Eunhyuk’s POV

I could barely sleep at all last night. I kept thinking about what Donghae said last night. He said he loves me. Loves me! How is that even possible!? We’ve only known each for about a month and a half! He barely knows me and I barely know him. I probably just misunderstood him. Yeah, that’s it. Maybe he didn’t say love. He probably said something else and I just misheard him. That’s a logical explanation, right?

But what if he did say love? Did he really mean it? Was I even the Hyukjae in his dream? Why am I even letting this bother me? Should I care whether or not Donghae likes or loves me or not?

What about me? Donghae is so easy to read, so I can already get an idea on how he feels about me, but how do I feel about him? Do I like him? No! Of course not! I could never like him! He’s loud, annoying, childish, whiney, teases me too much, and overall, he’s a guy! There’s no way I could like him!

But even so, he’s also sweet, caring, talented, good-looking, and always gets my heart racing. How does he do it? I knew he probably has this split personality, but how does he change so fast? One minute I want to get far away from him as possible, and then suddenly I want him to be by my side. I don’t like him. I know for sure that I definitely don’t like him. Why do I feel like its something more than that?

Aish, that Lee Donghae, he’s driving my emotions crazy.

I grunted as I finally sat up in bed and let out a yawn while stretching my arms. I looked to my side to see Donghae still sleeping soundly. I smiled a little because he looked so peaceful. Is it weird for me to say that he looks a little more attractive when he’s sleeping? Yeah, I guess it is. I turned to my left to look at the time. I quickly jumped out of bed when I noticed that I only had ten minutes to get to work.

I quickly dressed myself into my uniform and grabbed my belongings before looking back at Donghae. He was still sleeping. Before I left, I went towards my kitchen to make him a small breakfast. I made toast with strawberry jam and poured a glass of strawberry milk before taking it to my room and placing it on the nightstand next to him. I also made a small note that said “I had to leave for work already. Eat everything before you leave. Enjoy!” and finally headed my way out.

I ran as fast as I could until I finally reached the café. I opened the door, hearing the bells chimed as I rushed in, and panted as I was trying to catch my breath.

“Oh, Eunhyuk, you’re here!” I heard Sungmin call out my name as he made his way towards me. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine,” I managed to exhale. “I had to run all the way here because I woke up late. I couldn’t sleep last night and Donghae slept over at my house and-“

“Woah, wait a minute. Donghae spent the night with you?”

“Yeah, long story.” I stood up straight and put my belongings in the back before getting straight to work.

A couple hours passed before it was time for my break. Suddenly, I heard bells jingle, meaning someone had come in. I turned around to see no other than Siwon, who was right on schedule.

“Siwon!” I cheered as I ran over to him to give him a hug. “You came!”

“Of course I did. I said I was coming, didn’t I?” he chuckled as he hugged me back.

“Eunhyuk, who is this?” Sungmin asked he approached us.

“Oh this is Siwon. We used to be best friends in school.”

“Well, it’s nice to meet you, Siwon. I’m Sungmin.”

“It’s nice you meet you too, Sungmin.”

“Siwon and I are gonna talk for a little while I’m on my break.” Sungmin nodded his head and went back to work while I led Siwon to a booth to sit at.

“I brought you some strawberry cake because I remember how much you used to love them.” He pulled out a small slice of strawberry cake and a fork from out of nowhere and gave them to me. My face lit up with joy as I took a bite out of it.

“So Siwon, tell me, what have been up to lately?” I asked.

“Well, after high school, I went to a medical college. So in the spring when I graduate, I’m going to become a doctor.”

“Wow, really!? That’s amazing!”

“What about you? Wasn’t your dream to become a dancer?”

“Oh, yeah, but I’m nowhere even close to becoming a dancer right now. But I’m taking one step at a time and decided to work here for now. Sungmin hyung and I became really good friends and I really like this job.”

“That’s good to hear.” Siwon smiled at me, and I couldn’t help but smile back. “Do you still have that picture I gave you yesterday?”

