HOW TO GET TAEMIN IN 10 DAYS!!!!!!

look its not mine,,i juz got it from the international forum and its suppa gud,,,so i drop it here...enjoyy,,

A very happy Sunday noon, at the SHINee dorm.

“Key ah.. hurry and make some breakfast.. i’m starving..” Jonghyun said as he walked out from their bedroom. Key, who already sat comfortably in their couch, stared at him and sighed. “aigoo.. hyung, do you know what time is it? It’s 11 am already!! Even though we are having our christmas-will-come-soon holiday, it didn’t mean that you could wake up this late! What will Minho say..” “oh, just shut up and make breakfast, Key!” Jonghyun commanded. “no, i won’t.” Key turned his face to other direction so he wouldn’t see his hyung’s face. “Key ah..” he begged as he sat down beside Key. “hyung, i’ll make it for you..” Taemin suddenly popped behind them. Jonghyun turned to face Taemin with sparkling* eyes. “really?” Taemin nodded. “what do you want to eat, hyung?” he asked. Jonghyun was silent for a moment before he said “fried rice!! “okay then.. just wait a minute..” Key suddenly stood up. “no, you can’t!” Taemin stared at him cluelessly. “huh? But..” Key ran into the kitchen’s door and blocked his way. “you can’t enter my territory!!” “who said it’s your territory?” Minho came and pushed him away. “i wanna take my orange juice from the fridge so move out!” Taemin, who knew that this is his chance to enter, ran fastly into the kitchen. “yah! Taeminnie! Why didn’t you listen to umma!!” Key yelled. “why don’t you go back to the living room and wake Jonghyun hyung up? He’s sleeping again..” Minho said with two cans of orange juice on his hands. He gave one of them to Key. “he fell asleep again?” Key shocked. “aigoo.. that sleepy head hyung..”
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Taemin walked into the living room with hands holding Jonghyun’s breakfast. “Jonghyun hyung..” “ssshhhttt!! He’s sleeping..” Key said as he pointed Jonghyun, who slept peacefully on the couch. Taemin smiled. He looked at Jonghyun’s sleeping face. “Jonghyun hyung is so good looking, isn’t he? Even when he’s sleeping, he’s still good looking..” Key looked at Taemin with his jaw dropped. Then Jonghyun. Then Taemin again. And back to Jonghyun. “HYUNG! WAKE UP! YOUR BREAKFAST IS READY!!” he yelled. “hyung!” Taemin surprised. “you said that he’s sleeping and--” Jonghyun snapped out from his dreams and faced Key madly. “yah! Kim Kibum! Why did you yell that loud! I’m not deaf!” “go eat your breakfast!” Key yelled again. “you said that you’re starving..” “oh yeah..” Jonghyun turned his head and looked at Taemin’s fried rice. “wow, smells so good!” Jonghyun took his food from Taemin and started eating it. “wuaah, so delicious!!” Taemin laughed. “of course! Who do you think i am!!” Jonghyun stood up from the comfortable couch, leaned forward, kissed Taemin on his cheek and patted his head. “thank you, Taemin ah..” Taemin smiled. “hehehe..” “yah!! Jonghyun hyung! What did you do to my innocent son??” Key yelled in frustration.

CHAPTER 1

It was already past 11 pm and all of the SHINee boys were already sleeping, except Key, Onew and Jonghyun. Key and Jonghyun had been best friends for years and they both love watching Harry Potter DVDs. So here they are, sitting comfortably on the couch, watching Harry Potter.

“oh, i can’t believe that you guys are watching this again..” Onew threw a weird look at them.
“it’s the newest Harry Potter movie, hyung! We haven’t watch this even once! I’ve just borrowed it from Changmin hyung yesterday.” Jonghyun replied. “besides, this movie is so interesting and--”
“oh well, just do whatever you want to, i’m going to sleep..” Onew replied as he disappeared into their bedroom.
“why can’t he understand us..” Key sighed. Onew always dislike it when they do everything together.
Jonghyun grinned. “he’d always been like that when we watch Harry Potter together... oh!” Suddenly some undoubtable thoughts appeared on his mind. “So that’s why..”
“huh? Why?” Key asked. He paused the movie and faced Jonghyun.
Jonghyun smiled brightly. “don’t you think that he was jealous because we’re watching together?”
Key frowned. “what do you mean, hyung?”
“he was jealous of me!” Jonghyun added impatiently. “you and him were the umma and appa of SHINee, and he was jealous of me because you hang around with me more than with him!”
“and so what if i hang around with you more than him?” Key asked cluelessly.
Jonghyun’s eyes got bigger and bigger, didn’t believe what he’d just hear. “omo! Don’t tell me you didn’t know that he likes you!”
“WHAAAT???” Key yelled in shock.
“sssshhhttt!! You’ll waking them up!” Jonghyun covered Key’s mouth with his hands. Key nodded.

“are you serious?? That lame Dubu leader likes me?? how come??” Key asked as Jonghyun put his arms down.

“i just can tell..” Jonghyun grinned. “so why don’t you hang around with him more and just leave me together with Taemin? It’s irritating me that you always interrupt my happy moments with Taemin..”

“well, it’s.. huh? WH-- i mean, whaaaaatt???” Key asked in shock again, but this time he’s whispering.

“you know i love Taemin since the first time i saw him!! I’ve told you before, as my best friend!” Jonghyun said as he slowly smiled. “I love his cute dance, cute smile, cute act, and all of him!!”

“yes i know that my son is so cute and you like him.. but i don’t know that you’re liking him that way! I thought your love for him is just for a dongsaeng! I mean, who the hell in the world--”

“Onew hyung does! He likes.. no, he LOVES you!” Jonghyun exclaimed. “Eunhyuk hyung and Donghae hyung does! Even Yunho hyung and Jaejoong hyung! Why can’t i??”

“omo.. hyung... i really.. really didn’t know that--” Key leaned backward in shock. It seems like his head was hit by 10 tons of stones. “eww, what will our noona fans say if they found this out..”

“they won’t, if you just stay quiet!”

“how about Minho? Onew hyung? And Taemin himself? Hyung, he’s just too young to know all of this things!!”

“it’s a secret between us then..” Jonghyun said playfully. “they didn’t have to know, at least until i told them..”

Key’s jaw dropped. “so why did you do all the romantic scandalous things with all the noonas while we’re filming Yunhanam?”

Jonghyun smiled innocently. “i did that because i have to. Boys should protect girls. Besides, it’s just an acting... my heart is all Taemin’s..”

Key sighed in shock. After spending minutes thinking about this crazy thing, Key finally escaped from the shocking effect. “no, you won’t..”

“hm?” Jonghyun looked at him, curious.

“hyung, i’ve decided that i will protect Taemin’s pureness and innocentness from you!!”

“what??” Jonghyun is the one who was in shock this time.

“i won’t let you do any dangerous things to my son! He’s still 16 and pure!”

“Key ah..” Jonghyun begged. “you’re my best friend, rite? We’ve been friends for years! Why won’t you let me be together with Taemin, n i will help you and Onew hyung’s relationship..”

“i’m not crazy like you, i didn’t like him, and i won’t let you be near my son! Taemin is mine! Don’t you dare touch him!” Key declared.

“..or i can find a girlfriend for you..” Jonghyun tried to change Key’s mind.

“you know that having a girlfriend is prohibited for us, hyung! And don’t even think that you can change my mind!” Key exclaimed.

“Key ah..”

“no!”

“please..???”

“NO!”

“let’s make a bet then..” Jonghyun suggested. He just couldn’t think of anything better than this, because if Key had declared something, it would never ever changed. He would do anything if that means in the end he could be together forever with Taemin.

“what bet?” Key seemed to be interested with this bet. Yup, he likes to dare on any challenges. Any, except the height-related one.

“let’s bet on a game called How to Get Taemin in 10 Days!” Jonghyun said.

