Chapter 11

 

A month had passed by and now, it was mid-October. Yuri had visited her family and Heechul every weekend since she started SM and enjoyed being a girl in those times where she could do girly things with Hyoyeon such as shopping, chatting about boys and the latest news. Hyoyeon updated her on things that were going on in Neunggok high, for example, who was dating who, all the gossip that was probably going on now that she left that school. She loved spending time with her parents, especially since she felt hurt and broken inside, lying to them about her time in Neunggok. She hated lying but she had no choice. However, that still didn't stop her from enjoying the short time she had with them. However, eventually, the weekends were over and Yuri went back to training with Jaejoong in the mornings, to tricking Yunho whenever she could and spending time with Kibum and Xiumin every now and then. She had seen Yoseob and Jessica more often as they all went to the café. On occassion, they would unfortunately bump into Seohyun.

 

Yuri clapped loudly and cheered as she was right now sitting on the bleachers, her body relaxed as she was taught. She was cheering for Jaejoong as she saw him dribble and run across from one side to the other in an instant before throwing it to Hyukjae who was protecting the ball as Jaejoong ran near the goal. Hyukjae saw this and threw it at him while members from the other team was trying to catch it but it was too fast and once he had a hold of it, he turned and jumped, dunking the ball into the basket. Yuri stood up and put her hands around as she cheered loudly for her roommate before clapping loudly. Yuri had started to watch his after school training since she didn't want to be stuck in the dorms, waiting for him and because both, her and Jaejoong had gotten much closer in the last month that she wanted to let him know she had support him no matter what. It was two months until the first basketball match in the championships and training was everyday from three to five.

 

Jaejoong turned around at the noise and smiled as he waved at Yeonseok who waved back at him, just as happily. Jaejoong loved seeing Yeonseok always there, cheering him on and knowing that those were only for him. For some reason, he couldn't understand why whenever Yeonseok was there, he will push himself to the maximum to show off to his roommate. Without realizing it, many times, he would run faster than usual or needed, he would jump higher when he was scoring, he mainly kept the ball to himself and always loved to hear Yeonseok's cheering and show of encouragement as he had just done now. Jaejoong ran towards his roommate with a big smile on his face. Yuri saw Jaejoong coming over and jumped down from the bleachers and grabbed Jaejoong's white towel and water bottle when she then saw him right in front of her, "That was awesome. Amazing as always." Yuri complimented, smiling as she outstretched her hand with the items.

 

Jaejoong smiled back as he scratched the back of his head, feeling his body warm up at his roommates words. He then nodded and grabbed the towel, wrapping it around his neck before grabbing the bottle of water and opening the bottle, downing half of the one litre bottle. Closing the bottle, Jaejoong smirked, "Thanks. Are you sure you don't mind being here? I mean, you won't see much, just the same old style over and over again. You can go if you want." 'Even though I like you being here.'

 

"No, your my friend. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be able to have fit in so well in this school. You are my friend and just as you supported me a month ago, I'm supporting you now. Plus, I like being here with you guys. I rather be here and have free entertainment." Yuri said, smirking.

 

"I hope I'm entertaining you well." Jaejoong joked, chuckling before hearing the other's nearing.

 

"I'm very much enjoying the entertainment, thank you." Yuri said, smiling.

 

