Lost in you

.Chapter TWO.

It was eight in the morning and the sun shined brightly through the yellow curtains of Jeremy's room. Reluctantly, he opened his eyes and brushed some of the blonde hair from his face. He couldn't help but smile; this was the first time in a long time he found himself waking up feeling refreshed.

Looking down, Jeremy noticed someone's head on his chest. He couldn't see the face, but he knew who this messy hairstyle belonged to.

"Shin Woo-hyung," he whispered.

Jeremy felt a smile form on his face again, and he almost giggled, but his smile faded as he wondered why Shin Woo was even in his room in the first place. The last thing he remembered was playing with Jolie, and then letting her out of the house, then going to bed.

Did I really come to bed myself? He thought, Or is Shin Woo here...because he carried me?

He put his hand in Shin Woo's hair, and absentmindedly started brushing through it with his fingers. It was soft, unlike the tangled mess it looked like.

What am I doing? Starting to panic from his sudden actions, Jeremy withdrew his hand quickly. He knew he shouldn't like watching Shin Woo sleep, but for some reason, it was relaxing. Without realizing it, his eyes started to close little by little, until he was fast asleep again.

- - -

Shin Woo moaned as he opened his eyes. He was sore, he was hungry, and he had a major headache. On top of that, a bright beam of light from Jeremy's only window shined in his eyes. Shin Woo stared at his watch trying to make out the small hands. Three in the evening. He shaded his eyes with his hands, hoping to lessen the throbbing pain in his head. He rose, untangling Jeremy's hands from his hair.

"I fell asleep here last night?" he muttered as he stared down at the blonde man, I hope he didn't notice me here.

Shin Woo looked around the room and realized he had a difficult, an important mission to accomplish; he had to leave Jeremy's room without waking him.

Managing to avoid the minefield of dog toys and squeaking, rubber balls, Shin Woo left the room safely and walked down stairs to fix himself some breakfast.

- - -

Tae Kyung opened his eyes for the five hundredth time that day. Whenever he closed his eyes, the thought of Jeremy and Shin Woo sleeping together kept popping up in his mind.

"FOR FUCK SAKE!! Why do I keep thinking about that!?" Tae Kyung put a pillow over his face and cursed. "It's not like I'm bothered by this. Why do I feel so upset...?"

His phone rang suddenly, and Tae Kyung instantly smacked it with his hand, mistaking it for an alarm clock. Realizing he couldn't fall back asleep, he got out and grudgingly made his way to the kitchen.

I hope Shin Woo isn't up yet, it would be awkward to bump into him right now... hethought absently.

Walking down the stairs, he bumped into the same person he hoped to avoid. There was a crashing sound as Shin Woo's tea cup splattered across the floor, soaking both their socks.

"Shin Woo," he said accusingly, "Be careful when you walk around the house with a cup of tea," he was about to pick up the pieces of the broken cup, but was beaten to it.

"I'm sorry," Shin Woo apologized as he threw away the broken pieces of his cup and took a paper towel to wipe the floor. "I guess was a bit distracted."

He momentarily glanced up at Tae Kyung to try to guess what he was thinking, but he only wore his usual expression as he started walking out of the kitchen,

"I guess I'll eat later..." He mumbled absently.

"Oy, Tae Kyung!" Shin Woo said, a bit louder than he wanted to. Tae Kyung stopped to looked over his shoulder. "President Ahn rang me earlier because you sent him a busy tone when he tried to call you."

"What'd he say?" Tae Kyung asked anxiously, hoping to leave the kitchen as soon as possible.

"Go Mi Nam's coming back today; he said we should celebrate tonight," Shin woo said.

Tae Kyung nodded and was about to start walking again but was stopped by the sudden cheer from a certain blonde man-child. "GO MI NAM'S COMING BACK T-O-D-A-Y!!!??"

Shin Woo smiled and nodded while Tae Kyung was frozen on the spot, unsure of how to react.

"YAY! Haven't seen him in months! Let's make him sing for us, right Shin Woo-hyung?" he said as Shin Woo nodded.

Tae kyung tried his best to get a grip, and walked out of the kitchen without another word. How can they act like nothing happened yesterday? Seriously, I was the only one feeling awkward there right now...?

...I wasn't ready to see the two of them together yet. He thought, as he turned on the TV.

- - - -

"Want some tea Jeremy?" Shin Woo asked, trying to get rid of the awkwardness.

