Fan Fiction

The Pretend Game.[Completed].

by Erika

Chapter 4

[Your POV]
At the dining table, in the dining room, you can probably cut through the tension with a knife. No one's talking. My mother, whom I think is sometimes gullible enough to be my younger sister is quietly nibbling on her salad. My father isn't touching his food at all, but just sitting there, twiddling his moustache.

I bite my lip and look down at my food. My stomach is protesting profusely but I feel like if I eat, I'll puke it out later. Since these past few days, my father had changed. His patience seems to be always at its limit and I'm now afraid to even talk to him, in case he snaps at me.

Whatever they fought about, it wasn't a good thing. My father became more tensed and whenever he comes home from work, he's always be in a bad mood. Plus, he seldom eats. And as his daughter, I'm quite worried about him.

What's more, he focuses a bit more on my social life now. He told me that he's suspicious of Yunho and Junsu; and I've always known how he likes those two. He had set a curfew and I have to be home before 8pm. He's ruining my life.

And for the first time, I feel like I REALLY hate my father now.

[Changmin's POV]
"Appa, for the last time, I didn't make a girl pregnant !" I protest. My father, holding a glass full of wine, scorns. Obviously, he has no idea what he's saying. Because he's drunk.

Somehow, he thinks that I've made a girl pregnant and I didn't want to take responsibility for what I've done. He even ordered me to get a job to support my kid.

What I was actually doing was just asking my father for the answer to my Mathematics homework. I was on the verge of figuring the problem out when out of the blue, my father stands up and starts accusing me of making babies with a girl in my school.

After that, it got pretty confusing.

"Changmin, don't lie to me !" My father hiccuped and the glass he was holding drops on the floor, shattering into a million pieces. Shards of glass flies everywhere. My father looks down and giggles.

Sighing, I stand up, gather up my homework and walk up to my room. Ever since that fight, my father had been drinking a lot. Even as he goes for work, he'll be holding a bottle of wine. In fact, he never does anything else rather than to drink wine and get drunk. And I know how bad it is for his health.

I've to think of something.

After 30 minutes of pacing around my room, I've thought of something. I've thought of a plan. A plan to end this fighting. By doing this, it might distract both of them. Maybe even stop them from fighting.

But I'm going to have to talk to ______.

[Your POV]
"What ?! What do you mean we can't be friends anymore ?!" Yunho hollers. I flash him an apologetic look. Junsu gapes at me.

"But we're BESTFRIENDS !" Junsu says.

"I know, but my father ..." I twiddle with my thumbs, not sure whether I should continue or not. Both of them, of course, knows about the fight but the three of us didn't expect it to go this far. Junsu's right. They are my bestfriends and I can't leave them.

But ...

"______, I need to talk to you." Suddenly, Changmin is in front of me and without waiting for me to answer, grabs my wrist and starts dragging me off to goodness-knows-where.

I am SO not supposed to talk to him. So why aren't I resisting ? Why am I letting myself be dragged by my number 1 enemy ? Hm, must be something I ate. Or maybe because I'm moodless to even care what he's doing.

Changmin leads me all the way to the back of the school, where, as he lets go of my wrist, pushes me to the wall. He comes up to me and smile.

"It's been a long time since I've teased you ..." His breath tickles me as it hits my face. Good thing he brushes his teeth.

"So you brought me here to tease me ?" I fold up my arms and push him away. "Well, if that's the case then I don't think so. I don't have the time and I'm not in the mood to fight back."

Changmin sighs and leans against the wall, just beside me. "That's not why I hauled you here. It's about our fathers. And the way they're acting right now, due to that stupid fight. Which was probably stupid."

For once, I agree with him. Both our fathers had been acting childish. Why can't they settle this in a more mature way, and not by giving each other the cold shoulder ? Or badmouthing each other ?

I think about how my father's attitude had changed since he came back from Japan. Don't get me wrong, he's still my father and no matter how suckish his attitude is, I still love him. But breaking me apart from Yunho and Junsu ?

No way.

"I agree. So what do you plan to do ?" I give him a sideways glance.

"Well, last night, I've thought of a plan. A plan to distract both of them. And if this plan works, it might even be enough to stop them from fighting. It's THAT good," he smirks, obviously proud that he thought of this so-called 'brilliant' plan.

"What's your plan ?" I decided to play along and hear his plan. Who knows, maybe it isn't bad as I think it will be.