"Which part entertains you the most, shorty?" Jaejoong asked, before wishing he could swallow his words and decided he had do just that, he swallowed down some more water as he tried to look anywhere else but Yeonseok. Yuri blushed a little as she heard his question but before she could answer, Hyukjae and Yunho came up behind Jaejoong, "Hey, that was some sick jump, man. You need to do that more often." Yunho said, wrapping his arm around Jaejoong's shoulder. Yuri kept her blush as she looked down at the ground, rethinking about Jaejoong's question. Bitting her tongue, Yuri thought long and hard about it. To be honest, ever since that day of the 'Gala festival', Yuri couldn't help but yearn to look at him, for him to notice her. She felt as if she wanted to be as close to him as she possibly could, knowing that the closest she could get to him was by being friends. Ever since that conversation with Heechul, Yuri had thought long and hard for days. Hell, even weeks and trying to piece together just what this feeling was, this need to be near him, to have him notice her even if she was under the façade of a male, she wanted him to see her, she wanted them to be as close at they possibly could. I guess you could say she wanted closure. She knew herself that deep down, no matter how much she denied it, there was a crush building up towards Jaejoong. Every time he would hug her or ruffled her hair, she would always feel warmth build up in her stomach and her heart would beat rapidly, electric shooting throughout her whole body. Oh, how she wished multiple times he saw her as a Yuri rather than Yeonseok. The more time she seemed to spend with him, the more she felt them getting closer and the more she felt her fondness and crush strengthening for him. Whenever she saw Yunho, she didn't feel any love, passion or to be quite frank, any anger. She took it out multiple times by dumping water in his gym bag, soaking his clothes before they had practice, in his book bag so it soaked all his books and even went as far as pinching the tires of his car. However, after so much vandalism to the guys life in general, she lost any feelings towards him and the only thing that lived in her heart now was mild anger. Yuri didn't pay attention to the conversation but all of a sudden, she saw all three of them taking off their shirts.

 

Bitting her bottom lips, Yuri studied Jaejoong's chest. God, did he look godly. His shoulders were so broad, so perfect to hold, his biceps weren't as pronounced as a body builder but god, so close to one. They glistened with sweat from the practice only a few minutes ago which causes Yuri to hold in a groan. She then looked further down and noticed how his abs were perfectly tight and visibly showed off an outstanding six-pack, 'Must be from all the exercise he does. Holy macorel.' Yuri hated to admit it but just as she was gaining forbidden feelings for her roommate, she was also getting lusty and her dreams plagued her with thoughts of running her hands down his chest and towards his hips that made a v-shape, leaving the rest to her imagination. Many times she would wake up at night, her body giving off waves of lust and arousal. She was surprised how Jaejoong could sleep through all of it. She would sit up and take deep breaths as she tried to calm her rapidly beating heart. God, she hated to admit it but she was ually frustrated multiple times and the only person that always came uninvited into her dreams was the certain dark brown haired, grey eyes god in front of her. Was she seriously falling for him? If she was, she had to stop. She couldn't, more so for herself. She didn't want to get too attached to him as anything other than close friends because the day she had to leave, she didn't want to have to suffer another broken heart. It's just like Heechul said. Why would she waste her time going to his school to get revenge from a broken heart, only to come out with another one? That's why Yuri tried her best to retain any feelings other than friendship towards Jaejoong. She then felt her hair being ruffled and snapped out of her reverie.

 

"You okay, shorty? You seemed like you were in a daze." Jaejoong asked, smirking.

 

"No, I'm fine. So, what we going to do now?" Yuri asked, smiling up at him.

 

Jaejoong shrugged and looked back at Yunho and Hyukjae, "What do you guys want to do? Do you want to go out to eat or order take away?"

 

Putting his hand on his chin in thought, Hyukjae said, "Might as well get take out and watch a lot of ."

 

Yuri laughed when both, Yunho and Jaejoong hit him on the head at the same time, "You never learn, do you?" Yunho asked, shaking his head.

 

"Okay then, we will get take out. How about you guys come to our dorm and we can watch some movies or something?"

 

Both, Hyukjae and Yunho turned to looked at each other and shrugged as they smiled, "Sure. We will see you then, man." Jaejoong nodded and high-fived both of them before turning to Yuri who kept her smile as she looked at him, 'God, his eyes are amazing.' Yuri thought.

 

Jaejoong bumped his shoulder against hers, snapping her out of her day dream, "Hey, come on, man. We need to prepare for when the guys come over." Yuri turned around to see both, Hyukjae and Yunho were gone. Still looking around, Jaejoong started to laughed, "They already left shorty, you were in your own world." Yuri blushed, hearing what he said. Jaejoong noticed the awkwardness between them both and decided to lighten up the ambiance again, "How about we pick out a few movies I have in my stack and start ordering? We will make the other bastards pay for their share." Jaejoong said, and winked, "Okay?"

 

Yuri almost melted as she saw that smirk of his. Her eyes, however, diverted to his chest, remembering he was still shirtless.

 

Jaejoong took his stare as a slightly bad sign. He looked down and sighed, "I know I need to work them out again. It's been a while."

