Yesung rubbed his head as he could hear slight thudding from the other side of the door. He sat up in the full sized bed they all had in their rooms and yawned, stretching his arms over his head. The thudding noise sounded more like booms now as he started waking up more. He pulled the warm covers off him his legs and padded over to the door, opening it enough to get a look with one of his eyes. The noise was sounding familiar but he couldn't put his finger on it.
He shivered a little as he made his way to the stairs, but he was too curious to put a shirt on. He almost floated down the stairs as he tried to hurry but also trying to be as silent as he could be. The music was starting to get a little louder; he could hear the faint sound of their song "Bonamana" drifting out from the living room. He tip toed towards the edge of the wall, near the entrance to the room and listened, a happy smirk forming on his lips. He was pleased that they were playing their music, but he wasn't sure what for.
"Okay," Zoey said, excitement filling her words. "Now I think it would be cool to help us bond with these guys, if we learn some of their dances and dance for them!"
"You told us," Des said, motioning over toward Casey, "that Amalya and Kendra were fighting."
"I even brought the popcorn," Casey stated, holding up the bowl full of the butter drenched snack.
"And that would be fun to watch why?" Kendra asked, in a mom tone.
"Why wouldn't it be?" Casey asked, her expression truly showing her disappointment.
"Well Zoey told me that she made me food and demanded I eat with her," Amalya stated, glancing over at the smaller girl. Zoey only smiled and gave her a peace sign.
"She told me what we were doing," Kendra shrugged.
"That's because you like to dance too and you have the rhythm to do so," Des stated, throwing some popcorn in her mouth. "And you usually do anything Zoey asks you to do."
"Anyways," Zoey cut in, "don't you guys think it would be a cool idea?"
"No," both Des and Casey chimed in, Casey starting to take a few bites of popcorn. "But it will be entertaining to watch you three try to dance." Des said, giving them an innocent smile.
"If Zoey is making me do this, then you two will as well," Amalya stated, not annoyed but not too thrilled with the idea either. "Or I'll do something to your tea."
Des and Casey looked at each other and rolled their eyes. But both stood where Zoey had showed them when they first came in the room. Yesung peeked around the corner and saw the music video to the song on the big TV. Zoey was in front of the group trying to explain some of the moves. Yesung smiled to himself and put a hand over his mouth to hide a giggle that was about to escape his lips. Zoey wasn't the best dancer he had ever seen, but she looked cute.
Zoey played the video, wanting the girls to watch the video before they tried to dance to anything. He was surprised that Des and Casey stayed quiet during it, part of him, well actually all of him was expecting one of them pick on the dance or even the video. They did throw some popcorn at each other a few times. When the music stopped, they both looked at Zoey.
"There is no way I can do that," Des said, folding her arms over her chest, her voice sounding as if there was a slight pout on her lips, but Yesung didn't think that could happen.
"Sure you can," Zoey said. "Just got to practice. Okay, so now I will try to get you guys to dance."
Zoey turned to face the girls again and caught sight of Yesung looking around the corner. She turned bright red and froze where she was. Yesung blinked at her, thinking she never would have been embarrassed. He took a few steps into the room, and bowed slightly.
"Sorry," Yesung said, running a hand through his messy, black hair. "I heard the music and was curious."
Zoey wasn't able to say anything. She was shocked to see Yesung, but never expected to see him… like that. His hair was very messy, showing that he surely had just gotten out of bed. He had on gray sweatpants, and no T-shirt. She knew that Yesung was fit but not anywhere near what she was staring at just then. Her heart started to pound rapidly in her chest. She couldn't take her eyes away from him.
Yesung gave her a puzzled look, and then glanced down at what she was staring at. A slight blush started to form slowly on his face, and as the seconds ticked by, his face only became redder. He snapped his head back up to face the girls, bowing many times, apologizing, and starting to back out of the room. Three of the girls had their hands over their mouths, trying to hide the giggles, but Casey didn't hide her amusement. Yesung's blush deepened when he saw the wide smirk on her face and he turned running from the room. He didn't stop running until he was back at his room, with the door shut firmly behind him.
