August 16, 2011
She stares at her reflection in the mirror, she just got out of a relaxing bath, her hair is tack in a towel coiled on top of her head and her body is loosely wrapped in a pink bathrobe. It is her 32nd birthday and she wonders what this year holds...
August 16, 2008
She was in a taping of a variety show when her hand phone beeped signaling that a message just got in, she secretly looked and read the message -
Happy Birthday Noona... it's the first message... pardon me for being so sudden... anyways, wish you happiness ^^ - Guljo
To say that she was shock is an understatement, but she remembered feeling happy, as if the message had a powerful glow that fulled her out of the darkness that cloud her being at that time. It's one of her pleasant memories, if she may say so.
August 21, 2008
After a long and tiring day shooting their farm episode in We Got Married, she got another surprise from her kid groom, she was not aware that even before they started filming, he already had something planned, that was why he kept on bringing up the text message that he sent, that was why he's being extra helpful, that was why he was super whiny, that was why he couldn't seem to relax and that was why he seemed to look at her differently.
Under the peach trees, aglow with the moonlight, armed with his guitar and more than a thousand paper cranes, he serenaded and told her his innermost feelings -
I don't know you
But I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me
And always fool me
And I can't react
And games that never amount
To more than they're meant
Will play themselves out
Take this sinking boat
And point it home
We've still got time.
Hwangbuin
The things that I'm about to say to you
Might be a bit embarrassing
Truthfully, I always thought
I didn't have the right to love you
Even when I first met you
I didn't have the courage
All I did was worry about this and that
But as time flowed, before I knew it
I became used to this love
Please always be next to me
Looking at me... with your trust
I love you!
I love you!!!
Happy birthday!!!
It was an experience that will forever be etch in her memory. He sang her a love song and it hit her hard on the heart, she was falling... she really was... not slowly, though. Her heart had taken the express route and she didn't have the strength to stop it.
She was 29 years old and she's in love with a younger man.
August 16, 2009
She had her very first fan meeting as a solo artist on her 30th birthday. She decided to celebrate and share her special day with her fans to show them her appreciation for their continuous support and love, as well as, to promote her new mini album. She and her man decided to celebrate a few days later to give way to her event and to lessen, if not completely stomp, any rumors about them.
They had shared a wonderful eight months together, it wasn't as smooth as they wanted it to be, their work and career tended to get in the way and they seemed to be living in two different countries most of the time, but she wouldn't have it any other way. She could take all the storms as long as she's with him or so she thought.
On that same fateful day, the day she felt most loved by her fans was also the day Lan Kwai Fong scandal happened, she was not new in the ring of betrayal, she had battled it out with two previous relationships, not that she ever won, the first one left her for his first love and the second floated away just when she thought that wedding bells were soon to ring. It was her third but it still hurt like hell, she never seems to be ready, and she doesn't think she will ever be.
Of course, she forgave him, of course, she listened to his tales, of course, she accepted his apologies, and of course, she knew that she was betting on forever... she knew it was a gamble, but she just didn't care.
August 16, 2010
It was her 31st birthday and she was somewhere in Jeju Island, waiting for her always-out-of-the-country boyfriend. He planned for this rendezvous as a surprise for her but she actually found it out even before he told her, a certain maknae from a not-disbanded-but-not-so-together idol group let it slipped. She pretended not to know the whole time and she acted surprise the moment he told her, he called her up and instructed her on what to do and where to go and she obliged willingly and happily, actually, she was even ready a few days prior to his call.
And so she went and waited... he was supposed to come in the evening, straight from the land of the rising sun, but the clock already chimed the midnight bell but he was still nowhere in sight, no phone call, not even a text message. But still she waited... and waited... and waited... until she received a phone call, saying that he couldn't make it because of some conflict in his schedule, if she remembers correctly, there was some sort of a misunderstanding between him and his manager, that was why the time that he was supposed to spend with her was packed with activities, instead.
It was not the first time she waited, in their almost two-year-relationship, she waited for him for more than half of it - may it be for a date, for him to fetch her, for him to come home, for him to introduce her to his family, for him to finally acknowledge their relationship to the whole world, for him to make her his priority. Sometimes she got lucky and her patience was rewarded but a quarter at the most, she waited for naught, and the Jeju Island escapade was categorized with the latter.
But as she was so intent in winning on her gamble, she waited for two more days in Jeju, justifying to herself that the hotel room was booked and paid for so she could just stay and rest but the truth was, she was hoping that he will realize and find it in his heart that she meant more to him, more than just a girlfriend who would wait forever. Right before she went back to Seoul, all that she had been wishing for was reduced to a single phone call or a one-line text message but those didn't come either, just like the man he was waiting for.