“what?” Key stared at Jonghyun as his hyung had just said a very strange words. “Even just the name sounds so silly..” Key turned his face from his hyung and ready to play the movie again, but Jonghyun’s hand stopped him.

“come on Key! I know you want it! Here’s the rules. Starting tomorrow, both of us should compete on making Taeminnie like us. After 10 days, let’s ask Taemin which of us he liked the best.” Jonghyun explained. “If he choose you, then i’ll give up. But if he choose me, you shouldn’t interrupt me and Taemin anymore! Deal?”

“no!” Key choose not to be involved on his hyung’s silly game.

“ho! So you’re afraid, aren’t you? Loser!” Jonghyun tried to persuade him.

“what?? A loser???” Key said angrily. “No, i’m exactly not a loser!”

“then accept my challenge!”

“okay then! I will prove that i’m not a loser! I will accept your challenge!”

Jonghyun turned his face not to face Key, trying to hide his smirk. After years of friendship, Jonghyun knew that Key hates being called as a loser. And now, Key was already trapped on his game.

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CHAPTER 2

~*~ DAY 1 ~*~

--Key’s POV--

“hyung, wake up!”

I could hear Minho’s calling. I opened my eyes and looked at the clock on the wall. It’s still 5 am. Minho is waking everyone up as usual to do some work out. Aish.. i don’t want to work out.. i’m still sleepy.. please don’t wake me up..

“Jonghyun hyung, wake up! Onew hyung too!” Minho called again.

I could hear Onew hyung made some unrecogniseable sounds. I could hear someone jumped out from the bed on the other side too. It must be Jonghyun hyung.

“Key ah, wake up!”

Ah, here it is. The moment i hate the most. He’s calling me. Nooooo~

“Key ah!” Minho said as he shook my body. Alright, i give up..

“okay.. okay..” i said as i wake up and jumped out from the bed. Then i saw Minho dragging Onew hyung’s legs out from our bedroom. I laughed inside, but i’m too sleepy to burst it out so i just smiling. What kind of leader is he?

“Key hyung, are you awake already?” Taemin suddenly popped out from the door with his innocent face.

“ah, yes..” i said and walked through the door with him. I could see Minho shaking Onew hyung’s body to keep him awake, because i knew he was half-sleeping just from his randomly unrecogniseable answers to Minho’s calling. Aigoo, that hyung...

Wait! Where’s Jonghyun hyung anyway?

I looked around and found him nowhere. Suddenly i heard his voice from somewhere.

“Taemin ah!”

“yes hyung?” Taemin answered.

Jonghyun hyung showed up with a warm red jacket on his hands. “you better wear this! It’s winter and you may be frozen outside..”

He gave the jacket to Taemin who was smiling brightly now. “thank you hyung..!! You really care about me!!”

And the next thing i saw was Taemin hugging Jonghyun hyung. I could see Jonghyun hyung smirked at me too. I felt like someone slapped me right on my cheek. And all the conversation between me and Jonghyun hyung last night suddenly replayed on my head. Gosh! He stole a start!!!!

“Taemin ah, don’t be near him! He’s dangerous!!” i said as i pulled Taemin’s hand and broke their hug.

Taemin threw a curious look at me innocently. “eeeh? why? Jonghyun hyung is really not dangerous! He always care about me instead! Look what he brought for me..” he pointed his jacket.

“yeah! I didn’t do any harm to our little maknae, as you see..” Jonghyun hyung said confusedly.

“yah! Hyung, you--“

“yah! Let’s go! Let’s go!” Minho called. I saw that Onew hyung was ready too, so we stopped mouth-fighting and walked toward the door.

“aigoo...” Onew hyung mumbled as we stepped our feet outside our dorm. He crossed his arms in front of his chest tightly to prevent freezing.

“Minho yah, are you really sure that we have to work out today? It’s sooo cold!!!” Jonghyun hyung complained. I shook my head and smiled, knowing that whatever he said would be meaningless since Minho would never stop asking us to work out EVERY morning, no matter it’s cold or warm. He won’t ask us to work out ONLY if it’s raining, or snowing.

Minho didn’t answer but smiling instead. He jogged slowly to the park near our dorm, followed by Taemin, Jonghyun hyung, me, and then Onew hyung.

“aish! How could this happen to me..???” Jonghyun hyung talked to himself.

“c’mon hyung! We have to do this! We will stay healthy and we can gain more stamina too for dancing..” Taemin said as he touched Jonghyun hyung’s shoulder. No~! Taemin ah, don’t be near him~!! I wanna yell out but the cold weather froze my tongue. Damn! I can’t lose to him like this!!

“COOOOLD!!!!” I paced my run and go through them, so they were separated about.. um.. 50cm? Oh yes, only 50cm but at least they were separated!! Haha~ I could feel Jonghyun hyung threw his irritated look at me, but i kept on running between them and shouting ‘COLD’ over and over again. Hahaha.. Hyung, do you really think that you can beat me?

“cold heart baby!” Onew hyung suddenly made his condition.

Me, Taemin, and Jonghyun hyung stopped immediately and looked backward. Onew hyung stared at us blankly as if he didn’t do anything wrong. Or lame. “what?”

“mweorhaedo Onew sangtae~” Jonghyun sang the Onew sangtae song while Taemin and i added some soundeffects such as ‘Bam! Bam!’ and ‘Kero Kero’ thing.

“yah! Just stop singing that stupid song!!” Onew hyung yelled irritatedly and quickly rushed to catch up with Minho, who was already 10 meters away. Taemin and Jonghyun hyung followed him.

“aish.. i think i would die soon if we have to do this every morning..” i mumbled. I stopped jogged and started walking. Quoting what Onew hyung had ever said, i’ve run only for few meters and i feel like my heart is going to explode.

“Key hyung, let’s jog together...! Don’t be so lazy..” Taemin suddenly ran back to me and pulled me to run together with him. I looked at Jonghyun hyung who was staring at me with a jealous look.

“yah! Taemin ah, why won’t you jog with me anymore?” Jonghyun hyung asked Taemin irritatedly. He looked so jealous, really. Hohoho~ this moment reminds me about the Yunhanam days, when Taemin left him to play badminton on Onew hyung’s side.. and his jealousy level rose badly when Taemin changed his racket with Onew hyung’s.. hahaha, my hyung was so pity back then..

“if i let Key hyung jog alone, he will go back to our dorm and Minho hyung will kill me~” Taemin answered.

“yah!” i hit Taemin’s hand jokingly. He laughed and tried to avoid it, but he still didn’t let me jog alone. At normal times, yes, i will absolutely go back to our dorm. But this time onwards, i won’t ever go back to our dorm. Who knows what will Jonghyun hyung do to my pure son? But Taemin didn’t have to know. Or he will leave me.

Jonghyun hyung threw his jealous look at me once again, and then he paced up to catch up with Minho and Onew hyung. Yay!! I won this time~

Minutes later, we arrived at the park near our dorm. The park is really nice and very refreshing. This place is our final destination everytime we went for work out. Not many people went there. Yeah, of course. If there were many people, they wouldn’t let us go home easily, especially if they were fangirls. Sometimes i did notice kids playing on the sandpool, but since it’s still 6 am, nobody was there except us.

I looked around. Minho and Taemin were stretching, the over-exhausted Jonghyun hyung sat under a big tree, and Onew hyung was.. i dunno.. staring at the sandpool? Aigoo.. what does he do there?

“Onew hyung, what are you doing?” i asked as i approached him. I sat next to him, trying to find anything he looked at, but there was nothing.

“oh, Key.. you’re here?” he asked innocently. His lips went up and formed a very angelic smile.

“huh? Ah.. um.. yes.” Damn!! Why did my heart pound so fast just looking at his smile?? Aish! Jonghyun hyung’s words last night replayed in my head again and again. He likes me.. He likes me.. No, Jonghyun hyung said that he loves me.. He loves me..

