Chapter 4

Sungmin looked back at the girl dressed in the smart white shirt and black apron with her long dark hair tied up in a neat bun. He shyly stared at her and gazed back down into his menu and wondered what next to order just so he could talk to her once again that day. This was a fancy coffee house full of fancy people and they were usually business people and foreigners discussing complicated stuff so generally it was a safe place for an idol like him to go to because there were no rabid fangirls in sight. And even the people serving him didn't seem to know who he was. That included her.

She was pretty and in a natural way without too much make up or fancy dresses (he'd only seen her in her waitress getup). She had a nice comforting sweet smile and her eyes were large and innocent. Her skin was a flawless milky texture and it glowed ever so nicely. He'd catch her blushing before out of pleasure and he had almost been crazy enough to actually go over and ask her could he please own that blush. Sungmin had sighed rather sadly at the idea that he was probably going mad on account of one waitress and that whoever in their right mind would ever ask anybody "Can I please own your blush?"

Before he could really contemplate about his sanity, Sungmin saw her head towards the counter and thus, she was going to pass him by because his table was right next to the counter. He couldn't miss such a golden opportunity and quickly shot his hand up into the air and gestured for her. She saw his hand and smiled immediately at him but it was a professional smile; a smile a waitress puts on at her customers. Not a genuine smile of pure pleasure like the time she blushed the other day with her friends when they teased her.

Sungmin had been watching for two weeks already and he wondered how long this whole thing would go on. Somehow or other he couldn't help be reminded of someone when it came to her.

"Yes, sir?" she spoke in a soft lilting voice, "What else can I do for you today?"

Sungmin flushed a bit and glanced again at his menu, his mind going completely blank, he hadn't really thought about what to order.

Shit! What to order?

When she saw Sungmin fumble around helplessly in this adorable childish way, she couldn't help but smile again at him. This time, Sungmin was rewarded with a true genuine smile and his bonus was her lovely blush.

"Would you like me to recommend you our deserts? We have a wonderful selection of mouthwatering deserts that is sure to make you fall in love at first bite," she suggested, as she gestured to the menu and helped him flip to the page where all their best deserts were.

"If you like chocolate, I suggest you try the chocolate mousse. It's the best one you'll ever taste I'm sure! The rich creamy texture of the chocolate simply melts in your mouth and you feel your whole tongue being enveloped by the fusion of chocolate and cream. You've never tasted anything like it before!"

Sungmin couldn't help but lick his lips as he listened to her every word while watching her beautiful carnelian mouth move. She was a gentle beauty and she moved with grace and her eyes were kind and smiling. Sungmin felt an even stronger pull towards her now that she was so close he could even smell her perfume.

"U-um, that sounds good," he sputtered and ducked his head in the menu, completely embarrassed with having her so near him.

"I'll have that then."

"Excellent choice, sir," she beamed down at him as she took the order down in her notebook carefully.

"I'll be right back with your chocolate mousse then," and with that she'd disappeared. Sungmin frowned in his shirt collar and sighed heavily. He was crushing big time on a waitress and he didn't even have the guts to ask her out properly. He'd been observing her for weeks, always dropping by during her shifts and even if he didn't have the time to stay and he'd order a cup of coffee or a packed bagel or doughnut just so he could at least catch a glimpse of her. The others suspected he was having a crush on someone but none of them knew who it was and Sungmin was kind of grateful for that. Who knew what kind of awful teasing he'd endure from them if they found out? Super Junior members liked to tease each other and they especially loved it when a member was crushing on someone because that would've been the golden opportunity none of them would want to miss. Sungmin too wasn't exempt from that naughty pleasure. He'd teased poor Ryeowook once when they all found out Ryeowook had a crush on childhood friend and he even joined in when the rest teased Dong Hae about his crush on a noona who went to his school.

Sungmin waited for another opportunity to talk to his favorite waitress but he wasn't that fortunate because the person who served him with his chocolate mousse was another waitress. She didn't ever pass by his table after that because she was too busy running around waiting on tables.

Sungmin took a spoonful of the chocolate and put it into his mouth and he felt the whole taste tantalize his tongue and his eyes went wide when he realized that she wasn't kidding when she said it was the best chocolate he'd ever taste. That was some amazing chocolate mousse but as he watched her wait on another table and smile at the other male customers she waited on, he felt that the chocolate mousse would taste even sweeter if she was his girlfriend. Now the bitterness of the chocolate was what seemed like the overpowering taste. He suddenly wished it was sweeter…

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Sang-Mi glanced at her watch as she walked about in the dance studio. Leeteuk had told her to meet him there because the Suju boys had to do a dance practice and he wanted her to be their audience once again. Sang-Mi didn't have a problem with that but she wondered how come none of them had arrived yet.

