[ WP ] There is no such thing as `` dating '' anymore . Just like in Cinderella , As soon as you touch the hand of `` the one '' you have an insatiable urge to kiss .

“ OH MY GOD! LOOK HOW CLOSE WE ARE! ” she screamed into her ear. 
 
 Madelyn fought the urge to backhand her friend and settled for just shoving her face away from her ear. If the screaming from all the other fans didn ’ t permanently damage her hearing earlier, that just did. 
 
 Earlier, they were standing in a sea of people watching the infamous boy band perform some songs off their new album. The screaming from all the crazy girls was deafening. It ’ s not like Madelyn was a big fan of Super Junior anyway, but she was kind of put off that she could barely hear any of their performance due to all the crazy sasaeng fans. She had already been annoyed at the fact that they had been waiting outside the mall in the cold for three hours before. Her friend Sam insisted that they get there at the crack of dawn to get a good spot in line. Reluctantly, Madelyn had found herself waiting in another line after the concert to get merchandise signed by some of the members. Sam had provided her with a poster for them to sign since she had come with nothing but bag of gummy worms to munch on during the concert. 
 
 “ Look how close we are to Siwon!!! Madelyn, I may or may not pass out when he speaks to us. I ’ m relying on you to carry me out of here. ” Sam let her know seriously, putting a hand on her shoulder. 
 
 “ Get Siwon to carry you out of here. ” Madelyn muttered absentmindedly, ignoring her friend ’ s silliness. 
 
 “ Do you think he would?! He seems like the type of guy who would help a poor fan in need. Maybe I should pretend to pass out! Heh, heh, heh… ” 
 
 “ I think I ’ m only going to get Ryeowook to sign my poster. Then we can hurry up and get out of here. ” Madelyn smiled as she spotted the brown-haired 2nd maknae. 
 
 There were only a few people in front of them. They were moving down the line quite quickly. The first member sitting at the table was Shindong. Ryeowook was somewhat in the middle. Madelyn figured she could just skip past everyone else really fast and get to Ryeowook. Sam would have to get left behind. Siwon was sitting right next to Shindong, so yeah. Sam was definitely going to get left behind. She could hear her hyper friend mumbling about Siwon as they moved even closer down the line. When they arrived at the table, Madelyn almost got run over by Sam who moved in front of her straight to Siwon. Madelyn rolled her eyes and awkwardly walked down the line. She smiled and waved at the other members who she didn ’ t really care about. She didn ’ t really want to, but felt that it would ’ ve been rude to do otherwise. 
 
 “ Hey! ” 
 
 She froze and turned her head to look behind her. Sitting next to whom she thought to be Leeteuk, was a funny looking guy with long hair. He had a silly grin on his face and was waving at her with a little too much enthusiasm. She waved back at the weird man. When he motioned her to come back, she hesitated. 
 
 “ Come on! ” he called out with a heavy accent. 
 
 She slowly shuffled back over to him. 
 
 “ Don ’ t you wan na get your poster signed? ” he pointed to the small laminated paper she held in her hands. 
 
 She knew a few of the members could speak English, but was surprised by how good his was, accent and all. 
 
 “ I- I was just going to get Ryeowook to sign it actually… ” she mumbled. 
 
 “ That dummy?! Is he your favorite? ” 
 
 She nodded. 
 
 “ You must not know who I am if he ’ s your favorite. ” 
 
 “ I actually don ’ t really know who you are, to be honest. ” 
 
 “ Ohhhh, so you ’ re new to Super Junior? ” 
 
 “ Kind of… ” 
 
 “ Well, I ’ m Kim Heechul! ” 
 
 Madelyn stared at his hand as he offered it for her to shake. 
 
 “ Well? ” 
 
 “ Sorry. ” she mumbled and reached out to shake his hand. 
 
 When it came to enthusiasm, the two were on completely opposite sides of the spectrum. That was, until their hands touched. It almost felt like a small shock, ya know, the kind you get when you grab a metal door handle or something. That ’ s what it felt like, but there was something different about it. She felt the shock go through her whole body, and judging by the look in his eyes, so did he. They stood there, awkwardly holding the handshake. 
 
