Permanent Substitute [SHINHWA]

Secret Curfew

Junjin Oppa insisted for me to just call him Jinnie Oppa. I don't know what made it different from Junjin but he is saying that it sounds more comfortable in a way. Right after his check-up, he asked me to have ice cream with him on a Café several blocks away from the hospital.

It just finished raining and it is still cold. In an odd contrary I am fan of consuming ice cream in this type of weather. I am happy to find someone who has the same habit.

We took a comfortable seat near an oversized window and decided to just share with a group serving. Cookies and cream, it was the only flavour that matter on the menu presented to us.

"Jinnie Oppa, where did you get the hair clip?" I asked him out of curiosity. It was a perfect fit as a side holder for my untamed bangs.

"Oh that? It was a hand-me-down accessory from Hyesung Hyung. He used to have the same length of hair just like mine and Andy. He cut it when Ace Hyung passed away." He said while synchronizing his hand taps on the current music which is being played in the cafe.

"Really? I can't believe it! How does he look like?" hearing that from Junjin Oppa made me want to see his pretty face with an unimaginable past.

"Wait, I know I still have some of his pictures on my phone. I'll show it to you but promise me that you will never tell anybody." He darted me a very serious look and extended his knuckles with his pinkie finger swaying in the air.

"I promise." And we locked our treaty like those children on a playground.

He handed me his phone after seeing the album where it was saved. My jaw dropped upon having the chance to appreciate his unexplainably perfect angle of beauty. I don't feel bad to admit that he looks prettier than me. He might have been an empress in his past life. I tried to swipe back and forth on Jinnie Oppa's album and I can't believe his ponytail era perished just before I arrived in our dorm.

A picture of him in a costume party was very astounding. He looked like a very delicate sparkling prince with all the raffles on his neckline. His lean type structure made me think that he can be a very flawless mannequin. If I can just make a wax figure of him with a ponytail – I will strive to do my hardest.

"Why did he?" I managed to come back to the real world after that cosmic abduction from viewing an ethereal being's image garden.

"When Ace Hyung died, he asked us to be his permanent substitute for you. My mother bird who is Hyesung Hyung took that to a whole new level. I am his baby bird by the way; he takes care of me like his kid. Going back to our topic – Eric Hyung provoked him to cut his hair. He constantly teased Hyesung Hyung that there is a high probability that you will not call him Oppa since you'll get intimidated that he is more beautiful than you. HAHAHAHA!" Junjin did not miss the details of what I wanted to know.

Our order came just in time. Junjin Oppa made it so comfortable for me to express myself. We exchanged jokes to each other and he also told me some ridiculous facts about our dorm mates. However one topic came in that was totally unexpected.

"We've been receiving a letter from the relative of our school's president recently. I don't know much information about it but it seems very serious. I heard Eric Hyung and Minwoo Hyung talking about it last time while we are in the shower. They've mentioned that 'she' is demanding something from us." Junjin had a very grave impulse about it but he did not discuss further.

I was trained not to ask the wrong questions so that I can avoid getting the wrong answers. I tried to control myself from inquiring about the topic and moved on with our usual talk. We decided to take the bus on our way home. It was such a pleasant day because the weather seems to be cooperating.