Welcome to Italy

Map to My Heart
Finally Friday had come. Jihyun, Donghae, Woohyun, Key, Kikwang, Jaejoong, and Jessica came to the airports to bid their farewells to Jonghyun, Seungyeon, Krystal, and Doojoon.

"Be safe and don't let the boys control you." Jessica hugged Krystal and Seungyeon.
"Don't give them a hard time either." Jaejoong commented before Jessica elbowed him in the tummy.
"Don't worry, we'll be safe." Krystal and Seungyeon hugged Jessica and Jaejoong.

"Be safe 'kay. Call when you can." Jaejoong hugged Jonghyun. "Jessica and I got to go to work now. So we're leaving. Take care."
"Bye. Take care of my lil' sis for me." Jessica hugged Jonghyun. "Don't forget about me. We're modeling together when you get back." Jessica winked to Jonghyun.

Jaejoong and Jessica fixed their scarves and hats before leaving the airport to go to work.

Jihyun and Seungyeon were crying now that they were separating. "I'm going to miss you!! Call me once a week or more." Jihyun cried.
"I will. Don't forget me." Seungyeon cried.

Donghae hugged Jonghyun and gave him some advice about living alone. Jonghyun mentally took notes.

It was almost boarding time when Seungyeon finally got around to Woohyun.

"Don't forget what I said that day at you're house." Woohyun hugged Seungyeon. "I'll wait for you."
"Don't worry I won't forget." Seungyeon hugged him back.

"Flight 547 to Rome. Italy now boarding." A voice said on the Intercom.

"Well I got to go." Seungyeon pulled away.

Seungyeon and Jonghyun hugged everyone before turning to go into the gate.

"Yah!! Jonghyun!!! If you hurt Seungyeon, or let her get hurt I'm going to fly over to kick you , so take care of her!!" Woohyun yelled.
"Don't worry!!! I'll take care of her!!" Jonghyun yelled back.

Seungyeon and Jonghyun entered the gate as their friends waved at them. Seungyeon suddenly felt really nervous. I'm leaving Korea. Seungyeon gripped Jonghyun's arm. Jonghyun looked at Seungyeon. He pulled his arm out and wrapped his arm around her.

"Don't be nervous. I'll be right next to you the whole time. Plus it's an adventure." Jonghyun smiled. Seungyeon nodded her head, but her hands wouldn't stop shaking.

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Finally everyone boarded the plane. Seungyeon sat on the window seat while Jonghyun sat on the aisle seat. Krystal sat in the middle section between Doojoon and the aisle, but near Jonghyun.

"I can't wait for take off!" Krystal exclaimed happily. "We're finally going to Europe!!"
"I can't wait either." Doojoon smiled.
"Me too." Seungyeon replied.

Seungyeon was excited and nervous at the same time. She kept staring at the window watching the workers prepare for take off.

Jonghyun poked his head next to Seungyeon. "Excited?"
"Yeah, but I can't stop shaking." Seungyeon showed her hands.
Jonghyun held her hands. "It'll stop soon."

Take off began and the plane started moving. Seungyeon gripped Jonghyun's hand and stared out the window in amazement.

Omo, what if this plane crashes suddenly or explodes or....
Seungyeon grew nervous when she felt the plane shake a little. She leaned her on her seat and shut her eyes tightly. She soon felt how her ears locked and she couldn't hear too well because of the pressure.

"Is it going to be like this the whole time?" Seungyeon asked Jonghyun with a shaky voice.
Jonghyun looked at Seungyeon and smiled gently. "It will get more steady soon don't worry."

"Oh.. okay." Seungyeon said smiling faintly then glanced out of the window again.
"Seungyeon-sshi, haven't you ever been in an airplane?" Krystal asked her when she saw her very nervous face.
Seungyeon shook her head. "No... it's my first time ever."
"Woah, are we above the clouds now!?" She said amazed as she looked out.
"Yeah. Cool isn't it?" Jonghyun said.
Seungyeon nodded and smiled widely.

The plane soon started going steadily and Seungyeon felt more calm. She started exploring the little screen that was in front of her attached to the seat in front of her.

"You can even watch movies with this?!" she exclaimed.
"Jonghyun imagine, now that we are going to Italy.. We are like returning back in time right? Because the time zone is different.. This plane is like a time machine isn't it?" Seungyeon giggled.

Jonghyun chuckled a little and glanced at Seungyeon. He had not seen her so excited in a very long time and seeing her like that made him happy also.

"I'm so happy you are going with me Jonghyun, I don't know what I would do if I went all alone. I would be so so scared now.. because I don't know about anything what people have to do at the airports and where to go..." Seungyeon said smiling at Jonghyun.
"I'm happy too.." Jonghyun said then saw the stewardess walking down the aisle giving people their lunch.