Sang-Mi looked around at the studio and saw a small little radio at the corner of the room. She made her way towards it and stared at the object for a moment, debating whether or not it was a good idea to press the play button.

She was truly tempted to just press the play button and she gave the studio another quick scan. Pleased that she was alone and that no one was there to see her, Sang-Mi bent forward to jab her finger on the play button.

The music blared so loudly that Sang-Mi jumped back slightly. The music was some fast hip hop number with cool bubblegum pop rhythm mixed in it. She suspected it was Eunhyuk who came up with the song and the choreography. He was always in charge of that.

Unconsciously, Sang-Mi began tapping her foot to the rhythm and she was even nodding her head by the time the track reached its 20th second. The song was pretty addictive.

By the end of the first minute, Sang-Mi had thrown caution to the wind and was dancing like crazy. She liked dancing but she'd always felt as if she couldn't at all dance and so she never did it in public. But like other women, sometimes it was nice to dance and be silly and let lose everything that was bothering you.

Rotating her hips suggestively and pumping her chest in beat with the track, Sang-Mi started to slide her legs to the left gracefully and then move her other leg to press down forward hard. She was quick and graceful with her arms but her feet moved hard and fast. She was pretty good at dancing actually.

Sungmin panted as he thrust the door of the studio open. He had feared he'd be late for practice. He was surprised to see that it was Sang-Mi who was practicing and not Eunhyuk or Leeteuk hyung.

She didn't hear him come in and she was so immersed in her dancing she'd practically closed her eyes and was in the middle of flailing her arms in the air. And then to Sungmin's utter surprise, she went straight down on the floor with a perfect split.

"Wow!" Sungmin cried out in surprise. Hearing his voice, Sang-Mi turned around quickly and quickly scrambled to her feet, blushing furiously trying to look away from him.

"Oh, shit!" she cried, "I didn't hear you come in, Sungmin oppa…How long have you been standing there?"

"Long enough!" Sungmin said, his voice and facial expression suggested he was still surprised.

"I didn't know you could dance! How come you never said you could?"

Sang-Mi blushed even brighter at his comment. She didn't know where to look and she prayed that Leeeuk and the rest to come quickly because this was getting embarrassing. But then again, if they came, Sungmin would tell them what he saw and she'd be even further humiliated! She quickly made plans to pray that Sungmin would fall and hit his head and get a concussion and have some sort of temporary memory loss.

"I can't dance! That was just playing around! It was nowhere near your cool dancing!" she protested.

"Well, of course you're not as good as we are and that's because we're professionals but for an ordinary person you have natural grace and talent!" Sungmin said, smiling at her in admiration.

"I can't dance, really…" she mumbled in her blouse, eyes avoiding Sungmin's.

"C'mon, Sang-Mi, let's try a couple of dance moves Eunhyukie taught me last week! It'll be fine!" Sungmin cried happily as he pulled Sang-Mi. He put her right beside him and instructed her to keep her legs apart slightly and to jerk her legs outwards slightly in tune to the beat from the track. She followed suit and even though she messed it up a couple of times at first but she soon got it right and Sungmin was so pleased he beamed at her.

"You're doing great! Keep it up and then we're gonna sweep our arm up like this and then bring it forward like so in one hard jerk, okay? Yeah, just like that!" Sungmin said approvingly as he demonstrated to her and he saw that she followed him correctly.

Sungmin continued to teach her a couple of other cool moves and when she was good at that he decided that they could start from the top.

Sang-Mi was feeling pretty good about herself. The compliments she received from Sungmin were making her slightly feel more confident in her dancing. It was when she was just about to do the newest move she'd learned was when she stepped on her shoelace accidentally. Losing her balance, Sang-Mi yelped in surprise as she suddenly felt her body bend sideways crashing onto Sungmin's build and simultaneously pulling him down together with her as she fell. Both crumpled on the floor like a bowling pins after a strike of the bowling ball.

"Umph!"

"Ack!"

Thud!

When Sang-Mi finally opened her eyes, she saw that she was looking deeply into Sungmin's puppy brown eyes and they were wide with shock as they looked back at her. She felt her whole form flush in the red hue and felt the warmth travelling up her whole body. It was then that she was finally aware of their positions; she was on top of Sungmin and her whole length was covering his and she could feel everything! His face was so close, she could feel his warm breath on her cheeks and she was pretty sure he could feel her breasts as her chest were pressed so firmly to his. She wondered in her current state of shock, if he could even feel her heart beating like crazy.

