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Chapter 24 – Tripping, Falling Flat On His Face, It's All Part of His Charm
"Come on Junsu, it's Sunday, let's go shopping," Changmin whined while pulling on Junsu's arm.
"But I want to stay home with my Chunnie," Junsu replied pouting.
Changmin leaned into Junsu and while looking in all directions with shifty eyes he whispered, "It's all part of 'the plan'," emphasizing "the plan" in a slightly louder whisper.
"What 'plan'?" Junsu asked.
"You know, the one Yunho and I came up with," Changmin whispered.
"Ah, the one you guys telepathically transmitted to each other yesterday?"
"Yes! That one!" Changmin whispered excitedly.
"Oh okay!" Junsu said enthusiastically.
"So you're coming?" Changmin asked.
"No," Junsu replied blankly.
"Whyyyy?" Changmin whined dragging out the word.
"Because I don't want to," Junsu said.
Before Changmin could let out another word of protest there was a knock at the door.
'Someone's at the door; go get it," Junsu said.
Changmin glared at Junsu while stomping towards the door. As he opened the door he was met with a surprise.
"Donghae! Eunhyuk!" Changmin jumped at seeing them.
Suddenly Junsu's hands were resting on Changmin's shoulders. "How would you two like to take the adorable Minnie here shopping?" Junsu asked.
"Sure," Donghae said blankly.
'Yes!" Eunhyuk said enthusiastically.
"Good!" Junsu said happily pushing Changmin through the threshold violently.
Changmin turned around. "Junsu—" the door slammed in his face as he flinched. "…wait…"
"Have fun!" Junsu yelled from the other side of the door.
Changmin let out a sigh.
"What was that all about?" Donghae asked.
Changmin turned around with a sheepish smile. 'I think it's about time I tell you what's going on. But you have to promise not to tell anyone and help me. Now that the duck-butt bailed on me you guys are the only ones that can help."
"Sure, tell us," Donghae said.
Changmin looked as if he would burst from excitement before he squealed, "Yunho and JaeJoong are getting married!"
"Omo!" Eunhyuk jumped excitedly and held onto Changmin's hands, both jumped up and down with girlish screams escaping.
"Calm down girls,' Donghae said gaining glares from the two boys.
"Hate to break it to you but two men can't get married," Donghae said.
"Of course we know that but just for a few days we will be giving JaeJoong a complete transformation," Changmin said with a big grin on his face.
"Don't tell me— does he know?" Donghae asked dumbstruck.
"Yes, it's what you're thinking and no, he doesn't. It's a major surprise!"
"Whose idea was this?" Donghae asked.
"Mine of course! And Yunho thought the same too!"
"You sure you two aren't related?" Donghae asked.
"If we are, awesome! If we're not, we will be!" Changmin grabbed both their hands and pulled them down the stairs.
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They'd arrived at the mall. They walked around looking at the shops but never did go into one. They occasionally peeked their heads in but quickly continued walking.
"What exactly are you looking for?" Donghae finally asked.
"You'll wait and see," Changmin said still moving forward.
Changmin finally came to a halt. He saw a shop and when all three boys peeked their head in they were warmly greeted.
Leaning over the counter with a crooked smile and a victory sign bending both fingers back and forth he said, "Welcome to Cinderella's Secret! How may I help you boys?" The young man that had greeted them was very pretty with shoulder length hair. If they didn't already know he was male by his voice, they could have sworn he was a girl.
"Um, we're not exactly sure," Changmin said laughing a little.
"Well come in honey and look around and maybe you'll come across what you're looking for."
"Thanks," Changmin said smiling.
"He seems nice," Eunhyuk said.
"Why here?" Donghae whispered.
"Can't you tell? If we're looking for a female disguise for Joongie, we need the help of someone like him," Changmin whispered in response.
"What do you mean by someone like him?" Donghae asked still not understanding.
Changmin giggled, "Can't you tell? He's gay!"
"Oh," Donghae said, taken aback.
"Um, Mr..." Changmin began.
"I'm not Mr. My name is Heechul. Just call me hyung."
"Okay, hyung. Well we have a situation," Changmin began. "And I was wondering if you could help us."
"Of course!" Heechul said happily.
"You see our friends are very much in love with each other, but thing is they're both guys and one side of their family wouldn't approve of it. They thought that they could just stay away from their families but word got out to one of their fathers that his son has someone and well he wants to meet her. That's just the problem; they're expecting her. We need a disguise so that our friend will appear to be female and only then will that family leave them alone."
"Wow, sounds interesting. Why didn't he come with you guys?" Heechul asked.
