Chapter 41

Let's talk about love

After 2hrs of running here and there, the 4 of us were now inside Boa-unnie's private jet. It was my first time riding Boa-unnie's private jet as I literally had my jaws dropped when I stepped my foot in.

"Waaaahhhh... Looks like someone is really making a lot of money lately." I could hear Uncle Ken teasing Boa-Unnie who was dragging me into the jet.

"Hyung, maybe we should start a joint-business with Boa soon." It was Appa's turn to join in the teasing.

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Boa-unnie just laughed at all the comments as she brought me to the back of the plane. I was amazed to see a bed there.

"We can sleep together throughout the journey. The pilot informed me that we'll only reach Korea around 4am on the 26th." Boa-unnie smiled at me while I just meronged at her.

"I rather just sleep on the seat in front with Appa and Uncle Ken." I walked away and took a seat just in front of the bed. Appa and Uncle Ken had already sat at the seats behind the cockpit.

"You're afraid that your future father-in-law will not be happy with you sleeping around is it?" Boa-unnie chuckled at her own remarks.

"Yah!! That's not considered as sleeping around okay. And I'm not that kind of person anyway." I pouted as I heard laughter coming from Appa and Uncle Ken.

"It's okay, Jae. I won't tell your Sicababy about it. Anyway, both of you are cousins. Nothing wrong with sleeping together." Uncle Ken replied while Appa and Boa-unnie just laughed out loud.

I sighed and surrendered myself to their teasings as I took out my headphone and started to listen to my mp3.

In the end, all of us took turns to use the bed to get some rest. Boa-unnie said that she bought the private jet to make it easier for her to move around the continents since she needs to travel to a lot of countries constantly. Appa and Uncle Ken spend most of the time talking about their younger days when they were in Korea and also about Uncle Ken's plan to open up another branch for his fitness centre in Korea. He planned to let his assistant handles the one in the States when he settled back in Korea.

I didn't participate much in their conversation as I just stared out the window. Boa-unnie had already taken a rest at the back. 'Omma, do you know how happy I am right now? Appa will be coming to visit you soon. The fact that Uncle Ken is Jessica's Appa is daebak right? Omma, I know you're watching over us from above. Thank you. Saranghae, Omma.' I smiled as the thoughts in my mind slowly ended. My eyes was getting heavier as I looked out to the dark night through the small window. I pushed a button to recline the seat as I made myself comfortable. Dozing off to sleep, I had a grin on my face as an image of an angel came to mind. 'Sicababy, bogoshipo.'

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It was still dark outside when we arrived in Korea. The cold wind instantly woke a sleepy me up the moment I stepped down from the plane. I was shivering like a drug addict until Appa came over to pass me a thick jacket. Thanking him, I was about to walk beside Appa when I was headlocked by Boa-unnie and dragged along to follow her. I rolled my eyes at her but all she did was just to chuckled at my irritated face. Clearing all the necessary requirements that was needed, we left the airport after 30mins.

"I've already chartered a limo to fetch us to the hotel. It's better that we freshen up before we proceed to the orphanage." Boa-unnie suggested.

I had already informed everyone about the girls planned to visit the orphanage to watch the children unwrapped their presents and also to have a mini celebration with them on the day of our arrival. Initially,  Appa suggested that we returned to Taeyeon's house when we arrived but I told him that it'll be a hassle to them since we'll be arriving in early morning. That was when Boa-unnie suggested to stay at the hotel that she had stayed before. 

"I've already arranged for two rooms for all of us. Uncle Park and Uncle Ken will share a room and I'll share with my Jae-giya. " Boa-unnie informed while we were in the limo as she grinned cheekily at me. 

"Aahhhh... Wae?" I started to protest as Uncle Ken and Appa just shook their heads at us. 

"The hotel only had 2 rooms left. Unless you want to share the room with Uncle Ken and your Appa, I don't think you have any other choice, Jae-giya." Boa-unnie tried to use her aegyo on me.

I sighed as I slumped into the car seat. "Fine. But please wear something decent when you're in the room." I pointed my finger at Boa-unnie.

"Don't try to act innocent, Jae-giya. If it was Jessica, I'm sure you won't mind at all." Boa-unnie smirked at me as I felt my cheeks became hotter. "Someone's blushing. Are you imagining Jessica in skimpy clothings?"

