.
Don't stop! Let's bring it back to 1:40~
.
"Noona, aren't you taking a little too long fixing my hair?"
There is a 15 minutes break for the cast and the guests of the show to rest a little and also for them to go to the restroom. James is being stopped by Yeonhee to fix his hair.
"Yah.. Taeyeon is your seatmate, and she is really cute and pretty. You need to look good while sitting with her.." Yeonhee is busy fixing James' hair.
"She's really cute isn't she? with the pigtails and everything" James remarked.
"Exactly! That's why you need to look good. Someday in the future, when you watch this episode you will thank me.." Yeonhee
"Araseo.. gomawo~" James just let Yeonhee do her job. "Where's Yuna noona and Minji noona?" he asked.
"Oh they went with some of the staff of the show to see the new uniforms.." Yeonhee replied.
"New uniforms? that's cool.."
"Okay.. that should do it!" Yeonhee finished fixing James' hair. "You can go back there, now".
"Gomawo noona" James thanked her and started walking.
"Oh.. and try not to faint in front of Taeyeon" Yeonhee teases him.
"Haha, I'll do best".
Just several seconds later someone caught up to him while he is walking back to the set.
"James!"
James looked behind him and saw a girl in uniform with a bright smile on her face.
"Oh.. uh, annyeong.." James instantly bows to the woman.
"Are you going back now?.." Tiffany is talking to him in English. James smiles and nods. "Mind if I join you?".
"Uh.. s-sure.."
Tiffany and James are now walking back together to the set. Since Tiffany started it, both of them are conversing in English.
"uh.. you want some?.." James shyly offers Tiffany some of the breads he is holding.
"Oh, thank you~" Tiffany gets one from him. "You're bringing snacks?" she asked about the breads.
"Taeyeon mentioned earlier while playing that she is hungry. So I'm bringing some for her.." James explained to her.
"Aw, you are so sweet~ Taeyeon is lucky to have you as seatmate~ You must have really liked her.." Tiffany commented,
"Oh.. I-I like all of you.." James replied.
"Well I mean because she your favorite, right?.." Tiffany told him. "Yeah~" James shyly nods.
"By the way, congratulations on your stand up tour, that is awesome.." Tiffany congratulates him.
"Oh, t-thank you so much.." James is slowly getting lost with their conversation. There's something about Tiffany when she is talking in English, a unique charm in her voice that will make you fall in love in every word she speaks.
"Are you going to have it here in Korea?" Tiffany asked.
"Yes, but the venue is still being finalized.." James didn't respond for a good 2 seconds before he snapped back.
"Ohh, I would love to watch your stand up live. Is there a date yet?" Tiffany seems like she really have been following James' career as a stand up comedian.
"Not specifically, but it will be in October.." James replied.
"Great! I'm serious, I'm really buying a ticket to your show~" Tiffany told him and gives him a bright smile.
"Oh, it would be an absolute honor if you will be there.." James opens the door for Tiffany as they just arrived in the classroom. Half of the cast and a few of the girls from SNSD are in the classroom. The two of them enters the classroom..
"When everything is finalized, can I call you? so I can get front row seats" Tiffany giggles and her eye smile appears, ".. haha just kidding~".
"I think I can do that for you.." James giggles. He wasn't really sure if he has the power to do that.
"Ani.. I'm just kidding. But I'm really going to watch.." Tiffany stops talking in English. "I promise!" Tiffany put a hand over her chest, she then pulls out her pinky. James shyly locked his pinky with Tiffany's.
"What's happening?" Taeyeon is laughing as she asked the two. She is already sitting in their seats.
"uh.. noona, I brought you some breads. You mentioned earlier that you are hungry.." James shyly gives the breads/snacks to his seatmate.
"Omo~ gomawooo~" Taeyeon is really touched by the kind gesture James is showing to her.
"James is going to have a stand up show on October. I told him that I will be going to watch it" Tiffany shared to Taeyeon what they were talking about.
"Jinjjayo?" Taeyeon is a little shocked, "I want to go too~" she added while already opening the wrap of the bread.
"Oh.... I-It would be a pleasure.. If you two would come~" James is still surprised on what is happening. TaeNy is expressing how much they want to come to his stand up show.
"He will get us a front row seats" Tiffany told Taeyeon and laughs afterwards.
"Jinjja?! Gomawooo" Taeyeon laughed as well.
"Just kidding~" Tiffany burst into laughter, "but we will be there, right Taeyeon?".
"Of course! I'd love to.." Taeyeon gives a thumbs up. "Omo! this is good.." Taeyeon is munching down the bread already.
"Kamsahamnida~" James is very honored and happy that TaeNy officially told him that they are going to attend his stand up show, but then he needs to make sure these two will have front row seats. "I will make sure to get them front rows seats no matter what" James said to himself.
Moments later, Tiffany went back to the front of the classroom. Now, Taeyeon and James were left alone sitting together at the back of the class. Seconds later after Tiffany left, and just before the awkward silence occurs, James gathers every last bit of his courage to talk to Taeyeon, this kind of opportunity doesn't happen very often.
"uh.. Taeyeon noona.." James softly calls the attention of his ultimate bias. Taeyeon immediately looked at him and smile a little.
"I just want to thanked you for the signed albums and specially the.... birthday video greeting.." James is still getting very shy now that he is in the presence of his ultimate idol and bias.
"Oh.." Taeyeon is cutely laughing, ".. you're welcome~"
"It was the best birthday ever.. thank you again noona, you made it special and unforgettable.." James gives Taeyeon a bow.
"Is it really me who made it special, or was it...." Taeyeon didn't finish her sentence and gives James a teasing smile. No need for her to finish her sentence, James clearly knows what she's going to say.
"uh..." James started blushing a little and he doesn't know what to respond.
Taeyeon burst into laughter at his reaction, "Gwenchana~ I know what's going on.."
"You do? Ho-how?" James' face is now mixed with confusion.
"She told me everything. Don't worry, I'll be quiet.." Taeyeon leans closer to James and she started talking quietly, almost whispering.
"Oh.. hehe" James laughs nervously.
"Uh.. noona, your tattoos are really cool~ I love the one on your elbow.." James wants to change the topic by suddenly complementing Taeyeon's tattoos.
"Gomawo~" Taeyeon shows her tattoo on her right elbow to him.
"I actually wanted to get one also because of you.." James told her.
"Ohh, jinjjaya? is she going to allow you?" Taeyeon teases him and she started laughing.
"Wha...." James froze. It is not registering to his system that Taeyeon is casually teasing him. "Noona, we're not-.."
"Mianhae, mianhae~" Taeyeon is still giggling.
Few seconds later Janghoon and the others comes back to the classroom. They quickly went back to talking about tattoos. They wouldn't want to talk about Irene when the others are around. Couple of minutes later they resume the taping of the show..
..
Next up is Hyoyeon..
"Since Yuri asked a question about about me, I'll ask question about Yuri too" Hyoyeon said to the Brothers.
"Wahh.. this is intense" the Brothers exclaimed.
"Bring it on~ Bring it on~" Yuri is confident and playfully provoking Hyoyeon.
