While on the plane, everyone were still worried
about Jaejoong’s lost phone but since they knew there’s nothing they can do
about it they decided not to worry so much and just focused on the big day
ahead of them. There were more work waiting in Japan and a few hours of plane
trip was their only chance to rest.
Yunho yawned and when he realized he couldn’t keep
his eyes open any longer he decided to sleep. A few hours later Jaejoong who
was sitting beside him noticed him sleeping with his mouth open. Jaejoong
tilted Yunho's seat and covered his face with a towel. Changmin whose been
eating since the plane took off saw it and smiled. He was sitting beside Junsu
and across the other three members.
"Yunho never fails to embarrass me.
Really…" Jaejoong said. Junsu laughed at this. His high-pitched dolphin
voice made other people sitting beside them glance in their direction.
On the other hand, Yoochun who was sitting on
Jaejoong’s left was playing with his phone camera and making funny faces. A
flight steward saw this and told Yoochun that phones should be turned off
during the flight. Of course he knows it. He said sorry but when the steward
left he resumed what he was doing. Jaejoong thought it was fun so he came to
join him afterwards.
Junsu noticed Changmin eating and said,
"Really Changmin, when are you gonna stop eating?"
"Junsu hyung,
it’s like asking you when you’re going to stop those oyaji gags." The maknae
retorted back.
"Do you think I'm doing them because I want
to?" Changmin laughed. Yoochun and Jaejoong were just watching Junsu and
Changmin's verbal fight with amusement.
---
Narita
Airport
Tokyo,
Japan
The moment their plane landed they started
speaking in Japanese. Yunho's phone started ringing. The call was from their
manager. “Manager-san?" Yunho said to the man on the other line.
"Are you in Tokyo already?"
"Yes. We just arrived."
"Good. You have a scheduled appearance this
afternoon. I expect you all to be in FujiTV in 2 hours."
Yunho stared at the other members who looked like
they would rather stay at home lying on the bed for the rest of the day than
appear in some Japanese TV show. Yunho wanted to tell their manager to cancel
their schedules for the day so they can rest. But he knew better than that.
Years of experience taught him never to complain. After sighing hard he said, "Wakarimashita." He said
goodbye then he hung up. He’s the leader of Dong Bang Shin Ki. But he’s only
that. He wished he’s more than that but he’s not. He’s not as powerful as Lee
Soo Man who can make everyone work for days without rest and still get no
complaints except for a few curses spoken behind his back.
After cursing Lee Soo Man for a millionth time on
his mind Yunho said to the other members, "Minna. There's work waiting. Ganbarimashou."
"Can't we at least get something to eat
first, hyung?" Changmin asked.
"Alright. Let's grab some food first."
Yunho agreed.
"Let’s eat Hitsumabushi!" Jusu suggested but in the end no one listened
to him and they ended up eating ramen
for lunch.
After lunch they were on their way to Fuji TV.
Junsu was sitting at the back eating nattou.
"Ya~ Junsu.. It stinks! Will you stop eating
nattou in the car?" Jaejoong complained. Junsu didn't listen and just keep
on eating oblivious to the complaints of the other four members.
---
Seohyun arrived in Tokyo at around 6pm. Everything
was so foreign to her. From the moment she stepped outside Narita International
Airport she knew there’s no turning back. She hailed a taxi and told the driver
to take her to the nearest hotel. Although she speaks a little Japanese enough
to converse with a Japanese person she was still thankful that the driver could
understand English and in a country like Japan it’s very rare. As she stared
outside the window excitement building up inside of her, she thought about her
father. She wondered if he cares enough for him to worry about her even just a
little bit. She shoved the thought away. She was annoyed with herself for
wishing something impossible.
She checked her phone and noticed a message left
in her mailbox. It was from her father’s secretary. “Miss Seohyun, your father
wants you to call him the moment you hear this message.”
Seohyun thought her father must have noticed her
absence and he wanted to know where she is. She dialed her father’s number.
“Dad…”
“The maids said you’re not home.” Her father said
in an angry voice but without any hint of concern. He was not worried. That she
can tell. He just doesn’t like it when there’s something out of ordinary in his
life and that includes this situation where his daughter left and he’s not
informed of her whereabouts. Lee Soo Man might not be a very caring father but
he also decides everything for his daughter which restrains Seohyun in every
possible way. Seohyun lacks not only love but also freedom.
“I left Korea.”
“What?? What games are you playing at, Seohyun?”
“I’m not playing games, Dad.”
“Wherever you are come back this instant.” It
wasn’t even a request. The order made Seohyun retaliate even more. Right now
she was not even sure whether she still wanted to come back home or not.
“Sorry, Dad…”
“You’re giving me headaches. Don’t make me mad
Seohyun. Come back home before I forced you to.”
She didn’t want to hear Lee Soo Man’s angry voice
anymore so she hung up right away. She was worried about her father’s last
words before she hung up. Come back home
before I forced you to. She wondered what her father could possibly do to
make her come back home.
----
After their schedules the five members of
Tohoshinki arrived home exhausted. Changmin and Junsu played Rock, Paper, and Scissors to decide who
gets to take a bath first. The maknae won just as he always does. How he does
it no one have any idea.
Jaejoong started preparing jiggae for dinner. “Jaejoongie,
are you sure you don’t want to order something instead? You’re tired aren’t
you?” Yunho said.
"Daijoubu.
Besides it's been a long time since I cooked something for you guys."
Jaejoong said.