I glared at Boa-unnie as I heard Uncle Ken giving me a teasing cough. I looked up and saw Uncle Ken grinning at me before he burst into a laughter as Appa joined him. I giggled nervously as I scratched the back of my neck and looked away.

We arrived at the hotel at around 5am. I remembered Sunny telling the other girls that they will gather at the orphanage around 10am. As the 4 of us stood in front of our own rooms, Appa told all of us to get a short nap, freshen up and gather back at the lobby at around 9am. Before I could answer him back, I felt someone pushing my back as I stumbled into the room. The laughter from Boa-unnie explained it all as she walked past me, into the room.

Both of us decided to take a nap as Boa-unnie said that she had set the alarm for both of us to wake up later at 7am. I'm not sure if she had accidentally switched off the alarm but I only woke up when I felt someone kicking me on my leg.

I sat up and realised that someone was pressing our room doorbell repeatedly. Looking over at Boa-unnie who was sprawled on the bed with one leg sticking out from under the blanket, I realised that she was the one who had kicked me. Walking to the door while yawning away, I opened it to see Appa and Uncle Ken with flustered expressions.

"Oh my god. Did you girls overslept? It's already 9.15am." Appa said as my eyes popped open.

"Mwo? Oh .." I ran off towards the washroom while grabbing my clothes on the way in. "Appa, wake that sleepyhead up."

We left the hotel at 10.30am as Boa-unnie had used Appa's room to get ready. While we were in the car, I switched on my phone which I had charged in the hotel room when we were napping. My phone had died off when we were in the plane. The moment it was switched on, I had a frown on my face. There was 4 missed calls and 5 messages from Jessica. I just realised that I didn't give her a call yesterday.

10.20pm (KST) - It's already 20mins past the time that you always call. Are you busy at the moment?

11pm (KST) - Jaegi, are you still not awake yet? I wanted to tell you what I did on Christmas Day and the gifts I received from my family. Please give me a call soon.

Missed calls at 11.30pm (KST) and 11.45pm (KST).

11.55pm (KST) - Park Hyun Jae, where are you? I tried to call you two times but I couldn't get through your phone. You better return my call soon.

12.15am (KST) - Jaegi!! Is everything okay? Did you forget your promise to me about calling me at least once a day? I'll be sleeping soon since I need to wake up early for the gathering at the orphanage.

Missed calls at 12.20am (KST) and 12.30am (KST).

12.35am (KST) - This is the worst Christmas ever. Good night.

After reading all her messages, I felt a sharp pain in my heart as I sighed. Uncle Ken must have noticed it as he tapped me on my knee to grab ny attention. I didn't want to say it out so I just showed him the messages. I saw him smiling and nodding his head before turning to face me.

"Don't think too much. If she knew what's coming her way, she won't have said all that. We'll be reaching soon. Don't be sad, okay." I just nodded my head.

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Jessica's POV:

I woke up feeling groggy and I hated that feeling. All thanks to Park Hyun Jae, I had a restless night. I was waiting for Jae's call at the usual time, feeling excited all by myself. Even though I had received a call from her earlier when she wished me Merry Christmas, I couldn't talk long since I had to get ready to go to the church. I wanted to tell Jae about the whole day's event and happenings. About how Omma brought me to my grandparents house and we ate together. We exhanged our gifts after that and spend time together, just talking about our daily lives. Me and Omma left my grandparent's house at around 5pm and were on the way back home when something happened that shocked me.

Flashback

"Sooyeon, can Omma ask you something?"

"Sure, Omma. What is it that you want to ask?" I leaned my head on my Omma's shoulder as she gently my hair.

"Are you in love, Sooyeon?'

I sat up straight after hearing her question as I blinked my eyes repeatedly at her. I was totally speechless and wasn't expecting it at all.

"You don't have to hide from Omma. I can see from your eyes and the brightness of your smile ever since you came home during the break. I also know that someone has been calling you every night, talking to you for at least an hour and I saw how happy you were, smiling away. Even when I came into your room to check on you in the middle of the night, you still had that smile while you were sleeping. So who's that lucky guy who was able to melt my icy daughter's heart?" My mum teased me as I started to blush.

"Omma, if I tell you that it's not a guy but a girl, how do you feel about it?" I asked as I bite my lips, making a pleading expression.