"He doesn't know," Donghae said.
"Well, yeah, we forgot to give him one minor detail in our plan. Still can you help us?" Changmin pleaded cutely.
"Omo! You're so cute!" Heechul said pinching his cheeks. "Of course I'll help!"
"Yay!" Changmin said jumping. "But I don't know where to begin."
"Hmmm," Heechul said with a finger to his lips thinking. "You know what, let me show you something." He walked over to the counter and return with a book. "Here you go, you guys can look through these pictures and maybe you can get an idea from t here!"
Changmin took the book and when he opened it all three boys saw pictures of Heechul in female clothing of different styles and different poses. "Wah! Hyung, you look very pretty!" Changmin exclaimed.
"Thank you! I can do every one of those hairstyles myself along with the make-up and I can also do alterations to the dresses to fit the person exactly. Do you have any idea on their sizes and do you happen to have a picture of him so that I can see what style fits best?"
"Well he has a skinny waist I think 25" or 26" and he's very pretty! Also I think he looks best in black," Changmin said.
"You can't come up with any other conclusion. We've never seen him in anything other than black," Donghae said.
"He's also somewhat built but is still very delicate looking nonetheless. I really wish I had a picture to show you," Changmin said.
"Actually I might have one," Eunhyuk said. "He pulled out his camera and began browsing through it. "It's not today recent but it's not like he's changed drastically or at least he hasn't changed in a way we can tell." He handed the camera over to Heechul who took it.
"Wow! He's gorgeous! I have the exact look for him but as for the dress we might just take a couple of them and try them on him first and see which one fits his body type best. So let's get started and look for possible choice of dresses! Also is anyone of you guys his size, it might help to see if these dresses could be fitting for him."
"Well I don't know," Changmin said.
"Hold on a bit," Heechul said walking over to the counter and pulling out a measurement tape. He wrapped it around Changmin's waist first and measured, then Donghae and finally Eunhyuk. "This boy here, what's your name?"
"Eunhyuk."
"Eunhyuk has the closest waist size so if you don't mind will you try on the dresses?" Heechul asked.
"Okay."
"Great! You'll be my model then!" Heechul said smiling excitedly. He grabbed Eunhyuk's hand and pulled him away to the dressing rooms. "Okay, we'll bring you dresses and you can try them on in here and then you come out so we can have a look!" Heechul walked off to go scavenging for dresses.
Donghae walked up to the dressing room where Eunhyuk stood. "Hey, you sure you want to do this?" he asked.
"Why not? I won't die if I try on a few dresses," Eunhyuk said, "Besides, I might look cute!"
"You're so carefree," Donghae said laughing.
"I'm back! Here! Try this one," Heechul said handing him a short black dress with spaghetti straps.
Eunhyuk began to undress and slipped the dress on. When he was done he stepped outside.
"You look so cute! However, Changmin did say that this guy was a little built so we might have to go with sleeves although straps are gorgeous and flirty." He went back to look for another dress.
"Here's another one!"
Eunhyuk tried on another dress with short sleeves on it.
"Not quite what I'm looking for."
Heechul went back and forth with several dresses and Eunhyuk tried every one of them.
"None of them are what I'm looking for... I know! I'll be right back!" Heechul ran off again and came back with another dress. "This here dress is fitting right below the chest and short to the knee in a flowing flirty fashion. Since it's not at the waist and flows it's perfect for a guy to wear if he does not have the curves of a girl. It has sleeves that fall off the shoulder in a sexy fashion with straps as well. It's accented a rhinestone pin below the chest." He turned the dress around. "There's ribbon attached so that it can be tied in a bow to be a tight fit and give it a touch of cuteness. This would look great with a pair of opened toed heels and a choker."
"Wah! You really know a lot about fashion and these dresses!" Eunhyuk said amazed.
"Of course I do! These are my designs so I know every one and how to combine them. Now here you go, try it."
Eunhyuk tried it on and walked out of the dressing room.
"Omo! Yes! That's exactly it. Changmin honey, come here please!"
Changmin walked over to them and his jaw dropped when he saw Eunhyuk. "Wah! That dress is so cute! Hyukie! You look so cute!"
A blush appeared on Eunhyuk's face.
"Well then it's settled! I thought it would be much harder but we've narrowed it down to one. Now I'll go choose the accessories and shoes. Wait, do you know your friend's shoe size?" Heechul asked Changmin.
"No worries, we'll just take a few different sizes so he can try them on. When you've taken that dress off could you bring it to the counter please?"
