Chapter 1
Disturbed Encounter
They exited the plain with jumping stomachs. Not that they were air sick but because they were in Seoul and to them the Gimpo Airport was materialization of heaven’s doors on earth. They almost didn’t believe, not even all those hours stocked inside a damn plane made them believe that they were really at the Gimpo Airport.
They kept quiet until they were inside the bus and state her personal opinion: - Pinch me, because I still can’t believe. - Sana acted before Munny and pinched her; she let out a resonant “Au!” making everyone on the bus stare at her - What was that for? - she asked irritated.
- You asked for it! - observed Munny.
- Not literally! - she said still rubbing her arm
Suri laughed and Miriam pinched her too: - Ai! Are you stupid?!
- So, rivaru-sama, is it funny now? - she asked with a grin.
Bony sighed: - It’s almost like a lie. We are in South Korea.
Munny looked around her: - I’m still waiting on the good looking guys.
- Fuc**. These are still the same ones that were on the plane. Put your head on ice, will you? - said Miriam with disbelief.
Munny rolled her eyes: - I’m also still waiting for the day you are going to stop swearing so much.
- Search for a chair and sit on it because it’s going to take a while!
The bus started to move and in little time they were waiting for their luggage.
- Well… TAP is a shit. Let us hope these ones are a little better. - observed Miriam - I they lose my luggage they have no damn idea who they fu**** with!
Suri shacked her head to Miriam’s swearing ability: - Right now all that I want is to get to the bloody hotel and get rid of this jet lag.
- Makes two! - confirmed Bony.
Munny looked at them with disbelief: - Weaklings!
- You are talking like that because you slept like a pig all journey! - remembered Miriam.
- Somebody had to do Sana some company. - she said with a smile.
Sana had been quiet since they had entered the bus. Has she liked to say: it seemed as if she was in another planet.
- Earth calls Sana! - called Suri passing a hand in front of Sana’s face.
Sana looked at them surprised: - What is it?
Bony smiled: - You are lost in thoughts ever since we arrived.
- You look a bit white. - worried Munny.
- How would you want her to be? Black? - said Miriam with a very noticeable tone of sarcasm.
Munny looked at her irritated: - I think you should be the one putting your head on ice!
- Girls! Calm down. I’m perfectly fine! - said Sana - Stop fighting.
The other looked at each other and Bony raised her hand to touch Sana’s forehead: - You are not ok. You are a bit hot.
- I’ll be ok.
- As soon as we get home you are going to take some medicine! Did you hear me? And don’t argue!
Sana though rather or not she should remind them of her organism’s resistance to most drugs, but she decided to nod and take whatever they give just to relieve them from worrying about her. Anyway, she was sure that after a good night sleep she would be just fine.
The baggage showed up and they took the first cab they could find to the apartment SM had given them to stay while they were there. In the morning they would have to be in SM facilities to rehearsal for the next afternoon presentation and others they would have during that week. As soon as they arrived, Miriam, made Sana swallow some pills under her supervising look.
While they were unpacking, Munny gave voice to her dismay: - I’m hungry!
- Now that you mention it, so am I! - Miriam and Suri said at the same time just to start arguing who had copied who.
Bony and Sana looked at each other: - We are going to buy something to make for dinner.
The other smiled: - Good luck!
- Very funny! Try not to kill each other while we are out, can you do that? - asked Sana leaving with her wallet and her jacket with Bony right behind her - I sure hope your diminutive Korean saves us. I’m not confident about many people speaking English around here.
- Have you ever heard of credit card? - the other asked with sarcasm.
Sana shacked her head: - I did… I’m not so sure about them!
They both laughed and exited the building being caught by the evening cold wind.
Bony whined: - Ui! Is this South Korea or the North Pole?
Sana laughed without much enthusiasm, she was just wishing to get it over and done so that she could return to the apartment and get some rest: - When we were on the taxi I saw some kind of convenience store near here. I think it was this way.
Bony followed her for about 5 minutes until they sighted what looked like the sign of a convenience store.
- Uuuu! It’s huge! - she said with irony.
Sana rolled her eyes: - Aishh! It’s better than nothing. We better hurry or when we get back we’ll just have a bunch of hungry witches carping on or ears.
Bony laughed as they went in. It was bigger than expected but it didn’t appear to have visa or MasterCard. They had some difficulties with the spices but they ended up finding what they needed, they were about to pay when they remembered they had forgotten the most important part: meat. Sana turned around suddenly and went against someone.