I shook my head to get rid of those silly things. “what are you doing hyung?”

“me?” he smiled again, then continued staring at the invisible thing. “i’m watching the ants.”

My jaw dropped and my heart stopped pounding immediately after hearing his words. Watching ants?? Aigoo.. that’s so not cool. Well, forget it. Onew hyung was never cool. Whatever he does, it’s really just a Condition. “hyung, you’re weird..”

“i am? Hehehe..” he laughed. “i’m an ordinary man~”

Now he’s singing Super Junior sunbaenims song. See? Another Onew Condition. I decided to leave him alone and went back to Minho and Taemin.

“Key ah, why did you leave me alone?” Onew hyung called as he stood up and caught me up.

I turned to face him confusedly. “i thought you still want to watch the ants?”

He laughed. Again, with his angelic smile. Angelic.. angelic.. Aish, what’s wrong with me..???? Why did i keep thinking about those angelic smile..??

“actually there’s no ants..”

I frowned at him. “so.. what did you look at anyway?”

“the ants!” he answered as he nodded.

I looked at him more confusedly than before. He’d just said that there was no ants but now he says that he’s looking at the ants? “but you said--“

“yeah, actually i’m looking for the ants..” he grinned.

Omo.. Onew hyung really drives me crazy~ I shook my head and tried to ignore him. That’s absolutely no use for me to talk with him. All he can do is making conditions...

“Taemin ah, finished stretching already?” i asked Taemin who was jumping playfully and he nodded. “aigoo.. my son did well..”

“yeah, your son did well but you didn’t.”

I turned around. It was Jonghyun hyung with his insulting smile. “yah, Jonghyun hyung! You yourself didn’t do well either, do you?”

He grinned. “Whatever. Taemin ah, do you want to eat pancakes? An ahjussi sell it there. Hyung will buy it for you..”

Taemin smiled brightly. “Yes! Yes! It was so cold.. Hyung, buy some for me~” he answered cutely. No matter how often i saw him, he always act cute, my son.

“let’s go then..” Jonghyun said, then he and Taemin went to the pancakes seller.

“yah! You two! Taemin ah!” i yelled at them.

“Minho hyung, you want pancakes too?” Taemin ignored me and shouted at Minho who was jogging AGAIN, but he shooked his head.

“i want pancakes too!” Onew hyung yelled as he ran to catch up with them. “Jonghyun ah, will you buy it for me too?”

“what the..? you’re the one who should buy it for us, Onew hyung! You’re the hyung!” Jonghyun replied.

I had no choice but followed them to the pancakes seller. Or Minho will made me jog with him. Damn, Jonghyun hyung succeeded again. But i haven’t even started yet, hyung..

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Walking all the way from our bedroom to the kitchen, i spotted Jonghyun hyung sat uncomfortably on the couch, watching TV. It seemed that he already tried some different positions but he just ended up sitting there with legs crossed and his right hand supported his chin.

Hey, by the way... where’s the others? I haven’t noticed them since we worked out this morning.. ah, maybe they went somewhere while i was sleeping.. Hahaha, yeah.. i was sleeping. After finished work out, i took a bath and changed clothes immediately, then went back to sleep.

I decided to take 2 cans of cola from the fridge and walked back to the living room. Then i sat next to Jonghyun hyung, pulled a skyblue dolphin-shaped cushion and hugged it.

“where’s the others, hyung?” i asked as i gave him one of the cola.

He opened the can, drank the cola, and placed them rudely on the table.

“yah! Hyung!” i surprised. “why did you act like this? Something’s bothering you?”

“nothing.”

“huh?” i asked him again, confusedly.

He faced me angrily. “i said there’s nothing! And you..” he paused for a while. “just mind your own bussiness!!”

At the time he was saying that, i was just like ‘whaatt..??’ and i couldn’t believe my hearings. Did he just.. yelled at me?

I stood up from the couch and threw the cushion i’ve hugged before to his face. He couldn’t avoid it though, so it went right to his face.

“uff! What the--“

“i was asking you in a good way, hyung..” i said as my voice went higher. “and you choose to yell at me? how could you do that to your best friend? Even though we are competing now but you shouldn’t do that! Especially because we are on the same group! We should take care of each other like brothers, not like this!!”

I could see him looking silently to the floor, feeling guilty maybe. Of course he has to. What does he think he had done? Blaming me for something that i didn’t even know?

“i’m sorry.” He finally said. Then he looked at me with a guilty face. “i’m not supposed to yell at you like that..”

I smiled at him. “that you know..” i sat back next to him and hugging the dolphin cushion again. “so what’s wrong?”

“ah.. that’s..” he paused. I looked at him, not releasing any single words. I just wait for him to tell me what’s actually happen and made him so moody like this. He had been moody since this morning, since before i went to sleep. Maybe because of me? Or Taemin? But after we went work out, he was alright.

My thought has been wandering through the galaxy, guessing what his problem is. Hmm.. Let’s see. Before i went to sleep, ngg.. Minho took a bath after me? No, it’s not related at all. Maybe.. Onew hyung? Hmm.. all the things that Onew hyung did after we work out is.. No. Absolutely irrelevant, because Onew hyung was just lying on the floor like a whale. Then.. Taemin? I believe not. Taemin was working on his homework so it couldn’t be him.

Or maybe it was me? but what did i do? I was just took a bath and then went to sleep. I even didn’t talk to him. Ah, maybe because i didn’t talk to him? I closed my eyes and shook my head with a slight movement so he wouldn’t notice. No way.

I looked at him again. Oh yeah, he had been receiving a phone call this morning. And he started being moody.. after receiving the phone call. Yeah, it must be the phone call.

“it’s..” he started again with a serious face. “actually t--”

Suddenly a big question appeared in my head. “hyung, where’s the others??”

His eyes widened. “yah! I’ve already been this serious and you just interrupted me with stupid question??”

I grinned. “ah, sorry hyung. It was just my mouth seemed to be faster than my brain.. but seriously where’s the others?”

He sighed. I know he must be disappointed because i was interrupted him but i really need to know where did the others go.

“they went shopping. Buying things for the Christmas party tommorow.” He answered.

“what?? And they didn’t tell me??” i asked desperately. I am the umma of SHINee and they went shopping without telling me? How come did it happen??

“yeah, and you wanna hear my story or not?” he asked back, and i swear i could hear an annoyed tone from his voice. Well, better not making him more annoyed or he would be very annoying.

“yeah.. yeah.. yeah.. i’m listening.” I said as i pulled myself back and leaned comfortably on the couch.

“actually.. i had been moody all day because of--“

“the phone call, right?” i interrupted him again, grinned.

“yah! I’ve said that--“ he was annoyed at first, but then he paused. “how did you know?”

I laughed. Ha! So i was right!! Yeah! That’s the power of the Almighty Key~

“stop laughing now or else..” he took a teddy bear on the couch and ready to throw that to me. “you’ll eat this.”

I stopped laughing immediately. But i’m still smiling. No one can beat Key~

“okay, so i’ll continue.” Jonghyun hyung said as he put back the teddy bear on its place. “the phone call was actually.. from Taemin’s mother.”

“wh--“ i was trying to interrupt again but since he had throw me a very annoyed face, i decided to let him continue.

“Taemin’s mom.. want him on Christmas. Because Taemin’s hyung will come to Korea after 3 years studying abroad, his mom wants him to be there at Christmas.” He sighed.

I tilted my head to the left, frowned. “so exactly.. what’s the problem here??” i asked Jonghyun hyung.

He frowned at me too. “you didn’t get it?”

I shook my head. “would it be great if Taemin can finally meet his hyung after 3 years of separation?”

“yeah, but..” he stopped.

“but?” i asked carefully.

