Soon Jae worked like a robot, not even stopping for breaks. Take order, write on cup, and make order, whip cream or no whip cream, place lid on top, put in straw, then finally serve to customer. Eun Mi watched her friend with worry. The manager came in that day, inspecting the employees work. He stopped beside Soon Jae, crossing his arms.

"Didn't you arrive late, Lee Soon Jae," the manager said.

Soon Jae bowed. "Yes, I did. I'm sorry, Mr. Baek, it won't happen again," she said softly.

"Hah! You said that the last time you were late. Can you give me a reasonable excuse on why you are being late besides your beat-up car breaking down again? I can easily give away your job, Lee Soon Jae. So why are you late?"

"But sir," Eun Mi stepped in, "she knew that she was late and she worked non-stop without taking any breaks just to make it up."

"I was not talking to you, Miss Park. Now, Lee Soon Jae, why were you late? Was it… a boyfriend, perhaps?"

"Mr. Baek," Soon Jae began.

Mr. Baek raised a hand and closed his eyes, showing stress. "You're fired," he said before turning away into the back room.

Soon Jae stood there, frozen. The manager had just fired her, just because she was late. This was all Cho Kyuhyun's fault! The cell phones could have waited until his performance was finished and her work done. For the first time, Soon Jae showed an expression at work that wasn't happiness or joy. It was anger. She ripped her apron off and threw aside, throwing off her nametag, then grabbed her bag and left the café. Once outside, she searched through her contact list and found Kyuhyun's number. After two rings, someone answered the phone.

"Hello?" answered a voice that was not Kyuhyun's.

"Hello? Could you put Kyuhyun on the phone right now?" She asked, restraining herself from spitting his name.

"Sure, may I ask who this is?" asked the sweet voice. She could tell that it was Lee Sungmin.

"Uh, this is Lee Soon Jae," she said softly.

"Ah, Soon Jae-sshi!" Sungmin said cheerfully. "Wait a moment. He's GameKyu right now."

Sungmin walks over to his dongsaeng and whispers about Soon Jae on the phone. Kyuhyun looked up. "Really?" He pause the game and picked up the phone, sounding irritated. "Hello?"

"Wae? Why did you have to make me this way? If only you picked a different café, left me to walk, and not run into me at the restaurant, things wouldn't turn out this way!" Soon Jae yelled.

"Yah! Wae, what happened? What do you think I did to wrong you?" Kyuhyun snapped back.

"Really? Because you were too impatient to get your phone back, I came to work late."

"Is it my fault that your car isn't fixed? What about you? You keep all these secrets and hold everybody at arms-length. Why can't you ask your sister's husband to fix it, or your brother? Why can't you work for your brother? Who will find you there? If you expect someone to be considerate, you should be, too."

Soon Jae shuts her eyes tight. She hates it when he's right. "What do I do now?"

Kyuhyun pauses for a moment, then asked, "Where are you right now?"

"At the café that I was just fired at," she answered bluntly. Kyuhyun could sense the bitterness in her voice.

"Okay, stay there. I'll be there in 10 minutes." Then he hung up, not leaving time for her to have a say – again.

"Aish," she muttered, rubbing her arms as she stood outside of the café.

"Jae-jae," Eun Mi called, walking out of the café to talk to her. "Don't get upset. It wasn't right for him to just do that. I can ask him to give you a second chance, if you want."

"I'm not upset… I'm just tired," Soon Jae replied calmly.

"Are you sure? Do you want me to take you out-"

"No, I'm fine," she took a deep breath and let it out, not expecting it to be a little shaky. "Besides, someone is already on their way to pick me up. I'll be fine."

"Who is it? When are they coming?" Sometimes, Eun Mi can get a bit too nosey.

"Just… someone I know. They're coming in 7 minutes or less." Soon Jae checked the time on her cell phone. It buzzed, a text message popping up from Kyuhyun.

"What is your favorite ice cream?"

Soon Jae tilted her head to the side in interest. "Chocolate swirl and mint chip. Why?"" She replied back. She looked up at her friend who had concern written on her face. "I'm fine. Just go back to work before he fires you, too."

"Who's picking you up?" Eun Mi asked. Her eyes flickered over to a silver car that pulled over in front of them.

