Everyone was already outside the
apartment except for Taemin. “Yah! Taemin-ah! Pali (hurry)! We’re late!” Key
screamed on the phone as on the other line was Taemin who was still inside the
apartment, having difficulties in trying to find his passport. “Is he usually
like this?” I asked Minho. “Sometimes it happens to Jonghyun hyung (big
brother) too” Minho whispered to me. “Yah! Did you just drop the honorifics on
me?” Jonghyun gave a shout at Minho and laughed at the end. “I said Jonghyun
HYUNG!” His flaming eyes seems like it was going to pop out of his head. “The
problem is your ears. When was the last time you cleared it?” Minho just laughs
along while trying to convince Jonghyun that he DID said hyung after saying his
name. Actually, when I think about it; everytime Minho said Jonghyun hyung; the
word hyung kind of disappears in the end. That’s why Jonghyun misunderstood
Minho. “Okay, fine. But I don’t always lost my passport, Aiman ssi” he
made it pretty clear for me to understand. I just nodded and there was silence
until Onew starts talking after hearing their conversation earlier. “But you
prefer to lose your phone right?” Suddenly the van was full of laughter except
for Jonghyun. “Okay, I admit. I lose my phone A LOT… Where’s Taemin?!” Jonghyun
said while looking out the window and Taemin appeared out of nowhere. “Mianhe
(sorry)…” Taemin exclaimed while looking down, worried of his hyungs if they
might scold him because of his clumsiness but they were still giggling from
what happened earlier. Taemin who didn’t know anything just smiled, knowing
that no one would get angry at him for being late but then Key exploded when he
found out that Taemin used his shampoo as he could smell it from Taemin’s hair.
A lot of more babbling was heard inside the van and I thought to myself. So,
this is the life of five idols who had to live together, work together, rode
the same vehicle together but in the end, every one of them would take care of
each other in times of need and difficulties. I’m proud and happy for them that
they’re still together even though it had been a long and difficult journey for
them; to endure the pain, the sorrow and the challenges that they have to face
from time to time.
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The flight
didn’t take long for us to reach Beijing. The first stop was to check-in to our
hotel and have a good rest before going out sightseeing the night view. I was
selected to stay in a room with Amber. She’s from a girl group of this company,
f(x). I was surprised to know that there was one member named Sulli. At first I
thought that she was the Sulli I knew from my childhood when I heard her name
the first time but it turns out that they were two different people. What I
couldn’t believe at first was that their face looked pretty much the same.
As soon as I got into the room, Amber
jumps onto the bed instantly. She seems really happy while stretching her arms
and legs as if she was making snow angels on the white mattress. “You can sleep
on the bed that’s beside the window, right?” she asked. “Ne (yes)” I answered.
“I’m going to take a shower first or do you want to use it first?” she asked
more. “I’m fine. You can use it if you want” I said. She takes her toiletries
from her huge luggage and went into the toilet straight away. She really is
what Key describes to me while we were on the flight earlier; Amber is a tomboy
and has a boyish feeling around her. To me, it’s easy to communicate with her
considering she is an outgoing kind of person. While she was still in the
shower, I took out my laptop to surf the internet for a while when the doorbell
suddenly rang. “I’ll get it!” I told Amber who seemed to be still in the shower
for almost an hour now. I looked through the peephole of the door and saw Minho
outside. As soon as I got out, he started babbling with his mouth. “Why didn’t
you pick up my calls?” I just don’t get it. We’re given three hours to have a
good rest before going around town and here he is in front of my room. Isn’t he
tired from the long trip on the plane? I asked myself before answering his
question. “I’m sorry, my phone’s out of battery. I forgot to charge it up” he
didn’t say anything but smiles. “Okay, I forgive you. I was going to tell you
to wear a blue blouse later so we can match our clothes together and then later
we’re going to look for couple t-shirts. Okay?” I just nodded without saying
another word. He just gave me a pat on the head and went into his room. I was
still shocked from the patting he gave me. He never does that before. I always
see it in dramas or movies and I think that it’s a sweet thing but what he did
just now wasn’t sweet at all. I feel like my brain was shaking so hard that I
felt like there was a small earthquake inside my skull. My poor precious brain.
