Hug

It was just about time when BEAST was going on stage. Sunhee who was wearing black from top to bottom, grabbed her walkie talkie and asked to make way for BEAST to come up. She walked through the corridor checking out groups which are next on the list. She stopped in front of a door with a "BEAST" sign on it.

"Okay guys, get ready, you're.. OUCH!"

Sunhee took her "CREW" name tag off her neck. It hooked onto the door handle which made her choke a bit. The BEAST boys looked at her in pity. Her face was extremely tired and she was sweating. Though her hair was tied up, she still felt hot, maybe because of her all-black outfit.

"Whoa Sunhee-sshi. Be careful," said Kikwang, standing up from his seat.

"I'm okay. Guys, hurry up you must be on stage in a few minutes. You're not nervous, right? Don't be. Don't try to be the best, just do your best.."

"I think you're the one who is nervous, Sunhee."

Sunhee looked at the guy with that deep voice. She took a deep breath and smiled.

"I'm not nervous. Okay, come on! Move move!"

The six guys immediately got up and walked outside. Sunhee waited for them to come out until the last guy was at the door, standing right there staring at her instead of catching up.

"Why are you not moving?" asked Sunhee.

"Um, aren't you supposed to cheer for me or something like that? A punch on the shoulder. A "hwaiting"? A kiss on the cheek, perhaps?"

"Sssht! Dongwoon keep your voice low. I don't want any crew to mock me about us. Okay fine. Hwaiting!" said Sunhee, giving a hard punch on Dongwoon's shoulder.

"Well, ouch," said Dongwoon in a flat tone. He then walked quickly, catching up with other members.

"I thought she was going to.. oh well," he whispered to himself as he looked back and saw Sunhee waving vigorously at him.

~~~~~

Sunhee was rushing here and there, spoke through her walkie talkie a few times, and went to the vending machine to get a cold can of coke. She wasn't gonna drink the coke, just to feel the cold can and press it to her cheeks.

"Tired much?"

Sunhee startled and turned around. "Damn, Daehee you scared me. Well what do you think? I'm not the type of girlfriend who can follow my guy anywhere I want without being busy. I'm part of the crew."

Daehee laughed softly. "I know. Aww, Sunhee, have strength! By any chance do you know where SHINee's room is?"

"You Jonghyun-biased. Just go straight until you find a T-intersection. Go right, and it's the door with a blue star on it," Sunhee took out her coke and press it onto her cheeks. "Damn! Cold."

Daehee shook her head looking at her bestie's babo-ness. "Thanks! And of course I'm biased. Like, duh, he's my guy!"

"Yeah whatever. Buzz off!" Sunhee said sarcastically, but was actually joking. Daehee knew that. She laughed even more while walking away.

~~~~~

Sunhee chugged down her can of coke, while watching on the monitor how the performance went. Deep inside she wished she was one of those fans, who are in their seats, chanting and cheering for their idols. Sunhee reached into her pocket, and pulled out her BEAST lightstick that Dongwoon gave to her.

"Lit it on if you feel like it. Though you're not one of those hundreds of B2UTies, you're the only B2UTY I know. In my heart."

Those words Dongwoon whispered to her a few days ago, kept replaying on her head. She secretly made a smile and lit her lightstick. Just when she was turning around to get back to her job, someone bumped into her and made her grip loosen. The lightstick fell, and smashed to the floor. It broke into two pieces.

"Oh my.." Sunhee got up and ignored her bruised left hand while running to get her lightstick back.

"Omo! I'm so sorry, are you okay?" a soft voice made Sunhee look up. "Unnie?"

"Jung Jihee? What are you.. oh right, Minho.." Sunhee got up by the help of Jihee. She still held the two pieces of her lightstick.

"Minho? Hmm. I was actually going to cheer for Hyungshik. But now that you remind me of Minho.. I shall see him first then," said Jihee in a cute and innocent way.

Sunhee scoffed and brushed Jihee's bangs. "You naughty!"

"Aaah, unnie not the bangs!" Jihee tidied up her hair. "By the way are you okay? I'm so sorry I didn't see you coming through.."

"I'm okay. Just a scratch here. But.."

Jihee made a puzzled face, then looked at the lightstick on Sunhee's hands. "Omo.. unnie, sorry! I'll buy you a new one right now. You wait here.."

