8. Tiffanys Birthday Par (1/2)

Nickhun was sitting on the chair while leaning his back against it. He was closing his eyes and it seemed like he was calming down himself. He couldn’t give up on Yuri to Minho because he knew Minho intended to do something to her especially, after the incident between them at the fan meeting. He felt very uneasy about it as he didn’t want Yuri getting hurt again.

Meanwhile, the manager was talking with someone on the phone. “Oh… ok, I got it. Thanks.” The manager ended the call. The manager approached Nickhun and he sat on the chair in front of Nickhun. “Nickhun?” he called.

Nickhun opened his eyes and looked at the manager. His anger still could be seen vaguely in his eyes. “Yes?”

“I have talked about this thing to the producer of this show… em… can’t you give up on that girl… Yuri?”

“What?!” Nickhun asked in disbelief. “No! I can’t…”

The manager immediately interrupted what Nickhun was going to say. “Listen first! I have talked to the producer and he said it will be much interesting if Minho is the one who will partner with Yuri. He wants to change the plan for this show. Both of you will partner with the girl who not choose you. What I mean… Minho will partner with one of the girls that choose you and you will partner with one of the girls that choose Minho. There will be another selection in the middle of this show. This time, the show will be continuing only when the couples choose each other willingly without coercion which means both parties choose each other as their partner.” The manager looked thoroughly at Nickhun to see his reaction. “Okay?”

“But, it’s still unacceptable! I’m sure Minho chooses her because he wants to take revenge. I’m very sure that is the only reason!” Nickhun still refused that stupid idea.

“I think if Minho really does want to take revenge, he won’t do bad things. Maybe, he will just tease her, you know… many people will watch this show… besides, if Yuri really can’t bear with Minho, she can announce about it, right?”

“Nevertheless, I still want her as my partner.”

“Nickhun, please… can’t you sacrifice one more time?”

“Sacrifice?!” Nickhun asked in disbelief. “Ceh!” he rolled his eyes. “Hyung know what is sacrifice?!”

“Yes, I know you have sacrifice many times for Minho… but, please just one more time. I can’t depend on Minho to solve this problem. You also know very well how Minho is. So, please?” Nickhun didn’t reply anything, he was just silent. He still looked hesitated about it. “Ok, I’ll give you a time to think. Please, please think wisely... I can’t guarantee your future career once the scandal spread.” The manager got up from his seat. “Tell me your decision before tonight. We have to call the girls who are chosen in top 5 tonight.” He patted Nickhun’s shoulder to give him support before leaving Nickhun alone.

Nickhun closed his eyes back. He tried to gain some calmness to think about this thing wisely. 2SG’s future career was in his hand now. However, he wondered why all the burdens are on his shoulder. Why was he supposed to take all the burdens on himself?! 2SG was consisted on 2 members, not only himself! Every time, Minho always increased the burdens on him.

He took a deep breath and opened his eyes. He got up and took all the forms of the girls who chose Minho. He sat back and took a look at the forms. He just stared at all of them blankly. He didn’t show any interest in them except Yuri. He really wondered who he should choose. Since Yuri won’t be his partner, he didn’t too care who would be his partner now, everyone was okay to him.

Out of a sudden, his hands stopped and his eyes were locking on a picture of one of the forms. He observed that picture carefully. At first, he thought it was Yuri. But thinking about it one more time, it was out of questions. How could she send two forms especially with this form, choosing Minho, it didn’t make any sense. After observing, he realized she was not Yuri, her eyes was smaller than Yuri. However, in a glance, she looked exactly like Yuri. He took a look at her name. It was Im Yoona.

“Im Yoona…” Nickhun said while thinking. Somehow, that name sounded so familiar and his minds were flashing back all the things which could be a sign why he felt like he knew that name. “Oh! Yuri’s friend also has the same name!” suddenly, he blurted out happily. Since back then, he was so moody and finally, his lips curled up. “So, it is possible that she is Yuri’s friend?” Nickhun asked to himself. He decided to choose her. He chuckled after being in amazement how they looked alike. It would be very nice if she was really Yuri’s friend, at least Yuri had a companion. He smiled while staring at Yoona’s picture.