"You hungry? They are giving food now." Jonghyun asked.
"Is it free??" Seungyeon asked.
"Yeah, this flight is so long so there's some free meals included." Jonghyun said.
"Really?? Yeah I'm hungry!" Seungyeon said.

The stewardess stopped first by Doojoon and Krystal and gave them their lunch then turned to Jonghyun and Seungyeon.

"Korean or Italian meal?" the stewardess asked smiling.
"Ummm... Korean please." Seungyeon picked.
"Korean for me too please." Jonghyun said.

"I want to eat Korean because who knows when we will get Korean food again." Seungyeon said and tried to open her meal that was tightly packed.
"Ow!! Hot!!" she yelled when she burnt her fingers doing so.

"You should wait a little.. or let me open it for you." Jonghyun said trying to open it but soon took his fingers away too as it was too hot to open.
"Ahh.. how they made it so hot?" He whined.

After some waiting they had finally opened their meals and started eating.

"Wow.... This tastes so ... A lot like ..." Seungyeon didn't know how to describe the taste.
"The food in airplanes is never that great really." Jonghyun said.
"Oh well at least it will fill our stomachs." Seungyeon shrugged and continued eating.

"I'm not gonna eat this.. I will just wait till we get to Italy." Doojoon frowned after tasting one bite of his food.
"Yah! Eat!" Krystal hit Doojoon's arm.
Doojoon shook his head and leaned back.

"Don't be such a baby. Eat now!" Krystal said then forced some food to Doojoon's mouth.

Doojoon chewed and swallowed it unwillingly then looked at Krystal who was smiling at him.

"I don't want to eat that... Something that looks somehow like food. Instead..." Doojoon leaned closer to Krystal. "I'm just going to eat you.."
he grinned and kissed Krystal's lips. He tried to continue but Krystal pushed him away.

"Hey, there's all these people around." She snapped and glanced towards Jonghyun and Seungyeon. "And you say you are going to eat me, you think I'm some food huh?" she crossed her arms.
"Now just eat okay?" she said.

Doojoon smiled and gazed at his girlfriend gently then pecked her cheek.
"Araso... as you wish baby.." He then continued to eat his meal unwillingly.

After eating Seungyeon and Jonghyun decided to watch a movie. They flipped through the various movie that they could watch.

"What do you want to watch?" Jonghyun asked.
"Umm I don't know. There's so much to watch." Seungyeon thought about it. "How about Heaven's Postman?"

Jonghyun pressed a few buttons and the movie began to play.

"I didn't know your cousin was such a good actor." Seungyeon comment about Jaejoong's acting.
"I kinda knew since he always got me and Key into trouble with his acting." Jonghyun rolled his eyes. "I heard he has a kiss scene in this movie. I'm going to about it when I call him next time."

After Heaven's Postman finished Seungyeon watched Millionaire's First Love, while Jonghyun decided to watch 19.

Halfway through the movie Jonghyun felt a light weight on his shoulder. Jonghyun looked to find Seungyeon sleeping. He took a blanket and fixed it on her, then adjusted her head on his shoulder, so she was comfortable. He turned her movie off before returning to watch his movie.

Jonghyun tried to watch his movie, but was distracted by Seungyeon's reflection though the black movie screen on the chair in front of Seungyeon. He turned off his movie and took out his notebook. Jonghyun was inspired by Seungyeon, so he began to compose a song.
After a few hours Seungyeon woke up as her neck hurt from sleeping in the same position for a long time. She yawned and stretched her arms and feet then looked at Jonghyun who was writing something.

"What are you doing?" she asked peeking behind Jonghyun's shoulder.
"Nothing much.." Jonghyun quickly closed his notebook when he realized Seungyeon was awake.

Seungyeon nodded a little bit and glanced at Krystal and Doojoon who were both sleeping.

"You know when we will arrive, my legs kinda hurt." Seungyeon asked.
"They said there's like two hours left and we should be there." Jonghyun said.
"But if your legs hurt you should walk around a little bit."

"I think I will go to the toilet." Seungyeon said and stood up. Jonghyun stood up also giving Seungyeon a way to get away from her seat.

As soon as Seungyeon had walked away Jonghyun opened his notebook again and continued composing.
Suddenly he felt someone poking his arm slightly. It was Krystal.

"Where's Seungyeon?" Krystal asked as she had just woke up.
"Toilet." Jonghyun answered looking at her.

