Title: Super Junior Goes to the Cybercafe?
Pairing/Characters: Super Junior family (including Henry and Zhou Mi)
Rating: G
Genre: Humour, Friendship
Type: One-shot
Summary: The Super Junior family learns the hard way that agreeing to Kyuhyun's challenge in playing Starcraft is probably not the best idea in the world... even if an all-expense paid Sushi buffet is thrown into the equation.
Author's Note: a.k.a. The day Kyuhyun got a new computer. This is a sequel to
Super Junior Goes Jungle Trekking? ~ * ~
Super Junior Goes to the Cybercafé?
Present time, 11 a.m.
The small bell hung on the handle tinkled in response when the glass door to the cybercafé groaned from the movement on its hinges. The staff at the counter looked up and greeted the customers cheerfully, only to be met with the view of thirteen boys who were extremely covered up. His vision focused on the weather on the other side of the door, only to wonder how on earth his customers could manage to withstand the sweltering heat outside by walking around looking like that.
"How may I help you today?" The cybercafé staff maintained his amiable smile, trying his best not to let his curiosity show.
A man dressed fully in white with a hoodie covered on top of his cap approached the counter, replying the staff with a bright smile of his own. "Good morning, we would like eight computers located in a quiet corner, please… Hyungmin-sshi," he said, taking a quick glance at the staff's nametag in the process.
"Is that adequate…?" Hyungmin quirked an eyebrow as his eyes swept across the group.
"Ah, yes, it is."
"Very well then. May I ask how long will you be requiring the computers?"
The man in white turned behind, but did not say anything. Hyungmin assumed that he was communicating with the rest silently… however he does it. "We'll pay up when we're done," another taller man in a black cap answered.
"Alright, please just give me one moment while I set up the necessary th-" Hyungmin stopped mid-sentence when he realized that the group of people looked familiar, even though this was the first time he had seen them around after working at the cybercafé for the past four years. "Wait, you're Su-" he started to exclaim loudly, only to be interrupted by a fierce-looking man.
"Finish that sentence with that volume, and I'll make sure you won't work here anymore," the man smiled at him, though it was evident that a knife was concealed behind that seemingly amiable expression of friendliness… not.
"Y-yes sir! My deepest apologies. P-please, follow me. I'll lead you to your seats," Hyungmin's smile faltered a little, and his lips were trembling slightly from the murderous aura emanating from the previous man. Some things were probably best left unsaid…
* * * * *
That same morning, 9 a.m.
Leeteuk walked out of his room, stretching and yawning widely, only to find his group mates - including those from the dorm downstairs, Henry, and Zhou Mi - lounging around on the sofa and looking extremely bored. Of course, he didn't fail to notice that Siwon and Kibum weren't there, since they had their filming schedules to attend to.
"Wow, what are all of you doing here?" he raised an eyebrow, genuinely feeling surprised, since he's usually the first one who walks out of his room in the mornings. Not to mention it was hell when he tried to pry them off their beds. But today, they were all wide awake before Leeteuk, and were currently staring blankly either at the ceiling, the walls, or at the railings of the balcony.
Okay, so maybe not everyone's staring blankly at something. Donghae was currently resting his chin on the armrest, puffing his cheeks continuously, only to be deflated by Eunhyuk who was poking ceaselessly at his cheeks. Ryeowook was reading the newspaper - or at least that's what Leeteuk thinks he's doing, because his eyes had been focused on one single spot for the past minute.
When no one responded to him, Leeteuk walked to the middle of the living room and flailed his hands in front of the Super Junior member's eyes. Some of them blinked, but apart from that, Leeteuk failed to elicit much response from them.
"Oh, Teukkie hyung. Good morning," Sungmin looked up at Leeteuk from his position on the floor, his voice coming out as absolutely flat and unenthusiastic.
"Why are you guys up so early? Isn't today our day off?" Leeteuk asked and proceeded to sit on the floor with his legs crossed under him, temporarily forgetting about his intention to get something to eat.
"Too used to waking up at 7 in the morning during the album promotions period. Automatically snapped up at 7am sharp," Shindong mumbled, and the other boys nodded in agreement.
Leeteuk scratched his head. "Then why don't you go back to sleep?"
"Can't," Hankyung stated simply, as he swatted Heechul's hand, who was attempting to annoy him, off his lap. The amazing thing was that Heechul didn't snap back at him. Which meant that they were really rotting from the boredom.
"Shall we do something together today then?" Leeteuk asked enthusiastically, trying his best to bring the life back into the Super Junior boys.