"A girl? You mean you're in love with a girl? I... I... I don't know what to say."

Hearing Omma's answer makes me feel a little disappointed and worried. I'm afraid that she won't except my relationship with Jae. Suddenly the atmosphere in the car became very quiet and it stayed that way until we reached home.

I exited from the car first and was just about to enter the house when I heard Omma calling my name. Turning around, I saw Omma walking towards me and she wrapped her arms around my waist.

"Sooyeon-ah, I'm not saying that I'm against the both of you. Seeing how happy you look, I can sense that this girl is really special to you. But let me meet her first. I want to meet the girl who had made my daughter smile like a pabo every night."

"Ommaaaa... I'm not a pabo." I pouted as the both of us entered the house.

Present time

Thinking of what happened yesterday, it made me feel frustrated as I waited for Taeyeon and Tiffany to pick me up. Uncle Kim will be sending the 3 of us to the orphanage later. Yesterday would have been a great day for me if only Jae had called me last night. I thought that she had overslept when she didn't call and even left her messages. When I tried to call her, it seems that the line is not connected. I'm feeling angry and worried at the moment. Did something bad happened to Jae? I prayed hard before I slept last night for her safety.

When TaeNy arrived with Uncle Kim, I greeted everyone and sat beside Tiffany. They must have noticed my pouting face when Tiffany nudged me at the side.

"What's with the sulking face? Did something happn at home?" Tiffany asked.

Before I could answer, Taeyeon intercepted me by saying that I must be missing Jae a lot which is why I'm pouting.

"Don't talk to me about your bestfriend. I'm currently upset with her." I folded my arms as I slumped into the seat.

"Mianhae. I didn't mean to make you angry." Taeyeon said with a guilty tone.

Hearing that, I felt bad for throwing my temper at her. "I'm sorry Taeng, for my outburst. I didn't mean it."

Taeyeon said that it was okay as Tiffany rubbed my back, asking me to explain what had happened. I told them everything as they listened attentively. After ending my story, both of them were also not able to think of any reason for Jae's actions but Taeyeon said that I shouldn't worry so much as she can guarantee that Jae will have a very good reason for doing all that. I just nodded my head and looked out the window as the car was almost approaching the orphanage.

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No one's POV: 

At the orphanage

SooSun and HyoHyun were already there when TaeNy and Jessica arrived, along with Uncle Kim. Sunny was helping out Ms Song to prepare for the feast later on while Sooyoung, Seohyun and Hyoyeon were playing with the kids. When Jessica walked through the door, she was shocked when Kyungsan ran up to her and tugged on the helm of her dress. Jessica squatted down to his eye level and smiled at him.

"Hi Kyungsan, are you looking for Jae-noona? I'm sorry but she's not here today." 

Kyungsan shook his head as he shyly smiled at Jessica. "Jae-noona say, Kyungsan must take care of Sica-noona when Jae-noona not here. Jae-noona say if Kyungsan is a good boy, then she'll give me a present." Kyungsan smiled brightly as Jessica patted his head.

"Can't believe that Jae actually ask Kyungsan to look after Sica when she's not around."  Sooyoung chuckled as she lifted up the small boy who squealed from shock as Sooyoung grabbed him from the back.

"Sooyoung-noona, make me fly." Kyungsan laughed as Sooyoung played around with him. 

Tiffany and Jessica went to help Sunny and Ms Song out since they were not that good with kids while the rest continued to play around. Uncle Kim just sat down at a corner, smiling to himself as he just watched. YoonYul came over soon and apologised for being 15mins late. Once everyone had arrived, Sunny started the event for that day by inviting everyone to eat first as the children queued up to take the food. The girls happily scooped the food for the children and served them well. Kyungsan once again came up to Jessica and asked her to eat with him as Jessica took a plate of fried rice and sat at a corner with the small boy. 

While the children were eating, Sunny informed that Seohyun had volunteered to play the piano for them. So Sooyoung, Taeyeon, Yuri and Hyoyeon went to the music room to bring out all the musical instruments and placed it at the centre of the lobby, making it like a stage. As Seohyun get herself ready, the children cleared their food and gathered near the stage. Kyungsan was sitting on Jessica's lap while the other girls sat beside their girlfriends.