"Yes please." Jeremy said in English and grinned. "But I'm going to go wash up first, Okay?" He added a "BRB" and then skipped toward the bathroom.

He's very happy today, Shin Woo thought, As usual.

He smiled a little and took a sip from his tea.

"Hey did you know Go Mi Nam has a twin sister, Mi Nyu?" Jeremy asked as he came back a minute later. He took the tea cup from Shin Woo's hands, not wanting have to wash a new cup, so he took sips from Shin Woo's tea.

"Oh..." Shin Woo hesitated, looking for words. "How'd you know? Have you seen her before?"

Jeremy's eyes opened wide and he grinned, "You know her?"

Shin Woo's smile let out a tint of sadness, but Jeremy didn't notice. He stayed silent as he took the cup from Jeremy's hands and took a sip.

"Anyway... I haven't seen her, but Go Mi Nam told me about her once. I hope we'll get to meet her soon, I bet she's really pretty," Jeremy said giddily, reaching for Shin Woo's cup of tea again, but Shin Woo held it out of his reach.

"She is," Shin woo said taking another sip from his tea before Jeremy could steal the mug from him again. He looked down, trying to hide his eyes from Jeremy, silently praying he wouldn't say anything about what he just said.

"So you have seen her!"

"I'm going to go take a shower now," Shin Woo said dismissively, "You can see it can't you?" he smiled and pointed to his hair, "It's sticking up all over the place."

He laughed nervously and then started walking toward the bathroom.

Jeremy stood there, drinking the rest of the tea in the mug, Is there something he's not telling me? He thought, and made a mental note, For future reference, don't try to make Shin Woo tell you something he's not comfortable with...

"Jolie!" He called, and put the empty cup down to write a note on the fridge, unsure if he'd be back before Shin Woo finished his shower... He then went into his room to change clothes. Five minutes later, he was out the back door.

"Joliiie!!!!" He called as soon he got out of the house. She ran toward him instantly as if she had been waiting for him forever, "lets go for a walk, Jolie!"

- - -

20 minutes later, the front door of the house opened, and AN Jell's newest member, Go Mi Nam walked in.

"I'm home." Mi Nam called calmly as he entered the dorm. The living room was too far away for him to hear the sounds of the TV so he figured the house to be empty.

He dropped his bags beside the door, and walked toward the kitchen to make some tea. As soon as he picked up the water kettle, he burnt his finger, "Ash!" He gasped.

Picking up the kettle again, this time using the handle, he put more water in it. Just then, Shin Woo walked into the kitchen.

"Welcome back," Shin Woo greeted as he dried his hair with a towel. "want me to help you make tea?" he asked, then noticed bags under Mi Nam's eyes. "Or maybe coffee instead? You look like you've had a long day."

Go Mi Nam nodded, then chuckled, "I guess I'm probably also going to have a long evening ahead of me, huh?"

"Yeah, Jeremy is going to make you sing a lot tonight so get ready," Shin Woo warned laughing, passing a cup of fresh coffee to Go Mi Nam.

"Yeah, I had a feeling..." He said, thanking Shin Woo for the mug. "I don't mind at all really... But Shin Woo-hyung must sing for me too."

"What do you mean, I don't sing-"

"Yes you do. You sing very well, I've heard you sometimes when you have minor parts in songs." Go Mi Nam interrupted, leaning on the island counter. "Please hyung? I really want to hear your singing, and I know Jeremy does too."

"How about I just play guitar for you?" Shin Woo tried to compromise, but Go Mi Nam shook his head.

"Let's say it's a 'welcome back' present from you to me, okay?"

Shin Woo sighed; it seemed pointless to argue. Then remembered something he wanted to discuss with president Ahn, "Excuse me for a sec, I need to make a call."

Go Mi Nam nodded as Shin Woo left out the back door.

There was a silence for a while, but it was suddenly broken by a very excited voice, "GO MI NAM!!!!!!!" said man looked over his shoulder at the kitchen door to see Jeremy grinning. "You've come back to sing for me!!"

"Yes, that is exactly why I have come back to Korea," Go Mi Nam smiled, as Jeremy ran to hug him. "By the way, help me make hyung sing tonight. Oh, and you have to sing too."

"So everyone's singing tonight, huh?" another voice came from the kitchen door.

"Eh? Tae Kyung is still here?" Jeremy wondered out loud, "I thought he went out?"

"I was watching TV," Tae Kyung explained then looked at Mi Nam. "You were all being noisy, so I came to see why that was... Go Mi Nam... so it's because of you."