Kangin sat up and looked at the leader incredulously. "We all know how the previous together-time ended up," he growled lowly, shooting a dirty look at Henry. The other boys shuddered at the memory of them trudging through the jungle and nearly got lost trying to find the waterfall, when all they had to do was drive up. The youngest boy of the Super Junior family grinned guiltily at the others, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly.
"Well… we could do something that doesn't require us to get out of the city…" Yesung said.
"Like shopping?" Zhou Mi immediately perked up in his seat, eyes brightening. There was nothing that pleased him more than thronging through the designer boutiques, considering the fact that he was the fashionista of the group.
"No, Seasoning… We'll be mobbed by fans," Heechul said, as he continued to annoy Hankyung, who was still rather unresponsive.
"I have an idea!" Eunhyuk sat up suddenly, alerting the rest of the members who looked at him oddly. "Why don't we head to a cybercafé and play Starcraft?" He suggested, and the other boys continued to look at him as if he had just returned from outer space after being abducted by an alien, with the exception of Kyuhyun, whose eyes sparkled at the mention of 'Starcraft'.
"Do you have a death wish, Eunhyuk?" Kangin asked.
"Actually I think that's a great idea," Kyuhyun exclaimed.
"Kyuhyunnie, anything that involves 'Starcraft' will be a good idea for you…" Ryeowook finally spoke up.
"Then I'll make you guys an offer that you'll never refuse," the maknae replied, a smirk forming on his face.
Suddenly everyone paid their full attention on Kyuhyun. "We're listening."
"Let's put it this way - if I lose to any one of you, I'll treat everyone to sushi at that new outlet that everyone's dying to go to. But, if I win, everyone has to chip in and get me a brand new ultra-high specs gaming computer," he said, leaning back into the chair as he waited for his group mates to come to a decision. Low mumbles were exchanged between the other members, and five minutes later, they said in unison.
"Deal."
* * * * *
Present time, 11.30 a.m.
Leeteuk clapped his hands together to gain everyone's attention after they warmed themselves up to the game. "Okay boys, ready to start?" A number of resounding 'yes' followed suit, and the leader turned to Kyuhyun.
"Kyu, why don't you set up the room first? You're the one who's most experienced in adjusting the settings for the multiplayer games," he asked. Kyuhyun nodded, and proceeded to put on his headphones as he dabbled around with the room settings. Seeing that he was too engrossed with the computer screen, Leeteuk silently signaled everyone else to huddle around in a circle.
"Okay boys, listen closely. This will be our game plan - we will only target Kyuhyun, and spare the rest," Leeteuk whispered urgently, as his eyes frequently shot towards Kyuhyun's direction to determine that he wasn't looking at them.
"Eh- but that's not quite fair, Teukkie hyung…" Ryeowook said, feeling guilty.
"You do want that sushi treat, don't you?" the leader asked, and Ryeowook nodded. "Then that's all the reason you need to do this, Wookie. We can't be merciful when Kyuhyun is associated with Starcraft."
"Hyung, one more problem. There's only seven spots left - who should play?" Sungmin asked.
Leeteuk glanced between his group mates. "Heechul, Hankyung, Shindong, Donghae, Eunhyuk, and Henry are definitely in, since you've all played Starcraft before. That leaves one more-"
"No way in hell I'm going to play," Kangin snarled.
"Me neither. I still can't get the mechanics even though I watch Kyuhyun play every day," Sungmin added.
"I'm definitely out," Yesung said.
Zhou Mi shook his head fervently when Leeteuk's eyes landed on him. And truth be told, the leader himself didn't really want to be involved either. He was only in it for the food. Thus, ten pairs of eyes landed on the final person…
Ryeowook looked at them questioningly when he saw the grins on their faces. It took him a little while before he realized that they wanted him to play. "Oh, nonono! Hyung, I really can't!"
"Don't be ridiculous, Ryeowookie hyung. You've played with us once while we were in China…" Henry said, a mischievous grin on his face.
"Hyung, are you guys ready? I'm done with the settings!" Kyuhyun's voice startled them, as they turned around nervously. That was how Ryeowook ended up being the final player to complete the room, without the chance to object…
* * * * *
In the waiting room…
Maknaecreated a game.
DangerousCinderella joined the game.
WoDaoJiaLe joined the game.
SexyFishy joined the game.
AsiaAnchovy joined the game.
DongieDongDong joined the game.
MochiViolinist joined the game.
CookieWookie joined the game.
Maknae: Your nicknames are so predictable. =.=
DangerousCinderella: Yah, start the game already!
DongieDongDong: I can already taste the food in my mouth… *drools*
AsiaAnchovy: Sushi sushi sushi!!!!!!
SexyFishy: Sushi sushi sushi!!!!!!
