Love Step

[Soul Eu Min]

Skeleton-


http://www.roleplay.zone/threads/love-step-skeleton-and-characters.61254/


Cupid is a mischievous brat in a diaper, shooting innocent people with his stupid bow and heart arrows. Making people fall in love because he thinks they're lonely or that they would make a great couple.


That stupid little annoyance with curly gold locks and shimmering sapphires, it's a mystery as to why people depend on him so much for romance.


However, seems cupid's eight hundredth ninety fourth successor isn't doing so well in getting couples together. The new cupid has become a failure in the love world for, at first, everything is fine and dandy before disaster strikes and the couple's lives are torn to shreds.


Beginning to give up on the love scene, the new cupid attempts to search for a human to help put couples together before the Big Boss finds out and rips the unlucky cupid's wings off. It's bad enough that the Big Boss already dismissed cupid of wielding the love filled bow and arrow since this means that cupid has to actually manually try to get couples together.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

Love is the air. Couples falling in love. Children being born from love. Happiness being spread about...NOT. The current cupid, Jessica, has been nothing but an utter failure in setting up couples together and has therefor been ripped of her wings and bow and arrow until she proves herself worthy enough to earn them back. Without the use of magic, she must set up the couples that she broke apart or failed to set up, with the help of her new assistant Krystal, or else she and Krystal will be sent to work for...ugh...the Greek God party boy, Dionysus.


That was the final newsletter sent among the Greek world above, yep, talking about the failure of a cupid, but Aphrodite's son, the original Cupid, has faith that Jessica and Krystal will be able to fix the mistakes made, what could go wrong when you have two love experts?


~


" Appa, Appa ", a pair of voices chorused as they walked around the music hall, owned by their father, Lu Xun Eu Min, they were searching for their father who had to prepare to a concert in a couple of days. " Appa! Appa! ", the two continued to call until they eventually caught sight of him as he stepped out of the main concert hall, sensing that his children were calling for him.


" Min Su! Min Hyuk! ", he shouted as he rushed up the pair of fraternal twins. " Are you two okay? Are you hurt? ", He asked as he looked over his precious ones with worried eyes. The kids erupted into giggles and hugged their father, who sighed in relief and picked them up to take them back into the concert hall. " Sorry, my kids were calling for me ", he said to the coordinator who wished to hold a concert at the building.His cold eyes softened when he saw the children, he heard about Soo Yeon and understood that Lu Xun only had his children now. " Don't worry about it ", he assured Lu Xun, " Lets continue with the planning ", he suggested as they walked towards the stage, discussing decoration, sound, etc. Min Su and Min Hyuk waddled after them, quietly giggling and playing a game of I Spy.


Lu Xun could hear his little angels giggling and he felt himself feel relieved to know that they're happy. He wanted nothing more than that. It was what both he and Soo Yeon would have wanted.


~


Mika was working at the flower boutique, arranging bouquets with a content smile on her face. She always had Hime handle the customers for she was never good with faces and preferred to be on the sidelines, she tended to be a bit shy. As she worked, she carefully fixed the flowers on display and gently watered them with a pastel pink watering can while humming a sweet melody as she did so.


Glancing at her cousin, Hime smiled at the sight of her being happy. Ever since Mika had short term memory loss, Hime had taken it upon herself to keep her cousin safe, they were more like sisters than just cousins and she would do anything for her. Hearing the gentle ring of the shop's bell, she smiled at the customer, greeted them with a friendly, warm smile. " Welcome ", she said with a swift bow.


But, Mika had been completely unaware of the new customer for she had gone to the back of the boutique, where the garden was, to water the flowers and harvest a couple of blossoming flowers to make bouquets with. When she walked back in, she failed to notice the customer because she was so caught up in making bouquets and hurried back to her station by one of the shop's windows, where she continued to prune and trim the thorns off of the stems of flowers.


~


Lilly was working out at the gym, she always did that after a dance class that she had to teach. The dancers there always stressed her out, demanding and pleading that Lilly teach them more experienced, advanced dance steps which could lead to the poor girls' breaking their legs and spines if they weren't ready. Didn't they understand that it took years of training before they would be able to amount to perform such difficult moves?


She tied her long hair into a high ponytail before stepping out of the girls' locker room and headed straight to the punching bags, the men made way for her, they knew better than to mess with Lilly when she looked like she was about to have a rage fit. Last time, some guy tried to boss her around while she was in one of those fits and he got sent to the hospital with a couple of broken ribs, limbs, and nose.


