U-KISS Fanfic-Someday...[Chapter 4]

'I'm so tired! If the car didn't break down I would've been fine.' Dongho complained. Their performance had ended and U-KISS was getting ready to go back to the dorms again. Kevin was sitting on the floor against the wall listening to music and thinking deeply.

Should I tell Kiseop? What if he and Eli get in an argument about this? Then what?

Suddenly, Eli crouched down in front of Kevin. He reached out his hand and ruffled Kevin's hair. Kevin looked up and saw Eli smiling gently at him.

'Are you okay? You don't seem to look that great at the moment,' Eli asked worriedly and put his hand on Kevin's shoulder. 'If there's anything wrong just tell me. I'm here for you.' Kevin just sat there quietly, thinking of what to say.

'Thing is, I don't know whether you're going to get angry at me if I tell you.'

'No, I won't. I never get angry at what you say.'

'This time, you will. I know you will,' Kevin said, beginning to hold back his tears. Eli frowned. He leaned closer to Kevin and pulled his head to his chest. Kevin froze. He was speechless.

What if Kiseop sees this, Kevin screamed in his head, worried about how Kiseop would react to this.

Kevin tried to look for Kiseop while his head was still against Eli's chest but couldn't spot him while facing only one direction.

'Can you hear my heart beating? That's how fast it beats every time I see you, talk to you and be with you,' Eli whispered softly into Kevin's ear. Kevin started crying but he wasn't sure whether he was happy to hear those words come from Eli's mouth or whether he was still worried about Kiseop. Eli kissed the top of Kevin's head and hugged him.

'Don't cry anymore. It hurts to see you cry so please smile.' Eli's voice was calming but it was somewhat scary at the same time. Kevin managed to rest his chin on Eli's shoulder so that he could look around for Kiseop and there he was-staring down at him with teary eyes that began to make the eyeliner "run" a little.

Kiseop walked out of the waiting room when Kevin called out with a wavering voice, 'K-Kiseo…' Eli hushed him before he could say anything else.

'Don't worry about him now, Kevin. I'm here. You don't need him,' Eli told Kevin.

'But…' Kevin was hushed again.

'I said don't worry, alright? Kiseop recovers easily from these things. Let's just continue doing what we were doing before, okay?' Eli exclaimed, probably hoping for Kiseop to hear it. Kevin nodded reluctantly and dabbed the tears from his eyes in case the makeup smudged.

It was a long car ride back to the dorm, especially since there was a traffic jam (even though it was 11pm). Every one of the members except Dongho and Eli were asleep. Eli was about to fall asleep but every time he tried Dongho would always shake him violently to wake him.

'Hyung, since when were you like this?' Dongho questioned. Eli gave Dongho a strange look.

'When was I like what?' he replied, squinting to keep his eyes open. Dongho's jaw dropped, too shocked to hear what he just heard. 'What? Did I do something wrong?'

'OF COURSE YOU DID, YOU IDIOT! You hugged and claimed Kevin yours in front of Kiseop. Wasn't he your friend, not your competition?'

Eli sighed with disbelief. 'He's not my competition anymore. Kevin likes me, I like Kevin. End of story.' This seemed to have made Dongho silent, although he probably had a lot of things to say to Eli.

Kevin had woken up from the noise Dongho was making.

Since when did Eli like me? he thought. A-and why did he confess to me in front of everyone? Couldn't he do it in private?

So many questions swirled in Kevin's mind, making it hard for him to think straight.  Suddenly, Kevin got an idea. It was a risky idea but he had to try. Kevin reached into his jeans' back pocket and pulled out his phone. Without any hesitations, he started texting a message.

"Are you okay? I hope you're not angry at me or Eli. If you are I can treat you to lots of bibimbap if you want, alright? ^^ So please don't be angry."

Kevin hit the send button and after a minute or two, Kiseop's phone started to beep. Not long after that, Kevin received a reply.

"I'm not angry. All I want is for you to be happy and you're happy now, right? Being with Eli, wasn't it what you wanted? (Oh, and I'll take the bibimbap offer~)"

Kevin smiled happily, thankful that Kiseop wasn't at all angry but something didn't seem quite right. Was he actually happy with Eli? Was it what really Kevin wanted? Before he could even think of any possible answers the car came to a sudden stop.