Jonghyun hyung released a big sigh. “if he spend this Christmas at his home, that means he won’t be with us on Christmas!!”

Finally i burst out laughing. I kept laughing and laughing for minutes. This is just too funny. Being moody all day just because Taemin won’t be able to spend this Christmas together with us? Seeing Jonghyun hyung’s confused face make me laughed more. Omo~ my stomach is aching already, but i just can’t stop laughing.

“why? What’s so funny?” he asked. Still with that confused face.

“yah, Jonghyun hyung! You.. you were moody all day just because of THIS?” i asked him back and didn’t forget to emphasizing the ‘this’ word after i could take control of myself again.

“Yah! Yah! Yah!” he said, but this time he laughed a little. I think he can already feel how unimportant his reason was. “won’t you feel that something is missing if Taemin aren’t with us to celebrate our first Christmas as SHINee together?”

His question hit me. Oh yeah. I suddenly felt it too. “yeah hyung, i think you’re right. Especially, because he’s my son.”

Jonghyun hyung threw his insulting smile at me. “that you know..”

I hit him on his hand. “stop insulting me!” He just laughed. “so.. what should we do?” i asked him.

Before he could answer my question, our dorm’s door suddenly opened.

“we’re home!! And we brought a good news!!”

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CHAPTER 3

~*~ DAY 1 CONTINUED... ~*~

“we’re home!! And we bring a good news!!”

Onew, Minho, and Taemin appeared as the door opened, carried so many things they’ve bought.

“yah, why did you buy so many things?” Key approached them and checked the shopping goods one by one.

“we just bought all things written on the shopping list!” Onew answered.

Minho nodded. “but i wonder why we have to buy soaps, shampoos, toothpastes...”

“what..???” Key’s eyes widened. “you guys supposed to buy Christmas’ dec-- Wait! Where’s the list?”

Jonghyun grabbed the list from Onew’s hand and read it. “Snacks, chocolates, milks... Acceptable.. Huh? Tofu? Ramens? And why mousepad?????”

“yah, Jonghyun hyung! Give it to me!!” Key said as he grabbed the list from Jonghyun’s hand. He examined it for a few seconds and yelled. “Onew hyung! This is the shopping list for our monthly shopping!! Not for the upcoming Christmas!!”

“heeeh?” Taemin shocked. “you mean.. we bought the wrong things??”

Jonghyun laughed. “Onew hyung, how could you be so stupid?”

Onew grinned at him, feeling guilty. “i just.. grabbed any list on the table. I didn’t notice that there was two lists..”

“there was actually only one list, hyung..” Key smiled. “because i kept the other one with me.”

“whaat??” Onew and Taemin yelled together. Minho didn’t show any reaction at all, just a shocked face.

“yah, you guys supposed to go shopping with me! I’m the umma!! That’s why i kept the christmas shopping list with me!” Key said with an innocent face. I don’t wanna be blamed for this, after all..

“let’s go shopping again then..” Jonghyun suggested. But the rest of them threw a weird look at him immediately.

“why?” he asked confusedly.

“Jonghyun ah, if you wanna go shopping, then go by yourself.. i’m tired..” Onew said as he pretended to be sleepy. He walked to the couch and sat there.

“huh?? Why me?” Jonghyun asked again.

“okay, so Jonghyun hyung will go shopping for the Christmas party..” Key concluded.

“yah, do you mean.. i HAVE TO go shopping?? Without any authority to refuse? And i have to go alone??” Jonghyun’s eyes widened.

Minho and Key nodded. Taemin laughed at him. “you’re the one who suggested, hyung! So you have to go!”

“Key ah, how could you do this to me??” Jonghyun begged with his puppy eyes. He looked very cute with that look on his face.

Key smirked. He gave the shopping list to him and pushed him to the door. “now go! Go!”

“wait! Wait! Wait!” Jonghyun said and turned back. I don’t want to go alone! “Taemin ah, please accompany me..” he begged as he pulled Taemin’s right hand.

“NO!” Key shouted. “my son is tired.. so hyung, just go by yourself!”

“yeah, i’m tired hyung..” said Taemin. He pulled back his hand and tried to avoid being grabbed again by Jonghyun.

“yah.. Taemin ah.. how could you do this to me??” Jonghyun begged again.

“Jonghyun hyung, you can go with Minho then..” Key suggested.

Minho looked at him in deadly way. “why me? I went shopping already!”

“yeah, Key. Besides, we need Minho to take care of the room’s decorations. He’s the tallest, if you remember..” Onew hyung added.

Key who was a bit afraid of Minho’s charismatic-deadly look, looked at Jonghyun. Jonghyun seemed pity, but very cute at the same time. And he didn’t stop begging at Taemin.

“nggg...” Taemin is rechecking his mind now, thinking whether he shall go or just stay here with the others. His mind probably changes anytime.

“hyung, just go by yourself, okay??” Key insisted. He absolutely didn’t want his son to accompany Jonghyun.

“but.. but..” Jonghyun begged again. “how could you do this to me, Taemin ah?”

Key pushed him towards the door. Two more meters and...

“hey, why don’t you go with Jonghyun hyung, Key hyung?” Taemin suddenly said.

Jonghyun and Key immediately turned and looked at him. “WHAT?” they yelled in unison. Surprisingly, Onew too. So it was Key, Jonghyun, and Onew hyung who yelled.

“hey! Wait a minute!! Why me? No, i don’t wanna go!” Key refused.

Taemin who was innocent and standing with his cutest smile on his face. “why don’t you go together? Isn’t it fair?”

“No!” Onew said as he shook his head. His face was full of jealousy. “we need Key to take care of the--“

“food?” Minho asked. Onew nodded. “but we haven’t buy the ingredients yet, hyung..” he continued. “i think it’s better for Jonghyun hyung to be accompanied by Key, because Key was the one who wrote the list.”

“so, Key hyung and Jonghyun hyung will go shopping~” Taemin said with a bright smile on his face. He pushed both Key and Jonghyun to the door. “bye bye, hyung~”

“but.. but..” Onew tried to prevent Key from shopping together with Jonghyun, but he failed because Taemin already closed the door. He sighed.

“now let’s decorate the room, hyung!!” Taemin said playfully. “ng? Onew hyung, what’s happen to you?”

Onew, who felt like he was being shot while seeing Key went shopping together with Jonghyun, shook his head. “Nothing.”

“ah!” Taemin suddenly remembered something. He grinned to Minho and Onew. “i forget to tell them what’s the good news..”

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--Jonghyun’s POV--
It was already 5 pm and the dorm is now ready for the Christmas Party. We made this party on the Christmas Eve on purpose, so we can handle all schedules on the 25th well.

“Jonghyun hyung, how about the Taemin thing?” Key approached me and whispered to my ears.

I shook my head. “i dunno. But why he’s still here? I think he would go home earlier..”

“Key ah! Come here quickly!! Hurry!!!” Onew hyung suddenly shouted from the kitchen.

“what’s wrong?” he answered to Onew hyung’s question, then he patted my shoulder. “think of something, okay?”

I nodded. “but why Onew hyung.. at the kitchen..”

*BOOM!!*

*DONG!!!*

*THUMP!*

“AAAAAHHHHH!!!”

Key and i jumped, surprised by the noise.

“Onew hyung, what happened???” Taemin and Minho rushed into the kitchen. Key and i followed them quickly.

“Onew hyung, wh-- AAARRRRGGGHHH!!!” Key screamed in shock.

The oven was all black, covered with dark smokes. The kitchen was absolutely messed up, and some unknown chocolate things scattered everywhere. Onew hyung, the one and only who caused this big mess, leaned on Minho with many black spots on his face.

Uh oh! Here comes trouble~

“YAH! ONEW HYUNG!!!!” Key shouted. “What-- How-- Why my kitchen..???”