' Stupid '. One punch. ' Spoiled '. Another punch. ' Self Centered '. Another punch. ' Barbie Dolls! '. She screamed in her mind before landing one powerful punch to the punching bag, forcing it back and nearly breaking a hole through the wall. She stepped to the side and sent one swift kick to the face of the bag and watched as it swung violently back and forth from the impact.


The gym was the only place to relieve stress, mainly because she couldn't say these things to the faces of her students unless she wanted to be out of a job or sued. She inhaled deeply, trying to calm her boiling rage as she began to stretch the knots out of her body.


~


" Go, Hyorin! ", Lau shouted from the stands as he cheered on his girlfriend who was standing in the center of the ice rink, clothed in her sparkling figure skating outfit and the blades of her skates glistening with sharpness. " Team Hyorin! Team Hyorin! ", Lou chanted alongside Lau as they waved their banners of Hyorin in the air.


" And now presenting the reigning champion of the elite division of the tournament, the Princess of the Ice herself, Kim Hyorin! ", the announcer shouted as the audience erupted into vibrant cheers. The chilling air of the rink didn't phase Hyorin as she focused on her routine and waited for the music to play. The moment the music play, the gentle flow of violin and piano, she allowed the music to control her body and lead her on the ice. Graceful and beautiful described her routine to the calming melody. But, when the upbeat rhythm of drums and guitars started, followed by trumpets, she easily crossed over to a free, adventurous yet graceful and refreshing routine of spins, jumps, and perfect twirls. The audience roared in applause watching her skate, a once in a lifetime chance to see her live. Just as the music came to a slow stop, Hyorin easily finished off her routine with a perfect triple axis and landing before posing at the very end. She smiled and bowed to everyone in the audience before easily skating around the rink to collect the gifts that they had thrown at her from flower bouquets to chocolates and snacks to even stuffed animals.


Lau beamed proudly as she skated over to his front row spot on the stands. He leaned over the boundary and placed a kiss on her lips, which she gladly returned. Lou could only chuckle at his brother's openness before he snapped a brief picture of them and posted it on the LauRin couple fan page.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica sighed and looked at herself in the mirror.


"Do I look like a human?" She asked her best friend and assistant Krystal. Krystal rolled her eyes


"Yes, you look like a human, you always do, now come on we're starting out with someone easy ok?" Jessica looked at Krystal with a worried expression.


"I'm scared..." She confessed. Krystal rolled her eyes


"Your always scared but you gotta stop putting it off. Come on. We're working on Elliot-Rose and Lou. Lets go." Krystal took Jessica's arm and began to drag her before Jessica took her arm back.


"But I have to work with a bunch of other people to work with those two~ Cant we do Lilly and Bae?" Krystal groaned.


"Ugggh Jessica! What have I told you about Lilly and Bae?" Jessica sighed


"We fixed it just by getting him to sign up for the gym membership. But they aren't together yet!" Krystal groaned and plopped onto the couch.


"Jess! Listen, Lilly just had a bad day at work, Bae and Lilly are both at the gym now, if Bae is smart, and he is, he'll talk to her and ask her out for coffee or something. Now what have I said about Elliot-Rose and Lou?" Jessica sighed


"Elliot-Rose is too shy to talk to anyone and the only way Lou will notice her is if they bump into each other somewhere....But Lilly and Bae are easier!"


"That's why they were the first one we did! Now come on!" Krystal got up and pulled Jessica out the door and towards the ice skating rink.


Elliot-Rose, Peter, and Levi were out watching Kim Hyorin skate. Levi was super into ice skating and as a surprise, Peter took Levi out to go see Kim Hyorin. He also bought a ticket for Elliot-Rose so she could see it. She ended up sitting away from Peter and Levi but she was alright with that, gave them their privacy. She was actually right behind Kim Hyorin's boyfriend Park Lee Lou. She giggled softly seeing the two kiss at the end of her performance. They were so cute together. Elliot-Rose went to reach for her drink when she realized it was empty.


"Phooey..." She mumbled and stood up to grab a refill.


Bae was boxing with one of his friends when he saw Lilly walk in. As soon as he saw her he could tell she was in one of her moods. He sighed.


"One sec Bill." He said, he walked over to the edge of the boxing ring and waiting for her to finish punching the bag.


