L.O.V.E Story

Nuri woke up the next morning rubbing her eyes and lazily getting out of bed. She got ready with just a simple pair of jeans and a tank. She took a muffin out from the pantry and ate it slowly.

KNOCK KNOCK...

Nuri put on her shoes and went outside to see a grinning Heechul.
“Why are you so happy in the morning?” She asked, him closing the door.
“Just because...come on, we're taking my limo today.” He said walking down the stairs.
She got in to see a happy ZE:A.
“UGH!” Nuri groaned in her seat.
“Whoa...someone's not a morning person...” Dongjoon said.
“Shut up...” She said and yawned.

“Nuri, are you stressing?! Look at your skin. It's normally flawless! Here let me put some make up on for you! I just got this new brush that is just am--” Kwanghee said but Nuri cut him off.
“No, I just want to sleep.” She said and stretched her legs out onto the laps of Siwan, Kwanghee, and Kevin.
“What the--” Nuri heard Kwanghee say.
“Just let her be. She needs to sleep.” Kevin said.

Nuri woke up an hour later still in the limo.
She got up and saw everyone in ZE:A doing different things.
Dongjoon, Heechul and Kevin were texting. Junyoung, Hyungshik and Minwoo were listening to their iPod’s. Kwanghee was sleeping. Siwan was reading a fashion magazine and Taehun was just looking out the window.
Nuri got up and stretched.

“Up already?” Taehun asked.
She nodded. “Are we there yet?” Nuri asked.
“Nope.. Another hour.”
“Oh okay...”

“Let's play a game!” Dongjoon suggested.
“What game?” Kevin asked.
“Let's play the Pocky game...” Heechul suggested smiling evilly and holding up a box of Pocky.
“Alright.” Someone said.

Heechul pulled a stick out. “Me first!”
“No way you're getting Nuri as your partner.” Siwan said.
Heechul pouted. “Fine...Hyungsik...come here.”
Hyungsik scooted closer to Heechul.

They both took the Pocky sticks in their mouths and started to eat. Right when they were about to bite it Dongjoon pushed their heads together causing them to have a light peck.

“EW!!!” Hyungsik yelled.
“Blehhh.” Heechul said wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.
They all laughed pointing at them.

“Me next...me next!” Siwan said.
“Let's decide on rock, paper, scissors. First one out is Siwan's partner.” Kevin said.
“Men do rock! ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS!” Everyone yelled doing rock except for Junyoung. He did scissors.

“Junyoung hyung! You're not a man?!” Dongjoon yelled.

They laughed.

Junyoung went to Siwan and took the snack in his mouth. Siwan followed. Then the stick kept getting smaller and smaller. They bit both sides and only about half a centimeter was left.

“WAH! We are awesome!” Siwan said and high-fiving Junyoung.
Suddenly Kwanghee took a stick and ate it until only about 2 inches were left and then he grabbed Minwoo and forced the other side of the stick into his mouth causing them to kiss.

“YAH! WHAT THE HECK KWANGHEE-HYUNG!?” Minwoo yelled.
“You should be used to it by now!” Kwanghee said.
“Okay, we are done with this game! I'm fearing my first kiss will be taken by one of you guys!” Dongjoon said putting the pack of Pocky away.
Finally, they got to the concert stage. It was a mini stage outside.
There were hundreds of people.

“Whoa! This more than the usual!” Hyungsik said.
“That's because on our blog, I said that there's a girl guest star.” Junyoung said.
“Oh...I was wondering why there are guys here.” Heechul said getting out of the limo.

They went backstage and started to put the costumes on. Nuri went behind a clothes rack so no one would see her.
“Ah...seriously.” She said putting it on.
After Nuri was done, she walked out and everyone was getting their mics and looking very serious.

“I am a genius!” Someone said behind her.
Nuri turned around and it Siwan.
“No you aren't! EXPOSING me like this!” She said and pouted.
“It's alright, you look good.” He said.

Before Nuri could react, the staff called Siwan over to get his mic.
“Nuri come get your mic!” Taehun yelled.
Nuri ran over got her mic and the concert started.

They danced and sung like they had rehearsed. Nuri made a few mistakes but luckily she was in the back for them.

After 'Mazeltov', Nuri got off stage and the boys started their other performances. Nuri watched from the side and watched how their bodies moved in sync, and how they used their charisma on stage. It was really amazing. They finished their final song and bowed to the audience.

“And we'd like to thank our special guest, Nuri!” Junyoung said into the mic.
Nuri ran on stage and bowed and heard guys yelling, “YEAH!”
They all bowed one more time and got off stage.
They all changed back to their normal clothes and started to head home.

“Hyung! I'm hungry!” Hyungshik whined shaking Junyoung's arm.
“When are you NOT hungry?” He replied.
“Hyung~!” Hyungshik whined using his aegyo.

Finally, Junyoung gave in and they went to a restaurant.
As they were waiting for their food everyone was chatting happily.

“We are so lucky that Nuri got put in our class!” Heechul said.
“Yeah! SO many guys came, and they probably brought their girlfriends, and so more fans for us!” Dongjoon said clapping.

“Look at what the fans commented on our page!

'Oppa's were so cool, so was Unnie!'

'The girl is hot, I'm lucky my girlfriend brought me to the performance.'

'They should put the girl in the band too.'

'Unnie is so lucky to be on stage with ZE:A'

” Minwoo said, he reading from his phone.
“Sounds like they really liked today's performance.” Taehun said.
“No, they like Nuri.” Minwoo corrected putting his phone away.
“Looks like she took your diva spot Kwanghee-ah!” Siwan said patting Kwanghee's back.
Kwanghee snorted.