"Sure," Eunhyuk said. He quickly removed the dress and put his own clothes on then headed towards the counter. Donghae just stood next to the dressing room leaning against the wall, his eyes following Eunhyuk up to the front.
Eunhyuk took the dress up to the counter and handed it to Heechul who put it on a hanger and placed it in a long clear plastic bag.
"These are so pretty!" Eunhyuk said looking at the accessories through the counter glass.
"Tell me, do you have a girlfriend?"
"No," Eunhyuk said sheepishly.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Heechul asked.
"No. Besides, everyone thinks I'm so weird that they avoid me in school. I'm not someone anyone likes. I'm happy and lucky enough to have Donghae and Changmin as friends," Eunhyuk said somewhat embarrassed.
"You're kidding right? You're so cute and so interesting I can't understand how you're not already taken." Heechul extended his hand out and gently touched his chin. At the gesture Donghae quickly sprung to his feet away from the wall. Heechul noticed this.
"Hyung, you can't be doing this," said another guy who had just arrived at the scene. "Don't be teasing the poor boy."
"Siwon, why do you always ruin my fun?" Heechul pouted.
"Kid, be careful with Cinderella here. He's a kissing monster who will steal the lips of anyone he likes. Not to mention, he already has his Beijing Fried Rice who's only been away to China for a few days and he's already cheating on him" Siwon said.
"I already stole a kiss from him," Heechul whispered over the counter to Eunhyuk.
"Hyung! Don't go around telling people that," Siwon said annoyed.
No one had noticed it yet, but Donghae was right next to Eunhyuk, and without saying a word he'd grabbed his hand and had pulled him away towards a more secluded corner of the store.
"That guy has a thing for him," Heechul comment in a gossipy manner to Siwon while pointing at the two boys.
"Hyung, not everyone's gay like you," Siwon said.
"When have I ever been wrong?" Heechul asked.
"With me!" Siwon said.
"You still enjoyed that kiss," Heechul said gaining a shove.
"What was that all about?" Donghae asked in a demanding manner.
"We were just talking," Eunhyuk said.
"If that other guy hadn't shown up he would have easily taken advantage of you," Donghae said.
"But he didn't." Eunhyuk's attention had now been caught by their surroundings. "Hey look! He even sells costumes," Eunhyuk said pointing at the various Disney character attires.
Donghae looked around distracted from what he was going to say.
Eunhyuk went up to one of the racks and took down one of the costumes and slipped into the dressing room.
"Hyuk, what are you doing?" Donghae asked.
"Having fun!" Eunhyuk said from the other side of the drape. "Donghae, you're too uptight; you need to learn to loosen up a bit."
Donghae saw a red headband on the ground and picked it up and just as he'd looked up, Eunhyuk had walked out of the dressing room.
"Snow White," Donghae said. He walked over to Eunhyuk and put the red headband on his head. He stood a few moments frozen simply staring at Eunhyuk.
"Guys, are you ready to— " Changmin interrupted them but he stopped mid sentence when he saw Donghae and Eunhyuk staring at each other. "Oops! Did I interrupt anything?"
"Uh, no," Donghae nervously replied. "Well be right there."
"Yeah, I'll go change right now and we'll leave," Eunhyuk said going back to the dressing room.
A few moments later all three boys were at the front counter.
"Later today I'll stop by your house and give your friend a full make-over so please write down your address and phone number on a piece of paper and I'll be there. I'll call if anything happens. Say, I'll be there around five. Is that good?" Heechul asked.
"That's perfect since they're going to meet the parents for dinner that night," Changmin said while writing down his information and handing it to Heechul.
"Great! I'll see you guys then. Take care boys!" Heechul said waving them good-bye the same way he'd greeted them with the victory sign.
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There was a knock on the door and Changmin quickly ran to go get it.
"Who is it?" JaeJoong asked from the kitchen as he washed the dishes from dinner.
Changmin grabbed Heechul's hand and lead him over to the kitchen with Siwon following behind. "Joongie, meet Heechul and Siwon! They'll be helping us with 'the plan,'" Changmin said enthusiastically.
JaeJoong finished the last dish and went over to dry his hands off before walking over to them. "Nice to meet you two, my name is JaeJoong, but Changmin," JaeJoong said to the shorter boy, "neither you nor Yunho told me exactly what the plan was."
"Well, we didn't think you would agree, but now that they're here you can't send them away," Changmin said.
"What is it that I wouldn't agree to?" JaeJoong asked.
"We'll be giving you a make-over!" Changmin said.
"What kind of make-over?" JaeJoong asked worried.
"A disguise! We'll disguise you as a girl!" Changmin said.