"No no! You don't have to, really. It's just that now I'm feeling uneasy. I hope their stage performance is okay."

"You sure?" asked Jihee.

Sunhee nodded. "Now which room do you want me to take you to, then? ZE:A? Or SHINee?"

~~~~~

Sunhee smiled as Jihee chased Daehee all over the room. Daehee couldn't stop teasing Jihee with Minho's ridiculous yet unique hairstyle that night. Daehee ran over to Jonghyun, Jonghyun's arms were wide open. And taraaa~ they were hugging each other. Jonghyun said something like "don't hurt my girlfriend!" which made Jihee give up and went back to sit beside Minho.

The two couples interacted like there was no one else in the room. Key decided to gussy up, while Taemin and Onew were paying many attention to the TV above. Sunhee wished she could do the same way with Dongwoon, without being noticed by other crews. Or being talked about it. The crew didn't know their relationship together.

Suddenly Sunhee felt her walkie talkie buzzed. She took it off her belt and answered.

"BEAST's stage is done. There was a problem, Dongwoon slipped on stage due to the wet stage, cause of the rain. They are heading back to their changing room," said the voice on the walkie talkie. Sunhee stood still.

So that's the meaning of the broken lightstick, she thought. She quickly rushed out of the room, leaving the door wide open, leaving Daehee and Jihee simply confused.

~~~~~

The door was roughly opened. The six guys all paid attention to Sunhee who was panting and sweating even more. Her eyes looked worried. She walked inside the room, passing Kikwang who was practically topless, Hyunseung and Junhyung chugging down their bottles of water, Doojoon and Yoseob who were chilling in front of the conditioner. She went straight to Dongwoon, who was sitting down and massaging his own neck.

"Sunhee, you okay? What's with all the rush?" said Dongwoon, trying hard to stand up.

Without any words, Sunhee moved forward and had her arms around Dongwoons neck. She hugged him so tight as if she was going to be gone by tomorrow. The other five guys were still paying attention to them.

"Sun..hee?" called Dongwoon once again. This time softer, and hugging his girl back.

"Are you okay? What happened? How did you slip? I'm sorry I didn't ask the crew to mop the stage before you guys perform. Are you hurt anywhere?"

Those words came out of Sunhee's mouth without any brakes. She said it in a worried and soft voice, Dongwoon found it a bit ticklish since Sunhee spoke right into his ears. He smiled, and gave Sunhee a few pats on her back.

"I'm okay, Sun. Actually I am hurt at some parts, but having you here, rushing into this room and hugging me like this, makes the pain go away," said Dongwoon.

"You sure you're not hurt?" asked Sunhee.

"Yep," Dongwoon convinced her.

The two of them stood still. Still in a hugging position. Junhyung let out a fake cough to make the awkward ambience fade away.

"You can let me go now," said Sunhee.

"Why? I'm healing myself right now," teased Dongwoon.

Sunhee pulled herself off and saw Dongwoon's face full of happiness. He surely didn't look as if he was in pain. Damn, I over reacted, she thought.

"Finally you got the guts for public display of affection."

People inside the room looked at the door.

"Congratulations, unnie," said Jihee, smiling widely. Daehee raised her hands, and Jihee gave a high five.

"Oh, shut up you two," Sunhee looked away, hiding her blushing face.

The BEAST members couldn't help but giving a teasing smile too to the couple. Doojoon even walked over to Dongwoon and elbowed him gently.

"Since everybody have already found out about this, then shouldn't it be okay if I do this?" asked Dongwoon, while wrapping his arm around Sunhee's shoulders and pulling her tight to him.

"Dongwoon, I don't even.."

Dongwoon moved his face closer to Sunhee's. It made her stop talking. Her heart was beating faster thinking of what would happen next.

She closed her eyes and had this scared face. Dongwoon smiled and kissed her on her forehead. Sunhee then blinked a few times and she looked at Dongwoon.

