She's The Boss

17

Lena slowly opened her eyes… . she was feeling a bit dizzy. She tried to get up but she was feeling very weak. She tried to think about what had happened the night before. All she could remember was that Daichi and the DBSK boys had all witnessed her crying. She cupped her face with total embarrassment. She didn't know what to say to the DBSK boys once she was faced with them again.

The pain in her abdomen had lessened. Compared with what she was feeling yesterday… . the pain today was much more tolerable. Lena stared at the ceiling… . she wondered what would happen next… . Now that she was so close to Jaejoong.

"You're awake… ." Daichi said with a smile.

Lena looked at the direction where the voice came from. Daichi was already standing near the door.

"Are you feeling better? Would you like me to prepare breakfast now?" he asked sweetly as he approached her.

Lena smiled back at Daichi. "Thanks… . but I don't think I can eat… I feel so weak," she answered.

"Then the more reason why you should eat… . Come on… I've ordered some delicious foods for you to eat," he said as he gently helped her to get up.

"Daichi… ." she slowly uttered. She didn't want to get out of bed.

"Come on… . Get up," Daichi said with a sweet smile. "I have a surprise for you. I know you'll love it."

Lena curiously stared at Daichi's face. "What?"

"I won't tell… . You've got to see it for yourself. So you better hurry up," he replied.

"Fine… I'm going to take a shower first to freshen up… .I'll just join in the dining room in a few minutes okay?" Lena said as she went straight to the bathroom.

"Be careful in the shower okay? You might slip or something," Daichi reminded Lena.

"Okay…" Lena uttered as she closed the door.

Daichi immediately left Lena's room after she went to the bathroom. Then he headed straight into the dining room.

In the dining room, the DBSK boys were already sitting and waiting at the table.

"Where's Lena?" Xiah asked.

"She's taking a shower," Daichi replied.

"Oh… ." Xiah uttered.

"So where's Jaejoong?" Daichi asked as he looked around searching for him.

"He's still in the kitchen… . cooking," U-Know answered.

Daichi smiled. "He's really fond of cooking, isn't he?"

"He's really good at cooking actually… . " Max said proudly.

"Yes, I know. Lena had already told me so much about him," Daichi said.

Suddenly Jaejoong entered the room with a large bowl of home-made soup. The aroma of the soup immediately filled the room. It suddenly made all the boys hungry.

"Hyung… that smells so delicious," Max uttered.

"Sorry… .I only made enouhg for Lena," Jaejoong said.

"Oh… . That's unfair," Max said.

Jaejooong suddenly laughed. "Why would you want to eat this? You're not sick… "

"But it smells so nice… ." Max answered.

Micky suddenly laughed as well. "Any food that smells good to Max… he will surely eat. So don't be surprised anymore," he said.

The other DBSK boys all laughed as well. And as they were laughing, Lena entered the room.

"What are you guys doing here? Don't you have any work today?" she asked curiously.

The DBSK boys all looked at Lena. She was pale and looked very weak.

"Why did you wake her up?" Jaejoong asked Daichi.

"Well… . we're all going to have breakfast…" Daichi answered.

"I was planning to bring her breakfast in her room… so she doesn't have to get out of bed. She's still very weak," Jaejoong said.

"I'm okay, Jaejoong. We can all have breakfast… here… . together," Lena said with a smile as she sat down on one of the empty chairs beside Daichi.

Jaejoong stared at Lena, and just tried to brush away the irritation that he was feeling towards Daichi.

Lena smiled sweetly at Jaejoong. "Is that soup for me?" she asked.

Jaejoong just nodded and carefully placed the bowl in front of her. He then sat down beside her. He wanted to make sure that she ate all the soup that he had prepared for her.

Xiah, U-Know, Micky and Max suddenly felt an awkward feeling after seeing Lena between Daichi and Jaejoong. They knew their friend had a special feeling for Lena, but he was just too afraid and shy to admit it.

"I really missed this soup… You used to cook it for me whenever I got sick," Lena said as she happily stared at the bowl of soup in front of her. She was remembering the times when she and Jaejoong were still young. Whenever Jaejoong learned she was sick, he would immediately go to her house and ask permission from her parents to take care for her. And after that he would always cook his very special home-made soup, and he would always make sure that she would eat all of it.

