2. Who would have thought?
Mia had the window seat when the airplane left Frankfurt. She had argued her way to it. This was the last flight before they could put their feet on the ground in Seoul. They had already been on a plane for six hours, and they still had seven in front of them. Seven hours on a plane. From Frankfurt to Seoul. Marina bounced in her seat to get a glimpse out of the window. "Come on! Move!" She pushed Mia to the side so that she could look out the window as well. "I wanna see too!" Mia turned to Marina. "We're still on the ground. In Frankfurt!" She made a face to Marina and pushed her back in her own seat. Marina sat down with a disappointed face expression and stared at the seat in front of her. "Pabo*…" She mumbled and made a face back to Mia. "I'm no pabo!" She crossed her arms and stared sourly at Marina. But she couldn't hold herself serious for very long. "How long do you think –pobo- will get us?" She asked before she started to laugh. Marina didn't have to think for a very long time. "Jail!! She laughed loudly with Mia, who didn't laugh just as loud. "Pabo!" Sounded her bursts in between the laughter.
"How much longer is it?" Mia looked over at Marina. "I have no idea. Three or four hours or something…" She looked at her wristwatch. "Yeah, about that." She leaned back in her seat. "Gosh... It's like we've been here for a week!" Marina sighed. When you looked forward to get to a place, it seemed like the time wouldn't go by. Mia nodded. The plain was supposed to land just a few minutes over midnight. It seemed like a very distant future. Very distant! "What's the first thing you'll do tomorrow?" Mia sat up in her seat, facing Marina. "I don't know... I think I'll sleep for a very long time." Marina laughed. She had always had problems with sleeping in something that moved. Not in a car, nor a boat and especially not a plane. "What about you?" She sat up the same way as Mia. "I think I'll go order a coke on a café." She laughed. That was also something they had planned, to order something in Korean. "Hey... What if…" Marina straightened up and leaned forward in her seat. Stared curiously at the guy in the seat in front of her. "What are you doing?" Mia shout-whispered the question and sat up in her seat. "Relax… I'm just looking. He's Asian." Marina whispered back. The guy sat in a weird way. His eyes were closed and his breath came in slow puffs. Marina sat back in her seat, her eyes as big as plates. "What?" Mia said it a little too loud and hid herself between her shoulders. People did sleep on this plane. "It-it-it…" Marina leaned forward again. "It is…" She looked from the sleeping guy and over at Mia. Disbelief was all over her face. She leaned back to her friend. "Siwon…" She whispered. "It is Siwon."
At last, the girls had counted six of the thirteen members in their favourite group. Siwon, Shindong, Kangin, Heechul, Hankyung and Yesung. "Where do you think Eeteuk is?" Mia whispered her question so low that even Marina had a hard time hearing it. "I don't know, in Korea, maybe?" Mia nodded. Marina looked over at Siwon again. Suddenly the trip didn't feel so long anymore. For all she cared, it could last for another seven hours. "What are we supposed to do?" Marina stared questionable at her friend. This was the moment they had been waiting for in almost three years. Imagine that! Be on the same plane as Super Junior? Mia shook her head so her long, dark hair fell into her face. "I don't know." This was something they had been talking about, uncountable times. How would you have reacted if Kibum came around the corner over there? What if Kyuhyun all out of a sudden enters the bus next time it stops? Every way to meet them on, but never would they have imagined this. On a plane! And now they had now idea how to react. What should they do, without being to fanatic?
It turned out that they actually didn't have to do anything, 'cause just five minutes later, Heechul came against them. He almost tripped when the plane moved occasionally under his feet. He was about to drop the Nintendo's he held when he grabbed for the back of a seat. You should think Mia sat with her eyes on a stick. Marina had to remind her to look relaxed. As if they didn't know who he was. He stopped in front of them and held out a red and a blue Nintendo DS. "Do you play?" Marina glanced oblique on him. Mia looked terrified. He looked a little unsure. "Yeah… How?" Marina turned at Mia. "Look a little normal." She commanded. Mia nodded and lowered her shoulders. "No one wants play with me." He smiled and pointed over at the gang he sat with just a few meters ahead. Marina smiled back at him. "You want us to play with you?" He nodded. Again she turned to Mia. "Come on." She pushed Mia further in to make some space to Heechul. Mia nodded and moved closer to the window. "Sure!" Marina moved after Mia and smiled at Heechul. "Sit down." He did as he was told and gave her the blue Nintendo. "I'm Heechul." He smiled and opened the gaming consol. "I know." He looked suspicious at her under his forelock. "You know?" He pulled his lips together. "Yeah. You're Heechul. You just told me, remember?" She waited a few seconds before she added. "No, just kidding. We're Super Junior fans. I'm Marina and this is Mia." She pointed at Mia. "Yes." Mia nodded. Heechul stared at them with doubt but smiled just a second after. "Cool! So, are we supposed to play?" He waved the Nintendo in the air. "Bring it on!" Marina smiled maliciously and opened the blue Nintendo.
They switched on playing. Whoever lost a match had to switch with the person without a Nintendo. Super Mario Bros. Heechul totally crushed the girls. "You've played this way too much!" Marina gave the Nintendo to Mia after another loss. Heechul laughed. "Yes, I have." He nodded and made himself ready for another round. "Heechul!" The gaming musketeers turned and watched Kangin aim for them. He said something in Korean which Heechul answered. The girls stared at them. Not understanding anything of what they were speaking about. "For how long have we been playing?" Mia tried to look at Marina's wristwatch. It was just half an hour before they were landing! Both of them widened their eyes and they sunk down in their seats. Soon, the plane would land and they would go in the opposite direction of the guys. "But at least we can tell everyone that we played Nintendo with Heechul for almost three hours?" As usual, Marina tried to lighten up the mood. "Hey girls!" They turned and looked up at Kangin. "Do you mind if I take it from here?" Mia looked a little scared. She had always looked at Kangin as the big, mean guy and was a little afraid of him. "Yeah, sure!" Marina grinned at him and looked apologizing over at Heechul. "If you don't mind, though?" She shrugged. He just smiled and shook his head. Stood up to go. "Heechul?" Mia was half ways up from her seat. "Can I come with you?" She looked questionable at him. He nodded and gave her his hand so that she easier could climb over Marina. As Heechul disappeared with Mia, Kangin sat down besides Marina. "Hi, gorgeous." Kangin said and smiled a really dumb smile. "Hi, handsome." She replied. He looked like someone just had kicked his guts, as if he didn't know what to say. "Hope you don't crush me the same way Heechul did!" She smiled at him and opened the Nintendo.
*the Korean word for idiot.