Fan Fiction

Living With Them[completed].

by Erika

Chapter 3

[Jaejoong's POV]
A week has already passed since ______ came to live with us. Everything is good. We're surprisingly comfortable with each other. She even addresses us as her 'hyungs' now. She hates the word 'oppa'. She thinks it's too girlish.

But, still, _______ won't smile.

For anything or anyone. We have tried everything to cheer her up. I even cleaned up her room for her. Without any help, by myself. And seriously, her room is very big.

And for a girl, she's kinda messy.

I'm not complaining. She's cute.

Just last night, we performed for her in the living room. She clapped a bit but that was it. And Yunho even fell down while dancing and that is something very surprising for someone like Yunho. Who is practically a GOD in dancing.

After the performance, she just stood up and thanked us.

Aish.

"Hyung, is _____ awake yet ?" Yunho asks me as I spread butter on Changmin's toast.

"No, do you want me to wake her up ?" I hand the buttered toast back to Changmin, who, after grinning at me, crammed it all into his mouth.

Sometimes, I wonder if Changmin really is 21.

I push my chair back and get up on my feet. "I'll go wake her up."

Today is, apparently, Changmin's birthday and we plan to take the birthday boy out for a celebration. We're going to his favourite restaurant, All You Can Eat. It's a buffet, and we all know how Changmin likes to eat.

And, of course, we're taking ______ along.

I trudge up the stairs and turn to a corner, towards _____'s room.

I raise my fist to knock on the door.

WAIT. First, I straighten my shirt and press down my untidy hair.

Okay, I'm ready.

Taking a deep breath, I knock on _______'s bedroom door. "_____ ? Time to wake up. We're leaving in an hour."

There is no answer so I knock again. When ______ still doesn't answer, I turn the knob and push the door open. I step in. ______'s bed is empty and the sound of water gushing out is coming from the bathroom.

Oh, she's already awake. Maybe I should go now.

I turn back towards the door but something shiny on the bedside table catches my eye. Slowly, and careful not to make any sound, I walk towards the table.

A silver necklace with a butterfly charm is beside the lamp.

I pick it up and stare at it.

It's pretty. I bet it's hers.

"Hyung, what are you doing ?" I hear _______ say.

Uh-oh.

I put down the necklace and turn around to face her.

And, I nearly faint.

______ is wearing NOTHING but a towel. And it's not even big. The water from her hair drips onto the floor and one hand is clutching the towel, to keep it up. And to avoid any embarrassing incidents.

I swallow hard and open my mouth. But, as hard as I try, I can't make words come out of it.

"Hyung ?" She looks at me with those big eyes.

Talk, Jaejoong, TALK.

She moves closer and instinctively, I stumble backwards.

Drat. I am such a dork.

"Uh ..." I say, when I finally found my voice. Thank goodness. "I was ... supposed to wake you up. You know, for ...Um, Changmin's birthday celebration ..."

I look up to the ceiling, because I can't help but to stare at her legs.

DAMN.

"Uh, nice ceiling ..." I point out and immediately, I can feel myself blushing.

NICE CEILING ?! Where did that come from ?!

"Um, okay ... ? Thank you for coming up here. I'll be down for breakfast soon. After I change," I hear her say.

This is excruciatingly humiliating. Gulping, I nod at her and make my way towards the door. I step out of her room and close the door behind me.

I lean against it first to stop my heart from beating too fast.

Once I'm all calmed down, I walk downstairs, to the kitchen.

"So, is she awake ?" Yoochun looks up from his waffles.

I blush, yet again, as an image of _______ wearing that towel flashes inside my mind.

"Er, yeah, she's coming down soon ..." To avoid myself from blurting out what ______ was wearing, I shove the whole lot of my breakfast into my mouth.

"Hey, look, hyung is blushing !" Junsu points out.

I glare at him and shake my head. My mouth is too full for me to talk.

"Oh yeah ! He is !" Yunho says.

Swiftly, I chew my food. Once it's all small enough to be swallowed, I push it down my throat.

"I am NOT blushing !" I retort.

"Okay, you're just red in the face," Changmin laughs. "Oh wait, what do you call that ? Oh that's right- BLUSHING."

I throw a slice of bread at him. It hit his face.

SCORE ONE FOR UMMA JAEJOONG !

"Morning, hyungs," _______ steps into the kitchen. "Oh, and happy birthday, Changmin."

Changmin flashes her a smile. "Thank you. Where's my present ?"

Yunho, who is beside him, whacks him on the back of his head.

_______ takes a seat beside Junsu. "Mianhe. I'll buy one for you later." She grabs a slice of bread and begin spreading butter on it.

"Can I tell you what I like ? So you can give it to me now ?" Changmin drinks his chocolate milk.

_____ looks at him. "Uh, sure. What do you want ?"

"I want to see you smile," Changmin says, in a casual tone.

_____ stops buttering her toast. She continues looking down as she answers Changmin, "Mianhe. I can't give you that."

"Why not ?" I ask.