"You can say that," Go Mi Nam said sarcastically with a smile that irritated the already irritated Tae Kyung even more, "Sorry about that."

"Anyway, when's the party?" Tae Kyung asked, obviously uninterested.

"Well," Jeremy speculated seriously, "I think we should start in about an hour. It's already six, and we don't want to party too late because tomor-- AH!" he gasped suddenly, and ran out of the back door, to find Shin Woo. . .

"So, what's up with you?" Mi Nam questioned, sensing Tae Kyung's edginess.

"Nothing," he replied curtly. This wont be too hard, Mi Nam thought.

- -

"Hyung!" he found Shin Woo sitting down with his back against the house wall, staring at the space in front of him with his mobile in his hand.

When he finally looked up at Jeremy, he smiled. "What is it Jeremy?"

"Uh, " Jeremy thought for a second then snapped his fingers, "OH YEAH! We only have one hour to practice!"

"Practice?" Shin woo repeated. "Ah, the singing? You're doing it too?"

"Yeah, let's go somewhere where Go Mi Nam can't hear us," Jeremy said.

Jeremy grabbed Shin Woo's upper arm and pulled him toward the big green behind their home. He kept tripping because of the excitement, and almost fell completely, but was saved by Shin Woo.

"Be careful," Shin Woo said as he held both of his arms around Jeremy's shoulders.

"Thanks... Shin Woo-hyung." Jeremy replied, trying to stable himself as Shin Woo removed his arms.

When they got onto the green, they sat down and lied on their backs. Shin Woo and Jeremy both noticed that the day's weather was actually pretty good. They had been so distracted earlier, they didn't even notice the same force that woke them up the same morning. Unfortunately, the day was nearly ending, and the bright blue sky that was there before was now replaced by the lovely colors of the sunset.

"Hyung," Jeremy watched, "What are you thinking about?"

Shin Woo tried, but found it impossible to remember. He wasn't sure if he was really even thinking about anything. He had just been staring at the sunset... enjoying the end of the day, and hoping the rest of the day will be good. He looked back up, Go Mi Nyu is coming today, huh? Shin Woo thought absently about the phone call he made to President Ahn.

President Ahn had told him to tell the others that Go Mi Nyu, Go Mi Nam's twin sister, was also coming to celebrate her debut to the world of music. The pain she brought to him a year ago was still in his heart even now and he still kept thinking about her, wondering if she had changed, wondering if she was maybe a bit less dense now.

"Wishful thinking..." Shin Woo mumbled ruefully.

"What?" Jeremy asked, not sure what he meant.

"Ah, I was thinking about what song we should play--I mean sing," Shin Woo lied, but Jeremy couldn't tell. "What do you think Jeremy?"

"A happy, happy, happy, song!" Jeremy sang with delight.

Shin Woo smiled, "Then you'll have to pick one, because I don't know very many happy songs."

"Of course! I know a very happy song!" Jeremy cheered, "I wrote it! Let's sing it together, hyung!"

"You wrote a song?" Shin Woo repeated, "Okay then, let's practice hard, and make the two lead vocalists jealous!" He encouraged, and gently patted Jeremy's head.

- - -

"Ah, so that's what's going on," Go Mi Nam sighed. He had somehow managed to snake out the reason for Shin Woo's depression out of Tae Kyung. Mi Nam was a smart guy; it was inevitable that he noticed Shin Woo's gloomy feeling as soon as he first saw him today. It seemed a bit worse than what he remembered from a few months ago, before he left to America.

"Jeremy is such a nice guy," he said smiling, "He really tries his best to cheer up Shin Woo after what you did..." he emphasized the last part, even though he knew it wasn't completely Tae Kyung's fault. He turned around to face him, "Don't you think so too hyung?"

".....What's so nice about that guy?" Tae Kyung snapped as he turned around and walked out of the kitchen again. It wasn't that Tae Kyung thought bad about Jeremy; he was angry because Mi Nam jumped to blaming him, when it really wasn't his fault.

When Tae Kyung left the kitchen, Go Mi Nam found himself alone again. What to do, what to do... he wondered, looking around. This house has become rather boring lately. Everyone's kind of doing their own thing.

Suddenly the doorbell rang. Go Mi Nam was shocked by the sudden ring at first, but then went to get the door, "Coming."

