TFDL: Etude - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: The Leader Surprises the Queen of Spontaneity and the Free Spirit Attends an Awards Ceremony

There was only one place to find Kannei, and that was at her university on a Thursday afternoon. That was when Kannei supposedly had a book club meeting. He waited in front of the building that Kannei had walked out of that day when he picked her up from school. Due to the wintriness, he wore a pair of red mittens and a grey beanie, which he had found in his car trunk. They helped disguise his business attire, complete with a matching black suit and tie. Leaning his back on the wall beside the glass doors, he wondered why he was even here. He had no idea how he was going to confront her. Was he even going to thank her for the gift? He had come empty-handed, forgetting to buy her a gift. That was only because he was in too much of a hurry. Moreover, he did not even know what she would like. I guess I should treat her to some food, he thought. Or maybe, I should just take her shopping.

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TFDL: Etude - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: The Mom’s Best Friend Becomes the Queen of Spontaneity and the Innocent Boy Welcomes Seoul

Even when Jaejoong had filming, he still managed to convince the director to let him spend some time with Kannei. Actually, he just got Sora to do the deed. At first, she was unwilling to help, but after he mentioned that this was to maintain his image with Kannei, Sora immediately agreed. That silly manager was always so easy to trick, he remembered scoffing to himself. Now, standing at the area to wait for arrivals, Jaejoong checked his phone a few times. Kannei’s flight should have arrived by now. What was taking her so long? As soon as that thought passed by his mind, he saw a tiny girl trying to push a cart forward while probably grumbling complaints to herself. A smile instantly crept from his lips, and he hopped over the gate separating the flyers from the awaiting friends, family, and lovers.

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TFDL: Etude - Prologue and Chapter 1

Prologue

Time and distance typically had the effect of severing relationships, but bonds could be stronger due to such obstacles. It all depended on the people involved in such relationships. Did they want to exert more effort to maintain liaisons? Was it necessary to keep in touch? Sometimes, all it took was one look, one phone call or one email to rekindle relationships. Perhaps, it would be more appropriate to say that separations were inevitable, but good-byes were not because there was a chance of saying hello again. It just depended on whether or not people wanted to take that initiative.

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Taking a Gamble

Thanksgiving weekend. What am I doing? Besides cleaning the place since my roommate can tolerate a higher level of messiness than me, I have been submitting query letters to literary agents. Daunting? Very. I've been going over the names of literary agents to find the ones that would accept Rebirth, and that in itself has been a long process. 

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Status Update 7 - First week of March

Now, why in the world would I post a schedule for March when we are not past February? Well, the answer would be more midterms!

Yes, I will be away for next week, so I don't think I will be updating. I will continue to write, but I doubt I'd update. Too tired.

So, I'll update within this week before I leave and then you will, unfortunately, have to wait until March for the next update.

Rebirth

Fictionpress: Chapter 54 will be released on February 16th. Chapter 55 will be up on March 3rd.

Soompi: Chapter 53 will be released on February 17th. Chapter 55 will be up on March 4th. (I released chapter 54)

TFDL: Etude

Asianfanfics: Chapter 11 will be released on February 16th. Chapter 12 will be uploaded on March 6th.

Enjoy,

Jubie (cubierock11)

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Happy Valentine's Day!

I thought I'd give a Valentine's Day gift to my readers, both Rebirth and TFDL! I know I am early, but I will forget if I don't do this now.

I shared a future romantic scene for Rebirth on soompi, but it was really short and I honestly don't think it was that romantic. It was a bit sadistic in fact. Oh well, so here's another scene you will scene. Romantic . . . maybe?
(It will only be shared on my blog, so if you visit, then you're lucky!)

As for TFDL, I thought I would share something too. I'm not even sure if I will be using this sweet segment, but it was intended for Valentine's Day. (Scroll down after Rebirth.)

Rebirth

“Now who’s the woman?” I looked at him with a smug grin. I was stunned, however, to find him casting a haughty glance at me. Even though there was no smile to be found on his face, I knew he was secretly jeering at no one else, but me. He had raised one of his eyebrows and then intentionally cradled my body with one of his arms.

“You would not mind, would you?” A wily half-grin emerged. “Now that I’m a woman to you.”