"I met Yuri late at night once. When we met, I was surprised as soon as I saw her. Why was I surprised?" Hyoyeon reads her question to the Brothers.
"I know!.. She was bending a spoon with her eyes" Soogeun starts with a nonsense answer.
"Wrong!"
"Yuri was chewing a glass cup" Janghoon follows up another nonsense answer.
"Wrong!"
"You saw her bare face, and it looked horrendous" Heechul said his answer.
"Yah, yah.. hit him" Yuri told Hyoyeon. She's having non of Heechul's teasing.
"Wrong!" Hyoyeon punished Heechul as Yuri told her to do.
Janghoon raised his hand to answer, "She was so dark and you only saw her teeth".
"Wrong, but it's kind of similar" Hyoyeon told him.
"I know.." Kyunghoon raised his hand and everyone awaits on what he is going to say this time, ".. You saw Yuri from far away. Then you went over to say hi, but Yuri couldn't hear you because she was climbing over a wall"
"What are you talking about?" Hyoyeon hit him with the toy hammer. This time, Kyunghoon's answer is a total nonsense. None understands what in the hell he is talking about.
"I don't understand what he's saying" Yuri laughingly remarked.
"I know.." Youngchul will try to guess, ".. She was eating an Oreo and it was stuck to her teeth.."
"Ohh.. that's really close!" Hyoyeon is getting excited a little.
"She had chili powder on her teeth and you thought she was bleeding" Heechul gives his answer right after.
"Wrong, but that was close also"
"Wine! She drank wine.." Sangmin stood up and started yelling out his answer, ".. Yuri was glad to see you, but you saw that her mouth was really red when she greeted you".
"Red?" Hyoyeon froze for a moment because it was rally close.
"Black! It's black!" Kyunghoon raised his hand and immediately sniped the right answer.
"Correct!"
Hyoyeon proceed to tell the story behind it, "We met at night to have a drink. Yuri already drank some wine, but she doesn't want me to know it. But her teeth were stained black when she smiled at me. Since it's too black, it looked like all of her teeth fell out. Yuri looked like she doesn't have any teeth".
"What did you drink?" Hodong is curious about the drink that turns Yuri's teeth black.
"I had some wine" Yuri replied. "She likes dry wine" Hyoyeon added.
"Ahh, Yuri probably savored the wine in her mouth too much, that's why her teeth was stained" Soogeun commented.
"Your teeth won't turn black with just 1 or 2 glasses. Yuri must have at least 2 bottles" Hodong remarked.
"That's right.." the girls agrees to Hodong's claims. "I did drink a lot.." Yuri is okay to admit that she loves drinking.
"Do you have drinking habit?" Heechul asked Yuri.
"She just keeps drinking endlessly.." Hyoyeon answered it for her. "She drinks until the sun comes up. Yuri is so strong" she added.
"Okay, what happens if you and Sunny have a drinking battle?" Hodong asked Yuri.
"I'm not sure, but about 3 or 4 years ago, Hyoyeon, Sunny, Tiffany and I had a drink together. After we finished drinking, we took a break and dozed off. Then we woke up, Sunny is still drinking. I think Sunny's passion for drinking never dies" Yuri told them a story of one of their drinking nights.
..
Next up is Tiffany..
"Let's go, Mi-young!!",
Tiffany is now reading her question in front of the class, "This happened on Sooyoung's birthday this year. I was trying to congratulate her, but I experience something horrible. I tried to make Sooyoung laugh, and this happens. What is it?".
Sangmin raised his hand and stands up to answer, "You went too far make up and outfit to be funny. So you were stopped at the entrance. Even when you said you are Tiffany, they don't believed you".
"Haha, wrong!" Tiffany giggles and went to hit Sangmin.
"That does makes sense but it's completely different" Sooyoung told him.
"You use a sharpie on your tooth to looks like it's gone. But then you really got hit by the door and the tooth fell out" Soogeun is just trying to give a funny answer, but instead he got really close to the right answer.
"Omo.." all of the girls are surprised. "Wahh.. It's similar!!" the girls told him.
"It's close. It is related to teeth" Tiffany gives them a hint.
"Then it is related to looking dumb" , "Maybe she put seaweed in her tooth" , "Right, it got to be seaweed" the Brothers are discussing the possible answers.
"It's not seaweed. It's fruit" Tiffany told the Brothers.
"It's pomegranate.." Sangmin will try to answer, ".. You had it in your mouth. Then when you got hit you tried to let it seems like you are bleeding".
"Wrong!"
"It's grapes!" Janghoon said his answer.
"You were so close" Tiffany told him.
"Cherry tomatoes?"
"Wrong"
"Pineapple?"
"Wrong"
"Kiwi?"
"Wrong"
"It looks like a grape" Tiffany gives another hint.
"Raisins?" , "Korean wild grapes?" , "Plum" the Brothers continue name different fruits.
"Why can't they guess it?" Seohyun and the girls are getting frustrated that the Brothers still cannot get it. All of a sudden Sooyoung started singing Fin.K.L.'s 'Blue Rain'. It is to give the Brother a clue to the answer. It is a rather huge hint.
"Blueberry!" Janghoon yelled out.
"Yes.." Tiffany told him.
Janghoon is already celebrating, but he just got the fruit right. He also need get what happened.
"So what about blueberry?" Soogeun and the Brothers asked him.
"huh? there's more?" Janghoon really thought that was it.
"What happened with the blueberries?" Tiffany is asking him to continue.
"Okay.. you tried to make it seem like you don't have a tooth so you stuck a blueberry on your tooth. Then the door opens and you really got hit" Janghoon reconstruct his answer and added some more.
"Close! You're almost there!" Tiffany is getting excited.
"You basically said everything. Something happened after that" Yoona said to Janghoon.
"They were frozen blueberries" Tiffany gives one last hint.
Janghoon is going to try again and he is already standing up, confident that he will get it now, "Okay.. you used a frozen blueberry on your teeth. Since it's frozen, it got stuck and broke your teeth".
"Correct!"
Apparently, in Sooyoung's birthday party, they had a costume party wherein the girls wore something that makes them looks like stupid or dumb. Tiffany went a little overboard with concept and tried making her look like she is missing a tooth. So she used a frozen blueberry, but she found out that it was a terrible idea because while attempting to do it, she really does broke her teeth. It's only a small portion, fortunately. With that, Tiffany and Janghoon became seatmates.
..
Next is the maknae of SNSD, Seohyun..
"My question has something to do with Heechul.." Seohyun had a little announcement regarding her question.
"Ohh.. the Brothers smiles the moment they heard that it is about Heechul.
"Oh no~" Yoona and the girls are mockingly teasing Heechul.
"When I was a trainee, there's something Heechul said to me that I still can't forget. What is it?" Seohyun gives her question to the Brothers.
"I know.." Soogeun starts off, ".. he said, 'call me unnie'..". Everyone burst into laughter.
"Wrong"
"He said, 'come with me, let's look for handsome trainees'.." James follows up quickly, he is not yet done with him. All Heechul can do is to laugh with everybody. He doesn't have a comeback to Soogeun and James.