"Bad day at work?" He asked.


Leo walked into a flower shop and towards the front counter.


"I have an order of a dozen lilies under the name Conners." He said, in his serious voice. He needed to get these flowers quickly, Levi and Peter would back from their date out any minute and he wanted to surprise the two. He was extremely excited to meet his brother's boyfriend but he had to do it quickly, he still had so much to do back at work.


Kyung-Mi and Avery were at the Brown house talking while Cho, Ginger, and Melody were playing.


"So have you found another job?" Kyung-Mi asked Avery. Avery shook her head.


"No, I'm still waiting for Funimation to call me back about the part in the new anime and I haven't any adds about open auditions." She sighed "I'm starting to loose hope..." She said.


"Don't loose hope Avery. I'm sure you'll find something, your an amazing actress." Avery smiled


'Thanks Kyung-Mi." Cho ran up to her mother.


"Mama! Can we have ice cream?" She asked. Kyung-Mi smiled


"Sure. Grab you three a fudge pop each. And don't get it on the carpet, we just got it cleaned."


"Thank you mama!" She hugged her mother and went to the freezer to grab fudge pops before running back to Ginger and Melody.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

" We'll go grab you some hot chocolate, okay, jagiya? ", Lau said to Hyorin as he rested his forehead against hers. Hyorin smiled back, " Okay, yeobo ", she cooed before being called to the center of the rink with the other skaters for the results. Lou noticed that Lau chewed on his bottom lip and already knew that his older twin wanted to watch his girlfriend win. " I'll go get the hot chocolate, you stay and cheer ", Lou said before walking off towards the food stand.


Lilly stepped away from the bag and walked over to the boxing ring, " Ya think? ", she asked, her hands placed firmly on her hips. " I sometimes get tired of those spoiled girls coming in and trying to perform stunts that could break their necks ". There were strands of her hair slightly covering her vision and she tried to blow them out of her face.


Hime nodded, " Of course ", she said with a smile before looking over at her cousin. " Mika, come and bring the bouquet of lilies for Mr. Conners, please ", she said. Mika ceased her pruning and easily walked over to a lovely bouquet of lilies with the stems wrapped in golden wrapping paper and tied perfectly with a shining silver and gold ribbon. She made her way towards Hime and Leo, still not noticing him until she was close enough and not looking at the ground. " Sorry for the wait... ", she quietly whispered as she held the bouquet out to Leo, shyly looking up to him with a small, shy yet incredibly beautiful smile.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica and Krystal ran into the ice rink.


"Hurry Jessica your going to miss your chance!" Krystal said, dragging Jessica behind her. Jessica panted, following behind Krystal.


"I have short stubby legs! Im going as fast as I can!" Jessica could see Elliot-Rose and Lou in the same line for drinks. She ran towards them then stopped dead in her tracks. "Wait....what am I supposed to do?!" Krystal sighed as she caught up.


"Wait until one of them gets their drink and have them spill it on the other." She said, rolling her eyes. Jessica smiled brightly at Krystal.


"Good idea Krissy!" She then went and hid behind a garbage can by the hot chocolate stand, waiting for one of them to grab their drink. Elliot-Rose went up to the counter and said


"A refill please...." The woman at the counter smiled and handed Elliot-Rose her refill "Thank you." She said before turning to walk away. Just as Elliot-Rose started to walk, Jessica put out her foot and she tripped, spilling her drink all over Lou in front of her. Jessica took her foot back and smirked before slinking away carefully. Elliot-Rose gasped and covered her mouth.


"Oh my goodness Im so sorry!" She exclaimed. She grabbed napkins from the counter and went to him to try and help him clean up "Here, let me help...." She said, blushing a bright red.


Bae chuckled and took off one of his gloves before tucking the hair in Lilly's face behind her ear.


"You shouldn't let them get to you. They're just ignorant girls after all." He said comfortingly.


Leo shrugged


"Its fine." He said, taking the bouquet from the girl. Upon seeing her he paused a moment. She was stunningly beautiful.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

Lou took some napkins and began to clean off his jacket, " It's fine, it's fine ", he told her with a reassuring smile on his face, " It was an accident ". He took some napkins out of her hands and thanked her, " Thanks for the help...uh ", he trailed off, not knowing her name.


Meanwhile, Hyorin and Lau exited the skating rink, her equipment bag in Lau's arms as they glanced around for Lou, wondering where he was.


