Chapter Seven

My other Half
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here is the new chapter! I wanted to make it faster but it didn't work well, I had to cut it in the middle, because it was getting to long! (and I wanted to end with this scene in particular :p)

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                If the fight they experienced seemed left behind, Changmin was still convinced their relationship wasn't as normal as it should be. Not that Junsu was still avoiding him, because he didn't, nor did he seemed cold or doing grudgingly their rehearsal... not at all, more like the contrary, but something was different.

 

Junsu was as cheerful as he had always been, he slowly talked again to Changmin the way he used to and during their working session, he was truly pushing himself to be able to go on. He even had asked help to a vocal trainer. He never actually sang with him, but the man gave him different tips, like how to breath normally when he began to feel stress rising and how to steady you heartbeats on stage when you felt it pounding out of your chest. Until now, the advice didn't seem to be really effective, but at least, it gave Junsu more determination, and it was pleasant to see. If the problems weren't so big any more, Changmin still felt like a thing was missing. Though he couldn't point out what.

 

However, if Junsu was still unable to sing, Changmin on the other hand was quite convinced he fulfilled his commitment perfectly. He had followed all the orders he received from the management and went to all the classes they asked him to. But above all, he had memorized each detail of Junsu and his behaviour, like they wanted him to.

 

His smile, his eyes, his half closed eyelids when he was laughing, his high pitched voice when he was whining or the sweet deeper one when he was explaining something, his oblivious attitude when he was focused on a task and the genuine gentleness in his face when he was meeting someone... yeah he knew all of this pretty well by now.

 

Even though he wasn't really sure to understand their goal when they asked him to do it, Changmin noticed now it wasn't as difficult as he thought it would at first. Actually, it had even been a bit too easy, Changmin told himself with a slight embarrassment.

 

The slight warm pinch he felt when he was with Junsu might not be completely foreign to all this, he thought again with a smile.

 

The ringtone from his phone called him back on earth. On the screen, Yunho's smiling face from the days they were training together greeted him.

 

“Hyung?” he said as he picked the call.

“Changmin-ah? I don't have much time, but we will hold our first concert on Friday, I'd be glad if you could come. I'll give you ticket of course.” Yunho's voice quickly said in the receiver.

“No hello, no greeting, what is that Yunho-hyung? Did the fame go to your head already?”

“Changmin!” Yunho scolded him a bit, guilt in his voice. “I'm sorry, you know I don't mean to...”

“I'm kidding hyung, I know you're busy now. And I will come, I would have even if you didn't call.”

 

Changmin could almost see Yunho's smile in the other side of the line. Even if he himself had a lot of things to do now, he had been following his best friend's activity on a regular basis.

 

“Thank you Changmin.” Yunho whispered. “We're performing at the stadium at...”

“I know, your posters are quite hard to ignore...” Changmin explained without letting his friend going further.

“I'll send you two tickets then, come with a friend if you have one” Yunho chuckled as he teased his dongsaeng.

 

Changmin almost replied back that he did have friends but finally didn't. It wasn't a secret that he had never been the friendly sociable type of guy in the agency. He had lost touch with his old friends when he entered in the agency and beside Yunho, he didn't go well with the trainees there. In fact Junsu was the first one he spent so much time with during the last year. Junsu... should he ask him to go with him?

 

“Well, think about it. See you, Changmin~” Yunho said as he knew Changmin was thinking and he hung up.

 

Changmin looked at his phone and fidgeted it for a moment. The concert was in two days and now that Yunho suggested him to, Changmin really wanted to go with Junsu. Should he call him? Somehow, Changmin felt stupid, he was like a teenager worrying for a date. But Junsu wasn't one, he didn't even know if he could truly call him a friend. But yet, this was a good opportunity to get closer to Junsu. Professionally of course. And maybe to build a real friendship, nothing else, Changmin repeated to himself as he typed the number he got to know even though he barely used it.