"Wrong"
"I don't think Heechul will ever remember this.." Seohyun remarked.
"What is it?" Heechul ask himself, as of the moment he have no idea on what he said to Seohyun that time.
"Do you have a sister?" Hyoyeon tries to answer.
"Wrong"
"Seohyun is mine. Don't mess with her" Soogeun stands up to answer.
"Wrong"
"I wasn't interested in woman back then" Heechul pointed it out,
"At that time....." Sunny is trying to say something but she didn't finished. She is teasing Heechul again.
"It's something very unique" Seohyun gives them a hint.
"I hope our trainees do not get hurt from practicing" Heechul gives a cringey answer that displeases the girls.
"Hit him" Yuri said to Seohyun.
"That's nonsense" Seohyun walks towards Heechul and hit him with the toy hammer.
"If this..." Seohyun is trying to give another hint but she is already giggling.
"What is it?" Heechul is asking her what's funny.
"If this is true, then all of the Brothers should die",
"What?" the Brothers are a little surprised to hear a somewhat scary hint. "We need to die?" the Brothers are not asking themselves about the meaning of the hint.
"Jinjja? We need to die.." James is wondering why. His seatmate heard him.
"Not you,.. you don't need to die" Taeyeon said to him.
"Eh?" James just got confused even more. Taeyeon is giggling at his confused looks. ".. you'll see later, this one is a little hard without more clues.." Taeyeon explained to him.
"How come you all look like that? I'm the ugliest in my neighborhood'. Is it something to that effect?" Janghoon asked Seohyun.
"You are close" Seohyun giggles.
"EH?" James scratches his head, it doesn't make sense to him. Taeyeon can't stop giggling at him. "Noona, I don't want to be part this anymore.." James gives up. "Haha, just wait.." Taeyeon said to him.
"It was something really offending" Seohyun gives another hint.
"That's a hint?! You call that a hint?!" Heechul is yelling at Seohyun.
"It's not something ordinary. It's a quote from somewhere" Seohyun added another hint. A more helpful this time. Then couple of seconds later..
"OH~~...... AHH!! I know what it is!!" Heechul finally recalls it.
"I don't know quotes from animation" Janghoon is disappointed that he might not get this quiz.
When James heard animation he quickly looked at Taeyeon, "Is it a quote from anime?". Taeyeon smiles and nods to him. Heechul overheard the two seatmates at the back talking,
"Out of the Brothers, James will get this easily. He watches anime also.." Heechul commented while pointing at him.
"Try to answer.. pali.." Taeyeon said to James.
James' hand raised on it's own after Taeyeon asked him to try, he really still doesn't have any answer in mind, "uh.. is it from anime?" he looked at Heechul and Seohyun.
"Yes" Seohyun nods.
"Omae wa mou shindeiru~" James blurted out the first thing that comes up from his mind.
Heechul burst into laughter. He wasn't expecting that.
"Yah.. what is that.." Taeyeon is laughing as well as she playfully pushes James.
"James, James..." Heechul is walking towards him, and gives him a look, then, "Nani?!" both of them said it at the same time. The two weebs, plus Taeyeon are laughing their asses off.
Meanwhile, the Brothers are just smiling, they have no idea what they are talking about. "Don't mind us, it's from an old anime" Heechul said to the rest of the Brothers.
"Noona you know that?" James laughingly asked Taeyeon. "I only saw the memes" Taeyeon explained.
Heechul started humming the theme song of the movie from where the quote comes from. The girls soon joined him in humming it. The Brothers doesn't know it, but the melody of the song sounds familiar to them.
"Howl's Moving Castle?" James is not entirely sure. "Yes.." Taeyeon nodded at him.
"It's when Heechul thought he is Howl" Sooyoung gives them some hint.
"I haven't seen that movie" Janghoon sighed.
"James, anything comes to mind?" Heechul look at him and expecting him to know the answer.
"Ani.. I watched it but I don't memorize the quotes from that movie" James sadly replied.
The Brothers started throwing some answer until they arrived at the correct answer, in a rather surprising way.
"Everything that's not beautiful don't need to live" Soogeun accidentally got the right answer.
"Correct!"
The girls are very surprised that they were having some goosebumps. It was a little out of nowhere and it was also right on point.
Seohyun tells them the story of how Heechul used to be obsessed to Howl, and how much he wanted to personify the character.
..
"Here's the next question.." Seohyun is reading her next question to the Brothers, ".. Lately. there's a word I've been wanting to hear from my unnies. What is it?"
"Yah! Grow up!" Heechul starts.
"Wrong"
"Yah, feel free to smoke here" Soogeun follows up with a smoking related answer/joke.
Seohyun didn't say a word, she just laugh and went to hit him with the toy hammer.
"Seohyun is a lot funnier now" Sangmin tries to answer.
"Wrong"
"You finally seem human now" Heechul answers again. And Seohyun quickly punish him.
"Seohyun, we thought you're boyfriend was a jerk, but he's actually all right" Soogeun tries again.
"Wrong"
"What do you want to hear?" Hyoyeon actually have no idea what it is. And probably so is the other members.
"Try to guess.." Seohyun said to her.
"Girls' Generation is in your hands now.." Soogeun tries again.
"Wrong"
"Is it a curse word?" Hyoyeon asked her again.
"She wants to hear curse words" the Brothers burst into laughter at Hyoyeon's aggressive behavior again.
"I'll give you a hint. Think about my image" Seohyun gives them a hint.
"Seohyun, do you want to have some decadent fun?" Kyunghoon answers, and just like most of the time, his answer is unique in it's own way. The Brothers and the girls burst into laughter at his somewhat absurd answer.
"What was that?" the Brothers cannot stop laughing. "Kyunghoon doesn't answer the question, he just say whatever he's thinking" Janghoon commented, and he was in point about Kyunghoon.
"I wonder what the hell is going on inside his brain" James commented. "He always answers like that" Taeyeon also commented. Both of them are laughing by themselves at back of the class. This is such a wonderful moment because both are getting close and comfortable with each other, of course, this is more meaningful to James, even though it is such a simple and small interaction.
"It's already been 10 years since we've been together" Seohyun gives another hint.
"It's time for you to leave" Hyoyeon gives an answer. She really fits to be Kyunghoon's seatmate.
"Wrong!"
"Let's do another 10 years" Youngchul tries.
"Wrong"
"You can talk to me informally" Janghoon yelled out his answer.
"Correct"
"But Seohyun-ah, if it's been 10 years, don't most people just talk informally to their unnies without the need of permission?" Hodong asked her.
"Ani. We all talk formally to each other.." Seohyun replied.
"It's just Yoona and Seohyun" Sunny told them.
"When we debuted we told them that they can talk to us informally and that they can even swear at us. But they won't.." Hyoyeon explained.
"A long, long time ago, they told me that again. But I didn't think we had to speak informally in order to feel close, and didn't think that was necessary.." Seohyun explained further.
..
"It's time for Sunny" Heechul welcomes the next member.
"I went out to eat with Hodong a long time ago and thought something while we were eating. What was the thought?" Sunny gives her question.
