Five days later...

I was helping Benny at the restaurant and I got another call from the Sanada manager to go sing. This time, it was morning around 8:00 a.m. I wasn't going to go and benny was bragging about it. There were no customers at that time. I acted like I wasn't paying attention.

"You're gonna go like last time. I already know. You're gonna leave me alone again." Benny bragged. I looked at him.

"Benny, I'm not going. I'm staying here and helping you work. Ok? Stop bragging now." I replied. He shook his head and left into the kitchen. "Thank you." The door opened and I went to go greet the customer.

"Welcome to the…" I started as I saw it was Hyun Shik again. I gasped. "You! What are you doing here?" he grabbed my arm.

"You need to come with me." he told me and pulled me. I pulled back. This just reminds me of when we first met. He did this to me too.

"Is it something about Rika again?" I asked as he nodded his head. By the way he looked, it seemed something happened to her. "Did… Something happen to Rika?" he nodded his head. He seemed really bummed out. "Is she in danger?" again, he nodded. I began to get worried. "Oh no! What do we do? What should we do?"

"Come with me. It's an emergency." He told me. I nodded my head. This time I'll agree to go since something happened to Rika and I need to go help her. I took off my apron and we got in his car and he drove off. I felt so bad for Benny again but I have a reason to leave again. I was really worried about her.

"How did this happen? How could you guys let her get in danger? Why couldn't you guys protect her? If anything goes wrong, you guys are dead meat! Oh man… Please be safe…" I pleaded. I was crying a little but very softly. Suddenly, we stopped. I quickly got out. "Where are they?" he pointed in front of us.

"Up ahead." He replied going to his back trunk. He rushed over there and saw her. She was with Jiang Guan Xi and three other men. I ran to where they were.

"Rika!" I shouted as she turned and was so happy to see me. I went to her and hugged her. "Are you ok? You're not hurt are you? I was so worried! Hyun Shik said you were in danger." She had such a confused look on her face. Tears were coming out from my eyes. The other three guys snickered a lot as I started wondering if Hyun Shik lied to me or not.

"Uh, Sakairi, I don't know what you're talking about. I'm not in danger. I'm safe and sound. Who said I was in danger?" Rika replied to me. The three boys couldn't take it anymore. They started laughing a lot out loud. I felt so stupid for actually believing Hyun Shik. Then Rika started laughing. She hugged me back. "But I'm glad you're coming with us on this three day trip." I was totally confused now. I wiped the tears away.

"Rika's mom wanted to make sure she would be okay so we're taking you also so you could tell her mom she is safe when we come back." Hyun Shik told me as I was very mad at him for tricking me. I even cried too! I felt very stupid. I went to him and kicked his knee hard. "Ow, plant eater! You seriously make hard shoes. I couldn't help it! I knew you would fight back so that's why I tricked you. It was super easy. Wasn't I a great actor?" I kicked his other knee and got in the plane with Rika. One of the boys sat with Rika and I didn't know who to sit next to. Then I went to sit on the seat next to Rika their seat. Each seat came in two so I had one space left. Jiang Guan Xi and the guy I didn't know sat together, and so did two guys I didn't know. I realized something then.

"I didn't get to bring any clothes! Gosh! That Hyun Shik guy!" I told myself. Just then, Hyun Shik popped out of nowhere and moved me to the wall next to the window. "Hey!" he was smiling and eating popcorn.

"So, Sakairi huh? Hmm… Nah, I think I'll just call you plant eater." Hyun Shik commented as I hit his arm. He was really muscular. He snickered at me. I turned away from him and looked out the window. I looked down and it felt like I was falling into the water. I turned away. The flight attendants brought us some food. I took and apple on my left hand and took a knife on my right hand to cut off the peel.

"I already contacted your parents that you're coming with us. They said it was fine and to take care of you." Hyun Shik told me as I looked at him. I looked away quickly. The word "parents" angered me whenever I heard it. I hated how it seemed everybody had awesome parents who love and care for them, when I don't. Also, I hate how they have parents and I don't. Everything started to spin in my head. I don't know why I kept getting really mad that my heart started beating hard. All of that thinking brought fists into my hands. I held them so tight, I have never held anything this tight before. It was like the word "parents" insulted me.

"Hey! Plant eater!" Hyun Shik said, trying to take the knife away from my hand. He pulled it hard and I came back to my senses, realizing I had cut myself with it. I opened my hands, letting go of the knife. I blinked a couple times. All my anger was let go with a long exhale. I stared at my hands, the middle of it cut all the way. It was bleeding a lot. The pain started coming on to my hands. "Are you crazy?" I shook my head as he took out some bands. He grabbed my hand to wrap it up but I pulled it away and it slipped out of his hand. He grabbed it again and this time I didn't fight back.