 

After a short moment, Junsu picked up. “Changmin?”

“Oh Junsu!” Changmin exclaimed, taken aback, he hadn't notice the ringing stop. “How are you?”

“I'm fine and you?”

“Me too.”

 

The silence took place and the conversation looked quite awkward for Changmin.

 

“You rarely call, is there something wrong?” Junsu asked slightly worried.

“Nothing wrong!” Changmin quickly reassured him, quite please to think about the latter's attention. “I just received a call from Yunho, you remember my hyung? The one who recently made his début?”

“Oh yeah, I saw him on TV already. What did he want?” Junsu asked, his interest rising.

“Well, he invited me for his concert on Friday, and I have to tickets so I wondered if maybe... you'd want to come or something... only if it doesn't bother you of course” Changmin clumsily explained.

“Sure! I'd be happy to.” Junsu agreed joyfully.

 

Changmin opened his mouth, surprised. He didn't expect it to be so easy, but he was glad he did call Junsu. A rush of pleasant warmness ran through his veins and he felt unexpectedly good.

 

“For real? Nice!” changmin added, surprised and pleased.

“You have your acting lessons tomorrow, right?”

“I do.”

“Okay, so see you on Friday.” Junsu said.

 

Changmin didn't answer immediately but he noticed Junsu was visibly waiting for an answer.

 

“Oh yeah, see you on Friday!”

 

They hang up and Changmin feeling was now different from what he had had in mind all day long. Maybe he and Junsu were truly becoming closer. Maybe they were really becoming friends. Maybe they were going somewhere, Changmin thought, happier than he had been lately.

 

 

                On Friday, they went to the usual training like they had to, but the result was still the same. Junsu even seemed to have more difficulties than usual to gather his mind. But lately, they had taken another path to reach their goal. They were working on the song but with the piano, together. They both knew how to play the piano, but their level wasn't as good as Yoochun's and the songs were a bit difficult for them, so they decided to train and they were improving every day.

 

The best part for them was that slowly, Junsu became used to sit beside Changmin on the bench as they tried play the song the best they could. They were still doing a lot of mistakes, but they managed to play with each other. Junsu was usually nodding in rhythm as if he could feel the beat in his soul, his arm brushing occasionally Changmin's on the ivory.

 

Changmin was very glad he had this idea, becau

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Shrimanti
#1
Chapter 18: One word for your story... WONDERFUL. I immensely enjoyed it. It was like a journey. Thank you for this!
claire_yj #2
Chapter 18: Such a sweet and touching story. Love every moment. Thank you ♡
forsvinner #3
Chapter 18: Beautiful story! Even thought i might be a late subscriber i am glad i was able to find and read your story. Thank you! :)
SunAndMoon01
#4
Chapter 18: It was so beautiful. I really liked it ~ I loved how you described everything, from how the characters are to their emotions and everything. And the end was just perfect <3
I also want to say that I am really, really sorry. I was really busy and I couldn't finish reading your story until today. I also wanted to read it again from the beginig to remember everything, so it took me some more time. I'm really sorry.
I noticed that you also wrote some Jaemin stories and OMG Jaemin (my first ever OTP). I can't wait to read them too, now that I have a lot of free time.
Author-nim fighting! ^^
5starnables
#5
Chapter 18: Kyaaaa~ Kyaaaaaa~ Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~ (yes I'm fangirling right now) XD
I know I supposed to comment on what happened from the top to the bottom but I really can't help to not squeal first. XD This is such a nice ending! And I love it! Imagining Changmin's concert through this... OMG I want to keep smiling from time to time as I read this chapterrrrr!!!! Start from how Jaejoong improved in his problem too (and how Yoochun seemed to be a fond of him as well~ may I take this as a hinted JaeChun? /giggles/)... and then Junsu who is finally determined to be able to sing! And I like how Jaejoong told Junsu "It's your turn" after he has done with the audition. XD And I also like how Yunho played hyung role quite well here, for Changmin! Yeyyyyyy~ Yunho is such a nice Hyung for Changmin; he even took his time to meet Junsu as well. And... what else?