He rested his hand against his face, looking through his fingers at the window on the other side of the room. He could not believe he had just walked into a room full of girls, with no shirt on. He wasn't sure if he could even look Zoey straight in the eyes the next time he saw her.
Yesung shook his head and pulled on a long sleeved shirt, making his way to Siwon's room. Maybe someone would be up to take his mind off of it. He didn't bother knocking on Siwon's door, he only propped it opened a bit to peer in to see if the larger man was awake. Yesung saw the ball under the covers; he smiled and crept over to the bed. He could see the top of Siwon's head poking out from under the warm blankets. Yesung didn't bother to poke him or say his name to wake up. He sucked in a breath, and then sprung himself up onto Siwon, landing on his back and started to bounce on him.
"Wake up!" Yesung yelled.
Siwon groggily started to fight with whoever was on top of him. He was able to look out from under the covers and grab Yesung's hands and rolled him over. Siwon didn't realize how close he was to the side of bed he rolled toward, and before his sleepy brain could comprehend it, both went sprawling on the floor with a loud thud. Siwon was able to move himself away from Yesung before crushing him.
As Siwon flipped to his back, he glanced over at Yesung. When they caught each other's eyes, they started to laugh, picking themselves up off of the floor. Siwon was helping Yesung up, when the five girls barged into the room. They looked ready to fight, and scanned the room wildly.
"What happened?" Kendra said walking to the front of the group. She had a very intense look on her face replacing the usual smile and kind look she normally wore.
"We fell off," Siwon stated, pointing to the covers that were half pulled off of the bed.
Kendra glanced to the state of the bed, and then glanced around the room again. It took a few moments for the boys to realize that the girls had thought they had been attacked.
"We're fine," Siwon stated walking over to her and placing a hand on her shoulder. Kendra looked up at him slightly. She was fairly tall herself so she didn't have to move her head up much.
As the threat of an attacked died away, the other four girls had left the room, leaving Kendra in the room with Siwon and Yesung. Kendra ran a hand through her straight black hair and smiled. She didn't think that Siwon had noticed that he was only in a pair of boxers. She was trying hard to not look at his perfectly sculpted body. The boys were definitely not used to women being around.
"Well, hurry and come down stairs," Kendra said, patting his hand, and then walked to his door, turning her head to take another look at him. "I'd put some clothes on first though."
Kendra closed the door as a slight blush had made its way onto Siwon's face. He looked over at Yesung when he heard a small snicker.
"I did the same thing earlier," Yesung said, laughing more as Siwon quickly started to throw on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. "I went down in only my pants. Zoey was trying to get the girls to dance to our music."
"Trying?" Siwon asked as he rushed out of the room, heading toward the other boy's rooms.
"Kendra and Zoey were doing okay," Yesung stated as he ran after him. "But the other three have two left feet I think."
Siwon reached Leeteuk's door first, but before his hand went for the knob, it opened. A sleepy Leeteuk made his way out of his room, stopping his mid scratch on his stomach and stared at Siwon and Yesung.
"They made breakfast," Siwon stated. "Came to wake you guys up."
"I can smell the bacon," Leeteuk smiled and stretched.
Siwon blushed a bit; knowing that Kendra had seen him half naked had thrown his senses off. He glanced up to notice Kyuhyun and Eunhyuk emerging from their rooms, hair messy from sleep, but smart enough to make sure they were covered. Siwon chuckled for a moment, and then smiled brightly, throwing an arm around Kyuhyun's shoulder as he past.
"Sleep well?" Siwon asked as the group made their way down the hall.
"Yeah. It's nice when we don't have anything to do for once," Kyuhyun said, rubbing at the sleep still in his eyes.
"It is, but I'm sure Soo-Man will find something for us to do, since we are supposed to be over here in America looking for more talent," Siwon ruffled Kyuhyun's messy hair as the younger male ducked out from his arm, and ran down the stairs toward the kitchen. The older males took off after the younger, taking the stairs two at a time.
