September, 2015

Strongheart recording

It’s been about a year since Heechul and Zee got back together and about 8 months since Zee decided to come back to Korea and manage their business again which has now grown to 4 pet hotels all over Korea.

News of Heechul breaking up with his girlfriend back in 2011 was never confirmed nor denied but there were no talks or updates about the both of them after Heechul’s enlistment so everybody thought they just went their separate ways. But photos of Zee attending SMTown in Canada last year spread online, and it exploded in talks that the breakup didn’t really happen. The talk grew even more when photos of Zee with the members and most especially Heechul were posted on the members’ twitter accounts.

With Yesung and Shindong’s recent discharge from the army and with Siwon and Eunhyuk’s recent enlistment the group decided to go on hiatus for 2 years before Donghae and Sungmin’s discharge next year.

The staff of Strongheart have been preparing for this moment for a very long time, they wanted to have a celebrity couple special but as some had non-celebrity partners it was hard to convince them to appear on the show, but after months of hard work the time has finally come.

6 pairs have graced the Strongheart studio and the episode had been kept a secret from the audience until the very day that the teaser will be revealed.

Se7en and Park Han Byul, Shindong and Nari, Nickhun and Victoria, GaIn and JoKwon, YongHwa and Seohyun and, of course, Heechul and Zee.

Yonghwa and Seohyun have recently revealed their relationship to the public after getting their company’s permission as do JoKwon and GaIn, although the latter had just gotten together earlier in the year.

            “nervous?” Heechul asked Zee who kept rubbing her hands in the waiting room.

            “what do you think?” Zee asked back her eyes narrowing at Heechul for asking such an obvious question.

            “well, I think I need to give you 2 sticks so you can build a fire already with the way you’ve been rubbing your hands.” Heechul laughed then grab a hold of both his girlfriend’s hands. “calm down ok? It’s not like I’m gonna push you to the front and make you perform.”

Zee glared at him knowing it was something he would really do. Heechul smiled guiltily back.

            “ok, maybe I’ve thought of it but I still say you need to calm down.” Heechul laughed and put an arm around Zee’s shoulders.

Khuntoria couple was actually in the same waiting room as they were and both pairs just tried to chat casually before the start of the show.

            “how’s marriage life for you two?” Zee asked.

            “oh it’s ok, we’ve had our ups and downs but nothing we can manage.” Khun laughed.

            “so when are you two planning on having kids?” Heechul blurted out and made Victoria splutter from the water she was drinking.

            “oppa!” she protested.

            “what?” Heechul asked shocked by her reaction. “you two have been married for like 3-4 years now? what’s the hold up?”

            “we’re actually still concentrating on our careers, oppa, when it’s steady we’ll plan on starting a family.” Victoria said with Nickhun nodding beside her but his ears were already bright red.

            “how about you two, hyung? when are you tying the knot?” Nickhun asked grinning widely.

Zee blushed and became speechless.

            “you’ll know when we get there.” Heechul answered coolly and winked.

A knock on the door drew their attention and a staff peeked through,

            “10 minutes till recording, you all need to go out now.” the staff said.

            “we’ll be right out, thanks!” Nickhun replied coolly and helped Victoria up.

Zee breathed out and tried calming her nerves and kept hoping her legs not to act up. Although it’s been months since it last acted up, it can still come back at anytime.

As they got to the set the chair were all love seat couches for the couples and they all greeted the other celebrities that were there. Zee sighed in relief when she saw a familiar face in Nari and Shindong and Yonghwa and Seohyun.

In the front row, Park Han Byul and Se7en were seated on the left side, Heechul and Zee in the middle and Yonghwa dn Seohyun to the right. In the second row were GaIn and JoKwon on the left, Shindong and Nari in the middle while Nickhun and Victoria on the right side.

Shin DongYup and Lee DongWook came out and greeted them for a bit before the start of the show.