OwO I must be missing this fic later... This is greattttttttttt! I can imagine what every characters did here! Whaaaaaa~ <3333333
And the last scene. Ugh. Really everytime I scrolled up and read it a bit.... It's too sweet on how Changmin hugged him in the dark and how he told Junsu it's start; their duet. Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~ <3

LOL. Sorry for being quite random here. XD
5starnables
#6
Chapter 17: Whaaaaaaaaaa... it's Jaejoong! Jaejoong comes! Ahahahahahaha. XD Didn't expect to see him~ I was a bit sad and worried that Junsu got a new partner for his singing. But knowing it's Jaejoong, then it should be alright then! /positive mind on Jaejoong/ I love how you write Jaejoong and I also love how you explain why Junsu could open up to him a bit fast. It was like... naturally! And even though I imagined it would be sad for Changmin, but you wrote it like there's nothing wrong with that and there's nothing to be sad for Junsu to be with Jaejoong (in a partner-way) XD And.... oho~ I also love it when you showed that Yoochun changed because of Jaejoong too... and they even grew closer as well! Yeay~ <3 lol. And whoa, I'm amazed! Despite everything, Junsu's feeling for Changmin was written rather clear. I can feel how Junsu felt for Changmin... It is really well-written! I wanna cry when Junsu started singing Kajima... Junsu~~~ >"< /hugs Junsu again/ This is beautifulllllll... Reading this was as if I really heard Junsu's singing and how he sang it whole-heartedly. OMG!!!! And the end of chapter- ASADFGHJKL Hurray, Changmin watched him!!!!!!! And he got the ticket! Hehehehehe. Really glad Jaejoong is so supportive! <3

Nyah, to the next chapter!!!
5starnables
#7
Chapter 16: this one is so sadddddddd.... especially the last part when Junsu and Changmin met and... how he felt it like a goodbye kiss. >"< That scene is so touching yet sad. /sniffs sobs sobs/ And it must be hard for Junsu, right? To think that he has to- no, he wants to believe and trust Changmin yet at the same time he saw everywhere that Changmin would make a debut by himself. It must be like... you know that you believe in him but at the same time the facts are betraying you. Like either you have to take what has been proven or what your precious one said. /hugs junsu/
Uh- oh o_o Didn't expect Junsu to get a new partner.... I wonder who that would be and I wonder whether Junsu is capable to do it with that new partner? :O But I think I get your idea (?) XD That you want to show both of their improvement; from depending one with another, to be independent and able to stand by themselves proudly? (just a rough assumption though. XDXDXD)
AmyDick #8
Chapter 18: Finally, finished it. It's way complete different from the movie i told u before... I'm glad Junsu can overcome his fear for singing in front of public. It's like a turning point for Junsu from a secretive singer to be public singer. It's a big move to make such progress. I love the ending also 'Wish' song. Great!
5starnables
#9
Chapter 15: Ouchie~ Should I be glad upon the fact that the company recognized Changmin's talent? Because... no! It's scary... scary because then what's going to happen with Junsu if it's like this. >"< And scary because Junsu seemed to be as determined to let Changmin go alone. But... but they've been through everything with the two of them! Even though yes, Changmin sang great and well by himself, but that performance was for Junsu! He can't sing as great if he never met Junsu! (not that I underestimate him... but I guess that was why the company never knew Changmin's talent before) So... yes it's so scaryyyyy~

Though I am glad that at the end of chapter Junsu finally decided to believe in Changmin... though it's still scary to know what's going to be happened and how if the director didn't agree- because no matter what Changmin said he has proven enough that he could sing. >"< But but... I trust you unn! XP You're not as cruel as me /evil laughs. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~