Chin-sun was lying on the bed of their hotel room, their meaning her and her senior Ji-Kyung-unnie. They were the only girls in the crew so it was just the two of them sharing one room; the perks of being a girl.
A sigh escaped Chin-sun's lips as she stared at the ceiling, he hadn't called.
It was so weird.
She had done fine without him for five whole years! She didn't talk to him, she didn't see him and she was fine. She wondered how it had gotten so difficult for her to stay without him.
He hadn't called and she felt...she didn't know! They would meet pretty soon, right? But the fact that he didn't call made her feel like he didn't care. That was stupid, she knew.
She wondered if she hadn't met Mi Nyu that night, she would be fine? Would she not feel the need to know that Mi Nam was there and he cared?
"Stop moping around, Chin-sun! What is wrong with you?" Ji-Kyung scolded the younger woman.

"Nothing," Chin-sun muttered and sat up.

"Sure looks like nothing," Ji-Kyung said, "Come on! We'll go get some food."

"I'm not—" Chin-sun started but a glare from Ji-Kyung stopped her from protesting.
Chin-sun got up slowly and grudgingly followed Ji-Kyung out of the door. Chin-sun's dismal mood was bothering Ji-Kyung. A lot.
She kept glancing at Chin-sun from the corner of her eyes and she really was getting irritated. Chin-sun had been just fine on the flight to Busan and on the taxi and while they were checking in. She had started getting all 'depressed' when they had sat in the room for about three hours. First she had thought that Chin-sun was just bored but then she started zoning out and she knew that she had to do something about Chin-sun.
They quickly got into the lift when it came and pressed the button for ground floor. One of the restaurants was on the ground floor so Ji-Kyung just decided to take her there. It was just the two of them in the lift, and Chin-sun didn't say a word.
Her phone vibrated in her pocket and her heart fluttered. Then she mentally slapped herself. How many times had they talked to each other when they were in high school and there was no fluttering of the hearts; there wasn't supposed to be any fluttering of the heart.
She quickly took out her phone and saw that it was Mi Nam calling. She couldn't help it, she smiled.
"Hello?" she answered, "Why do you call me all the time Mi Nam?"
She was being sarcastic of course.

Mi Nam sighed. He couldn't tell her the real reason he didn't call.
It would sound weird if he told her that he didn't call because Jeremy kept on telling him to.
He didn't want to call her because of Jeremy's nagging, he wanted to call her whenever we wanted (which was most of the time).
And there was the fear that Jeremy would tell her that she was pretty again and them it would lead to things. Things that he didn't want to happen because...because Chin-sun wasn't that kind of a girl.
That was a pretty good reason...for Go Mi Nam, it was.
"Yeah right. I was busy," he lied as he waited for the lift to arrive.

"Of course, Idol-oppa!" Chin-sun said from the other side.
He clenched his fist. He had escaped from the crowd and Jeremy to call her and she was acting...pre-menstrual.

"Look, we just arrived at Busan and there were the fans outside and I just got my keys and...You get it, right?" Mi Nam said, half-calmly.

"You're at the hotel?" Chin-sun asked.

"Yeah...just waiting for the damned lift to arrive," Mi Nam said, "why are you asking?"

"No! Nothing! See you later!"
She hung up.
Mi Nam could never quite understand what she was up to.
With a soft 'ding' the lift arrived and he left a bit better. The doors slid open to reveal...his Teddy Bear. He stood there stunned, not as stunned as he had been the night Mi Nyu had shown up with her but stunned none the less. Chin-sun was grinning from ear to ear while Mi Nam just stood there looking quite dumb.
"Mi Nam!" she cheered and hugged him tightly.

"Teddy Bear," he said softly.
And as Ji-Kyung watched...she figured it out. Chin-sun wasn't bored or being a brat or anything. She had just missed someone so much.
And it was at times like this that both Mi Nam and Chin-sun wondered how they had done without each other for the last five years.

. . .

"Get up!" Manager Ma yelled at Mi Nam who was still sleeping in his beds.

"One more minute, Manager Ma!" Mi Nam groaned and turned over in bed.

"You have a photo-shoot in an hour!"

"Doesn't matter," Mi Nam muttered, "it's just Chin-sun."

