Jandi changed out of her work clothes into her pajamas after she got home. She looked at her white wardrobe and remembered how she and jihoo had painted it together.
Now that she thought of it, they had known each other for quite a while now, and they had never fought or were upset with each other. It was impossible for jandi to be upset at him, and jihoo could not be easily upset. Then she thought of how long junpyo and her jandi known eachother. She had known jihoo for a few days longer and still, she fought more with junpyo than she could ever count.
"is he really the one I should be with?" jandi questioned herself. She loved both men almost equally but in different ways. She loved junpyo but was not completely comfortable with him. She couldnt trust him with everything and sometimes doubted him herself. But with jihoo, she didnt know if she loved him, she just knew that she needed him and she could trust him with anything.
Little did jandi know, that her feelings would soon be figured out.
Junpyo picked up his cell phone. "who calls at 9 am? " he yelled into the phone without checking the caller ID.
" junpyo, its noona" his sisters voice calmly said back. She was used to his temper.
"oh, what is it?" he asked, he knew his sister only called for important reasons.
"youre needed over in paris, in a few hours. Theres an important issue thats come up."
"a few hours?" junpyo yelled, alarmed.
"sorry, I didnt know about it until just now. But you need to hurry! Catch the next flight!"
"o-okay!" junpyo knew it was important to attend meetings like this, he was taught how important they were since he was little.
Right after hanging up the phone, junpyo knocked on jandis door. "jandi!" He yelled so she would hurry. "im coming in!"
"hey! wait 'till I answer the door you sicko!" jandi was pulling a t-shirt on, getting ready to go out.
"jandi! Pack! now! Were going to paris!"
"what? why?"
I have to go on a business meeting!"
"why are you dragging ME there?" jandi yelled. "i have to go somewhere!"
"but," junpyo couldnt come up with a reason why jandi should come. No one in the shinhwa group knew about jandi.
"just go! its just a meeting right? It wont be a few days! Hurry! Youre going to be late" jandi said as she grabbed her bag.
"good luck!" jandi said running out the door.
"stupid girlfriend" junpyo muttered to himself "she never listens to what I want"
but junpyo packed anyways and got the next flight out.
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"sorry im late jihoo sunbae!" jandi said running through his door.
Jihoo looked up from his book. "huh?"
"remember? I asked if you can come to the movies with me, and you said yes!"
Jihoo smiled a little and put his book down. "what day is it jandi?" he asked using a softer tone than he did usually.
Jandi knew that meant he found something funny.
"tuesday. They have a sale on movie tickets today."
Jihoo smiled a little wider, and shook his head.
"today is monday."
Jandi blushed bright red. She had been so excited for that day that she didnt keep track correctly.
Jihoo laughed softly while jandi buried her face in her hands.
"we can go today if you want," jihoo said quietly when she didnt lift her head.
Jandi shook her head, while keeping her hands on her face. "no! its not cheap today."
Jihoo could have payed for the tickets without any regret. Honestly, 11 dollars wasn't a lot for him.
But he knew jandi wanted to pay for them herself so he didnt say anything.
He walked back to his chair and sat back down.
"youre already changed, just stay with me today." Jihoo said leaning back in his seat.
Jandi sighed and walked to the next chair to sit down.
"why do I always embarrass myself in front of you sunbae...?" she asked "even when we first met, you caught me staring at you like some sort of creeper." "and plus, I started stuttering like a bird..." jandi said crossing her arms. She remembered stuttering and thinking how a guy can look so beautiful.
Jihoo shrugged "but..." he said looking into her face "its the only thing that makes me laugh right now. You dont know how long ive gone without smiling or laughing before I met you, jandi."
Jihoo moved to sit on the arm rest of her chair. "i thought I would never laugh again. Even suh hyun couldn't make me happy."
Jandi blushed slightly but she was happy that she could be such a good friend to jihoo.
"so, no one found your tickle spot for 15 years? " jandi joked, laughing. She didnt like this mood, and she selfishly didnt want to think of suh hyun either.
Jihoo laughed quietly too "unfortunately for you, ive already found yours."
"you … did ?" jandi said, eyes widening. She thought only her younger brother knew where it was.
Jihoo reached one hand slowly to a point on her shoulder. Jandis eye widened in horror "h-how do you kn-" she couldnt continue because she was already gasping for air "sunbae! GAHH stop! STOP please!" she thrashed her arms around laughing "ahahahaHAHAhaHAH please !" jihoo pinned her hands down onto the chair with his knees and hovered over her, his hand still tickling her shoulders and neck. "AHAHHAAHAHAH sunbae! thats AHAHAH not … fair! haAHHAh I … dont even AAHAH stop! I dont even know where yours is! AHAhahah how am I supposed to get AHAH revenge? " Jandi was completely out of breath trying to talk while laughing. Jihoo climbed down, his fringe messed up from trying to stop jandi from thrashing around. He laughed "im not ticklish."