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Yuri and Yoona were watching television at the living room. Anyways, it’s more like television was watching them. Their minds were thinking about other things. In any times now, the chosen girls would be informed by a call. Compared to Yoona, Yuri looked more super nervous than her. She folded her arms and a frown could be seen on her face.

Yoona took a look at Yuri. “Eh~ don’t be too nervous,” she tried to ease Yuri’s mind.

Yuri looked at Yoona. “I think I’m going to die because of nervousness!” Suddenly, the telephone was ringing. “Oh!” Yuri was a bit startled with that call. “H…Hello.” She greeted politely with the hope that it was the call that she wanted.

“Hey! Why are you being so polite?!” Sooyoung shouted from the call.

“What?!” Yuri still didn’t recognize that voice at first. Then, she heard a laugh from the call. “YAH! CHOI SOOYOUNG!!!” she raised her voice. “You got me excited for nothing! What do you want?!”

“Eh~ don’t be angry! I’m just a friend who is very caring about you.”

“Ceh!” Yuri rolled her eyes. “Cut that nonsense!” she laughed. Anyways, because of Sooyoung, Yuri was able to forget about that show things and she felt more relaxed. “What is it?”

“I just want to know how your progression with that show is. Did both of you get chosen?”

“No~ we still didn’t get any call.”

“Oh… Bye!” Sooyoung was about to end the call.

“Wait!” Yuri stopped her. “Are you just going to ask that question?!” she asked in disbelief.

“Yes! Can’t I?” Sooyoung asked like there was completely nothing wrong with her action.

“What the heck?!” Yuri raised her voice once again. “Can’t you just send a message, instead?!”

“Yah! Kwon Yuri! Are you on your right mind, now?! How can I send a message through a telephone?!” she just tried to tease Yuri playfully.

“YAH! Silly! Of course I mean by my cell phone!”

“Ok, ok! Bye!” Sooyoung ended the call with a chuckle.

They didn’t really argue actually. It’s just how they played with each other. Because of that, they were really thankful for having each other. Yuri felt much better after getting a playful call by Sooyoung.

Just a few minutes later, the telephone rang once again. Yuri answered the call once again with the full of hope. “He… Hello?”

“Hey, it’s me!” Sooyoung exclaimed.

“Yah! What do you want more?!”

“I forgot something.”

“What is it?” Yuri asked lazily.

“Good luck! Bye!” Sooyoung ended the call immediately after she wished Yuri a good luck.

“Wait!” However, Yuri didn’t get any response since Sooyoung had ended the call. “Hello! Hello! Yah!” finally, she shouted. “Aish! This girl is really…”

Yoona who was next to Yuri, just chuckled seeing her two friends’ immature behavior.

The telephone rang once again. “Yah! Choi Sooyoung! Can’t you stop bothering me?!” Yuri shouted without a greeting as she was 100% sure it was Sooyoung.

“Ex… excuse me?” an unknown voice replied.

“Oh?” Yuri was a bit dumbfounded that it was not Sooyoung. “I… I’m sorry. I thought it was my friend. Sorry…” she said apologetically for her embarrassing behavior just now. “May I know who is this?”

“I’m one of the staff for Date with 2SG! reality show. I just want to inform you that you get chosen into the top 5 list. Tomorrow…”

Yuri interrupted happily, “Really?!”

“Ah… yes. Tomorrow, please come to SBS buildings. I want to inform you the further information about this show.”

“Ok, I’ll come!” Yuri answered confidently.

“By the way… there is one more girl who also got chosen… but I’m not too sure… she gave the same phone number with you… maybe… I’m also confused with this.”

“Did you mean Im Yoona?!” Yuri asked delightfully.

“Yes.” The staff answered.

“She stays with me.” Yuri replied. She was super happy that Yoona also got chosen. However, at the same time, she couldn’t deny that she did feel quite uneasy to let her be with Minho.

“Tell her about it too.”

“Ok. Thanks so much.” Yuri ended the call.

“Who is that?” Yoona raised her eyebrows. She looked at Yuri with full of hope.

“Yoona! We got chosen!” Yuri hugged Yoona tightly.

“Really?!” Yoona asked delightfully.

“YES!!!” Yuri exclaimed. They both were hugging each other while hopping around. They were very happy without knowing there would be unexpected decision, a decision which might change everything.

