A new start (A Kim Jonghyun fanfic)

Chapter 14 - A huge bundle of problems

Chapter 14 - A huge bundle of problems

I was standing in front of my family's car, waiting for our driver to arrive. "Sorry Madam, I am late," the driver said as he rushed towards me. "No problem," I said and we got into the car. The driver started the engine and we moved off.

The entire ride, I was occupied by some headache-giving thoughts. "What's wrong, Miss? You seem to be in deep thoughts" he said and I chuckled. "It's nothing," I said and smiled. Actually, I was bothered by some things.

a. Sawako hadn't come to school after being rejected by Jonghyun. I am thinking of visiting her.

b. I may seem like a stalker, but I visited Jonghyun's social media account and saw him posting pictures with Sulli; which made me wonder, why was he uploading pictures with her when he was in Japan with SHINee? They seemed so happy which gave me a strange feeling inside.

c. I have noticed Eun hee being strange for some weeks, she isn't being like her usual self. She isn't still having misunderstandings about us, right? Even if she is adopted, we love her like our own family.

d. Besides that, I was going to the airport right now. The time has come, I am seeing Hana and Oliver again. Oliver. Just hearing his name gives me Goosebumps; I am not ready to meet him yet.

"We are here, Miss," the driver said and I got off. "Wait here until I come back," I said and he nodded. I walked inside of the airport and waited for their arrival. After about 15 minutes, I felt somebody tapping my shoulders while I was playing on my phone. I looked up only to see Hana.

"Soo Min!" she said and gave me a bear hug. I hugged her back, smelling her strawberry scent which I missed. "Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! What is this? Soo Min who hates it when people touch her is hugging me like no tomorrow?" she asked bluffed. "Well, I am different now," I said and smiled.

"You look so different now, your clothes look so fashionable and you look so confident now. And did you cut your hair?" she asked astonished. "We will talk about that later, should we go now?" I asked her and she nodded. "Just wait for Oliver, he is taking care of the luggage," she said and I nodded.

Actually, I cut my hair to shoulder-length yesterday and I won't deny the fact that I cut it because Jonghyun told me that short hair would suit me a week ago.

Hana's personality doesn't seem to be changed, but I can see that her appearance had changed. She looked prettier, with a flawless skin and chic aura, and her hair looked longer, silkier and shinier. Hana always was pretty, now she was even prettier.

Suddenly, I felt somebody's presence behind me. This person came near me and closed my eyes with his hands. "Guess who it is?" the familiar voice asked me. "Oliver stop fooling around," I said and put his hands away. He laughed and I turned over, which was a bad move. He was now centimeters apart from me. I backed up immediately, but it was too late, we were already in an awkward situation. I scratched my head and started walking. "Let's go"

He hadn't changed himself one bit. He still had the same brown hair, same intense gaze, and the same personality. We got into the car and immediately started to talk, leaving Oliver out a bit. Well, he wasn't my best friend and he didn't know many things about me, so he didn't have much to talk.

"This is where I live," I said and they looked at my house in amaze. "Wow, you live in such a large house, in America you used to live in a small apartment," Hana said. "That was because I think that a small apartment for a single person is cozy and enough"

"Anyway, let's go inside. Don't worry about the luggage, I will tell Kyungsoo to bring them up" I explained. "Kyungsoo is your brother right?" she asked and I nodded. The entire time, Oliver didn't utter a word, instead, he was watching us.

We walked inside and were greeted by everyone one by one. My mother and Hana seemed to get along pretty well. Currently, Hana and my mother were cooking and Oliver and Kyungsoo were talking in the living room. I looked at my phone and saw that I had received some missed calls from Jonghyun. I smiled brightly, seeing that he had thought of me today.

"Did you call me?" I asked Jonghyun after I had called him. "Yeah, I was just ... bored" he said and I was disappointed. "Oh, okay," I said and an awkward silence came between of us. "Anyway, did your friends arrive?" he asked and I nodded, even though I knew that he didn't see me. "Yes, they did. They are getting along with my family really good." I scratched my head and wondered if I should tell him about the problem which was itching me.

"You know .... Eun hee is behaving strangely lately," I said and he sighed. "After I come back, we will talk with her" he assured. I don't know why, but it seemed like I can handle a situation better when Jonghyun was with me. "When are you coming anyway?" I asked. "Today, Right now, I am at the airport"

"I have to tell you something important too" he added. "What?" I asked curiously. "You have to wait and see. I have to go now, bye" he said and we hung up.

"Who was it?" I heard Hana say after she entered my room. "A friend of mine," I said and smiled. Then we heard the main door open and we knew, that it was Hyorin. Actually, I had no idea where she was the entire day. It's Monday and we have half-term holidays for a week.

We both walked outside and saw Hyorin, who was looking irritated. "What's wrong, Hyorin?" I asked. "This guy is seriously challenging me too much. I hate him" she said and took off her shoes and jacket. "Who?" I asked. "Kim Jaejoong, who else?" she muttered. "What did he do now?"

"This guy is never giving me a rest. Yesterday, I avoided him and I thought that he was finally never going to talk to me again, but in the morning he was in front of our doorsteps! He dragged me with him the entire time." She said and I giggled. "What's there to giggle about?" she asked furiously. "Nothing" I replied. Actually, I think someone may have a crush on my not blood- related sister.

"Ahhh, you must be Hana?" she asked Hana and she nodded. "Sorry to have ignored our guest. I am Hyorin, nice to meet you" Hyorin said and bowed. "Nice to meet you, my name is Hana," she said and bowed too.

After that, we had lunch together and had some small conversations. I was actually proud of myself; my plan to ignore Oliver which shouldn't seem like ignoring was going pretty well.

Or that's what I thought.

My mom wanted to take Hana and Oliver to shopping, but Oliver declined, which only made Hana go. Currently, I was in my family's garden, sitting on the bench and studying. I know, we are having holidays and I should enjoy, but the exams are coming up and I need to ace them.

"So how is plan 'avoid Oliver' going?" Oliver asked and sat next to me. My eyes widened as I realized that he had actually noticed everything. "What are you talking about?" I asked nervously. "Don't act like a fool. I know everything" he said and I didn't know what to answer.

"I don't know what had happened between of you guys back in America, but I think it is something serious." He said referring to the fight I had with Hana. "And I won't ask you what it was about because I know that you are uncomfortable talking about it," he said and I smiled. At least, he understands.

He gave me a bright smile, the same smile with which I fell in love with back then. I smiled in return, but I wasn't smiling back at him. There are different reasons why you smile when somebody is smiling at you. The most common reason is because you are returning their kind smiles with your smile.

Every time Jonghyun smiled at me, I smiled back, because I don't know why, but I felt a weird satisfaction when he was happy.

But now, I was smiling because I knew that I was done with Oliver. His smile made no effect on me and I actually couldn't believe that I was over a person I liked for more than 5 years.

"Thanks," I said and he ruffled my hair. "Hey, don't do that!" I said as I took his hand from my head. "And what if I don't?" he asked mischievously and got closer. I froze when I realized that I was still holding his hand and that he was centimeters apart from me.

He looked at me and smiled, waiting for my answer. Didn't he feel uncomfortable with this position we were in?

Suddenly, I felt somebody's presence. I turned around and saw a shocked Jonghyun standing in front of us. "Sorry to disturb you guys," he said and turned around to walk away. "Wait," I said but he was already gone.

End of Chapter 14