Jumping to the Sky [3/?]
Title: Jumping to the Sky
Characters: Ria, Cindy, Leeteuk, Jaehyo, Kangin, Brittany (small appearance), Siwon, Na Eun
Pairing(s): (broken) TeukRia, (broken) Joondy, Jaecin, NaWon,
Genre: Angst, Romance, Friendship
Rating: PG-13
Length: ....
Summary: Cindy finds her boyfriend tangled in bed with one of her best friends, and finds herself lost in the world of romance. With a broken heart and a vow to never be hurt like this again, she teams up with Ria who, while always disasterous, always seems to be there to help whenever she's in trouble. With their friends Kangin, Yesung, and Jessica, they discover a whole new meaning of love, life, and friendship altogether.
A/N: I wrote more than this, but I didn't feel like the latter parts that I had written were suitable for an end to the chapter, so I cut it short and hopefully I can write the next chapter to be a little longer to make up for it. 5 pages a chapter (at least) is my new goal! Ria hwaiting!
Cindy found herself scooting away from Jaehyo, who was forced to sit dangerously close to her as they all tried to sit on the same couch. Kangin was eventually pushed off as Ria yelled that he had touched her butt, and Donghyun was quickly escorting him out of the building with the glare of a murderer. Ria had sneaked after to him to see what he would say to him, and they found themselves alone in an awkward silence.
“So...” He smiled, moving back as he sensed her discomfort, and motioned in the air. “Small world!” He laughed for what seemed like no reason, and she couldn't help but laugh along. He was one of those people that are so weird that you can't help but love them. Wait... love? Her smile faded, and she quickly jumped out of her seat. This was all going too fast in her mind, and she didn't know if she was over Joon yet, let alone ready to start having feelings for someone else.
“Is something wrong?” He stood up as well, leaning closer so he could see her face that was hidden by her hair. “No.. I just... I need to go.” Memories were flooding into her mind, and the thought of being hurt again terrified her.The tears were coming suddenly, and he had already seen her cry once. It was too much. Too mu-
He lifted her chin with two gentle fingers, staring so hard it seemed as if he was peering into her soul. “Cindy, if there's something bothering you, holding it inside only makes it worse. Aren't you afraid of being alone in this?” His face was the only proof needed to see that he was sincere, and she breathed in shakily, unable to hold in the tears that kept streaming out like a waterfall.
“It hurts. It hurts like I'm about to die. I don't want to die because of something so foolish as love. Do you know what it's like, Jaehyo? Do feel completely alone in the world? To see the one person you thought loved you, loving someone else instead? It's worse than death. It's a living death. A nightmare you can't wake from.” While her mind was screaming at her for being so irrational as to trust this boy she had only previously known as her classmate, everything else inside of her was telling her to let him know.
And he understood her, nodding his head and reaching her his handkerchief. “I do understand, more than I think you realize.” He showed her a soft smile, and pulled her wrist as he brought her back to their seats. He wondered if he should tell her, but the tightness in his chest made him unable to say a word, wondering silently if that person was doing well.
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Ria watched as Donghyun kicked Kangin out of the back exit, aiming for his butt and succeeding. She laughed silently as Kangin yelled and fell over. “Yah! I didn't touch her! I don't even like g-!” Kangin froze as he put a hand over his mouth, and Donghyun smirked, leaning against the door frame. “You don't like girls? Really? That's good to hear then.”
Kangin blushed as the older boy laughed, obviously plotting something, then, it seemed like a light bulb had appeared, and he grinned even bigger. “You're close to Yesung, aren't you? You're the bear!!!” His face was extremely red now, and he averted his eyes. “Yes yes. Tell me... is it Yesung you're in love with? Ha... I can tell by your reaction that it is.” With a wink, Donghyun stepped back, preparing to close the door.