“Key ah! I’m so sorry..!! I didn’t mean to--“ Onew hyung tried to explain all these things, but Key didn’t want to hear.

“you broke my oven, you messed up the kitchen, and you even destroy my cake!!” Key yelled in anger. No, i think he wasn’t angry. It’s more like.. mad. And this tensioned up the situation.

“Key ah.. i’m sorry...” Onew hyung begged him with the cutest face i’ve ever seen. His puppy eyes became wet and tears can fall down anytime.

I saw Key looked at Onew hyung with an undescribable face, i don’t know whether he felt angry, sad, or pity towards him. But suddenly, he’s smiling. Key, is smiling.

“Onew hyung, you... you looked so funny!! Hahahaha...” he laughed. What’s happen actually?? First he was angry, and now he’s laughing??

“yah, what’s happen actually?? Onew hyung, how could it be like this? And Key, what are you laughing at?” i asked confusedly. Minho and Taemin agreed, they wanna know what’s the real problem after all.

“uhh.. ng.. actually.. i was trying to help Key by baking the cake, but the oven didn’t work, so i pushed some buttons, and..” Onew hyung looked at Key, who was still smiling. “..BOOM!”

“you didn’t even know how to use an oven, hyung?” Key asked between his laughter.

“AND...” Onew hyung continued. “i was surprised, so i jumped backwards, but then i tripped and my hands accidentally hit the bowl.. then.. then.. it became like this..”

“HUAHAHAHAHA...!!” all of us laughed, except Minho, who was staring at the floor.

“hyung..” Minho said as he kept on staring at the floor. “what’s the chocolate thing in the floor?”

Our laughter was interrupted for a while by Minho’s words. All of us looked at the floor, then looked at Onew hyung.

“is.. that.. my.. chocolate pudding?” Minho asked.

Key moved forward and checked it. “uh, Minho? I think that’s really your chocolate pudding..”

Minho’s eyes widened. “you mean.. i can’t have my chocolate pudding today?”

Onew hyung looked at Minho immediately with his puppy eyes again. “Minho yah, i’m sorry..”

“that’s okay hyung, i believe Key hyung would make it again for you..” Taemin then patted Minho’s shoulder. “you would, wouldn’t you Key hyung?”

Key nodded. “now everybody help me clean this kitchen! And Onew hyung, just go and clean yourself, you looked so funny with the black spots on your face.." Then he laughed again. "Is this Onew Sangtae? But it's funny.."

Minho and Taemin then helped Key to clean the kitchen. When Onew hyung went out from the kitchen, i followed him. When he found and asked why i was following him, i just grinned and didn’t say anything. The truth is, i just don’t wanna clean the kitchen. What a waste of energy...

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8 pm!!! And the Christmas party will begin soon~

I looked at living room. It was all red and green. The ‘Merry Xmas’ greeting on the wall, balloons, red and green ribbons, and of course.. a Christmas tree. In just a few hours, i really can’t believe that our dorm had turned into such a beautiful and comfortable one, with all these Christmas decorations.

“foods are ready!!” Key shouted as he brought the foods to the living room.

“Key hyung... what foods did you cook?? I bet it’s all good~” Taemin said as he walked towards us. Minho and Onew hyung came too. Taemin sat next to the foods, smelling the food’s scent.

Wait.. Taemin..?? Didn’t he supposed to go home and spent this Christmas with his family??

“yah, Taemin ah..” i asked him.

“yes hyung?”

“why are you here?”

Taemin frowned. “hyung, you didn’t want me to join this party?? I thought you--“

“no.. it’s not like that!” i interrupted him. I don’t want him to get me wrong. Or i better die. “didn’t you supposed to spend this Christmas with your family? I thought your hyung--“

“ah! I forgot to tell you and Key hyung! I’m sorry!” Taemin looked surprised. “actually, my mom called me back while we were shopping this morning, and she said i can spend this party with SHINee, because this time, it’s special!”

“what??” Key’s eyes widened. “then how about your hyung? You said he was studying abroad for 3 years and this is the first time he came back to Korea?”

Taemin nodded. “yeah, but he will stay here for a month so my mom said that i can come back anytime!!”

“whaat???” both Key and i yelled in unison, surprised but happy. So.. he will spend this party with us?

Taemin threw a very cute look at me. “hyung, you didn’t like it?? You don’t want me to be here???”

I shook my head and patted his head. “no, don’t worry.. i’m just.. too happy..!!”

And he smiled at me. He give me a very cute smile that can only be done by him. This is the happiest moment in my life~ Aish, why did my heart skip a beat?? I can’t resist his cuteness!!!

*DING! DONG!*

“ah, it must be them!!” Taemin stood up and ran to the door.

“them?” i and Key looked at each other.

“ah, i haven’t told you yet?” Onew hyung said suddenly. “actually..”

“annyeonghaseyo!!”

About 6 people entered the room. It was Yesung hyung, Sungmin hyung, Kangin hyung, Taeyeon noona, Yuri noona, and an unknown girls. Why were they here??

“oh, annyeonghaseyo!!” Onew hyung greeted them. “Kangin hyung, you come! And the others too!”

“annyeong..” all of us greeted them too.

“SHINee, how are you? Long time no see, you’ve been very popular these days, busy huh?” Taeyeon noona asked.

All of us smiled. “we’re fine, noona! And yeah, just a bit busy..” Key answered.

“let’s sit down first..” Kangin hyung said, a little superiorish, but that’s his personality. And i admire him.

“how could you come here, hyungs and noonas? I think--“ Key asked the same question that popped in my head.

“Onew invited us! Didn’t he tell you?” Sungmin hyung answered. Both Key and i shook our head. “but the other Suju members are busy, like Teukie hyung and Eunhyuk were DJ-ing Sukira, Shindong DJ-ing Shim Shim Tapa, and the others spending this Christmas with their family..”

“Kangin hyung and Taeyeon noona..? Chin Chin..?” Minho asked. I was a bit surprised too, that Minho asked in this kind of time. Unusual. But i’m glad he talked.

“we’ve just finished, so we decided to come here. Yuri was there too so i asked her to come with us..” Taeyeon noona answered. “oh and this girl is..”

Everyone was looking at the unknown girl. She has a long black hair and brown eyes. She’s cute, i admit. But i don’t know why, i.. didn’t really like her.

“oh, she’s my little sister. She’s a trainee too, but i think you guys haven’t see her yet?” Kangin hyung explained.

“hello, my name is Kim Jiyeong. Nice to meet you..” she smiled. And i could see dimples on her cheeks.

“she was born in 1989, so she is your noona..” Yuri noona added.

So, this girl is Jiyeong noona.. and she’s Kangin hyung’s sister.. but she’s a trainee?? How come i haven’t seen her before??

“oppa, you didn’t say that Taemin is this cute!!” Jiyeong noona suddenly said enthusiastically.

My eyes widened. She.. likes... my Taemin?? I looked at Key immediately, and i saw his eyes widened too.

“Jiyeong is a big fan of Taemin, you know..” Yesung hyung said as he released a small laugh.

“yes!!” Jiyeong noona screamed like a fangirl, but in a lower pitch. “Taemin ah, would you mind if i sat beside you?”

Both of us, Key and me i mean, looked at Taemin. Unbelievably, he was smiling and said “sure, noona.” And then she walked towards us, pushing me aside, and sat beside Taemin. Hypothesis proven! She liked Taemin, and that means.. enemy!

“how could this possible..?” i whispered to Key who sat beside me. He just lifted his shoulders up and smiled to the others.

“aaahh, i’m hungry..” Yesung hyung said and he made a funny face. All of us laughed at him.

“let’s eat then..!!” Onew hyung opened the eating session. He pointed the fried chickens and said “hyungs, noonas, try this..!! This is Key’s special menu!!”

“really?” Taeyeon noona asked as he took one piece of the chicken and eat it. “uwaah, this is so delicious!! Key ah, you are great! This is even more delicious than my cooking!!”