Lena was already very eager to taste Jaejoong's soup. She hurriedly scooped out a spoonful when… .

"Be careful… the soup is still hot," Jaejoong said as he took the spoon from Lena's hand.

Jaejoong had already faced Lena and was already making the soup loose its warmness by constantly stirring it.

"You're still the same… You're always so careless… " Jaejoong commented.

Lena laughed. "Really? I haven't changed at all? Are you sure?"

Jaejoong stared at Lena. Then he smiled. "I know you have changed… .I have already noticed it… . But I just don't want to say anything," he said as he scooped out a spoonful of the soup and carefully brought it to Lena's mouth.

Lena just opened her mouth automatically as Jaejoong made her sip the soup from the spoon. She looked at Jaejoong with love in her eyes. She had truly missed him. How she wished that they could go back to the days that they were still young and there was nothing between them.

Daichi tried to avoid looking at Lena and Jaejoong. It was hurting him to see Lena with another man. But he knew he had to endure it… . he loved her and he wanted her to be happy.

Jaejoong continued to spoon-feed Lena. While the DBSK boys were already noticing the sweetness of Jaejoong towards Lena and Daichi's cold reaction. They all felt that they were certainly something going on between Jaejoong, Lena and Daichi… but they were just too embarrassed to say anything.

Max suddenly thought that the atmosphere was already getting very tense, and that he needed to do something.

"Hey hyung… . can you spoon feed me too? How come you're only taking care of Lena? We're all hungry too… ." Max said with a broad smile.

Jaejoong and Lena both stared at Xiah. Then they both laughed.

"Why would you want to be spoon-fed too? You're not sick," Jaejoong asked with a laugh.

"Because she gets to eat your special soup. So that is why I am asking you to feed me too," Max answered.

Lena laughed. "Jaejoong you should have made enough soup for everybody."

"But I only made enough to feed you," Jaejoong answered.

"Then go and make some more…" Lena said with a smile.

Daichi suddenly stood up. "Lena, I'm sorry but I have to go. My secretary will be here any minute now. She'll be accompanying you until tomorrow," Daichi suddenly said as he stood up.

"Secretary? And you're going already? You haven't even had breakfast yet… ." Lena said.

Daichi smiled. "Don't worry about me. I can just buy something on the way to the office."

"What about your secretary? Why is she staying with me?" Lena asked again.

"You're weak. I can't let you stay here alone when you're like that. And I have a meeting this morning, then later in the afternoon, and another in the evening. I won't be able to check-up on you every few minutes. So I've decided to just let my secretary take care of you while I'm busy."

Lena laughed. "What did your secretary say? Didn't she refuse or something? She's your secretary… for heaven's sake Daichi… not a baby-sitter."

Daichi smiled. "Lena… I can't go through with my meetings peacefully when I know that you're left here all alone… Even if I go to those meetings… .I will just end up having it stopped every few minutes just to call you."

"You're really so sweet, Daichi. But just take your secretary with you. I can take care of myself," Lena said.

Daichi suddenly frowned. "Fine… . If you don't want my secretary with you… . then I won't go to my meetings. I will just have all of them cancelled."

"Daichi… you're being stubborn," Lena uttered.

"You're the one being stubborn. What if something happens to you while you're left here all alone? Besides… . if my mother found out that I left you when you're in a state like that… . I would never hear the end of it. She will surely make a full blown sermon out of it," Daichi said as he shook his head while thinking of his mother nagging him. The thought suddenly sent shivers to his spine.

Lena suddenly laughed out loud. "Okay… . now I understand. You're being afraid of your mother again?" she asked while still laughing.

Daichi looked at Lena with a embarrassed look on his face. "Hey! Stop laughing. That's not fair. Who wouldn't be afraid of my mother especially when she's very upset. You should try listening to her unending nagging when she's angry. Oh! Just thinking of it makes me want to run and hide."

Lena laughed again. "I know… I know… sorry… I was just teasing you. But frankly… I can take care of myself. I don't want your secretary to stay with me. If anything goes wrong, I will call you immediately."