            “I think my mind is going blank, why did I agree to this again?” Zee asked almost hyperventilating now.

            “you agreed coz you love me.” Heechul replied cheesily which made Zee glare at him.

            “not helping.”

            “just go with the flow, I’ll help you.” Heechul reassured her and Zee just trusted him. It’s not like she doesn’t have a choice but she really does trust him.

The show finally started and the hosts introduced the guests and had small talk with each guests but Zee just completely forgot what went on from how Se7en proposed to Park HanByul to how JoKwon got to convince GaIn to really date him.

            “Heechul-ssi, I heard the both of you went through a rough patch a couple of years back. Is that why you board says ‘Fated Couple’?” Lee DongWook asked.

            “ah yes, it’s true and that’s what we’ll share today.” Heechul answered coolly with a hand to his board.

            “Zee-ssi, you look nervous.” Shin Dong Yup asked. Zee almost jumped in her seat after hearing her name.

            “I am, actually, this is my first time being on TV after I appeared on Running Man a few years ago and I had a mask then.” Zee said.

            “ah, I remember that, had the country talking about it, so tell me was the break up rumors really true?” Lee Dong Wook asked.

Zee and Heechul looked at each other for a quick second before answering.

            “yes, it was true.” Zee answered.

            “back then I thought it was already ok when I revealed I was in a relationship but apparently a few fans were against the idea.” Heechul started to explain.

            “so you two broke up because of the fans?” Shin Dong Yup asked.

            “not really, but they were a part of it.” Zee answered this time; all her nervousness vanished when Heechul gave her a reassuring smile. “back then I wouldn’t have thought about it much, all the bullying and physical attacks I was ready to endure it all.”

            “worse of it was that she didn’t even tell me.” Heechul interrupted. “Yonghwa even knew about it before I did.” He pointed at Yonghwa who was seated beside them.

            “you knew about it, Yonghwa-ssi?” Shin Dong Yup asked shocked.

            “ah ne, it was because there was a time that they were at our company to practice a performance with FT Island’s Hongki. Zee noona went out to buy snacks when these fans started to bully her. It could’ve been worse if Jonghyun and I didn’t arrive on time to stop it. she told us not to tell him anything, but we couldn’t just let it go without telling anyone, so I told Leeteuk hyung and Eunhyuk hyung.” Yonghwa explained.

            “you told them?” Zee asked shocked. Yonghwa nodded with a slight laugh.

            “why didn’t you want Heechul to know, Zee-ssi?” Lee DongWook asked seriously.

            “well, the members were all busy preparing for their album back then and I don’t want to add to their stress so I had to keep it to myself.” Zee explained again. Heechul was just looking down nodding slightly to himself. He still wasn’t comfortable thinking about the past and couldn’t stop blaming himself that he could’ve prevented it if he found out about it.

            “so how did Heechul-ssi found out?” Lee Dong Wook asked. Zee looked at Heechul.

            “she had an accident.” Heechul answered. Zee’s eyes started watering at that point. “some sasaeng fans rammed the back of the taxi with their car repeatedly until the taxi flipped over…” Heechul’s hand started to shake and Zee cleared to continue.

The audience and the other guests were gasping and their mouths were hanging wide open in shock. None of them actually thought this could happen in real life. Shindong, Nari, Yonghwa and Seohyun were the only ones who really knew about the story, Victoria and Nickhun were still back in Thailand when this happened so they had no idea.

            “when the car flipped over, something from the car, I forgot what it was, became loose and rammed my back. There weren’t many injuries aside from few scratches and bruises…” Zee paused as she choked; Heechul just kept his head bowed and couldn’t speak either.

            “can I continue this part?” Shindong said noticing the two couldn’t continue on their story. Heechul nodded.

            “what do you know about this, Shindong-ssi?” Jung Juri from behind him asked. the rest were still too stunned to speak.