“I could never take that away from him! He wears more make up than I do, and he dances girl group dances better than me!” Nuri exclaimed.

Kwanghee immediately got up and started dancing to Bang! by After School.
They all laughed at his divaness.
Then their food came and they ate happily.

They got in the limo and started to head home for real this time.
They all fell asleep on the way back.
“Nuri wake up...” Someone whispered poking her cheek.
Nuri opened her eyes and she noticed she was on someone's shoulder.

“Oh! Kevin Oppa, I'm sorry.” Nuri apologized.
He chuckled. “It's okay. We're at your condo.” He said.
“Okay, I'll see you Monday.” Nuri whispered to make sure not to wake up the others.
“Bye.” He whispered back waving.

She waved back and got out of the limo and walked up to her condo.
Nuri sat on her bed and thought about her current problem.

Nuri’s POV:

Should I really confess? How would I do it? I've never done it before.
I looked at the clock. 6 PM.
I'll go to his house in an hour.
I sat down on the couch watching TV to waste time.

End of POV..

An hour later, Nuri put on her shoes and walked out of her condo. Good thing she remember where Minwoo's house was because then she had be screwed. It took about 30 minutes by subway.

Nuri walked into his neighborhood and she started to look around to find the familiar house. It was starting to get dark so it was hard for her to find it.
“I think this is it...” She said walking up a driveway.

Nuri rang the doorbell.
A pretty girl opened the door.
Nuri was shocked because considering Minwoo told her, he didn't have any girl siblings.

“Oh, I'm sorry. I think I have the wrong house.” Nuri said bowing.
“Gahee whose at the door?” Someone yelled running over to the door.
It was Minwoo.

“Oh! Nuri! What are you doing here?” Minwoo asked puzzled.
“I need to tell you something.” Nuri said.
“Minwoo, whose this?” The girl Gahee asked.
“Oh, Gahee this is my friend, Nuri.” Minwoo said.

Friend...that word was engraved in Nuri’s mind.
“Annyeong!” She said waving to Nuri.
Nuri waved back.

“And Nuri this is Gahee...my girlfriend.” Minwoo said smiling awkwardly.
Girlfriend?

Nuri felt her stomach drop and her eyes water. She looked down.
“I have to go.” Nuri said walking away.
He grabbed Nuri’s wrist. “Wait, what did you need to tell me?”
She didn't say anything.
“Nuri, why your eyes watering?!” Minwoo asked shocked.
“Allergies. I gotta go.” Nuri said running down his long driveway.

She ran out of his neighborhood and sat down on a bench.
Nuri brought her knees to her chest, hugged them and buried her face into her arms.
So he had a girlfriend all along? All the things she thought were signs were nothing.
Before Nuri knew it she was crying hard.

“Nuri?” She heard someone in front of her.
She looked up and saw Heechul.
“Oh, Heechul Oppa.” Nuri said wiping her tears.
“What wrong?! Did someone hurt you?!” He asked sitting next to her grabbing her face.
She nodded.

“WHO?! I'll make them pay!”
Nuri didn't say anything.
“Where did they hurt you?” He asked.
Nuri clutched her shirt where her heart was.
“They hurt your chest?”
Nuri shook her head again.
He tilted his head sideways confused.
“It hurts...it hurts so much.” Nuri said and hugging him, burying her face into his shoulder.

His body relaxed a little knowing no one had physically hurt her.
He stroked Nuri’s hair and hugged her back.
“Shh. It's okay. Don't cry. No guy is worth your tears.”
Nuri looked up at Heechul.
He smiled down at her and brushed the tears away.

Somehow they ended up in a cafe.
“Want anything?” He asked.
“Just water is fine.”
“A water and a coffee please.” He said to the waiter.
“May I ask what happened?”
“The guy I love has a girlfriend.” Nuri said simply.
“But you know, I bet that girl is nothing to you.”

Nuri thought about Gahee and how gorgeous she was.
She shook her head. “I'm nothing compared to her. Look at me, I'm a nerd with glasses.”
“Don't think about it like that. You have a strong heart. That's why I know you can get over this. It was Minwoo...am I right?”

Nuri looked at Heechul. “How...”
“I knew since the first day of rehearsal you had a thing for him. The way you'd stare at him while we're practicing, and how you'd always laughed a lot longer when Minwoo told a joke that wasn't that funny.”

“It was that noticeable?”
Heechul nodded.
“Then why didn't he get the message?” Nuri asked, more like to herself rather than Heechul.
“He doesn't really pay attention to things. Gahee was his first love. She moved 3 years ago because of study but came back just recently. He hasn't really looked at anyone but her. But you're the first girl I've seen him care about besides Gahee.”
“Actually how Minwoo and Gahee met?” Nuri asked

“Gahee is Minwoo’s sunbae. She first who teach Minwoo how to dance. After that, they start too like each other.” Heechul explained

“Well, I guess that's good.”
“Hey, it's starting to get late. I'd better take you home.” He said getting up. He put money on the table and they left.

They walked on the sidewalk in a comfortable silence.
“I know someone that cares for you just as much as Minwoo.” He said breaking the silence.
Nuri looked at Heechul in confused.

“You really haven't noticed?”
She shook her head.
“Hmm...” He said looking down.
Then they reached Nuri’s condo building.

“Thanks for walking me home.” Nuri said to Heechul.
“No problem. See you on Monday.” He said waving.
“Bye.”
“Oh Nuri!” Heechul called.
Nuri turned around.

“Whenever you need a shoulder to cry on, I'm here!” He yelled.
“I'll be sure to remember that!” She yelled back.

Nuri cried herself to sleep that night, feeling like she was drowning in her own tears.
She hopes Heechul has health insurance.

to be continued...