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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Nikka's P.oint O.f V.iewI've never realised how the trees change the colors of its leaves in November, or how the different types of flowers bloom in a different season. It was the fall, and as if on cue, the autumn leaves blow themselves onto the sidewalk, scattering themselves across the pavement as afternoon arose on us.Oh, did I mention us?Ah yes, it was now me, Jong (but for some reason Key keeps calling him Jjong and even spelled that out in English letters), Tommy, Key, Onew, and Bryant at the back of my house.My house was pretty small, but not too small for a regular family like mine. We sat at the table that was placed outside in my family territory. We had to lock the gate because Key noticed an opposum in one of my neighbor's front yards. I guess you could kind of say he got freaked out.Scratch that. He was bewildered with fear."Aish~! What if that thing gets through that hole in your fence.?!" he panicked, pointing to the hole in my fence."Honestly, I don't care.""Ya, Nikka! What's with you?" Then Key noticed the rest of the gang just hanging around the back of my house. We all had gloom written all over our faces."HEY! WHAT'S WITH THIS DARK AURA HERE?!"Key's POVSeriously, what's with this mood?Then all of a sudden, I remembered what happened earlier when we entered the house:~Flashback~I remember her parents were startled at first when Nikka entered, along with us 闪亮 members tagging along. But, as soon as Nikka explained carefully to her parents what happened, they were happy, saying they were proud of her.At least, that's what I came to understand. Inbetween her English, she started mixing another language into her conversation.I got confused, so I asked Taemin what she was speaking."I'm pretty sure she's speaking in Tagalog." he whispered to me."What's Tagalog?" I asked out loud.Jjong heard me, then responded for Tommy in a whisper, "Don't you remember when we went to the Philippines? Those fans who live there are Filipinos. Nikka's family is Filipino, so it's natural that she talks in her native language.""Oh! I get it! Tagalog's a Filipino language!" ....I can't believe I said that out loud in English.Nikka's parents are just staring at me in shock for just one second, then they started cracking up in laughter. Nikka followed as well, but quickly stopped when everyone looked at her. She bent her head down, mumbling, "Sorry," then it came to me that her laugh was a mix of Nickhun's from 2PM and Leeteuk from Super Junior.I bursted out the supposedly suppressed laughter and I started clutching to my chest.Everyone else started to roar with laughter, I presume.Everyone except Nikka, who clung to her stomach, chuckling as low as she can.Everyone except a little girl with big glasses, who noticed me and started staring at me.".....what's SHINee doing in our living room?"~End of Flashback~It dawned on me that Nikka concentrated on her Chinese studies during her independent time, at least that's what Tommy told me later on.That explains why the whole time I've met her, she's called me Key, she's called Onew Onew, she called Jjong Kim Jong (but she wants to know why I call him Jjong. She''l find out soon enough.), she called Taemin Tommy, and Minho Bryant. They were our English names.
So, she heard of us, but she didn't really know our actual names or was a fan girl at heart.It almost broke my heart, but not as much as what the awful things Konini, her little sister, was calling Nikka.I didn't even want to remember that moment.Jjong's POVKonini didn't want any part of what her older sister was involved in."AND STOP CALLING ME KONINI! IT'S CONNIE!!!" and just slammed the door in her elder sister's face.This moment occurred after Nikka's father trusted us completely to watch his daughters as he and his wife were about to buy tons of items from the grocery store. I could tell by the long white paper he was holding in his hand.Key was the only one speaking English at the time, and Taemin knew some of the language since he spent time here more often than the rest of the group did, so the 2 of them convinced Nikka's parents that we'd all be taking care of her."I'm her Kuya, after all! She'll be like a sister to me! No one shall touch her!" *sigh*Key, you can be weird at times.But, what he said actually worked. I saw their smiles brighten as they left the house by car.Anyways, back to the main point, Konini wanted to be called "Connie" and wanted nothing part of her sister's life. We were all standing in the hallway when the argument occurred."I think the nickname she gave her sister is cute. Konini. Yeah, I'll use that, too." Key thought aloud.Really, what's this guy thinking? I glance behind me towards Minho, who seems to be mumbling something, looking above him. His head is about a few centimeters from the ceiling."....Konini." Then he blushed. No way, you too?!Taemin's POVWe all went back in the house, in front of the locked bedroom which Nikka says she shares Connie with, and all of us pleaded at the door if she'd be able to work with us. Key-umma and Onew-hyung explained to her that she'll have our support if she ever remissed in her future performances.I think she hasn't remissed our conversation, because the last thing she said was:"I'll join if she leaves it."Nikka, wide-eyed for the first time, stared at the door for a long time. I was pretty shocked as well, but not as much as she was. "I saw them first before you did!" Connie kept pleading from behind the door. I could've sworn I heard her crying inbetween her shouts."I HATE YOU! YOU'RE A LONER, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE! YOU'RE SO INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S BUSINESS AND INTERESTS! GO AWAY, LOSER!"I couldn't watch this any longer. My best friend is just standing there in front of the door, mumbling, "I'm sorry." Do you know how many times she's said that? 58 times. Yep, I counted.I made my way to the living room and took out my cellphone. I started dialing the number, and put the phone to my ear. After two rings the founder of SM娱乐 picked up the phone."Hello?""Hi, it's Taemin.""Oh! Taemin from SHINee? Hello!""I have a favor to ask you. Do you remember that girl, Abby?"Labels: fiction, guardian, story
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