"I know" Youngchul raised his hand to answer, ".. He might die if he keeps eating like that"
"Wrong"
"If he eats that much, I wonder how much he poops" Janghoon gives his answer, and it came from the Brothers' poop answer box.
"Wrong"
"Hodong made a leaf wrap and ate it. Seeing him eat that triggered the thought" Sunny gives them a hint.
"I'll have to open a restaurant with Hodong" Hyoyeon gives it a try.
"Wrong"
Sunny then explained that this event happened when she was with Hodong on another show, where they toured to different places like traditional markets and eat the local foods. Hodong then showed how he ate the leaf wrap that Sunny is talking about in order for everyone to have a better understanding of Sunny's question.
"I think the people behind him have a better chance than those in the front" Sunny gives another hint.
"I know.." Yuri wants to try and guess, ".. He'll get fat on the back of his head".
"Wrong"
"I know.." Heechul raised his hand to answer, ".. He's going to stuff the food to the back of his head".
"Correct!!" Sunny is shocked because it was an accurate answer. Heechul is also shocked, he was just trying to be funny with that answer. Sunny then explained and pointed out that when Hodong is eating, his fat on his neck is moving as if it's chewing or eating as well.
With that, Sunny and Heechul became seatmates.
..
And last but not the least, Yoona..
"My quiz is about Yuri unnie.." Yoona told them before she give her question, "I used to be roommates with Yuri unnie before. I was shocked once because of her. Why was I shocked?".
"When I stepped inside our room, I was shocked.." Yoona gives them an early hint.
"You opened the door and you saw Yuri trying to hide someone in the closet" Heechul starts off.
"Wrong" Yoona is cracking up as she hit Heechul with the toy hammer. "Ah jinjja.." Yuri can only laugh.
"They're laughing so much. Noona, is something like that happened?.." James quietly asked his seatmate, and Taeyeon just burst into laughter. "Noona, I will take that as a yes.." James laughingly said to her. Taeyeon is lightly hitting his shoulders while shaking her head, "ani~~"
"She was talking in her sleep. I think she was having some sort of dream. She said something and showed some sort of behavior too" Yoona gives another hint.
"She was kicking someone in her sleep, 'Die! Die! Die! Die" Janghoon act out his answer.
"Wrong"
"This seems a bit difficult.." Yoona decides to give more hints because the Brothers are not getting to the right path towards the correct answer. "It's summer. It's related to with playing in the pool. It's something that you put water in".
"Water balloon! She was throwing water balloons at someone" Janghoon stands up and gives his answer.
"Wrong"
"I know.." Heechul will try again, "There was a water gun beside her and when you came in, she said 'Get out' while spraying the water gun".
"Wrong. It's a water gun though"
"I know.." Janghoon tries again and starts to imitate the sound of water gun, "tshhhhhhhhh".
Yoona excitingly approaches Janghoon, "You have to be more accurate". Janghoon thought he alreadyt got it but he didn't.
"uh.. tshhh tshhh tshhh" Janghoon redo his answer.
"Correct!!"
"Yuri unnie was already sleeping. Then when I went inside the room she murmuring something so I asked her, 'Unnie what did you say?' and then she said 'Put water inside the water gun................ tshhh" Yoona tells them the story and cutely reenacts what happens. Actress Yoona brings life to what happened back then and it made everyone laugh.
..
"I'll ask my second question.." Yoona is now reading her last question, ".. When guys behave like this in front of me, my heart really flutters. What kind of behavior is it?".
"I know.." Soogeun raised his hand to answer, ".. Put water inside the water gun..".
"Wrong" Yoona cracks up.
"At home or outside?" Janghoon asked her.
"It's possible anywhere" Yoona replied.
"It's when they rolled up their sleeves and show their veins" Kyunghoon answers.
"Wrong"
"I know.." Heechul raised his hand to answer, ".. When Yoona tries to sit down. The guy took of his jacket and throws it to her, 'Yah cover your legs'.."
"Wrong!" Yoona hit him with the toy hammer.
"Yoona usually likes guys that are warm to her. She tends to like warm guys like that.." Yuri somewhat gives a big hint.
"So isn't it about manners? Like when guys open the doors for women.." Hodong mentioned.
"Yes. It's similar to that" Yoona told them.
"I know.." Janghoon is going to try and guess it, ".. You were eating and something smeared on your lips. He used his hands.. or napkin to wipe it for you".
"Wrong"
"But it was when eating.." Yoona gives a little more hint.
"When he cooks for you.." James gives it a try.
"Wrong, but it's a little close"
"When he moved the food closer to you when you were eating" Youngchul gives his answer.
"It's kind of similar, but wrong"
"I know.. I'm sure of this now.." Janghoon raised his hand and confidently declares, ".. You guys were eating something in a big dish. He put some food in a plate first and placed it in front of you". Janghoon stands up and ready to do his celebration.
"Don't get up yet" Yoona told him,
"It's something that he did before what Janghoon said" Yoona gives them one last hint.
"I know!" Kyunghoon immediately raised his hand, ".. After you finished your meal, you were on your way out he said, 'Yah, pay for this'..".
"Wrong!"
"I know.." James is going to try again, ".. Before the start of the meal, he prepared the plates, spoons, forks, chopsticks, other utensils.. he prepared the whole table..".
"Correct!!" Yoona happily announced.
"Sniped!" James looked at Janghoon and started laughing. He mocked Janghoon even more by doing his signature celebration in front of the jimmy jib camera.
"You are doing that to her. That's why he knows the answer.." Heechul blurted out while James is walking back to his seat.
"Whaa---" James stopped walking and froze in place as he looks towards Heechul.
"Right, you will know that answer if you are doing that to someone.." Soogeun quickly joins in the teasing. "The only way for you to know that is because you've done it" Janghoon follows up. "Are you always serving her like that? Did you always prepares the table for too?" Heechul didn't let this chance slipped off.
The girls burst into laughter at the sudden strike on James. They all know what the Brothers are talking about. James have no response to his Brothers, he just put his head down while walking by to his seat.
"I should've stayed quiet.." James helplessly sighed and just laughed nervously.
..
It's now time for the second period of the students in Brothers School. The cast members dressed up like dwarfs and the transfer students dressed up as Snow White. The skit startetd off when the Brothers ate the poisoned apples in which they all fell asleep righ after the took a bite. After they woke up, there were eight princesses who arrives and they all claiming that they are Snow White. Because of the poisoned apples they ate, the Brothers somehow lost their memory and they don't know which of the princesses is the real Snow White.
In order to find out which one is the real Snow White, the Brothers brought out the Mirror of Truth so see which of the claims of the princesses is true.
Although, this is just a game. The game objectives is to come face to face with an opponent, basically thinking your opponent as a reflection. But whoever responds, reacts, or laugh at the other player's question will lose. No matter what it is, one must not respond, and just say another question or comment back to the other player. Hodong briefly explained the game to everyone, and after he's done..
"James, come here.. let's show them first how to play this game.." Heechul asked their maknae brother to help him demonstrate the game. James willingly comes up front, not aware that Heechul has other plan.