“Unfortunately, no I don’t. Donghae kinda ripped it in half when he saw it.”

“Donghae? Oh, that weird guy I saw last night?”

“Yeah, I’m really sorry about him. I still have the picture though. I can just tape it back together and bring it ba-“

“That’s quite all right. You don’t have to give it back. There’s actually another picture I want you to look at.” As I took another bite out of my cake, Siwon reached into his pocket and pulled out another picture and slid it over to me to look at.

I studied the picture carefully. Four people were in it. I knew I was in it, wearing a Power Ranger shirt, and I recognized Siwon in it as well, wearing an answered basketball shirt. We were still kids at the time. The other two people seemed to be parents.

“Siwon, whose parents are these?”

“They’re yours. You asked me to come play basketball with at park that day, and your parents were there for supervision. They asked a random guy walking by to take a picture of all four of us at the end of the day.” I stared at the picture some more. These were my parents. I can’t even remember the last time I saw them. My relatives always told me that they abandoned me once I entered high school, but I know that’s not true. Something else happened.

“Siwon, do you know what happened to my parents years ago?”

“You really don’t remember?” I shook my head. “Well, to tell you the truth, when you were 13, your house caught on fire. Your parents were badly hurt, but they did everything they could to get you out. You were injured too and you even fainted. By the time the fire department came, they managed to get you out and take you to the hospital, but it was too late for your parents. They couldn’t make it.”

I couldn’t believe it. This is the first time I’ve heard anything about my parents in such a long time. Now that I know that they’re dead, I don’t know what to do. I stared at the picture more as tears started running down my cheeks until they fell onto the picture. It hurt to know the truth, but at least I knew that my parents never abandoned me.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have told you that if I knew you were going to cry,” Siwon apologized. I smiled a little.

“No, thank you. I’m glad that you told me. At least I know now that they always loved me.” I stared at the picture a little more, smiling, and set it back down on the table. “So, what happened to me? I mean, I can barely remember anything that happened before I entered high school.”

“Well, while you were hospitalized, after you fainted, you had amnesia. It took a long time to regain a little memory back. At the time, I couldn’t help you because I was moving away. I wanted to help you so badly because I didn’t want you to forget me. I’m sorry that I couldn’t do anything to help you all of those years. That’s why when I finally saw you again; I had to make up for it. I promise to help you regain all of your memory back. You’re my best friend after all, and I can’t see you like.” I smiled more and teared more. Siwon really is the greatest person I’ve ever met.

Siwon get up from him seat and sat down next to me. He wiped my tears away and hugged me, and I hugged him back. “Thank you so much,” I whispered. As we let go, he stared straight into my eyes and I stared into his. I usually don’t like eye contact, so staring at him made me blush a little. However, as he smiled at me, I couldn’t help but smile back.

“HEY!” I looked behind Siwon and saw a furious Donghae standing behind him. “I told you to stay away from my Hyukkie!” he yelled.

“Donghae, please, not now!” I begged.

“So you’re Donghae. I’m sorry, I haven’t properly introduced myself. I’m Siwon. It’s nice to meet you,” Siwon said politely as he stood up and stuck out his hand to shake hands. Donghae glared at him and smacked his hand away.

“Don’t come anywhere near Hyukkie ever again!”

“I’m afraid I can’t do that. I’m trying to help him regain his memory after a terrible incident, as you can see.”

“That doesn’t mean you have to keep hugging him! He doesn’t need you! You don’t even understand him as much as I do!”

“H-Hae!” I tried to in, but they didn’t look at me.

“Oh really? Were you there when he was in second grade until eighth?”

“N-no, but-”

“Do you know what happened to him when he was younger?”

“No-”

“Did you even know what he was like when he was a younger?”

“N-”

“I didn’t think so.” Donghae didn’t say any more and just continued to glare at Siwon. Suddenly, Siwon turned to me and smiled. “I have to go now, I call you later.” I nodded my head before he finally stepped out of the café. I turned my attention towards Donghae, who was now glaring at me. Was he mad at me? What did I do? I didn’t do anything wrong. Why is he always mad with Siwon? He didn’t do anything wrong either. Unless…

“Hae, are you possibly jealous that I’m spending time with Siwon?” His glare turned into a surprised look and his cheeks became pink, but instantly, he glared at me again, and before I knew it, he stormed out. What just happened?