I bit my lower lip, frowning with all my might until I realized a tactic. My arms now clung to his neck and my face inched closer to his. He should have backed away, yet he remained still, forcing a potential stalemate between the two of us. If that was what he wanted, then that was what I would hand him. So, I lightly pressed my lips on his, hoping that he would retreat. He, on the other hand, decided to advance. He began to generate a rhythmic pattern with the opening and closing of his mouth combined with the occasional taunts from his demonic tongue, which forced me to reciprocate his attacks. Whoever ceased this kiss would be deemed loser. I could feel his arms now curling around my back with more intensity as my ribs jammed his chest. Knowing his strategy, I too locked his neck with the joints of my arms, perhaps almost to the point to suffocation.

Nothing could bother us. Even when a melange of our saliva was spooling from the edge of our mouths and when our long hairs were tangling with each other’s, we still continued our competition. Because this was going to be endless, I had to conceive a guerrilla attack. It had to be the winning hit and with that hope in mind, I let one of my hands graze his cheek. It was unbelievable how he could then clasp onto my wrist before I could even execute my plan.

I honestly thought he would have broken my wrist. Instead, he was the one that shocked me. He held my hand, interlocking his digits with mine. At first, I straightened my fingers and focused all of my energy to constrict my muscles, but he patiently and urgently hooked my fingers towards his. Like an anchor setting its place in the sand, he marked his spot. He was able to claim my hand and before I knew it, our palms already seemed to be one.

I should have known that gentleness was obscene for he flipped my body over, shifting our positions with his being in a dominant form. My back was now glued to the cold tatami floor. I almost shivered knowing that he was in a situation where he could do anything to me. He was perfectly in control and when his lips parted from my now cracked, dry ones, he gazed at me without much expression for his win. “Do not enrage me,” he then warned. “Do not challenge me because you will lose.”

TFDL

(This is very rough. I did not even finish the dialogue tags. This was written way before Yunho met Hana.)

It had been a while since he last entered a library. Jihyun had given him very specific instructions as to where she was situated in this enormous library. She had blabbered so much about the objects that surrounded her that unfortunately for Yunho, he could only recall the floor that she had mentioned, the sixth.  

In a land full of single, studious students, Yunho was the centre of their attention. Essentially, he was an eye candy. Looking rather puzzled, a couple of ladies approached him and asked, “Umm, are you lost?”

Yunho decided to take his chances even though their eyes gleamed of desire, “Do you happen to know someone about this short?” His hand tapped the lower part of his left shoulder to demonstrate Jihyun’s impeccable height.

“There are a few girls that we know with that height,” one of the taller girls wearing round glasses commented.

“Could one of them be Lee Jihyun?” Yunho confirmed. “She has medium-length hair, to her shoulders. She sometimes wears glasses because she’s too lazy to take them off. She has single eye lids, and a pale face. Oh yeah, she’s pretty weird.”

“Weird?” another lady quacked.

“Ah!” the same tall girl acknowledged. “That Jihyun!”

Yunho’s eyes brightened, “So, you know where she is?”

“No, but we do know who she is,” she cheerfully answered.

Yunho immediately sulked and walked to the other side of the library. There were rows of book shelves lined up neatly beside each other. He had an inkling though, that within the spaces between the shelves, Jihyun would be there doing some odd gesture or action. He would then laugh at her. No, he would laugh with her. 

So, he began his journey from the furthest north book shelf, and made sure to stick his head in to check for her existence. He was heading towards the end of the row of bookshelves when he noticed a small girl staring at the highest shelf while scratching her chin. Within seconds, he knew he had found her and there was a large smile plastered on his face.

He, however, suddenly decided not to approach her and to look at her from the side. He felt like watching her movements. Whatever she did was thoroughly entertaining. By now, she had marched towards a plastic stool to her far right. Then, she picked it up and dumped it right where she stood before. She clapped her hands together a few times, took a deep breath, and then hopped onto the stool. Her feet were on tip-toes while one of her hands reached for a particular book. 

Yunho could already tell that this was not going to work; thus, he hastily paced to her behind. His hands grabbed at the sides of her body, close to her waist region, and lifted her whole body off from the ground. 

“What the heck are you doing?” She grumbled and began to kick her legs. “Get off of me, you pervert!”

“It’s me,” he muttered. “I’m just trying to help.”

