Eunji: GUYS! I GET TO GO TO JAPAN!
ZEN: Nice! I once played a Japanese lord in a drama a few years back.
Saeyoung: That's so kewl, Eunji! Are you going to a maid café? I can show you some pictures of one of my auditions.
ZEN: Plz don't.
Eunji: Well, I'm going to Japan instead of Jaehee for work, so this would be purely work.
ZEN: WHAAAAT?! Does that mean you're going with Jumin, alone? As in, just you and him in one hotel room? No supervision?!
Eunji: I mean, we'll have separate suits and we will participate in meetings mostly, but yeah, it'll be just us.
ZEN: You have to be careful, Eunji!
ZEN: All men are complete beasts on the inside. I know I said Jumin is ice cold like the iceberg that struck down the Titanic, but put him alone with a cute and pretty girl like you, and his baser instincts will definitely kick in! Oh God.
Eunji: Thanks for worrying Zen, but I've got this handled. Jumin's not like that.
Jumin: How uncouth. I would not attack Eunji like some rabid caveman.
ZEN: Woah! Speak of the devil! Are you here for work again? Or are you actually going to talk to us for once?
Jumin: Not for work. I am here to chat. This is a chat room. Would you deny me my basic chatting rights?
ZEN: That's not what I meant.
Jumin: Then think before you write. In fact, just put down your phone to save yourself the trouble.
ZEN: JUMIN!
Jumin: Eunji, were you able to settle in properly at your apartment?
ZEN: Is he ignoring me?!
Eunji: Yes. I'm nice and comfy with Masako.
Jumin: Good. I am glad to hear such pleasant news.
Saeyoung: He's completely ignoring you, dude.
ZEN: I'm not done talking to you, Trust Fund Kid! Yo! Hey!
Jumin: Also, just because this is a business trip does not mean there will be no free time. If you wish to visit a maid café, then we can accomplish that feat.
Eunji: Maybe we could drop by a cosplay store. I'm kind of a closeted anime nerd.
Jumin: Cosplay? I wonder what you would cosplay as?
Eunji: I guess we'll find out later!
Saeyoung: Ha. They're both ignoring you, buddy. Time to call our losses.
ZEN: How can anyone ignore this beautiful face? These eyes? Hair? Ma bod?
Jumin: You do have an updated passport, yes?
Eunji: Yup! I went to China once for a work meeting, and I've been to America twice for family get togethers.
Jumin: Excellent news. Then all is a go.
Saeyoung: They can. They can totally resist your charms, dude.
Yoosung*: Hey guys! Have I missed anything? I was just released from my internship and, man! Did you know that cats don't have a collarbone? That's why they can squeeze through tight spaces!
Yoosung*: They really can sits if they fits!
Saeyoung: Sorry, Yoosung my lad. Eunji and Jumin are in a world of their own right now. You can only hang out with us sad and downtrodden outcasts now.
ZEN: Like hell I'd be an outcast! I'm too smooth and well spoken to be thrown aside like, like a mere side character!
Saeyoung: Something tells me that's exactly what you are meant to be right now. Maybe if the author thinks of something nice for you, you could get your own main character rank in another story.
ZEN: W-what? I don't understand a word you said.
Saeyoung: By the way, if someone is staying up late reading, make sure rest your eyes and eat well!
Saeyoung: :^P
Yoosung*: I have no clue what you're up to, but that's just Saeyoung being Saeyoung.
Yoosung*: Anyway, I am forever alone. I'll fit right in talking with Zen. I'll tell him everything I learned at my internship. He'll have no choice because no one else will listen to him.
ZEN: HEY!
Jumin: Eunji, I look forward to our trip.
Jumin: I have been to Japan a few times previously for business trips. There's a sister site there for C&R, so I am not unfamiliar with the area.
Jumin: And yet, knowing that this would be your first visit to Japan makes me feel…excited. I believe that is the correct terminology.
Eunji: So, you're excited that I'm excited?
Jumin: Precisely.
Saeyoung: Hehehe
Saeyoung: Hahaha
Saeyoung: Hohoho
ZEN: I don't what to be annoyed with the most.
ZEN: The fact that Jumin is getting oddly sentimental in the first real chat he's had with us in ages.
ZEN: Or that Saeyoung has broken.
