When they reached Tokyo, they had to commute via train to get to "Matsunoyama Onsen" Hot Springs hotel.
The whole resort was surrounded by blankets and blankets of snow on any landscape, it was an ice wonderland.
They went to the restaurant for breakfast.
As they all ate, Luna sat near the window and basked in the sunlight pouring in, easing her goosebumped skin.
She heard a camera's click and turned to where it came from.
Haemin was the one who took the picture.
She tilted her head and gave him a questioning look.
"Its for your section at the wall of reflections at Sajinsul." He said and her confusion grew.
"Oh right you dont know about that, you se-"
"I wanna tell her!" Yohan cut in enthusiastically and Haemin let him explain.
"Okay, so every member has their own section on the wall of reflections and it is filled with all the pictures of every member taken by other members. You see yourself from different perspectives and it helps you reflect upon yourself."
"That sounds amazing."
"I have the second most amount of pictures." Yohan boasted.
"Who has the most?"
"Haemin ofcourse." Another female member said and Yohan rolled his eyes, "That's because Haemin is unnecessarily overinvolved with everyone. He's too overbearing." Yohan with his ego hurt, said.
Joy slapped him with a baguette, "He's not overbearing, he's friendly."
"Come on leave him alone he was just joking." Haemin tried to rescue him.
When everyone was once again busy in eating, Luna asked Haemin, "Why are you so nice though?"
Haemin chuckled, "What do you mean?"
"I mean why are you so kind, what goes on in your head that you're nice to everyone?"
"Oh." Haemin put down his steamed bun, "I actually have an answer to that, you see I believe that most of whatever bad happens to you is just karma, hence, hurt no one so that no one may hurt you."
Luna didnt reply to him, she quietly thought about what he had just said, and it didnt sit well with her.
She never hurt anyone, so why was she punished so?
She saved a girl, the universe should've rewarded her.
"Okay guys listen up, dont take too long to freshen up, we need pictures in broad daylight and the hot spring we need to go to is half an hour away by car." Joy said and they all hurriedly stuffed their faces.
When they all reached their floor, Joy told them that the sleeping arrangements chart was with Yumi.
After checking hers, Luna ran up to Joy, "Are you sure putting me and Haemin together in the SAME room isn't a bit over the top? I mean it's a bit too obvious and he may object."
"That's why I put Yumi and Yohan together as well as me and Jihoon together so that he isn't too suspicious." She said quickly and put on a fake smile as soon as Haemin came up to them.
"Joy, this arrangement is ridiculous." He said, " No offense, sweetie." He directed at Luna and then turned back to Joy, "Her cousin won't like it, it's not appropriate."
Oh no. Luna commented in her mind, he just called me sweetie.
"Yumi likes Yohan and wanted to room with him so I put them together and you and Luna together as well as me and Jihoon together so that the other members dont tease them." Joy lied to him while Luna mulled over her crisis.
"You did what?" Jihoon asked also coming up from behind them.
"I put Luna and Haemin together and you and me together." Joy repeated again.
"Excuse me?" He inquired incredulously.
Joy pulled him to the side,
"We talked about this."
"But still! She's a girl, and he's a boy and they're not married! This isn't appropriate."
"I was saying the exact same thing." Haemin who could hear them, added.
Joy pinched his arm and whispered in his ear, "Ill go on two dates with you."
Jihoon frustratedly swiped a hand across his face and sighed heavily, "Fine."
"What?" Luna and Haemin said in unison.
Joy grinned, "Now, if you'll excuse me, Im going to get my equipment ready for the photoshoot."
Luna followed Joy to her room.
"We have a problem."
"Let me guess, you're a virgin and you're scared of what would happen when you two are alone in one room." Joy said while opening her bags.
"No, that's not- wait, how do you know Im a virgin?"
"You were in juvie for five years, I doubt you had much male company."
"True, but that's not it! Haemin called me sweetie, AS IF IM HIS KID OR SOMETHING!" She talked with hand movement and a loud voice, Joy's influence.
Joy stopped in mid action, "You're right that is a problem."
Luna fell on the bed, "The problem isnt to get him to like me, its to get him to like me as a woman, Im way too close to the sister zone!"
Joy chewed on her lip, lost in deep thought,
"Okay okay I got it." She said finally.
"At the hot spring, all the girls have to wear bikinis anyway, and that way he'll HAVE to think about you in that way and also! You take my night gown, its short silky, with lace! Super sexy."
"Will that work?"
"My cousin is another species so we can only hope."
Luna smiled, "He's so cute."
She hugged a pillow and giddily fantasized about hugging Haemin from the back, and how he had a very huggable back.
When Joy put in her new sim card, she got a message from 'My Happy Ending'
It said,
'I wont do this anymore,
Let's break up.'
She brought a hand to her mouth and her eyes stung.
She tried to stifle a sob and Luna heard it and sat up,
"Joy, what's wrong?" She asked, alarmed by her sudden change of mood.
"He broke up with me." She cried.
"What? Who?"
She looked just like she did that day at the airport, utterly broken.
Luna tried to calm her by holding her but her pain was too strong and she broke down completely,
Luna looked around helplessly and thankfully Haemin walked in, seconds later he was by her side.
But instead of consoling her like Luna had predicted, he went for her phone.
After reading the text on the screen, he was absolutely livid. "I thought you went home to break it off with him." His voice was low and eerily controlled.
He threw the phone to the ground and it met the wooden flooring with a terrible thud making Luna and Joy both jump,
"What did you expect huh? Its been a year, he doesn't change, why are you still crying over him?" He roared and Joy started to cry harder.
Luna shielded her from him, "Haemin stop it, she's already hurting."
She knew nothing of the situation, and this was the first time she had seen Haemin this angry but she just wanted Joy to stop crying.
"Stop wasting your tears on someone who doesnt know the value of them, stop wasting them on that piece of trash." He begged in agony.
"Don't call him that!" Joy let out, "I love him."
"But he doesn't love you! Going after him again and again won't change that."
This hit Luna and Joy both.
"He does, I swear he does. Its just that his mother is a very hard person to persuade." She could barely talk.
"If he really loved you, he would've found a way by now."
Joy hiccuped and got up to retrieve her phone,
"Joy, No!" Haemin tried to snatch it from her but she too was adamant.
Luna worriedly looked between the two,
"Hey, what's going on?" Jihoon came in with his bags.
Joy finally took the phone and grabbed her camera bag,
"Nothing. Let's go, we need pictures in broad daylight." Joy said, wiping her face and walked out.
"Yeah, you already mentioned that.." Jihoon stared after her with a worried expression that Luna failed to notice.
Haemin was breathing heavily and just as Luna was about to go up to him, he also walked out.
"What happened?" Jihoon asked Luna.
"No idea." She replied dismally.
They took out their cameras and left for the lobby aswell.