The Main Man - Seventeen DK

Tokyo & the Interview

The month passes quickly. I spend time with the boys before they go away, doing things such as going to theme parks and even an impromptu trip to the beach last week. I've gone out with Joshua several times for coffee just to catch up on things with him. Its great having my best friend back after two years. We've often done things, just him, Aria and I to spend time together, even if it's walking along the Han River and riding bikes.

DK and I have had our first official date as well. He took me to a nice restaurant in the middle of Seoul. It was small and family run and didn't make a big deal about an idol being there so I guess they'd seen him before. He was really sweet the whole night and we strolled through the town in the evening, looking at things, laughing, chatting whilst trying to keep a low profile. We didn't want to get spotted by a fan because then our cover really would be blown. He's been trying to spend as much time as possible with me since he told me about the tour, taking me to a couple of concerts and sleeping over nearly every night. I can tell that he feels guilty about the tour despite my best efforts. It's not my fault that him and my friends are insanely good at what they do.

However, today is the day. The day that they are leaving. Their spending the first three weeks of the tour in Japan travelling to places like Osaka and then rounding off with a series of four concerts in Tokyo spread over the last week in Japan.

We're at the airport waiting for their flight. It leaves in about forty-five minutes so we're just saying good bye in a private lounge, out of view from all the fans I think. I managed to get in with them, wearing sunglasses and a hat without causing too much disturbance. Fans seem to have become used to my regular appearance near the group and most seem to be accepting.

I hug S.Coups briefly, reminding him to take care of everyone and slowly work my way around the others until I reach Joshua.

"This feels familiar" he says, wrapping me in a giant hug, picking me up and spinning me around.

"I know, don't get me started. I'm already trying not to cry. I've been here for seven months and the guys already seem like family but now you're going again, even if it's not permanent" I say, trying to smile as he sets me back down on the crowd, releasing me slightly and checking I'm ok before pulling me into a hug again, wrapping his arms around me tightly.

"Hey, Minnie, we're all going to miss you, especially that one" he says, motioning to DK who's stood awkwardly to one side, waiting for us to be finished. "We've all grown so used to you being with us that it' going to be weird not having you. Your part of seventeen, the fourteenth member so to speak. You're family and there's no way we can forget you. Plus, you're coming to visit us in a couple of weeks, spending the last four days of our Tokyo week with us before you start teaching again and we go to China." He reminds me.

"I know"

"Now go see that fluff ball over there. He looks like he's about to start crying himself." He says, shoving me towards DK. I quickly turn back around, squeezing him as tightly as possible before rushing off towards DK.

He grabs my hand and quickly leads me off to an empty toilet, locking the door behind us. As soon as he's done, his lips are pressing to my, somehow desperate. Smashing together, we take our last memories for a while, not being able to see each other physically for two and a half weeks, although the second leg of the tour will be worse.

After about five minutes, we break apart, and just hold each other close. Tears spring to my eyes, but I refuse to let them flow. This is not the greatest length of time we will be apart; we have that to come.

"I'm going to miss you so much" he says, fingers running through my hair.

"I'm going to miss you to but we have two weeks before we see each other and then I'm going to be spending several days with you in Tokyo." I remind him, as I see his tears starting to overflow. "Hey, don't cry, it's not worth it" I say, moving my hand to his cheeks, to wipe them away.