 

Yuri blushed at being caught in her wavering and quickly digested his words before raising both hands and shaking her head, "N...No, they." Yuri said, and cough, "T...They aren't b...bad. Th...They are actually...uh, okay." 'Good job Yuri. You deserve the noble prize for the best buller in the ing world!'

 

Jaejoong was a little confused but felt the heat in his chest come back and just brushed it off as the heat from the gym that was taking an effect on him, "W...Well, let's get going, shorty." He said, smirking before ruffling Yeonseok's hair once more and running off, "Come on shorty, the last person in the dorm has to clean up."

 

"Not so fast, Mr. Arrogant!" Yuri yelled, smiling as she ran after him.

 

Jaejoong laughed and both, Yuri and him started racing towards their dorm.

 

"Okay, so that's everything. We have cleaned up and prepared the tv. Now, to pick out the films." Yuri said, as she wiped her forehead with the sleeve of her gray utah utes signature fleece hoodie.

 

Jaejoong was in a spare little room for storage as he was picking out the best films. She saw him lean back on one arm, his other hand holding a horror DVD, "Yeah, don't worry, I'm searching. Hey, you like horror, gore or comedy?" Jaejoong asked, looking at all the DVD'S.

 

Yuri froze quickly for a moment. She felt a shiver run through her body. God, did she hate horror and gore, "U...Uh, c...c...comedy if you don't mind."

 

"Aw, shorty can't handle scary movies?" Jaejoong asked, chuckling.

 

"Unfortunately, I can't." Yuri said, sighing "Had bad memories when I was younger."

 

Jaejoong nodded and smiled, "Well, that's fine. We will watch one horror because Hyukjae and I love them and then we will watch a comedy. Sound good?"

 

"Okay, I'm just going to tidy up the kitchen a little and take out the drinks from the freezer into the fridge so they don't explode." Yuri said, smiling.

 

Jaejoong nodded and walked out of the room to set both DVD's that he had chosen on the table.

 

When Yuri took out the drinks, she somehow miscalculated and slipped on the newly mopped floor. However, before she could feel an impact, she felt two strong arms wrap around her. Opening her closed eyes, she saw grey eyes staring down at her, "Are you okay? You need to be careful." Jaejoong scolded worriedly.

 

Yuri sighed and nodded, "Thanks." Yuri said, and blushed, realizing that he still had his arms wrapped around her. Jaejoong seemed to notice too, and brought him up before scratching the back of his neck and clearing his throat. Yuri kept her little blush until both of them heard knocking on the door. Jaejoong quickly ran to the door before opening it and seeing Hyukjae and Yunho with cans of beer in their hands.

 

"Pengyoumen dajia hao. See what I did there? I added the 'S' to make it two people." Hyukjae explained.

 

Jaejoong fisted his hand and hit Hyukjae on the head, "Seriously Eunhyuk, I dropped a language course last year so don't make me have to put you in a coma for the rest of the night."

 

Hyukjae chuckled nervously and turned to Yeonseok and gave a wide smile, "Pengyou ni hao." Yuri chuckled in her manly voice before nodding towards him and grabbing the beer from his arms and placing them on the kitchen counter.

 

Yunho walked inside and went over to the kitchen to put his boxes of beers down onto the table, "Hey, need any help there?" Yunho asked, as he saw Yeonseok trying to manage too many cans at once.

 

Yuri sighed and nodded, "Thanks." Yuri said, and then saw him smile and gave a fake smile back before handing him some cans. Jaejoong saw from a distance as Hyukjae was talking to him. His eyes were glaring a little at the back of Yunho's head, 'Why doesn't he come to me for help? Why to Yunho? Wait. Am I jealous of my best friend? no!' Jaejoong thought, and shook his head before clapping his hands together, "Okay guys, enough of this. Let's start the night and since it's a Wednesday, it means we only have three hours before lights out." Everybody in the room nodded, taking their seats as Jaejoong showed them the films he had, "Okay, the Arang or my sassy girlfriend. Which first?"

 

Hyukjae chose the Arang as did Yunho and Jaejoong, meaning Yuri had no choice but to handle a film she tried so hard to by-pass. Groaning a little, Yuri saw him put the DVD in. Jaejoong grabbed the remote and before he pressed play, he grabbed the phone, "Okay guys, I'm ordering Japanese or Chinese. Which one?"

