FIVE (2/2)
“So…” Jongin said, “are you gonna go?”
“What do you mean?” Sunyoung asked.
“To the movie with him?” Jongin asked, trying his best to be nonchalant about it.
“yeah,” Sunyoung replied, “There’s nothing wrong with watching a movie with a friend.”
Jongin shook his head. This girl was dumber than he took her for. Jongin didn’t know why, but something in his just didn’t feel good about her hanging out with his Byunghun kid. Jongin just shook off that weird feeling.
“Hey” Victoria said, sticking her head in the kitchen, “If you guys are done, the kids are looking for you, Sunyoung!”
Sunyoung smiled as she walked out the kitchen and Jongin just silently followed. Because… um, well. Because he didn’t want to be left with the older people. Yeah. They walked into the playroom and Jinri ran over to Sunyoung shouting, “SunSun!”
Sunyoung smiled as she picked up the girl, “Hey, Jinri. Are you having fun?”
Little Jinri nodded as she started talking to Sunyoung about the stars that are outside. Jongin felt someone pulling at his pants. He looked down and saw Sehun there.
“Pigeon teacher! Play with me!” Sehun said with a goofy grin.
“No!” Soojung yelled, pulling on his other pant leg, “Play with me, Hapi teacher!”
“Hey, what kind of name is Hapi teacher?!” Sehun said, shouting at Soojung.
“None of your business!” Soojung barked back. Jongin just stood there and shook his head as the kids bickered back and forth, fighting over who Jongin liked better. He looked over at Sunyoung for helped who just prettily giggled. Her eyes said, “I’m sorry, good luck with them.”
He pleaded with his eyes, “Help a bro out.”
Sunyoung laughed as she walked over and said, “Sehun, Soojung, you guys are gonna rip Pigeon teacher’s pants. You guys can both play with him.”
They begrudgingly let go while Jongin twitched, “Did you just call me Pigeon teacher?”
Sunyoung’s eyes became big and tried to stifle her laugh, “oops.”
Jinri giggled in Sunyoung’s arm as she asked, “When can we look at the stars?”
Sunyoung remained silent for a bit before replying, “Mmm, I don’t know. When I can get my hands on a telescope?”
Jongin perked up. Telescope?
“I have one.” Jongin said. The two girls looked over at him, as well as the little munchkins at Jongin’s feet.
“You have a telescope?” Sunyoung asked, skeptical. Jongin nodded, “I… I actually have it in the trunk of my car.”
“You’re telling me,” Sunyoung said in disbelief, “that you just randomly have a telescope hanging around in your car?”
Jongin rolled his eyes, “Yes, how many times do I have to repeat myself?”
“Can we look at the stars?” Little Jinri asked, her eyes shining so brilliantly. An idea suddenly dinged in his head. Jongin smiled and said, “Of course! We can look at it tonight.”
Jinri’s smile got bigger and she said excitedly, “Really? Really?!”
Jongin nodded.
“Me too!” Sehun said, raising his hand. Soojung quickly put her hand up too, “Me three!”
Jongin nodded, “Okay, sure.”
“SunSun!” Jinri said, looking at the older girl, “You can stay, too, right?” Jinri turned to Jongin, “SunSun can stay with us too, right Pigeon teacher?”
Jongin nodded his head, “Yeah. She can stay the night here, too, since we have the picnic thing tomorrow.”
“Yeah!” Jinri said excitedly, “Can you do that SunSun?”
Sunyoung faltered, “Uh… I don’t think I can do tonight, Jinri. You can just do it with Jongin teacher.”
Jinri’s smile faltered, “Why not?”
Sunyoung looked uneasily at the little girl and Jongin who just shrugged at her. It was silent for a little bit and Jongin could practically hear Sunyoung making decisions in her head. He silently hoped that Sunyoung would make the right choice and stay with them. But he just remained silent until Sunyoung finally said, “Okay, Jinri. I’ll stay.”
Jinri immediately cheered up, “Yay! I’m so excited!”
She dropped down from Sunyoung’s arms and grabbed Soojung’s hand, “Let’s go get ready!”
Sehun looked over at them and sighed, “Wait for me!”