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Yuri couldn’t describe how much happy she was today. It would be very nice if she felt this good everyday going to school. She did feel very good going to school, meeting all her best friends but this time, it just felt something different, the happiness she herself couldn’t able to describe it.

Waiting the recess time which she was waiting patiently…. Finally, she was able to announce the happy news to them.

“Hey, guys! I want to tell good news… “Yuri paused for a while. “No! It’s the best news!” she corrected her words following by a nod.

Sunny asked, “You got chosen, isn’t?”

“Oh!” Yuri was slightly shocked at how Sunny knew about that. “How did you know?”

“Yuri-ah!” Taeyeon chuckled. “You think we don’t know? You keep smiling like an idiot since this morning! What else if you are being happy like that?”

“Really?” Yuri asked. “Did I look like an idiot?” she rubbed her neck with a grin on her face. “Well… I can’t help it.”

Jessica looked at Yoona who was eating without joining the conversation. She was a bit dumbfounded with that. “Yoona-ah …”

Yoona took a full bite before looking at Jessica. “Yes?”

“Don’t you get chosen too?” Jessica raised her eyebrows.

“Of course I got!” Yoona exclaimed while smiling.

“Then, why don’t you look happy?” Jessica asked in astonishment.

“Who said I’m not happy?” Yoona raised her eyebrows. “It’s just that I’m too hungry!” She grinned before continuing to eat her food hungrily.

Jessica chuckled. “Oh~ Our second shikshin!” She elbowed Tiffany who was next to her. Tiffany looked so quiet and it’s very weird since she didn’t have nothing to do except zoning out. “Now, what’s wrong with you? Or are you still thinking about your prince charming, Siwon?” Jessica asked.

“No…” Tiffany bowed her head, looking at the floor blankly. She pouted her lips and it seemed there was something that caused her to feel so down.

“Fany-ah, something happened at home?” Hyoyeon asked.

“No!” Tiffany slightly raised her voice. Out of a sudden, she got up which caused the girls to pay their attention to Tiffany attentively. Finally, Tiffany burst into anger after the girls couldn’t find the reason that caused her to feel so down. “Yah! Don’t you guys remember what day is today?!” she looked at them intensely.

“Today? Em… today is Thursday. Why?” Sooyoung responded.

“I know that! I mean a special day!” Tiffany kept giving them another clue to remind them what was so special about today.

“What? Special day?!” Taeyeon asked in shock. She paused for a while to think what Tiffany meant by special day. “What is so special about today?”

“Aish! Really…” Tiffany hove a deep sigh. “You guys really didn’t remember anything?! Are you playing with me?!”

“Nope, we aren’t playing with you.” Sunny shook her head. “Then, why don’t you tell us what is so special about today?”

“Ah! Never mind!” Finally, Tiffany gave up on her forgetful friends. What made she felt so angry and sad that all her eight friends forgot it. It sounded really impossible but that was happening to her right now. She slammed her body on the chair back. She folded her arms with angry expression on her face.

“Fany-ah! Do you think we will forget about it?!” Sooyoung asked while grinning.

“What?!” Tiffany asked in confusion and the frown still didn’t disappear from her face as she felt too angry.

Yuri, whose seat was facing Tiffany, started their plan first. “Hwang!”

Yoona, who was next to Yuri said, “Mi!”

Hyoyeon, who was beside Yoona, added, “Young!”

Seohyun continued, “Ha…”

“…ppy!” Taeyeon who was facing Seohyun, said while turning her head to the right, towards Tiffany.

Beside Taeyeon, Sunny added, “Birth…”

Sooyoung ended the last word in exclamation,”DAY!!!”

Jessica ended the wish for Tiffany’s birthday by giving Tiffany a kiss on her cheek. The girls looked at Tiffany while beaming. “Are you happy now?” Jessica asked happily.

“What the heck?!” Tiffany replied angrily. “I thought you guys really forgot it!”

Jessica wrapped her hands around Tiffany. “How can we forget it? You are our precious friend!”

“Thanks!” Tiffany replied. She felt really touched of what her friends did to her. She couldn’t describe how thankful she was right now for having them. Others must think she was very happy as she was living in such a rich family. However, that was definitely wrong! She felt really lonely. Her parents rarely spent time with her and because of that she felt really lonely especially when she was the only daughter. Sometimes, she wondered if her parents know if their daughter was still alive or not. The tears started to form on her eyes and finally, as it was too heavy, the tears slowly fell on her cheek.