Lilly's cheeks slightly tinted with red, which she promptly ignored. " Thanks ", she said, referring to her hair before shrugging. " Anyway, enough about my troubles. How's things in your life? ", she asked him as she climb up to the ring so that they were at the same height, she failed to realize that they were centimeters away from one another though.


Mika shrunk under his gaze with shyness and, after spinning on her heel, quickly walked back to her little work spot and continuing to create more bouquets. Her cheeks were still dusted with scarlet coloring. Hime lightly coughed to regain Leo's attention, " That will be $4.35 ", she said with a smile, her eyes took notice of Mika grabbing her purse and exiting. Hime already knew that her shy cousin was going to grab some coffee at the nearby coffee shop.

 

[Jess Buck]

Elliot-Rose blushed.


"Elliot-Rose...." She said softly. Peter and Levi exited to stadium. When Levi saw Hyorin he flipped out. He went over to her and tapped her should.


"E-Excuse me....Hi...Im sorry. My name is Levi and I just wanted to tell you Im a huge fan. You were fantastic today." He complimented her with a bright, blushy smile. Peter chuckled softly to himself, still holding Levi's hand. He was so cute when he was fan-girling.


Bae shrugged


"Alright. I woke up late this morning and had to rush over here before my trainer flipped out on me......again..." He chuckled a bit. He then realized how close he and Lilly were. He hoped she didn't notice so they'd stay that close. He wouldn't admit to it, but he liked it.


Leo snapped back to reality and nodded


"Right." He said. He took out a ten and handed it to Hime. "Keep the change." He said before leaving and heading in the direction of the coffee house at the end of the street.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

" Elliot-Rose, it's completely fine ", he told her before continuing to wipe off his clothes before looking at the cashier, " Get her the same drink and I'll have three cups of hot chocolate, please ", he said before turning back to Elliot-Rose. " The name is Park Lee Lou, nice to meet ya ", as he spoke, he had tossed the damp napkins into the trash bin next to them.


Hyorin smiled brightly at Levi. " Thank you, Levi ", she said before holding her hand out to be shaken, " It's great to meet you and I'm glad you enjoyed the tournament. There's actually another one in a couple of weeks with both coed teams and singles, would you like tickets to go and see it? ". Lau smiled as he watched the introduction before he glanced around in search of Lou, it wasn't like his twin to be late.


Lilly laughed a little before replying, " Ever thought of getting an alarm clock, Bae? ". She casually leaned against the ring with a grin on her face while speaking to him, " A boxer like you needs to stay at the top of his game or else a newcomer will come knock you down ", she teased, playfully pushing him.


Hime watched as Leo hurried out of the shop in the same direction Mika had walked off in. She, although suspicious and a bit protective of Mika, decided to let it slide and call Mika later or she would call Lilly and ask her to check on Mika since she cannot leave the shop unsupervised. She just hoped that Mika would be okay for now and returned to cleaning up the shop.


Carefully, Mika read the directions to the coffee shop on a piece of paper to the cafe. She smiled in relief when she found the small shop and joined the line. Some of the workers greeted her by name, yet she could only smile in return, she didn't remember them at all and she could have met them a long time ago. Her eyes shine with interest as she looked around the cafe, finding the venue rather calming compared to the busy outside.

 

[Jess Buck]

Elliot-Rose nodded


"Nice to meet you too...." She said, almost in coherent. She shyness taking over.


Levi's face brightened.


"Really? T-That would fantastic! T-Thank you!"


Bae chuckled.


"I do have one but I have this habit of pressing the snooze button......a lot."


Leo walked into the coffee shop and sighed.


"Damn it....the line is super long..." He groaned.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

Hyorin smiled and took out three tickets from her handbag along with passes into the inner rink of the circle where the skaters and coaches would be. " It's great meeting you again, Levi ", she said as she also handed him a picture of her with her autograph on it. Lau finally pointed out Lou and gently tugged on Hyorin's hand, " Lets go, love. I found Lou ", he told her before smiling at Levi and Peter, " Have a nice day ", he said. " Goodbye, hope to see you two soon~ ", Hyorin sang as she and Lau walked over to Lou.


The cashier came with the drinks and Lou paid for it. " Nice meeting you, Elliot-Rose ", he told Elliot-Rose with a smile as he grabbed the cup holders with the cups of hot chocolate in them before walking back over to Lau and Hyorin, who met him halfway and the three exited the building together.


