Two weeks had passed since Kibum’s whole accident. Siwon wasn’t being a stalker, but he watched his wife from afar. He noticed Kibum was hanging with his parents more, some friends (he didn’t know of) from the school he moved to, and a young man Siwon didn’t know, know, but knew of him. Lee Minho.

Siwon had driven back to the apartment. Luckily, this whole week he had no work. Kiwon’s grandparents had come to see him, and so did his aunt, Jiwon.

Siwon parked his car and entered the building. Once he made it to the right floor, he went to his door and unlocked it and entered his apartment. He was greeted by Ryeowook, and Donghae.

“How was your day?” Ryeowook asked innocently.

“Good, hey, I thought Teukie was here?” Siwon said with confusion. He remembered that the older had called and told him he’d be there.

“He’s taking a shower…you don’t mind, right?” Ryeowook asked shyly.

Siwon answered awkwardly, “Um…of course not, all my friends welcomed to shower here, but…may I ask why?”

“You see…Kangin and him were doing it. They did it all morning, and when they stopped, Leeteuk went to shower. Right when he was about to go in the water, it shut off. The water is somehow off for everyone in those apartment buildings for a couple of hours.” Ryeowook explained as Kiwon started playing with his fingers.

“Did he get a note?”

“No. He got a call. Kangin was gone since he was called for work. He said he’ll go down and pay after work.” Donghae finished Ryeowook’s explanation, but not looking at any of them.

“Hae, where’s Hyukkie?” Siwon asked. The Eunhae couple was always a pair; it was weird to see them apart.

“Oh, he’s at work. But afterwards, he’s going to pack his stuff.” Donghae answered shortly.

Eunhae are going to be spending nights at your house.

Kangin’s words came back to him.

Was…Eunhae moving into the apartment?

“Why…where is he going?” Ryeowook was the first one to ask.

“His parents are inviting us to go with them to Paris!” Donghae exclaimed happily, taking Kiwon’s little hands and shaking them.

“Why are you guys going to Paris? Family trip? Little get away? Business? Or for fun?” Ryeowook asked curiously.

“Um…actually, Eunhyuk’s sister, Lee Sora, is getting married!” Donghae said.

Ryeowook clapped his hands, while Siwon nodded his head. Footsteps came closer and closer. Everyone looked at the newcomer.

“Teukie!” Ryeowook called out.

Leeteuk had blue jeans, a plain grey shirt, and a small white towel around his neck. He spoke softly, “Hello Wonnie. Sorry about using your shower.”

“There’s no problem at all,” Siwon said.

“Where were you, by the way?” Leeteuk asked sitting on the couch.

“Watching my wife.”

Ryeowook and Donghae exchanged glances and then went back to playing with Kiwon.

“Why watch when you can go see or visit your wife? You two are legally married.” Leeteuk said.

“He doesn’t know that.” Siwon said.

“Let me guess, it’s for the best??” Leeteuk said sarcastically.

“I don’t think it’s the right time.” Siwon said.

“Don’t you have a bit of hope? Don’t you want things to go back to the way they were? How everything should’ve ended up?” Leeteuk asked.

“Of course I want it to be like the way it was. Of course I have a bit of hope. But, I don’t want to be known as the Husband Who Messed Up His Wife’s Life.” Siwon said.

“You’re right. We shouldn’t put any pressure on Kibum.” Leeteuk agreed.

Siwon walked towards Donghae, Ryeowook, and Kiwon. Kiwon looked up and giggled while smiling. He lifted up his little arms out so he could be picked up.

Siwon bent down and picked up Kiwon. “Of course I have hope that your Umma will come back to us.” He smiled brightly. “I promise Kiwon, your Umma will come back. For you—for us.” He whispered and pecked his son’s cheek.

Kibum was walking on the sidewalks of Seoul. He was talking on the phone with someone.

“Kibum ah, where are you?” The man on the other line asked.

“Minho, why are you calling this early?” Kibum asked.

“Early? Kibummie, it is 2:30 pm! What do you mean early?” Minho asked chuckling.

“You know what I mean Min! We met up 15 minutes ago and you’re calling me now?”