Jongin laughed as he saw the kids leaving.
“I can’t believe you have a telescope in your car,” Sunyoung said, shaking her head while dialing Byunghun’s number. Jongin grinned, “I am a man of many surprises.”
Jongin just watched as Sunyoung canceled on Byunghun and he couldn’t help but feel a little bit victorious. He knew it was completely ridiculous, but it kind of felt like Sunyoung chose him over the purple head. And that made Jongin feel real good.
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m style="line-height:1.6;">Sunyoung.
She couldn’t believe that this was actually happening. Sunyoung felt really bad for canceling on Byunghun, but she couldn’t resist Jinri’s sad little smile. That girl had a special place in Sunyoung’s heart. And after the whole fiasco at dinner over Byunghun, Sunyoung knew she would be miserable when watching the movie with their voices playing in her head. Especially stupid Jongin’s ‘he likes you’ taunts. She shook her head. Some soft cloth suddenly got thrown on her face. Sunyoung pulled it down and looked up and saw Jongin carrying a big box and some blankets.
“Wear it,” Jongin said while focusing on the box, “It’s cold.”
Sunyoung looked down and saw that it was a big grey sweater. She warmly smiled and said, “Thanks.” She pulled the sweater over her head and snuggled in the warm jacket. It smelled nice. Like him. They were both at the roof of the house, setting up telescope and stuff. Well, more like Jongin was setting up the telescope while Sunyoung just watched, you know, as moral support.
She just stared at Jongin while he took out the pieces and started putting it together.
“Really, why do you have a telescope?” Sunyoung asked, “Is it like a hobby or something?”
Jongin shrugged, “I guess you can say that.”
Sunyoung laughed at the little childish stickers that covered the telescope. There were power rangers and dinosaur stickers covering portions of the scope here and there.
“I see you like power rangers and dinosaurs,” Sunyoung said giggling.
“Back when I was like six,” Jongin said, defending himself, “Not anymore!”
“Did you have it since you were young?” Sunyoung asked as she walked up next to Jongin who was still on his knees, assembling the telescope. He nodded, “Yup, since I was like 3. It was my hyung’s, but he gave it to me.”
“You have a hyung?” Sunyoung asked curiously. She never knew this fact. Jongin froze for a second before he continued, “Not anymore.”
She blinked. Did his brother die? Sunyoung bit her lip, “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to…”
“It’s fine,” Jongin said, “It’s the past.” He got up and said, “Well, it’s fini-”
They both froze. When Jongin got up, he didn’t realize that Sunyoung was standing so close behind him. And so they awkwardly stared at each other, faces extremely close together. Sunyoung felt her heart starting to beat a little faster and her face flush. She quickly backed up and coughed, “Sorry. Um. Where should I set up the blankets?”
Jongin broke out of his thoughts and said, “Oh, um. Just here is fine.”
Sunyoung laid out the blankets on the ground for them to sit on.
“Sorry you can’t go out with Byunghun.” Jongin suddenly said.
“Huh?” Sunyoung responded, “Oh, Um, it’s fine. I can hang out with him next time.”
Jongin just nodded and said, “Well, I guess we can get the kids now.”
“I can go!” Sunyoung said as she quickly walked towards the stairs to go down. That was strangely awkward. Almost an uncomfortable awkward. She shook her head as she went down to Jinri and Soojung’s room.
“Are you guys ready?” Sunyoung asked as she peeked in the room. The girls squealed as they ran out, covered in their princess (Soojung) and tinkerbell (Jinri) blankets. Sehun came out after with a Minnie mouse blanket, face looking sour.
“What happened to your blanket, Sehun?” Sunyoung asked. Sehun sighed and said, “They spilt water on it so I have to use Soojung’s spare one.”
Soojung and Jinri giggled while Sunyoung smiled and patted his head, “It’s okay, Sehun, you still look very manly! You guys go up first. I’m going to go get some snacks!”
The trio nodded as they quickly headed up to the roof. Sunyoung smiled as she went into the kitchen and took out some of the fruit to cut. She hummed while quickly cutting the different fruits and putting in on a plate.
“You’re still here?” Henry asked as he walked into the kitchen, “And you’re stealing my food.”