"Yeah! Just me!" a voice said from the door.
Mi Nam's eyes shot open but he was too drowsy to get up or do anything else. Maybe that was the reason why Chin-sun had poured a glass of water on him.

"What the hell, Jang Chin-sun?!"

"I don't like it when my models are late. Now get out of bed before I pour a whole bucket on you," Chin-sun said with her hands on her waist.
Mi Nam rolled out of bed and stood up, sending s glare at Chin-sun, he went into the bathroom.
Chin-sun smiled a satisfied smile as Manager Ma looked at her in half-awe.

"You should be living with us...we need someone to do that to him every day," the manager said.

"I don't know if that's a compliment, Manager Ma but...I'll take that as one," Chin-sun said happily and went out of the room.
Someone who didn't let Mi Nam have his way! Now that was something new.

Down in the lobby the whole crew was in high spirits. Everyone had been introduced to each other the day before and everyone was talking amongst themselves. The band, Co-ordi Noona, Manager Ma and the rest of the crew...Chin-sun and the crew from the photography agency and also Mi Nyu were all in the lobby. They were quite a large crowd.
Mi Nam was glaring daggers at Chin-sun who he hadn't quite forgiven for the incident that morning. Chin-sun was dodging the daggers, if you could say that.
She looked away every time she saw Mi Nam glaring at her. No one could blame her though. His glares did scare the hell out of people.

"Everyone! Get your equipment and get into the vans!" Manager Ma announced and led the way out of the hotel and into the parking lot.
Everyone filed into the various vans, ready to do their best for the day.
And again, Chin-sun was overwhelmed by the sheer beauty of Busan. She felt the warm sea breeze blow over her face as she looked out of the window and couldn't help but give an excited and kind of childish squeal of joy.

She literally jumped out of the bus when they reached the site of the photo-shoot. Songjeong Beach.
It was a beautiful beach that wasn't so crowded, perfect for the photo-shoot. The beach had been of the Prez's choice and she had chosen one hell of a location.
The crew started setting up the equipment as Chin-sun looked around for the perfect place for the perfect photos.
She went closer to the sea and further along the beach. At a little distance she saw a formation of large rocks, large enough to support the weight of many people. There! She had found it! The ideal setting!
She looked up at the sky, there were some clouds gathering. They looked like storm clouds. Better! It would be the best photo-shoot ever!
The quickly went to the small base they had set up and saw that the band was doing their make-up.
Mi Nyu hopped up to her.

"It's beautiful, isn't it? Chin-sun-unnie?"

"It sure is, Mi Nyu," Chin-sun smiled.
She glanced at Tae Kyung who was getting his final touches done.
"I bet he's whiny," she said.

"Who? Oppa?" Mi Nyu asked.
Chin-sun nodded.
"Yeah, he gets annoyed sometimes...are you nervous?"

"I kinda am but the fact that it's Mi Nam and A. makes it a bit easier on me," Chin-sun said.
She said it quite easily but she didn't know if it made it easier of harder.

"All's done!" the Co-ordi announced.
The band was dressed all in white.
Tae Kyung was dressed in a white shirt with his top button undone and his trousers white too. Shin-woo was wearing a white shirt too but he wore a loose tie and the same white trousers. Jeremy wore a white t-shirt and white shorts with sneakers while Mi Nam was wearing a shirt with his sleeves rolled up and his trousers were black.
Somehow, even though they were kinda wearing the same clothes, their clothes showed their individual personalities.
Chin-sun smiled at Mi Nam and he gave a slight smile back.

"Okay! Follow me! Let's do it everyone! Fighting!" Chin-sun cheered as she got her camera and let the way to the spot she had found.
Mi Nam looked at her as she ran ahead of them.
When had his Teddy Bear become so...different?
There she was leading an entire crew. She seemed to know exactly what she was doing.
She was the same person but somehow she was different...in a good way. Something about the way she talked, they way she walked and just the way she did things were attractive in a way.
As soon as this thought crossed his mind he beat himself up, mentally.
It was Jang Chin-sun he had just thought about. It was his friend...his Teddy Bear. He could in no way think such thoughts about her! Or could he?

The two friends were discovering new things about life and how it worked and as they did so they were discovering things about themselves and each other. Whatever the thoughts or feelings were...one thing was certain: they were heading towards a brand new adventure. An adventure that would be a very big part of what Go Mi Nam and Jang Chin-sun felt about each other.