"We pretend to go out."

"Excuse me ?" I splutter and at the same time, choke on my own saliva. Changmin, grinning, thumps me on my back to subdue my choking. Luckily, it worked. Once I'm all okay, I turn to him. "WHAT ?!"

"We pretend to date ... You know. Maybe by doing so, it might give a reason for both our fathers to talk to each other. Unless YOU have another plan. No ? I don't think so," he says smugly. I can just hit him on the head, right here, right now. But I don't.

I actually think that this is a good plan.

"But what if it backfires ?" I question him, hoping that he hadn't thought this through, so that maybe I can have a reason to humiliate him. However ...

"How the hell will it backfire, PABO ?!"

Did he ... ? He just called me an idiot.

"Fine, Einstein. I'm in ... But I won't like it ..." I shudder but he doesn't say anything. "So, when do we start ?"

"Right now ... Sweetie." Changmin, putting on a smile, takes my hand and walk into the school, pulling me from behind. Try as I might to take my hand back, his steel-like grip won't let me. So, without another choice, I let him hold my hand, all the way to our classroom.

I close my eyes as soon as we step into our classroom. The noise gradually dies down as more and more of our classmates notice I'm holding hands with my archenemy. I open my eyes and meet Junsu's gaze. Him and Yunho's mouths are open as Changmin leads me back to my seat.

"Um ..." Both Yunho and Junsu mumbles, as soon as I sit down. Changmin ignores them.

"I'll see you later." Without warning, he leans in and instinctively, I lean back. He stares at me for a minute and I stare back. Finally, I close my eyes and let him smash his lips on to mine.

"Bye ..." I force out the words as he walks away, a crowd of girls gaping at him, not daring to believe what they just saw. To tell you the truth, I can't believe I let him do that to me.

But, I'll do anything to have my father back the way he was before the fight. I want everything to be normal again, even if it means that I have to risk everything, swallow down my hate for him and pretend to be his girlfriend.

Oh God, I hope this ends soon.

[Changmin's POV]
"THAT'S your plan ?" Yoochun shrieks. I ignore him and continue showing popcorn into my mouth, keeping my eyes glues at the television at all time. "That's pathetic, dude ... Really pathetic."

I turn to him. "Well, you try thinking of one after your father accuses you of making a girl pregnant !" I shudder at that thought. The very idea of having to be responsible for a baby is frightening enough. I should really stop thinking about it.

"I think," Jaejoong, the usually quiet one says. "The reason why you thought of this plan is that you have feelings for this girl ... I mean, hypothetically speaking ..."

Yoochun snaps his fingers, looking triumphant. "AHA ! Of course ! Why didn't I think of that ? The reason why Changmin here thought of this plan is because he LUUUUUUUUUUUUUURVES Park ______."

I kick him on the shins, hoping that the impact would be painful enough to shut a person like Yoochun up. This guy just keeps on talking.

"I don't like her ! We're doing this for the sake of our fathers friendship, not because I have feelings for her !" I gobble up more of the popcorn to stop myself from blurting out the time where her hair brushed my face and I felt weird and stuff.

"But still. You never know," Jaejoong says.

I stick my tongue out at him.
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LOL :]

Daphne --27 June 2009 at 3:08 a.m.
haha. they fought. well, actually it's not a funny matter. but why am i laughing? haha. no. i shouldnt be. tell my dad to call mr shim pabo. muahaha.
Reply: xD. You're funny AND weird. Kidding.

asian_chic 808--27 June 2009 at 1:45 a.m.
oh gosh! controversy now!
hehe..it wont be the same if me and changmin dont tease and annoy each other anymore! XD
lmao..i actually found that part where changmin was drinking milk from the carton pretty funny but cute at the same time XD rofl
nice update (:
Reply: Thanks :)

azn14--27 June 2009 at 1:38 a.m.
danng~ bad things happening between the fathers= no communication between families at all.
Changmin was just starting to think about me in 'that' way too ahah!
but we shall see each other again ahah!
update soon please:)
Reply: Updated :D

Park Min Jee--27 June 2009 at 1:26 a.m.
O.O!
Uh-Oh......
Thats not good...i think...hehe
Yes~!
PANCAKES~~!!
Update Soon!
Reply: YUS, pancakes ! I love those things.

4th Chapter, people.
Hope you enjoy it.
Sorry if it's, like, too abrupt.

<3 Erika.