'We're here,' the manager called out to the back of the van.

The whole time while U-KISS was walking back to their dorm, Eli had his arm around Kevin but instead of being happy, Kevin was worrying about Kiseop again. Out of the blue Dongho turned to look at Kevin.

'Kevin hyung, if you keep worrying you're going to get more wrinkles! Haven't I told you that before?'

'I'm not worrying! What are you talking about?' Kevin said innocently with a fake smile. Dongho stopped climbing up the stairs and turned around completely to face him but before he could speak AJ opened his mouth.

'To be honest, you're a terrible liar, Kevin.' AJ insulted. Kevin stopped and looked at AJ with a face that slightly resembled a cute, sad puppy. 'Don't pull that face with me!'
Kevin laughed but it was more of a fake laugh than a hearty laugh. Eli rubbed Kevin's arm then planted a kiss on his cheek, to everyone's surprise. Hoon and Soohyun were speechless; in fact, everyone was. Claiming him was enough drama today but a kiss on the cheek? It was too much to handle for Kevin.

Eli smiled at all the other members saying, 'Let's all just go back to our dorm and get some rest. It is getting pretty late, you know?' and started to drag Kevin by the shoulders to help him up the stairs.

After taking only five steps, Eli picked Kevin up like how a groom would to his newlywed wife on their wedding day. Dongho stared at Eli with disbelief then turned to Kiseop to see his reaction but to his disappointment, Kiseop had no reaction at all. He just stood on the staircase looking dazed.

'C'mon, let's get back to the dorm. The manager's going to get angry at us if we stay here all night,' Soohyun ordered while yawning loudly. Everyone nodded and began walking up the stairs together.

The next day, Kevin woke up finding himself lying down next to Eli. Kevin sat up, shocked, but then lay down again because it was too cold to even get out of bed.

We didn't do anything weird did we? Kevin tried to recall what happened last night. We came back from the performance, got to the dorm, came into the room with Eli, then…what happened next? He had forgotten what happened after going in the room with Eli.

Kevin sighed deeply and groaned loudly but halted halfway, forgetting that Eli was right next to him. Kevin turned to look at Eli, only to find Eli looking right back at him. Before he could scream Eli covered Kevin's mouth with his hand.

'Eli, don't scare me like that!' he cried angrily after pushing Eli's hand away.

'What did I do? All I did was look at you.'

'B-but I thought you were asleep!' Eli just laughed and ran his fingers through Kevin's soft hair.

My heart's beating faster again but…why?

Eli kissed Kevin's forehead and jumped out of bed and said, 'We'd better get out of bed before Soohyun hyung gets mad at us again.'
Kevin nodded and followed Eli to the living room where Hoon and AJ were watching a children's TV show.

'Oh, you're finally awake? The others went to get some lunch for us but they'll be back soon,' Hoon said, keeping his eyes fixed on the TV screen. AJ grunted in agreement then continued watching.

'Let's go and brush our teeth while they're gone,' Eli suggested and grabbed Kevin by the wrist and dragged him to the bathroom.

'We're back~!' Dongho sang with a creaky voice as he marched into the apartment. The sound of rustling plastic bags became louder and the smell of different foods became stronger as Soohyun and Kiseop walked through the apartment door. AJ and Hoon cheered and jumped off the couch to get some food.

'You took so long but you only got street snacks? I thought you were going to buy noodles or something,' Eli whinged.

'Do you think I have enough money to food all of you?' Soohyun replied. Kevin gasped.

'Did you buy all that with your own money?!' he exclaimed, shocked. Soohyun nodded with a serious face but then broke into a laugh and started shaking his head. 'Oh, okay. Anyway, let's eat!' Kevin said joyfully and started eating before everyone else.

Soon, it came to the end of the day. Just after U-KISS had finished dinner, Kevin came out of his room dressed in skinny jeans, a winter jacket and headphones around his neck. Kiseop gave him a funny look.