 

"Japanese." Hyukjae and Yunho said, at the same time.

 

"Is Japanese okay with you?" Jaejoong asked, making Yuri nod as she smiled. Japanese was one of her favourite meals. Jaejoong nodded and dialled the number, ordering practically nearly everything on the menu. However, since there was two demons that have just done physical exercise, they had be eating like no tomorrow and with two humans who are also in the room, they would be able to eat the whole menu. Jaejoong then pressed play as he turned off the lights, making the atmosphere even more eerie. Yuri took in a deep breath before seeing the screen fade to black with the first clip of the film starting. Since there was two sofa, Yuri was sitting on one sofa with Jaejoong next to her and Hyukjae on the other, Yunho was in the separate sofa, lying down. The film was only a quarter way through when Yuri was unconsciously snuggling closer to Jaejoong as time passed by. She kept covering her eyes every now and then whenever the scary parts came on. Yuri's heart was beating fast and she had goosebumps, not to mention, her appetite was diminishing as the movie went on. Jaejoong, who was drinking his beer, unfazed by the scene so far, felt Yeonseok move closer to him and smiled, 'He is really scared.' Jaejoong thought, and looked down and saw that he was trying not to cover his eyes and that his skin was a little cold and he could visibly smell his fright and his body was urging him to comfort his friend. Looking from the corner of his eyes, Jaejoong saw Yeonseok's eyes widen as he bit his bottom lips. He couldn't help but think that the action was so like him.

 

Yuri started to hear screams from the film and turned to see Hyukjae and Jaejoong unfazed as they drank their beer. She then turned to see Yunho and noticed he was texting someone before looking up at the film. Was she seriously the only one who can't stand horror films? Soon, there was a knock on the door which made Yuri almost jumped out of her skin as she bit back the urge to scream. Jaejoong grab the remote and paused the film before he went to opened the door, "Sorry guys. Since there was so much food, the delivery took longer than expected. Plus, it needed to pass school inspection in the office before sending it up." Jaejoong explained, setting the food in front of everyone. Hyukjae and Yunho reached out for theirs and started to dig into their food while Jaejoong dunked into the salisbury steak and salmon while Yuri's stomach felt like she wanted to throw up as soon as Jaejoong restarted the film. Closing her eyes, Yuri wanted to block the cries and screams.

 

Soon, the film was over as Jaejoong stood up to switch on the lights. Yuri turned away quickly, already knowing that she would have nightmares for the rest of the night, "Well, how about some comedy now?" Jaejoong asked, smiling. Hyukjae and Yunho nodded as they finished the last of the food.

 

Jaejoong turned to his roommate, his eyes worried as his smile turned into a frown, "Aren't you hungry, shorty? You barely touched your food."

 

"I don't know how you three ate through that. It put me off food big time."

 

"Yeah, my ex was scared of horror films. She hated gore, too."

 

Yuri froze a little, "O...Oh, was she now? Well, my girlfriend loves them yet I can't stand them."

 

"So, you jump in Hyoyeon's arms instead of hers in yours?" Jaejoong asked, smiling.

 

"Pretty much." Yuri said, smirking "We act like friends as well as a couple. It's good to be both then you aren't awkward around each other. She never judged me." 'Well, it's not a total lie. She is my best friend after all and kind of like a couple since we are always glued together and I do love her as a sister, of course.'

 

"That's true." Jaejoong said, nodding "Well, time to put on my sassy girlfriend before lights out, don't you think?" Everybody nodded while Yuri sighed happily. Funny enough, the horror took Yuri out of her appetite where as in comedy, they were eating Japanese, making her gain her appetite again, 'Weird.' She thought, and kept laughing along with Jaejoong and the rest of the gang and before they knew it, it hit nine and Hyukjae and Yunho were getting ready to leave.

 

"Okay wo de pengyou, we shall see you tomorrow." Hyukjae said, as he stretched his arms above his head and yawned. Yuri laughed at the loud yawn while Jaejoong rolled his eyes.

 

Yunho also yawned and threw an empty beer can into the bin, "Well, see you all tomorrow. Oh, and we have assembly first thing so don't forget."