The boys piled into the kitchen, stopping quickly as to not bump into anyone. The three of the girls looked up from the dining room table that was to the right of the doorway. Kendra passed by the boys with a plate of bacon and a bowl of eggs with Amalya behind her, carrying two plates of pancakes. The boys watched the food licking their lips. After the girls settled themselves at the table, the boys ran over almost jumping into chairs, Yesung bashfully sitting next to Zoey. She also had a slight blush on her cheeks and she focused on the food she was putting on her plate nervously.
"It's nice to see that you boys put some clothes on," Kendra stated with a slight smirk as she placed three pancakes on her plate.
Kyuhyun, Eunhyuk and Leeteuk glanced around; seeming very confused, but brushed it off quickly as they started grabbing at food. Kyuhyun slapped at Eunhyuk's hand as the older male tried to go for a few eggs. Eunhyuk glared at him pushing the younger boy a little grabbing the bowl. Leeteuk didn't look happy and motioned for them to stop. It was way too early for that kind of play.
The girls watched as the guys started to gulp down their food. Amalya watched as each item started to disappear at a fast rate. She turned her attention toward Kendra.
"I think we need to go buy some more food," Amalya stated. "We didn't anticipate how much these boys would eat."
"We will go out tomorrow," Kendra said after swallowing a few bites of the eggs. "They are still working on the van and won't have it back here till tonight. We have enough to make dinner tonight and tomorrow maybe we will go out for breakfast? How does that sound?" Kendra glanced around the table.
"I would love it," Zoey said excitedly. "I'm going to get bored if we have to stay in this house all the time."
"I don't know," Des said, taking a bite of a piece of bacon in her hand. "I think we'd be an easy target all going out together. For the bad guys and fans," she added quickly.
"We will figure it out tomorrow," Kendra said standing up from the table and took her dishes to the sink. She returned and started picking up after the others. "I'll clean up, you guys go have fun," she smiled.
"I'll help you," Siwon stated, grabbing his and Amalya's plate who was sitting next to him.
Kendra smiled and nodded in appreciation and started to fill the sink with water, adding soap. Siwon cleaned off the table, even going as far as to wipe it down. As he walked by the sink he started to towel dry all the clean dishes. Both were silent, it wasn't awkward but neither knowing of anything to say. Both were glancing at each other, trying to figure out something to talk about. Kendra smiled a sly smile and splashed Siwon with some of the dish water. Siwon laughed and took a step back, some water splashing on the floor.
"You want to start a water war?" He asked her a mischievous grin forming on his face.
"Bring it," Kendra laughed as she cupped her hands under the water and threw it on him. He tried to step out of the way, but couldn't in time. The water soaked his shirt, but he was happy it was warm. He grabbed at the nozzle next to the faucet and pulled on the handle. Water shot from the opening and started to drench her hair and cloths. She laughed harder, throwing her hands up trying to block the water as it sprayed her. She grabbed at the nozzle and got it away from him, turning the stream of water on to him.
Siwon lowered his head, the water soaking his hair, making it fall into his eyes as he reached for her. Kendra took a step back, but slipped on the water that had been falling on the floor. She dropped the nozzle and threw her hands back to catch herself, but Siwon was faster. His left arm smoothly slipped around her small waist while his right hand was placed firmly on the floor so he could steady himself. He knelt over her, where her lower half had slid under his spread legs while her hands flew up, grabbing his shoulders. They stared into each other eyes, both dark pools of black. Both seemed frozen where they were and didn't notice Casey at the door.
Casey had hurried to the kitchen after hearing a little commotion and just smiled to herself seeing the two on the floor. She would remember this and pick on Kendra later about it. Before the two bodies started to move again, Casey quickly and silently left the door way, making her way up stairs.
Kendra could feel heat starting to creep over her face. Her skin tingled where his arm was holding her. She only had one relationship in her life that had taken five years to form but it was stolen away from her. She blinked a few times trying to shove the memory away. Why did it have to come up now?
Siwon swallowed, never having been this close to a woman before. Their faces were only inches apart and he could feel his heart beat speeding up. He was fine with the skinship with the guys, but he never touched girls much. A hug or holding a hand was about as far as it got with him. He fought the urge to look at her lips and for him that was the cue to stand.