'Where are you going? You look like you're meeting someone,' Kiseop said suspiciously. Kevin sighed and slowly avoided eye contact with everyone.

'I'm just going for a walk. I don't really feel well so I'm going to get some fresh air.' Everyone kept quite. Kevin heard the water in the bathroom stop. Eli had finished his shower. 'Please don't tell Eli that I'm gone. It'll probably take him a while to find out so please don't tell,' Kevin begged. Soohyun sighed and tilted his head towards the door, telling Kevin to go. Kevin wasted no time at all and basically sprinted out of the apartment but closed the door gently hoping Eli wouldn't hear it close. Kiseop stood stationary for a couple of minutes then decided to go after Kevin.

'Make sure Eli doesn't know we're gone. Distract him for at least ten minutes, okay hyung?' Kiseop told Soohyun then ran after Kevin

Soohyun smiled and muttered, 'kids these days,' then looked to Dongho who was standing next to him.

Dongho caught Soohyun looking at him then yelled, 'what are you looking at?!'

It was cold outside and the roads looked deserted even though it was only 8pm. The ground was completely covered with a thin layer of snow except for a trail of footprints behind Kevin as he walked slowly towards the playground that was a block away from U-KISS' apartment. Kevin's music was basically blasting in his ears but he didn't really mind because it helped him forget all his problems. He didn't realise it, but Kiseop was about 30 metres from him, jogging slowly towards him and hoping Kevin would stop walking for a bit so that he could catch up to him.

Without a care in the world, Kevin strode along the sidewalk and started to cross the road when all of a sudden he felt a sharp pain on the entire left side of his body. His vision was blurry but he could see half of his body being covered with blood. It was almost impossible to move his body because of all the pain. He could hear Kiseop's voice screaming out his name and he could feel tears beginning to run down his face.

'K-Kiseop…' Kevin muttered, finally getting words out. He grabbed onto Kiseop's arm and smiled weakly. 'Don't leave me okay?' Kiseop nodded, holding Kevin's hand tightly. Kevin looked Kiseop in the eyes and told him, 'promise me you won't…leave…me…', his voice faltering as he continue to spoke. For a moment he saw Kiseop crying then…nothing.

U-KISS Fanfic-Someday...[Chapter 1]

It was U-KISS' third comeback with the new members. Everyone was just as anxious as Kevin, sweating even before the first performance of their new song. Although the most nervous one, Kevin, was the only person sitting down in the waiting room, everyone else was warming up and getting ready for the show.

Kevin could feel his heart on the verge of jumping out of his chest at any moment. It was the first time he had to act sexy in a performance. Sure it was easy for Kiseop but to Kevin, it was harder than learning Korean in America.

'Hyung,' Dongho called from behind Kevin. 'Don't worry so much! You're going to get more wrinkles than you already have.' Kevin turned around and looked at Dongho.

'Easy for you to say! You don't have to be at the front of the stage pulling your shirt up!' Dongho stuck out his tongue at Kevin childishly and starting talking to Hoon.

It was hard enough to act 'sexy' for the photo shoot but for a live performance? That was too much to ask from Kevin. He had an image of himself being cute and innocent. Being sexy was way out of Kevin's "league".

Kevin ruffled his hair in frustration and scrunched his face. He leaned forward on his chair and let out a big sigh.

'What's wrong?' Kiseop asked, sitting on a chair beside Kevin. 'Still nervous about lifting your shirt in public?' he laughed half-heartedly.

'How do you do it, Kiseop? Don't you feel some sort of exposure when you do these things?' asked a very puzzled Kevin.

'Look, just imagine the person you like…no. Imagine the person you love is the audience and you're trying to seduce them into falling in love with you. That's my secret.' Kevin looked at Kiseop briefly then turned to look at the ground.

Before Kevin could say something back, one of the event's staff stuck her head in at the door of the waiting room.

'U-KISS, you're on in five! Get ready to go on stage now.'

Looks like it's time, Kevin thought to himself, standing up and walking towards the door.