            “I was there, actually all of us were. It happened after our Inkigayo comeback, when we heard what happened Siwon and Heechul hyung rushed to the hospital and we had to just go to the hospital after the live broadcast. We got a call from Siwon that Zee was ok. “ Shindong started looking solemn. “when we got there Zee still wasn’t awake yet. When she woke up we were all really happy. She acted like herself smiling and all, but then...” Shingdong stopped and looked towards the couple in front of him.

Zee took a deep breath.

            “but then I suddenly couldn’t feel my legs.” Gasps of horror spread in the studio. “at first I thought someone was leaning on them coz it felt really heavy but then I saw no one was leaning on my legs. I started to get hysterical that they had to sedate me. the doctors found bruising and significant swelling in the lumbar area of my spine, it had to be operated n relieved for me not to experience permanent paralysis. My cousin, Henry, had to make the decision and the surgery was successful.”

            “thank heavens for that.” Shin Dong Yup sighed in relief. “so is this why you broke up?”

            “a bit of the reason. A few days later she decided to continue her recovery in Canada to get away from everything.” Heechul started to explain. “the break up was really hard for me. I couldn’t function well then, I also felt like I affected the members a lot so that’s when I decided to enlist a few months earlier than planned. Leeteuk had to change plans after my decision and I was thankful that he agreed to do it.”

            “so that’s what happened.” DongYup said sympathetically.

            “if your break up wasn’t that…smooth, how did you two get back together?” Lee Dong Wook asked.

Heechul inhaled and gave a slight laugh.

            “it’s kind of funny now that I think about it.” he said looking at Zee who was taking a sip of water. “we met again when we had an SMTown in Canada. Some of the members and TVXQ had a photoshoot and coincidently Zee’s family owned the place.”

            “I had no idea back then that they would be the ones who’ll be there, it was quite a shock meeting them after 3 years.” Zee laughed.

The mood in the studio lightened at the revelation and they were happy for the couple that things turned out well.

            “the members convinced me to go meet with her and I did…the rest is history.” Heechul ended with a laugh and without any elaboration.

            “eyyy… how about some details?” Shin DongYup pressed on.

            “there wasn’t much to it really. She said she couldn’t forget about me so I had to give her a chance.” Heechul said airily.

            “yah! That’s not what happened!” Zee raised her voice and hit Heechul’s arm. the latter flinched and stared angrily at her.

            “yah! That hurts!”

            “serves you right, you weren’t telling the truth!” Zee said sticking her tongue out.

            “why are you shouting!?” Heechul shouted.

            “coz you’re shouting!” Zee shot back.

            “are they always like this?” Lee Dong Wook asked Shindong.

            “yeah, we’re used to it and this kind of thing is normal to them. This their way of talking.” Shindong sighed.

After the short argument, Heechul fixed the blanket on Zee’s legs casually and looked at the hosts who weren’t sure if they were to laugh or not.

            “since you two have gone through a lot, will we hear some wedding announcement soon?”

            “well, actually, we’re engaged.” Zee replied blushing and Heechul just had this huge conspiratorial grin on his face.

            “jinjjayo, hyung?” Shindong exclaimed in shock. He wasn’t the only one though.

            “you didn’t know about this?” Shing Dong Yup asked.

            “anniyo. They didn’t tell us anything.” Shindong shook his head and stared at Zee and Heechul. “when did you propose, hyung?”

            “last night.” Heechul laughed.

“eeeeyyyy’s” from the audience just rag through the air.

Heechul looked at Zee who smiling widely at everybody’s reaction. She looked at Heechul and right then she knew she made the right choice. And so did Heechul.

A few short years later.

Incheon International Airport.

A number of eyes glanced upon a group of people entering the airport. As soon as they realized who they were whispers erupted between them, pointing and some taking out their phones and cameras.

            “yah, why did you guys have to come send us off? We’re not 5-year olds here.” Grumbled a grumpy Heechul.