Key smiled shyly. “ahaha.. thank you noona..”

I was about to take a piece fried chicken for Taemin when Jiyeong noona asked “Taemin ah, try this..” and give him a piece of beef on her chopsticks.

What. Is. She. Doing. Now??? Trying to feed Taemin..???

I looked at Taemin, with heart pounding fastly. Will he accept it?? No, Taemin ah, you mustn’t do this to me...

Taemin smiled and pushed Jiyeong noona’s hand aside. “ah, thank you noona, but i can eat by myself..”

I released a big relieved sigh.

“come on Taeminnie.. just once.. please..???” she smiled as cute as possible.

WHAAT??? AGAIN..???

“ng.. eh.. noona..” Taemin was doubtful now.

“noona, this is--“ i tried to stop her.

“Jiyeong ah! You burdened him!!” Kangin hyung suddenly shouted.

Jiyeong noona looked a bit surprised and finally she stopped trying to feed Taemin. “sorry..”

Kangin hyung.. Thank you so much~!!!

“ng.. i wanna go to take some drinks.. anyone want something?” Minho asked as he stood up.

“ah, i want Onew!” Key said.

All of us looked at him immediately, and i saw Onew hyung’s face turned red. I smiled at Key and teased him. “Onew?? You want Onew hyung? But Onew hyung is already sitting next to you!”

“wha--“ Key looked at Onew hyung. Both of their faces turned red, and Key quickly turned his face so he wouldn’t see Onew hyung. “i.. i mean.. On-yoo! Milk!! I want milk!”

Minho did smile a lot before he went to the kitchen.

“Onew yah, why did you have a red face?” Yesung hyung who sat next to Onew hyung teased. Onew hyung just smiled in embarassment. Aigoo.. poor Onew hyung.. Even though i don’t wanna make him and Key more embarassed, but i can’t help myself coughing to tease them. And Key’s hand reacted very well. He hit me very hard right on my hand.

“wh--“

“stop it, would you!” he told me with a deadly look. I just grinned until Minho came back with the drinks. Key and Onew hyung.. not a bad couple after all. Just like me and Taemin. Hehehe.. besides, they are cute if they always act like that.

After finished eating Key’s incredibly delicious food, we decided to play games before Christmas countdown.

“what game shall we play..?” Yuri noona asked.

“truth or dare?” Sungmin hyung suggested.

Kangin hyung shook his immediately. “old game! We always play that when we have group parties! Find something new!!”

“how about hide and seek?” Jiyeong noona suggested. “i can hide together with Taemin..!!”

WHAT??? Absolutely.. “NO!” both Key and i didn’t agree.

“why?” she asked us with the cute face of her. Well noona, don’t ever think that it will works on me..

“we can’t hide in this place! Besides, this is SHINee’s private place, we shouldn’t messed it up!” Taeyeon noona answered. Taeyeon noona~ you’re the best!!!

“so?” Sungmin hyung asked. “how about Heart Love Game?”

“Heart Love Game?” Yuri noona asked.

“ah, the one we played on the Mnet Mini Drama show?” Kangin hyung asked his fellow members. They nodded.

“i haven’t play it before! What’s the rules?” i asked.

“one of us will call out someone’s name here, then a number. And the chosen one must say his name that number of times. Then, in the last part, the chosen one have to say ‘Love’ instead of his/her name, and making a heart sign. Then the chosen one have to call out someone’s name and a number, and there it goes..” Sungmin hyung explained. “this is harder than just saying names...”

“aaahhh..” all of us pretended to understand, although i didn’t really sure whether they really understand or not.. i just know that.. i don’t understand..

“let me give an example..” Yesung hyung said. “it goes with ‘Heart Love Game!’ and then i will say ‘Kangin 3!’. After that, Kangin must say ‘Kangin Kangin Love’ and make a heart sign like this..” he said as he formed a heart sign with both of his hands, “and then he will say somebody’s name, hmm.. ‘Yuri 1!’ for example.. and Yuri have to say ‘Love’ and making a heart sign.. just like that.”

“okay! Let’s play then!” Key, who loves challenges, accept the game.

“but what happen if we lose?” Taemin asked.

“the loser have to be hit by the player who called his/her name. Do you have a hammer toy?” Kangin hyung asked.

I shook my head. “but we can use the dolphin cushion hyung! It does hurt!”

Kangin frowned. “you’ve tried it?”

I nodded enthusiastically. “Key hit me with that yesterday. And it hurts!” I could see Key grinned.

After Minho brought the dolphin cushion, we sat in circle position, and ready to play the game.

“i’ll go first, since i’m the oldest..” Yesung hyung said.

“Heart Love Game!” all of us yelled.

“Onew 3!” Yesung hyung said.

“Onew Onew love!” Onew hyung said as he made the heart sign. “Key 2!”

“Key love! Taemin 1!”

“Taemin...” Taemin stopped. “aaahh!!”

Key smirked and stood up. He took the cushion and said “Taemin ah, sorry~”, then hit Taemin’s head.

“ah!” Taemin squealed as Key hit his head.

“continue~~!! Taemin’s turn..!!” Onew hyung said excitedly.

“Heart Love Game! Yuri 2!” Taemin said.

“Yuri love!” Yuri noona said happily. “Jonghyun 4!”

“Jonghyun Jonghyun Jonghyun love!!” i said, didn’t forget to make the heart sign. Now it’s time for revenge~ “Jiyeong 2!”

Jiyeong noona looked surprised. Maybe she didn’t expect me to call out her name. “eh.. Jiyeong..” and she missed the beat.

Yes! I took the cushion and hit her head. I know i’m not supposed to do this on girls, but i don’t wanna lose to her. This is my lucky time~

“ah!” she squealed, just like Taemin.

And then the game goes.. until it was already 11.30 pm.

“hey, it’s time to open the present!!” Key said happily. “now give your presents to who you wanna give, and the we’ll open it together...!”

Everyone was exchanging their presents. All SHINee members received 4 presents from the members itself, and two additions from Super Junior and SNSD. And Taemin, of course, got an extra from Jiyeong noona. Only Taemin. Both Taeyeon noona and Yuri noona got presents from Super Junior and Jiyeong noona. Taeyeon noona and Yuri noona even gave present to each other. Super Junior got presents too from SNSD and Jiyeong noona.

“hyungs, noonas, i’m sorry that we couldn’t give you presents today because we don’t even know that you will come.. stupidity of Onew hyung..” i said as i looked at him.

“yah!” Onew hyung yelled in embarassment.

“..but i’ll make sure the present arrived at your place tomorrow!” i continued.

“that’s okay..” Taeyeon noona said and he released a small laugh. “but make sure it will arrive tomorrow!!”

“okay, now let’s open the presents!!!”

As i could see, Onew hyung got two watches, which was from Minho and Taemin (“hyung, how could you think about the same present like mine?” Taemin complained.), a hat from me (“you looked good with hat, hyung!”) and a blue-pendant necklace from Key (“wow, that’s good! Why did you give that only for him, Key?” i teased.). Minho got chocolates from me and Onew hyung (“thanks hyungs, i love chocolates..” he said.), a red leather gloves from Taemin (“i think it would look good on you, hyung..”), and Key gave him his favorite chocolate pudding (“Key ah, thanks..” he hugged Key.).

On the other side, Key gave me an earrings (“you should change yours!” he said), Taemin gave me necklace with a big ‘J’ on it (“J represents Jonghyun!”) while Onew hyung gave me a watch and Minho gave me Chris Brown’s new CD. Key got a chain-like belt from Onew hyung (“you looked more stylish with that” he said.), Minho gave him a blue sweater, Taemin gave him earrings, and i gave him a silver bracelet.