"Oppa," a girl's voice said as Mi Nam opened the door. Go Mi Nam instantly pulled the girl in to the house and then gave her a gentle hug closing the door behind her.

"Mi Nyu, I've missed you! Have you been doing alright? I heard your audition went well." Mi Nam asked as he stopped hugging his sister and was now looking at her intently, trying to figure out if she had changed.

She still looked the same.

"Thats right oppa," Mi Nyu replied with a smile. "I'm making my debut next week."

"That's great!" Go Mi Nam said patting her head again. "By the way," he said as he lead her to the living room. "I thought you weren't coming today?"

"I wanted to surprise you."

I wonder how Shin Woo'll react when he sees her. Mi Nam thought, feeling his heart sink a little. 'I'm a little worried...I guess I'll have to tell Jeremy about Mi Nyu after all; whether Shin Woo wants it or not.

- - -

"I think we've practiced enough don't you think?" Jeremy said smiling as he lied on his back. He held his hands up to the sky and pretended to hold the clouds with his thumb and finger.

"Yeah, I think so," Shin Woo replied, "but is it enough to make Go Mi Nam and Tae Kyung sing songs too?"

"I think that's what they call wishful thinking. Go Mi Nam would definitely say yes, but Tae Kyung? No way!"

"JEREMY." A voice interrupted them, "can I talk to you about something?"

The two of them looked at Mi Nam as he slowly walked up the hill toward them, waving his hand for Jeremy to go over to him. "We'll be right back Shin Woo-hyung, so just wait there."

As they left, Shin Woo lied on his back and wondered what it was about.

Next came the thing he had dreaded ever since the phone call with President Ahn; the appearance of the girl he once loved; and was possibly still in love with.

"Shin Woo ?" said a girl's voice from behind Shin Woo.

Shin Woo got up instantly and looked at her. The pain he had been feeling ever since the last time he saw her suddenly felt like it had doubled, but in an effort to keep from seeming troubled, he gave it his all to smile happily.

"Go Mi Nyu," He greeted, and patted the ground beside him. "I heard the news about your debut. Congratulations!"

- - - - -

"SHIN WOO WAS IN LOVE WITH YOUR SISTER!?" Jeremy exclaimed, but Go Mi Nam shoved his scarf into his face in an attempt to shut him up.

"Don't say a word to Tae Kyung!"

"Then why did you tell me!? You know I can't keep secrets!!!" Jeremy exclaimed. Although secretly, he was glad he found out.

"I told you because I think Shin Woo's feelings for Tae Kyung were lies from the very beginning."

"WHAT? That can't be right, Shin Woo was really sad when he was rejected and--"

"--That was because," Mi Nam interrupted and covered Jeremy's mouth once again. "...it was possibly because he realized that lying to himself, and involving others was even worse."

Jeremy tried his best to stay silent, and turned around and started walking back toward where he left Shin Woo. Mi Nam grabbed his arm and pulled him back.

"What I really wanted to tell you is to take care of Shin Woo tonight, and don't let him out of your sight! Because... Mi Nyu is also here tonight."

"She's here!?" was all Jeremy said before he made a dash back toward where Shin Woo was. But when he finally got there, he froze.

Shin Woo's smile... he thought as he saw Shin Woo's sad attempt at smiling naturally. From the girl's expression, it looked like she had no idea his smile was forced. But Jeremy knew Shin Woo better than anyone, which added to the reasons why felt so hurt seeing Shin Woo force himself to act natural in front of the girl who broke his heart.

For a moment, Jeremy wanted nothing more than to somehow make the girl disappear from the picture. That, of course, wasn't possible, but running over to Shin Woo, grabbing him, and running away from her sounded like a great plan at the time.

Just as he was about to start running, he was noticed by Shin Woo, and yet again, Jeremy found himself unable to move. Not because he was noticed, but because the sight of Shin Woo's smile changing from forced to a natural smile made him feel something he had never felt before...

Something he couldn't understand.

END OF CHAPTER 2

If you feel confused by anything at all, send me a PM and let me make things clearer. 
I have a habit of rushing through things, no matter how thoroughly I go through my stories.
I also make my stories hecka confusing, in a sad attempt of making it more interesting.
Forgive me for such a slow update! School exam year = stress = writer's block = slow updates :/
I tried to make it up to you by writing a longer chapter so dont hate me.

PS, i would like to thank my beta reader for making this chapter so much better than what i had originally written! ^o^ Thank you very much, AlittleMind. (:

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If it means a lot to you – A day to remember

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