CHAPTER 1

TVXQ is on their 3rd day in the Philippines, having just finished their shooting for a CF the previous day. It was their free day – half of it actually for they still need to wrap things up and have those meetings for finality. Their manager will be leaving first for Japan tonight. They've succeeded on begging to stay behind and leave the next day because they wanted to explore and have a short tour around the city of Manila. After countless begging, shameless kneeling (although it was only Junsu who did that), and solid promises to behave, they managed to make their manager hyung say yes. For today though, they have to stay in the hotel. Their manager would make arrangements for them to have a fun and safe tour around the said city and promised them to have an exciting one tomorrow. The five members were most ecstatic about this one. They never got the chance to see anything on their past visit in this country. They've heard that there are a lot of wonderful and historic tourist spots foreigners are so eager to go to so they also wanted to see it for themselves.

After the final meeting, they were asked by their manager to go back to their room and get ready for lunch. At that, their manager left them to do some business and Yunho, as their leader, was placed in charge again. As usual, it's Changmin who is most delighted about lunch. Well, everyone thinks that Changmin and food are inseparable.

There are 3 rooms inside their big spacey suite. The first room is where Changmin and their manager are sleeping. The room opposite it is Yunho's and Yoochun's. The next room beside Changmin's is where Jaejoong and Junsu are sleeping. Their room assignments this time were picked randomly. They all agreed to play jankenpon (rock/paper/scissors) for that so there goes the weird arrangement. Whoever gets to sleep with whoever had no choice.

Before going down for lunch, Jaejoong decided to approach Changmin. He found him sitting at the couch, reading a novel he recently bought in Japan while waiting for the other members.

"Changmin-ah," called out Jaejoong to the youngest member.

"Hyung, why?" inquired Changmin.

"I'm going for a walk later," answered Jaejoong.

"Oh, ok. Have fun then…" he replied nonchalantly as he continued reading.

"No. What I mean is, I'm going for a walk OUTSIDE," said Jaejoong with emphasis on the last word.

"Eh?" Changmin placed down his book and looked inquiringly at his elder.

"You're going to sneak out?"



Jaejoong immediately covered Changmin's mouth with his hand, "Shhh! Lower it down!" He looked around and was glad that no one went out of their rooms yet.

"I'll go after I'm done with my food. Cover for me, okay?"

Changmin struggled to remove Jaejoong's hand from his face, "But, what if-?"

Jaejoong cut Changmin midway through his sentence, "They won't find out unless you make it smooth and I trust you in this one."

Jaejoong stares at Changmin seeking for assurance. Changmin, still looking unsure about it, shook his head, "I don't know about this, hyung and besides we're going out tomorrow anyway."

"Oh, c'mon Changmin-ah. Just for today and I've been a good boy lately! I won't be out for too long, I promise! I'll just be around the vicinity. So, please?" Jaejoong pleaded, ignoring the last part of what Changmin said.

Changmin sensing defeat, gave in, "Oh fine then. But hyung, keep your promise, ok? " He then smacked Jaejoong's shoulder.

Changmin just couldn't resist it when the eldest member pleads. He seldom does this and he knew that this will benefit him later on.

Jaejoong hit Changmin back while rubbing his smacked shoulder, "I promise! I owe you one, Changmin-ah! Ok, so here's what we'd do…" Jaejoong bent down and started to whisper his plan to Changmin.

After hearing the plan, Changmin pulled away from Jaejoong, "Hmmm, it's simple. Ok ok, I can pull it off."

"Yosh! Now, that we've settled that, let's go eat!" Jaejoong stood up feeling delighted and pleased. He pulled Changmin out of the couch and proceeded to knock the doors of the other members.

"Junsu-sshi! If you don't go out, we're going ahead!" shouted Jaejoong in front of their room.

"Ah wait, hyung!" shouted Junsu on the other side of the door.

Then on Yunho's and Yoochun's door, "Leader-sshi, Yoochun-ah! Let's eat! Changmin-ah is starving!"

Yunho opened the door as soon as Jaejoong finished shouting, Yoochun following him from behind.

"Yah! Jaejoong-ah! You seem so energetic eh? Are you up to something huh? Huh?" asked the leader teasingly as he nudges Jaejoong with his elbow.



"Aish, what are you talking about? Changmin-ah just told me something really amusing," replied Jaejoong while beaming in front of all the members. Junsu went out of their room as well.

"Yes, because I'm a genius," chimed in Changmin.

"A pure genius at that!" added Jaejoong.

"What is it? What is it?" inquired Junsu.

Jaejoong, followed by Changmin, walked towards Junsu & placed his arm around him, "That, my friend, is our own little secret."

He poked Junsu's nose and Changmin messed Junsu's hair. Then both went straight for the door leaving Junsu and the rest.

"Yah! You guys-!" shouted Junsu as he ran after the two.

Yoochun chuckled and asked, "What was that all about?"

Yunho shrugged as they both followed the group, "Beats me."


When they arrived at the hotel's dinner hall, they found their manager waiting for them. The five went to approach their hyung. Having seen them, the manager exclaimed, "Ah finally. What took you guys so long? Have your seats, have your seats. Aish, I'm starving." He raised a hand and called out for a waiter to take their orders.

Luscious dinner was finally served in front of them within five minutes. Everybody instantly dug in and fulfilled the hungry cries of their stomach. While eating, their manager started to talk about their mini tour around the city tomorrow. "I rented a van and hired a driver for you guys. Don't worry, you can talk to him in conversational English and he'd definitely bring you guys to wonderful places. You'd be leaving tomorrow at around 8 in the morning so don't stay up too late, okay?"

"Okay," everyone replied in chorus.

After some time, Jaejoong felt quite satisfied already and was the first to finish eating.

"Excuse me, restroom…" he stood up and left the lot.

After 10 minutes, Jaejoong still had not come back. By this time, everybody's finished with the main course. Their dessert is now being served. Their manager, noticing Jaejoong's prolonged absence from the table, spoke up, "Why is Jaejoong-ah not coming back yet?"

"Ah, he probably went back to the suite already. He told me earlier that he's not feeling well," Changmin replied then shoved a big mouthful of dessert to his mouth.

"Eh? But he was so energetic before we went down," Yoochun said.

"Yeah, yeah! You both even picked on me!" added Junsu.

"Well, that's because he was playing the act in front of you guys. He doesn't want you to worry about him." Changmin explained in a matter-of-fact tone. He then went for Jaejoong's share of dessert. "He wouldn't be here to eat it anyway," Changmin thought.

"Okay, I'm gonna go check on him-" Yunho made to stand up.

Changmin quickly grabbed Yunho's arm, "N-no! I mean, well… he told me not to tell you guys so he'd definitely kill me if he learns that I did. Just let him be for now. He said he just needed some rest."

"Oh… alright then," Yunho said as he sat down to his seat again.

Changmin released his grip from Yunho's arm. He felt a great sense of relief and was glad that everybody was convinced of what he said.

"Hyung really owes me in this one," was what Changmin thought as he went back to eating.


A/N: Ok, so my first chapter's up already. Tell me what you guys think and please don't be too harsh, ne? Comments are most welcome. If I get good feedbacks I'll continue posting some chapters. :)