"Okay, I'll go first.." Heechul said, and James just nod in agrees.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall.. You are the best stand up comedian, right?.." Heechul begins with a compliment, and trying to ease in his trap.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall.. You know you are the most handsome, right?" James answers back with a compliment.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall.. You like Ice Cream Cake, don't you?" Heechul immediately drops the bomb. The Brothers and the girls got what that meant and they all burst into laughter after seeing James flustered reaction. James is trying his best not to laugh.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall.. You are crazy, you know that?" James is still in shock and can't think of any good comeback to Heechul.
"You like Baechu don't you?" Heechul is now being smart as he uses a double meaning word. Which easily means cabbage or, what he really meant to say, Irene's nickname.
"Wahh.." James jaw just dropped and very much shocked by that attack. Everyone in the studio burst into laughter at his reaction.
"You planned this don't you?" James is now realizing that he was already in Heechul's trap. Heechul is just laughing at him, evilly.
"You like beautiful girls don't you?" Heechul continue to attack and now referring to Irene's visual.
"You like Japanese girls don't you?" James finally clapped back. It was a great counter as it made Heechul speechless.
"You like Japanese girls who is good at dancing don't you?" James followed up another attack as Heechul remained stunned as his plan greatly fires back at him. This time just like what happened to James seconds ago, it was Heechul's jaw that has dropped. The whole studio erupted in another laughter. Everyone knows that James is describing Momo.
"You're out!!" , "And that's how you play it" Hodong and Soogeun ended the game because Heechul cannot speak anymore. He is just blushing and laughing nervously.
"Mianhaeee~~ I didn't mean it~~ " Heechul is pretending to cry as he hugs James. "Gwenchana~ I'm pretty sure they will edit this out.." James said to him, and both of them are giggling.
.
"Okay, let's officially start.." Hodong said to everyone.
"The strongest candidate should go and call the mirror.." Soogeun stated, and seconds later one of the girls stands up and walks towards the Mirror of Truth.
"Oh.. Sunny will go...",
Sunny stands up in front of the mirror, "hmm...". Sunny looked at her members and think of which member she would like to go up against.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall.. please summon Princess Yoona.." Sunny calls out Yoona. And the first match is between Sunny and Yoona.
"It's the Sexy Princess versus the Innocent Princess" Heechul remarked before the start of the game.
"Is this a mirror?" Yoona then acts disappointed. She is off to a good start. Technically, saying that the mirror is not reflecting her beauty. The Brothers are already laughing as this will be an interesting match.
"huh.... where is it?" Sunny is pointing at Yoona's chest. She is now referring that her breast has gotten smaller in the reflection. Completely implying/referring that hers is bigger than Yoona's. The Brothers and the girls are just laughing quietly. Things are getting a little too personal.
"Hold on. Why I can't see it?" Yoona answers back by attacking Sunny's height. And that one made Sunny a little flustered.
"Ohhh.." the Brothers are enjoying this. "Princesses,.. that's a concave lens.." Kyunghoon shouted.
"I see. I'm talking to myself in the mirror. You're very pretty, you know that?" Sunny changes her strategy and started throwing compliments towards her supposed relfection.
"You're so sexy.." Yoona did the same thing.
"Of course!... omo!!" Sunny got a little carried away and she responds by agreeing to Yoona's comment.
"She said of course!!" , "You're out!!" the Brothers are laughing as they are kicking Sunny out of the game.
.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall.. please summon Princess Hyoyeon" Yoona calls out Hyoyeon. A rather unexpected choice.
"Oh, this will be a good game" Hodong is getting a little excited about this one. "This is going to be scary.." James commented.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall.. Do you have any plans to dye your hair black?" Yoona started first.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall.. did you take out your tooth?" Hyoyeon answer back. Everyone started laughing even though none really gets the point.
"Can you be more logical?" Yoona answer back.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall.. who's the fairest of them all, It's me right?" Hyoyeon asked her.
And Yoona's reaction is pure gold. She just let out a small giggle at first before she burst into laughter.
"That means she's not the fairest.." Heechul and the Brothers burst into laughter.
"Answer me, mirror!!" Hyoyeon yells, and Yoona loses it. She cannot stop laughing.
"Yoona, out!!" the Brothers pulls Yoona out of the game.
.
Next match is between Yuri and Sooyoung..
"Mirror, mirror on the wall,.. you're darker than me, right?" Sooyoung started the match.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall,.. you know you're darker than me these days, right?" Yuri answers back, and Sooyoung is a little shocked.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall,.. you're envious of my body figure, right?" Sooyoung answers back.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall,.. you're envious of my body lines, right?" Yuri quickly answers back like a pro.
"Well...." Sooyoung almost lost.
"You were on the edge. It's a warning" Hodong laughingly gives Sooyoung a warning.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall,.. you're envious of my long legs, right?" Sooyoung is still in this match.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall,.. you're envious of thick hair, right?" Yuri seems unstoppable as quickly answers back.
After that, Sooyoung cannot answer anymore and Yuri is declared as the winner.
.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall,.. please summon Princess Seohyun" Yuri calls out their maknae.
"Annyeong Mirror" Both of them greeted each other first.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, can I start first?" Seohyun asked.
"Yes, start.." Yuri sweetly replied.
"That is my question.." Seohyun told her, completely outsmarted her in the simplest way possible.
"AHHH" Yuri can only laugh at the fact that Seohyun defeated her in way that no one can think of.
"Waahhhh" the Brothers are amazed on how Seohyun ended that match in an instant.
After that, Seohyun defeats Hodong and Janghoon to be the overall winner of the Mirror of Truth game.
..
..
The next game is about teamwork. It's SNSD (Team Princesses) vs Brothers(Team Dwarfs). Each team is going to guess 5 movie title and 5 songs during a time period. They only need to act out to the describe the titles, but they can't act key scenes from the movies. Team who guessed the most, wins.
The Brothers goes first and they were doing a great job right from the start. But they stall on Janghoon's and James' turn. Both of them was unfortunate to get a hard one to act and describe. In the end, the Brothers managed to guess 8 answers during their allotted time.
SNSD goes last, and all throughout, their pace is consistent and they almost got everything during their allotted time. The girls managed to guess 9 answers, making them the winner of this game.
..
For the last part of the show, they still need to find out the real Snow White. To determine that, the Brothers needs to choose a princess who they believed is the real Snow White. Then they will stand together under a huge balloon filled with flour, and they need to choose among the eight ropes. Only one rope will trigger the balloon to pop.
"Us dwarfs needs to pick a princess they supports.." Soogeun said to his Brothers.
"Araseo~ the youngest should get to choose first.." Hodong said.
"James, you go first.. pick the princess who you support" Heechul is pushing him to go first.
"Princess Taeyeon~" James is already expected by everyone to pick his ultimate bias, and so he did ".. she is my seatmate and I will stick to her until the end". James and Taeyeon high fived each other, actually it's more like high ten because they used both of their hands. "Gomawo~" Taeyeon is happy about James' choice. "And look at her skin, she is obviously and literally the fairest.." he added.