Only screams could be heard from the stage. The stage lights were dimmed but it wasn't hard to see the fluorescent coloured signs that had 'U-KISS' written in bold Korean letters. As everyone hurriedly got to the starting position on the stage before it lit up again, Kevin kept thinking about what Kiseop had told him.

Imagine the person you love is the audience and try to seduce them? What a weird technique but I might as well try, he thought.

The lights finally lit up the stage and the music began to play. Their fans could be heard screaming from a mile away. Soon came the time for Kevin to be in the middle of the group, lifting up the corner of his shirt just as Kiseop had right before. As he did it, Kevin could hear the girls screaming even louder as his shirt went up. His heart was now racing, his face sweating from, not the lights, but nervousness; and although not realising it, Kevin was thinking about a certain someone who he loved for a very long time.

Before long, what seemed to be a two-hour performance had ended. Everyone was sweating and panting as they quickly walked off the stage.

'That went well, didn't it Kevin?' Kiseop smiled, walking next to Kevin as they prepared to leave the event venue. There was no reply. 'Tell me who you were thinking of back there,' he suddenly said. Kevin's eyes widened and turned to Kiseop with a shocked expression on his face.

'Wait, what?' Kevin said, looking startled at the question. Kevin had been worried Kiseop was going to ask him that. 'I was just thinking about…' His voice suddenly faltered.

'What was that? I couldn't really hear you.'

'I was thinking about Eli!' Kevin yelled. His face was red and his eyes were shut tight, trying not to give direct eye contact with Kiseop. 'You finally got my secret out. Are you happy?' There was a long silence before Kiseop replied.

'So he likes Eli, huh? I suppose it's not like I didn't expect this coming.' Kiseop muttered to himself. 'Anyway,' he cried aloud. 'Let's go before our manager leaves us here. We wouldn't wanna be run over by our fans right?' Kevin just grunted and walked ahead of Kiseop.

Within an hour, U-KISS had returned to their dorm. Kevin had fallen asleep in the car on the way, leaving Kiseop to carry him since he was the only one who volunteered.

'You owe me one, Kevin." Kiseop whispered to Kevin softly as he carried him to Kevin's room. The room was dark except for the small gap left by the door that was letting in a little bit of light from the corridor outside. As Kiseop put Kevin on his bed, Eli entered the room. Eli and Kevin shared the same room, their beds on opposite sides of the walls.

Eli walked up to Kiseop and said, 'I can put the blanket over him, Kiseop. You don't have to do that. You can just get some rest.' Kiseop looked at Eli and just smiled and nodded.

'Okay, sure. G'night then.' Kiseop patted Eli on the shoulder and just as he was about to leave the room he stopped momentarily. 'Oh, and one more thing. You don't need to worry about me, Eli. I can take care of myself…and Kevin.' Kiseop walked out of the room and closed the room door behind him gently.

The whole room became dark and the only thing that lit the room now was the moonlight coming in from the open window. Eli walked to his bed and laid down.

'What can I do with Kiseop? He's so persistent. Maybe he should learn to give up on things like these," Eli sighed to himself and went to sleep.

The next morning was quite troublesome. Instead of having time off of their normal schedule, U-KISS had more dance practice.

'Are you joking? I made plans with my family!' Dongho cried, obviously annoyed with the sudden change.

'It's more like the other way around. The only time you would see your family is when something bad happens or something good happens,' the manager laughed.

The arguments became louder and louder which eventually woke Kevin up from his sleep. He dragged himself to the living room where all the commotion was. Eli looked behind him and spotted Kevin, giving him a big smile. Eli pranced to Kevin and leaned towards him.

'Did all the noise wake you, Sleeping Beauty?' Eli ruffled Kevin's hair and laughed. Kevin was particularly surprised since Eli had never acted like that before, especially towards Kevin.

'Hey Eli,' Kevin began, still half-asleep and rubbing his eyes sleepily.

'What's everyone so loud for? I could hear Dongho all the way from the room!'

'Oh, right. The manager decided to change our schedule. You know how we're meant to have some time-off today? He's making us do dance practice instead. I'm pretty sure the manager wants us to learn a new choreography,' Eli explained.

It was very rare for their manager to change their schedule so suddenly. The only members who seem to be arguing against the change were Dongho and Soohyun.