"liar! " jandi accused laughing "i know EVERYONE has at least ONE spot!"
"youre welcome to try," jihoo said crossing his arms.
"okay!" jandi jumped up, already planning her revenge. She got so competitive sometimes , jihoo thought.
"but you have to stay still!" jandi said, yelling like a little kid.
Jihoo lifted his arms, still crossed. "ill stay like this." He sat back on his chair.
Jandi started poking his neck, where she was ticklish. He didnt move.
She tried grabbing his knees, where most kids were ticklish. Jihoo closed his eyes, pretending to fall asleep. Which made jandis face turn into a pout. "ill find it" she threatened. Jihoos mouth pulled up into a small smile. "good luck." She tried his waist, his shoulders and even his feet.
After 15 minutes or so, she looked up at his face, his eyes still closed and still breathing evenly. She would have been more angry if he didnt look so gorgeous. She didnt like to lose, her brother never challenged her to anything because he knew she would make him play until she won.
While she was still admiring his features, he opened his eyes slightly. "do you give up?"
She jumped up. "NO!" He smiled and closed his eyes again. "hurry up, im getting tired. Im gonna go sleep." " okayokay!" she said jumping up and down. "one more minute!"
Jihoo nodded slightly.
She tried his legs, his arms (she made his straighten his arms for a while) , even his head. (which made him laugh to himself, much to jandis annoyance.)
After 30 minutes, jandi was out of energy. She was sitting on the armrest of jihoo's chair, trying to reach his forehead.
Jihoo was regretting letting her try to find it. His heart was racing, but she was oblivious.
...
"I- I found it! " she said clapping. She looked so happy she was about to cry. Jihoo laughed too. Only his mother knew about his rare ticklish spot. Jihoo smiled back. "jandi... are you happy?" "yes! I am! I found your weakness!" Jihoo laughed and lay back. "will you get off me now?... unless you want to stay this way, that is." Jihoo said with his usual smirk. "huh?" jandi snapped out of her happiness. She was sitting on jihoos stomach, pinning him to the ground still from when he fell off his chair. Jihoo could see the blush creeping up to jandis face, starting from her neck. "im sorry!" She said jumping up.
Jihoo got up slowly too.
"that was some work!" Jandi said looking at jihoo, her blush not completely gone yet. "how long was that for?" Jihoo looked at his watch "about an hour."
Jandi smiled nervously. "s-sorry..."
Jihoo got up and brushed himself off with his hands. "well then its about time the otter got hungry."
Jandi realized she was hungry for some time now. She was too busy trying to find jihoos weakness that she didnt notice.
She sat down at jihoos table. "huh," she said "this doesnt smell like hot cakes..." "thats because I made something else." Jihoo said coming into the dining room. He was holding two omelets.
Jandi remembered to a few weeks ago when she said she wanted omelets. chapter 2,i think
Jihoo smiled slightly. I taught myself after you left that night.
Jandi grinned wide at how much he cared for her, even little things she said, he remembered so he could make her at least a little happier.
"thank you..." She said, touched. "youre a firefighter, my transportation to anywhere and now my cook, too?" She said smiling. Jihoo sat across from her. "does that mean I get a raise?" he asked, jokingly.
"maybe" Jandi said, already in love with the flavour of the omelet. She ate hers and jihoos when he slid his plate over to her. He never hungered easily and it was more fun to watch her eat more than he could.
"thank you! That was so good!" she said happily. After her third omelet.
Jihoo got up, to put the plates back in the sink. "what do you want to do now?"
He asked lazily. He looked tired, so jandi said she wanted to watch TV. Jihoo held her hand to his room, 'sometimes he just holds my hand absentmindedly' jand thought. But she liked it when he held her hand. His hand was so warm and soft and when he closed around her much smaller hand, she felt so safe and happy.
Jihoo had just noticed he was holding hands with her. He hated when he slipped in his calm act and accidentally ends up leaning into her or holds her hand. He felt lucky that she was so innocent and didnt notice all too much.
They opened the door to jihoos room and sat on his bed, facing the tv. Jihoo's TV wasn't so big. In fact, it was about the same size as jandi's old one. "why didnt you get a bigger TV?" jandi asked.
"i dont watch it that often and its only for checking the weather or for background sound" jihoo said, yawning.