"I'm okay." I said. I allowed the pain to suffer me. I took such an enormous deep breath and breathed it out. I turned away from him. I took my hand back. He turned me to him.

"Hey! You need to clean it up! It's gonna get infected!" Hyun Shik told me, taking my hand again. Tears swelled up my eyes. He looked at me and saw my tears in my eyes. I was holding it back. "Hey… Are you alright?" His tone totally changed. He seemed like he really cared about me that moment. No one has ever seemed to care so much about me.

"Sakairi…" Rika started. I realized that everyone was looking at me. I wiped them away and then laughed.

"What's the big idea? It's just a small cut. Nothing serious. Silly people." I told them. I didn't want them to know anything was on my mind. In fact, I didn't want their little trip to be a disaster because of me. "Rika, help me clean it?" She smiled and nodded her head. She got the first aid kit and cleaned up my cut. Then she put healing medicine on it and wrapped it up. It was just the two of us in the back room.

"Sakairi, I'm sorry about Hyun Shik. He mentioned the word. I'll tell him not to use that word in front of you. Actually, I'll tell them all not to ok?" Rika told me. I shook my head and smiled.

"No, don't do that. I don't wasn't any of them to know. I'll be fine. Really. Don't worry yourself over me too much and have fun with your boyfriend as much as you can. Promise me you won't think too much. Ok?" I asked, holding my pinky up. She smiled and we pinky promised each other.

"Ok. I promise. Come on, let's go back." Rika told me. I nodded my head and we went back to them. This time we both sat together on a seat and Hyun Shik and Rika's boyfriend sat together. In an hour, we arrived. The plane landed and we got out. The place looked beautiful. Hyun Shik gave me a suitcase.

"This'll be your clothes. No need to thank me, I'm just glad to help out with you style. And go change into a bikini outfit. We're going swimming." Hyun Shik told me. I made my hand hold the suitcase handle.

"Wait! I can't…" I started as he already walked off. Rika and I went into the girls' bathroom to switch. I opened the zipper and there were many pretty clothing and shoes. I looked for a bikini to wear. I chose a black bikini outfit that had been outlined white. The bottom showed my butt cheeks so I wasn't going to come out dressed like that. I looked for a short to wear. They were all really short. I took out a random one. It was blue with a butterfly on the butt art. It was actually pretty cute too. I wore a brown sandal with a small space for your toe to go in. It looked like a toe ring. It too was black but with white diamonds. I came out and Rika was already finished. She wore a pink bikini with a blue short. We both looked in the mirror. I looked at my "tattoo" my parents gave me when I was a baby. I remembered how I got it. They didn't use a needle. They actually gave me surgery for it. I also got a belly pierce when I was small. My belly jewelry is three strings of stars and a diamond. We both came out of the bathroom and they took us to our rooms. We put the suitcases away and a guy came and guided us to where the rest were at. They all looked at us. I saw Hyun Shik smile as he looked at me.

"Wow. I thought you were a good girl, plant eater. I see you got a tattoo and a belly pierce." Hyun Shik commented. He laughed. "It doesn't look very bumpy. Did you use permanent marker?" I shook my head.

"It's real. Believe what you want, I can care less. Stupy." I replied. They all laughed as I did too. I didn't plan on swimming. It would just make me Déjà vu and I didn't want that. I was just gonna sit and watch them.

"Yo, let's get swimming!" Jiang Guan Xi shouted as they all wooed and charged into the water. I smiled. Rika and her boyfriend went into the water. I remember her saying her boyfriend's name is Jei Ku. I went to go sit down on a comfy chair. Hyun Shik came to me.

"Not swimming? Are you afraid of water?" he asked me. I shrugged my shoulders. He laughed. "You don't know?" I nodded my head. "You wanna go check if you're afraid or not?" I shook my head.

"If you wanna swim, you can go. You don't have to stay here." I told him. He smiled and sat down on the chair I was sitting on since it was big.

"I think I'll chill here for a bit." Hyun Shik replied, smiling. I looked at him and then turned away. "So, how old are you? You look awfully young."

"Why do you wanna know? You're so annoying, why should I tell you?" I questioned as he laughed.

"Just to know you better." He told me. I turned to him. "Come on, let's try not to hate each other. I know we had a bad start knowing each other. Let's start over. Ok?" I sighed. I agreed to it.

"I'm fifteen. But I'm gonna be sixteen soon. What about you? How old are you?" I said. His mouth dropped open. He laughed.

"You're only fifteen? Wow, you are hella young! I'm seventeen already. Are you in high school?" he asked me. I nodded my head.

"Yeah, I'm in high school. I'm a sophomore." I commented. He nodded his head. "I go to Kio Go high school. And I can guess that you go to GinKuJin University high school, right? Rika goes there, and you're one of her friends."

