CHAPTER 2

Jaejoong went straight for the hotel's exit. He had put on a black bonnet in order to conceal his golden brown hair. They're not yet known in this country but they heard they also have a good number of fans out there so it wouldn't hurt to still be careful. "They're not to be found out that they were here," was what their manager told them before. He doesn't know what's wrong with this. He knows for sure that their fans here will be delighted to see them and of course he would absolutely love to meet them. Maybe the manager was just thinking about their safety? He shrugged of his thoughts and told himself, "Now is not the time to think about it."

He was so excited of the thought of him sneaking out that he didn't know where to go first. "Yosh! Manila, show me what you got!" He started walking away from the hotel. He planned on going to the park that he saw earlier while looking down from the window of their room. He, of course, will keep his promise of staying near the hotel and won't go farther.

"Ah, this park is really beautiful," he exclaimed as he pulled out his digital camera from his pocket. Everything is so green and the fountain in the middle is just magnificent. One would not think that this is located within the busy streets of the city.

He knew that he wouldn't be able to visit this tomorrow when they go out. Well, he could just simply ask for it but he knew that there are still more places in store for them so he didn't bother. He's glad that he snuck out for this. With feelings of satisfaction, he went around the place and took pictures. After the park, he started to explore other places and roamed around. He spotted a mall one block away from where he was. He was almost tempted to go and look around. He heard that everything's cheaper here in the Philippines and it would be really ideal to go shopping. But then he decided against it and thought that it's best to avoid crowds for now. He backed away a few steps before turning around and moved on to stroll to other places.


Back at the hotel, the four boys went back to their suite after their lunch. As soon as everyone was inside, Yunho turned around at Changmin and asked, "So, are you going to spill it out or not?"

"Eh?" Changmin said, taken aback.

"Oh c'mon Changmin-ah, I know that Jaejoong is up to something and both of you are acting weird earlier," countered the leader.

"Ahh, hyung has seen right through me," Changmin sighed and went to sit in the couch. "Well, we really didn't mean to keep this from you guys, but then it wouldn't look real in front of our manager-hyung if all of us are in it, especially Junsu, he-"

"Ah! Everyone! Jaejoong-hyung's not here!" Junsu screamed, running out from his and Jaejoong's room.

Everyone looked at Junsu with a blank stare. "What?" Junsu uttered, perplexed.

"Ah, yes yes, you're right about that. It really wouldn't look real," said Yoochun, sitting beside Changmin.

Junsu looked from Yoochun to Changmin then to Yunho, "Eh? Eh? Why are you all not reacting? Jaejoong-ah's missing! We have to find him. If manager hyung finds out-"

"So where is Jaejoong-ah?" interrupted Yunho.

"Strolling the streets of Manila, I presume," Changmin replied nonchalantly.

"EHHHHH?!" All three said in chorus.

"I never thought that Jaejoong-sshi will be the one up to sneaking out," Yoochun said.

"He snuck out? I can't believe this. Well, at least I'm glad to know no one abducted him," Junsu said, finally relieved that nothing bad happened to their hyung.

Changmin chuckled, "What? Who would abduct him? Aliens?"



Junsu threw a pillow at Changmin who managed to catch it. He threw it back at Junsu who was smacked right on the face. Changmin laughed hard on this.

"Ouch! Yah! You'll pay for this-" Junsu started approaching Changmin.

"Eh? Should I run for this now?" Changmin stood up and started running around, avoiding Junsu's grasp. Junsu is a fairly good runner so Changmin resorted to throwing whatever his hands can get on at him. Both boys are laughing hard now.

"Oi, you guys! You might break something!" warned their leader with a smirk on his face. He then proceeded to sit in the couch.

"But still, I'm quite envious. He gets to go out today and not be imprisoned in this suite," Yunho pouted, feeling a bit defeated. He was thinking of doing something the same too but being the leader that he is, he pushed those thoughts away.

"Well, we could just find something else to amuse ourselves with while we're here," Yoochun said, trying to encourage the rest.

"You're right! Ah! I heard that there's some kind of a recreational or amusement center somewhere here in the hotel," suggested Junsu. He had stopped chasing Changmin by now.

"Or we could just go swimming! They say that the pool here is really big and cool," added Yoochun.

Feeling a bit excited, Yunho stood up. "Yosh! It sounds cool. Let's go!"

The four all stood up and got a couple of things they'll be needing from their rooms. Before leaving the suite, Yoochun asked, "Wait, what if Jaejoong hyung arrives here before us? There'll be no one around to open the door for him."

"Ahh, no worries. He got our keycard with him so he would be able to go inside," Changmin answered.

"Oh, okay then…" Yoochun replied.



Yunho abruptly stopped in front of their door and did a stance as if to make a statement. He then raised his arm with his fist clenched. "Get this Kim Jaejoong. We're going to have fun here as well!" Yunho jokingly said out of the blue.

Everyone laughed at this and made their way to the elevator.


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