Daichi just shook his head. He knew that he couldn't easily convince Lena to have his secretary stay with her.

Jaejoong looked at Lena then at Daichi. Suddenly an idea came to his mind.

"I don't have anything to do today… I will gladly take care of Lena… if that is okay with you," Jaejoong suddenly said. His heart was somehow beating very fast while waiting for Daichi's answer. Jaejoong knew that there was a big possibility that he might object since he is a guy. And he can't possibly let another man take care of his future wife.

Daichi stared at Jaejoong… . then he fixed his eyes on Lena.

"Are you sure you don't have anything to do anything to do today?" Daichi asked Jaejoong.

"Yes… we don't have any scheduled activities for today," Jaejoong answered.

Daichi smiled. "Fine… I'll just call my secretary and tell her to go straight to the office instead."

"So it's okay with you that I stay with her all day?" Jaejoong asked as if surprised. He didn't expect that Daichi would agree so easily to having another man take care of Lena.

"Yes… I know the two of you are very close… So there's no problem with that. And at least, I can put my mind at rest… while I'm at my meetings… . since you will be taking care of her," Daichi answered.

"Can we stay here too?" We also don't have anything to do today?" Max asked suddenly.

Everyone suddenly turned their attention on Max.

"Sure… all of you guys can stay here as long as you like," Daichi replied.

"So there's no problem with you… if Lena stays with five handsome men… . all alone… for one whole day?" Xiah asked teasingly.

"Handsome? Oh Xiah! You're too much… ." Lena said while laughing.

"I don't see any problem with that. Don't worry… . I'm not the jealous type of guy and I'm certainly not a narrow-minded one," Daichi said with a smile.

Suddenly Daichi's phone started to ring. He immediately answered it… and after several minutes.

"So I'll be going now… . Thank you for staying with her while I'm gone," Daichi said to the DBSK boys.

"Sure… It's nothing," Micky answered.

"She's my best friend… So I'll be more than willing to take care of her," Jaejoong said.

Daichi gave Lena a quick glance. Then he suddenly smiled. "Before I forget… Jaejoong can I ask one tiny favor?" he asked.

"What is it?" Jaejoong asked.

"Do you think you can stay with her tonight… maybe until tomorrow morning?" Daichi asked.

Jaejoong's eyes widened with shock… The other DBSK boys' were all shocked as well.

"Daichi!" Lena uttered with an angry tone.

"What I can't let you sleep in the apartment all alone. I don't think I will be able to come here after my last meeting… . since I know it will be very late. So I think it would be better if he stayed over for the night. At least, if something happened, he would be here," Daichi answered.

Lena frowned. She knew that the reasoning that Daichi gave her was just part of the whole reason why he wanted Jaejoong to stay with her.

On the other hand, Jaejoong was very upset… . because he was thinking that Daichi didn't really care about Lena that much.

"What a jerk! How could he possibly let another man stay in an apartment alone with his future wife… even if the guy is her best friend. If I were him… . I would never allow it," Jaejoong thought to himself as he looked at Daichi.

Daichi looked at Jaejoong. "So is it okay with you? Can you stay here tonight… . with her?" Daichi asked Jaejoong.

Jaejoong just nodded. He was afraid that if he opened his mouth… . he might end up saying something bad.

"Well… that's good. Thank you… . So I'll be going now," Daichi said. Then he slowly walked up to where Lena was sitting and gently kissed her on the forehead. "Bye," he said.

"Bye… and have your breakfast before you go to your first meeting okay?" Lena said.

"Yes… don't worry… . Bye everyone… ." Daichi said as he hurriedly left the apartment.

As soon as Daichi left, Xiah, Micky, Max and U-Know all sighed with relief. They all felt very awkward dealing with Daichi. They were somehow very uncomfortable whenever he was around.

"So let's eat breakfast already," Max said with a smile.

The other DBSK boys laughed.

"Yes, you can all start having breakfast now. I know all of you are already hungry," Lena said with a smile.

While Micky, Max, U-Know and Xiah were happily having their breakfast… Lena and Jaejoong were both thinking of what will happen next… . Both of them were thinking what will happen once they were already alone with each other.