A week after, the man that she so wanted to see was finally standing in front of her with a big bouquet of tulips on his hands, ironic as it may sound, she was happy to see him after being miserable for more than a week because of him. Seeing him made her decide... she finally knew what to do.
August 16, 2011
In a glitzy function room in one of the high-class hotel in Seoul, a party for the 32nd birthday of Hwangbo Hye Jung, was taking place. She is surrounded by her friends and loved ones, the food and booze is in abundance, the lights are on its brightest, shimmering on the whole room, the dance floor is full and alive, everyone is having the time of their lives, celebrating jovially and sincerely with the birthday girl.
In the middle of the party, the music takes a halt leaving the guest wanting and then a baritone voice breaks the silence -
"Hwangbo-sshi will you please take the space beside me?" the man said, trying his best to hide his nervousness.
She did as she was told, after all, the one asking her is his best friend, the one who planned and instigated this whole event and the one she has been celebrating her birthday with since time immemorial, well not that long, as they are not fossils yet, but it's long in normal human standards.
"Phew... Hwangbo-yah, it took me a long while before I arrived at this decision. I think the distance between us and my two-year stint in the military made me do the plunge, but hell and damnation, this is nerve-wracking and I can't seem to say the words that I practiced for days. I have known you for years but I still don't know how you would react but this is something I have to do..." he stuttered without stopping to breath.
She is rooted on the spot, her hands are sweaty, the pit of her stomach has butterflies on it and she can hear her heart beating, 'Is this what I think it is?' she thought.
"Hwangbo Hye Jung, will you do me the honors of being your boyfriend?" he murmured, hope evident in his voice.
It has been a year since she broke up with Kim Hyun Joong, the moment she saw him on her door that time, she finally realized that holding on was not an option anymore, that letting him go was the best choice for the both of them. It wasn't easy, she knew that he's hurting just by looking at him and she sure was hurting as well, maybe double or triple his pain, coz as much as she wanted to win in her gamble, she threw in all her cards in the middle of the game because she felt that she didn't have the ability and the courage to continue on, and so she lost on her bet, she let her another forever go.
This time, another chance to get that forever is in front of her, the guy who always celebrates her birthday with her; the guy who never made her wait, even if it meant running out of his fan event; the guy who supports her on whatever endeavors she wanted to partake; the guy who flaunts her to the world as the closest woman to her heart; the guy who spends his free time from the military to lend her a shoulder to cry on; the guy who have love her for more than half of her life... after hearing what he just said, she feels like, she's coming home.
'This is the day Hye Jung, the day that you've been waiting for, the day that forever becomes more bright and comes closer to your grasp.' she closed her eyes and let her heart feast on her thoughts.
She hug Junjin and whispers to his ear, "Thank you Choong Jae, thank you for finally having the courage to move forward, thank you for choosing me and thank you for giving me a strong hold on my forever."
She settles herself on his embrace, she's finally on the arms of her best friend, who a minute ago became her boyfriend, and in the future will be her husband and the father of her children.
This is the day, the perfect day to finally come home... to Junjin.
She was in a taping of a variety show when her hand phone beeped signaling that a message just got in, she secretly looked and read the message -
Happy Birthday Noona... it's the first message... pardon me for being so sudden... anyways, wish you happiness ^^ - Guljo
To say that she was shock is an understatement, but she remembered feeling happy, as if the message had a powerful glow that fulled her out of the darkness that cloud her being at that time. It's one of her pleasant memories, if she may say so.
August 21, 2008
After a long and tiring day shooting their farm episode in We Got Married, she got another surprise from her kid groom, she was not aware that even before they started filming, he already had something planned, that was why he kept on bringing up the text message that he sent, that was why he's being extra helpful, that was why he was super whiny, that was why he couldn't seem to relax and that was why he seemed to look at her differently.
Under the peach trees, aglow with the moonlight, armed with his guitar and more than a thousand paper cranes, he serenaded and told her his innermost feelings -
I don't know you
But I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me
And always fool me
And I can't react
And games that never amount
To more than they're meant
Will play themselves out
Take this sinking boat
And point it home
We've still got time.
Hwangbuin
The things that I'm about to say to you
Might be a bit embarrassing
Truthfully, I always thought
I didn't have the right to love you
Even when I first met you
I didn't have the courage
All I did was worry about this and that
But as time flowed, before I knew it
I became used to this love
Please always be next to me
Looking at me... with your trust
I love you!
I love you!!!