The car had tinted windows so no one outside could see in the car – or the driver. The stranger rolled down the passenger window and leaned over. He had big sunglasses that covered his eyes and a mask over his mouth. He looked over at Soon Jae and unlocked the door for her. She went in without hesitation, which caught Eun Mi off guard.

"You're catching a ride with him? Do you really have a boyfriend?" Eun Mi asked, her voice raising an octave as she spoke.

Kyuhyun coughed to hide his chuckle, waving at Eun Mi. Soon Jae waved also, using silence to eat at her friend. As they drove away, Kyuhyun took off his sunglasses and mask, revealing mischief in his eyes and an evil smirk.

"So… what did she mean about you really having a boyfriend? Did you tell her you had one?" Kyuhyun said with amusement.

"No, it's just the manger making stupid assumptions about why I was late today. Because I couldn't come up with a believable and reasonable excuse, I got fired," Soon Jae spat.

Kyuhyun raised an eyebrow, interested by Soon Jae's behavior. It wasn't like her to have so much anger spilling out; or maybe she was good at hiding it until now. Her hands were balled into fists on her lap as she glared straight ahead. Kyuhuyn sighed, reaching over to the back and grabbed a tray with two large cups filled with chocolate swirl and mint chip smoothie. Soon Jae's eyes widened, gingerly taking one from the tray. "Thanks," she muttered, using the straw as a spoon to lick off the whip cream on top.

"Ah, look at you. Your mood is starting to light up," kyuhyun teased.

"Where are we going?" Soon Jae asked in between sips.

"We are going to the Super Junior dorms, of course. Leeteuk-hyung seems to like you, and I think the other members, too. Our managers warned us about bringing people over to the dorms since it could get pretty messy if our ELFs found out. Everyone is there since this is Teukie-hyung's last week with us before going into the army," Kyuhyun clears his throat, "I asked the members and our managers if they mind of you coming to our dorms. As long as your appearance is hidden and no information is leaked out, we'll be fine."

Soon Jae looked at him with a small frown. "It sounds like I'm your girlfriend going to meet your family," she said.

Kyuhyun clears his throat again. "No. It's just that when you told me that you were fired because you were late, I took pity on you and decided that I should bring you with me."

"I don't need your pity," Soon Jae mumbled.

"Fine, I'll be taking that drink away –"

"No, no. It's fine. Thank you for the concern," Soon Jae rushed out, holding the smoothie out of his reach.

They arrived at the dorms 7 minutes later. Soon Jae pulled over a hood and used Kyuhyun's glasses while he used the mask. Kyuhyun lead her up the elevator to the 12th floor where everyone was. This whole week, they wanted to spend as much time together as they can before Leeteuk, then everyone else, leaves for mandatory military service.

"We're here, hyung!" Kyuhyun called, not even knocking as he opened the door and dragged Soon Jae in by the arm. He looked over at Soon Jae and saw her eyes widened when he yanked her through the threshold. "Relax," he whispered to her. She nodded, but it was completely erased from her mind as Kyuhyun lead her to the living room where the Suju family sat. "I told you guys I'd bring her," he told them, his hand still holding Soon Jae's arm.

"Uh," she stuttered as she found herself being stared at by 9 Hallyu stars. "I'm Lee Soon Jae," she bowed.

Kyuhyun rolled his eyes. "You don't have to be too polite to them, you know," he said.

"You're just saying that because you're not polite to us. I see other maknaes that are very polite to their group members, but you… you're different," Eunhyuk said.

"Right, evil," Donghae added.

"Whatever," Kyuhyun muttered under his breath. "I'm assuming you know everyone already, Soon Jae?"

"Ah, yeah. Uh, Leeteuk," -she pointed to the oldest member with a dimple on his left cheek-"Yesung," -the one that was holding one of his pet turtles-, "Shindong," -he already started to eat-, "Donghae, Eunhyuk, Siwon, and Sungmin," -they all sat next to each other on the couch- "Ryeowook," -the sweet looking one that came from the kitchen with another dish for the members- "And Kangin," a strong, yet chubby, guy that sat next to Leeteuk.

The members all clapped. "They usually have this reaction with almost anything," Kyuhyun whispered to Soon Jae. A small smile crept on her face.

"Put away your turtle," Ryeowook told Yesung. Yesung looked at his turtle sadly, and walked away to their room to put the small creature back.