"It can't be helped. We were so busy."
Yoochun said.
It had been a very exhausting day and although it
was only past nine everyone wanted to go to bed early. It seemed like fatigue
was finally taking a toll on them. Yunho, Changmin and Junsu went to their
bedroom right after dinner. Jaejoong saw Yoochun sitting on the couch watching
a movie and Jaejoong was almost sure he’ll fall asleep before even finishing
it.
He decided to take a bath and when he returned he
found Yoochun already asleep just as he expected. He sat beside the sleeping
Yoochun and made himself comfortable while trying to concentrate on whatever
movie Yoochun was watching. He’s tired but he can’t possibly go to sleep just
yet. There were a lot of things going on in his mind and all of it involves his
damn phone. If Dong Bang Shin Ki gets into a scandal it would be because of him
and he doubts if he will be able to have a peaceful night with that thought in
mind.
He saw Yoochun’s phone lying on the table. Yoochun
let him borrow it this morning to call his own phone which he couldn’t seem to
reach. Although Yoochun probably wouldn’t mind if he borrowed it again he still
felt the need to ask him.
He paused for a while before finally coming into a
decision. “Yoochun-ah…” He felt bad for waking Yoochun up but he needs to find
his phone and he needs Yoochun’s phone to find it. Yoochun suddenly woke up
startled from the sound of Jaejoong’s voice calling his name.
“Can I borrow your phone?” Jaejoong asked the
half-asleep Yoochun.
Yoochun said in a barely audible voice, “Yeah
sure, hyung.” Then he went back to sleep almost instantly.
Jaejoong turned off the TV then went outside with
Yoochun’s phone on his hand and leaving Yoochun sleeping on the couch. He
didn’t want to bother Yoochun any more than he already did. They all needed
rest and he had no plans of denying Yoochun his chance to sleep.
He dialed his phone again. He had been calling his
phone since morning but a voice always says the phone is out of coverage so he
was almost surprised to hear a familiar ringing sound after he dialed his own
number. He waited but no one was picking up. He was growing impatient. He
prayed whoever found his phone would pick up already.
----
Seohyun couldn’t believe her father would go to
that extent. She went to a nearby restaurant for dinner and when it was time to
pay the bills she decided to use her credit card. The waitress said in Japanese
with an apologetic face, “Do you have any other card, ma’am?” She tried using
her other cards but all of them were rejected. She paid in cash instead.
She could barely speak Japanese and she only had a
few bills in her pocket. How in the world will she be able to last long in
Japan? So this is what her father meant when he said, Come back home before I forced you to.
How could she be so impulsive? She couldn’t go
back home anymore. Actually it’s more of like she didn’t want to come home. She
was planning on going back to the hotel but she suddenly decided against it.
It’s still early and although she doesn’t have much money she can’t waste her
time lying on the bed contemplating about her hatred for her father. She passed
by a coffee shop and decided to kill time by drinking coffee.
She was broke and yet there she was wasting money
on a coffee when she could have saved it for something more important… She took a sip of her coffee and grimaced
from the bitterness of it. Just what she needed… Her birthday was almost over
and there she was sitting alone in a coffee shop in a foreign country. Nothing
good had ever happened to her that day except perhaps meeting Jaejoong that
morning. So much for hoping that birthday would be any different from her
previous ones…
She received emails from her classmates a while
ago. They were asking why she didn’t come to class. She just ignored them.
Sometimes she wondered if her classmates think of her as a friend or if they
were just hanging out with her because she’s Lee Soo Man’s daughter. It’s not
that she cares. Actually she never tried to get close to anyone in her class.
For her they’re only classmates. Never friends… There were times when they get
so annoying like when they ask things about the whereabouts of some SME artists
or if they want to confirm a gossip about some actors. She was getting tired of
it already. During those times she only answers with a shrug and an “I don’t
know”. Thankfully they don’t press any further. For her, being Lee Soo Man’s
daughter is the worst thing that could happen to anyone.
Expecting to see more emails either from her
father or her classmates she searched her bag for her phone. She saw Jaejoong’s
phone and noticed a message flashing on the screen saying “1 missed call from
‘My Yoochun’”
She was trying to decide whether she should call
the other members of Dong Bang Shin Ki informing them that she has Jaejoong’s
phone with her or going to their apartment without notice instead. Maybe she
should try calling them after all. Before she could dial, the phone started
ringing again and she picked it up. “Yeoboseyo?
Yoochun-sshi?”
“No. It’s Jaejoong. I guess you have my phone?” The
familiar voice made Seohyun’s heart skip a beat.
“Yeah… You left it in SME.”
“May I know your name?”
“It’s
Seohyun.”
“Ah, Seohyun-sshi! I remember now. We met this
morning right?” Seohyun didn’t expect Jaejoong to remember her name so she was
surprised to know that Jaejoong recognized her.
“Yeah. You were in a hurry so you left your phone
in the music room.”
“Yeah, one of my stupid moments… “
Seohyun laughed, her problems forgotten for a
moment. Jaejoong chuckled as well. “Seohyun-sshi… I’m really sorry about this
but can you do me a favor? I’m in Tokyo right now. I’m not sure when I’ll be
back in Seoul but can you keep my phone until then?”
“Uhm… actually I’m also in Tokyo right now. I was
planning on returning your phone tomorrow.”
“Really? Then, will it be alright if we meet now?”
“Eh?”
“It’s ok if you don’t want to.”
“No, I mean… It’s fine.”
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