 

"No worries. Thanks man, and see you guys tomorrow."

 

Once they left, Jaejoong and Yuri turned to see bags and bags of Japanese food, plastic tubs and rice boxes every where with chopsticks here and there, some of the sauces were on the table and empty beer cans. Both sighed and decided to break the share equally so Yuri was in charge of the tidying up the living room and Jaejoong was in charge of the dishes.

 

"I'm sorry shorty, for making you watch through a horror." Jaejoong said, feeling guilty about scaring his friend, "No, it's fine. Honestly, I know you like horror and this is your room as well."

 

Jaejoong smiled and carried on tidying up. Soon, after the dishes and the tidying up were done, Jaejoong jumped onto the top bunk of the bed while Yuri walked over to the bottom one. Once she took off her hoodie and changed quickly from her blue vintage loose-fit jeans to her black geometric lounge pants she heard Jaejoong speak, "Night, shorty."

 

Yuri swallowed a little in fight after he turned off the light, "G...Good night." Yuri said, trying her best not to make her voice waver but she couldn't help it. After watching that film, she could hear the screams. Whenever a shadow moved from the curtain, she would lift up her duvet and grip it tightly so it reached her nose, thinking it would keep her safe. She closed her eyes and when she did, the sounds were harsher. Yuri kept turning this way and that but she couldn't sleep, 'God, I hate horror films.' Yuri thought, and whimpered a little as she heard weird sounds from the dorms and outside. Shutting her eyes tightly, Yuri tried hard not to scream. God, at these time, she always slept in the same bed as Hyoyeon to keep the nightmares away. Yuri bit her bottom lips as strands from her wig were on her eyelashes, all her moving seemed to have brushed her hair everywhere. Looking up at the top bed, Yuri contemplated whether to ask if she could stay with him for the night but then, she remembered that she was a boy and boys never held each other, not like girls.

 

Shaking her head, Yuri closed her eyes, trying her best to sleep. However, that didn't stop her from every now and then, releasing a little whimper of fright. She thought by hiding under the covers made her quiet, not knowing that a certain half-vampire could hear.

 

Jaejoong was almost asleep until he heard his roommate whimper and whine, not to mention, the mattress was moving a lot, meaning he couldn't get into a decent position. Was he having a nightmare? Or was that his imagination? Hearing another whimper, Jaejoong knew that it wasn't his imagination this time. Yeonseok was having nightmares. Closing his eyes, Jaejoong opened them up again, as he bent over the railing of the top bunk and contemplated whether to comfort him. For some reason, his body was begging him, yearning him to comfort his friend but guys didn't hug and they never cuddled. Sighing, Jaejoong tried to go back to sleep but heard another whimper and cursed under his breath before jumping down. When he saw his friend quivering practically hidden under the duvet, he sighed heavily and rubbed the back of his neck, looking around, thinking that maybe this wasn't a good idea. Hearing his friend whine a little and before he knew it, his body had pulled him to the bed.

 

Sitting down on the edge, Jaejoong slowly outstretched his hand so it rested on his roommate's shoulder. Once he touched his shoulder gently, he felt Yeonseok's form loosen and his whimper dying down considerably. Letting out a sigh of relief, Jaejoong was about to get up when he felt a hand on his wrist. Eyes wide opened a little, he turned around and saw Yeonseok's eyes slightly open, "Don't go." Was all he said, before he saw him close his eyes again, with a small smile on his lips. Looking down at the miniature hand around his wrist, Jaejoong sighed again, knowing he had no choice. Either he gave in to his body and kept him company or listened to his mind and go to his own bed. Jaejoong tried to move but felt Yeonseok's hand tighten and knowing he had no choice, he was about to do something he had never done before. He was going to comfort a guy. Oh boy, if he knew.

 

Yuri felt the other side of her bed lower and not knowing what it was, she closed her eyes tightly. However, she then felt warmth on her back and realized who it could have been. Did he actually listen to her? Turning around, Yuri saw Jaejoong with his eyes closed and his head tilted to the other side slightly as both arms were behind his head. Turning around fully, Yuri got a little bit closer, risking it. Good god, was she risking it but she really didn't feel that she could fall asleep so easily after that film. However, she wasn't disappointed as she felt his arms gently wrap around her.

