he is, he’s just downstairs talking to Nari on the phone.” Ahh…keeping the flame alive eh…hihihi “and if you’re still going to ask, Henry is hanging out with Amber. Where I don’t know and Zhou Mi is out shopping with Key.”

BONAMANA BONAMANA BONAMANA!!!

I took out my phone to check who’s calling and it was Siwon. I wonder why he’s calling; maybe he felt the need to update us with their current location.

            “oh, Siwon-ah, where are you guys? Were getting hungry here!” I said impatiently. There was quite a commotion in the background noises that I can’t make out.

            “err…hyung, we kind of encountered a slight problem.” Siwon sounded like he was having a hard time choosing his words.

            “yah, what the hell is wrong over there? And why is it so noisy?” I demanded.

Leeteuk and Yesung were already walking towards me with worried and perplexed looks on their faces.

            “what’s going on?” Leeteuk asked but I held up a hand.

            “it’s hard to explain over the phone, Kyuhyun almost got into…err… a…uhhh…slight road mishap. Before you go berserk I think you guys need to come to his apartment. No one’s hurt but I think you need to see this to fully understand.” Siwon said. I almost reacted when he said Kyuhyun almost got into an accident. Seriously that maknae was probably a cat in his past life with all the life he has.

            “you better give us great explanations for this or else you’re all dead. Are the girls there with you?”

            “yes, they’re all here and safe. They’re taking care of her.” Her!?

            “taking care of who?!” I shouted over the phone.

            “just come here, hyung, I got to go. Bye!”  and the line went dead.

            “what? what? What did he say?” Yesung asked, his eyes already buldging.

            “I’m not sure myself but Siwon mentioned that Kyuhyun almost had a slight road mishap, I think he was the one driving.” I said as we hurriedly ran out.

            “why would they let Kyuhyun drive? That should’ve been Siwon’s job!” Leeteuk said angrily as we got into my car.

            “I’ll call Hyukjae and Shindong and tell them to meet us in Kyu’s place.” Yesung said grabbing his phone.

I didn’t mention the ‘her’ that Siwon talked about since I wasn’t sure myself. I guess I’ll just have to step on it and meet at Kyuhyun’s place.

Within 20 minutes, we finally arrived and got off the car. Leeteuk almost sprinted to Kyuhyun’s apartment. He may not say it much but he worries a lot about the maknae.

We rang the doorbell a few times before Ryeowook finally opened the door.

            “Ryeowook-ah, what’s going on? What happened?” JungSu started unleashing his questions to the stuttering Ryeowook.

I looked around the room and realized how crowded it was with all nine girls of SoNyuShiDae plus 8 of the SuJu boys. Sungmin was surprisingly already present.

Tiffany and Yoona were crouching down on the couch putting some wet towel on the head what seemed like an unconscious body. I did a quick head count. All seemed to be complete.

            “this is the ‘her’ you were talking about?” I asked Siwon pointing at the unconscious lady in front of us. Siwon nodded.

I saw Kyuhyun leaning on the wall looking really guilty. Putting all the pieces back together I finally figured out what happened.

            “so this is the girl Kyuhyun almost ran over?” Leeteuk said appearing beside me. Tiffany and Yoona turned and looked at us.

            “ne, oppa. But she’s ok. She just fainted.” Yoona replied taking a glance back at the girl.

            “Kyuhyun, you should really be careful when you’re driving.” Leeteuk reprimanded.

            “Don’t blame him, oppa. She just appeared out of nowhere no one could’ve seen her.” Tiffany said defending Kyuhyun.

            “and I thought events like this only happens in movies.” I said trying to ease the heavy mood in the room.

I shifted slightly to my right to get a better look at the girl’s face. She seemed to be fair-skinned with shoulder length hair. The dim light made it seem like her hair is darker but I think it’s brown. Another close look at her face almost made me laugh. The evil maknae had to run over someone who looks angelic. Oh the irony.

But the bigger question is: who is she?

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ok, i wasnt really intending to finish the chapter this early, i started it early but i thought i'd probably finish it by friday. it seemed like i surprised myself that i finished this now..hihihi oh well, this might be too fast paced i know sorry..i kinda lost some ideas for anything in between so i shope you guys will like this chapter..hihihi

ps. photo not mine and this is still unedited..:D

the batoost in the last chap was inspired by simonandmartina's videos...it gave me a lot of laughs a few days ago...

thanks/replies:

mychokyumintchip: well, they are our favorite kids arent they?hahaha oh i didnt really intend that part to be "mushy" hahaha thanks for your help in this chap and will be looking forward to your next uppie..:))

mari_038: thanks so much for the comment..:D with Henry's personality you really cant help but like him...i wish i have a brother like him..:D

achillison: nah its ok...hihi i hope this chapter will satisfy your tastes though..hihi not much Zeechul in the next chap or two maybe..we'll see..:)) mochi and hae are our favorite SJ kids...agree?hahaha thanks so much for your comment!:D