Taemin, who was very excited to open his presents, finally had the chance. Key gave him a beanie (“my son looked very cute while wearing this!!”), Minho gave him a red cap (“wow, this looked match with the gloves i gave to you, Minho hyung..”), Onew hyung gave him a black backpack (“black? Why not red?” Taemin asked.), and i gave him a red sneakers (“Jonghyun hyung, i love you~!!”). And also, Jiyeong noona gave him a necklace with a star pendant on it.

“Jiyeong noona, thank you so much!!” Taemin smiled.

Jiyeong noona smiled excitedly. “i’ll give you everything you asked for, Taemin..!!”

I felt sick of her overacted behavior towards Taemin.

SNSD noonas gave us a crystal ball with a snowy house inside it, and Super Junior hyungs gave us a big clock with our picture on it. We thanked them so much, and i promised they will get a beautiful presents from us.

“ah, few seconds more before the countdown..!!” Yuri noona said suddenly.

“okay the, before we end this party, let’s start the countdown..” Kangin hyung said.

“5!”

“4!”

“3!”

“2!”

“1!!”

“Merry Christmas!!!”

After spreading confetti, blowing Christmas trumpets, and singing some Christmas carols, we decided to end this party.

“thank you for inviting, Onew yah!” Sungmin hyung said.

“thank you, SHINee..!! Have a merry Christmas!!” Yuri noona said too.

“and don’t forget the present!!” the witty Taeyeon noona added.

“don’t worry, noona!!” Taemin said back.

“thank you SHINee, and good bye Taemin~!!” Jiyeong noona waved at Taemin. “hope to see you soon~!” Taemin waved back and smiled.

After they left our apartment, i threw my body on the couch. “aahhh!!! This party is great!!”

“except for Jiyeong noona..” Key said beside me. I nodded.

“i didn’t like her too..” Taemin suddenly said.

“you didn’t like her??” both Key and i asked him.

Taemin nodded. “she’s just.. too much..”

Key and i smirked and gave a high five to each other.

“what did you be so happy for, hyung?” Minho said.

Key walked towards Taemin and patted his head. “nothing. I’m glad that my son knew what’s good and what’s not good for him..”

I stood up and approached them. “let’s sleep, Taemin ah..” i said as i pulled Taemin’s hand and dragged him to our bedroom.

“yah! Jonghyun hyung!!” Key nagged. But i wouldn’t hear it anymore. Today, i wanna sleep tightly and have a great dream, with Taemin on it.

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CHAPTER 4

~*~ DAY 2 ~*~

--Onew’s POV--

“noona, did you see my jacket?”

“where’s my sneakers?”

“Jonghyun hyung, why did you wear my necklace?”

“my hair hasn’t done yet?”

“my jacket...”

I looked on the mirror in front of me. We, SHINee, were on a signing and handshaking event, special for Christmas. Since we will do this outdoor, we have to dress warmly. And how everyone seemed busy with themself made me smile. Minho was looking for his jacket, Taemin was looking for his new sneakers, Jonghyun impatiently want his hair to be done faster, Key looked at Jonghyun as he wanted to eat him alive, and here i am, waiting for the makeup-artist noona to finish her work on me.

“done!” she said, as she packed up all the makeup things. Thanks God that my hair had been done first, so i don’t have to wait for Jonghyun until he finished.

“thank you, noona..” i said with smile.

“i’m done too!” Jonghyun finally said. I looked at him. He was as confident as always. And good looking. I know he have many fans out there, and i believe most of our fans liked.. no, loved him.

“Jonghyun hyung! My key necklace!! Why did you wear it? You didn’t suppose to wear it since it is mine!” i heard Key nagged at him. “besides, it’s a key! And since you’re Bling and not Key--”

“but it does bling!” Jonghyun smiled. “okay.. i just wanna borrow it for a while, you silly!” Then he took off the necklace and gave it to Key. “here you are..” Key then grabbed it and wore it.

What a great couple.

Since i’m the leader and i want to know everything the media and fans talked about us, i browsed the internet quite often. And in almost websites or forums i’ve been looking at, there was always.. always members coupling. And the most popular couple is.. Jonghyun and Key. Whether it’s JongKey or HyunKey, both referred to Jonghyun and Key. And the only thing i was happy for is.. my favourite coupling was on the second place. It is OnKey. Onew and Key.

Actually, if i wanna think deeper.. What’s special between me and Key? Nothing. Except the fact that he is the one acting like an umma and i am the leader, we became the umma and appa of SHINee. There’s nothing more. I’m not as handsome as Jonghyun, not as cute as Taemin, and i don’t have any charisma like Minho. In addition, i don’t have the full-of-confidence personality like Jonghyun’s, which made him closer to Key, since both of them were over-confident.

Sometimes i felt jealous.. very jealous.. towards Jonghyun. He got all the best couplings: JongKey, TaeHyun, and he was paired even with me too, OnHyun or BlingDubu is the name. Sometimes i felt that this is weird. We even aren’t that close, since we have many personality differences. But both Jonghyun and i loved singing. And everytime i sing with him, it feels so.. right. I could hear our voice blend nicely, and fans love it. So, even though i was jealous, of course it’s impossible to hate him. I don’t want to either.

Looking at them laughing together, i felt jealous again. I want Key to talk only to me, to laugh only with me, and to nag only at me. Oops, only for the nag part, i don’t want him to do it only at me.

Thinking about me and Key, i suddenly remember last night’s incident. When Key said he want Onew. He want me. At that time, i was so embarrased, because he was saying that in front of many people. Especially there were Kangin hyung and Yesung hyung, who specialized in teasing people. When he looked at me with a red face, my heart did skip a beat. I was both happy and afraid, afraid that he might know my true feelings for him. But then he said he want milk. Milk, and not me. Sad, huh? But once again, of course he didn’t want me. All he want is always Jonghyun.

“alright, SHINee.. are you ready?” our manager hyung said, stopped me from thinking deeper.

“yes!” we answered.

Few seconds later, we were already facing the table used for signing our albums. And the position was always the same: me, Taemin, Jonghyun, Minho, and Key. Who arranged this position?? Huh? Who?? Why did they have to put me so far away from Key? I wanna sit next to him...

“now, let’s begin the event!” the MC said.

“annyeonghaseyo, we are shining SHINee!” we greeted the fans, who were already stood in a looooong line.

“wow! There are so many fans today, hyung!” Taemin said happily as we sat down.

I smiled at him. “of course. It’s Christmas! And i can’t find the end of the line..”

Taemin’s eyes widened. He looked intensely to the line. “me too, hyung.. is it more than 1 km?”

I spontanly laughed. Isn’t he cute? “i don’t know too, Taemin..”

The fans started to walk towards our table. One by one passed us, leaving with a happy face after we signed their albums and gave them a handshake. Taemin and Jonghyun talked to each other everytime there was a space between each fan. And Key always looked at Jonghyun on the same time, with the look i knew the most, jealousy.

Was he jealous of Taemin? Because Taemin always talk to Jonghyun? Or he was jealous of Jonghyun? Hahaha, what am i thinking about? Of course he was jealous of Taemin, what else? Because he didn’t want Jonghyun to talk too much with Taemin.

I tried not to think about it anymore. It will just end up with my heart being hurt.

The events was done earlier than i thought it had to be. Of course i’m glad. One minute longer, and i think i won’t be able to write again in my entire life.

“what schedule is next, hyung?” i asked our manager when we’re all in the car. Taemin sat with Minho, while Jonghyun, Key, and me on the other side.

“a photoshoot for your promotions.” He answered.

I nodded a little and looked at the others. Taemin’s head was leaning against Minho’s shoulder, sleeping. Minho himself, was looking at the window, staring at the road. Key and Jonghyun were talking, and somehow i can’t join their conversation.

“..yeah, i think there were more than 500 people..”

“..and when i signed her album..”

“..did you notice the red balloons the kid brought?”