 “... Yeah, I ’ m Kim Heechul. ” 
 
 His gaze on her turned into a more admiring one and she felt the blush creep up on her face. 
 
 -What in the world is going on?! This feels weird! Am I blushing?! - 
 
 “ What is your name? ” he suddenly asked. 
 
 “ Uh… Madelyn. ” 
 
 “ Well, Madelyn, I hope to be your favorite member in Super Junior now. Not that silly Ryeowook. ” He smiled at her before taking the poster from her hands and popping open a Sharpie to begin signing it. 
 
 “ Well, I mean, you can ’ t be my favorite member if I don ’ t know anything about you. I guess I ’ ll have to search up your profile when I get home. ” Madelyn said shyly. 
 
 “ Are you not staying for the special Q & A later? ” he looked up at her with distress in his eyes. 
 
 “ That ’ s for people who bought V.I- ” 
 
 “ Here! ” 
 
 Madelyn jumped in surprise as he pulled out a V.I.P pass from practically thin air. 
 
 “ You should go! It ’ ll be fun! Plus, we ’ ll get to see each other again! ” he grinned, becoming happy again. 
 
 “ We ’ ll get to see each other again! ” Hahaha… what? That ’ s kind of creepy… but why do I feel happy about it?! 
 
 “ Wow! Thank you! ” Madelyn reached out to take the V.I.P pass but then frowned, “ Um, well, I kind of came here with a friend. I can ’ t just leave her behind… ” 
 
 “ She can have one too! ” he exclaimed, handing her another one. 
 
 “ Great! Thanks! ” 
 
 “ No, thank you. ” he said sweetly as he handed her back her poster. 
 
 He waved as Madelyn walked out of the line, straight past Ryeowook. She waited off to the side for her friend, who practically floated on air out of the line and over to her. 
 
 “ Siwon is so great! He drew a heart on my poster! I can ’ t believe- ” 
 
 “ Look what I got! ” Madelyn exclaimed, putting the two V.I.P passes right in front of Sam ’ s face. 
 
 “ No way… ” Sam ’ s eyes widened at the sight, “ OH MY GOD, how did you get these?! ” 
 
 “ Heechul gave them to me. ” Madelyn smiled at the thought of the interaction she had just had with him. 
 
 They immediately went off to go find the V.I.P area. There were only about six other fans in the room. Sam occupied herself with a fellow SONE she had met in the room and they talked about their biases and silly stuff, like what they thought Sooyoung and Tiffany ’ s favorite food was. Madelyn, on the other hand, sat quietly. She was just staring at the poster Heechul had signed for her. 
 
 -He has really good handwriting! He was so nice to me. He seems like a really great guy. I wonder what- Wait! What am I thinking?! Why do I care about any of that? All he did was sign my poster! He ’ s an old man with weird hair! It ’ s not that big of a deal… But that handshake earlier was weird… I can ’ t believe I got to shake hands with such a cute guy!... Wait! Dang it, Madelyn! Stop it! - 
 
 “ Uh, Madelyn? You look like you ’ re having one of those conflicted inner dialogues again… ” 
 
 Madelyn turned her attention to Sam. 
 
 “ I ’ m fine. ” Madelyn brought herself back to reality, “ Are you ready to meet them? ” 
 
 “ Heck yeah! I ’ m gon na ask Siwon a whole bunch of stuff! Plus, I ’ m gon na ask Donghae what it ’ s like being friends with Jessica! I wonder if they really dated… ” 
 
 Sam ’ s voice faded into a buzzing noise as Madelyn noticed the doors open. She watched as the group walked in. For some odd reason, they all thought they could fit through the doorway at the same time. Two of the guys kept pushing and shoving each other trying to get through. Madelyn paid no mind to them and kept watching intently. When she spotted who she was looking for, she smiled. As if he knew she was looking at him, Heechul turned to look at her and returned the smile. 
 
 Her heart began beating faster in anticipation as he walked over to her... 
 