The manager sighed and under his breath he said, 'why does it always have to be these two that are the most troubling when it comes to schedule changes?' and laughed, shaking his head in dismay.

By the time everyone had changed out of their pyjamas and reached the practice room, it was already 11am. Everyone started warming up while waiting for the choreographer to arrive. It was half-past 11 by the time he came.

'Okay, everyone. Let's start. Have your back facing the mirrors…'

'Kevin,' Kiseop whispered. Kiseop stood directly behind Kevin, being at least a metre back. 'You owe me one, okay?' Kevin looked back at Kiseop and scrunched his eyebrows.

'Owe you for what? You didn't do anything for me did you?' Kiseop just stood there looking dumb-founded.'What?'

'Don't worry about it. Just concentrate on the choreography.' Kiseop mumbled. As Kevin turned to face the front again, Eli turned to Kiseop. He opened his mouth but closed it again as if he forgot what he was going to say.

Even before an hour, U-KISS were already resting and were starving.

'Soohyun hyung, let's order chicken!' Dongho exclaimed excitedly. Soohyun licked his lips and nodded his head in agreement. On the other hand, Kevin's head was filled with confusion.

What do I owe Kiseop for? He didn't even do anything for me these days but…wait, Kevin thought carefully. Don't tell me it was for that little bit of advice he gave me yesterday! Why would anyone owe someone because they gave them a little advice?!

Eli had been feeling concerned for Kevin ever since last night when he was with Kiseop.

He mumbled to himself, 'why was Kiseop so protective over Kevin? "I can take care of myself and Kevin", huh? It's not like Kevin belongs to him, right?' Eli groaned loudly with frustration.

'Hyung, the chicken's coming! I know how hungry you are but you just have to wait,' Dongho explained, trying to sound mature.

'Hey Kevin,' Kiseop began as he dragged his butt against the polished dance floor. 'If you're thinking about what you owe me, just forget about it. It's not that important.'

Just as Kevin was about to say something, the chicken arrived. The room quickly filled up with the smell of freshly fried chicken.

AJ's face lit up and screamed, 'food!'

'Wait, who's paying?' Soohyun mentioned. Everyone went quiet. Before anyone volunteered, Hoon stood up and reached in his pocket. He pulled out his wallet and searched for money.

Soohyun and Dongho looked amazed, both saying 'wow, didn't think you would pay! I thought you were going to pay!' Dongho and Soohyun turned to each other pointing a finger at one another. Kevin laughed along with everyone else except he faked his laugh. On the inside, all he could think of was Eli.

After the dance practice, everyone was just about to leave when it started to rain. Kevin was feeling particularly nervous because every time it rains, something bad is bound to happen.

'Um, you guys go ahead first. I'll just wait 'till the rain stops.' Kevin said uneasily. Eli and Kiseop suddenly turned to Kevin.

Eli quickly made up an excuse and said, 'No, it's okay. I'll stay too since I don't want to get wet by the rain.' Kevin looked at Eli who smiled slightly. He then looked away from Eli and turned to look at the floor.

This isn't like Eli. He's never complained about getting wet from the rain, he thought. Maybe he…no. It's probably just my imagination.

'If Eli's staying then I'll stay. Who knows what will happen between these two lovebirds!' Kiseop joked. Eli and Kevin blushed.

'If you guys were all staying until the rain stopped you could have told us quicker! The rain's starting to get heavier now!' Soohyun complained. 'Well the rest of us will go first. Don't get back too late or else the manager might yell at us.' Soon everyone but Kevin, Kiseop and Eli were gone.

'S-so what do you want to do now? It doesn't seem like it's going to stop any time soon.' Kevin said nervously.

Even though all three of them had a close relationship with each other, it seemed a little awkward and tense in the room.

'Let's play a game! It's too quiet so we have to make some noise.' Kiseop suggested.

'If you want to play a game at least suggest one.' Eli mumbled. The room became silent again.

'Instead of games…c-can I ask the both of you something?' Kevin asked hesitantly but seemed to get Eli and Kiseop's attention. 'Why did you both stay here?'