Recognizing his voice, she breathed a sigh of relief, but still complained, “You shouldn’t scare me like that. I honestly would have punched you if you—“

“Hurry up! You’re not very light, you know?” 

“Just wait till I land! You will face my wrath and burn to the depths of darkness and Ahh!”

Jihyun accidentally leaned backwards, causing Yunho to lose his balance and fall backwards. His head hit the metal part of the shelf. “Damn!” he angrily choked.

She instantly rolled her body to face him and was about to crawl forward, but Yunho’s arms wrapped around her with too much force. Her hand could only extend to pat his cheek and asked, “You all right?”

“Yeah, I just need some ice."

“What about . . . this?" She reached in her pocket to pop a piece of chocolate into his mouth.

“Chocolate?”

“Dark choco. Good huh?”

“So . . . bitter.”

“But, it’s good right?”

“Let me have another one and I’ll see.”

“All right, if you say so.”

“Still . . . so bitter."

“Well, if you don’t like it then I’ll keep it for myself.”

“You’re going to gain a few pounds then. Why don’t I be nice and stop you from gaining by finishing it off?”

“So, now you want to be a hero eh?”

“No.”

“Oh, so you’re the type that only wants something if someone else is fighting for it too?”

“Not exactly. You know, most people would consider what I did as being thoughtful.”

“Thoughtful? More like vengeful.”

“How’s that seeking for revenge?”

“Because . . . it is.”

“What kind of lame reason is that?”

“I learned it from a lame person, called Yunho.”

“Just hand over the chocolate!”

 

“No!”

“Come on, please. Purdy please,”

“Oh! You ripped that off of me? Such a copy cat!”

“Just give me the chocolate then!”

“Is that how you speak to a lady?”

“No, but that’s how I speak to a girl.”

“Oh! How dare you . . .!”

“You two! You’ve been making a ruckus! Now, get out of the library!” A librarian shouted.

“It’s all your fault, Yunho.”

“If you had handed over the chocolate, then everything would have been okay. You know what? I’m sick of this! Just go pig yourself out!”

“Wait! You can’t just leave me here!”

“Why not?”

“Because . . .”

“Oh right, I forgot you’re not manly enough to maneuver your way around campus. What a shame!”

“Ji-hyun, I wouldn’t be talking and walking like that.”

“Why not? You think I’m . . . Owww. Ugh." Jihyun had crashed into a metal pole. “Do not say ‘I told you so’. I will honestly slap you in the face if you do that.”

“You always say you’ll slap me, but you never do.”

“So, you actually enjoy a beating? You’re such an M, Yunho.”

“What? No!”

“Will you at least help me out here? Gosh, you suck at taking care of people.”

“No, I don’t. Here, watch.”

“I’m watching . . .”

He kissed on her forehead and blew on it a few times. “All your pain will disappear now. That’s what I always did for my sister.”

“W-well, it doesn’t work on me.”

He popped the chocolate in her mouth. “Then this?”

“Gosh, I’m talented.”

“You made this?”

“Yeah. Well, Jaejoong helped me out.”

“I’m impressed.”

“You shouldn’t be. I’m always this skilled.”

“R-right, even at stapling?”

“Hey! That’s another story.”

“And hole punching?”

“Again, another story."

“What about—“ She stuffed another piece in his mouth. “Aw man, s-s-so bitter.”

“Wow, I should always do this whenever I want you to be quiet.”

“Then, I’ll force you to share a drink with me.”

“You know, I’ll just ask for a straw or order another drink. Stupid!”

“Not if I do this . . .” He grabbed onto her hands.

“I still have a mouth.”

He kissed her to silence her. “HA! I . . . ”

“You’re doing the wrong person. Oh god . . . that sounded wrong, awfully wrong right?” He nodded. “It’s all your fault! And where’s my chocolate?”

“Your chocolate?”

“Yeah, today is Valentine’s Day, a day where girls and guys give chocolates to people they know.”

“No . . .Girls give guys chocolates. Guys don’t give girls chocolates.”

“Well, where I was born and raised, both give chocolates, so I think I deserve something.”

“W-w-w-ait, today is Valentine’s Day?”

“Yeah, why else would Jaejoong force me to make chocolates?”

“You two always do weird things. Who would know?”