Everyone had the same expression as they watched in awe at Seohyun's talent in playing the piano. No one dared to make any sound as they watched in silence to Seohyun's performance. When it ended, thunderous claps were heard as everyone cheered Seohyun on. Hyoyeon who was feeling proud of her girlfriend went up to her and gave her a hug.

"Hey Hyo. Since Seohyun already did a solo performance, you should do a dance solo too." Taeyeon suggested as the children became interested to see a dance performance.

Seeing how happy and excited the children were, Hyoyeon agreed to do a short dance performance. The children's focus were back on stage as they waited for Hyoyeon's performance.

Once again, the children got excited after the performance ended as they clapped loudly and cheered Hyoyeon on. After everyone had calmed down, Sunny was about to ask the children to gather near the Christmas tree when Kyungsan suddenly voiced out.

"I want Sica-noona to sing there." He pointed towards the stage as everyone's attention were now on him and Jessica.

Jessica was initially shocked with Kyungsan's request as she kept blinking her eyes at the small boy. Seeing Kyungsan puppy eyes, Jessica gave in as she asked Seohyun to help her out. After Seohyun informed Jessica that she could play the song that Jessica wanted, both of them walked back to the stage as everyone gathered around.

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It was almost 11.30am when the limo reached the orphanage. I was feeling nervous as I was afraid that I would be late to attend the event. As the limo came to a stop, I was the first one out fom the car as I ran towards the orphanage entrance. After pushing the door, the scene that was in front of me made me stopped in my tracks. There she was, the girl that I've missed so much for the past few days, singing with all her heart as I just stood at the door and admired her.

Everyone was so focus on watching her that no one realised that I had arrived. It was only after she ended her performance, that Jessica covered when she saw me walking in towards her.

The rest of the girls were also shocked when they saw me there as I stood in front of Jessica who was still covering . I noticed there were tears in her eyes as she looked up at me. "Bogoshipo. Sica, I miss you so much." I said before giving her a hug.

It took Jessica sometime before she returned my hug as I felt her sobbing in my shoulders. I rubbed her back and kept apologising to her. Her sobbings stopped after sometime as she pushed me apart. I saw her glaring at me as she folded her arms.

"Why didn't you call me last night, Jaegi? I was waiting for your call. I was worried something bad happened to you."

"Mianhae, Sicababy. I was inside the plane and there was no signal. Furthermore, my phone died the moment I touched down at Korea this morning." I explained myself as the other girls gathered around me. Sunny had told Ms Song to bring the children over to the Christmas tree first.

"Jae, deabak!! How come you're here? It's great to see you again, buddy." Taeyeon said as I gave her a high-five.

"I hope it's not too late for me to wish all of you a Merry Christmas. I'll give your presents later but right now, I want to give Sica her present first." I turned to face a confused looking Jessica and smiled at her. "Close your eyes, Sica and opened it only when I say so."

After Jessica closed her eyes, I ran out to fetch Uncle Ken who was waiting in the limo outside. I also told Appa and Boa-unnie to follow me inside. When the 3 of them entered, Tiffany almost shouted out Boa-unnie's name but luckily, Taeyeon had quick reflexes as she covered Tiffany's mouth. I gestured everyone to keep quiet as I brought Uncle Ken to stand in front of Jessica.

"Sica, you can open your eyes slowly at the count of 3, okay." Jessica nodded her head. "1..... 2..... 3...."

The moment Jessica opened her eyes, I could see all different emotions coming from her facial expressions. She was obviously shocked to see Uncle Ken standing in front of her as tears started to gather in her eyes. As she released the hand that had covered earlier, the first word that she said shocked the rest of the girls.

"Appa...." 

Jessica hugged her dad tightly as both father and daughter were seen sobbing in silence. I called the girls to one side and explained everything to them. I also introduced my Appa and Boa-unnie to all of them. As the girls tried to absorb all the information that I had given to them, Ms Song came over to tell us that the children were getting impatient about unwrapping their presents. I told everyone to follow Ms Song to where the chilldren were while I'll go and call Jessica and Uncle Ken to join us.

By the time I returned to both father and daughter, the two of them had already stopped sobbing and were just standing in each other's arm. I had to pretend to cough so that I'll be able to grab their attention.

"Sorry, but you both have to...." I was not able to finish my sentence when I was suddenly engulf in a hug by Jessica.

