Lights, camera, action, fail. My mind raced with fear as the make-up artist worked on me. The other members of Super Junior seemed at ease and of course, they would, this was just another job, today I was apparently debuting as the official daughter of EunHae, live on tv. Great now E.L.F's knew what to look for when they wanted to attack me.
"Hey calm down, kay Rin." Yesung smiled before patting my shoulder. I nodded unable to actually answer him verbally. The others seemed to take notice of my silence as well.
"You will be fine," Donghae smiled before stretching and placing his arms around Eunhyuk's neck. I shook my head, EunHae had to be real, I lived with them it was there, yet they still kept me confused.
"Ready the set," a voice called from the door as I sunk even lower in my seat with a groan. Ryeowook and the others smiled encouragingly to me before Eunhyuk grabbed my hand to lead me on set.
My eyes widened as I took notice of the audience that would be attending this live show. I swallowed before taking my seat after introductions. I felt myself shaking as Leeteuk took charge of the interview. I was too afraid to say anything due to the mic attached to me.
"So this is the Lee Rin we have heard much about but never seen, she looks so young." The mc began. I swallowed again, it was going to be my turn to speak soon, I did not like this.
"Yes, she is very shy though and it took us a lot of begging to get her to come here today." Leeteuk beamed. Liar, you men forced me.
"We are glad to have her, so tell us Rin, how is life with the Oppa's?" she asked me. I took a deep breath and tried to think of a clever answer…help.
"It's an experience," I stated trying to keep my voice calm and failing.
"An experience," she repeated, I would love to see her do what I put up with.
"Ten boys one bathroom, its busy around the dorms." I try to continue. Why were the questions suddenly coming at me?
"Which member of the group would you say is closest to you?" the woman asked me. I closed my eyes trying to think of who was closest to me. Could I actually answer this question?
"All of them are pretty close, like family. So I would put my link to them as a friend if anything." I replied keeping my eyes trained to the mc's shoulder.
"She is very talented in her own right," Donghae spoke up sensing my inner struggle to get away from the spotlight.
"Really, and they would be?" she asked once again turning to me. Leave me alone woman.
"I can play the flute, read music, and think on my feet." I began hoping another member would come rescue me better than my Umma.
"Fascinating, is there anything from the Oppa's you would like to learn?" ah an easy question, for everyone but me.
"Leeteuk oppa, is kind and a gentle leader who watches out for his members and worries over them. I want to be able to become like that a leader who is respected." I begin. I notice Leeteuk blush and cover his face with a place card.
"Next would be Eunhyuk oppa, he can dance and be happy. His patience is one to envy as well, I get angry easily and I want to be more calm like him." Eunhyuk was smiling slightly from beside me as his foot bounced abit off the ground.
"Donghae and I are very similar already, but there are a lot of things we differ at as well, from him I would love to learn to be more open and show my emotions infront of people. He's not afraid to cry or show how happy he is to people he cares about." I feel my fist clutching in nervousness as I noticed Donghae grab Eunhyuk's hand.
"Ryeowook oppa is silent a lot, but he's a good listener and cook, I envy those skills because I tend to talk more than listen and it gets me in trouble. And I can't really cook, and who wants a girl who can't cook?" I ask more to myself than them. Ryeowook hugged my neck from behind me.
"Next is Yesung oppa, he's funny and isn't afraid to jump out and grab attention when he wants to. I want to try and return to that, I grew out of it when I was younger in favor of hiding from people." I looked over to Yesung who was hiding his own blush.
"Kyuhyun oppa plays games with me and acts like a real older brother. But, he protects me and loves me, he isn't afraid to say he loves me or get close." I state. Kyuhyun suddenly grabbed me from Ryeowook's hands and hugged me tightly.
"Love you too sis!" he smiled.
"Heechul oppa is next, he went from calm and shy to mildly insane and protective, in other words, I want to be able to be myself around others." I could picture the divas look right now.
"Sungmin is a different story though, he's good at almost everything I can think of. I don't think I could ever do the things he's done an be remotely as good at it. He can even walk in high heels and I can barely stand in them." I wail bowing my head.