"Yeah. Do you like your school? How smart are you? Like what's your grade there?" he asked, seeming fascinated. I get "A's" in everything I do. Not meaning to be conceited but I'm really smart. It's just that I'm not rich and have any friends that go to my school.

"I get 'A's'. What grades do you get?" I responded to him. He smiled. He looked at my eyes, and then my tattoo.

"I get 'A's' too. When did you get your tattoo? It looks like permanent marker." He commented as I laughed. He laughed too.

"It's real. It's a part of my skin. I got surgery for it. You have no idea what they did." I replied, as he got really curious. He faced me and got ready to listen. "Ok, they used a permanent marker to make the letters. If I'm getting surgery, you have a little idea of what they did right?"

"They cut your skin? The letters?" he asked as I nodded my head. He was kinda shocked. "What kind of pare…"

"SHHHH!" Rika said to him. She turned to me and smiled. "Let's go to the water, Sakairi. Come on." She took my hands and led me away. "That was close." I nodded my head.

"Thanks Rika, I owe you one." I replied as we both went into the warm spa. The water was so nice and warm and cozy. We were both relaxing and talking…

Hyun Shik went off to where the boys were at. He got in the pool, wondering why every time he said parents something about Sakairi changes. She goes off into space. He went to the boys.

"Hey, you guys, don't you think it's kinda weird how Plant eater goes into space every time we use the word parents? It happened twice already." Hyun Shik told them. They started thinking about it. "I was about to say the word again but Rika shushed me and took her away. I think something must've happened to them." They all agreed. "I wanna talk to her about it but I think the same thing will happen again."

"Do you… Like her? You seem worried about her." Jiang Guan Xi questioned Hyun Shik smiling. Hyun Shik tackled him into the water and the other three guys laughed. Jei Ku thought it kinda reminded him of how him and Rika first met. They both thought one another was very annoying. They ended up falling in love. He predicted to himself that the same thing will happen to Hyun Shik.

"If you like her, you gotta make sure she likes you too." Jei Ku told Hyun Shik after Jiang Guan Xi and Hyun Shik got back up from the water. They laughed some more.

"What makes you guys think I like her? She's a freaking plant eater! Dude, she's vegetarian. What a crazy girl. She is really annoying if you get to know her." Hyun Shik replied, denying it.

"Well then will it kill you if I hit on her? Since you don't have a taste for her?" Jiang Guan Xi replied, teasing Hyun Shik. The other two boys and Jei Ku laughed.

"Or what about me? Hey Hyun Shik, I, Rikushi, am really good looking so I think I should hit on her. What do you think? Ey Jiang Guan Xi, let me hit on her. She's too innocent for you. You came from a gang bang family. I came from a club owning family. She probably won't like it." Rikushi joked. Hyun Shik hit his arm playfully.

"Right… I, Tikushi, am a cutie so she will like me instead." Tikushi stated. The other guy laughed at them because he found it very amusing.

"I can't believe you guys are saying such just for a girl. That's funny." He told them. They all laughed and agreed.

"Hey, don't even fall for her. She's a lilo brat if you get to know her. I'm just doing this as a good homie ok? And don't even think I like her that way, Erin. Now let's just stop talking about non important things and have a great time." Hyun Shik replied, pushing them all into the water…

Rika and I got out of the spa. We were talking about boys. She was telling me about Jei Ku and how she really hated him but then she fell in love with him. Her love story she told me seemed beautiful and cute. I was really happy for her.

"So, do you like him?" Rika asked me, looking at me. I turned to her. I wondered who she was talking about. I wondered if she was referring to that awful Hyun Shik. Or what if she was talking about Jiang Guan Xi? They are both pretty good looking too, but I think I like Hyun Shik better, only because he's super cute and handsome. His face smiling appeared in my mind. Gosh he was so good looking!

"Well…" I started as the guys' started coming. "I'll tell you another time." We turned to them. They came to us. Jei Ku went to Rika and hugged her from behind. I smiled, because they made a great couple.

"You guys are hungry right? Come on, let's go eat." Jei Ku told all of us. They all agreed and we walked over to the table. Along the way, the other two boys I didn't know talked to me.

"Hey, I'm Rikushi. Just so you know. And you are?" Rikushi said. I turned to him. I smiled nicely to him.

"Hi, I'm Sakairi. Nice to meet you." I replied to him, as the other one spoke. He was a cutie! Rikushi was a hot guy.

"I'm Tikushi. It's a pleasure to meet you." Tikushi said, as he took my hand and lifted it up to his lips. I thought he was gonna bite me so I quickly pulled away and held it with my other hand. I looked away from him. Everyone started laughing. "Okay… Sorry if I made you think I was gonna bite you. I was just gonna kiss it." I felt stupid. I saw Hyun Shik smile. Jiang Guan Xi came next to me. He smiled at me. I smiled back nicely.