"I will pick Yoona.. she is the prettiest" Heechul chooses Yoona to be his partner.
"I believe Yuri is the most suitable.." Hodong picked Yuri.
"I think Hyoyeon is Snow White. She's the most beautiful.." Kyunghoon is loyal to his seatmate also as he picked Hyoyeon.
"I will protect her everyday as her bodyguard.. Sooyoung.." Sangmin also picked his seatmate.
"I think Princess Tiffany is Snow White" Youngchul chooses Tiffany.
"I choose the one with the same last name, I will choose Princess Seohyun" Janghoon picked the maknae of SNSD.
And that leaves Soogeun with Sunny. The two shorties of both group are partners.
"Let's do rock-paper-scissors to choose the order" Hodong calls out the Brothers.
rock-paper-scissors~
Janghoon won the first round and he gets to choose in which order they are going to. "We'll go last.." Janghoon picked for them to go last. "Yes! We're last!!" Seohyun high fived Janghoon for doing a great job.
The next one is won by James, and just like what Janghoon did, James picked the lowest probability to get the wrong rope. "We'll go first!"
"Who's first?" Taeyeon asked James. "We're first noona!" James happily told her. "Jinjja? good job~" Taeyeon gives James a congratulatory hug. Even though it is just a quick hug, James is starting to blush and his heartbeat just goes off. He tries to act cool and calm like it was nothing, but deep inside he is melting. He probably almost died on that one.
The Brothers fight for the remaining spots. Right now, the safest ones are Taeyeon and James, then Seohyun and Janghoon. The odds are in their sides.
Taeyeon and James sits in the middle under the huge balloon. So far, James managed to stay alive, especially now that him and Taeyeon are sitting really close. Both of their bodies are leaning towards each other. They have to sit like that because if they choose the wrong rope, it will be a punishment to both of them.
"Which number should we pick?" Taeyeon is getting a little scared. "I'm not sure noona.." James looked at the numbered ropes and he can't decide which one. "You pick whatever you want.." Taeyeon told him.
"Uh araseo" James made up his mind, "Number 1, since we're first and because 1 looks like 'I', Taeyeon noona's first album".
"You okay with that noona?" he asked Taeyeon.
"Let's go~" Taeyeon replied.
James is already grabbing the rope when he suddenly let it go. He then takes of his dwarf hat and offers it to Taeyeon, "Noona you can wear this if ever the balloon pops, you won't get powder on your hair".
"Gwenchana~ gomawo~" Taeyeon shyly giggles at James sweet gesture, "how about take it off so we both get floured if ever.." she suggests.
"Oh.. okay.." James agrees that it's a better idea.
"Haha he is still taking care of her.." the Brothers laughingly commented.
James then grabs the rope again. He took a deep breath before he pulls it.
"I hope it explodes" Kyunghoon said to hem. "Here we go~" everybody else braced themselves incase they popped the balloon.
"1... 2... 3..." James pulled the rope and..
.
.
.
"Ahhhhhhh!!! We survived!!" Taeyeon cutely squealed joyfully. "Wait.. it means I'm not Snow White.." she then realized.
"Noona, it's better than to be covered in flour" James laughingly said to her. "Right~" Taeyeon giggled.
..
Next up is Hyoyeon and Kyunghoon..
"We choose number 5" Kyunghoon told everyone.
"I got a feelin it's this one" Soogeun commented, and everyone is also feeling the same thing.
Hyoyeon then pulls the rope.. "Oh my..." Hyoyeon let out a scream. She got scared because the moment she pulled the rope, it kinda lodges and hard to pull for second. That is also why everyone thought the balloon is about to explode. "Wahh"
Hyoyeon and Kyunghoon survives. Everyone is getting thrilled as the chances are getting slimmer.
"This is driving me crazy" Hodong commented.
"We're last so we will be fine" Janghoon is very confident that the balloon will pop before their turn.
..
Next if Tiffany and Youngchul..
"Should it be 7 or 3?" Tiffany asked Youngchul.
"You can choose. I don't mind" Youngchul replied.
Tiffany is quietly looking at the ropes, it's like she is feeling which one is dangerous. After a couple of seconds, Tiffany chose rope number 7.
Tiffany quickly pulled the rope as soon as she grabs a hold of it.
"Ohhhh~~" Everyone yelled out as Tiffany and Youngchul survives.
The remaining couples are starting to get nervous and scared.
..
Next is Yoona and Heechul..
"Yoona will get it" , "It will explode now.." , "It's going to be them" Everyone is confidently commenting that the balloon is going to explode this time.
"Uh.. I choose number 3.." Yoona picked rope number 3.
"Are you sure?" Heechul nervously asked.
"I don't know.." Yoona chuckled.
"Okay! Let's just go with it!" Heechul just say, fuck it, let's do it.
Yoona and Heechul gets in their position. Just like everyone else, they are also expecting that the balloon is going to pop on them.
"1... 2... 3..." Yoona pulled the rope,
"AHHHH" Yoona and Heechul yelled in relief.
"Ohhhh.." Everyone is starting to get more nervous. Four couples has survived and the margin is getting smaller.
..
Next is Yuri and Hodong..
"Going last is actually better. It's better to go last than to go now" Janghoon is in his usual self, confidently whining.
"I really thought Yoona is going to get it" Taeyeon giggles as she said to James. "Me too noona.." James replied. "I think it will be funny if Seohyun and Janghoon oppa gets it.." Taeyeom remarked. "Janghoon hyung will only whine even more.." James laughs, and so is Taeyeon.
"I hope Yuri will be Snow White so that she'll become white" Hyoyeon teases her before they start. Yuri didn't even care at all, she is just focused on picking the safe rope.
"I think I want number 8" Hodong told his partner.
"I somehow want number 4.." Yuri replied, "wait.. let's do rock-paper-scissors" Hodong suggests suggests.
Hodong won the rock-paper-scissors so they will be going number 8.
"Here it is.." , "It's going to explode now.." everyone is waiting for the result.
"1... 2... 3...."
.
.
"WAAAHHH" Yuri and Hodong are celebrating as they managed to survive also.
"No way!!" the remaining pairs are in disbelief. If their calculations of the probability is correct, the balloon should have been exploded by now, at the very least.
..
Next is Sunny and Soogeun..
"We're last. It's fine.." Janghoon is still very confident.
"If it doesn't explode this time, it's a joke of fate" Sangmin commented.
"There's a number I want.." Sunny said to Soogeun.
"What is it?" Soogeun asked her, and Sunny shows the number two in her fingers.
"2?... araseo.. let's go for 2" Soogeun thinks for a moment before he agrees with Sunny.
"Readyyy.... 1... 2... 3...." Sunny took a deep breath, and she nervously pulls the rope.
.
.
"WAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"
Sunny and Soogeun survived. Everyone is in shock that until now the balloon full of flour haven't exploded yet with only two pairs remaining.
..
Next is Sooyoung and Sangmin..
"There is a certain rule in this type of game.." Sangmin suddenly faced everyone and he is trying to tell something to them.
"What is it?"