"Thank you, Jaegi. This is the best Christmas gift that I had ever received and it's all thanks to you." She was about to cry again when I grabbed the sides of her face.

"No more crying, Sicababy. It's suppose to be a joyful occasion so no crying. And I didn't do much. Uncle Ken was the one who decided to come back." I replied as I gave Jessica my warmest smile.

"Uncle Ken? You should start calling me Appa Ken." I was teased by the elderly man who chuckled at his own remarks.

I told them that they need to join the rest of the girls to where the children were since they'll be unwrapping their presents soon. The 3 of us then made our way to the dining area where we had placed the Christmas tree and also the presents which had been neatly placed on the table.

When everyone was gathered, Ms Song gave instructions to the children to be orderly when they came over to her to collect their presents and it's only after everyone had their presesnts, were they allowed to unwrap their presents at the same time. As I watched the children smiling away while unwrapping their presents, I couldn't help but to smile along with them. Jessica came up to me and gave me a peck on my cheek as she hugged me from the sides. In return, I kissed her on her forehead as the both of us smiled at each other and just stared into each other's eyes.

"So this beautiful angel over here must be Jessica, right?"

We were snapped back into reality when Appa suddenly came up to us followed by Uncle Ken. I introduced Appa to Jessica as I shyly scratched the back of my neck.

"Jessica, thank you for making Hyun Jae happy. I can understand now why she would rather be here with you on Christmas Day and I'm sorry for not allowing her to spend Christmas with you." Appa said as Jessica quickly shook her head.

"You don't have to apologise Uncle Park. I would prefer her to spend time with you on such a joyous occasion. Being with your family is very important especially at times like this." Jessica explained as I put my arms on her shoulders.

"That won't be a problem from now on since we'll going to be a family soon. Right, my future in-laws?" Uncle Ken commented to Appa, making both me and Jessica to blush.

"Jae-giya!!!" 

I saw Boa-unnie walking up towards us as I facepalmed myself. I turned to look at Jessica, expecting her to be angry but I was shocked when I saw her smiling. When Boa-unnie came nearer, Jessica stretched out her hand for a handshake with Boa-unnie.

"You must be Boa-unnie. Annyeonghaseyo, Jessica-imnida." After the handshake, Jessica bowed slightly to Boa-unnie as I wrapped my hands around Jessica's waist.

"You can just call me Boa. Our age difference is not that big." I rolled my eyes at Boa who just smirked at me. "I always knew that Jae-giya has a good taste in girls but this is beyond perfection. I love your hairstyle, Jessica. And you're really beautiful. Do you want to be my model for my next range of upcoming designs?"

"Yah!! Andwae!! I don't want others to oogle and admire her. She's mine." I pouted as I tightened my grip on Jessica's waist.

While they were laughing at my childish behaviour, Kyungsan came up to us. I was expecting the small boy to ask me to carry him but he stretched out his hand to Jessica instead. After Jessica carried him up, I smiled seeing their interaction.

"Kyungsan, do you like Sica-noona?" The small boy nodded his head. "Did you take care of her when I'm not around?" He nodded his head again.

As I patted his head, suddenly Kyungsan asked me for his present that I've promised to give him if he took care of Jessica. I told him that his present was not ready yet and he pouted. Seeing that, Jessica then whispered something into his ears as I saw Kyungsan suddenly smiling and nodded his head.

"Kyungsan want Jae-noona to sing on stage as punishment for no present." The small boy smiled as he gave Jessica a high-five.

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howlshimazu
#1
hey author can you make this story available for offline reading ?
Lodinyoko
#2
Chapter 12: It's been awhile since the last time I read this.
VipSoneMoomoo
#3
Chapter 30: Wait i already read that O.o
VipSoneMoomoo
#4
Chapter 30: Hope sica found out the true
Wheepup123
#5
Chapter 101: Damn this is so niceeeed
VipSoneMoomoo
#6
Chapter 101: Wowwwwww i love this #JaeSica
VipSoneMoomoo
#7
Chapter 73: No more fighting
VipSoneMoomoo
#8
Chapter 57: Jae x sica are the best :3
VipSoneMoomoo
#9
Chapter 46: Pray for sulli
And stop cyber bullying
VipSoneMoomoo
#10
Chapter 44: I love this hope they would be happy at the end