"Hi, I'm Erin. Nice to meet you." Erin stated to me. I smiled kindly. Then Jiang Guan Xi spoke.

"Don't mind those dweebs. They're always like that. So how old are you?" he asked me as we got to the table. He scooted the chair up. "Sit down." I smiled and sat down. He sat next to me.

"Thanks. I'm fifteen. And you?" I replied kindly. The waitresses brought food over to the table. I looked down and it was meat! I made a disgusted face. I almost threw up. Poor animals; had to be sacrificed.

"I'm seventeen. Hmm… two years older than you… That's not bad." He said and laughed. I smiled. The waitresses were about to leave. I needed to tell them that I don't eat meat.

"Um… Excuse me, do you guys have anything else besides meat? I'm a vegetarian. I can't eat meat." I questioned them. They bowed down their head and left. I looked at them. They were all looking at me. "Is there something on my face?"

"No, there's not. If you don't eat meat, then how do you survive?" Rikushi asked me. I was about to answer but Hyun Shik answered them first.

"Why do you think I call her plant eater?" he told them. I turned meanly to him. He said he wanted to start over again. How dare he lie to me? I don't care about him. The waitresses brought back some fruits. I smiled and took it.

"Thank you so much! This is great." I told them cheerfully. He bowed down to me and left. Then more waitresses came and gave us drinks. They gave us slushes. I got a Thai tea slushy with Boba we all ate happily…

It became night time. Rika and I got our shower things and went to the girl shower room. We went into our separate one. We both showered. We got out of the girls shower room and started walking to our rooms. I was dropping her off since my room was further than hers.

"So, now that we're alone, tell me, which one of them do you like? Rikushi, Tikushi, Jiang Guan Xi, or Hyun Shik?" Rika asked nosily. I thought about it. I didn't really know them, especially Rikushi or Tikushi. I knew a bit about Jiang Guan Xi but not as much as Hyun Shik. But Hyun Shik lied to me, so I'm kinda mad at him. And talking to Jiang Guan Xi made me feel better. Jiang Guan Xi's warm smile made me smile. He had one dimple only on his right side. He had black hair. "So...? Who is it that you're thinking about? You can't lie to me. That kind of face tells me you like someone."

"Well, I'm not sure who I like yet… But the one in my mind is… Gosh, I don't wanna say." I told her. She laughed at me. She knew how I felt.

"Is it Hyun Shik?" she asked me. I like him too but he's not on mind. I shook my head. "Rikushi?" I didn't know anything about him. I shook my head again. "Tikushi?" I felt stupid because of him. I shook my head. "Oh! It's Jiang Guan Xi that's on your mind! Isn't it?" I felt my cheeks grow hot. I smiled shyly and nodded my head. He laughed a bit.

"But you can't tell him ok?" I made her promise me she wouldn't tell anyone. She promised me. We reached her room. We said good night to each other. She went in and I started walking to my room. Along the way, I started singing to myself. I sang the song "Lighters" by Eminem and Bruno Mars.

"This one's for you and me living out our dreams where I'm right where we should be. With my open arms, I open my eyes and now all I wanna see is a sky full of lighters…" I sang as I reached my room. Suddenly, someone clapped their hands. I turned to see who it was. To my surprise, it was Jiang Guan Xi. I flinched to the way, holding my towel to my chest.

"Oh, Jiang Guan Xi… How long have you been here?" I asked, starting to get pink. I got really shy of him. He smiled. He took my hand. I had to follow him to a place. He took me to a bridge.

"Wow. You're amazing. I've heard many girls singing great, but you're the best one I have ever heard. I love hearing people sing. Can you sing for me to hear? Not just a piece of a song but a whole song." Jiang Guan Xi requested. I looked at him. He was smiling and looking at me.

"Oh… Um… Ok." I told him, as Rika's boyfriend popped out and spoke to us. We both turned to him.

"What are you two fools still doing up? Go to sleep! Tomorrow, we're going to Korea." Jei Ku scolded us. I flinched and screamed a little, going behind him and holding his shirt. Jiang Guan Xi laughed. Jei Ku left. I quickly stopped and stayed in place like a statue.

"I forgot about that. You can sing to me in Korea. Come on, I'll take you to your room." He took my hand and we went back to the room. I opened the room. I turned back to him. He was still standing there. He smiled and waved bye to me. I smiled and waved bye to him too.

"Good night." I told him. He laughed and told me the same thing. I got in and closed the door. My heart raced. I went onto the bed. I layed there thinking if I liked him or not. His smiling face kept staying in my mind. I hit myself a couple times.

"Do I like him? Have I fallen for him? Or is it just like Hyun Shik?" I asked myself. I shook my head many times. "No, it must be like how I felt towards Hyun Shik. Don't worry Sakairi. It'll go away tomorrow." I put the blanket over my head and went to sleep…