"There's a rule. It's a joke between numbers 7 and 4. If 7 didn't play a joke on you, number 4 is definitely the unlucky one" Sangmin told them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, that's Sangmin, the unluckiest man.." Soogeun commented.
"Oppa.. what should we do.." Seohyun is getting nervous. "Don't worry. He's unlucky. I'm lucky" Janghoon is still very confident up to this point.
"Lucky? both of you are divorced.." James mutters. Taeyeon burst into laughter as she is the only one who heard it.
"Everyone, huddle up" Hodong asked everyone to gather at the back and away from Sooyoung and Sangmin. "Prepare for the ending", Everybody is certain that the balloon will explode now.
"I choose 6!" Sooyoung is trying to stay lively. "Araseo" Sangmin grabs the deciding rope, and he probably sent a prayer with it.
1.......
2........
3.......
"WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
The balloon didn't explode. Everyone is in shocked, and no one can believe that the first 7 pairs survived. Sangmin must be right, it's like the fate is playing a joke, specifically to Janghoon.
Seohyun and Janghoon have no choice but to accept their fate and face the punishment. With that, Seohyun became the Snow White.
..
..
Several minutes later,
James is seen sitting with Heechul, Taeyeon, Tiffany and Yuri in the table. Everyone is having the after show dinner.
"James seems very happy right now" Yuri patted James who is sitting between her and Tiffany. While the Kim siblings are sitting together.
"He's been wanting to meet all of you girls.." Heechul said while eating, "Specially you.." he points at Taeyeon.
"Actually, Yuri and Jonghyun mentioned it before.." Taeyeon replied after swallowing her food.
"You've been in S.M. a couple of times already, how come you didn't run into one of us?" Yuri has been wondering about it for awhile now.
"Noona, actually every time I visit there I'm very nervous that I might run into any of you.." James told her.
"Have run into some of our labelmates while you were there?" Tiffany asked.
"I met Shindong hyung for the first time in the elevator while I'm visiting Jonghyun hyung. Then, I also run into Krystal in the elevator as well.." James explained.
"and of course, the 'elevator incident'.." Heechul mentioned one of the famous story in their agency. The girls burst into laughter, Taeyeon almost spit out the food she is eating. They all know about the elevator incident, well everyone in S.M. knows.
"I hate that elevator.." James scoffed. Tiffany and Yuri continue to laugh at him.
"Isn't it the first time you met Irene in person right?" Heechul asks.
"Yep.." James nods.
"Jinjjayoo?? that was the first time??" the girls were a little surprised.
"We've known each other like 2 months prior to that, but we only been talking over the phone. So yeah, that was the first time.." James explained.
"Omo.. that was even more cute~" Yuri is giggling.
"Wait.. I want to know the real story about it from you. Are the of you were really holding hands that time?" Tiffany is very interested to know the real thing.
"Ani.. we were not holding hands.. but technically yes. She was just checking the wound on my hand that time.." James tells her what was really happening that time.
"Ohh.. now I get it" Tiffany now knows what really happens. "But, what's going between you and Irene?" Tiffany asked him again.
"Eh? uh..." James is a little flustered at the sudden follow up question. Heechul is already laughing at him. "N-nothing.. we're friends.." James smile nervously.
"hmm.. jinjjayo? I watched their episode, and even Irene is acting a little strange" Tiffany is not buying that they are just friends.
"I think something else is going on, I can feel it..jinjja!" Yuri smilingly remarked. "Me too!" Heechul agrees with her.
"Yah.. don't make him uncomfortable.." Taeyeon is telling them to stop.
"Araseo~ By the way, I heard that you almost signed with S.M.?" Tiffany obeys Taeyeon, and asked something different to James.
"Right, he chooses UAA instead.." Heechul is still a little disappointed about it.
"Yes noona. S.M. and UAA were my final choices. But I went to UAA because, well mainly because of Hyekyo noona.." James giggled as he explained. "But other than that I liked what they offered to me.." he added.
"Would have been awesome if you picked S.M., you can see Irene more often.." Yuri is not yet done teasing him with Irene.
"But so far, it seems UAA has been a good choice.. they are very supportive of James stand up career.." Tiffany commented.
"Right.. plus the drama.." Taeyeon agrees with Tiffany, she is still busy munching down the food in her plate.
"That reminds me, wait.." Tiffany gets something in her bag. "James, put your number. I need to call you about the tickets. You promised me.." Tiffany cutely pouting and pointing her finger in James, reminding him the promise about the tickets.
"Haha, of course noona.." James happily puts in his number in Tiffany's phone.
"Mmhmm~" Taeyeon wants to say something but her mouth is full. She then just handing her phone out..
"Oh, you want James' number also?" Tiffany gets Taeyeon's phone. Taeyeon gives her a nod, while she is trying to finish the food in her mouth. "James, put your number in Taeyeon's phone also.." Tiffany handed over Taeyeon's phone to James.
"I want to watch too~" Taeyeon finally swallowed the food.
James' happiness is over the milky way galaxy now. He never imagined something like this will ever happens. Right now, there's 3 members of SNSD who have his number on their personal phone. James doesn't know anymore if he is dreaming or it is really happening right now, because this kind of things are only happening in dreams. But one thing is for sure, his dreams are slowly coming true.
James get to spend and hangout for another 30 minutes with his favorite girl group before they leave and say goodbye. Of course, he didn't waste this chance to take a picture with each member and to ask for their autograph.
.
.
.
.
About an hour later..
James is currently brewing coffee in the kitchen of his new place. The smell of freshly brewed coffee is reaching every corner of the condo. Seconds later he heard the front door buzzes, the door then opens and seconds after that he heard it closes.
"Hey, where've you been?" James looked at the person who enter his condo and asked him.
"Just.. strolling around. Looking for a good place to chill.." the person replied while heading towards the kitchen.
"Oh, did you have fun?" James chuckled as he get some snacks in the fridge.
"hmm.. yeah, I guess. It's less crowded here than Tokyo. So that's already good for me, haha.." Sojiro laughs a little.
"Want some?" James asked him if he wants some snacks.
"I'm good, just coffee.." Sojiro sits in the kitchen counter. "Did you just got home too?".
"Yeah, about 20 minutes ago.." James gets a coffee mug and pours coffee for Sojiro.
"How's the taping?" Sojiro takes a sip.
"Oh, this is probably the best day of my life! Girls' Generation was our guests today!" James is still full of joy and energy.
"NOOOOOO" Sojiro is shocked, eyes and mouth wide open as he puts the cup of coffee down immediately. "You mean? the Girls' Generation?!?!".
"YES!! The Girls' Generation!!"
"Wooooow!! So how's Taeyeon?!" Sojiro asked him.
"She is everything I imagined she would be when I finally meet her. She is way beyond of what I expected. She is really beautiful and cute!!" James' eyes are twinkling as he tells Sojiro what it felt like to finally meet Taeyeon. "You know the best part was? She was my fricking seatmate and look..." James pulls out his phone and shows a photo of him with Taeyeon.
"Holy!!" Sojiro is experiencing goosebumps as he looks at the photos of James with Taeyeon.
