Chapter 9
MC Mong- Ice Cream
Kim Jaejoong POV:
Yesung was such a nice kid, offering to let Ryeowook play with his pet turtle. I was quite surprised that the young man was so willing to share his prized animal. I could see that the turtle was well taken care of by its shiny shell. However, what surprised me more was how gently Ryeowook was with handling the turtle. We had never had a pet before, so he had never come into contact with any kind of animal that he could have taken care of. I smiled as I thought that Ryeowook might be able to open up with animals before opening up to human beings.
I was really grateful to Yesung for letting me see this epiphany. It really did seem as though Ryeowook would be able to break out of his shell finally. Once we made enough money, my first present to Kim Ryeowook would be a pet. I smiled, and personally I couldn't wait till I would be able to see Ryeowook's happy face. I would definitely make him the happiest boy ever.
I sat beside Ryeowook and gently stroked his hair as I watched him feed the turtle. He seemed lost in his own world as he seemed to enjoy the turtle in his hand. It was the first time I have ever been able to see him like this. Finally, I could see him open up little by little. I slowly left the room, so he could enjoy the time by himself and the turtle.
I went downstairs. I was used to having work to do in the apartment, so I felt awkward not cleaning dishes, or making dinner. I even kind of missed working at all the part time jobs; I never thought I'd miss them again. I looked around, but the food was already cleaned, dishes already in the dishwasher and everything seemed to be spotless. I didn't even hear a sound coming from anywhere in the building. Not until Donghae came running up the steps, with Micky close on his tail. I placed my hands on my hips and glared at them.
"What are you doing? You shouldn't be running in the house." I scolded both of them.
"He, he stole my song!" Micky panted, Donghae didn't even stop when I scolded them.
"DONGHAE!" I didn't understand why he was misbehaving so much today. Was it because he was in a new environment, and he felt like he could act however he wanted? I don't think so. I'm going to correct his behavior as soon as possible.
I quickly followed Micky, who was chasing Donghae. However, even though I set out my goal to punish Donghae, I ended up having fun running around after my two younger brothers. I forgot my disappointment in my brother's misbehavior and realized that it was fun to just play around my brothers, even though I could never show that.
I could finally relax. We were in a good place, with good people, and we were making our dreams come true. Really what else could I ask for? I no longer had to worry about my family. We were finally going to make it big, we were finally fulfilling what our parents said we could never do. We were finally going to show everyone our talents. I wanted to burst out in laughter, but I held it in.
I still need to keep my position. I need to be strong. I need to stay tough, because I don't think I can ever feel hurt again. I might break into a thousand pieces. I might give up on myself. And that is something I must never do. I must persist for my family. I must always be there for them.
Instead, I chased after my twins with a straight face, even though I was truly having the most fun I've ever been able to have. I loved our new life. I loved this change. I love my brothers…
Yunho POV:
I watched as the other boys were running around the house and it looked like they were having so much fun. I couldn't remember the last time my brothers and I had fun instead of focusing on work. I thought to myself for a while and then I came up with a plan. He walked downstairs to grab Junsu to tell him his plan. His brother was sitting at the desk in the room, tapping a pen on the notebook in front of him. I walked over and looked to see what he was writing.
"Oh, hyung…" Junsu smiled. I noticed some lyrics on the paper but the last line seemed to be scratched out. I was happy that he was so hard working. Junsu was the weird one in our group with a high pitch voice that sounded like a dolphin almost and his laugh could make anyone smile.
"Let's go get some ice cream, ok?" I said and grabbed his arm to follow me up the stairs. The boys were still running around. I wasn't sure how to get their attention and I was afraid to ruin their fun so I let go of Junsu and ran up the stairs really quick. "Yesung, Eunhyuk lets go get some ice cream," I told them and they jumped at the word ice cream. I wanted to laugh at them but I kept a straight face. I walked over to the other door and knocked before opening the door slowly. Ryeowook was still on the bed, playing with my brother's turtle.
"Hello… My name's Yunho but you can just call me hyung. I just came to see if you would like to come get some ice cream with us" I insisted. The boy looked kind of frightened but seemed to enjoy the idea of getting ice cream. I smiled at him and waved for him to come along. He amazingly got out of the bed without dropping the turtle or the bag of treats and followed me out of the room. Eunhyuk and Yesung were waiting there. I looked to Yesung who was staring at Ryeowook happily. We all walked down the steps together.
All other boys were already calmed down and talking to Junsu. I guess he must have told them. I smiled and walked over to them.
"I'll treat everyone to ice cream. Let's start our journey together off right, yes?" I smiled and looked over to the oldest boy. I couldn't read the expression on his face so I led the way to the door. Seeing as our manager had already left, it seemed like we would be taking the bus into town. I looked back and noticed that Ryeowook still had the turtle and treats in his hand. I turned back around and walked up to him.
"I guess we can't take little Ddongkkoma with us, huh? But I'm sure when we get back he will want to be played with again." I smiled at the boy. Yesung rushed over and thanked the boy for taking care of his turtle and helped show the boy how to put it back in its cage. Eunhyuk and Junsu seemed to have already left for the bus stop, leaving the door wide open.
'Aish, no patience…" I thought to myself and went to go find them. I couldn't remember the last time we went to get ice cream. I smiled and thought at how happy the two must be. I really hoped our lives would change after tonight and we would all get along better and work together very well. I looked back and noticed that Yesung was walking next to Ryeowook and behind them was the oldest boy. I never noticed before how thin they all looked, and it reminded me of how I wanted to give them as much as we had.