            “c’mon it’s not everyday you send your brother off to his honeymoon.” Leeteuk laughed and patted Heechul’s shoulder.

            “yeah right there’s still about 10 brothers you can send off to their honeymoons after they get married.” Heechul gestured at the other SJ members who were chatting happily with each other.

            “oh give them a break, Heechul-ah. You’re their hyung.” Zee said soothingly snaking her arm around her husband’s.

            “whatever. Who’s checking us in?” Heechul asked glancing towards the check-in counter.

            “Kyuhyun and Henry.” Zee replied pointing to their direction. Henry was now heaving their luggage; two large Rimowa luggage to be exact.

It was full to the brim of course; since it’s warm in Greece they can wear not too thick clothing. Besides they can always buy extra if all the stuff they shopped for wouldn’t fit.

            “Kangin and Shindong called and apologized they can’t be here.” Eunhyuk said hanging up his phone.

            “can’t blame them their kids are teething now, probably going with their wives to the doctor.” Sungmin said calmly.

            “ohhh…you two better get on it and have kids! I want cute ones!”  Donghae half bounced excitedly like a 5-year old…hard to believe he’s 31.

            “yah! You think we’re factories or something?!” Heechul shouted at his dongsaeng who just laughed at him.

            “calm down, everybody’s looking.” Zee hit Heechul’s arm lightly and walked over to Angela.

Angela and Kyuhyun got back together and are together for about 4 years now. everybody’s already pressuring Kyuhyun to propose already but the maknae still had to do military duties so he decided to put it off. Angela is now staying in Seoul and is managing her own boutique. It wasn’t easy convincing her father to let her stay here but she managed in the end.

Kyuhyun already enlisted along with Ryeowook who is on active duty while Kyuhyun as public personnel. Ryeowook only had 3 days leave so he couldn’t be here today, as well as Kibum and Donghae who also enlisted last year, but only Donghae managed to get a longer leave.

            “Chul-ah, who do you think we’ll be sending to their honeymoon next?” Hangeng nudged Heechul with his arms crossed grinning at the members.

Heechul stared at him with disbelief.

            “you’re kidding me right?” he said. “stop stating the obvious.” Heechul pointed at Siwon who was talking on his phone with a stupid grin plastered on his face.

            “ah.” The Chinese man said and sniggered.

Siwon has been engaged since he enlisted and was already planning on their wedding when he got discharged 3 months ago.

            “I bet you’ll be hearing the wedding date by the time we get back from our honeymoon.” Heechul laughed.

            “maybe even sooner.” Leeteuk said as Siwon suddenly looked very happy before he hung up his phone.

            “what are you grinning about?” Yesung asked handing out cups of coffee. Siwon grinned as he walked over to the others and faced the ‘elders’.

            “I’m getting married in 2 months!” he said excitedly.

Zee and Angela squealed from behind us along with Leeteuk’s wife, Kim Ahna.

            “our members seems to marrying one after the other. I feel bad for our fans.” Kyuhyun said after coming back from the check in counter with Zee and Heechul’s boarding passes.

            “yah, we have a lot of married fans too you know.” Eunhyuk said indignantly. “I seem to remember a fan of yours bringing her son to you asking you to kiss her baby so he’ll be able to become a singer like you.”

Kyuhyun blushed and laughed.

            “and don’t tell me you’re not planning on marrying Angela, hyung?” Henry asked.

            “are you using your brain? The answer is obvious. Don’t you remember how he sneaked off from the airport tagging Zee and me when we had our first SMTown in the Philippines just to get her back?” Heechul said impatiently.

            “memories…oh how I could picture manager hyung’s face when he realized what you’ve done.” Yesung looked up dreamily relieving the old times.

A few laughs later, Heechul and Zee decided to go to the gate. Kyuhyun then handed Zee a small notebook.

