The Girls Next Door

[Soul Eu Min]

Lilly nodded and quickly led the girls to Wet Seal, she would occasionally glance around to make sure that if she saw Jinki or his friends, she would make sure that they contact her when they're ready to leave.


Ae Cha hung up her towel and quickly dressed herself before she stepped out of the bathroom. " Yep ", she replied with a smile on her face.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica smiled as she looked around at the cloths. She picked out a long maxi dress and showed it to her sisters.


"What do you think?" She asked. The dress was purple with black and silver tribal detailing at the bottom and top. The top was ruffled on the bust and was strapless. Kyomi shrugged


"It suits your personality."


"Well when my mother and father were pregnant with Kiki and Kenna, they told me and Kyung-Mi that we could pick their middle names. Kyung-Mi picked Kenna's middle name Eu Mi, and I picked Cho Hee for Kiki.....and I've always loved that name."

 

[Soul Eu Min]

" It's cute ", Chun Hei said with a smile, glancing away from the clothes racks to examine Jessica's dress. Lu Chu and Hime nodded in agreement, they didn't really want to look around for clothes since they both preferred sewing them.


Grinning, Ae Cha replied, " You better pray that if I get pregnant, the baby will be a girl ". As she dried her hair, she continued to speak, " Because if I get another boy, you're going to get it bad ".

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica smiled and looked at the dress another time. She showed it to her mother.


"What do you think?"


Kenji smiled and kissed her head.


"I love you."

 

[Soul Eu Min]

Lilly smiled as she observed the dress that Jessica held up for her. She nodded her head in approval, " It's beautiful, honey ", she said.


Ae Cha smiled and turned to look at Kenji, " Love you too, Oppa ", she cooed before kissing him.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica smiled


"Can I get it?" She asked.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

" Of course ", Lilly said as she patted Jessica on the head, " I always want to buy you girls clothes. That reminds me, I need to buy Jinki some clothes too ".

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica smiled happily and kept the dress with her as she looked around the store with Kyomi.


"Do you see anything you like Kyo?" Kyomi shrugged


"Its all a bunch of girly dresses and stuff.....not really my style...." Jessica bit her lip.


"Well......what store do you want to go to?" Kyomi shrugged


"Aeropostal......Hot Topic....."

 

[Soul Eu Min]

Hyorin and Mika were looking through dresses, behind them was Tai and Soul, the rest of the group had gone off to buy frozen yogurt from Yogurbella. As the girls looked through the dresses of the Wet Seal clothing racks, Soul and Tai were loyally and politely offering them their comments on the dresses they chose.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica froze, seeing Soul and Tai with Hyorin and Mika. Kyomi bumped into Jessica.


"Ow...Jess what the."


"Shh!" Jessica dragged Kyomi behind one of the clothing racks. "Soul and Tai are here with Hyorin and Mika."


"What?!" Kyomi looked out from behind the clothing racks and blushed seeing Tai. She turned back to Jessica


"Oh my god...."

 

[Soul Eu Min]

" I think this one would look good on you, Hyo ", Soul said as he held up one of the maxi dresses for her to see. Hyorin smiled as she looked at the dress, carefully examining it despite Soul leaning closer to her with a teasing smile on his face.


Tai, who rolled his eyes, said , " Calm down there, Soul ". Mika giggled with amusement as she continued to look through the rack of dresses with Tai occasionally commenting on which dress would look good on her and which wouldn't.


" What are you two looking at? ", Lu Chu whispered to Kyomi and Jessica as she walked up behind them with Hime and Chun Hei.

 

[Jess Buck]

"Shhh!" The two hissed at their sisters.


"Tai and Soul are over there with Hyorin and Mika." Jessica said.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

" And you're spying on them, why? ", Hime whispered in a confused voice, while Lu Chu intently stared at the four.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica rolled her eyes


"We're not spying..." Jessica started.


"We're hiding." Kyomi finished.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

" Why are you hiding? ", Chun Hei asked, " We're friends with them, aren't we? ".


Lovingly, Soul smiled down at Hyorin as he spoke. " I'll wait for you here with Tai while you go try on the dresses ", he said as he nuzzled her hair. Tai rolled his eyes, " Mika, you want to go with Hyo? ", he asked the Japanese girl next to him with a softened gaze. Mika nodded with a smile before joining Hyorin towards the changing rooms.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica sighed


"Because.......because......."


"We don't know quit interrogating us." Kyomi finished.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

Once Hyorin and Mika left, Soul and Tai were talking in the Korean dialect while trying on different hats.

 

[Jess Buck]

"Oh my goodness they're talking in Korean..." Kyomi said to herself.


"How do you know is Korean?" Kyomi raised an eyebrow


"How do you distinguish Italian and Spanish?"


"Dialect....oh..."

 

[Soul Eu Min]

" They're looking over here! ", Lu Chu harshly whispered.


Soul and Tai looked at one another and then at the clothes rack where they felt eyes boring holes into them. Then Tai looked back at Soul.


" So, do you think Hyo likes you? ", he asked with a teasing smile.


Soul sighed as he placed a hand on his heart, " Ah, my heart beats in sadness whenever I think of someone else swooping in a wooing her ", he confessed, " Do you think that she'll ever accept me? ".


Tai laughed and shrugged, " Who knows. You and her are the closest out of the three of us, but I won't be backing down ", he stated before crossing his arms over his chest, " What about Jinki's sisters? Lu Chu and Jessica, it's obvious they like you ".


Soul shrugged his shoulders in reply, " They're sweet girls, but as Hyo's knight, I should remain loyal to her. If Hyo moves on and starts a relationship with someone that I approve of, then maybe I can move on ", he said before chuckling, " And what about Kyomi? Rumors are flying that she fancies you ".


Tai shrugged, " I don't talk to her. You know that I don't talk to anyone unless they either pester me until I'm forced to annoyance or they intrigue me ", he replied before sighing, " And now Mika is back and I'm completely confused, but still dedicated to Hyo ".


Soul patted a comforting hand on Tai's shoulder before feeling someone wrap their arms around him from behind. He smiled at Hyorin and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. " Lets go pay for your dresses, Hyo ", he said as he led her towards the cash register with Tai and Mika following after them.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica sighed and looked at her feet. Kyomi rubbed her shoulder comfortingly.


"Sorry Jess...."

 

[Soul Eu Min]

Lu Chu sighed deeply as she watched Soul walk away with Hyorin. She crossed her arms glumly over her chest before looking down at her feet. She couldn't understand why he liked Hyorin so much, she didn't see anything special about the girl.

 

[Jess Buck]

Kyomi and Jessica stood again.


"Well we should probably head out then." Kyomi said. "I'm sure there's some shop mom wants to go look at."

 

[Soul Eu Min]

The other girls nodded with small smiles on their faces. " Hime! ", Victor shouted as he ran up to the group of girls with a wide smile. He wrapped his arms around Hime's waist and nuzzled his face into her hair, causing the poor girl to go red with surprise.

 

[Jess Buck]

Jessica covered her mouth to hold back giggles.


"Hello there Victor." Jessica said.

 

[Soul Eu Min]

"Hey, Jess", Victor greeted with her a smile as he released Hime but kept a firm hand around her waist. " What brings you all to the mall? ", he asked.