"Don't worry, I'll save the special kiss for next time."

~~~~~

THE END

Jiheerella

Once upon a time, in a tiny kingdom far away, there lived a widowed gentleman and his beautiful daughter, Jiheerella. He was a kind, devoted father who loved his daughter very much, but he felt she needed a mother's care. And so he married a second time, to a widow from a good family, named Raejin. She had two daughters, Aechan and Taehee, who were close to Jiheerella's age.

Tak lama setelah itu, bokapnya Jiheerella meninggal. Dan segalanya pun berubah, ampe bahasa yang digunakan dalam cerita ini berubah. Muka asli emak tirinya Jiheerella pun tersibak! Si Raejin ini berubah jadi dingin, kejam, dan cemburu minta ampun akan kecantikan dan keanggunan Jiheerella. Atas perintah sang mama tiri, Raejin, beserta kedua sodara tirinya, Jiheerella pun resmi dijadikan babu dirumahnya sendiri.

Meskipun nasibnya ngenes, dan ampe perlu tidur di loteng ditemani burung-burung gereja dan tikus-tikus imut nan lucu, dia tetep sosok perempuan yang lembut dan penyayang. Tiap pagi kalo dia bangun, abis mimpi, dia pasti nyanyi buat temen-temen dan burung-burung tentang harapannya untuk masa depannya dan tentang mimpinya yang dia harapkan akan terkabul suatu hari nanti.

Tiap pagi, kerjaannya Jiheerella tuh nyanyi, abis itu ngerjain segala pekerjaan rumah tangga seperti ngejait, benerin barang rusak, ngepel, nyuci, nyetrika, beuh segalanya dah. Jiheerella gatau aja kalo bentar lagi semua bakal berubah.

"Ji??!! JIHEE? WOI JIHEERELLA? SARAPAN MANA NYONG?" teriak Aechan.

"TAU NIH ga denger apa perut gue udah gruyuk minta diisi? BURUAN SARAPANNYA MANAAAAAAAAAAAAH~~~!" teriak Taehee lebih toa daripada Aechan.

"Iya sebentar! Aku datang!," kata Jiheerella, buru-buru naik tangga. "Aih," kata Jiheerella pada diri sendiri, "Mereka ga bisa merintah gue supaya berhenti mimpi! Mungkin suatu hari nanti, mimpi gue BAKAL jadi kenyataan. Amin."

~~~~~

Agak jauh dari sana, di istana kerajaan, sang raja, Choi Siwon, sedang resah. "Ini anak gue lari dari tanggung jawab mulu dah! Udah waktunya dia kawin nih!"

"Iya, Yang Mulia," kata Chansung, sang adipati. "Eh bentar Yang Mulia, kawin ama nikah beda loh. Yang Yang Mulia maksud, yang mana, Yang Mulia?"

"Apaan sih lu belibet amet ngemengnya! Iya iya, nikah maksud gue!" kata King Siwon.

"Yah, sabar aja dah kalo soal itu mah, Yang Mulia," timpal Chansung.

"Gue udah sabar cuy," kata King Siwon. "Tapi gue udah ngebet pengen nimang cucu! Oke gini aja. Kita adakan pesta dansa, undang semua wanita yang ada di kerajaan ini. Seenggaknya dia bakal kecantol ama satu aja cewe, ye ga?"

"Mungkin, Yang Mulia.."