This is so wrong!

When did she ever look this pretty? Those carnelian lips…They remind me of that waitress….

Sungmin's mind basically went blank as the thought entered his mind. Somewhere in the back of his mind he realized that this was wrong and that this was Sang-Mi he was looking at with longing and not the girl from the café earlier.

"Sang-Mi ah…" he whispered huskily, his face leaning up towards her. His lips half an inch close to hers.

The minute she heard his voice, she realized that this was not Leeteuk she was looking at and that she'd better get up before something terrible happened. She so did not want the whole episode of Kibum and her to ever repeat itself.

As she struggled to get up off of Sungmin, the rest walked in and she was greeted with loud cries and laughter from Leeteuk, Eunhyuk and Shindong.

"Hey, you made it!" Leeteuk cried out happily as he went over to hug her.

"Yeah…" she mumbled. Her mind was still pretty numb after thinking about what had just happened.

"Watch and tell us what you think, okay, Sang-Mi?" Eunhyuk called out brightly to her as he presented his gummy grin at her.

She grinned back, barely but thank god no one seemed to notice except Sungmin who was also feeling the guilt rising up inside him.

What the hell? He'd almost kissed Sang-Mi, Leeteuk's girlfriend! Was he crazy or what? It wasn't even like he liked Sang-Mi that way! Oh, sure he was fond of just as the rest of the members were as well but he'd never liked her as in that way before! He looked at her dumbfounded face and realized he still didn't like her in that way. He'd just had a moment of weakness whereby he'd confused her with that waitress he was crushing on. But even then that was pretty bad and dangerous. He'd surely get slaughtered if Leeteuk ever heard he was about to kiss his girl!

Sighning deeply as he tried to collect his thoughts, Sungmin got into position and began dancing to the track but he found that oddly enough, he didn't do so well with the rest as he'd done with her.

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Sang-Mi had heard from Leeteuk and the rest of the members that she was going to have to attend this big award ceremony thing all the stars attended. She's protested at first, saying that she was just an ordinary person and that she didn't deserve to be there like they did. But each and every one of them talked to her (except for Kibum and Sungmin who were avoiding her like crazy) and they eventually convinced her to come. She reluctantly gave up the fight. Leeteuk said there was going to be dancing and ballroom gowns and glamorous people left right and centre and she was to look her best on that night.

Sang-Mi doubtfully agreed to go out shopping with him so they could pick out the right dress for her. She was pretty much still nervous at the thought of being surrounded by a bunch of glamorous chicks but she'd made a promise so she was going to keep her word.

They were at a large shopping filled with all kinds of expensive shop lots when she began to understand why image was so important to everyone in the entertainment industry. You needed money and fame and you had to look good all the time and if you brought your sloppy scruffy girlfriend in her usual getup then good god! Fangirls would start screeching left right and centre! They'd screech even if you were the most gorgeous woman on earth and Sang-Mi was definitely NOT that.

"I really feel like I shouldn't go, Joongsoo-sshi," she mumbled as she tightened her grip on Leeteuk's hand.

"You're right. You shouldn't go at all. You should just stay at home and watch me dance with and prance about with Brown Eyed Girl's Ga In!" Leeteuk agreed mockingly, "I mean, why should I bring my beautiful, sweet, kind hearted girlfriend over to the ceremony cuz' she'd just frickin' ruin everything! What's more my chances with Ga In will just totally disappear…"

Sang-Mi giggled and smacked him on his arm hard. She always laughed when Leeteuk teased her like that. That was one thing that always seemed to forge them closer together; their sense of humor and their love for laughter.

"Let's go look at D & G first, okay? I'm sure they have something nice and chic for you to wear!" Leeteuk cried out excitedly.

"Um, exactly why are you so excited about this whole thing, Joongsoo-sshi?" Sang-Mi asked as she looked around the store filled with rows and rows of beautiful elegant gowns and glamorous outfits. Even before looking at the price tag, Sang-Mi knew that they were expensive as hell and that if Leeteuk wasn't a celebrity with a handsome pay, she wouldn't even be there.

"You've never shown such an interest in shopping before," she trailed off as she gazed longingly at a gorgeous off shoulder gold gown that was in this fashionable tiered way.

"Oho, I despise shopping!" Leeteuk cried out as he clapped his hands when he caught sight of an amazing dark sapphire dress that was made out of the most beautiful soft material either of them had ever seen or felt.