“Stop arguing with me! Just hand over the chocolate that I deserve.”

“W-what?”

“I worked long and hard to make these. Jaejoong forced me to practically pull an all-nighter for this. I mean, look at these EYE BAGS!”

“You won’t let me go unless I fulfill your request right?”

“Why do you even have to ask? Sigh.”

“So, you want chocolate?”

“No, I actually feel more like having French food.”

“I take it this means I have to treat you to dinner?”

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Status Update 6 - February Continued

I finished my Rebirth updates for the beginning of February, so I thought I'd give the next set of dates! I'm almost done my midterms. I have another one tomorrow, and then one on Valentine's Day! I can do this . . . if I don't fall asleep.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I have shared Beau and Raphel's drawings on the Rebirth page. I have also added all the posters that were made for Rebirth. I did not make those. Several talented graphic artists from soompi did! I only provided the pictures for the characters.

Rebirth

I feel like I should release a Valentine's Day bonus chapter. Maybe, I'll be generous and reveal a romantic scene I have in mind in the future. It won't ruin anything, I hope. ;)

Fictionpress: Chapter 53 will be updated on February 12th. I probably won't update chapter 54 until close to the end of February. I'm not very sure since I have a week where I will be home. Do drop by to check to see if I have edited this post. Chances are that I will have!

Soompi: Chapter 52 will be updated on February 11th. I'm not sure about the next update for chapter 53, but it should be around the time that I release something for fictionpress. So, like I said above, just drop by some time to see if I have a date set.   

Side note for Soompi: I have been noticing a sudden appearance of historical and fantasy stories! Most of them have just started in December or January and so far, from what I read, they involve going to another world or a part in history, dreaming about some past, or . . .

My mind is wondering what caused this change. Haha! Could it be . . . my story?
(I highly doubt that is the case though. Just highlight my sentence above and you'll see what my far fetched guess is.)

The Five Different Lovers

Drop by some time later . . . like next week to see what I have decided! Thank you! Do vote on the poll I provided a few posts earlier. :)

Wish me luck on my exams,

Jubie (cubierock11)

PS. Happy early Valentine's Day! I will be celebrating by reading a future romantic scene I have planned for Rebirth. ;)

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Status Update 5 - Early February

I can't believe it's almost February!

I think I need to be patient sometimes and release my stories according to my schedule, and not by my mood. You see, the problem is that once I receive comments, I become really excited and so I release a chapter before my perceived date.

So, here's the deal . . . for myself. I will religiously follow this schedule. There will not be any spontaneous releases!

Here are the dates then!

Side note: Another thing stopping me from updating is my health. I'm suffering from a painful cold that makes me want to throw up and significantly decreases my energy level. I had to go to sleep yesterday at 9 pm and couldn't sleep till midnight because I kept wanting to vomit. 

Rebirth

Fictionpress: Chapter 52 will be out on February 10th. . . . February 4th! (I managed to go crazy and write a ton of chapters. Hooray for inspiration and pressure!)

Soompi: Chapter 51 will be out on February 4th. 

Bookmato & Wattpad:  These are exceptions to my updating rule since I haven't released all of my current chapters there.

*Booksie is acting really weirdly for me. It's not loading on any of my browsers and even if it loads, it lags a lot. I'm not sure what to do because I want to upload there, but the website, itself, is impeding me. I truly apologize to whoever is a Booksie reader of mine for this delay. However, I'm thinking of leaving that account on hold if this problem persists.

TFDL Etude:

Asianfanfics: I'm updating one on January 30th. As for February, I think I'll release one on the 10th.

Wish me luck on my exams, and of course, wish that my cold will go away,


Jubie (cubierock11)

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Regarding Author's Note on Soompi Retirement

Dear soompi readers,

I sincerely apologize that I am retiring from soompi, but I honestly feel that that isn't the place for me to post my writings. I used to like soompi a lot because of its fan fictions and interesting stories, but these days, I feel burdened by soompi. I am not criticizing my readers or anyone particuarly, but I feel that the soompi's atmosphere is more hostile compared to other websites. What I mean by that is that readers are hesitant to comment, and people are quick to become offended by constructive criticism. I do become frustrated because of the lack of feedback; I don't know what I'm doing wrong or right, and why some stories have obvious grammar mistakes and plots with loopholes are so popular. I know I may sound like I'm jealous that a lot of other stories have more readers, and I know that the readers, at least those that have responded, have been extremely welcoming and thoughtful. However, I still believe that little things can build up.