"oh" Jandi turned her attention to the TV. It was just showing a random movie, but it seemed interesting enough to keep her attention. She was focused for about thirty minutes when pressure on her shoulder shocked her into looking beside her. Jihoo had fallen asleep and ended up leaning beside him for support. But jandi thought this wasn't a very good position for jihoo to sleep in, so she carefully cradled his head in her arms and lay him back gently on his bed. He moved a little like a child when the mother moves them to their bed, but did not wake up. Jandi knew that once she looked at jihoos face, she would end up staring for a long time, but he was sleeping, and she had nothing else to do. She softly brushed the hair that covered his eyes away with her fingers, and lifted his head to give him a pillow. He looked so innocent when he was sleeping and with his guard down, he looked more gorgeous than ever. A face like this cant walk down the street without someone asking him to be a model or something.. jandi thought. She was happy that such a gorgeous and kind person was her sunbae. No one ever really talked to him except for the f4,her and gaeul. And yet,' jandi continued thinking to herself ' he knows how to treat people so nicely. with the conditions he's grown up with, he should be more selfish than junpyo!'
She trained her gaze to jihoos face again. He lay so still when he slept, and didnt make any sound. Jandi brought her hand up to his nose to see if he was still breathing. She had a pretty bad sleeping habit so she couldnt believe a still figure like this could still be alive. She noticed how long his eyelashes were and lightly ran her finger along the curve of it. Her finger trailed down his cheekbones and down his cheek. It curved around the edge of his chin and stopped just below his lips. His lips looked so soft and delicate. Jandi blushed hotly and looked away after thinking she wanted to touch them. Suddenly, jihoos breathing started to speed up. She looked down at him and he was trembling, his eyebrows pulled together. He looked so horrified jandi needed to fix whatever the problem was. "o-omoni...aboji..." he shook.
The calm face jandi was caressing earlier was replaced with a horrified one. "jihoo...sunbae?" jandi asked carefully. Jihoo was shaking more now, sweat forming on his face. She lay beside him, facing him. She placed a hand on his flushed cheek. "sunbae..." she whispered, scared also. She inched closer to him until she could feel his heat. "sunbae..wake u-" jihoos hand slid around hers. The other one went to the back of her head, to press it into his chest. Jandis eyes grew round at this and she didn't know what to think. It seemed jihoo had woken up, and his breathing was still fast from his dream. Jandi could feel his chest rising and falling heavily, as he caught his breath. She could also hear his heart flutter in his chest, causing hers to do the same. Jihoo explained, still breathless. "i have this dream a lot." he whispered quietly.
"and no matter how many times I have this dream, I wake up breathless and scared." he admitted sadly. "but the scarier thing... is that when I wake up, theres still no one by my side... and that is like watching my dream happen all over again..." jihoo pulled jandis waist so they were pressed together almost uncomfortably for two people who were not even going out. "what if... I .. have to live my dream forever...? what if I find no one, and I will have to wake up from the dream to find myself in a bigger nightmare...? it scares me so much." his voice shook now. "jihoo sunbae..." jandi was crying. "dont worry, jihoo sunbae. Ill be with you. I wont leave you sunbae. I will be by your side forever. You can tell me anything and ill do it for you sunbae. Dont live your nightmare by yourself. I will live it with you if its the least I can do." she sat up, making jihoo sit up too. "please, dont be sad by yourself. I can share half of what youre scared of, then it'll only be half as scary as what it was..." Jandi cupped his face. "ill be here for you" she said, before bringing her face close to kiss him. Her other arm went around his neck and she sat on his legs. Jihoos head was spinning. But he cleared it up and realized he shouldnt be kissing her. He then realized that she wasnt kissing him because she loved him. She was doing it to comfort him, and comfort is what he needed most. He leaned into her and kissed her back. It was an innocent kiss, their lips just pressed gently together, and jandi occasionally closed her lip around his lower lip. Jihoos head was going crazy. All the walls hes built up, and every rule he set for himself started to break. He knew what jandi wanted was not for him to think she loved him, but he still couldnt help it. He had been lonely for so long, and this was making him forget about all the times hes spent by himself. He wanted her by his side, not as a friend anymore. He loosely put his arms around her waist and leaned back onto the head board. Blood shot through his veins giving his head a dull feeling hes never had before. 'is this what junpyo gets all the time?' he thought. Junpyo had gotten everything he wanted. And jihoo gave him everything. But he wanted jandi more than anything hes wanted before. He wished jandi would come to him. Jihoo didnt want to think anymore. He just shut off his brain and let jandi comfort him.
authors note *
oh sorry for boring people with this _ guh~ please review! im glad a lot of people are reading my stories! Ive been getting a lot of mail..I mean please , please review... im so tired T^T good night... for you D':