Lilly smiled, " You need a better alarm then ", she informed him, leaning closer to him. One of the other guys working out whistled. " Woah, Lilly ", he called out to the young woman, " You and Honda got something going on? ", he asked. Confused, Lilly realized how close she and Bae were and quickly leaned away and jumped off of the ring, landing perfectly back on her feet, a blush trying to force its way onto her cheeks.


Hearing someone complain, Mika glanced back behind her to see Leo was a customer or two behind her spot. She felt a bit bad since he looked like he was in a rush and thought that she should help him. " U..Um ", she stuttered out, waving at him, " I saved you a spot ", she said, her cheeks tinted pink, she wasn't used to calling out to people.

 

[Jess Buck]

Levi and Peter walked over to Elliot-Rose. Levi was still giddy from meeting Hyorin. Elliot-Rose had a faint blush on her face. Peter gave Elliot-Rose a confused look before looking in the direction she was looking in. He has Park Lee Lou and he squeaked.


"Oh my goodness you have a thing for Park Lee Lou!" He exclaimed. Elliot-Rose snapped back to reality and shushed her brother.


"Be quiet! You'll make a scene!" She hissed at him. Peter giggled.


"Oh my god this is so cute! You have to come with us to the tournament coming up in a couple weeks. We got an extra ticket and you have to come you just have to you have no choice." With that, Peter linked arms with Elliot-Rose while still holding hands with Levi and walked out of the building.


Jessica squealed.


"Yay! I did it!" She smiled happily at Krystal. Krystal rolled her eyes


"You're only have way there honey. You gotta get them talking steadily before you really actually did it." Jessica pouted.


"Aww come on~" She whined. Krystal chuckled.


"Come on Jess. Lets go follow them around and see if we cant make them bump into each other again." With that, Krystal grabbed Jessica's hand and began to drag her out of the building.


Bae blushed lightly and cleared his throat.


"So um....."


Leo looked at the girl who had called him out. He noticed it was the girl from the flower shop. He raised an eyebrow and walked over to her.


"What?" He asked, thoroughly confused.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

Just as Jessica and Kystal was passing, TingZhe had walked by them, making his way towards one of Chun Hei's art galleries. In his hand was a whole bouquet of fresh, deep red roses. He looked a bit tired with small forming bags under his eyes and a slight redness to the white of his eyes, but still incredibly handsome. For once, the young, famously known doctor looked a bit nervous and for a good reason too for he would, once again, he forced to watch as his beloved Chun Hei, would be walking around her gallery, thinking of her next project and he would be in the background, admiring her from afar. Then, he would leave the roses with a worker and tell them that they're from an admirer. He did this at least once every week, bring her roses. The whole coming to admire her, he did every single day. TingZhe felt lost without her, he had her once and, like an utter fool, let her walk away. He was too scared to approach her because he feared that if he did, then she would tell him that she doesn't love him or that she found someone new, he was terrified.


" What took so long with the drinks, bro? ", Lau asked as he took two of the cup, one for him and one for Hyorin. Lou shrugged, " A girl spilled her drink on me by accident ", he answered as he threw the cup holder away and took a sip of his hot chocolate. Hyorin's ears perked up in interest as she took the cup from Lau's hand. " Thanks, yeobo ", she said before taking a sip. Once she swallowed, she returned her attention towards Lou, " Is she cute? ", she asked in a teasing voice. Lou nodded his head. " She was cute ", he answered before giving Hyorin an annoyed look, " Ugh...don't try again ". Chuckling, Lau wrapped his hand around Hyorin's as he told Lou, " You need to get over Suzy ", he gave his younger twin a sad smile, " It's been three years, she wouldn't want you like this ". Sighing, Lou looked at his brother and Hyorin with a weak smile, " I know ", was all he said before taking another sip of his drink. The three got into Lau's convertible before the older twin began driving off to meet with the three's favorite gymnast, Fang Hua Tso.


Fang Hua was practicing her routine on the mats, her mind completely focused on successfully completing the routine without a single mistake. She had even set up a camcorder to catch a video so that she could see where she could improve. Despite being a gymnastic champion and legend, she would always find flaws within her own performances even though no one else would.