I have been ignoring problems that were bugging me. I know that many authors PM, but PMing is very, very tedious on soompi. Other websites have a better system that makes it easier on both the readers and authors. Readers automatically receive messages about updates, and authors don't have to worry that they have forgotten this person or be tired of typing out one name at a time. It's also much easier to upload your stories on other websites. You can just upload your word documents and your formatting has been retained!

Not to mention, I had an issue with plagiarism. Someone had been unintentionally plagiarizing my work on soompi. We have resolved our problems, but that still irritates me.

So, this is how everything will go. When I finish book one of Rebirth, you will not see any sort of updates from me on soompi. I may drop by anything fanfiction or some other part of the forum once in a while, but in terms of the fan fiction thread, I will not be there. I will be keeping TFDL: Prelude on soompi.

I also realize that from my soompi signature, I have other works that are still in their beginning stages. These were going to be released on soompi, but now, they will not be. Please anticipate their arrival on other websites, and before I release them, I will update my blog as well.

Where can you find me then?

I have accounts on these sites and only these sites with the same username, cubierock11:

1. Fictionpress
2. Fanfiction.net
3. Asianfanfics
4. Wattpad
5. Bookmato
6. Booksie (not using anymore)

So, if you see my works lurking in other areas, please leave a message on this blog.

Please do not distribute my works without my permission and please do not plagiarize my writings.

Thank you and I hope to see you guys soon on another portal,

Jubie (cubierock11)

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Status Update 4 - January

Hello,

Long time no see. A lot has happened just the first week of January and people say we're supposed to welcome the New Year. I honestly don't feel welcomed at all. I feel more like I've been slapped in the face multiple times, and maybe stabbed in the back too.

I returned to another city, and my luggage were missing for several days. They have finally been located and delivered to the wrong place. I had to go fetch for them myself. Quite pathetic, I'd say. Then, the day that I retrieved my baggage, my laptop died on me. I had to go buy a new one. My old one which I bought in August is pretty much fried. Oh, in between all of this, I was down with a fever and I have a cold now. Hooray for the New Year welcome!

Because of these unperceived circumstances, I could not update this blog nor could I write. Thankfully, I wrote an extra chapter before the death of my laptop and saved all of my files on an external hard drive. After a previous death of another laptop, where I lost all of my files, I learned to save on an external hard drive. Readers, please do that too unless you have a very strong and healthy computer/laptop.

So, here I am with the update status. Excuse my above ranting.

Rebirth

1. Fictionpress: I'm updating chapter 46 after this blog, so you can go check it out. So, for chapter 47, I have decided to update today, January 9, because I am on a writing rampage. I have written far more than I had predicted so I am ready to release!! :D Chapter 48 will come on January 13 or 14!

2. Soompi: I have updated Chapter 44 before the death of my laptop, so I will release chapter 45 on January 13 or 14. Early update because I have been a SPEEDY writer!! Chapter 46 should be on January 13 or 14 then! I have requested banners and posters for Rebirth, so those will be updated soon! :D

3. Booksie: Okay, I know I promised before that I would release chapters every day, but holiday shopping took the best of me and well, I had to spend a lot of time with my family. I haven't seen them in months, and I'm not sure when I'll see them again. So, please understand my circumstances. (If it were easier to upload things on Booksie, then I would always use it first.)

*I have actually changed the prologue of Rebirth, so I will adjust that page accordingly. I will also release the edited version of chapters 1 and 2 pretty soon. I squeeze in some editing during the holidays.

TFDL: Etude

1. Soompi: I released chapter 1 a few days ago, so I will most likely update the story with chapter 2 on January 15 or 16. I am also going to request banners and posters for Etude on soompi's forum, so you might see some new artwork! I was too delighted so I release chapter 2 on impulse!!

2. Asianfanfics: Chapter 1 again was released about the same time as the Soompi release, so it will follow the same schedule as Soompi. :) Okay, so I was too happy about people's comments, so I released chapter 2 much earlier than I expected! I will be working on other chapters now!

I hope everyone had a better start than me for the New Years.

Cheers,

Jubie (cubierock11)

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