Siwon stood slowly, bringing her up with him. She seemed a little breathless and it worried him. He was sure he caught her before she hit the floor.
"Are you okay?" Siwon asked grabbing a dish towel and wiping at the water on her face.
"Yeah I'm fine," she smiled and reached for the towel, feeling embarrassed at his attention. The blush on her face deepening as her fingers brushed against his hand. He only smiled and let her take the towel from him. "I'll clean this up. Go dry off," Siwon said, grabbing a mop out of a cabinet door and started to mop up the floor.
Kendra nodded, saying a quick "thank you" to him, and hurried from the room. Siwon let out a puff of air, a deep red blush he had been trying to hold back forming over his cheeks. He glanced at the door way to make sure she was gone and ran a hand through his wet hair. He figured with how Kendra was, it wouldn't be awkward between them now, at least he was hoping. He also knew she didn't need anything like this to distract her from the bigger picture. Besides, after it was all over, they would return to Korea and the girls would stay in America, so there was no point on dwelling on anything that might be.
Siwon shook his head and went back to cleaning, starting to push the whole incident to the back of his mind. He quickly finished cleaning the rest of the kitchen then headed upstairs to wash up and get ready for whatever else they were going to get into that day.
The rest of the day was pretty lazy for all the members. Amalya was busy with a project in the greenhouse and Kyuhyun was busy playing Starcraft in the living room. Zoey, still too bashful to see Yesung, decided to swim in the in-ground pool they had in the back yard. She didn't like working out but she loved to swim. Yesung had taken to playing with all the workout and training equipment they had in the basement. Eunhyuk was with him but was more focused on practicing some of the dance moves then looking at all the weapons that were in a closet. Des and Casey made their way down to the basement, trying to chase them out so they could train but the boys sat on the floor leaning against the walls, watching them spar with each other. Siwon joined Kyuhyun in the living room, watching him play somewhat and turning on the TV just to see what American television was like. Kendra and Leeteuk stayed in the kitchen writing a list of things the boys liked to eat and trying to figure out what all they could buy.
Edward had made a bank account for them, with a considerable amount of money in it, but Kendra wanted to save as much as she could of it, in case something happened. Each member had a card for the account but none spent anything unless they talked to the group first.
Time seemed to tick by very fast for all of them. As Zoey noticed the sun starting to set, she ran in the house announcing she was going to cook dinner. Des looked up from where she sat on the couch, an Xbox controller in her hand.
"You always burn it when you cook," Des complained.
"I won't this time," Zoey yelled back, starting to take out pots and pans. "I'm making spaghetti. How hard can that be?"
Des shook her head, muttering under her breath that for Zoey it would be hard even to boil water, and went back to her game. Kyuhyun had joined her on the couch, watching her play.
"You're actually good at video games?" he asked, shocked.
"I'm usually training a lot so this is a way I get away from it," Des said, not even looking his way, focusing on the game. "Plus sometimes depending on the game, it can help with eye coordination and more."
"You're kind of taking the fun out of it saying it like that," Kyuhyun shook his head and grabbed the second controller. "What are you playing anyways?"
"It's called 'Left 4 Dead'. I bet you I'll kill more zombies than you," she smiled and restarted the game so he could join.
"You're on," Kyuhyun smirked at her.
After a few minutes of playing, Zoey hurried in the room, stating that things were boiling and she had time to watch the two of them. Neither were paying much attention to her, both focusing on trying to beat the other. As the round ended, Des ended up killing more zombies than Kyuhyun. She was about to celebrate when she sniffed the air.
"Dammit, Zoey!" Des sat the controller down and ran to the kitchen.