Sunyoung giggled, “Hi Henry oppa. Yeah, I ended up staying and the fruits are for the kids. Hehe.”
Henry smiled and shook his head, “What about that Byungho kid?”
Sunyoung laughed. No one was ever going to get Byunghun’s name right here. “I called him and we decided to watch the movie next time.”
Henry had a playful smirk with a glint in his eye, “But why?”
Sunyoung set the knife down and said, “Well, Jinri asked me to star gaze with her today.”
“Hmmm,” Henry said, “Interesting. Is that the only reason why?”
Sunyoung blinked, “Yes?”
Henry was going all police investigator on her, “Are you sure that’s it? Is that Jongin’s sweater you’re wearing?”
Sunyoung started to feel nervous for some strange reason, “Um… yeah. It’s cold so he gave it to me. Oppa, you’re acting a little weird…”
He just smiled innocently at her, “Okay, then, If you say so! Bye Sunyoung, have fun on your stargazing date!”
Henry left Sunyoung alone and confused in the kitchen. It looks like Henry will constantly be pushing her and Jongin together. She just shook her head and took the platter of fruit up to the roof.
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m style="line-height:1.6;">Jongin.
“WOW!” Jinri exclaimed as she looked through the telescope, “You can see all the stars so clearly!”
“When is it gonna be my turn?” Sehun asked, complaining.
“Um, I’m before you.” Soojung said. Oh no, Jongin though, here they go again.
“Sehun, be a gentlemen. Ladies first, right?” Jongin said. Soojung smiled in victory while Sehun just sat back down and mumbled, “Whatever.”
Sunyoung smiled and said, “Just eat some fruit, Sehun.”
He gladly listened and plopped the strawberry in his mouth. Jinri sat down next to him and gushed, “The stars are so pretty, Sehun!”
The little boy turned a little red and just turned away to stuff more strawberries in his mouth.
“Hapi teacher, I don’t see anything.” Sojung complained. Jongin laughed, “you’re supposed to look through here, Soojung.”
She sheepishly smiled and looked through the lenses. “Wow, there are so many stars! They’re huge!”
“SunSun!” Sehun said, “I’m gonna go to those places one day!”
Sunyoung grinned at him, “I’m sure you are. You’ll travel to find all those different planets!”
Soojung plopped down next to Sunyoung and said to the little boy, “It's your turn now.”
Sehun excitedly scrambled up to go to Jongin and looked through the telescope.
“Jongin teacher! I can see them up so close! Wow, the moon looks SO BIG!” Sehun exclaimed. Jongin nodded, “Let me try to get it closer.”
He took the scope for a second to focus the lens in closer to the moon. Jongin motioned for Sehun to look and he gushed, “It got even bigger!”
“Wait I wanna see too!” Jinri said as she ran up to the telescope. She touched Sehun on the shoulder, “Can I see?”
The little boy jumped and backed away, “Y-yeah. Look.” And he quickly sat back down and ate fruit. Jongin laughed. Someone had a little crush. Jongin looked over and saw Sunyoung laughing with Sehun and Soojung. There was this tingling warm sensation that overcame his whole body at that scene.
“Pigeon teacher, can you find a planet?” Sulli asked, eyes shining brightly.
“I can try,” Jongin replied as he took it and scoped for a planet. After a while Jongin sighed, “Sorry, Jinri. It looks like they’re not in alignment right now for us to see.”
Jinri nodded, “It’s okay.”
“But, hey, do you know about constellations?” Jongin asked Jinri. She shook her head, “I know about them but I never found any.”
Jongin smiled as he ushered Jinri to sit back down on the blanket.
“Alright, we’re all gonna search for the simplest constellation. The small dipper, okay?” Jongin said to everyone sitting on the blanket. They all looked up at Jongin and nodded. He pointed upward and said, “Those four bright stars, make the scooper of the dipper. See, that rectangle?”
“I see it!” Jinri said excitedly. Soojung frowned, “I don’t see it.”
“Look for the bright stars, Soojung. Those four make a rectangle!” Jongin encouraged.
“I see it!” Sehun said coolly.