"Then why're-Oof!"

Leeteuk shoved the dress right onto her face and grinned at her before she could even finish her words.

"What would be better than watching my girlfriend strut around in fancy outfits right in front of me?" he asked teasingly, his eyes boring into hers in a naughty way.

"'Sides, I might just get a glimpse or two of what color your underwear is today and- Ooof!"

Sang-Mi had punched him lightly in the stomach as she laughed at his logic. He was the most ridiculous boyfriend a girl could ever have.

After hours of parading herself in sexy elegant outfits, Sang-Mi finally settled on a beautiful dark sapphire gown with sequins that draped all over her off shoulder dress and trail down delicately to her waist to her gentle flaring skirt. The color was extremely exquisite and so was the texture and quality of the gown Sang-Mi kept on asking again and again if it was really okay for Leeteuk to buy such an expensive gown for her.

"Are you sure you can afford this? Joongsoo-sshi, you shouldn't get this for me! Why don't you just forget about the whole thing and let me buy my own gown!" she cried out in alarm when she saw him pull out his credit card.

"Really! I can get something cheaper that still will be pretty. Well, maybe not quite as pretty as this gown but it's sooooo expensive! Joongsoo-sshi, I really hate being a burden to you and I despise women who use their boyfriend to get them expensive gifts and such –"

Leeteuk cut her off by placing a finger to her lips and smiling reassuringly at her.

"Don't worry, Sang-Mi ah!" he said gently, "I wouldn't get something I couldn't afford and this I can very well afford! I've never given you anything before except my love and my heart. So let me give you this one gift just so you could be the most gorgeous woman ever to walk on that dance floor when I bring you to the ball this Saturday."

"Joongsoo-sshi, just so you'd understand," she said slowly, "I don't care about expensive gowns or jewels and fast cars. I don't care about the fact that you're a rich guy or not. Giving me your heart and love is more than enough for me…"

"I know that," he said as he winked at her, he handed the cashier girl his credit card, "But I want to give you everything I can. Whatever I can give you to show you that I'm grateful for your love and I appreciate you in every way…I want to be able to do that for the one I love."

"Joongsoo-sshi…Saranghae…"

"Saranghae…"

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The night of the ball was coming closer and closer. Everyone who was going to attend it were all going to dress up like crazy and were all mostly stars. SNSD, Brown Eyed Girls, KARA, T-ARA, 2PM, 2AM, MBLAQ SHINee and whole lot of other stars were going to be there. Sang-Mi grew nervous as she looked at her calendar. This was getting even more nerve wrecking! Geez, why had she ever agreed to this? Surely, everyone will look at her and wonder who the hell she was?

'Wonder if Yoona is gonna be there? Is she a nice person? Argh! Forget about her think about yourself! You've got to stop comfort eating or else you'll put on weight and you won't fit into that dress Joongsoo bought for you…'

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Kibum's POV

Tonight's the night of the ball. Kibum wondered what Sang-Mi was going to wear? He knew Leeteuk-hyung had taken her out to get her a gown but he hadn't seen it and he wondered enviously if Leeteuk had chosen the gown for her. It was such an upsetting thought. Problem was, he was actually beginning to feel less for Sang-Mi after the slap she'd delivered. He was also finally beginning to feel happier for his hyung. Maybe it was time for him to move on.

As Kibum got dressed and fixed his hair, he told himself that this was for the best. There was only one thing he feared…

Would the sight of her beauty in the unknown gown cause him to forget his loyalty to his hyung?

He hoped to God that that wouldn't be the case.

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Sungmin's POV

He looked over his shoulder towards Kibum. He'd heard from one of the boys that Kibum too had had feelings for Sang-Mi. he wondered if the younger man still liked Sang-Mi. Sungmin knew his feelings for her never went beyond the crazed delusion of her as he likened her to the waitress he was crushing on. It was just a confused lust crazed moment that made him act that way towards her. It had been such a dangerous feeling though.

Clearing his throat and adjusting his bow tie, he made sure to watch Kibum carefully. He hoped that the young man had moved on from his feelings for Leeteuk-hyung's girlfriend.

Sungmin sighed sadly. If only he hadn't been so ruled by lust for that one moment, he wouldn't have been so awkward with Sang-Mi then…

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Leeteuk's POV

He looked down into his shirt pocket and smiled happily to himself. It was his time in his life when he would make the right decision. His heart told him it was the right moment for this. He'd make her happy. As he looked forward to the future, Leeteuk wasn't aware of what tragedy would befall him next…