Chapter Two - Let's Go Camping!
"Wee-hoo!" Yuri clapped excitedly as she did her hair. "I'm so excited!"
"Of course you are." Nara yawned. "Only you can be so excited this early."
"Come on, Nara." Solbi laughed. "You gotta get hyped up. We're going to have to combat with Super Junior in a cuteness battle."
"Oh, I'm gonna win." Miyun beamed, putting on her cute face and throwing up a peace sign. "Sungmin-oppa has nothing on me."
"I don't know…" Yuri giggled.
Miyun stuck out her tongue.
"Come on." Solbi looked at her watch. "The bus will be here any minute."
"Will they already be on it?" Yuri asked.
"Yep." Solbi said.
"Yay!" Yuri jumped in a circle. "Let's go!"
Solbi rolled her eyes and grabbed her bag.
"Let's roll, ladies." She said as she walked out the door.
"Who do you think is the cutest?" Yuri asked as they all piled into the elevator, the camera man right behind them.
"Me?" Solbi asked, then shrugged. "I don't know.""I think Ryeowook's pretty cute." Yuri said. "Sungmin-ah is defiantly cute. Heechul-oppa's cute in his own way."
"Let's just settle on they're all very cute." Solbi said as the elevator dinged for the first floor.
As they walked into the lobby, the PD met them.
"I was just about to send for you." He said. "They're here."
"So are we." Nara smiled at him. "Let's meet them."
"Here, let him take your bags." The PD said. "Now, remember what I said before. You have to blend with them. You know, try to fit in. And, of course, be nice."
He threw Nara a look and she laughed, putting on her innocent face. "I'll draw smiley faces on their cheeks!"
The girls rolled their eyes and Solbi elbowed her. "Be nice."
"Yes, uhnee." Nara pouted.
"Alright, you're on." The PD motioned towards the door where a tour bus waited outside.
The girls handed over their bags and walked briskly out the door. They laughed when they saw 12 guys pressed up against the window to get a look at them.
Once they stepped onto bus, there was a loud cheering sound.
Solbi waved, Yuri jumping up behind her. Miyun giggled and Nara was resisting the urge to laugh.
"Hi! Hi! Hi!" Kangin jumped up. "I'm Korea Number-"
"Korea Number One Handsome Guy Kangin-oppa!" Yuri leapt to give him a hug.
"Ah! She knows my name!" Kangin laughed, then turned to give the other a members a mocking look.
Solbi and the rest of the girls took their seats among the SuJu members.
"So, what are your names?" Leetuk asked.
"I'm Solbi." Solbi bowed her head. "I'm almost 27. I'm Japanese, but I'm fluent in English and Korean as well."
"I'm Yuri!" Yuri waved frantically. "I'm the second awesomest maknae in the world! Nice to meet you!"
"Wait, who's the first?" Heechul asked.
"Kyuhyun-ah of course!" She laughed, smiling at him.
He grinned shyly.
"I'm Nara." Nara bowed her head. "I'm, sadly, the second best dancer in the group, behind Solbi. But only because she's been at it since she was six. I'm 23 years old and I like talking. A lot."
"Ahh! This is Kangin!" Leetuk pushed Kangin forward. "He speaks to hear his own voice!"
"I do not! Wait…no. Do I? Of course I do." Kangin said, grinning.
Nara laughed.
"I'm Miyun!" Miyun jumped on Nara's lap to steal attention. "I'm 2nd oldest and cute as a button! Sarangae yo oppas!"
She grinned cutely and they all just looked at her, then laughed.
"What's so funny?" She pouted.
"You look like a five year old, that's what's so funny." Nara said, putting her chin on her uhnee's shoulder.
Miyun beamed. "Really? Last time you said I looked six! Yay! I got younger!"
That only made them laugh more.
"So, who's the leader?" Leetuk asked.
"Solbi uhnee!" Yuri hugged her tightly. "Or more, umma!"
"Ek. Yamete. [Japanese for "stop"]" She grimaced. "I'm not your mother."
"Yes you are, umma!" Yuri smiled, kissing her cheek, then looked as if something dawned on her. "Wait…Where's Hankyung-oppa?"
"Oh, dear." Solbi rolled her eyes. "Here she goes."
Yuri looked around to where Hankyung was being laid on by Heechul. Again.