As she practiced, Zhang Pai was watching her from his spot next to her gym bag. He loving smiled as she practiced, a part of him was utterly ecstatic that she stuck by him for so long, however, the other part of him was devastated that she's so oblivious to his romantic feelings towards her, he wished that she would one day look at him the way that he looks at her.


Lilly blushed as well, but crossed her arms over her chest and gave him a smile. " What's up, Bae? ", she asked him, ignoring the loud thumping within her chest. Damn, she knew that if Lu Xun wasn't busy today and joined her at the gym, he would be mercilessly teasing her in discrete actions, therefor, she silently thanked God that he wasn't with her at the moment. Naturally, when she told Lu Xun how she felt towards Bae, he diagnosed it as an obvious attraction and that she should grow up and make a move, but there was no way she would risk it, she had people to look after such as him and Mika.


Shyly, Mika took a step back and gestured to the spot in front of her. " Y-You...look like... ", she paused for a second, swallowing a shaky breath, " Y-You're...i-..in a rush..Pl-Please, just take my spot ", she said as she looked down at the sparkling tiled flooring, her entire face flushed. She was nervous, incredibly nervous, she wasn't used to speaking to people, especially not after her accident and having short term memory. It didn't bother Mika to let the man she had helped at the shop take her spot because she was next in line and she could wait a couple more minutes.


" Next ", the cashier called and Mika, carefully pushed him forward towards the cashier, still not looking him at all.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica and Krystal listened to the Lau, Lou, and Hyorin's conversation. Jessica smiled.


"You figure out a way to get Lou to Chun Hei's art gallery. I'll be over there with Elliot-Rose in 15 minutes." Jessica scurried off. Krystal sighed.


"Lets get this over with." She looked around, thinking for a minute. She rolled her eyes when she remember. "Oh yeah, I still have my powers." She smiled and sent a little head message to Lou. "You want to go to Chun Hei's art gallery."


Jessica went to Chun Hei's art gallery and smiled walking up to Chun Hei.


"Hi! I was wondering if I could buy one of your paintings. They are just magnificent." She asked.


Bae cleared his throat.


"You want to go out for coffee after this?" He asked shyly.


Leo looked back at Mika before ordering three regular coffees with cream and the works. He looked back at Mika as the barista made the coffee. He gave her a soft smile


"Thanks...." He held out his hand. "Leo."

 

[Soul Eu Min]

Lou seemed surprised at his sudden urge to want to go to Chun Hei's art gallery. " Hey, after we pick up Fang Hua and Zhang Pai, you guys want to go to Chun Hei's art gallery? ", he asked suddenly. Lau and Hyorin glanced at one another with surprised eyes but still, smiled and nodded as Lau continued to drive towards the gymnasium.


" Of course ", Chun Hei nodded with a beautiful smile on her face, " If you want, I could actually create an artwork with an order from you ", she suggested as she showed Jessica around the gallery, pointing out various pictures and whatnot. But, when it came to a painting of the silhouette of a young man and a young woman being forcefully pulled away from one another by separated darkness, she just brushed past it.


TingZhe was watching Chun Hei the whole time, covering his face with his baseball cap whenever he thought that she was looking over at him. He felt like a coward not being able to approach her, but how was he suppose to come up to the love of his life and just apologize for being a fool for letting her go. Deeply, he sighed and watched as she seemed to grow farther and farther away from him.


Lilly inwardly screamed with delight, but on the outside, she smiled at him and nodded. "Sure, Bae ", she replied, " Just tell me whenever you're ready and I'll go grab my stuff ".


Mika shyly looked at him before bashfully smiling. " My name is Mika...Mika Tahara ", she answered as she took a soft, gentle hold of his hand. " I really hope that whoever you're giving the bouquet to loves it ", she sincerely told him as she admired the lilies for a couple of moments before returning her attention towards Leo. One of the baristas who knew Mika and about her condition, had already begun working what she would usually come to order for her and Hime, one caramel ribbon crunch and a green tea frappuccino.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica stopped in front of the painting Chun Hei passed.


"Wait, what about this one?" She asked, admiring it.


Bae smiled.


"Awesome. Lemme just finish this fight with Bill. He'll be on my ass if I blow him off again." He said with a chuckle before going back to Bill and easily finishing him off quickly. He then turned to Lilly. "Ready?" He asked with a smirk.


Leo smiled and looked down at the flowers.


"They're for my brother and his boyfriend. I haven't seen the either of them in awhile so I thought I'd get them something."