 

Jaejoong was a little groggy as he opened his eyes slowly. Groaning a little, Jaejoong breathed in a yawn and as he stretched, he felt a weight on his chest. Opening his eyes again, he saw Yeonseok's head on his chest while both his hands were under his chin. Jaejoong saw one of his arms around him and the other behind his head. Blushing at the unmany gesture, Jaejoong quickly stood up, causing Yeonseok to hit his bed on the pillow, waking him up. Feeling her head fall, Yuri groaned a little at the loss of heat that she was enjoying. Opening her eyes a little, Yuri squinted them as she saw a fuzzy figure in front of her. Closing her eyes once more before opening them, the fuzziness slowly disappeared to create a picture of her roommate, "Morning." Yuri said, groaning a little as she sat up, rubbing her forehead. She turned to Jaejoong and saw him fidgeting as he moved around the apartment, "M...Morning, shorty." Jaejoong said quietly.

 

Yuri tilted her head to the side in confusion at his behaviour before remembering last night. Blushing, she hid her eyes behind the bangs of her wig.

 

Jaejoong noticed this and could smell his embarrassment, "Um...y...you sleep w...well?" He didn't know why he was stuttering, other than he was really very nervous, again he didn't know why.

 

Yuri nodded and stood up slowly, "Y...Yeah, I did. Thank you."

 

Jaejoong just nodded as he put on his gray boston red sox signature fleece hoodie, "Well, come on shorty, we need to do some training before assembly starts." Jaejoong said, trying to forget about last night.

 

Yuri nodded and quickly changed into her black flint gray nike epic athletic pants and went to the bathroom to change her shirt from a black pocket tee shirt to a black victory red nike just do it tee shirt, then tried to fix her wig. After that, she then walked out and saw Jaejoong in the kitchen, filling up two bottles of water, "Hey, grab a hoodie since it's getting colder now."

 

Yuri nodded and grabbed her black san francisco giants signature fleece hoodie also and put her new balance 540v2 running shoes. Once she was done, she stood up and looked up to see Jaejoong throwing a bottle of water at her. Luckily, she caught it in time and saw Jaejoong smirk, "You have gotten better, shorty. Last month, I threw the cereal bar and you missed but your reflexes are getting better. Nice work."

 

"It's because I have a great coach." Yuri said, smirking back.

 

Jaejoong felt pride swell in his chest at that comment and walked to the door, the smirk never fading, "Come on shorty, we got work to do."

 

Yuri walked out the door and waited as Jaejoong locked it. Cursing under his breath, Jaejoong remember he forgot the duffel bag and unlocked the door again, to grab the bag. Finally, after grabbing what they forgot, they went to the field where Yuri was shivering, "Well shorty, start running and try to beat your time. Besides, running will warm you up."

 

Yuri nodded and jogged on the spot a bit before running to the white line that was painted on the ground. Stretching one leg behind her, Yuri had the other propped up as her knee was touching her chest. She had both hands spaced out in front of her and raised her lower back, awaiting the usual sound of the whistle. Jaejoong put the whistle in his mouth as he grabbed the stop watch and prepared it. Once he had it at zero, he blew the whistle and saw Yeonseok run with vigour.

 

After eighteen laps, Yuri fell onto the ground in exhaustion and started panting as she was trying her best to catch her breath. Jaejoong ran towards her with a bottle of water in his hand. Sitting up, Yuri took the water in gratitude.

 

"Wow shorty, relax." Jaejoong said, chuckling as she downed the liquid.

 

"God, that was good." Yuri said, smiling as she tilted her head back.

 

Jaejoong shook his head and helped him up. Yuri took the hand in gratitude and both headed into the gym to carry on with some more training.

 

Both, Jaejoong and Yuri were walking towards the hall for assembly and were chatting about Yuri's progress in gym, which led to what the assembly would be talking about, which led to Jaejoong explaining to her the Halloween festival in the end of October. Yuri 'Ohed' and caught up with Hyukjae and Yunho who were standing in one queue, Yunho in front of Hyukjae.

 

Hyukjae turned around and winked, "Pengyoumen dajia hao, how is it going?"

