A Beautiful Night's View (part 2)

Chapter 3

Minho wraps his arms around Dru in a sweet embrace. "I'm so glad you found an opportunity to meet us! I thought I would never see you again." Dru breaks the hug to Minho's surprise. "Yeah me too. I have to get back to work. I didn't expect to be working for you. I am delighted to meet you guys again but I guess it will be short lived, we would probably have to break contact again like before so let's keep our distance. I prefer not to emotionally invest in things that aren't worthwhile. Please refer to me as housekeeping and I will be working flexible work hours depending on how lengthy your schedules are." Dru continues dusting off the worktops as the guilty members can sense the awkwardness of the truth, they still remain quiet as a hurt Minho is unable to respond to the harsh words, he slowly turns away and walks towards his bedroom. The members put away their luggage and find their rooms. Taemin remains behind and converses with Dru who is busy at work. "Say hi to Faye from me! I don't get time to contact her often. We both tried our best to get the others to keep in contact but it is hard, you can't forget what Lee Soo Man teacher said to us before, he completely forbade us to stay in contact and had to pay a hefty fine to the reporters to keep quiet. They could still be keeping the look out." Dru puts her duster down and looks at Taemin in disbelief. "You are still maintaining friendship with whoever you want. The other members are not. You can take the risk but they can't? If you ask me it's ridiculous!" Taemin pats Dru's head, he often did this gesture to comfort others. 

Over at the main room Onew grabs a bag of snacks, jumps on the couch and lays his legs down, he grabs a remote and puts the TV on.  A girl group song comes on which he starts singing to. Jonghyun and Key join him. "I'm going to call Changmin hyung to hang out with us and check the new place out." Onew gets out his cell phone from his tight jean pocket and gives Changmin a ring. "Hey hyung! What's up? Heard the concert tickets sold out in a few minutes for the Tokyo dome concert. As I expected from TVQX, just amazing!" Over at the other end Changmin is listening with a large smile. "Yes it was all good over at Japan. The fans were head over heels with my charms." The cheeky Changmin never forgot to compliment himself in everyday conversations. "Okay. I'm calling so you will come over at our new place sometime for a meal together. How about next week? Will you be free then?" Changmin mumbles words at his manager and replies. "Yeah I can come over, I'll bring Yunho along with me. I need to go now, got to carry on with my drama shoot. Bye chingu!"  

Taemin walks into Minho's room and finds him sitting there sullen, skimming through his phone. "Hyung are you okay?" As Minho hears the voice he hides the image of Dru and himself that he was reminiscing over. "Yeah I was just thinking." Dru walks into the room and continues completing one of her chores and walks out after she is done without a word. Minho looks at Taemin and sighs, he was clearly feeling very frustrated at not exactly something he could point his fingers on. "Taemin, I'm going out for a jog." Minho grabs his white, sporty shirt and changes into his matching trainers. He heads straight out slamming the door behind him. Minho struts his way down the neighbourhood and after a while he finds a strange looking place. A large light sign saying 'fortune telling for free' catches his eyes, intriguingly he walks towards it. As he brushes past the dangling, sparkling decoration that flows from the entrance, he meets a nicely themed room. There is a genie lamp, a flute, some tarot cards and a glass of mango juice on a golden plated table. "Hello? Fortune teller?...I would like a free reading!" He wonders why he has come to such a strange place and decides to leave, as he turns around he is stopped. 

"Hello lover boy! My name is Zara, next to me is my assistant Maheen. What have you come to find out about today?" A pale skinned lady wearing a long, crimson exotic dress motions her hands over a dazzling crystal ball, her assistant whispers in her ears thinking she is quiet but in fact Minho can hear her. "Oh my! Dam he is so hot! A handsome client always makes my day!" Zara puts her finger on her mouth "Ssshhhh! He can hear you." Both silly young ladies awkwardly smile at Minho signalling him to sit down. Minho chuckles and slowly walks over sitting opposite them on a soft pillow. "I want to know anything about my future, maybe about how will this year be for me?" Maheen looks over at Zara again whispering too loud. "Say he will marry me. Just lie." Zara quickly gets embarrassed and anxiously moves her hands all over the place trying to shut up her assistant and looks back at Minho. "She is new here! Don't mind her please." Maheen moans at Zara. "I'm not ne-" Zara quickly puts her hand forcefully over the assistants mouth. Minho looks at his watch getting a bit bored at the nattering but secretly finding it a bit amusing, he decides to wait. 

"Hmm...my crystal ball is sending strong signals." Zara closes her eyes in deep thought. Her assistant sticks a tongue out at the close eyed girl, again making Minho chuckle once again. "I sense a love blossoming. A previous love will return" Once again Maheen interrupts as she puts the glass of mango juice in Minho's face and grins at him. "Handsome man you look very thirsty. I saw you looking at the mango juice.. I know you want it...no need to be embarrassed. I would be delighted to serve someone like you." Minho is forced to take the drink as Maheen pulls his hand out and puts the glass in there. Zara scornfully scowls at her assistant. "Can I finish! You interrupted me!" She continues speaking after a look of confusion clears her face. "But there is a problem... there will be...an intrusion..yeah an intrusion... a new man, you will need to keep the lookout. Competition is not far from you."  Minho's throat becomes dry after hearing the news, he sips on the drink still concerned. Maheen spots the handsome guys sad face. "Do not worry charming man! Do not worry." She reaches into her clothes putting her hands in her bra and gets out a bracelet made of twirled thread. "This will help you, it will bring you luck. Don't ever loose it. Keep it with you. It will bring you luck." Minho squirms and cautiously takes the thread with two fingers. He takes a look at the supposedly lucky thing. "Erm.. thank you I guess...I will be leaving now, bye." Minho leaves the two ladies arguing. He puts the red, blue and green coloured thread around his wrist and tightens it feeling even  more confused about what his future will bring.