 

[Soul Eu Min]

Chun Hei froze and paled when she noticed that Jessica had stopped in front of the painting she had created during her breakup with TingZhe. A piece of her heart shattered while the other beat rapidly within her chest with nervousness and fear. " That one...is one I would prefer not to speak about ", she answered before noticing Mi Sun and Min Hyuk were running towards her with Lu Xun following shortly behind them. " I'm sorry, excuse me for a moment while I great my niece and nephew ", she said as she met the fraternal twins half way and enveloped them into a tight hug.


TingZhe had made his way towards the painting, his broken heart breaking even more when he looked at the painting. The bouquet in his hands were shaking with the trembling of his hands. Hesitantly, he tapped Jessica on the shoulder. " Excuse me, can you do me a favor? ", he asked her.


Lilly nodded, her bag slung over her shoulder like a handbag. " Someone is overly cocky since they're now a rising boxer ", she said with an eye roll and a small smile gracing her facial features.


" It's a lovely thought ", she told him, slowly stopping her stuttering, " Just being able to see them is a blessing, I would think ". The barista waved Mika over, which confused her and then handed her a cup holder with the usual she would order. Flustered, she attempted to bay the barista, but she only gave her a weak, sad smile and shook her head. " Thank you... ", Mika whispered as she took the drinks, her face adorning blushes of red. Quickly, she glanced at her watch and let out a quiet gasp. " I'm sorry, I have to go, bye Leo ", she said once she spun around on her heel and bowed politely towards Leo before rushing out of the coffee shop.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica turned and smiled at TingZhe. She remembered him. He and Chun Hei were her first failure. Her heart broke but she had to keep her cool.


"Yes?" She asked.


Bae chuckled and jumped out of the ring.


"Please, He went easy on me. Didn't want to embarrass my in front of you." He said, before realizing what he said. He blushed realizing what he just said. "Oh shit..." He mumbled.


Leo smiled


"Bye..." The barista caught his attention. He snapped back, took the coffee and then headed towards the apartment Levi shared with his boyfriend. "I don't even know the guys name..." He said to himself. He cursed. "Im a terrible brother..." He sighed.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

" Could you...Could you give this to Chun Hei? ", he asked as he held the bouquet of roses to her. " Don't describe or tell her that I gave them to you to give to her, please ".


Lilly smirked and hooked arms with him, " You won't be embarrassed unless I happen to beat you in a match ", she told him.


As Mika walked back to the flower shop, people kept saying hi to her, but she didn't remember their names or faces, so she only shyly smiled back at them. It came with the cost of her condition, but she couldn't let it stop her.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica's heart sank. She gave him a confused look to mask her sadness.


"Why don't you give them to her yourself?" She asked.


Bae chuckled


"I don't fight girls." He said "If I did, I'd get a lot of heat for it."

 

[Soul Eu Min]

TingZhe gave her a sad smile, " How does one approach their true love after they broke their heart? ", he asked her before quickly pushing the flowers into her arms and hurried off. Lu Xun, who noticed TingZhe speeding off, eyed him carefully, his shoulders tensed up but he looked back at his children and younger sister with a smile on his face.


" How chivalrous of you ", Lilly said with a giggle, " And they say that gentlemen don't exist ".

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica sighed as he ran away.


"Damn it..." She whispered to herself.


Bae chuckled.


"I guess you could say that." He said.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

Chun Hei made her way back to Jessica, her eyes frozen to the sight of the red roses. " Who...who gave you those? ", she asked as she eyed the roses, her heart pounding madly in her chest. " And...did you happen to see a young man who looks like this? ", she asked as she held up a picture of TingZhe and her back when they were a happy couple in high school. " My brother told me that he saw him walking around and...I just wanted to make sure whether or not he was or wasn't ", Chun Hei said.


While his sister was conversing with a potential client, Lu Xun, Mi Sun, and Min Hyuk were walking around the gallery to admire the paintings. However, no matter what, women continued to bombard Lu Xun with flirty gestures and requests, each of which he denied and politely declined. It annoyed and angered him that they were ruining the time he was spending with his family.


Lilly smiled at him until her eyes caught sight of Mika. She instantly ceased her walk and stared at Mika with concerned eyes, they kept following her until Mika was safe within the haven of Hime's flower shop and then she returned her attention to Bae. " That's good, not much men are like that anymore ", she told him, " I appreciate that quality in a guy ".


