You're My Melody Chapter 11: Being with you…

Jaejoong was surprised with himself. For some reason he finds himself writing a song and it didn’t take him much time to finish one. He’s happy.. no, more than happy. He’s terribly pleased. And the reason behind it is sleeping in the next room right on his bed. His back is aching after sleeping in the couch the other night but he didn’t mind. When he realized it’s impossible for him to sleep any longer, he went to the music room and started playing a melody that kept popping on his head the entire evening. In no time he was able to fill the music sheet with notes and melodies.

Yoochun came barging in a few hours later. “Hyung, you’ll wake the dead. It’s still early, stop working.”

“Yoochun, you need to hear this.” Since Jaejoong was so persistent Yoochun don’t have much choice but to listen.

“That was wonderful!” Yoochun said after Jaejoong finished playing, his sleepiness forgotten.

“You think so?” Jaejoong was beaming.

“Yeah, it’s beautiful. Do you have the lyrics?”

“Not yet. I was hoping you could help me with that.”

“Sure.”

They worked for the rest of the night, although for the two of them it didn’t feel like work because they were having so much fun.

They say music heals a person's heart. Seohyun realized it was true. The moment she woke up with the sound of Jaejoong's piano, she felt lighter, like something heavy was lifted right out of her heart. As days went by Seohyun grew fond of listening to Jaejoong play the piano. She never interrupts of course. For her it’s enough that she was able to listen to him play. His music is slowly healing her heart. 

Since Seohyun came they had to make a few changes in the house rules. It was decided that Seohyun should have her own room. Since there are only 3 bedrooms, Jaejoong and Yoochun will share the same room just like before.  Junsu, however, will now have to share a room with Changmin and Yunho. Seohyun will be using Junsu’s room. Also the house chores will be divided into six instead of five. The cooking will still be Jaejoong’s job since he likes doing it.

The first days had been fun for Seohyun. She spends her morning cleaning the house. If she's going to stay long, she decided to make herself useful somehow. But to be honest, she's actually feeling guilty for deceiving them and she was trying to lessen the guilt by trying to help them in any way that she can.

After spending a few days with Tohoshinki, Seohyun realized that all the members hate her father terribly and they certainly have reasons to be. At least that is one thing that’s common between them. And that is another reason for her to keep her identity secret from all of them.

She has been left alone most of the time. The Tohoshinki members were always busy, spending the whole day guesting on TV shows, shooting music videos, recording, and practicing dance routines. They only go home to sleep. She doesn't leave the house because for one thing, she doesn't speak Japanese very well and the streets in Tokyo are kinda scary for foreign people who suck in Japanese. Junsu oppa was kind enough to teach her Japanese and although he teaches her words that don’t make sense like "yutairidatsu (out of body experience)" she never complains though for fear she might hurt his feelings. Another thing is that she doesn't have money for sightseeing. Therefore she was left with no choice but to stay home.

"Does your head still hurt?" Jaejoong asked her once.

"No" she replied. Her head has been hurting once in a while but it’s tolerable and she's feeling better every day so there's no need to worry Jaejoong.

Once when he had the time Jaejoong offered to give her piano lessons but she declined. He probably remembered the time when she told him she wasn’t given the chance to play. It has been her childhood dream to learn playing the piano but it was just that, a childhood dream. She prefers listening to Jaejoong play rather than playing it herself.

During the next few days Jaejoong is having a hard time dealing with Seohyun. At first he treated her just like the way an oppa treats his little sister. He wanted to protect her and make her happy. But after a while he became possessive and overprotective. When she gets closer to the other members he becomes cranky and irritable. The other members seem to enjoy it though. Changmin for instance seems to purposely stick with Seohyun like a glue just to make Jaejoong grouchy. Yunho told him he’s jealous but he denied it. However on the back of his mind it was probably true. Heck, he’s beginning to like Seohyun a bit.. no, a lot.