"You don't work today?" Leeteuk asked Soon Jae.

"Uh, no," Soon Jae said with hesitation.

"Okay. We're so glad you could make it. Ryeowook is almost finished making us some dinner. I'm sure it won't be too long." Soon Jae nodded.

"Ah, Soon Jae, are you sure your friend won't call you?" Kyuhyun asked.

She shrugged. "I'm not really worried about it."

"But she thinks that you have a boyfriend," Kyuhyun whined.

"Ugh, who would want a boyfriend, especially like you. She must crazy to think I have one. Ah, what do I do?" Soon Jae whined back to tease him.

Kyuhyun narrowed his eyes at her, dragging her towards a couch that was surprisingly empty. He sat her down –more like push her down- onto the couch. "I'll be back." Then he left her alone.

"Soon Jae, as our first guest, I think you should sing," Kangin said with a big grin.

"No, I can't sing," Soon Jae said timidly.

"Sing, sing, sing, sing," all nine chanted. They continued until they realized that she was looking down in discomfort.

When they thought they should apologize, Soon Jae sighed in defeat.

"Dalkomhan ne geu mal…,"

She began as Kyuhyun came back with his laptop tucked under his arm. He stopped, hearing her sing for the first time, a song from them.

"Nal jugineun ne geu mal

Gamanhi kkaemulmyeon sseudisseun geu mal geumanhae

Miwohaji motae saranghajido motae

Gyeolguk domangchyeobeorindan geu mal jebal geuman geumanhae…"

She continued until she finished the chorus. "That's all I remember," she said sheepishly, putting her head down in embarrassment.

Kyuhyun started to clap, then the rest of the members. Soon Jae blushed, but kept her head down to hide it.

"You listened to our new album?" Donghae said in surprise. Soon Jae nodded.

"We should have you sing more often," Sungmin said.

"Don't!" Soon Jae pleaded.

"I wonder, who's your favorite member?" Shindong asked.

"Girls say you're their favorite but they end up talking to the other members," Kyuhyun told Shindong.

"Uh, I don't have a favorite…" Soon Jae said.

"Pick one," Siwon said.

"Uh… Eunhyuk."

"Really? Why?" Kyuhyun said in disbelief.

"You make it sound like she made a bad choice," Eunhyuk defended himself.

"Well, he's a good rapper, an amazing dancer, he' cute, and his singing isn't that bad," Soon Jae explained.

"Can you beat that?" Eunhyuk teased his dongsaeng.

"I'm one of the main vocals, I have a sweet ballad voice, my looks are better than you, and I'm in four singing groups," Kyuhyun said, crossing his arms.

"I think she made a great choice. Usually, girls would pick Siwon because of his looks… but he has no charm. As for me, my charm and charisma covers the fact that I'm less good-looking, meaning looks aren't everything," Eunhyuk said.

"I have charm, too," Kyuhyun argued.

"I guess you do… but your personality is a bit-"

"Bitter," the other members finished. Eunhyuk nodded in agreement.

Soon Jae covered her mouth to hide her laugh, but Kyuhyun caught that.

"Yah! You think so, too? Fine, don't play Starcraft with me!" Kyuhyun said, stomping away to a random members' room like a kid having a tantrum.

"Don't mind him," Leeteuk told her. "Anyways, have you ever heard of joining the show business? Singing and dancing and acting?"

"No. But me doing any of those things?" Soon Jae wrinkled her nose and shook her head. "Hard to see."

"Wae? You have a great voice," Yesung said, not believing this girl.

"Uh, I'm going to check on Kyuhyun," she said, avoiding the subject.

She kept her head down as she walked towards the room that Kyuhyun went into. Once she had the door closed behind her, she refused to look at Kyuhyun. "Soon Jae-ah," Kyuhyun said, "Soon Jae-ah!" Kyuhyun caught sight of a tear falling from her face. Soon Jae looked up, her eyes puffy and red.

"Kyuhyun-sshi, do really want to know me?"


An: Finally got back to this! Whoever gets the song in this chapter right, gets to choose which couple would be in here (except with Kyuhyun lol). I've hinted some couples like YeWook, KangTeuk, and EunSiHae so it'd be easy to reveal their relationship :P