Chapter 2
Even after a few days, Eunhyuk still couldn’t take it out of his mind. He came home in a bad mood. Everyone noticed him, especially Donghae.
“Hyukkie! You’re finally back! I bought you another carton of strawberry milk!”
Donghae jumped in front of him with a carton of strawberry milk in his hand. Eunhyuk wanted to take it, but still the thought of him being a pain stopped him from doing so. He suddenly pushed Donghae away and proceeded to his room. The next day, Eunhyuk decided to relax so he played a video game with Kangin.
“Hurry up Hyuk, if you don’t catch up with me we might lose!”
Kangin exclaimed. At the first round of the game, their team lost.
“Hyuk! We lost! Let’s change the game mode, make it a versus kind of game.”
Kangin, being bossy in nature, exclaimed to Eunhyuk who was almost losing his patience.
“Hah! I won! See Hyuk, I’m better off without you as a team mate in this game!”
Kangin said pertaining only to the game they’re playing. Eunhyuk misunderstood Kangin because of his bad mood and thought that Kangin was giving him the idea that Super Junior is better off without him.
“Aish! This is useless!”
He exclaimed and walked out of the house. Donghae, who was sleeping at that time, woke up because of the commotion happening. He saw Eunhyuk walk out of the dorm and decided to follow him.
“Oii! What the hell is wrong with you?! You’re troubling everyone with your attitude!”
Kangin exclaimed to Eunhyuk. Eunhyuk stormed out of the building thinking he really is a pain.
“Better off without me huh?! Maybe I should just leave you guys alone!”
These words were screaming in his mind. Donghae called him from behind.
“Will you stop following me?!”
Eunhyuk yelled and continued walking.
“Hyukkie! If you have a problem you can tell it to me!”
Donghae replied still following Eunhyuk. Donghae didn’t stop on insisting Eunhyuk to tell him what’s troubling him, but Eunhyuk ended up walking away from him.
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“You want to know why I’m like this?”
Donghae said with a more mature tone. Eunhyuk stopped walking because Donghae spoke to him differently.
“Do you know why I’m always clinging onto you? Do you understand why, Lee Hyukjae?”
Donghae asked again. Eunhyuk didn’t know what to say, he was pierced by Donghae’s way of speaking.
“I may not know what you’re problem is, but when I see you so miserable, I feel miserable too. No matter how much I try to be happy for myself…I couldn’t, I can’t if you’re not feeling good.”
Eunhyuk turned around and saw Donghae’s strong expression on his face. He’s miserable, he couldn’t even look at his friend because of the guilt he’s feeling.
“Don’t run away from your problems Eunhyuk! If you do, I might not be able to solve my problems too!”
Donghae yelled. Although Eunhyuk was almost a kilometer away, he was still listening to what Donghae was saying.
“Eunhyuk! Eunhyuk! Please don’t leave us like this! Don’t leave ME like this! You’re the only person who can make me happy again as I was back when my father was alive!”
Upon hearing Donghae’s words, everything came back at him; everything that he experienced as a member of Super Junior. He realized that he was so much affected by the things said by those guys back then that he didn’t notice the people around him cared for him. Kangin was right, everyone was troubled because he was acting so weird, especially Donghae. How can he have the thought of leaving Super Junior when they made him feel important? How can he leave Donghae alone who is still lonely from his father’s loss?
“I’m sorry…”
He whispered as he stepped closer to his friend.
“I shouldn’t have ran away from you guys, I should’ve realized that I have friends to hold on to, that I have YOU to solve my problems with.”
Donghae smiled at this point. He asked Euhyuk a favor. He asked Eunhyuk to always smile for him.
“I promise, I’ll smile for you.”
Eunhyuk said with a big gummy smile. They came back to the dorm and everyone welcomed them. Eunhyuk told the whole story why he was troubled all those times.
“What? Because of what those guys said you became like that?!”
Lee Teuk exclaimed. Kyuhyun patted Eunhyuk’s back and told him that every member of Super Junior is needed.
“Hey, I’m sorry for what I said earlier, I was just pertaining to the game.”
Kangin said. Eunhyuk smiled and gave him a hug.
“Don’t forget that Super Junior won’t be Super Junior without you. You’re as important as the other members!”
Yesung said as they cheered him up. Donghae was smiling the whole time.
“Kamsahamnida, Hae, for understanding me and for staying by my side.”
He said as he sat beside Donghae. Donghae just gave him a smile. Eunhyuk feels secured now that he knows that everyone is there to support him, especially Donghae, who made him realize that he’s not alone.
Donghae is happy because Eunhyuk finally recovered from his problem. On the other hand, Eunhyuk was happy too because Donghae feels relieved. Having each other by their side, both of them have reasons to smile.


