The Train Ride

My Day at the Fair
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The fair had begun in the neighboring county.  The kid and I loaded our backpacks full of lunch, snacks, sunscreen and tablets, eager to enjoy our day.  We board the train that will take us close to the fair grounds and I immediately get comfortable.  I put in my earphones and listen to Kim Hyun Joong's 'Timing'.  I hadn't really been able to spend the time to fully appreciate it.  Also, I figure I'd get some writing in as well.  My quiet time was soon interrupted by the kid who decides to play twenty questions.  We had been sitting across from each other in the cozy nook of seats we were fortunate to get in the crowded train.  In an effort to get my quiet time back, I move next to Loy (a.k.a. the kid) and stick an earphone in his ear.

 - "Who's this Mama?"  He asks.

 - "Who else?  It's Kim Hyun Joong; the song is 'Good Bye'."  I start singing and shaking my head.  Goofing it up for him; I'm kinda good at that.

 - "Do you even know what you're singing?"

 - "Not really, I haven't looked up the lyrics yet."

 - "Mama, would you scream if you saw Kim Hyun Joong?"

 - "Noooo, I'm not a teenager anymore."

 - "Would you scream if you were a teenager?"

 - "Yes."  Hoping this was the end of the questions I steal back my other earphone and repeat the song.

 - "Mama," the kid says not a second later. "So what would you do if you saw Kim Hyun Joong?"

 - "I'd say hi."

 - "Then you'd faint?"

 - "Noooo!"

 - "You wouldn't?"

 - "Now, if he was on this train and only I knew who he was…?  I'd say 'I know who you are, I really admire you.'  Well, ideally that's what I would say, if I wasn't rendered mute."  The kid laughs and I go back to listening to my music.

Loy and I remained sitting next to each other with our bags across from us on the empty seats.  I had closed my eyes and was listening to music when a few minutes later, I'm interrupted yet again.

 - "Excuse me," an accented man's voice said.  I opened my eyes to see two very familiar looking faces under caps.  "Do you mind if we sit here?"

 - "I want to look out the window and there aren't any available."  The second man said.

 - "Oh, of course."  I grab the back packs and put them next to us. 

 - "Thank you."  Man #2 said.

Alright what are the odds that 1) two handsome Korean guys happen to sit across from us 2) they totally look like Kim Hyun Joong (man #2) and Kim Jaejoong (man #1)?  The two men looked out the window and talked quietly amongst themselves.  I catch one in every hundredth word.  I feign disinterest, but continue to study them under my eyelashes.  Then the kid taps my shoulder.  "Mama are they Korean?" They overhear his not-whisper and stop talking.

 - "Yes we are," says Kim Jaejoong.  "How did you know?"

 - "My Mama..."  I surreptitiously hide my hand under the tablet and pinch the kid to keep him quiet.  "Mama!"

 - "Sorry lovey, I don't know what happened?"  I say to the kid.  Kim Jaejoong keeps looking at us as does Kim Hyun Joong, before returning his gaze out the window.  Either I completely freak out and hyperventilate at being in the presence of my bias and his best friend or buck up.  Gathering my courage I direct my conversation to Jaejoong, not my bias so he's easier t

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seamusmommy
So,out of boredom I decided to reread this not quite a drabble&laughed as Ellen tells HJ her hubby won't let her leave the country for another man again.🤣left hubby to see HJ in Mexico and knowing he'd be fighting a losing battle, he even told me to go to Japan if I had the $$ to do so. 😂

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Tblepew1
#1
Chapter 3: This was a wonderful story and now I wonder did you go to Mexico and see Hyun Joong in concert? The way you portray the event and how your feeling had me remembering seeing SHINee in Dallas. I had the same thoughts after it was over, I tried hard to file away in my mind every dance move, song, and action Minho (my UB) make. Now I watch the video's knowing I was there, but it this seems surreal. Get job keep writing.
Tblepew1
#2
Chapter 1: Great chapter. I love how you weaved your own experience into the story. This would be so plausible. I would probably still make a fool of myself.
Dream_eyes
#3
Chapter 1: It's so cute.... I wish this would happen to me for real....
I too will not scream but I wonder whether I would find any words to speak with them because for sure I would be nervous and totally gets dumb in front of them...
:-)
ammukala #4
Chapter 3: It is wonderful!!!! It must be the best memory and best moment in my life if all of this happened to me:-) :-) :-) sooo super author!! Thank u author!!
keenie73 #5
Chapter 3: Almost like a dream i had about running into Kyu and Sangie on the beach. ;) your stories never disappoint. Please keep writing.
Bonbon84 #6
I was smiling all the time while reading this!And I don't think I'll ever listen to "Beauty Beauty" the same way again! It's "Piggy Piggy" from now on... I died laughing with that one! It's a very heart-warming story! :)
mansi008
#7
Its daebak :-) I like everything about your story.. How u met them, spent the day with them...hyun joong's comparison with the sleepy little goat was so cute..and that 'piggy piggy' song was so hilarious...i just love your kid he is always excited and curious about everything... :-) All in all it is such a sweet n cool story.. ^.^
ping501
#8
Chapter 3: How wonderful if this was true, well we all have our fantasies, yours rocks! wonderful adventure to you and Loy!
Shain44
#9
Chapter 3: OMGOMGOMG...you got to see,talk and boost up his courage (ok,in your imagination,i know..still!)..and hugged him and comforted him! Great job dear friend!Loved your ending so much.. read you whole story again..had fun!Thank you!
omololalois
#10
Chapter 3: I wish I could get to see him someday. I pray he gets through his present crisis. I do love your boy. Happy fantasy!!!