Happy birthday!!!
It was an experience that will forever be etch in her memory. He sang her a love song and it hit her hard on the heart, she was falling... she really was... not slowly, though. Her heart had taken the express route and she didn't have the strength to stop it.
She was 29 years old and she's in love with a younger man.
August 16, 2009
She had her very first fan meeting as a solo artist on her 30th birthday. She decided to celebrate and share her special day with her fans to show them her appreciation for their continuous support and love, as well as, to promote her new mini album. She and her man decided to celebrate a few days later to give way to her event and to lessen, if not completely stomp, any rumors about them.
They had shared a wonderful eight months together, it wasn't as smooth as they wanted it to be, their work and career tended to get in the way and they seemed to be living in two different countries most of the time, but she wouldn't have it any other way. She could take all the storms as long as she's with him or so she thought.
On that same fateful day, the day she felt most loved by her fans was also the day Lan Kwai Fong scandal happened, she was not new in the ring of betrayal, she had battled it out with two previous relationships, not that she ever won, the first one left her for his first love and the second floated away just when she thought that wedding bells were soon to ring. It was her third but it still hurt like hell, she never seems to be ready, and she doesn't think she will ever be.
Of course, she forgave him, of course, she listened to his tales, of course, she accepted his apologies, and of course, she knew that she was betting on forever... she knew it was a gamble, but she just didn't care.
August 16, 2010
It was her 31st birthday and she was somewhere in Jeju Island, waiting for her always-out-of-the-country boyfriend. He planned for this rendezvous as a surprise for her but she actually found it out even before he told her, a certain maknae from a not-disbanded-but-not-so-together idol group let it slipped. She pretended not to know the whole time and she acted surprise the moment he told her, he called her up and instructed her on what to do and where to go and she obliged willingly and happily, actually, she was even ready a few days prior to his call.
And so she went and waited... he was supposed to come in the evening, straight from the land of the rising sun, but the clock already chimed the midnight bell but he was still nowhere in sight, no phone call, not even a text message. But still she waited... and waited... and waited... until she received a phone call, saying that he couldn't make it because of some conflict in his schedule, if she remembers correctly, there was some sort of a misunderstanding between him and his manager, that was why the time that he was supposed to spend with her was packed with activities, instead.
It was not the first time she waited, in their almost two-year-relationship, she waited for him for more than half of it - may it be for a date, for him to fetch her, for him to come home, for him to introduce her to his family, for him to finally acknowledge their relationship to the whole world, for him to make her his priority. Sometimes she got lucky and her patience was rewarded but a quarter at the most, she waited for naught, and the Jeju Island escapade was categorized with the latter.
But as she was so intent in winning on her gamble, she waited for two more days in Jeju, justifying to herself that the hotel room was booked and paid for so she could just stay and rest but the truth was, she was hoping that he will realize and find it in his heart that she meant more to him, more than just a girlfriend who would wait forever. Right before she went back to Seoul, all that she had been wishing for was reduced to a single phone call or a one-line text message but those didn't come either, just like the man he was waiting for.
A week after, the man that she so wanted to see was finally standing in front of her with a big bouquet of tulips on his hands, ironic as it may sound, she was happy to see him after being miserable for more than a week because of him. Seeing him made her decide... she finally knew what to do.
August 16, 2011
In a glitzy function room in one of the high-class hotel in Seoul, a party for the 32nd birthday of Hwangbo Hye Jung, was taking place. She is surrounded by her friends and loved ones, the food and booze is in abundance, the lights are on its brightest, shimmering on the whole room, the dance floor is full and alive, everyone is having the time of their lives, celebrating jovially and sincerely with the birthday girl.
In the middle of the party, the music takes a halt leaving the guest wanting and then a baritone voice breaks the silence -
"Hwangbo-sshi will you please take the space beside me?" the man said, trying his best to hide his nervousness.
She did as she was told, after all, the one asking her is his best friend, the one who planned and instigated this whole event and the one she has been celebrating her birthday with since time immemorial, well not that long, as they are not fossils yet, but it's long in normal human standards.
"Phew... Hwangbo-yah, it took me a long while before I arrived at this decision. I think the distance between us and my two-year stint in the military made me do the plunge, but hell and damnation, this is nerve-wracking and I can't seem to say the words that I practiced for days. I have known you for years but I still don't know how you would react but this is something I have to do..." he stuttered without stopping to breath.
She is rooted on the spot, her hands are sweaty, the pit of her stomach has butterflies on it and she can hear her heart beating, 'Is this what I think it is?' she thought.