“Eh~ why are you crying?” Jessica asked while wiping Tiffany’s tears with her finger.

“You guys are the one who make me cry!” Tiffany pouted her lips. “Anyways, what’s up with Hwang Miyoung?!”

The girls were laughing as Tiffany still cared about her real name in this situation. “What’s wrong with that? That’s your name!” Hyoyeon replied while grinning.

“Fany-ah, did you prepare everything? Your birthday party… and who are you going to invite? All our classmates? Or are you going to invite all our schoolmates? Anyways, it’s that too much… Are you going to celebrate a small party? You are very rich… I don’t think there will be a problem to throw a big party, right? So, what is your opinion about…” Sunny kept talking to Tiffany even Jessica was between them.

However, Tiffany didn’t seem to listen what Sunny was saying to her. Out of a sudden, she got up from her seat. “Yah! Where are you going?! I’m talking to you!” Sunny burst into anger after knowing she just got ignored for her long words. The girls looked at Tiffany in astonishment, wondering what she was doing.

Tiffany walked straight, which the girls saw that she was walking towards Siwon. Did she want to confess her feelings? That was the only question that they could think now based on her reaction. Out of a sudden, Tiffany stopped and she took a handkerchief that was on the floor. Then, she continued her steps towards Siwon.

As she felt she was close enough with him, she greeted him. “Excuse me. Siwon?” seriously, her heart was pounding crazily. She felt like her legs were shaking, standing in front of the guy who she had a crush on. This was the first time she talked to him.

Siwon stopped walking after he heard Tiffany was calling for him and he looked at her. Tiffany gulped as she felt too nervous and anxious. Wow! She didn’t expect that he would be this good-looking in the closer look. “Yes?” he replied Tiffany.

“T… Th… This… is… is yo… yours, r… right? Y… you dr… drop i… it,” Tiffany gave the handkerchief back to Siwon. As soon as Siwon took his handkerchief from her hand, Tiffany slightly bowed her body and walked away before Siwon could say anything to her. Siwon looked at Tiffany with questioned face.

Tiffany came and sat back on her seat. “Woah…” Sunny rolled her eyes. “You just ignored me because of him?! I bet you didn’t hear anything about what I said just now, right?”

“Sorry, I couldn’t help it.” Tiffany grinned. “Anyways, what did you say before?”

“What?!” Sunny asked in disbelief. “You want me to repeat again what I said?! You know how much saliva I have spitted out in order to talk to you that long words?!”

“Ah, yes! You can see my face is wet right now because she spitted out too much saliva!” Jessica added while chuckling. She said that playfully as she was at the middle between Sunny and Tiffany.

“Ok ,ok. I’m sorry. Just make a summary for your long essay.” Tiffany replied.

“Your birthday party.” Sunny summarized what she said to Tiffany before.

“I have settled everything about it. I’m still thinking about whom I should invite.”

“Don’t you think we should invite Yonghwa, Jung Yonghwa?” Yuri whispered to Tiffany.

Tiffany nodded as she agreed with Yuri’s suggestion. “Seohyun-ah, it’s okay if Unnie invite Yonghwa?” Tiffany looked at Seohyun with a wide smile on her face.

“Oh~ Unnie!” Seohyun whined. “It’s up to you. He doesn’t concern to me!”

“Ok, ok. Then, Unnie will invite him,” Tiffany grinned. It seemed like the girls were trying to help Yonghwa got the forgiveness from Seohyun. They thought it was the time for Seohyun got closer with a guy as she was grown up especially when they could see the sincerity in Yonghwa’s action.

As Tiffany was into teasing Seohyun, she didn’t realize there was someone standing beside her. “Fany-ah!” Yoona called to inform Tiffany about the presence of that guy. Tiffany raised her eyebrows while looking at Yoona. Yoona motioned her to take a look at who was standing beside her.

As soon as Tiffany’s eyes reached that guy, her eyes went bigger. She immediately got up and looked at him anxiously. Her heart started pounding crazily again. It was because Siwon was standing in front of her. “Why did you just run like that? I just want to thank you.” Siwon said while staring at Tiffany.