[ MC#1: I’m excited to see what the staff got for them.

Kyuhyun: I want it to be big enough for gatherings with the Kyu-line.

Sooyoung: (hits Kyuhyun on the shoulder) Yah. That’s not fair.
There are only a few of you in your line and more of SNSD.
We get first dibs on gathering at their place!

MC#2: Shouldn’t their house be set by their liking and not yours?

Kyuhyun & Sooyoung: (blinks) No.

MC#2: Aigoo. ]

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< The Changmin-Yoona couple arrives at their new house! >

< Yoona takes the first step in. What will be her reaction? >

“Oh, wow...”

Changmin suppressed a laugh bubbling in his chest as Yoona’s eyes widened inexplicably and she let out an impressed drawn out cheer. He stood a step back behind her as they entered through the door, looking around the brightly lit living room as though it was a castle and not just a normal person’s living space.

The walls were in a shade of a comforting white, adorned with few framed photographs of landscapes and cities. The furniture around them didn’t look too modern, but seemed comfortable by Changmin’s standards as he sank into a chair with a loud sigh of relief. Yoona gave him a look at the sound he made but he didn’t really care. The cushions were really soft which he liked a lot, and whole length of the couch was just perfect for him to lie down on. He could practically picture himself sleeping on it in his mind, and he would if only there weren’t so many cameras around.

“I think this place is perfect.” Yoona was in the kitchen when he spoke in a sleepy tone. “The couch is just right.”

“Is that a requirement?” she asked, sticking her head out at the door and raising an eyebrow at him. She watched him stretch his legs out in front of him and sigh loudly once again before letting out a laugh at how he looked totally at ease in someone else’s home.

Except it’s going to be our home soon, she thought, smiling wider despite herself. We’re going to live here together for a while.

Yoona folded her arms across her chest and raised her eyebrow as she looked down at him with a grin. “I have to admit, you do look very at home. And that couch does look really comfy.” She said, poking a cushion next to him. “It makes me want to sit as well, but we’ve been sitting for over an hour and I kind of want to exercise my legs a bit.”

“Well, why don’t you sit?” Changmin asked, raising an eyebrow at her this time. He waved towards the cushion next to him and blinked. “There’s room here, you know. And you’ve been standing longer for your drama than the sitting we did at the café.”

“So you’re telling me to sit?”

Changmin shrugged his shoulders, holding out his hand towards hers and grinning. “Obviously. Unless you feel too awkward to.”

“Nah, I’m not as awkward as you.” Yoona said, wrinkling her nose as she took the seat he’d offered.

She was rewarded with a crooked eye smile and she laughed again at the thought of Shim Changmin and the word ‘cute’ crossed her mind. It was becoming more often now – the association between cute and her sunbae was becoming more in tune with each other than ever. Yoona couldn’t say she minded though, because she liked it somewhat. It was different but better view of him than from the mean-looking (but laughing) senior she was so used to see walking down the halls since his debut.

They sat in a relaxed silence for a while, sitting side by side on the couch and looking around the empty room with twin smiles on their faces. Both of them could imagine building a home in that room. They could imagine a comfortable set of cushions lined up together where people could sit in front of the TV, laughing and joking about the happenings in their days; of dinners shared on top of the glass table sitting in front of them, candlelit and cozy.

In Changmin’s mind, he could almost smell the food Yoona would prepare for them after a whole day’s worth of work; grinning at him and wrinkling her nose just as she did moments earlier, asking if the stew were any good and with him replying earnestly that it was. In turn in Yoona’s head, she could imagine a whole scene played out in front of her where Changmin would sit and watch dramas with her on the couch, huddled up together and enjoying each other’s company. Neither of them could explain why they’d imagined the other in each other’s fantasies but they didn’t mind much at all.

Technically (in the show at least), they were married. Or about to anyway – they were a new couple and so they were a little more engaged than wedded at the moment. Still… they were stuck together for awhile due to their respective contracts and that meant it was only natural to think of the other while they were chosen for the show.

Right?

What do you plan to do with the house?

Yoona: It’s very… bare at the moment. The owners had put really nice paintings around but I don’t really think they fit our style. (catches self and pauses with a smile) Wow… did I just say that? Our style? (laughs) We have style!

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Changmin: Honestly, I like keeping things very simple and neat… but in this case the walls are too plain for me to live in. It’s a little stuffy – I don’t think Yoona would want to live somewhere stuffy, don’t you?

Yoona said something similar as well. You two seem to be starting to think alike now.

Changmin: (laughs) Ah, really? That’s good, isn’t it?

[ Sooyoung: (stares at screen then grins) It’s weird but I think I like how they look with each other.

Kyuhyun: Me too. Which isn’t entirely weird since Yoona has this thing
where she basically looks good anyone anyway.

Sooyung: So you do think it’s weird?

Kyuhyun: (grins) Isn’t that what I just said?

Sooyoung: Why you—

MC#2: Eh… You two bicker like a married couple.

MC#1: (laughs) Maybe they should be in the show, ne? ]

“We should probably decorate.” Changmin started, gesturing over at the bare walls and ceiling. He made a face as he spoke, turning his head just so to catch Yoona’s reactions every once in awhile. She was listening thoughtfully, nodding here and there. “I feel a little to be honest with all the white around us. A little color wouldn’t hurt, I think.”

“I agree. We can change those white curtains with something that has color, right?” She asked, pointing at the sheer, white curtains that hung on one side of the room. The large windows that was gathered all on one side would have light spreading all around during the day but the curtains were to sheer they were hardly seen a