He was so tall that it seemed like she had went against a lamp post, she ended falling on her back with the impact. The boy laughed and said something in Korean.
- I think he is asking if you are ok. - translated Bony.
The boy had a boater tucked to the ears, a hospital mask on his face and dressed a training suit. He give her his hand to help her up but she ignored him.
- I’m fine! - she said getting up irritated at the boy because he had laughed - Sorry. - she said getting away from him with wide steps followed by Bony.
- He looked cute… and looked like Changmin.
- Yeah, yeah. The receptionist at the airport looked like Yoochun, the boy in the street looked like Jaejoong and the smiling guy who was leaving the apartment building when we arrived looked like Junsu.
Bony grumbled: - Don’t make fun of me. The others looked like. The boy who was living the apartment building was Junsu and that is Changmin. I’m certain of it!
- That is Changmin and I’m Yunho neighbor, actually, I’m Santa Claus. - she bickered moving towards the fresh zone and starting to inspect some of the meat packages.
- You are missing the white beard and the red suit. - laughed Bony.
Sana looked at her from the side and then putted on her naughty smile: - I’m not sure about the beard but I can always wear a red outfit for you whenever you like!
Bony made a sick face: - Spare me!
- Would you rather have it in another color?
- If this was Portugal or if people could understand you they would get the wrong idea. - said the other offended.
- We can always make them right! - said Sana winking at her.
Bony punched her on the shoulder: - You are irritating me!
Sana smiled weakly: - That is the point! Besides, you started it. - Sana kept on looking at meat packages - This one has a chicken drawn on it, so, for the aspect, I’m assuming it’s this is a chicken chest… What!? Why are you looking at me like that? - Bony kept staring at her - I’m not a lesbian. I was just messing with you.
The other seemed to be choosing the right words to use, as if gaining courage to speak: - You look even whiter than before. We better hurry.
Paying was the hardest part and ended doing it more by mental calculation then for what the old woman said. When they were leaving they were interrupted by a girl, that looked no more than 17 years old, which spoke to them in English: - My grandmother - she was the granddaughter of the old woman and was speaking to Bony - said it was better for your friend to wear a mask too and go to the hospital.
- I’m fine, thank you; I just made a long journey. After a good night sleep I’ll be just fine. - Sana explained in English and made a big smile but the girl didn’t look convinced.
The old woman got closer to Sana and before she could outer a world, the old lady, put a hand on Sana’s chest, right above her heart, and said something in Korean. Sana looked at the girl and Bony as astonished as surprised.
- She said you have a crystal heart. Has beautiful as able to be broken and a soul marked by destiny but you have to follow your heart without letting other break it. Let yourself be guided by your instincts. - translated the girl.
Bony laughed but Sana couldn’t hide her shock: - What is that supposed to mean?
The girl smiled: - She says that you are the one who should know.
Sana got irritated: - Thanks a lot but we have to go.
She dragged Bony out of there. They were almost reaching the apartment building when Bony got the courage to speak. She though all of that pretty much stupid but it had somehow affected Sana: - That old lady was a bit weird, don’t you think? Still, it got me thinking, what the hell did she mean by that?
Sana didn’t answer. Bony kept walking.
- Really weird the way she put her hand over your heart, don’t you think? - she asked with her hand already on the door knob. She turned around when she heard a pounding sound just to find Sana fallen on the ground a couple of meters behind her, she run to her side and arrived at the same time as the boy with the mask from the convenience store and another boy with a bonnet and sunglasses.
Bony put her hand on Sana’s forehead and let out an agony moan. The boy with the bonnet did the same and turned quickly to the boy with the mask giving him keys and quick instructions in Korean not giving time to Bony to understand what he had said or the other boy to other boy to outer a word. The other left and he turned to her: - Where do you live? - he asked in a poor English.
- 11th floor, C door. - she said still looking at Sana.
She could see some surprise on his face but it went quickly away when he grabbed a fainted Sana and saying something like “heavy” or at least that was as much as she could understand. She opened the door for him to pass with Sana and called the elevator. She was the white one when she realized the worried look on his eyes that she could now see thanks to the light on the lobby that allowed her so to see through the degrade sun glasses, the worried look that was caught in Sana while her breath got troubled and she wrestled to breathe.
What had really made Bony white were the eyes she saw behind those glasses, thanks to the light from the lobby. The boy that carried Sana in his arms was none the less then Yunho from TVXQ!