At hearing this JaeJoong almost lost his balance and Changmin reached over to hold him up. "Are you serious?!"
"Well, Yunho's father is expecting a young girl and you aren't exactly a young girl even if you're prettier than most. We only need to put up with appearances a few times and that is all," Changmin said.
"I don't know, I don't think we should go on with this," JaeJoong said worried.
"You love Yunho, Yunho loves you. You can't let his father get in between your love!"
"Fine, but this is insane!" JaeJoong said.
"Of course it's insane! What isn't?"
"Well good! Glad you've accepted to do this!" Heechul said enthusiastically. "Now let's see, turn around."
JaeJoong did a 360 and returned to facing Heechul.
"Have you ever walked in heels?" Heechul asked.
"What?! No," JaeJoong replied.
"Well, we better fit you into a pair and get you to practice ahead of time before you fall flat on your face once you're dressed," Heechul said going over to the pairs of shoes he'd brought. He fitted JaeJoong and once they found a pair that was the perfect fit Heechul helped him stand up.
JaeJoong stood up straight. He easily kept his balance but once he gave the first step he stumbled a little. "Careful honey, slow steps and then we can begin quickening your pace and teaching you how to walk like a lady." The practiced for a while with Heechul still holding on to JaeJoong's hand until he finally got the hang of it and he could let go of him.
Heechul went over to put on a pair himself and walked over to JaeJoong professionally. "Now, I will give you an example on how to walk and you try to follow my lead." Heechul walked back and forth moving his hips but not exaggerating too much. "You got that? Now you try."
JaeJoong tried to walk the same way as Heechul but he had lots of trouble as he still wasn't comfortable in the pair of heels. After practicing for half an hour he seemed to have somewhat mastered walking in them.
Heechul clapped happily, "That's great! Now we're going to give you a mani-pedi. We also need to wax your legs and underarms."
"There's no need for that," JaeJoong said.
"Of course there is! You need to be feminine!"
"I meant the waxing," JaeJoong said embarrassed.
"Ah! I get it, one less thing to do. Well then after your mani-pedi we'll go straight to your hair. Hmmm, I think your hair is long enough to where we can just add extensions to give it a more natural look and don't worry about having it permanently. These are specially designed so that they can be put on in a matter of minutes and removed them the same. Oh, and I think loose curls would look gorgeous on you!"
At hearing that, JaeJoong felt relieved. He didn't want to permanently have long hair. He would feel quite strange.
Heechul gave him a manicure, pedicure, styled his hair and had him changed into the dress they'd chosen. Once he was fully dressed including padding for his chest. He began to put his make-up on and put on the choker he'd chosen for him. "This choker not only looks amazing with this dress but it also hides your Adam's apple because as pretty as you are that's one of the things that can easily give it away besides the flat chest we've already taken care of." Last he put on his shoes and stood up. "Let's have a look. Omo! You look gorgeous!" Heechul walked out of the room. "Guys, he's ready!"
Yunho, Junsu, Yoochun, Donghae, Eunhyuk, Changmin and Siwon were all in the living room waiting.
"JaeJoong honey, come out now," Heechul said.
The door opened and JaeJoong walked out perfectly walking with his head slightly lowered in a shy manner.
Everyone's jaws dropped at the sight of JaeJoong. JaeJoong gave another step but stumbled a bit and lucky Yunho was there to catch him.
"Tripping, falling flat on his face, it's all part of his charm," Changmin said.
"Everyone laughed at Changmin's remark including the well dressed couple.
"Yunho, you look really good," JaeJoong said.
"Not as good as you," Yunho said looking into JaeJoong's eyes.
"Can we take a picture of you two?" Changmin said.
"Minnie, not a picture, I'm not doing this for fun you know," JaeJoong said.
"Oh come on!" Changmin whined.
"I'd like one too," Heechul said. "You guys are one of the best couples that I've seen, of course, next to my honey and I."
"Fine," JaeJoong said reluctantly.
Heechul and Changmin took pictures of the couple. "Omo! This is just like the prom you never had!" Changmin said.
"And you oddly remind me of a crazy mother with that camera," JaeJoong said.
"Children it's getting late so you best be on your way," Changmin said.
"Of course mother," JaeJoong said.
"Well somebody here has to be the responsible if not adult, teenager," Changmin said.
Changmin escorted them to the door.
"Have fun kids!" Changmin said.
"Wow!" Yoochun said. "He really looked convincing!" He looked over at Junsu and said, "I wonder how— "
"Don't even think about it!" Junsu said.
"Oh but darling, you would look lovely!" Heechul said.
Everyone laughed