“I want to make sure that no one kidnapped or harassed you! Anyone would kidnap someone as perfect as you!” Minho said.

“Um…thanks for the comment, but I’m fine, really.” Kibum said, replacing his bored face with a look of annoyance. His eyes wandered and landed on an apartment building.

“Hey Kibummie, where are you?”

“Um…why?” Kibum asked softly.

“I was thinking…if you want to you know, spend the night at my place?” Minho asked.

“Oh really? And do what? Let me guess, you’ll have wine bottles and wine glasses in the room?” Kibum asked, hoping that Minho wasn’t planning to do it.

Even today, Minho had been with Kibum for hours. Telling him stuff that Kibum didn’t want to hear and going to FANCY places.

Kibum wasn’t used to all of the fancy places! Though one question kept repeating. Why was he used to it?  Shouldn’t he be used to it? His parents were pretty fancy and had money, and so did Minho. Kibum remembers going to fancy places, but why is it that practically everyone is taking him to fancy places.

Kibum could remember how Minho was thinking of actually taking Kibum to Italy when they were eating freaking Italian food! Kibum knew his temper was heating up and he couldn’t put up with it anymore.

“Well, you are coming?” Minho asked in a low voice. Kibum didn’t answer. He was thinking of going or not. The only reason he’d go, would be because he’s scared that Minho will break up with him. Kibum was confused. He remembers being with Minho, but then again, being with him didn’t feel right.

Kibum wanted to make sure he had no feelings for Minho, before cutting the line.

“Sorry Minho, I can’t.” Kibum said.

“Huh? Wae?” Minho asked in a whiny and confused voice.

“My friend is in shock and he needs me,” Kibum lied.

He wasn’t going to Minho’s home.

He wasn’t going to be fancy like Minho.

And he definitely wasn’t going to sleep in Minho’s fancy bed and have it with him. In a fancy way or not.

“But Bummie,” Minho whined. Kibum froze in place.

No one called him “Bummie” except for his friends and Siwon. It seems better when they called him Bummie, not Minho or his parents. But Kibum somehow liked how Siwon said it.

He said it with his nice and gentle voice and seemed to always smile every time he said it.

“Um…my phone is dying…kerrrr—kerrrrrr…oh the battery…kurrrrrr—kur, kur—kerrrrrrrrr…is dead!” Kibum said, hanging up afterwards.  

He noticed his two friends, Eunhyuk and Yesung, walking into the apartment building right after a woman who wore short clothing walked in.

He didn’t remember Eunhyuk or Yesung living around these buildings. He decided to follow his friends and see what was awaiting them.

Donghae was left alone in the kitchen, while Ryeowook was changing Kiwon with Leeteuk, and Siwon was in the shower. The fire alarm went on, scaring everybody except Donghae. Ryeowook opened the window so the smoke and the smell of burnt food were exiting the apartment. Donghae opened the door to let the smell out too.

Leeteuk calmed Kiwon down (the noise of the alarm made him fussy) while Siwon was washing away the conditioner that was still in his hair.

A woman came in front of the doorway. She wore a sleeveless red shirt, a black mini skirt, and boots that went to her knees. She looked around and found no one.

She heard footsteps from behind. Eunhyuk and Yesung were shocked when they saw the woman.

“Hyun-Hyuna? What the hell are you doing here?” Yesung asked in annoyance. She turned to them with a smirk on her face.

“To make Siwon oppa mine,” Hyuna said.

“Who the hell do you think you are? I think he’s told you, you can’t. He DOESN’T love you clearly.” Eunhyuk said looking at her with a face full of anger.

Footsteps were heard from behind and in front of them. Siwon was in front of them, holding baby Kiwon in his arms. Hyuna realized, from behind them, Kibum was coming.

She walked towards Siwon, smiling down at Kiwon. Kibum walked into the apartment, eyeing Siwon…the woman, and a baby.

“Awe, our baby has said his first word? Umma? You said Umma?” Hyuna cooed.

Siwon noticed Kibum.

They both stared at each other.

Their eyes locked tight.

Forgetting about reality.