Yoosung*: I vote neither. It's been so long since we've all had fun like this on the chat.
Jumin: I wish time would wash away so that Japan is ever closer.
Eunji: It's only a week away. We'll be fine.
Jumin: Yes. We will.
Yoosung*: nvm I vote sentimentality
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Eunji: Youngmi. Woojin. Sooo not cool.
Youngmi: What's not cool? The weather? It has been hot out lately. Lemme fan myself.
Eunji: Don't play me like that. The pillows! The. Pillows.
Woojin: Oh, so you did get them. We were wondering.
Youngmi: Like usual, Woojin, you blew our cover.
Eunji: There was nothing to blow!
Youngmi: I bet there w
Eunji: I knew it was both of you!
Woojin: lol
Eunji: I swear, I am going to make your afterlives so ravaged by misery. The Grugee has nothing on me.
Youngmi: Whatevs. Anyway, you didn't get onto our thread just to rave about some pillows.
Eunji: Some pillows that Jumin Han saw. How many more times do you want me to get embarrassed?
Woojin: Maybe five more times? Your face gets all red and splotchy.
Eunji: Nevermind. I'll drop it for now. I'm not even going to ask how you got that commission done so fast.
Eunji: I guess I did have something important to tell you two.
Youngmi: Spill girl. Spill.
Woojin: Give us the juicy details.
Eunji: I'm going to go on a business to Japan with Jumin. And…I'm, err.
Youngmi: You're going to Japan!? Squeeee!1!
Woojin: And I'm err, WHAT?
Youngmi: Yeah, WHATCHUGONNASAY?
Eunji: I'm going to confess to him.
Youngmi: WHAT?!
Woojin: WHAT?!
Eunji: Maybe you were sorta, kinda right. I do have a crush, well, more than a crush on him.
Youngmi: I KNEW IT! Girl, you just needed time and a push! A pillow push! Now, go get your man! Getim!
Woojin: Wow, Youngmi's plot actually worked! Crazy, huh.
Youngmi: What do you mean actually? This isn't my first time around the block, you blockhead. I am a genius at the matchmaking game.
Woojin: Sorry, dear.
Youngmi: All's forgiven for now, hun.
Eunji: Will you two wish me luck confessing instead of the usual pillows this time? I'm going to run out of space and deodorant if you send me any more of those.
Youngmi: Anything for you, babe.
Woojin: Will do!
Eunji: Thank you guys.
Youngmi: make her to practice kissing on the pillows. You have to be on your top form.
Woojin: Remember, you kiss with your lips.
Eunji: Why do I surround myself with these people. I'm going to go insane.
Youngmi: We're too fun to leave, hun. You'd be boring without us. I'd rather take insane.
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Jumin: Elizabeth the 3rd and Masako secured at Akatsuki Ryokan?
Jaehee: Check.
Jumin: Luggage sent to the correct hotel?
Jaehee: Double check.
Jumin: Your rescheduled meetings managed for the week?
Jaehee: Check and check squared!
Jaehee: But Mr. Han. We've been through this checklist many times, and you're already on the jet to
Japan. There's no need for this checklist any longer.
ZEN: Don't tell me. Is Trust Fund Kid is scared of flying?
Jumin: Nothing of the sort.
Jaehee: You do seem nervous, Mr. Han. This isn't like you. Is Eunji alright? Is that why you are uneasy?
Eunji: Oh, I'm right here. I'm at the window seat. Jumin's sitting right next to me. All is well!
Eunji: I just bumped his elbow with mine.
ZEN: Why do you have to be that close when the jet is owned by Jumin?
Eunji: Eh? You own this, Jumin?
Jumin: Of course. I wouldn't fly in anything other than the C&R brand.
ZEN: Again, why. So. Close? Are your beast instincts kicking in?
Jumin: Not that it's any of your business, but we are on a passenger jet.
ZEN: WTH? The Jumin Han on a passenger flight?
Jumin: Seeing as this is Eunji's first trip to Japan, I also wanted to experience a first.
ZEN: As in a commercial flight? -_-
Jumin: Ya
ZEN: Ya my butt.
Jumin: If it pleases you, we are in the first class cabin.
ZEN: That doesn't please me at all!