"SIP! Pastikan SETIAP wanita datang ya!" perintah King Siwon.

~~~~~

Dengan begitu, di hari itu juga, sang raja ngirim mailboy-mailboy yang ditugaskan buat ngasih undangan ke rumah-rumah di kerajaan tersebut.

"Bukalah, atas nama raja," kata mailboy yang memakai name tag "Hyungshik" tersebut.

Jiheerella mengernyit. "Apa-apaan lo? Dasar cabul! Enak aja nyuruh gue stripping depan muka lo gini!"

Mailboy Hyungshik itu jadi bingung. "Lah Neng, ini maksud gue buka surat ini! Atas nama raja! YE, PEDE BENER LU."

Jiheerella blushing karna malu. "Aih. Maap bang. Itu surat apaan emangnya?"

"King Siwon mau ngadain pesta dansa buat pangeran Minho tercinta! Konon katanya, semua wanita diundang kesana!" jawab Hyungshik. Dia pun pamit pergi.

"Pesta dansa?" tanya Jiheerella.

"Setiap wanita? BERARTI KITA DONG?" teriak Aechan dan Taehee ga nyantai.

"Pasti," kata sang mama tiri Raejin. "King Siwon udah ngebet anaknya nikah. Jodohnya harus salah satu diantara kalian berdua! Cepetan, girls, pesta dansanya malam ini juga!"

"Berarti, gue bisa ikut juga dong ya.." kata Jiheerella.

"HA~! Dia? Dansa ama pangeran? KYAA HAK HAK HAK HAK," kata sodara-sodara tirinya dengan tertawa cempreng dan najong.

"Kan katanya 'setiap wanita'," kata Jiheerella.

"Yah, emang ga ada alasan buat kamu ga pergi.." kata sang mama tiri Raejin.

"Umma! Jangan! Jangan bolehin dia pergi!" kata Aechan melas.

"...asal kamu bisa nyelesein semua pekerjaan kamu aja, dan cari dress yang layak pakai," lanjut Raejin dengan ketus.

Jiheerella begitu gembira. Dia lari ke loteng, membuka sebuah koper rongsok, dan mengeluarkan sebuah dress. "Bagus kan? Ini bekas umma," katanya. "Emang jadul dan cupu sih, tapi bisa gue permak! Gue perlu ikat pinggang, kerutan, sesuatu buat kerahnya.."

"JIHEERELLA!!!" teriak Raejin.

"Sebelum kamu mulai kerja, ada sesuatu yang mesti kamu selesaikan," kata Raejin.

"IYA! Setrikain rok gue!" kata Taehee.

"Benerin kancing-kancing di baju gue!" kata Aechan.

Semua berlangsung cepat, tiba-tiba udah sore aja. Si Jiheerella masih kudu ngepel, eh pas lagi asik-asik ngepel, kucing laknatnya Raejin yang namanya Kunyuk, seenak udelnya jalan diatas lantai yang udah bening di pel Jiheerella. Gara-gara Kunyuk abis maen tanah, lantai jadi kotor lagi. Emang dasar kunyuk!

Jiheerella jadi ga sempet ngepermak dressnya. Akhirnya, tikus-tikus dan burung-burung imut yang di loteng bersiap bantu. Mereka yang bakal makeover dress Jiheerella. Ada yang ngambil gunting darimana tau, ada yang ke kamar Aechan ngambil iket pinggang plus pita, ada yang ke kamar Taehee ambil manik-manik.

Setelah selese ama pekerjaannya, Jiheerella menatap keluar jendela. Dia terlihat sangat sedih karna kereta kuda yang datang kerumahnya buat jemput Raejin dan dua anak laknatnya itu.

"Yah, nasib nasib deh," keluh Jiheerella. "Lagian norak banget sih pesta dansa.. T_T"

Tiba-tiba lampu menyala, kamar jadi terang. Jiheerella nengok dan mendapati sebuah gaun pesta yang indah ada di hadapannya.

"KEJUTAN~!" teriak para tikus imut dan burung lucu.

Jiheerella tersentuh, dia berterimakasih dan buru-buru memakai gaun itu dan berdandan. Tapi ternyata para sodara tiri masih ngenalin barang-barang yang Jiheerella pake.

"Eh! Itu kan iket pinggang gue!" teriak Aechan, merebut iket pinggangnya.

"Dasar maling, itu manik-manik gue!" kata Taehee, narikin manik-maniknya.

Setelah puas mretelin, narikin, ngancurin gaun Jiheerella, mereka pun pergi berangkat ke pesta dansa. Bajunya Jiheerella jadi tercabik-cabik.

Jiheerella pun berlari keluar rumah, melewati si anjing imut, dan tikus-tikus temannya itu. Dia menangis sesungukan, ampe dia ga nyadar ada sesosok cahaya terang yang perlahan membentuk jadi seseorang.

Jiheerella tersentak, dia melihat ke atas dan mendapati seorang wanita canitk menatap dengan penuh kasih sayang ke matanya. "Lu siape?" tanya Jiheerella.

"Gue pembantu baru dirumah ini. YA ENGGALAH. Gue fairy godmother elo! Pernah denger ga? Kalo ga pernah, udik lu," kata si fairy godmother. "Sebelum lo manggil gue emak, mama, ibu, tante, mbak, ncing, dan sebagainya, mending gue kasitau. Panggil gue Yunhee aja."

"Oke Yunhee. Jadi intinya lo ngapain ya disini?" tanya Jiheerella.

"Plis deh ga pernah baca dongeng apa. Fairy godmother itu tugasnya sebagai dewi penyelamat ketika lo lo semua putus asa! Gue disini dateng bantu lo, oke. Lo masih mau dateng ke pesta dansa itu?" tanya Yunhee.

Jiheerella mengangguk.

"Bagus. Bawain gue labu."

"Dimasak apa mentah?"

"Mentah lah! Utuh!" kata Yunhee sambil memutar matanya. Jiheerella nyengir lalu melesat pergi, dateng-dateng udah nyeret labu.

"Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, simsalabim abracadabra, Bring bring neoreul naege gajyeoda jwo~!" kata Yunhee sambil joget abracadabra. Jiheerella cuma menatap dengan tampang males.

Dengan sekejap tu labu berubah jadi kereta kuda, tapi kudanya gaada. Yunhee lalu menyihir tikus yang ada disana jadi empat kuda putih. Lalu Yunhee komat kamit lagi dan tiba-tiba di kereta kuda udah ada supir ama asisten supir.

"Nah beres tuh! Tinggal berangkat," kata Yunhee.

"Ah tapi itu.. anu.. ini.." kata Jiheerella tersendat-sendat.

"Mau bilang makasih? Udahlaaah gausah," Yunhee sok.

"Pede lu. Ini liat dong baju gue masih rongsok! Ya meskipun gue sebenernya pengen bilang makasih juga.." kata Jiheerella.

"Ya ampyun," Yunhee menggerakkan tongkat sihirnya, lalu dalam sekejap lagi, Jiheerella sudah mengenakan gaun putih yang elegan, lengkap dengan sepasang sepatu kaca.

"Wuaaah cantik banget!" kata Jiheerella, kagum. "Kayak mimpi jadi kenyataan!"

"Dan seperti mimpi pada umumnya, this one can't last forever! At midnight, when the clock strikes twelve, the spell will be broken and everything will be as it was before," kata Yunhee.

"I'll remember," sahut Jiheerella, gamau kalah dengan Englishnya.