            “here’s the places to visit that you asked for. Most of them I’ve never been to but I looked it up online and those are the must-see places in Greece.” Kyuhyun said looking more excited than the honeymooners.

            “thanks, Kyu!” Zee smiled happily at her bestfriend. She opened the notebook and read the list. “yah, can we get to all of these in 3 weeks?” she said wide-eyed.

            “I’m sure you’ll manage. Oh, there’s also a list at the back of things I want.” He grinned evilly.

Zee rolled her eyes.

            “see you in 3 weeks Kyu…” she sighed.

            “don’t worry bout the list, Zee. You may not buy it for him.” Angela whispered loud enough for her beau to hear.

            “yeah too much of it isn’t good for you, Kyu.” Ahna added.

            “yah! I want my Greek wine!!!” Kyu whined and the 3 girls laughed.

After Heechul talked to the other members he and Zee bid their goodbyes.

            “sigh.. we’ll arrive around 9pm right?” Zee asked as soon as they got to their first class seats.

            “yeah, why?” Heechul asked.

            “it’ll be too tiring to do anything else.” Zee whined. Heechul had a grin on his face, which earned a raised eyebrow from his wife.

            “you mean you planning on doing something else?” a hint of excitement on Heechul’s voice.

            “whatever you’re thinking, it’s not it.” Zee rolled her eyes. “I’ve never been to Greece and I wanna make the most of our 2 weeks there. Plus, Kyuhyun listed all the must see places, see?” Zee shoved the small notebook under Heechul’s nose, which the latter shoved away.

            “tch!” Heechul kept quiet as Zee read and studied everything from the list before their plane took off.

They talked about what they wanted to see or do when they get to Santorini. Heechul kept yapping about finally getting a proper tan while Zee was all about the history of Greece especially their myths. Zee tried convincing an irate Heechul about the list of places to go and see. They only have a week and a half in Greece before they meet with the others in Italy.

Heechul hated having to do tourist-y stuff. They were in Greece for their honeymoon. Period!

A chauffer from their hotel picked them up from the airport off to their hotel, the Voreina Gallery Suites. Arnold chose the hotel after seeing it online and thought it’s perfect for his favorite sister.

The couple were too tired too look around the city and it was already nighttime so there wasn’t much to see. They checked in and had a their luggage brought to their suite.

            “we’re in the Stage Suite right?” Heechul asked Zee.

            “yeah.” Zee replied sounding tired from their 11-hour flight. “I’m telling you I’m so ready to just go to bed and sleep.”

Heechul chucked. He knew Zee wasn’t used to traveling long haul flights then be active right after arriving like he was. He was used to go straight to rehearsals after arriving from anywhere in the world; it’s in his line of work.

            “whoa!” Zee’s mouth dropped as the bellboy ushered them inside their suite.

It wasn’t like those hotel suites where you go to one of the top floors to get to your suite but this is like a huge decked out cottage. Private heated pool greeted them when they entered and when they opened the room it was breathtaking. The peach walls and pale tangerine accents were just perfect. It was simplicity at its finest. The living room was not too big and just right; the mini kitchen was something they definitely need for their 2-week stay; everything was just perfect.

            “now I know why they reserved this room for us.” Heechul said giving a tip to the bellboy.

            “me too, this place fits us perfectly.” Zee laughed and grabbed her clothes from her bag.

The newlyweds decided to put off unpacking to tomorrow and also start their “touring” after adjusting to their surroundings.

Heechul rolled over the bed and reached over Zee’s side but was only greeted by the mattress. He opened his eyes to se an empty bed. He rolled over squinting his eyes over to the small window to the kitchen and saw Zee cooking. His wife still hasn’t noticed that he had already woken up.

He stretched on the bed and walked over to Zee.

            “good morning.” He said giving Zee a kiss on her cheek.

            “morning.” Zee kissed Heechul’s cheek as well and went back to chopping the veggies. “anything you want for breakfast?”