"And try to look at the recent calls.." James told him. Sojiro looked at him with a confused look, and seconds later..
"Is this... really her?" Sojiro looked at James with a shocked expression.
"Yep. She called me. Taeyeon called me. The leader of Girls' Generation have my number!!" James screams happily.
"Kuroba Shusuke.... you lucky bastard~" Sojiro let out a small but it is obvious that he is getting a little envious. "You already have Irene, and you want Taeyeon also?" Sojiro giggles.
"Hey! Nothing like that is going on.." James told him.
"For Taeyeon sure. But for Irene? come on..." Sojiro have that teasing smirk in his face.
"How many times do I need to say this, we're just friends.." James told him.
"I don't know, but try to say it to everyone who knows Irene. Maybe at some point you'll get tired and just admits it that the two of you are dating.." Sojiro mockingly laughed.
"I'm telling the truth. We're not dating.." James giggles and takes a sip of his coffee.
"All right, maybe not yet.." Sojiro teasingly laughed at him.
"Whatever.." James just shakes his head and smile. He then took one last sip of his coffee, "I'm going to my room now. Please clean this up before you sleep.." he then asked Sojiro to do the dishes.
"Eh?.. Is that how you treat your guest? By making them do the dishes. You know I'm on a vacation, right?" Sojiro complains.
"Haha, arigatou~" James giggles while walking to his room.
"Sometimes you're just mean~ I wonder what Irene sees in you.. " Sojiro is whining but he is already putting the plates and cups in the sink.
"Goodnight~" James giggles.
"Tch~ He is not going to sleep. He is just going to talk to her.." Sojiro keeps on mumbling and whining as he starts washing the dishes. "In Japan, I'm the head of security for a multinational company, everybody respects me. In South Korea, I'm a dishwasher for a standup comedian".
"hmm.. this smells nice.." Sojiro smells the dishwashing soap.
..
"Unnieeee!! Your First Love is calling!!!" Yeri playfully calls their leader, who left her phone the living room. Irene then hurriedly runs to the living room.
"Yeoboseyo~" Irene quickly answers the call.
"You mean Yobo? Yoboseo?" Yeri is teasing the way Irene answers the call by making it seems like she said 'darling' or 'honey'.
Irene just frowns and glared at Yeri before she head to her room so she can talk to James in privacy.
"Haha, unnie likes it" Yeri is laughing all by herself.
.
"Noona, annyeong~" James happily greets her.
"Annyeong~" Irene happily greets him back. "I thought you will be out with Sojiro tonight?".
"Oh, I got home a little late. We'll do it tomorrow. Plus Sojiro is busy doing the dishes.." James giggles.
"Neomuhae~ you're making him do the dishes again~" Irene voice sounds really cute just now. James is blushing on the other side of the call.
"Don't worry noona, he loves it.." James jokingly said. "Anyway, how was your day?"
"Tiring and stressful. But I'm feeling okay now.." Irene smiles as his voice is enough to make her feel better. "How about you?".
"I just met Taeyeon and the rest of SNSD. What do you think noona?" James giggles.
"Omo!! SNSD unnies were the guests today?" Irene is surprised to hear that.
"Yes noona... this is like the best day of my life!!"
James shares his wonderful and unforgettable experience he had earlier as he finally meet his all time favorite group. Irene just happily listens to every word he said. She finds her happiness in him. Just by listening to his voice puts her in a state of bliss.
At the end of their conversation, Irene mentioned that the management had a talk with her regarding the dating rumours.
"Mianhae noona~",
Irene giggles, "Why are you apologizing? You did nothing wrong.."
"But I got you in trouble with the management of S.M." James replied.
"Ani.. I'm not in trouble. Don't worry, they just asked me if the rumours were true.." Irene explained,
"Still.. this might have caused you--"
"ANIIIYAAAA~~~" Irene cuts him off. James just giggles as he bites his lips, he is having a hard time dealing Irene's cuteness at the moment. It is more of an internal struggle.
"Anyway, noona.. can I ask you something?" James' heartbeat is speeding up.
"Sure, what is it?"
"Uh.. I know this might not be good idea. Specially with the uh, you know... the rumours about us..." James is having a hard time to get it out. He is panicking a little and getting nervous each seconds.
"Yeah..." Irene is getting anxious as she waits James.
".. w-would you like to have.. uh.... w-would you like to have d-dinner again in that restaurant?" James finally able to get it out. "But if you say no, it's fine. I understand, you are busy with the promotions, the upcoming concert and other stuff. I don't want to disturb you. I was just wondering.. because I drove past by the restaurant the other day when I'm driving Sojiro around the city. Then I remember the last we were there...", for no reason James is starting to explain himself. He is talking very fast and sounds really nervous. Irene is just smiling on the other side, she can sense that James is really nervous.
"James, I'd love to..." Irene speaks, making James to stop talking.
"Oh... uh... g-great.." James is actually shaking right now. He can clearly hear the pounding of his heart.
"I'll tell you tomorrow when.." Irene told him.
"Ye-yeah, s-sure.. just give a c-call.." James is still having a hard time talking.
"I will.." Irene cannot hide her happiness as she is smiling really bright. "I.. I think it's time to sleep now. Goodnight James~" Irene decided to end the call now.
"Goodnight, noona~" James happily replied.
.
.
"MMMHHHHHHHHHMMMMM" Irene dugs her face in her pillow to scream. She was just acting cool seconds ago, when in fact she wanted to flip out and starts jumping in her bed when James asked her to have dinner.
"Bae Joohyun... relax~ It's not a date.. It's just a normal dinner.." Irene sits up straight and composes herself, reminding herself that it is not a date...
"AHHH~~~" Irene squeals as she throws one of her pillows and kicking in her bed.
.
.
.
.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Seoul...
"I'm glad you finally visit me here in Seoul, Akako-chan! I missed you so much!",
"I missed you too, Sang-ah! Thank you for picking me up in the airport" Akako sweetly hugs her Korean best friend, whom she hadn't seen since they graduated from high school.
"How long are you going to be here?" Sang-ah asked Akako.
"2 to 3 months. I'm planning to get a job here, so if it works out I might live here.." Akako explained her plans.
"That's great! I hope you get a job so I won't be seperated again from my best friend" Sang-ah cutely smiles.
"Aww~ I wish too~" Akako hugs Sang-ah tightly, they really missed each other.
"Tomorrow, I will show you around Seoul. Then I will introduce you to some of my friends. Let's have fun tomorrow night!" Sang-ah is very excited to tour Akako around Seoul.
"Sounds wonderful~" Akako smiles at her.
"We will be going to-..." Sang-ah's phone rings, ".. oh, excuse me~".
.
Akako looked outside through the glass window of the car. She looked and admires the beautiful night lights of Seoul from a far, "Shu, I hope you still remember me".
.
.
.
To be continued...
**
Sorry for late update and for making you guys wait. I have been busy at work with all the annual reports, this year's proposals, new projects, and other stuff. And also I need some time for this double chapter update, hehe.
Hope you guys are doing well, have a wonderful year to everyone :)