The kitchen was starting to fill with smoke as the water had all evaporated and the noodles were smoking as the burner was still cooking them. The vegetables that were frying in another pan were black. Des turned the stove off, putting an oven mitt over her hand. She grabbed the handle of the pot the noodles were in and pushed it onto a burner that hadn't been used, throwing the lid on the sauté pan with her gloved hand and ran toward the front door, almost knocking Kyuhyun over. She threw the veggies on the ground so the house wouldn't be full of smoke and made her way back in. She threw the pan into the sink, throwing the water on and turned to glare at Zoey, who was fanning the air around the smoke alarms. Luckily they never went off.
"This is why you don't cook," Des yelled at Zoey.
"What's going on down here?" Kendra called from the stairs she was hurrying down.
"Zoey tried to make dinner," Des stated, her voice thick with annoyance. "But she burned it….shocker."
"Now, Des be nice," Kendra said. "I guess that means we go out for dinner since the van is back."
"I still think it's a bad idea for the group to all go out," Des stated folding her arms across her chest.
"I think it will be fine," Kyuhyun stated. "The other guys and I would like to see what kind of food Americans eat too."
"Then it's settled," Kendra said. "I'll go get Amalya and see if she wants to go, you guys get ready and tell the others we are going out."
Des sighed heavily, a bad feeling banging at her gut. She reluctantly made her way up stairs to tell everyone she saw to get ready. As she changed she complained to Casey about her concerns. Even though Casey agreed with her, she also liked the idea of getting out of the house and doing something. As long as they didn't attract too much attention to themselves it would be fine.
They all met up in the living room twenty minutes later, minus Amalya. Kendra told them that Amalya was in the middle of her experiment and asked them to bring her something back. Casey eyed Siwon as they made their way to the large van that was sitting in the driveway.
"The wet hair look is good on you," Casey whispered to Siwon quickly, before she pushed herself into the van.
Siwon stared at her, thinking back to what happened. Did she see? His eyes moved toward Kendra who was sitting in the driver seat, Leeteuk sitting in the passenger seat. He shook his head and pulled himself into the van, sitting next to Casey who was sitting next to Eunhyuk. She didn't pay attention to him the whole ride. She instead turned her attention to Eunhyuk and poked him in the side a few times. Eunhyuk had blushed at the first time, but then tried to poke her back a few times.
Amalya sat back in her seat and rubbed her eyes. She glanced over at the time and noticed it was ten o'clock at night. The gang had left about eight-thirty and hopefully would be back soon. She was starving. She stood up and turned off the lights in the green house, making her way back to the house. She shut and locked the back door behind her and started making her way through the living room toward the kitchen, but something didn't seem right. The atmosphere was wrong.
Amalya glanced around the room, the hair on the back of her neck standing up. She quickly glanced behind her and saw a body rushing her. She wasn't as big of a fighter as Des or Casey but she could hold her own in a fight. She threw her hands up, blocking a punch coming her way. The force behind the punch made her take a few steps back. The floor boards creaked a little behind her, which told her there were at least two intruders.
She heard footsteps getting closer to her and tried to step out of the way as the figure tried to tackle her. There was a path to the front door which she took. She raced as fast as she could toward the door, but stopped when another figure appeared in from of her. She saw a weapon on said figures hands, but couldn't react fast enough when he jabbed the object toward her stomach. She didn't feel any pain, but knew that it was a sharp object.
Before the person could bring their hand back, she grabbed his wrist and whipped it to the left, making the hand drop what it was holding. She threw her own punch to the ribs, smiling when her fist contacted and the figure fell to a knee, holding the spot where her fist had impacted.
She let the figure's wrist go as the other two rushed her from behind. She slipped down to a knee, throwing her elbows out to the sides of her. The figures weren't quick enough to stop as their stomachs contacted with her elbows. Both fell to the floor holding their stomachs. She stood and hurried away from them a few feet.
She watched as the three assailants ran to the front door, opened it and ran out. She cocked her head to the side wondering who left the front door unlocked and figured that's how they had gotten in. She ran toward the door and locked it, turning on a light to look for the object that been had dropped. She found a box cutter laying on the floor with the blade sticking out an inch and a half with blood on it. She looked down at her side and swore. Even though the wound wasn't deep, it was bleeding a lot. She picked up the box cutter and made her way to the kitchen, leaving a small trail of blood as she went.