Jaehee: As long as you are feeling up to speed, Mr. Han, then running C&R from this side will go smoothly.
Jumin: Thank you, Assistant Kang.
Jaehee: Y-you're welcome.
Yoosung*: Hey every one! Umm, how's flying? I've never been on a plane before.
Eunji: You haven't? We'll have to fix that sometime. It's so mesmerizing how something so large can cut through the air with such ease. Isn't that right Jumin? Umm, Jumin?
Jumin: Mesmerizing. Yes.
Eunji: Eeerr
Yoosung*: I'd want to go Alaska and quietly play my games. Even better! I could open my own vet clinic.
Jaehee: That's an honorable goal.
Yoosung*: I really want to help! I really do! I can make a different taking this path.
Yoosung*: What about you, Jaehee? What's your dream?
Jaehee: Save enough money to buy out an entire viewing of Zen's Muscial, Bats for the entire week.
ZEN: That is oddly specific but I love everything about it. Thank you.
Jaehee: There is no need to thank me. I am only expressing what awe you truly deserve.
Yoosung*: Jumin, what are your dreams?
Jumin: No comment.
Yoosung*: Hey, that's no fair.
Jumin: I shall amend my previous statement.
Jumin: Dreaming-is-in-progress.
Yoosung*: Now you sound like Saeyoung…
ZEN: Never thought I'd read that Jumin and Saeyoung are similar.
Yoosung*: What about you, Eunji? What are your dreams?
Eunji: I've only said this to one person, but I guess it won't hurt now. I want to teach in Japan.
Yoosung*: Wow! So, Jumin taking you to Japan is like a great big present to you!
Eunji: A present?
ZEN: Hey, aren't you going to ask what my dream is, Yoosung?
Yoosung*: I already know your dream.
Jaehee: We already know your dream.
Eunji: We already know your dream.
Jumin: I don't care about your dream.
ZEN: …
ZEN: That goes to show how bright of a star I shine! Hahaha!
ZEN: Wait. JUMIN HAN! How dare you not care about my
Jumin: Thank goodness. It's time to land. I am logging off.
Eunji: Talk to you guys later!
-Jumin Logged Off-
-Eunji Logged Off-
Jaehee: I hope all fairs well with those two.
Yoosung*: *sigh* Me, too.
ZEN: Yo, guys? What do you mean? Hellooo?
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MC: Saeran, where are you? I thought you were back in the garden, but I couldn't find you.
Saeran: Oh! I went inside to make a sandwich real quick. Did you want one, too?
MC: No thank you. Hmn, the kitchen you say? I didn't see you there when I passed by.
Saeran: I went to the bathroom first.
MC: Saeran. Are you doing alright? Do we need to talk?
Saeran: I'm doing fine. Please, don't worry about me.
MC: I can't help it. You're my baby's uncle and my husband's brother. We all care about you.
Saeran: It's fine. I'm. I'm just doing. Doing research. Private research.
MC: Does this have anything to do with your father? You know he lost all of his power. He won't come back to hurt either of you.
Saeran: It's not that man. This is research for a friend. I'm close to finding something to help her.
MC: Help her?
Saeran: That doesn't matter. Just know that I'm doing this for myself, too. I have to do this. If I don't, I'll, I'll-
MC: Saeran, you do what you have to do. I won't stop you.
Saeran: Thank you, MC. Just, thank you.
Saeran: Oh. Oh! I found it! That was some tough security. Let's see…
MC: Saeran, what is it?
Saeran: I can't believe this. I can't. But. But it makes sense. So much sense.
MC: You do realize my curiosity is supremely peaked right now.
Saeran: But should I tell her now? She'll be leaving soon. Her trip would be ruined. I'd ruin her trip.
MC: I'm pretty sure you won't be ruining anything, Saeran. Remember what we've told you.
Saeran: I'm not a waste of space. I'm irreplaceable. You and Saeyoung and baby all love me. And I love myself.
MC: Good.
Saeran: Right. I'm fine. It's alright. I'll think it through. I still need to tell her. If only to help them. If only to help me.
(A/N: Hey, sorry about the latest version of this chapter. Fanfiction didn't want to keep the breaks between message topics, and that resulted in a gloppy mess! Hopefully my edits worked this time!) (PPS: Nothing would work except for the hahahaha, so...haha?)