"You know, I think I forgot to ask you. How are things with you and Seungyeon? Did she give you an answer yet?" Krystal asked.
"She did." Jonghyun said staring down at his notebook.
"And?" Krystal leaned closer to Jonghyun.
"And she rejected me." Jonghyun said silently.
"O-oh--" Krystal stared at Jonghyun not knowing what to say. "But you two... You will have to share a room... How is that going to be? You will feel awkward...and.."

"It's okay. I will get over this... I hope. And sharing a room with her.. well it might be hard but it will be fine... I think." Jonghyun said.

Krystal nodded and stared at Jonghyun feeling bad for him.

"It will be fine, really." Jonghyun said putting a faint smile on his face.

Seungyeon then came back from the toilet and sat back.

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Two hours had passed and the plane had started landing. Seungyeon became nervous again when the plane started going down.
"I-Is it supposed to go this fast down... What if it crashes..." Seungyeon stuttered and took deep breaths. She was holding Jonghyun's hand tightly again.
"Yes.. don't be afraid." Jonghyun calmed her down as he leaned back onto his chair.

Seungyeon closed her eyes and prayed that the plane would land safely. Soon the plain hit the ground landing safely. Seungyeon let out a huge sigh of relief but still didn't let go of Jonghyun's hand.

Her fear turned into excitement again when she glanced out of the window.
"Jonghyun we are in Italy now!!! Can you believe!?" she said.

"Doojoon, Doojoon!!! Italy!!!" Krystal was yelling totally excited also.

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After they had got out of the plain and gone through all the security checks and got all their luggage, they searched for the person who was supposed to pick them up from the airport.

"I heard he was supposed to be Korean." Doojoon said looking around at all the people who were holding signs.

"You think it's him?" Krystal pointed at one man who was holding a sign that said *Spring Melody Models.*

"Yeah it must be him." Jonghyun said leading them all to the man.
The man noticed them approaching him and asked. "Jonghyun-sshi, Seungyeon-sshi, Doojoon-sshi and Krystal-sshi?"
"Yes that is us." Jonghyun said.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Song Joong Ki. Welcome to Italy!" the guy smiled brightly to them all.
Jonghyun, Seungyeon,Krystal and Doojoon all introduced themselves to him also.
"Are you a real model Joong Ki-sshi?" Seungyeon asked interested.
"Just call me Joong Ki-oppa okay? I'm your oppa here.. I hate when people act too formal." Joong Ki said.
"Okay, well Joong Ki... oppa. Are you a real model?" Seungyeon corrected.
"Yes. I have been living here for 3 years already, so don't be afraid to ask oppa anything if you need to know something." Joong Ki smiled.
"Okay..." Seungyeon smiled shyly at him.
Joong Ki led then to the company van.

Once everyone was inside Joongki told the driver in Italian. "Please take us to their apartment."

The van began moving. Everyone looked outside in amazement as they all saw Italy for the first time.

"Look, it's the Colosseum." Seungyeon pointed to the large building as they drove past it.

Krystal began snapping pictures.

"I know that everyone wants to go tour Italy, so I heard that you'll be touring Italy starting Monday. Today and tomorrow you can rest, but on Sunday you'll be going to the office to get acquainted with the staff and get to know you're studying environment." Joongki handed each of them a map of Italy, neighborhood, and office and school.

Everyone looked at the papers trying to absorb the information.

"Since everyone here is in college, you'll all be attending our modeling academy. Everyone here will take regular school courses as well as our modeling courses. The only difference between you and the other students is that you will begin your modeling careers right away, so try not to make the other kids jealous." Joongki smiled.

"Are their people who speak Korean there?" Seungyeon asked.
"A few. We'll introduce you to them when we can. Mostly everyone speaks Italian, so you might have to learn it, unless you know English." Joongki said.
"Well I'm all clear. I know English." Krystal said in English.
"I listen to too much American songs, plus Key keeps nagging me in English, so I can speak some." Jonghyun said.
"Lucky." Doojoon and Seungyeon frowned.
"It's okay. You'll learn." Joongki encouraged.

"We'll be arriving soon." The driver told everyone in Italian.
"Grazie." Joonki said.
"What?" Everyone said in unison.
"Grazie means thank you. He told us that we'll be arriving soon." Joonki translated.
"Oh... Grazie." Everyone tried to say and remember the word.
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OurLoveGoesOn
#1
I've finally caught up!!
Loving it so far, glad you're back.
Update soon ❤
hundredthou
#2
Chapter 37: update soon~
hundredthou
#3
it sounds interesting. cant wait to read
OurLoveGoesOn
#4
Chapter 2: Ah, you updated~~
Poor guys. Both stuck in the "friend-zone".
Update soon <3
OurLoveGoesOn
#5
Chapter 1: Sounds interesting so far.
Update soon <3