She keeps quiet.

She puts down the buttering knife and bites the corner of her buttered toast. Everyone is quiet, especially Changmin. I bet he's scared that he made _____ angry.

"Don't worry, Changmin hyung, I'm not angry," _____ says, as if she can read his mind.

A look of relief sweeps across Changmin's face as he continues finishing his breakfast.

My eyes flicker to _____'s neck.

The necklace is there. I wonder if it has a sentimental value.

Yunho wipes his mouth with a napkin. "Well, we better go. We have a long day planned ahead of us so it's best if we start now."

Changmin jumps up. "WHOO ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME !"

Everyone except _____ laughs.

"Yeah, happy 5th birthday, Changmin," Yoochun playfully says. Changmin stops cheering, long enough to give him the evil eye.

"I'm 21 now, FYI, Yoochun hyung," he snaps back.

"I know. But you act like a 5-year old," Yoochun chuckles as we walk towards the front door. I grin. Watching Yoochun and Changmin fight is interesting. Since they do it almost every single day.

"At least I don't steal food from people !" Changmin throws back his head and laugh. But, as soon as he sees Yoochun's expression, he starts running.

"YAH ! Come back here !" Yoochun chases Changmin around the living room.

"GUYS ! We have to go !" Junsu yells.

"Hurry or we'll leave you two here !" I add in.

Both gasping for air, Changmin and Yoochun walks back to us. Yunho hands us each a big sunglasses and a cap for disguise. ______ rocks on one foot.

Once everyone is ready, Yunho pushes open the door and all of us walks out of the house, towards the van.

Yunho, being the leader, reluctantly sits on the front seat, beside the driver.
Yoochun, Changmin and Junsu squashes into the long seat behind him. _____ and I sits on the remaining two seats at the back of the van.

"Ready ?" Our driver asks, giving us a thumbs-up.

"Yep !" Changmin shouts.

Look who's excited.

The van zooms off and immediately, almost everyone in the van starts chattering.

Meanwhile, beside me, _____ looks out of the window, while fiddling the silver necklace on her neck.

I have to start a conversation.

"Um, nice necklace ..." I compliment.

She faces me. "Thanks. My mother gave it to me."

"Oh, it's really nice. How's your mother right now ?" I ask her.

I think I said something wrong because as soon as I finish that sentence, she stiffens up and look down.

"She's dead," she say.

Great job, Jaejoong. Way to bring her dead mother up.

"I'm ... Sorry ..."

"It's okay," she sighs.

"Hey, you two back there ! What are you talking about ?" Yunho shouts from the front seat.

I don't think it's best for me to say what we really are talking about.

"Erm, I'm just telling _____ about the restaurant !" i shout back.

"Stop shouting in my ear !" Junsu yells. He is in front of me.

"Okay !" Deliberately, I lean forward and shout.

Junsu turns back, kneels on his seat and tries to hit me.

Everyone laughs.

Except for ____.

As usual.
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Junsu is so cute x].

KimJiJae--10 June 2009 at 10:31 p.m.
oh i like ur fanfic so far
aw junsus sweet offerin food
update soon
im votin 4 jaejoong
Reply: Thank you for reading my fic :] AND LOL, I KNOW xD. Junsu is very nice.

Silva_Honey--10 June 2009 at 10:46 p.m.
New reader alert! <3
Oooh, this seems rather interesting.
I can't wait to see what'll happens next!
Please update soon~
P.S I don't know who to vote for! Lovely Jaejoong or adorable magnae Changming...Waah, so hard D; Hmmm, I shall play a game of eneminemo (what in the world did I say? XD)...CHANGMIN!! <3
Reply: OH YEAH MAN !

Sarah--10 June 2009 at 10:54 p.m.
Hi i love the second chapter!!!!!!! junsu is so sweet for offering food:) Can i vote for changmin again? i want to help changmin win the voting!XD love him lots!!!!
Reply: As much as I want to include your vote, sorry, I can't. :[ don't kill me.

aznraisin--10 June 2009 at 10:54 p.m.
yippee chapter 2! hehe introductions? check! aww cute junsu haha. jaejoong is the umma? lol. can't wait for chappie 3! :)
Reply: Here's chapter 3 for you :D because I have nothing else to do.

little_muffin--10 June 2009 at 10:56 p.m.
Aha~ To meh, its not as boring as yhu tink~ Can't wait for teh fluffiness to start xDDD
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Update ;)
Reply: LOL xD.

ayminlove--10 June 2009 at 11:29 p.m.
hello ! ^^ new reader here (:
luv your fic <3 update soon ^^
AND I VOTE FOR CHANGMINNIE <33333 ^^
hehe (:
Reply: WHOO, Changmin is getting a lot of votes ! Yay :]

VOTES:
Jaejoong: 9
Yunho: 2
Junsu: 2
Yoochun: 1
Changmin: 6

So far, Jaejoong is leading. What happened to all the Yoochun fans ?
Whoo, Changmin is in the second place !

<3 Erika.