“Now,” Jongin continued. The three stars making a line from it makes the small dipper. It’s the handle part. Do you guys see it?”
“Oh, I see it!” Soojung exclaimed excitedly.
“Me too!” Jinri said, “They shine so brightly.”
“I can see it!” Sehun proudly exclaimed.
Sunyoung remained silent. Jongin looked over and saw her concentrate at the sky. He smirked, “Are you having trouble there, miss?”
“N-no,” Sunyoung said, fluttering her eyes. He gave her a knowing look and she made a face, “Yes.”
“Look,” Jongin said as he brought his face closer to hers and pointed his finger upward. He felt her freeze a little bit at the close proximity but Jongin ignored it and pointed to trace the shape of the dipper in front of her eyes.
“OH, I see it now!” Sunyoung exclaimed with a grin. Jongin didn’t expect her to turn her face towards him, so when she did, Jongin wasn’t prepared to see her face so up close for the second time today. Her face was flushed pink from the cold air and her warm eyes were blinking at him in surprise. Jongin felt his chest constrict. It was only for a fraction of a second that thankfully Jinri broke them out of.
“Can we find more, pigeon teacher?”
“Yes,” Jongin said, getting up and going over to Jinri’s side.
He better be more careful.
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m style="line-height:1.6;">Sunyoung.
Sunyoung took the children back to their rooms after they searched for three more constellations in the sky. They wanted to stay longer, but Victoria scolded them to sleep. So they begrudgingly went back down to sleep.
After tucking them in, Sunyoung came back up to the roof to help Jongin clean up. She was surprised to see that everything was exactly the same and Jongin was looking through the telescope.
“Aren’t you going to sleep?” Sunyoung asked him. Jongin looked back at her and said, “In a bit. I haven’t looked at the stars in a while.”
Sunyoung slowly walked over to him, who was so absorbed into the stars. It was kind of cute actually, kind of like he was an enamored kid.
“You really like this stuff, don’t you?” Sunyoung asked with a small smile. Jongin turned to face Sunyoung and shrugged, “I used to like it a lot. I haven’t spent time doing this in ages though. It’s kind of nice.”
Sunyoung just nodded and said, “Well, we really should go in. Tomorrow is a long day with the kids.”
“Okay,” Jongin replied, still looking through the scope.
“Hey,” he said, “You didn’t get to look through the telescope, huh?”
“It’s okay,” Sunyoung said, “As long as the kids got to see it.”
“Come look now,” Jongin said, motioning her over. He place her in front of the telescope lens and said, “There, do you see it?”
“Oh, it’s so bright!” Sunyoung said. Jongin smiled, “It’s the Polaris. It’s one of the brightest stars that shine. It’s supposed to be 430 light years away. But still it shines so strongly here on earth.”
“Wow,” Sunyoung said, “That’s pretty amazing. Even the fact that you know that.”
She pulled away and smiled at him, “Thanks for doing this today. I know that Jinri loved it and so did Sehun and Soojung.”
Jongin smiled back, “It’s nothing. I forgot how much I enjoyed this.”
Just then a shooting star sped by in the horizon.
“Oh my gosh!” Sunyoung exclaimed, “Did you see that?!”
She quickly put her hands together and tightly closed her eyes. Jongin laughed, “What are you doing?”
“Making a wish!” Sunyoung replied, “You didn’t make one?”
He just kept laughing, “Come on, Sunyoung, we all know that’s not true.”
“Well,” Sunyoung said, “You’re gonna regret not making one. You should do it now.”
“Why?” Jongin said, “What did you wish for?”
“Secret,” Sunyoung replied.
“Hey,” Jongin retorted, “Secrets don’t make friends!”
Sunyoung got up and walked over to the stairs, “Good night, pigeon!”A/N: Hello errbody! Hope you guys liked this chapter and the extra characters I added. Hehe. And relationships develop and Jongin has become a decent person who can be with children now. YAY! Ahaha, anyway please leave a comment. concern. question. anything! ^___^ And also, who is excited for F(x) comeback!?!?! This picture is my favorite from the ones that have been revealed so far. SHE LOOKS SO PRETTY! WOW! Anyway, see ya'll soon ;)