            “what’s on the menu?” Heechul asked grabbing an apple from the fruit basket and took a bite.

            “well, I didn’t want to order room service since you love asian food too much. So, I managed to get some vegetables and I’m making mixed veggies for you with rice.” Zee said starting to fry now. “want some egg rolls with that?”

            “sure.” Heechul was taken aback by Zee’s meticulousness.

Zee noticed Heechul was staring at her for quite some time now, at first she tried to ignore it but she’s getting too self-conscious.

            “Stop staring, Heechul-ah.” Zee said not even looking at the sleepy man by the counter.

            “it’s not a crime to stare at my wife you know.” He grinned and wrapped around his wife’s waist.

            “hey, I can’t cook properly if you do that.” Zee said lightly shrugging from Heechul but the latter just hugged on tighter.

            “I can’t believe that I’m really married, even more so to you.” He sounded amused.

            “yeah, coz you’re the type to change moods very quickly so everyone assumes that if you did get married you’d end in divorce in less than a year.” Zee laughed as well.

            “yah, do you honestly think I’d do that to you?” Heechul said irritably and bit Zee’s shoulder.

            “OW!” Zee shouted and jumped from the sudden pain. “that hurt you idiot!” she raised the spatula and threatened him with it. Heechul just laughed and kissed the place he just bit.

            “what do you want to do today?” Heechul said pouring Zee and himself 2 glasses of juice that he took out from the fridge.

Zee started to plate their food and set it on the table.

            “hmmm…I wanna head to the beach. Kyu said the Red Beach is very beautiful.”

Heechul sat down and furrowed his eyebrows.

            “why do I feel like our 2 weeks here will get very busy with us touring?” Heechul commented and Zee just grinned and didn’t respond.

Heechul sighed and shook his head knowing this might not be the honeymoon he wanted.

The couple headed down to the Red Beach and took some pictures since it was too crowded they decided not to go near the water. They headed towards Kamari Beach, which was bigger but was still a tad bit crowded.

They found a spot near the water and set their rented umbrellas and chairs.

Heechul took off his shirt and sat down on the chair. Zee raised her eyebrows and she looked at her husband.

            “since when did you get that?” she asked pointing to his stomach which was obviously more muscular now and his abs was very well sculpted.

            “oh this?” Heechul looked down. “since I didn’t do much during my service, so I worked out.”

            “really?” Zee sounded skeptical.

            “really. And I bet you like what you see?” he asked wriggling his eyebrows.

            “whatever.” Zee rolled her eyes and put on her shades and started putting on sunblock.

            “I’m getting something to eat. Want some, Zee?” Heechul asked.

            “any kind of sandwich and something cold. Thanks!”

Zee glanced to the direction where Heechul jogged and she couldn’t help but notice girls ogling at her husband. Her husband did look buffer than before and wasn’t as pale as he was so obviously they would ogle. He even grew his hair back like in Sorry, Sorry days, Zee kept telling him to cut it but he’s too stubborn but she honestly liked it when he ties his hair in a ponytail. He looks macho that way.

            “look like you need some help?” Zee looked up to find a guy grinning down at her and basing from his accent he sounded British.

            “I’m good.” Zee said icily brushing the guy off and tried to reach her back.

            “awww… c’mon, love. Don’t resist me, I know you’ll like it.”

            “if you don’t want me to break your arm, get away from me.” Zee threatened glaring at him.

            “why not, love? Here with someone? I bet I’m better.” The british dude slurred and his lips.

            “I doubt it.” Heechul said from behind them glaring at the other guy.

            “to answer your question, yes, I’m here with someone. My husband.” Zee smirked and the man’s eyes widened, more in surprise than shocked.

With his hair tied in a ponytail Heechul looked like a man ready to fight off a bull. A few years back no one could imagine him becoming or doing things like that but years of working out and experience will change a person…well a bit.

            “now scram!” the tone in Heechul’s voice made the guy hurriedly walk away.