“I wish you good luck. That guy's weird, but he's got a good heart. I hope you two can be happy together.” As the door slammed shut, and Kangin had started to walk home, Ria stood in the middle of the hall, her mouth agape in shock. She knew that Kangin had always seemed uninterested in girls, but she always thought it was because he was already so popular with them that he had gotten tired of boobs and long legs.
And... Yesung? The creepy theater guy with the turtle obsession? She was shocked, if he was to like boys, she would have thought it would have been someone like Sungmin, her senior by one year. Donghyun seemed surprised to see her there, and he tilted his head to the door, “I hope that what you just heard didn't break your heart or anything. To be honest, I'm somewhat happy to hear it.”
She shook her head, and managed to smile, “I'm perfectly fine with it... But why in the world would you be? Don't tell me you have some type of creepy crush on him or something.” He laughed, making large motions as he said “No way!” in a loud voice. They ended up having a tickle war in the middle of the hall, not bothering to remember that, at the moment, Ria was trying her best to dislike him as much as possible.
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They were all together in the karaoke room once again as they all sang one last song, which was “Sorry Sorry.” They each had something they really wanted to do, but none of the things were actually the same, so instead of going by themselves, they played rock, paper scissors. Huddling in a circle, they each chanted the theme and showed what they had chosen. Jaehyo had chosen scissors, which were crushed by Donghyun's rock, and Cindy, along with Ria, had chosen paper. “Wait... then who wins...” Ria mused, confused by the game, and they all furrowed their brows.
“I think this means that Ria wins!” Donghyun winked, making a weird pose as he pointed at her, and she made a face. “Yah! Just because I want to win doesn't mean you can be all weird over me. Creepy person. Let's just split up. Jaehyo can go with Cindy to go to their destinations, and...ugh... I'll go with you.” She had already planned to ditch him as soon as Cindy was out of her sight to go follow them since it had seemed like something had happened when they were gone, (how could it not?) but he had already calculated her motives, and was making a counter-plan as she thought.
“But..” Cindy hesitated as Ria pushed them out the door, and she was quickly cut off as Donghyun interrupted her, “Yahhh I've been waiting for some alone time with her all day! So go play like good kids.” He ignored the weirded out look that she gave him as they left the karaoke place, and they pretended to go their separate ways until it was safe to re-emerge again.
Pushing Donghyun into a dark alley, she looked into his eyes with extreme seriousness and threw him against the wall. “Take off your shirt.” His eyes widened, cheeks pinkening as he freaked out, “Wha-? But... We're in public! What if” She put her finger over his mouth, making sure no one was looking, “Shhh! Do you want someone to hear you or something?! Take it off!” He stared in shock as she took off her shirt, which happened to only be covering a light pink camisole she had under it.
“Well... okay...” He started to take off both of his shirts, which were layered for style, and she grabbed his wrist, almost blushing. “Dude, I want to wear your shirt. I just need the one on top. Wait... WHAT DID YOU THINKING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE?!”
He wanted to die.
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Jaehyo flipped through comic books as Cindy picked out stationary that she had been anxious to buy ever since her friend had texted her about the epic 98% off sale. Looking at a particular one she had wanted in a while, he commented on her taste. “Ah, my friend's little sister has the same stationary. I like it.” They shared a smile as she placed some in her convenience bag, and he picked out some pencils with furry balls on the top.
“You should buy some of these. They're cute, like you. I MEAN YOUR TASTE.” He blushed at her and she giggled, taking them from his outstretched hand. “Thank you Jaehyo. I'm sure my, um, taste, will appreciate that.” She could feel herself pinkening, but at the moment she was just happy that he thought well of her at all, let alone as a cute person.
After they browsed a little more, she noticed some Sailor Moon stationary that she knew that Ria would love. “Wahh I have to get this!” She picked up some for her friend, and noticed him texting someone. She sighed, and figured that she probably shouldn't bother him with her awesome finding. As she checked out, she noticed that Jaehyo had been acting a little strange. It started when he had gotten a text on his phone, he had a grim face as he had typed a reply message, but he hadn't bothered to look at it again until a good 15 minutes later.
