A Beautiful Night's View (part 1)

Chapter 6

"You're back? That was quick." Faye sits down next to Tiana trying to hide her flustered emotions. Vicky joins them. "You are most incredibly fortunate to be enjoying yourselves and camping out with your beloved friends. It blows my mind to think you are so close to an idol group?" Tiana lures in the girls hoping for some gossip and useful information. "Yeah, who knew we would be out here with Shinee? We were friends in high school with Key. So decided to get to know his group..since we never met each other for a while.." Vicky hesitates trying to make up lies and hide certain information. Tiana aware that Vicky is lying flashes her a raised eye brow. "That's jolly good. Would you consider yourself as a passionate fan of the group? I mean you must be! After all, handsome young men like them easily charm the ladies,eh?" Playfully Tiana tries to build a rapport with the group, Vicky glances at Faye in need of help. "Yeah we are definitely fans." Faye blurts out her genuine thoughts regretfully. She then glances back at Vicky. Dru who had been sitting there mute the whole time has a random outburst. "A few years ago I felt extremely lonely. Just entered a new high school and had no friends for the first few months, I was browsing the internet and saw Shinee. I watched their shows, listened to their songs and regained strength. They helped me pass the hurtful days, Shinee became my friends. Then I met other kpop friends who liked Shinee and everything just felt so new. Never underestimate a fans liking." Dru is sat there with a serious face with the others listening, very intrigued. An emotional Tiana has a flashback of the past.

"Mother! Mother! I made this for you." A nine year old Tiana with a cute blue, flower-print dress and pigtails holds out a mothers day card and hands it to her mum. It is roughly decorated and the writing inside it is a bit unneat, as expected of a young child. Her mother wearing a professional suit takes the card from her daughter with two fingers looking unimpressed. From across the large hallway Tiana's older sister comes running towards the mother. She is awarded a large golden trophy, the mother lowers her glasses looking at the nameplate. It reads 'Number 1 Physics Champion'. "That's my dear Mara! Ooh I cannot wait to show this to my work colleagues! I am so proud of you. Come here my dear." She embraces Mara the genius and gives a stern look at Tiana who lowers her head in shame. "I guess one clever daughter is never enough. If only this silly girl could live up to the success of the Basilio family! Why don't you go study in your room and not come out till dawn!" Her mother crumples up the card in rage and throws it on the coffee table. Tiana nearly about to loose her voice echoes a small "Yes mother." She walks off to her room and hot tears fall like raindrops onto her pretty dress, she grabs her shaggy teddy bear and hugs it to sleep.

Tiana receives a notification on her phone causing her to snap out of the past memory she was having. She reads the the text message sent by Mara. "Have you completed the mission. I do not want you getting too involved with the talking, just get the crucial information noted down." Tiana excuses herself and walks out shrugging off the past that crept up unwantedly. She bumps into Jonghyun on the way. "Care to take a picture? You are a brilliant artists I have heard from your fa- ..erm friends." Tiana grabs the cellphone in her hand and covers Jonghyun's face, he moves her arm in denial. "I am sorry. I'm in a hurry." Tiana seems gutted as she has not gained any evidence so far and her time seems to be running out. Mara walks up to Tiana with arrogance. "I assume you have wasted time. Very well just leave it up to me. I am the best at my job." Mara folds her collars and tightens her red tie, right up to her neck with her nose in the air.

Jonghyun feels a rush of guilt as he sits down next to key. He was not the type to be so harsh at others, he was actually a very sensitive, loving person. Jonghyun looks at Key who is happily wearing the bracelet Onew found the day before. Key shows it off to Jonghyun. "It's totally my style! Matches perfectly with my bling bling cap. What do you think?" Realisation hits Jonghyun. "It might be Tiana or Mara's. We should ask if it belongs to them and politely return it. It wouldn't be nice to keep it without confirming." Key glares at Jonghyun as he tries taking the bracelet off. Key holds onto the bracelet ending with a push and pull game between Key and Jonghyun. "Finally you let go." Jonghyun finds Tiana and Mara sitting in their guest room, he clears his throat and shows them the bracelet. Mara looks up from her newspaper and adjusts her glasses ignoring the message, she continues to read the daily headlines. "Does this belong to you?" Tiana looks up at Jonghyun. "Yes it is mine. That is very nice of you to return the bracelet. Perhaps you found it in the woods the night before?" Jonghyun says no more and returns the silver bracelet to Tiana, their fingers meet in a spark and Tiana develops a warm feeling she has never felt before. Leaving her in a daze.