It's You Chapter 14

A camera flashed.
"You're making me feel like some celebrity Appa," I said, sighing.
"It is a big day Hwa, you're out of the hospital!" replied my father, obviously excited. "I bet you were sick of feeling lonely in there, huh?"
I smiled at the last statement. True, I'd been alone most of the time, but I always had KyuHyun to talk to when he was there. And because DongHae visited KyuHyun so much, he was mostly there as well. And when there wasn't DongHae... well, there were always 11 other people in Super Junior! Even Lee Soo Man talked to me.. just once.
"We appreciate you keeping KyuHyun company," he said to me.
I was speechless, so I could only smile back. I mean, it was Lee Soo Man, founder of SM Entertainment, for Gods' sake!
KyuHyun was sitting up when I got up to leave.
"I'll be seeing you around, JaeHwa," he said. He looked a bit wistful, so I gave him a hug before I left (making sure my parents weren't there, of course).
"Don't worry KyuHyun, you'll get better soon. Then I'll visit you lots."
He brightened up at that. "If you don't come and visit us, I'll walk over to your flat again and scare the living daylights out of you," he teased.
I laughed. "Deal." Then I walked out of the ward. It had been almost two months, but I was out. I was free.
And MinYoung was locked up in a mental asylum (I hope), JunSu was going to stay by my side forever (or at least til we graduated) and HyunJae was never going to leave me alone again (until we got home at least). Oh and my mum and dad were now seriously paranoid that I was going to get attacked again, even though I assured them that JunSu was going to be personal bodyguard. I guess they don't trust tall skinny guys to be bodyguards.
As I walked down the entrance steps with my protective mother holding my arm and my hyperactive father clicking away on the camera, I looked up to see DongHae and EunHyuk standing at the bottom. Our eyes met for a moment, then I looked away.
"Hey, you're out of the hospital."
I looked up again. So did my mum. My dad turned around and lowered the camera, looking a bit perplexed. I gave DongHae my normal smile instead of the one I saved specially for him and nodded.
"Yup."
"That's good then," said EunHyuk, and both of them were smiling.
"Thanks," I said, then turned and left with my parents.
"Who was that, Hwa?" asked my father.
"Oh, the guy across from me in the ward, you've seen him right? They visit him like almost everyday. Friends, I think," I replied, surprised at how casual I sounded when my heart was hammering against my ribcage.
"Ah...." said my mum. "Do you talk to them?"
"No," I said. "We just say hi or smile."
My parents nodded, which meant that they had completely absorbed the lie that I had no idea who they were. Maybe I'd enrol myself for drama class when I got back to school. I was turning out to be a very good actress.
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It turns out that I didn't get to enrol myself for drama classes, or even consider it. I returned to school, ignoring the pitying stares from the non-Super Junior fans and the killing glares from the fans. People had heard of what a nutcase MinYoung was, and her friends were suspended for 'helping' her.
JunSu and HyunJae stayed with me every minute of school. JunSu even requested to move his place next to mine, so I was flanked by both of my friends. I was touched, but I couldn't help feeling that it might indicate that he liked me... which would make me even more unpopular because JunSu was maybe one of the most wanted guys in school. He didn't seem to care though, and I felt a bit pleased that I had two close friends to count on when everyone else seemed to want me gone.
I still thought of DongHae, how I hadn't told him I was getting out when I really should have, but we weren't really involved, were we? All things considered, we really weren't in a relationship at all.
Part of me wanted to be.
Part of me didn't.
After all, he was still a superstar, and he had tours and promotions and concerts. I was still a schoolgirl with one more year of school to go, and then there was university, and then a job. It sounded like a drastic difference between us. But I still hoped.
I knew he liked me, he had made that obvious. But I didn't know whether I liked him like that.

KyuHyun was discharged on the 7th, two weeks after me. I only managed to visit him once, with HyunJae, after a school excursion. My parents expected me home by 8, no later (unless our class was deliberately kept back for a couple of hours by our teacher). Fairly reasonable, because I had a lot of work to catch up with. I was in a confused state, but I still managed to pass my mid-year exams with mostly flying colours. I know, I'm such a nerd (I got HyunJae to get me some homework while I was still in hospital), but I couldn't help it. Getting through life successfully was my first priority. Love was my second. Or maybe they were tied. I wasn't so sure anymore.
A week before our mid-year break, my parents decided to break me the news.

I was moving to Japan.

Why? One, Appa had landed a new job oppurtunity there, and it was a better job position than what he had here. Two, the threatening posters and notes stuck to our front door was getting to them. Three, they were living in constant fear that I'd be attacked again. I didn't blame them, I was pretty afraid myself, but... I hadn't expected this.
"You've got to be kidding me, Omoni," I said, stunned.
"It's a desicion that we've made, JaeHwa," said my mother with a calm expression on her face.
"Appa, no! When... what if I hadn't been attacked? Would you still have decided that?"
My father's calmed face was a bit strained compared to my mother's, but he was still composed. Unlike me, who felt like screaming.
"Yes, we would. In fact, we were already contemplating it in the beginning of the year. That's why we went there during your holidays." His expression became concerned. "JaeHwa, you're not in a very stable situation here. We've got to stop this. I have to think of your safety too, as well as your mother's."
Damn, I thought. Damn MinYoung for doing this to me. I should have fought back instead of getting myself beaten up.
"I... I think I'm going to have to think about this," I said, grabbing my coat from the back of the dining room chair.
"JaeHwa, there's nothing to think about, we've already confirmed it," said my mother, following me.
"I know... but I think I need some time alone. I'm going for a walk." I walked to the door, feeling a bit lightheaded.
"No, you're not. You're not allowed to leave, JaeHwa, it's dangerous."
I opened the door and caught sight of more notes stuck to the outer gate. I turned back to my parents, feeling a bit.... angry? Sad? I wasn't sure. All my emotions were rushing through me at once.
"See, they won't stop, JaeHwa," said Omoni, nodding her head towards the head.
"And you think leaving the country is going to change that?" I suddenly asked. I was resentful. I felt like screaming my head off. Never seeing HyunJae again, never seeing JunSu. Never seeing DongHae. I couldn't take that.
I pulled the door shut and ran down the stairs.