~~~~~

Sesampainya Sunhee di istana, dia turun dari kereta kuda dan memasuki pintu utama ballroom. Ketika masuk, semua mata tertuju padanya. Bahkan King Siwon yang nontonin pesta dari balkon, menyadari kehadiran Jiheerella.

"Wah, cantik, lu kenal dia?" tanya King Siwon.

"Saya ga pernah liat tuh," kata adipati Chansung.

"Eh eh liat! Pangeran Minho nyamperin cewe itu! Asik asiiik jadi dah nih. Nyalain musik mellow cepetan!" perintah King Siwon.

Pangeran Minho berjalan melewati wanita lainnya dengan cuek, tertuju pada satu arah, Jiheerella. Cewe-cewe yang dilewatin reaksinya beragam. Ada yang sewot karna dicuekin, ada yang mengumpat, ada juga yang mimisan. Dominan sih, pada ileran dan pingsan.

Minho lalu langsung mengajak Jiheerella dansa. Jiheerella berusaha supaya ga pingsan atau mimisan seperti cewe lainnya. Dia dan Minho dansa berdua, menatap mata masing-masing, seakan dunia cuma milik mereka berdua.

Jiheerella akhirnya menemukan the love she'd been dreaming about. Dia menikmati malam itu, waktu terasa cepat. Pas mereka lagi berduaan dibawah cahaya dan gemerlap bintang-bintang, sang pangeran Minho baru aja bungkukin badan dikit, udah mau maen nyosor aja, eh tiba-tiba..

TENG TENG TENG

"Wanying midnight!" bisik Jiheerella. "Gue harus pergi!"

"Eh tunggu! Jangan pergi dulu!" teriak Minho, tapi Jiheerella sudah berlari pergi. "Baru juga pengen gue cipok T_T"

Jam terus berdenteng *?* TENG TENG TENG

Jiheerella mempercepat langkahnya menuruni tangga, hingga sebelah sepatu kacanya terlepas. Sepatu kaca itu tertinggal di tangga. Pangeran Minho, adipati Chansung, dan semua prajurit istana pada heboh ngejar Jiheerella. Jiheerella lompat masuk ke dalam kereta kudanya, dan bergegas pergi.

