Lee Donghae sat anxiously on the floor in the middle of the dance studio. He had been waiting over an hour and still Minyoung had not shown up yet. Even though it was at least half an hour before dance practice actually took place, it was not an uncommon sight to see Kan Minyoung already hard at work several hours before hand. But her integrity was only one of the many things that he loved about her. Her lovely, almost red, black shoulder length hair. Her lovely, dimpled smile. Even, the way she punched him, and not always playfully, when he was out of line. He loved it all. Every inch of that perfect woman.
Donghae was absolutely positive that she would show up. He had complete faith in her... and to just be sure, he had called her bright and early to spread the good word. Boy, did he have a surprise for her. For the whole of yesterday, Donghae had been stuck with Jungsoo, Hyukjae and 9 other SM trainees. They had dance practice together as well as acting and singing. At the time, Donghae found this to be incredibly odd. Usually he would attend classes with mixed trainees - both boys and girls - today, it was all boys. Some of them he recognized from class like Lee Sungmin and Shin Donghee. Others he knew from personal experience like Lee Hyukjae (His bestest friend in the whole world). But most of them, he barely knew. The instructor made them introduce each themselves and gave them time to mingle. At first he was so shy that all he did was cling onto Hyukjae and hid himself away but Jungsoo brought him out of the corner and introduced him to a few of the new comers like Kim Youngwoon. Jungsoo and Youngwoon hit it off as if they'd know each other since forever. Donghae liked Youngwoon but the man tended to punch a little too hard. By the end of the day, Donghae had made a ton, and that was no joke - there were 12 men crammed into one room, of new friends or at least got to know some really cool people. Lee Soo Man had taken them all out to dinner that night, even though it was well past 11 o'clock at night, and told them the good news. They were going to debut as one large group called Super Junior 05! Donghae couldn't believe his ears, after the disappointment of Smile, Donghae was starting to believe that he would never debut. He nearly jumped for joy when he heard the news, or as Jungsoo recalled he had Hyukjae started squealing like girls. All twelve of them whole heartedly thanked Soo Man and the entire night the guys made merry, finally quitting their wild night at nearly 4 in the morning.
Donghae called Minyoung the moment he got back to the dorm. She answered him after the first ring, as usual, and the two started talking about proper things such as the weather. He didn't want to give away the surprise yet but the entire time he was talking his voice kept going high pitch, a clear sign that he was lying. He hoped that Minyoung would be happy to hear of his sucess and that may be it would motivate her to keep on training at SM Entertainment. She was already a year into her training and had, from the talks of the instructors, good prospects. She was a wicked dancer and endowed with strong vocals (he thought, at least, she sounded like an angel). With any luck she would debut in a few years. Minyoung was always optimistic, a characteristic that had brought the two together, but lately her hopeful attitude was suffering a blow. A week ago, she suffered a foot injury during dance practice and hasn't been attending class since then. He was pretty sure it wasn't anything serious, probably just a sprained ankle or something like that but anyhow Minyoung wasn't as gloomy as the people in the arctic who don't see the sun in the winter months. Donghae had done everything he could to try to get her back on her feet but she seemed reluctant to even try. Maybe just maybe, after he debuts, he can show her that hard work a perseverance would pay off. They finished their talk nearly two hours later with Donghae saying "I love you" and, even though the joke was already a year old, "Good Morning". But unlike most days, Minyoung didn't say 'I love you, too' back to him. He didn't pay much attention to that then, sure that they would get to talk some time in the morning.
And so there he was, sitting alone in the middle of the dance studio. The place was important to the both of them. It was where they both met each other for the first time, where they became friends, where they confessed to each other and where they had shared their first kiss. It had to be damn important for them to be doing something other than dancing in that room. He waited and waited, watching the seconds hand pass by rapidly. As the minutes passed by, other members of the class began to trickle in. Four of the ten members of the future girl group, Super Girl (Girls' Generation), appeared: Kim Hyoyeon, Kwon Yuri, Choi Sooyoung, and Im YoonAh. But what of the their leader, Kan Minyoung?
"Sooyoung-shii, where is Minyoung?" Donghae asked concernedly.
Sooyoung shrugged uncaringly, looking at the other girls in case they might know anything. They all shook their heads in affirmation that they knew not the whereabouts of the girl in question.
"I'm sorry, Donghae-oppa, we haven't seen her," Sooyoung answered indifferently before returning to mastering the dance routine as with the others.
None of the girls seemed bothered that the fifth dancer was missing. In fact they acted as if she was never there to begin with. But Donghae would be patient. She'd show up. The Minyoung he knew was never tardy, even for the stupidest of things. But by the time that Rino Nakasone, the dance instructor, had arrived, he was already starting to waver. Rino was just as uncaring about the situation as everyone else was. Donghae hurriedly left the room with the sound of 'Into the New World' playing loudly on in the background.
Worried, Donghae quickly pulled out his cellphone and dialed her number as fast as he could. The phone rang for over 2 minutes, each second turning into millenniums, before a robotic, monotoned voice answered, "We're sorry, the number you have dialed is unavailable, please try again later." He was shocked. Minyoung never ever turned off her cellphone. He could call her at anytime time, day or night, and after the first ring or two she would pick up. Something was definitely up. Donhae gave a sigh in frustration. Where was she?
Donghae looked every where for her. High and low. Left to right. But there was not even a single trace of her anywhere he looked. He looked in all the classrooms, even interrupted the acting instructor for which he got a death glare and a citation. He asked everyone he knew about her whereabouts. All said the same thing; no, they had not see her. Hyukjae agreed to help look but quit an hour in because he had to attend dance class. Donghae was starting to feel nervous about her disappearance. He found it a bit hard to breathe and his heart raced. He had never felt this worried so far in his life. What if something bad had happened to her? "Minyoung, please be okay," he thought after scouring the building from head to toe for the umpteenth time.
Donghae knocked loudly on the wooden door, tapping as his left food rapidly as he did so. If Minyoung wasn't here, then he didn't know where in the world she could be. Minyoung was one of the many trainees who were housed at the SM building due to the face that most of them came from cities or towns outside of the capital. He knocked again, harder this time, huffing impatiently. The door opened slightly revealing a large pair of eyes staring timidly at Donghae.
"Sunbae, what is it that you want?" a sweet, high pitched voice inquired nervously.
To his misfortune it wasn't the girl he was looking for. Instead it was her much younger room mate, Seo Joohyun.
"Oh, it's you Joohyun. Do you know where Minyoung-shii is?"
And just like everyone else he had talked to today, she shook her head.
"Minyoung-unnie? Sunbae, haven't you heard? Minyoung packed her stuff and left the dorm and in the wee hours of the morning."
"What?"
"They already cancelled her contract with SM Entertainment and she's on her way home as we speak. I'm sorry, sunbae."
The thirteen year old girl closed the door in Donghae's shocked face. Gone? Minyoung was actually gone. Without even a good bye. She had the nerve to just walk right out of his life without even warning him. He could feel the tears well up in his eyes. She was his first love. His first encounter with true happiness. And now, that was all over. He couldn't contain the storm in his eyes and let the tears fall. Donghae fell to his knees and brought his head to rest on them. Just like a flower in the fall, love had past and gone, Donghae yearned for the sun that was his Minyoung. He would never feel love like this again.
I hoped you enjoyed the opening for "My All Is In You". I promise to work hard on it and continue to blossom as I writer for the experience! I'd like to thank eternalsnow-chrys for allowing me to use her idea and being so supportive of me. I really can't thank her enough! ^_^'