"Hankyung-oppa!" She jumped up and ran to squeeze in-between him and Siwon. "Hello, Siwon-oppa. Heechul-oppa. Hankyung-oppa! I need your help!"
"Ohhh…kay." He said with shifty eyes.
"Okay, so I've been studying Chinese, and I know I'm not so good at it, so I need your help." Yuri said.
"Ah." He said and then went on into a long monologue of Chinese.
When he was done, Yuri buried her face in her hands.
"I'm doomed." She sighed.
"Don't worry." Siwon said. "I didn't even understand that. Go slower, hyung."
"Oh. Okay." He nodded. "Ngoh dik jung man min ji si Han Geng."
(authors note: I'm not completely sure about my Chinese. I only studied it for a little while before switching to Japanese. This is as good as I can do.)
"Ah!" She nodded. "Okay, you just said that your Chinese name is Han Geng! Which I already knew…"
"That was too easy!" Heechul complained.
"You didn't even know what I said!" Hankyung laughed.
"Oh, Hankyung oppa!" Miyun said. "You did ballet, right?"
Hankyung nodded. "Ye."
"So did Yuri!" Nara said. "Solbi, of course did, as well. Because she's an over achiever."
"Ah, you're just jealous." Solbi smirked.
"What all do you do?" Heechul asked.
"I've done ballet, all 18 skills of Ninjutsu, break dancing and vocals." Solbi said. "It's not that much."
"She's holding back." Nara said.
"All 18 skills of Ninjutsu?" Sungmin gawked. "All 18? Seriously?"
"Seriously." Solbi sighed. "Really, it's not that much. I get bored, so I…learn stuff. Clean stuff. That stuff."
"Clean stuff?" Leetuk asked.
"She can't stand things being dirty." Miyun rolled her eyes. "She's just weird!"
"Do you cook?" Kangin asked.
"Her and Miyun are the best cooks. Ever. In the entire world." Nara said.
"Oh my God, the pat bing soo." Yuri practically drooled.
"Pat bing soo?" They all chorused.
"Ah!" Kangin and Leetuk knelt down in front of Solbi. "Will you marry me?"
Leetuk smiled and playfully pushed Kangin to the side.
"She won't marry you!" He laughed.
"You wanna fight?" Kangin said jokingly.
"You wanna marry me, right?" Yesung asked from behind her.
"Hey!" Kangin pushed him back. "Sneaky little brat!"
"Hyung, you're scaring her." Siwon said, touching Kangin's shoulder.
"See? See? What'd I tell you?" Heechul asked. "Brownnoser."
"I am not!" Siwon defended himself.
"Hmm, where's Kibum-oppa?" Yuri asked.
"He's filming this week." Heechul said. "He couldn't cancel or else he would've came."
"Aww." She frowned. "Kibummie-oppa!!!"
"Is he your favorite?" Hankyung asked.
She suddenly grew very quiet. "The ancient SuJu question has been asked, ladies."
"Sad, really." Nara sighed.
"We predicted it's arrival, but never knew it would occur so soon." Solbi shook her head sadly.
"It was nice while it lasted, my friends." Miyun lowered her head.
"What are you talking about?" Sungmin asked.
Nara leaded forward, as if sharing a scary story. "Legend is, every time any of the 13 members of Super Junior see a girl, they have to ask her the question."
"What's that?" Ryeowook asked.
"It's…" Nara began and then shivered. "I can't do it. Solbi, you say it."
"I can't say it!" Solbi objected. "Yuri you say it!"
"But-"
"Maknae!" Nara called and Yuri hushed up with a smirk.
"Alright…the question is…" She trailed off, gaining suspense. "Who is your favorite?"
The long, drawing silence suddenly got even more quiet. And then there was a burst of laughter.
All four girls turned back to where Leetuk was laughing. They all stared at him, wide-eyed for the longest time.
"Oh…my…" Solbi suddenly snickered. "That's so cute!"
All the girls began laughing and Leetuk was desperately trying to contain his laughter. Solbi and Nara were soon rolling around in the narrow hall of the bus. Solbi crawled half across the floor and hugged Leetuk's leg, trying to gain her balance.
"You're awesome!" She told him, which made him laugh even more.
"I'm at a loss for words." Heechul admitted. "I don't know what to do in this situation."
"Well, that's a first." Yesung said.
It took a while before the laughter died down.
Gong Joo