 

"Hey, Joongie says that this assembly will be about the Halloween festival. What exactly do you do?" Yuri asked, "Well, basically, the whole school opens up during the whole day with stalls ready filled with sweets and food and accessories for the public and then during the night, usually the school come up with an idea or the school comity do." Yunho answered, while Hyukjae was still thinking.

 

Yuri nodded and then turned around to see Jaejoong bored out of his mind. Giggling quietly, Yuri saw him lose his footing for a moment from boredom. Yuri kept laughing quietly and turned back to the front where she saw Kangta standing with papers in his hand, "Good morning everybody. As you know, it's mid-October and Halloween will be in three weeks time. Nevertheless, we will have our festival slightly earlier and last year, we had earned a lot of money that was invested in the school and we are hoping to earn just as much this year. Now, we had spoken to some students about what to do after the whole school festival since we have a private party. Most came up with equal ideas and the school council have pieced together all your ideas and the school has chosen for our private party." Kangta said, and opened the envelope and squinted his eyes as he leaned in closer to the piece of paper, "Okay, it has been decided that we will have a haunted mansion on the night of the 31st of October."

 

'A what?' Yuri thought, eyes wide opened a little.

 

"We have permission from the teachers since it's on a Friday and the idea in a nutshell. Some people wanted to make their costumes and wanted to do decorations around the school to scare people. They want to do something such as fake pop up dead bodies and ghosts and basically, wanted to scare the new people to this school, such as the younger years."

 

Looking around, Yuri saw that it wasn't a whole school assembly, "Hey, why aren't the younger years here?" Yuri asked, not being able to see Xiumin anywhere.

 

Jaejoong bent down and whispered into her ear, causing Yuri to shiver at the pleasure of his hot breath, "Because this assembly is only for the upper years."

 

"But I thought it was a whole school assembly." Yuri said, frowning.

 

Shrugging, Jaejoong said, "Maybe the ones in charge of the private event this year is us and not them."

 

Yuri 'Ohed' and turned back to the front, "So, on behalf of the council comity, we advise that each form please select a type of stall for the open event to the public, then to prepare for the private celebration of Halloween starting today. Thank you."

 

And with that, the assembly was over and everybody was getting ready for their next class. Jaejoong and Yuri, both headed to history while Hyukjae and Yunho headed to Science, "So, what did our form do last year?"

 

"Nothing much. We just bought costumes and props and sold them for deals that they wouldn't find in shops." Jaejoong answered, smiling.

 

Yuri nodded as she smiled back, "And what do you think we will do this year?"

 

"I'm not sure actually. I don't really care to be honest."

 

"Fair enough."

 

It was after school and Yuri along with Jaejoong were sitting in the back, talking about the training tomorrow morning and what they were going to eat that night. Soon, Mr. Malchin entered and smacked his stick on the desk, "Class, settle down please. Now, we need to consider this morning's assembly and as every year we have to decide what stall we shall do. Anybody have any ideas?"

 

Jaejoong and Yuri turned to someone in the class who raise their hand, "How about we do what we did last year?" Most of the class agreed while both, Jaejoong and Yuri shrugged at the same time.

 

"No, we need something fun and different from last year." Mr. Malchin said, frowning "We must come up with a unique idea."

 

Everybody in class was confused but then one boy said, "How about water pistols? And basically, the challenge was to knock over empty plastic bottles, using water pistols. We can have two buckets full of water and they could refill only once and if you manage to knock over the bottles, you get to choose a soft toy which could be hung on top of the stall."

 

Mr. Malchin thought about it for a bit before nodding, "That sounds like a productive task and children could play, too. Okay then, what does everybody else think?"

 

The whole class nodded and agreed, including Jaejoong and Yuri. Smiling, Jaejoong leaned into Yeonseok's ear and whispered, "How about a bet?"

 

"You already owe me one favour. Do you want to owe me another?" Yuri asked, smirking.

 

"No, let's just say, that on the day of the festival, how about we both get water guns and see who get's who first. Whoever does means they get to do a favour for the other." Jaejoong said, laughing quietly.

 

Yuri saw the twinkle of mischief in his eyes and smirked back as she whispered into his own ear, "Deal."