SUNGMINS POV
As Rin continued through the fifteen of us and gave us insight on how she felt to learn from us, I couldn't take my eyes off her. The way she looked in the spotlights overhead was amazing, I had to catch my breath. Her dark hair was tinted red in the light as her pale skin darkened a hue. As her interview went deeper her chocolate eyes shown brighter.
"Sungmin, are you okay?" Kyuhyun asked as I blinked from my constant gaze of the EunHae daughter.
"Yeah," I whisper flashing a smile to him as Rin chuckled about how Henry's newest nickname had become Bacon.
"She's pretty right?" Kyuhyun smiled placing his arm around my shoulders. I nod watching him closely for any signs of danger. He was being too nice about my crush on his baby sister.
"She'll make some lucky guy happy one day, hell she already has suitors I have to scare off. I bet she's a hit at university." Kyuhyun continued to whisper. This interview had suddenly gone too long. I needed fresh air, true she was getting more popular what with being her usual unintentional self-mystery and at school some students had stopped picking on her for her broken Korean.
"Sungmin oppa, are you listening to me?" Rin asked breaking me from my thoughts.
"Oh, sorry, I was just um, I have no clue what I was doing." I laugh trying to be cute making the crowd laugh. Rin huffed folding her arms before repeating her question to me.
"Do I like having you stay with us?" I repeated holding my chin. The answer was easy and needed no thought; of course having her live with us was fun. But, teasing her way fun as well.
"Of course Rinny, your fun to play with and tease." I smile as the others nodded their agreement. Finally, the interview ended and I gratefully entered the car and leaned back in my seat. As soon as the doors shut, Rin began grumbling to Eunhyuk about placing her in the spotlight.
"I told you guys I would fail and now I'm the newest target for fans and anti's to attack." She wailed from her seat between me and Kyuhyun. Donghae and Eunhyuk smiled from the seats infront of us.
"You did good for your first interview and you live with us of course you'll be in the spotlight just keep your head up and swim." Eunhyuk advised. Sink or swim, that was his advice to her? I shook my head before placing it on her shoulder. I could hear her heart racing as she thought over what she was just told.
"Do you honestly think we would let you do anything that would hurt you?" Donghae asked her.
"No but I've never been that good a swimmer, I usually sink and pray someone is near to drag my head over water." She whimpered putting her head on mine.
"Don't worry Rinny, you have fifteen men who will always be there to keep you afloat." I tell her as Eunhyuk begins cursing afternoon traffic in downtown Seoul and Donghae along with Kyuhyun sang along to a song on the radio.
YESUNG'S POV
Ryeowook was silent as he sat beside me. The manager was driving us home along with ignoring Leeteuk's begging's for take out for dinner.
"You okay Wookie?" I asked worried. He was dongsae, I had to take care of him. He nodded pretending to be listening to Leeteuk's dinner choices after noticing the manager's uninterested mind.
"How do you think Rin did on her first interview?" I ask hopeing to get him to speak.
"She did great, better than expected, she was shy at first but we all were when we began, I don't foresee her doing any solo interviews, but us being with her helped her confidence." Ryeowook stated confidently. Trust my Ryeowook to silently watch over us. Even though he was one of the younger ones, he acted like a hyung more than we true hyung's.
"I'm glad, I was nervous for her, I think I was more worried than her." I laugh catching Leeteuk watching us through the rearview mirror.
"I think she will be fine once she learns more about us and Korea. Don't forget she hasn't been here a year yet and already she's acting like Hankyung and learning all she can." Shindong noted.
"And she's taking foreign language so she can become an interpreter for people." Siwon smiled.
"Exactly, she's overworking herself just so she can go anywhere and know what's going on." Leeteuk pouted.
"She'll be fine, we will make sure she stay's safe. After all we're older and wiser than her." Shindong smiled. I shook my head, I was off tomorrow I was going to spend the day with my little sister that was a promise. Besides I saw what she bought the other day and that girl as no fashion sense.