After regaining myself from the
dizziness, I wore the blue blouse as he requested and rode the bus which would
take us around the beautiful city of Beijing. When I got onto the bus, my eyes
were wondering around, looking for a seat. Suddenly, Minho raised his hand and
calls out to me but then I saw Amber calling out to me too. I quickly went to
her seat and sat beside her. It’s not like I don’t want to sit next to him,
it’s just that no one actually knows about our relationship yet. I’m still not
prepared for the consequences that might happen. I didn’t look back to where he
was sitting and started a conversation with Amber instead. Suddenly, a text
came in. “Why didn’t you come and sat
beside me earlier?” It was Minho. “Nothing. Let’s talk about this later,
okay?” I knew that if I said that, it would just make him feel upset
because he might think that something’s not right but the fact is, I just feel
that some matters must be explained at the right moment. As soon as we reached
the first destination, everyone got out as fast as they could. I waited for
everyone to get out first as it would be best to get out last just like what my
dad have thought me so I won’t bump into anyone and it seems more polite to do
so. I noticed that Minho was second last, so I just followed him from behind.
When it was my turn to get off of the bus, I suddenly tripped from stepping on
my own shoelace and my hand was caught on Minho’s shoulder automatically. His
hands caught me from falling down on the pavement. Jonghyun who was a step
ahead of us turned around when he heard my foot landed on the pavement, hard.
“Oh, are you okay?” he asked. I took my hands off of Minho immediately and just
nodded. He continued walking side by side with Key. Suddenly, Minho started to
laugh. “What?” I asked him, following the others from behind. “Are you doing a
body gag just to get my attention?” he asked. “Body gag? What’s that?” We
started a conversation as we walked along the road to a place called China
Town. “Body gag is when someone makes awkward body movements which might
involve falling over or bumping into things. In a simple word, clumsiness” he
explained while taking a turn to the left into the road which leads to the
destination we’re going. “Why would I want to get your attention? I did it on purpose
okay?” I said sarcastically while walking away and joined Jonghyun and Key.
There were so many small stalls on the right side selling souvenirs and on the
left side, they sold food. Everything looks delicious but I already had my
dinner just before hopping onto the bus earlier. My eyes were looking around at
the right area where there were key chains, bracelets, toys, sandals and many
more. I saw a group of people surrounding a stall and went to join them. Kris
and Tao were there too. “What are you guys looking at?” I asked them. “Ah…
these are hats which are handmade. They look like tailor-made right?” Tao
explained. I observed them picking out their own choice when I decided to pick
one too. A gift, maybe? I thought to myself. After a long time wasted just to
pick the right size and type of hat, I picked out a black fedora which had a
strip of brown ribbon strapped on it. When I was about to leave after paying, I
noticed an interesting stall beside it. There was a huge sewing machine on the
table. I asked Kris since I couldn’t understand Chinese and it turns out that
the tailor could sew names on the hats that we just bought from the other stall
earlier. Kris seems excited and decided to call Tao who already left us both
behind to tell him all about it. Then, Kris disappeared. He was out of sight.
Now, how am I supposed to communicate with the tailor?
After a few more walks with Onew and Key, we were
called back to the bus to go to a few more interesting places. On the last trip
back to our hotel, I was really worn out. My eyes are already drowsy, visions
getting blurry and my legs were aching from walking too much. As I looked
around, no one seems to be having the same pain as I’m suffering at the moment.
I guess having your body exercised and dancing a lot surely makes your body fit
and healthy. As soon as the bus started to move, I looked through the window
once again to watch the lights of the tall buildings that roam the city and
finally my eyelids shut closed. ‘THUMP!’ The bus hit the road hard after going
over a bump on the road. I was surprised and woke up from my deep sleep. As
soon as I turned to my right side, I was even surprised as if I saw a ghost
sitting beside me. It was Minho. He was yawning and seemed to be waking up from
the loud bump earlier too. “What are you doing here?!” I shouted but whispered
at the same time as I saw a lot of people are already fast asleep. “Oh, you’re
awake? Just continue sleeping. I’m tired” He closed his eyes while I only gave
him a cold stare as I was still surprised for his sudden appearance. Then, he
gave a pat on his left shoulder. “What?” I asked him. “Lean your head here” he
said while his eyes were still closed. What? Lean on his shoulder? At first I
didn’t know what to respond. Suddenly his eyes were open and his hand puts my
head on his shoulder instantly, making my eyes open wide. “Just go to sleep
already. If I don’t have enough sleep for tomorrow, I’m blaming it on you” he
said as if he was sleep talking. I smiled thinking that I don’t want to get scold
by him tomorrow and went to sleep instantly.
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