            “your timing is impeccable.” Zee laughed.

            “here and give me that, I’ll do your back.” Heechul handed over her sandwich and coke and took the suntan lotion from her.

            “thanks. The water looks good.” Zee said staring at the ocean while Heechul put lotion on her back.

            “yeah but you’re not going in.”

            “why not!?” Zee exclaimed angrily.

            “you are not going out there in this bikini. I’m already at my limit when I allowed you wear that here.” He said gesturing to her bikini.

Zee was wearing a simple blue halter bikini and her bottom was covered with the shorts she was wearing. She knew about Heechul’s conservativeness when it comes to her so she deliberately kept it on.

            “you are ridiculous! We’re at a beach for crying out loud!” Zee argued.

            “I will allow you if you wear your tank top and I am not negotiating this!” Heechul said with finality and Zee just looked away angrily.

In the end, Zee did keep her top but she was so much in a bad mood that she didn’t get to enjoy the beach. Heechul knew about his wife’s change of mood so he decided to make it up to her by doing a surprise.

While Zee was changing, Heechul called the hotel to arrange a small candlelit dinner; Nothing too big and flashy since he knows Zee wouldn’t like it.

It was silent on their way back to the hotel, Zee was still too pissed to talked to her husband and just wanted to go to bed and sleep or maybe call her family.

Walking back to their suite, Heechul allowed Zee to walk ahead of him not even bothering to stop her. As soon as she opened the door and Heechul saw her stop in her tracks he knew she saw what he prepared for her.

            “like it?” Heechul whispered walking up behind her.

            “is this your way of softening me up?” Zee replied back with a question not even bothering to look back at him. But she can’t deny it was starting to work.

            “if it is, is it working?” he asked grinning. He knew his wife all too well to appreciate a gesture…even if she’s no in the mood.

            “that depends.” She said walking tiptoed at the side of the pool towards the table with their dinner.

            “on what?” Heechul asked following her.

            “on how dinner tastes like.” Zee replied shooting a cherry tomato to .

Dinner was simple. Salad with strawberry vinaigrette, blue cheese and sweetened walnuts, fresh cream of mushroom soup, grilled lamb rack and for dessert chocolate molten lava cake with fresh strawberries and cream on the side.

            “let’s find out then?” Heechul went over to Zee and pulled the chair out for her.

            “thank you.” She said and sad down.

Both of them started with the soup and Heechul started to devour the bread, Zee just stared at him.

            “what? I’m hungry.” He said defensively. Zee just shook her head.

Dinner was really good and even Zee had to admit it. the lamb was just cooked so right as expected of Greece.

            “so how was the food?” Heechul grinned looking up to his wife from his plate. Zee looked up from her dessert.

            “it’s good.”

            “c’mon I know that you know it’s more than good.”

            “fine, it’s really great and it worked softening me up. Happy?”

Heechul stood up and walked over to Zee’s side and took out his hand.

            “what are you up to?” Zee asked suspiciously.

            “may I have this dance?” Heechul said greasily which made Zee laugh out loud but accepted the gesture anyway.

As soon as she pushed her chair back, Heechul yanked her hand and twirled her. Normally, it would’ve been pretty romantic but the move only made Zee dizzy and lose her footing.

Her husband caught her, clumsily, and both almost toppled towards the pool, but gladly they didn’t.

            “this is romantic.” Zee commented sarcastically.

            “not what I imagined, I admit but who cares?” Heechul shrugged and pulled Zee’s waist to him and raised her left hand and placed it on his chest.

What would’ve been an awkward dance turned out to be the romantic scene both pictured the scene should be. They might not be expecting it to turn out that way but it did; both of them swaying to the music-less suite; only the ocean waves to break the silence between them. The glow from the sunset and the candles added that special touch to their perfect evening.

Zee breathed out and wrapped her left arm around Heechul’s neck and leaned her head on his shoulder.