"Hwangbo Hye Jung, will you do me the honors of being your boyfriend?" he murmured, hope evident in his voice.
It has been a year since she broke up with Kim Hyun Joong, the moment she saw him on her door that time, she finally realized that holding on was not an option anymore, that letting him go was the best choice for the both of them. It wasn't easy, she knew that he's hurting just by looking at him and she sure was hurting as well, maybe double or triple his pain, coz as much as she wanted to win in her gamble, she threw in all her cards in the middle of the game because she felt that she didn't have the ability and the courage to continue on, and so she lost on her bet, she let her another forever go.
This time, another chance to get that forever is in front of her, the guy who always celebrates her birthday with her; the guy who never made her wait, even if it meant running out of his fan event; the guy who supports her on whatever endeavors she wanted to partake; the guy who flaunts her to the world as the closest woman to her heart; the guy who spends his free time from the military to lend her a shoulder to cry on; the guy who have love her for more than half of her life... after hearing what he just said, she feels like, she's coming home.
'This is the day Hye Jung, the day that you've been waiting for, the day that forever becomes more bright and comes closer to your grasp.' she closed her eyes and let her heart feast on her thoughts.
She hug Junjin and whispers to his ear, "Thank you Choong Jae, thank you for finally having the courage to move forward, thank you for choosing me and thank you for giving me a strong hold on my forever."
She settles herself on his embrace, she's finally on the arms of her best friend, who a minute ago became her boyfriend, and in the future will be her husband and the father of her children.
This is the day, the perfect day to finally come home... to Junjin.
Awwwww...have to rewrite the comment i started ....after reading the Junjin part i was like....this must be how HJ/HB's relationship is always waiting coz of HJ's busy schedule
ReplyDeletethen HB's 2011 b-day celebration....i thought that the baritone voice would be HJ's...the the twist...its actually jj her bestest friend....and kinilig talaga ako sa proposal....na exercise na naman ang imagination ko !!!!
KUDOS Pink....love this one talaga ....thank you for letting me read it.....mwah
Ate Sue
UNNIE! where's the yunbo ship? r u gonna ship 'em too ??
ReplyDelete_azura_
o_O
ReplyDeletei miss shinhwa w/ hwangbo .. hope to c this 2 together in an event or show.
az
@ ate sue - ahahaha, now everyone can read it na ulit, lumipas na ang effect ng meteor shower, wala na ko toyo, hahaha.
ReplyDeletebut actually, ate sue, i appreciate you more, kasi you don't fail to leave me a comment, at least, i know what you think of what i'm writing. sometimes kasi some encouragements will be nice dba, even if pintas pa or violent reactions, at least may feedback from readers, am i ranting? yes i am! bwahahaha...
i digress, i love this one too, aside from fairy tale, i think this one is my favorite...
@az - ahahaha, di mo napigilan maghanap ng yunbo ah, don't worry, i'll try to make one, manager-nim loves yunho too.
sana nga paglabas ng buong shinwha sa military, they get together in a show or album :)
OMG! this one is unpredictable, if you didnt include the 2011 birthday, it would have been a happy joongbo ending, no closure yes, but a joongbo still. but when you you insert the last birthday, it took a 360 degree turn... you caught me off guard.
ReplyDeletecan i just say this, i love it!
again, thank you.
ReplyDeletethe way you describe what you read made me smile, if you love the ff, i, on the other hand, love your comment.
huhuhuhuhu!
ReplyDeleteim still believing in forever! but hb must be happy! huhuhuuuhu!
athena
hahaha... its a fan fic ath pero ako din as long as HB is happy, i will be happy as well :)
ReplyDeleteawww, what a sweet story! I like the surprise endings....
ReplyDelete@ anon - me too, i like surprises... when i'm the one giving it, hahaha. glad that you like it.
ReplyDeletea jinbo fic! nice story, love hwangbo and junjin's friendship, i always thought they're perfect for each other given their history together, so it makes sense that they should end up. thanks!
ReplyDeletei think, that's kinda impossible now, junjin just admitted that he's dating a certain actress, aw, my ship just sunk :( hahaha...
ReplyDeleteya..me sad also whn I heard that junjin is dating another actress. Wat's going to happen to my dear Hwangbo? Will she miss all the ships coz she wholeheartedly waiting for a ship that will never docks?
ReplyDelete-doubtful-
@ doubtful - doubt no more, though i don't know anything, i bet HB is love by many :) and i believe that she's smart enough to know that good genes like hers shouldn't go to waste, so in a year or two or more, she'll be making killer babies with a partner with good genes as well *grins*.
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