Joonmyeon's good luck messages popped in Jinri's phone every hour countdown. The play will start at 02:00 p.m., and they only have an hour before their real performance. Their dress rehearsal earlier went great. In fact it brought Mrs. Barrie to tears at the end of their practice. She told everyone that she was so proud of her actors and actresses because of their undeniable talent. She said she can't wish for a better play than Peter Pan.
Five minutes to start. Everyone settled themselves on their respective places. Jinri glanced at Chanyeol and found him looking at her. He gave her a thumbs up which she returned.
Four minutes. Jinri's heart was pounding like a stereo. Why was she getting nervous now?!
Three. Two. One.
Mrs. Darling, Wendy and her brothers John and Michael were formed in a close circle over Wendy's bed. Mrs. Darling was at the center of the kids, a story book laid on her lap.
"And so the prince defeated the witch, and he, together with Rapunzel, lived happily ever after." Mrs. Darling ended.
The scenes moved on. Jinri had her first appearance on Scene II, wherein Chanyeol chased his shadow with her following him. Then they went to Neverland with Krystal and her brothers. Krystal had her spotlight for a long time as the scenes proceeded with the Lost Boys, Tiger Lily and the Indians, and her first encounter with Captain Hook.
Meanwhile, Jinri who playing the part of Tinker Bell, watched Chanyeol and Krystal developed their character's relationship on the play. She will show the audience a face of jealous girl, playing pranks at Krystal, pulling her hair our of nowhere, and sticking her tongue out.
They were at Scene XIII now. It was when Chanyeol will find out that Krystal was kidnapped by Kyungsoo and out of his remorse, he will drink Kyungsoo's poison.
"No Peter don't!" Jinri shouted, knocking his hands away from the poison flask and drank it instead. Jinri grew dizzier, paler, and weaker, until her knees fell and Chanyeol went for her to catch her.
"Why'd you do it? Don't you know Tink? You're more important to me than anyone in this world." Chanyeol cried, his actor's tears falling on Jinri's cheeks.
"P-peter... I've loved you since before. I'm sorry that I brought Wendy to d-danger. F-forgive me. Goodb-"
"No you are not going to die! I do not permit you to die Tink! Help me!"
Chanyeol laid Jinri on the floor and faced the audience.
"I need your help to save Tinkerbell! We must say that we believe in fairies! Help me save my best friend. Say 'I believe in fairies!'"
"I believe in fairies!" someone shouted from the crowd.
"I believe in fairies!" Chanyeol followed.
"I belive in fairies! I believe in fairies!" the whole audience chorused out loud.
Smoke billowed from the stage. The spotlight was focused on Jinri. Light effects brought the illusion that her wings were glittering again. Jinri opened her eyes for a fraction. Chanyeol hurried over her.
"Tink?" he said.
Jinri smiled and flapped her wings. Then Chanyeol hugged her tightly and lifted her around in the air.
"You're alive! Thank you for believing in fairies!"
And here comes Jinri's most dreaded part: Scene XVII.
"Peter, I should like you to give a kiss."
Jinri closed her eyes. *Dear God.*
Chanyeol holds his hand out to Krystal.
"Don't you know what a kiss is?"
Jinri bit her lower lip. The theater hall was too quiet for her liking. She feared that her loud heartbeat might have been heard by the audience. She was standing near Captain Smee, his hands gripped tightly around her arms. Everyone waited for Chanyeol to deliver his next line.
"I shall know when you give me one. Let's live in Neverland forever."
"Peter... I'm sorry but I must grow up."
Krystal walked towards Chanyeol. Kyungsoo gripped her arms.
"It's just a thimble."
"By all means by my beauty, give Peter Pan your precious thimble."
Jinri can swear that her heart had just stopped. Why was she feeling it this way anyways? She loves Joonmyeon, right? Then why? Why was she feeling....
Jealous?
Krystal wove her arms around Chanyeol's neck and gripped his hair. Chanyeol leaned in closer, his precious red lips almost near to Krystal's thin one.
"N-" Jinri started.
One second to spare before their lips will meet -
"St-STOP!" Jinri shouted of nowhere. All eyes were Jinri. She can feel Mrs. Barrie's shock glare piercing her. She'd like to back down and let Chanyeol and Krystal do their business, but it was too late to back down now. Jinri racked her brain for the next words to say. Her heart was thumping loudly on her chest, her sweat cold with nervousness. Then her eyes landed on Kyungsoo, and the light bulb flicked on her.
"C-captain Hook is behind you Peter!"
Chanyeol turned around the momentarily shocked Kyungsoo. His round eyes grew bigger in surprise. Then trying hard to compose himself, Kyungsoo adopted Captain Hook's role again.
"Arr!" he shouted and swung his sword near Chanyeol. Chanyeol dodged out of reflex. He snapped his head towards Kyungsoo in astonishment and abandoned Krystal. He unsheathed his sword and pointed it towards Kyungsoo.
"You dog!" he said out of nowhere. "I'll defeat you Captain Hook!" Chanyeol doesn't even know where he got the line.
"No Peter, my kiss!" Krystal ran towards Chanyeol. Jinri instinctively blocked her. There was a loud "OOOOHHHH" from the audience. It was like they were looking for a challenge or better yet, a cat fight.
"Excuse me Tinkerbell, but I still have to give Peter his thimble."
"I'm sorry but you can't Wendy." Jinri said naturally. She was starting to enjoy this.
"Why not Jinri?" Krystal asked, obviously irritated.
"Because I don't want to Krystal." Jinri answered, both she and Krystal forgetting their roles.
"Kyungsoo stop!" Chanyeol said, his sword getting overpowered by Kyungsoo.
"It is my life's mission to defeat you boy!" Kyugsoo shouted, still on his role.
"This is chaos!" Mrs. Barrie ed.
The other casts stared open-mouthed from the scene. Then one of the Lost Boys nodded to his side. Suddenly, all seven of them tackled the pirates.
"Defeat the pirates!"
"Kyungsoo!"
"My kiss!"
"No!"
"Stop! Stop! Stop! STOP!!"
The audience started laughing and jeering. Mrs. Barrie - out of desperation - let the curtains fall and ran away.
Their background was filled with the still chaotic casts and the jeers of the audience, begging for an encore.
Krystal galred at Jinri for a long time. Then she smirked.
"If only you were not Chanyeol's cousin I would think that I am competing with a friend. But you are really overprotective with your cousin. It irks me. Do you love him?"
Jinri's lips went dry. She gulped and averted her eyes from Krystal's glare.
"You don't care even if I do." she answered.
Krystal seethed and walked away, her long hair following her long and angry paces. When Jinri turned around, she saw Joonmyeon staring sadly at him. Jinri instantly remembered the larger chocolate she had unintentionally made for Chanyeol.
"Do you really?" Joonmyeon asked. Jinri doesn't need to know what was he talking about.
"I... I'm not sure." Jinri said.
"Then me? Do you love me?"
Jinri stayed silent. She bowed her head and refused to look at him.
"This ." Joonmyeon said after a while. "This really really ."
Still, Jinri did not answer. Joonmyeon turned his back on her and said,
"I guess there's no point on holding on when I no longer hold your heart." Joonmyeol said bitterly, finally walking away.
Was that it? Did Joonmyeon really break up with her again? This feeling, unlike on their first break up, was really weird.
Because Jinri's heart was not in pain anymore.