            “I seriously never saw myself marrying someone. I know I did say I might I couldn’t really picture it.” Heechul said.

            “that makes the both of us. you were never really the marrying type.” Zee replied with a slight laugh.

            “yah, why did you marry me then?”

            “tch! I think you forgot how I thought you were joking when you talked to me about marrying you.” Zee lifted her head and hit her husband lightly on the chest.

            “so you’re regretting it now?” Heechul asked his voice rising.

None of them realized they’ve both stopped dancing… ahem…swaying, now.

            “I don’t know, maybe?” Zee said teasing her him.

            “YAH!” Heechul shouted and Zee laughed out loud.

            “c’mon, Heechul, you should know by now I am not the type of person who goes and does something without thinking about it. You’re really an—“ Zee was cut off with Heechul pulling her back roughly by the waist and kissed her as she slammed into him.

She smiled into the kiss by her husband’s childishness but kissed him back nonetheless.

            “of course…I knew that.” He said breaking the kiss.

            “yeah…right.” she said and the both laughed. Heechul leaned in again for another kiss and she met him halfway. Zee wrapped her armed around Heechul’s neck and the latter’s arms s around Zee’s slender waist.

The last rays from the setting sun capped off what had to be the couple’s perfect evening.

Next Morning

The incessant ringing of Zee’s phone woke the very irritated Heechul. He hates getting woken up especially when he’s not supposed to be woken up. He reached out an arm towards Zee’s bedside table to grab her phone but carefully as to not wake up Zee as she had her head on Heechul’s left arm.

Heechul flopped back and squinted on the phone screen. He cursed when he saw it was only one of the members, Donghae to be exact.

            “yah, his better be good.” Heechul said irritably in his morning voice.

            “hello to you too, hyung. tsk! Is this how you say hello to a brother? and why are you answering Zee's phone?” Donghae sulked.

            “she’s still asleep.” He said grumpily. “and whatever it is that you want to say, say it now, I wasn’t to go back to sleep.” Heechul said shutting his eyes.

            “sleep?” Donghae asked innocently. “but it’s almost noon there now right? I checked the time difference.”

Heechul took the phone away from his ears and squinted at the screen. The time showed it was already 11am. he put the phone back to his ear only to hear shuffling noises in the background.

            “Heechul-ah! Why could you still be asleep at this hour?!” Leeteuk’s trolling voice boomed from the phone. “did you two finally do it?” trolling laughter erupted in the background.

            “aish! It’s none of your damn business! I’m hanging up!” Heechul shouted and hung up. He tossed the phone somewhere; maybe it landed on the carpet since it didn’t make any sounds when he tossed it.

Heechul grunted in irritation before flinging his arm and wrapped it around Zee’s waist then burying his face on her bare shoulders. A few minutes later he felt Zee stir.

            “did  someone call?” she asked turning on her other side to face him.

            “yeah, but nothing important. You can go back to sleep.” He said kissing Zee’s forehead. She nodded and snuggled even closer to her husband and wrapped an arm around him.

Heechul inhaled deeply smelling Zee’s scent before dozing off back to sleep.

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hi! sorry if the special chap is way too late..too many happenings..hihi anywat so here the last chapter i am ever going to write for this story.yeah it's finally officially over..wah! but appearances of zeechul on my other future fanfics is definiltely happening..especially in the sequel..hihi

i might post updates here about new fanfics etc...:D another note all my other fanfics (other members as main like the yesung and siwon fic i'm planning to write and the eunhyuk fic im about to continue to write) will be connected with each other..will it be boring that way?hihi anyway im planning on the teaser for the sequel SJ:2 i just dont know when i can post it..im pretty busy right now since it's almost december..:)

anyway to all of my readers(including the silent ones) and subscribers thank you so much for your support! love you all! see you in my other stories? i hope so! toodles!

ps. i do not own the photos..!