After picking up Fang Hua and Zhang Pai, the group of five began driving off towards Chun Hei's art gallery until Hyorin began craving for some Vietnamese food. This became the cause of Lau stopping at the nearest Vietnamese restaurant to feed his ' precious angel '. The whole time, however, Lou couldn't help but feel this gnawing in his stomach that something wasn't right.


Lu Chu and Tai were walking back to the apartment that they shared together. As cousins, and being extremely close friends, they decided to live together since it would be a hassle to live by themselves and whatnot. Kyung, Tai's son, was still at school, this gave Tai time to relax a little before picking up his pride and joy. As they walked down the street behind Leo, Mika became the topic conversation.


" TingZhe says that she's doing fine ", Lu Chu said to Tai, who nodded his head.


He agreed, " She looks well, I hope she's feeling well too ", he added on.


" Especially with her condition ", Lu Chu noticed, " It would be terrible for her if anything else happened ".

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica bit her lip.


"He asked me not to say....but yes....He seemed very upset about something. He asked me to give these to you....Im sorry, should I just-" She stopped mid sentence as Avery Logan walked into the art studio. She began to stare at her aimlessly, not even realizing it. Avery was a regular at Chun Hei's studio. She loved Chun Hei's art. She was looking around when she noticed the woman, throwing herself at Lu Xun. She had met Lu Xun multiple times. She walked over to Lu Xun.


"Hello darling. Sorry I'm late." She said. She leaned up and whispered in his ear, making it look like she was kissing his cheek. "Play along." She went back down, and clung to his arm. She smiled at the woman flirting with him. "Who is this?" She asked curiously. Jessica's heart sank seeing the two together. "Jess you cant have her.......but I want her sooo bad~" She thought to herself.


Bae smiled.


"Well Im glad I have that attribute." he said with a slight blush.


Elliot-Rose, Peter, and Levi were walking out of Vietnamese place with their food. Krystal had been watching from afar and she sighed looking at her watch.


"Damn it Jess where are you?!" She hissed. She groaned and sent another message to Lou. "Get out of the car." She told him.


Leo was walking to Levi's apartment when he heard people talking about the girl he had met at the flower shop. He was curious. What condition? What accident?

 

[Soul Eu Min]

Lu Xun smiled as he gently kissed Avery's head and returned his attention towards the flabbergasted woman. " No one, dear ", he answered as the woman glared at Avery and stormed away, huffing as she did so. Once she was gone, Lu Xun easily pulled away from her and thanked her. " Thanks, Avery. You saved me back there ", he said as Mi Sun and Min Hyuk looked up at Avery with curious eyes.


Lilly smiled at him, ignoring the blushing on his face to deem it as the sun being too hot, heck, even she was scorching under the beat of the sun.


Lou got out of the car, followed by Fang Hua who had hooked arms with him. The pair had decided to get the table while the others would make sure that everything within the car was okay. As they walked, Fang Hua began talking to Lou about Thailand and that he should visit there sometime, which he agreed to so long as she would visit Busan, South Korea.


" We should visit her later ", Lu Chu suggested, " She always spends her time at the flower shop ". Tai nodded in agreement, " She sometimes stays after hours, doesn't she? ", he asked. " We can see her after Kyung is finished with his lessons ", he suggested as Lu Chu nodded. " I hope it doesn't get any worse ", she said before they turned the corner and entered their apartment complex.

 

[Jess Buck]

Avery smiled and shrugged


"Its no problem." She smiled down at the two little ones at Lu Xun's feet. "Now I don't believe I've met these two before." She said. She crouched down to the twin's level and gave them a motherly smile. She held out her hand. "My name is Avery. Yours?" She asked.


Bae cleared his throat


"So um, coffee yes?" He asked, pointing to the small coffee shop.


Elliot-Rose was busy listening to one of Levi's stories about his brother, that she didn't realize she was walking into someone. When she did it was too late. She had bumped into the guy at the skating rink again, spilling her food all over him. She gasped.


"Oh my goodness Im so sorry!" She exclaimed. She blushed bright red. She was so embarrassed. Krystal watched from afar, giggling.


"This is fun.." She said to herself.


Leo sighed and finally came across Levi's apartment complex. Once there he went up to his apartment only to find that he and his boyfriend weren't there yet. Oh well. They should be here soon.