Jam masih terus aja TENG TENG TENG, di TENG-an keduabelas, kuda-kuda yang lagi lari berubah jadi tikus-tikus. Lalu berdirilah Jiheerella disana, mengenakan gaun yang udah rongsok, duduk diatas labu.

"Mianhaeyo," kata Jiheerella pada teman-temannya. "Gue lupa semuanya, ampe lupa waktu! But it was so wonderful! Pangeran Minho ganteng banget! And when we danced..."

Salah satu tikus komat kamit sendiri ke tikus yang lain sambil nunjuk-nunjuk kaki Jiheerella.

"Nape lu?" tanya Jiheerella. Dia menoleh ke bawah dan melihat dirinya masih memakai sebelah sepatu kaca.

~~~~~

Kemanakah King Siwon disaat yang lain tadi pada heboh? Ternyata beliau ketiduran sambil mimpi gendongin cucu. Adipati Chansung pun dateng ngos-ngosan sambil bangunin King Siwon, bilangin kalo si Jiheerella kabur.

"DEMI APA? Calon mantu gue itu! Buruan cari lagi!" kata King Siwon.

Dengan itu, King Siwon mengutus bawahannya buat nyari ke seluruh kerajaan, berbekalkan sebelah sepatu kaca yang tertinggal.

~~~~~

Sang mama tiri Raejin curiga dengan kelakuan Jiheerella yang suka nyanyi-nyanyi sendiri. Karna Raejin tau bahwa cewe yang kakinya muat di sepatu kaca itu bakal jadi istri pangeran, Raejin mengurung Jiheerella dikamarnya.

Aechan udah berusaha keras ampe ngeden-ngeden buat masukin kakinya ke sepatu kaca, tapi tetep aja gamuat. Pas lagi sibuk nyobain sepatu, dua tikus temen Jiheerella tadi diem-diem nyuri kunci kamar Jiheerella, dan bergegas naik tangga buat bebasin Jiheerella.

Jiheerella yang pada akhirnya bebas, berlari menuruni tangga. "Jebal, bolehkah saya mencoba sepatu itu?" tanya Jiheerella pada adipati Chansung.

Chansung tersenyum dan baru akan menghampiri Jiheerella, tapi si licik Raejin bikin si Chansung kesandung, dengan melas si Chansung pun jatoh dan PRANG~! sepatu kacanya pecah.

"Mampus gue. Yang Mulia Siwon bakal bilang apa inih?" kata si Chansung setengah nangis.

Jiheerella duduk di kursi dan meraih sesuatu. "Mungkin ini bisa membantu.."

"Nggak! Ga ada yang bisa bantu!" Chansung udah teriak melas dan air mata udah nunggu jatoh.

"Liat dulu bacot! Ini! Gue punya sepatu kaca yang sebelahnya lagi!" kata Jiheerella. Aechan dan Taehee semua terkejut, tapi si Chansung kesenengan. Dia memasang sepatu kaca tersebut pada kaki Jiheerella.

"Sempurna!" teriak Chansung dengan senang. "Kita telah menemukan calon pengantinnya Pangeran Minho!"

~~~~~

Jiheerella dan Pangeran Minho pun akhirnya menikah. King Siwon dan adipati Chansung melihat resepsi pernikahan penuh dengan air mata haru.

"Sung, anak gue Sung, kawin juga akhirnyah.." kata King Siwon ngelap air matanya.

"Nikah, Yang Mulia. Kawin mah beda lagi," kata Chansung, sibuk mengambil tisu untuk Yang Mulia.

Pangeran Minho tersenyum pada Jiheerella dan mencium kening Jiheerella, Jiheerella tersenyum balik. Mereka sama-sama senang karena telah saling bertemu. Temen-temen Jiheerella, tikus-tikus dan sebagainya pada ikutan seneng. Mereka lega akhirnya Jiheerella mimpi-mimpinya bisa terkabul dan bakal jadi wanita paling bahagia di kerajaan.

Pada akhirnya, Minho dan Jiheerella membentuk keluarga yang sakinah mawaddah warohmah. King Siwon seneng karna punya cucu banyak.
And like all fairytales,

They lived happily ever after.

THE END

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