CHAPTER TWO

“Why are you guys so late?” asked Mr Kim. The five boys had arrived at the studio and Mickey was furious to find scratches on his arms and face made by the angry girl.
“Well Mickey here…” Max started but was nudged by Yunho. The group stood silently as they received a long lecture by the manager before they were sent off for their make up. Mickey swore throughout as the make up artist complained that the scratches were difficult to cover by concealer.

After the interviews were done, the five set home and on the way they went pass the clothing store to see that the girl was still there. “Hey, isn’t that the girl from before?” asked Hero. Mickey leaned out of the window to see the girl kneeling over the gutter with a mangled coat hanger in hand, trying to claw at something. “That loony bitch, she scratched my face,” Mickey said and sat back in his seat.

“Why did she do it?” Yunho asked while staring at the girl.
“I don’t know. Maybe she is crazy. I accidentally knocked something from her hand and was about to apologize when she grabbed me.”
“I think you should ask her what is wrong,” Yunho suggested but Mickey laughed at the idea. When they got home, Hero went to cook dinner while the others changed out of their clothes. Mickey, however, grabbed his car keys and headed for the door.
“Where are you going this time of night? You better not be clubbing again, I don’t want netizens to say bad things about us!” Yunho yelled from his room. Mickey stopped in his tracks, “I’m going to apologize to that girl,” he answered and closed the door, “in her dreams”.

Mickey went to the clubs with his girl friends and got drunk. Checking the time, he knew he had to get home before Yunho would scream at him. Halfway home, he received a phone call from Yunho.

“Hello, have you talked to her? You better talk to her,” Yunho said over the phone.
“Alright, alright,” Mickey replied drunkenly and hung up. He drove over to the clothing store and surely, the girl was still there with her head in her palms.
“YA! (Hey)” Mickey said, as he stumbled from his convertible. The girl looked up at him, and her crying eyes turned fierce.
“You! The asshole that made me dropped my passport and all my money! Give me back my money!” Susan screamed and got up, ready to hit the living daylights out of Mickey.
“Moh la nun ko ya (I don’t know what the hell you are saying)”, Mickey said, and walked over to her belongings. He picked them up and threw them into the backseat of his car and walked back to Susan.
“What are you doing? Why are you taking my things?” She asked nervously but Mickey picked her up and threw her into his car as well. He started his engine and drove home, with Susan in his car.

“He picked up before, but he’s not picking up now. It’s really late, I’m getting worried,” Hero said. The 4 boys sat in the living room, quietly, eating soup and playing a board game. Soon, their silence was interrupted by the ringing of the doorbell. Xiah rushed to open the door to find a drunken Mickey collapsing to the floor, holding a suitcase in each arm. Behind him, stood a confused looking Susan.

CHAPTER ONE

Susan Huang sighed heavily and forced herself to count the last of the coins in the till. Just a few more months, she told herself, and you will see him.
She stared deep into space, thinking of her savings. “$6,000 so far, not long now till I can go,” she muttered underneath a proud smile.

Susan Huang resided in Melbourne with her family, working as a Cashier at KFC to pay for her tuition and dream. Ever since her friend Ivy introduced her to the Korean boy band Super Junior, Susan has been lusting over one of its members, Kim Kibum. Plastered over her walls were countless drawn portraits and posters of him, staring and smiling at her every time she came home from another tiring shift. But knowing that one day she would be able to see Kibum in person, Susan worked endlessly to feed her dream.

As time passed, Susan was able to gather up a reasonable sum of money and decided to take a trip to Korea. Penn, her devilish stalker, wanted to come along and scab the accommodation, but Susan refused impolitely. She wanted to see Kim Kibum and she wanted to see him alone.

FUN FACT: Penn is a Korean weirdo and no, he is not Korean.

Upon arriving at Seoul International Airport, Susan was horrified at the lack of English translations around the place. Not knowing what to do, she stood blankly before heading over to the nearest taxi. Digging her brain for Korean words, she managed to say, “Kim Chi” before the driver laughed at her broken Korean and started to drive. Watching the meter nervously, she dug into her pocket and pulled at a 5,000won note and showed the driver.
Realizing his client’s lack of finance, the Korean drive snatched the note from her before muttering ‘shibal’ and driving away, deserting Susan on an empty highway. Alone and illiterate in a foreign country struck her with fear. Taking off her slutty high heels, she regretted wearing short shorts on such a hot day. Susan began to walk, following the bend of the road as the sun shown down nastily, burning her emo tattoo right off her skin.

Hours later, right before she gave up on life, Susan saw skyscrapers in the distance. “I am finally here!” She exclaimed excitedly. Putting on her slutty heels again, Susan set off to find a place to exchange her currency. As she walked and walked, an enticing smell caught her senses. Following the smell like a druggie followed crack, Susan ended up on the doorstep of a buzzing ramen restaurant.

Her stomach growled angrily as she stared at the teenagers eating their noodles. Pulling out her passport where all her money was clipped, Susan prayed that they would accept Australian money.

“Hyung haven’t you changed?!” Xiah shouted before punching Mickey playfully on the arm. Xiah, Mickey, Max, Hero and Yunho were the members of a popular boy band called DBSK.

“I haven’t picked up my suit yet, can we quickly drive pass the store so I can get it?” Mickey said. The others groaned at Mickey’s untidy personality. The five members were heading off discreetly in a van to a press conference. When the van stopped outside the store, Mickey puts on a pair of glasses before hoping out of the van. He sprinted into the store and emerged with his suit. As he ran back to his van, he knocked into a girl and caused her to drop something into the gutter. Before he could turn around to apologize, the girl angrily grabbed his shirt and yelled at him, “WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU DUMBSHIT?!”

The loud yelling alerted a large group of teenagers who just came out of the ramen shop. They instantly recognized Mickey and ran over. Fearing the mob would cause trouble, Mickey pulled the angry girl’s hands off his shirt and quickly ran to the van. “DRIVE! DRIVE!” He shouted nervously at the driver.

Susan stared at the van till it disappeared in the distance. Everything happened too fast for her to comprehend. One moment, she was on the taxi and the next, some fucker came and caused her to drop her passport and all her money into the gutter. Not knowing what to do, Susan sat helplessly on the street bench, staring at the gutter in terror.