When that happened, he looked around as if he was anxious. When he replied, he seemed as if he was in a hurry to get out of the store, so she had made her selections and wondered what it was that was bugging him. She wanted to ask, but even though he seemed to know all her problems, did she really have the right to ask him what it was? It wasn't really of her business, right? When they exited the store, she was startled as he held onto her wrist and quickly ran across the street, after they had run for a block or two, he stopped and looked at her.
“I'm sorry. I uh...” His face fell as he tried to think of an excuse, but his mind wasn't working (as usual), so he just swallowed hard and looked at her sadly. “I'm sorry.” She looked at him curiously, but nodded silently and followed him to the train station. “I should go home. I'm sorry.” He bit his lip, running his hands through his hair, then reached into his pocket. “Thank you for the nice time.” He pulled out a cute peach phone charm, and placed it in her hand, then ran onto the train.
The doors closed.
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Cindy had met up with her friends after discovering that they had been following her since the beginning. They wanted to apologize, but her listless and 'I don't care' attitude made that difficult, and succeeded in making them feel even worse for spying.
And now, they were lost. She knew it. Donghyun knew it. Cindy knew it. Surrounded by crowds and suggestive looking hotels, it didn't take long to figure out that they were on the wrong side of town. “Maybe if we go over there, we'll find our way back to where we're familiar with.” He pointed to a place across the street, and glared at a couple of nasty looking characters who were eyeing the girls suspiciously.
He grabbed Ria's arm protectively, and Ria grabbed Cindy's arm in response. If they were going to die on this side of town, it wouldn't be alone. It didn't take long until they were followed, and their grips on each other tightened. Suddenly, there was a crashing sound as some guy grabbed Cindy. “Hey baby. I need a good time, think you can help me with that?”
She shrieked, and within half a second, Ria had jumped on him and was attempting to claw his eyes out with her tiny bare hands. Donghyun was in motion to help her as the rest of the gang had jumped them, but he was quickly outnumbered . Just when they thought they really were going to die, two boys jumped in the middle of the fight.
One of them was small, yet moved fast as he kicked half of the guys in their faces in just one fast movement. Ria stared in awe as he wrapped her in one of his arms and still managed to beat up most of the guys that were assaulting her and her friends. Another boy appeared, pulling Cindy out of another creeper's clutches.
He grinned at the shorter one, who was wearing dark sunglasses and a shining smile, and pulled the mobbers' leader off of Donghyun, who was still fighting like a sexy beast. With a final punch, he dropped to the ground and the rest of the attackers ran off. “Wahhh! That so so easy! Good job Taeil! I've never seen you kick so many people at once!” Donghyun stood up and grinned at the sunglasses guy, and the other one ran up to them, bringing Cindy along.
“Yah! What about me? I moved so fast I think I set some guys on fire.” He pointed at the mass destruction that he had left behind, and the guy they called Taeil smiled, blindingly, and ruffled his hair. “You did okay for a newcomer. Not cool taking out the leader though. I was going for him first.” It was only then that he seemed to realize that he still had quite a firm grip on Ria, and he jumped back as he let her go, but then hurried to catch her as she almost fell over. “Can't...breathe...no..circulation...”
She choked as he worriedly held onto her shoulders and apologized, “Sorry, I must have held onto you too tightly! I just didn't want those guys grabbing you or anything.” She shook her head as color returned to her face, and the other guy walked over to Cindy, who seemed to be distraught that her stationary had been thrown to the side and was now mostly wet.
“All of it's ruined now.” She sighed and made a pouting face, and he took the bag from her. “Then, if you don't mind, let me have it.” He smiled at her, then pointed to himself. “I'm B-bomb, and in case you were wondering why I'm called that, it's because I make cute girls like you want to explode like-” He was cut off as Donghyun chucked a rock at his head, which he dodged, and Taeil covered Ria's ears. “Innocent girls don't need to hear your schemes!!”