CookieWookie: Kyu-ah, are you sure you want to do this? You still have the chance to back out…
Maknae: I could say the same to all of you…
The game has started.
* * * * *
1 p.m.
Leeteuk, Kangin, Yesung, Sungmin and Zhou Mi could barely contain their excitement as they watched the battle between aliens unfold in front of their very own eyes. They kept shouting in encouragement whenever Heechul started to attack Kyuhyun's base, only to groan in disappointment seconds later when his attack team was wiped out by Kyuhyun's forces.
"Ryeowookie hyung! Stop attacking! Stop attacking!! That's me!!" Henry yelled over the noise of missiles from the Wraiths that were being released onto his command centre, but Ryeowook seemed to be unable to hear him. Henry could only look on in despair as his base fell into ruins. And the violinist was the first person to be eliminated due to friendly fire from his own alliance, although they agreed not to attack each other from the start. He pouted as he leaned over to watch the action on Donghae's screen.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Henry! I thought that was Kyuhyun!" Ryeowook exclaimed one second too late when the words 'MochiViolinist has been eliminated' flashed across his screen. And he shouted once again when the Terrans' AI notified him that his forces was under attack by the Blue team. "Ah! Ah! What should I do?!" he panicked, and stuck his face close to the screen, as if he could defeat the enemy by staring them down.
'{C}{C}CookieWookie{C}{C} has been eliminated', came the notification one minute later.
* * * * *
2.30 p.m.
"Argh damn it, these Terrans are useless!" Eunhyuk flung his hands into the air in frustration, as the final Marine on his forces was killed by the Zergs.
AsiaAnchovyhas been eliminated.
SexyFishyhas been eliminated.
Eunhyuk stared wide-eyed at his screen when the second notification came up barely moments after his base was annihilated. He turned to look at Donghae, who was noticeably frustrated at his loss.
"What happened?"
"The forces are too damned strong for me to fight back," Donghae pouted. And they both sighed in resignation, as they slumped into their seats.
* * * * *
4.00 p.m.
All the Super Junior members crowded behind Heechul's seat, with their muscles all tensed up due to the immense nervousness that was grappling at them. Heechul was the last person standing - their final hope in beating Kyuhyun and obtaining that free sushi buffet.
Earlier, Shindong made a mistake by sending all his mobile forces to Hankyung's base, and they were massacred as Hankyung had set up a strong defense against ground forces. Needless to say, Kyuhyun took the opportunity to completely wipe Shindong's base clean, since it was almost literally unguarded. Shindong laid his head on the table and sighed forlornly as the words 'DongieDongDonghas been eliminated' appeared in the notification area.
Hankyung's only mistake was that he had forgotten to guard against the air forces.
Back to the final battle between Kyuhyun and Heechul, none of them were making a move against each other just yet. They were focusing on building up their own forces, which evidently took a lot of time. And the Super Junior members were getting more and more impatient.
"Kyuhyun-ah, you better give up now. It's not too late," Heechul smirked at the maknae, whom ignored him. Mainly because he had his headphones on and couldn't hear the commotion occurring around him.
Without warning, Kyuhyun sent his forces towards Heechul's base, which was located right beside his, only separated by a small hill. And the both of them started clicking madly with their mouse and tapping excitedly on their keyboard, using all the shortcuts available to save their time from clicking the buttons on the screen.
Ryeowook grabbed Yesung's arm as he watched the exciting clash. Leeteuk didn't even blink. Kangin, Shindong, Donghae and Eunhyuk, on the other hand, kept on chanting "Beat him! Beat him! Beat him!" next to Heechul's ears, which made Heechul turn around and snap at them angrily.
It only took that split second of inattention from Heechul for Kyuhyun overwhelm his forces and destroy his base.
"AISH!!" Heechul yelled and slammed his fist on the table, ignoring the pain that came with it when the words '{C}{C}DangerousCinderella{C}{C}has been eliminated' appeared.
"Maknaewins the game." The AI announced, which echoed around the premise. That was accompanied by loud groans from the group of boys who were standing across the winner. Kyuhyun pumped his fists into the air in triumph, and did a small victory dance - much to his group members' annoyance.
"You're a monster," Leeteuk grumbled at Kyuhyun as he paid for their computer-usage fees. The maknae was grinning from ear to ear at his win, evidently happy that he was going to get a brand new computer for winning the bet.
"I know. I tried to warn you before the game started…" Kyuhyun purred and walked out of the cybercafé with a spring in his step. The other Super Junior members followed behind, with grumpy looks on their faces. They silently swore to themselves that they would never accept another bet from Kyuhyun ever again if it involves playing Starcraft with him.