“Geez, you really are slow, Eunhyuk,” Sungmin said as he came towards me. “Anyone could’ve guessed that he was jealous.”

“I think I have a lot to do later to make a fish happy,” I sighed.

Ryeowook’s POV

“Yesung hyung!” I cheered with joy as I saw him walk into the café. As usual, he’s always my last customer.

“Hi Ryeowook! The usual, please?” he asked as he approached the counter.

“Coming right up!” He always gets the same thing every time he comes here, a small café mocha and Mallorca sweet bread. I quickly got what he wanted and he quickly paid.

“Um, Ryeowook, can I ask you a question?”

“S-sure. W-what is it?” I stuttered.

“Is it okay if I come over to your house tonight? There’s something I need to give to you.” Yesung got me something? What could he have possibly gotten me? My heart was beating so fast just thinking about the thought of Yesung giving me something. He’s so nice to me. This is good though. I can finally tell him about Ddangkkoma!

“Sure! We can go right now. I need to close up anyway.” I went towards the back to grab my belongings before locking up and leading Yesung the way to my house. My parents weren’t home again, but I’m sure they wouldn’t mind. I noticed that while we were walking, Yesung was carry a huge white crate. What could possibly be in there? I lost the thought once we finally reached my house. This would be Yesung’s first time at my house, so I’m really nervous.

Once I opened my door, I kindly let him inside and the lights.

“Wow, you got a nice house,” he complimented as he set his belongings on the floor.

“Thanks. U-um, I’ll be right back.” I quickly went to my room, put my stuff down, and went towards my nightstand, where Ddangkkoma’s cage was. I carefully picked him up and held him behind my back before walking out.

“What do you have behind your back?” Yesung asked me. I took a deep breath and showed him the turtle. He showed a huge smiled and grabbed him from me. “Ddangkkoma! I can’t believe it’s you!”

“I know how much you wanted him, so I bought him for you. I know can’t keep him though, s-so it’s okay for him to stay here t my house. You can visit him anytime you want to, so-“ I was cut off when Yesung suddenly hugged me after setting turtle onto the couch. I felt my cheeks heating up, but nevertheless, I hugged him back.

“Thank you so much.” I smiled. At least I know I did the right thing. “Oh that reminds me!” He let go and went towards the white crate. Once he opened it, a white puppy came out; or to be more specific, the puppy I saw at the pet store.

“Oh my gosh!” I exclaimed as I crouched down to hold it.

“I knew you really liked that one, so I got it for you.” I shook my head.

“It’s ours now. We can share! T-that is, if you want to…” I said quietly. He smiled and chuckled.

“I’d love to.” I felt like the happiest person alive. Seeing Yesung happy makes me feel good, but knowing that I’m the reason why makes me feel even better.

Suddenly, his phone rang. “Hello?...S-Sungmin?...wait, calm down, I can’t understand you…Kyuhyun, what’s wrong?...Oh, okay. We’re on our way.” He hung up and looked at me.

“What’s wrong? What happened to Sungmin hyung?” I asked, worried.

“I’m not too sure, but according to Kyuhyun, Sungmin’s mother might be dying.” 

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry I didn't update yesterday. I went out with some friends and came home late and didn't have time to finish writing. I was running out of time, so that explains why things might seem a little rushed in this chapter and its short >.< It was supposed to be longer than this, so sorry about that. This chapter has EunSiHae x3 And a little Yewook. Sorry Yewook isn't really good today. They'll get better in the next chapter, so expect Yewook and Kyumin in the next update! Short author's note is short~ Oh! But before I go, does everyone like the new poster? :) Let's all thank JadeRiver for making it! Its absolutely wonderful!! So let's all give her cookies!! ^-^ Please comment and subscribe!!! <3333333