And there, with all my stupidity to brightened up the mood and my jealousy towards Jonghyun, i said, or practically sang.. “Ppalgan pungseoni haneureul nalmyeon~”

Key, Jonghyun, and Minho looked at me immediately, throwing a weird look. Well done, Onew.. Well done.. You were making the Onew Sangtae again.. And here the song goes..

“mweorhaedo Onew sangtae~” both Key and Jonghyun sang it. Then they laughed.

See? My stupidity and my jealousy didn’t make any change, though. Jonghyun and Key continued talking to each other, and Minho... continued staring at the window. Sigh.

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--Key’s POV--

Onew hyung was weird today. Very weird. He wasn’t as happy as usual. I saw him thinking a lot. I always wanted to ask him what’s wrong, but the fact that Jonghyun hyung always make a move towards Taemin when i was inattentive made me forget about Onew hyung and concentrated more on Taemin and Jonghyun hyung. I’ve promised that i will protect Taemin from him, so i must.

And Onew hyung’s weirdness grew more and more when the event was going on. He always staring at me with a sad look on his face, that unconditionally, made my heart ached a bit. But again, i can’t think too much about him because of the fans, and because of Jonghyun hyung. He was talking to Taemin all the time. Laughing with Taemin. Patting Taemin’s head. Such a cute fan-service, seeing both Jonghyun hyung and Taemin caring to each other. I could hear some noona fans did a fanscreaming while seeing that scene.

If only i could drag Taemin out and separate them.. But the only thing i could do is staring at them. Hoping somehow Jonghyun hyung will feel my deadly stare and stop doing such a fan-service. Make sure that Jonghyun hyung didn’t do anything ‘dangerous’ to Taemin. What if Taemin falls for Jonghyun hyung too? He supposed to love girls and not guys! Hhh, my son... You’re making your umma tired..

Oh yeah. Speaking about Onew hyung’s weirdness, he was doing another condition when we were on the car. Singing randomly and then didn’t speak any word until we arrived at the photoshoot studio. Maybe he was mad at me? Because i accidentally said Onew instead of Onyoo..?? Yah! He couldn’t do that to me! It’s absolutely not my fault! Blame himself for choosing a name similar to a milk!!

“SHINee, please change your clothes into that..” the photographer hyung pointed at the red-white-green outfits, “..do some makeups and hairdo, then come here. Quick!”

I was standing still, looking at the outfits. The tuxedos, shirts, pants, jeans, jackets, sweaters, coats, hoodies, caps.. They were amazingly cool and pretty. I wish i could have some.. or maybe, just one of them...

“Key, what are you doing? The photographer hyung told us to be quick!” Minho said as he dragged me to do some makeups. No.. I wanna see the clothes longer~

After changing outfits and getting ready, the photoshoot session started. It was a group shoot first. And the position.. was always and always the same. Why must Jonghyun hyung stand always next to Taemin while i am standing next to a silent alien?

After taking few photos, the photographer hyung told us to change position. Ah, finally~

I quickly moved and positioned myself between Jonghyun hyung and Taemin.

“what the--“ Jonghyun hyung surprised.

“what?” i smirked at him. “you don’t like me standing here between you and Taemin, huh?”

“no--” he paused. “well.. yes, but..”

I ignored him and turned to Taemin. “aigoo.. my son looked so good on this outfit..”

“really hyung? Thank you..” Taemin smiled. “Onew hyung looked good too on his outfit..”

I looked at Onew hyung, who was looking at me at the same time.

“omo, Onew hyung! You looked so cute with that scarf!!” i said, truthfully. He did look good on that outfit. Cute. And handsome. And.. hot. AARRGGHH!!! What am i thinking about..??? Just because Jonghyun hyung said that he loved me.. it didn’t mean that.. that..

Aish! Is this real..??? Am.. i.. really..

“Key, what are you doing there?” the photographer hyung said to me, frowned.

“huh?” i snapped out from my random thoughts. “what do you mean, hyung?”

“that’s Jonghyun’s position! At the center!” he said. I looked at Jonghyun hyung. He smirked.

“why did Jonghyun hyung always stand in the center?? Why not--“ i paused as i suddenly understand what did the photographer mean. “ah, sure.. i will move..”

“goodbye, Key..” Jonghyun hyung said as he threw a winning smirk at me.

“goodbye too, Shorty hyung..” i said, then laughed. Taemin who stand beside me giggled.

Jonghyun hyung’s face changed into a shocked one. “what? What did you call me??”

“Shorty?” I smiled. “just admit that you’re the shortest, hyung..”

Jonghyun hyung still gave me a shocked look, while Taemin tried to calm him down. I walked to my old position: at the very left, next to Minho.

“Key, why did you stand there?” the photographer hyung asked me again.

“what? Am i wrong again?” i asked back.

“i told you to change position!” he said. “what about.. next to Onew, on the very right? And Taemin, you can take Key’s old position!”

“okay hyung..” Taemin answered, and he moved to Minho’s left side. I saw him began to talk to Minho. Why did Minho talk more with Taemin than with the others? Maybe because their age? But my age is closer to Minho’s than Taemin’s. Weird.

“okay..” i moved too. Next to Onew hyung?? Well, that’s okay.. at least Taemin’s free from Jonghyun hyung..

And when i looked at Onew hyung, he was looking at me too. Expressionless. Then he turned his face from me. What happened, all of the sudden..?? Why did everyone acting weird today?

Then the photographer hyung took some photos, and told us to change the outfit. After doing some group photoshoots again, we did a personal photoshoots. First, it was Onew hyung’s turn, then mine, followed by Jonghyun hyung’s, Taemin’s, and the last, Minho’s.

After finished mine, i searched for Onew hyung, and found him sitting on a chair near the changing room. He was like.. lifeless, if i could say it that way. I approached him.

“hi hyung..” i said as i sat down next to him.

“huh?” he looked at me suddenly and our eyes met. “oh.. i-it’s you, Key..” he faked a smile. I smiled back at him.

“hyung, ng.. what’s wrong?” i asked him. “i found that you’ve been a bit.. weird.. today..”

He faked a small laugh. I repeat, a faked one. “no, there’s.. nothing.. in particular..”

He was so bad at lying, my silly hyung. “Trying to deny it huh, hyung? I knew you’ve been very thoughtful today.. What are you thinking about?”

He shook his head. “nothing! It’s just.. some private problems? Don’t worry, i’m alright.”

“you know, hyung.. i.. actually i..” I sighed. “..i’d rather have a silly and lame leader than a weird and thoughtful one.. so if you want to share something, just tell me, okay?”

Onew hyung smiled at me, this time i could feel that it was sincere. “thank you, Key..”

Suddenly he wrapped me with a hug. I was so surprised and blushed at the same time. Oh my God, why did my heart pound so fast?? “yah! Onew hyung! let me go!! YAH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! ONEW HYUNG!!” i pushed him away.

He smiled brightly and shook his head. “nothing! Hehehe..”

“wha-- but--“

“let’s go back to the photoshoot room!” he said as he dragged me. “everyone let’s work!! Let’s work!!”

His hand was still on my wrist, dragging me around the studio. But i’m glad that he was back into his old self; the lame, silly Dubu. At least, the mood will be brighten up--

“did anybody see my butterfly necktie?” Minho asked.

“where did you put it before?” i asked him back, as i pulled my left hand from Onew hyung’s grip.

“i don’t know, i.. forget..” Minho grinned.

“are you sure the butterfly didn’t fly back to heaven?” Onew hyung added.

Minho and i threw a weird look at him. This guy is.. completely helpless...

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CHAPTER 5

~*~ DAY 3 ~*~

--Minho’s POV--

“yah! Jonghyun hyung! Give it back!!” Key shouted as he ran to chase Jonghyun hyung, who was running around the dorm with Key’s precious camera on his hands.

“i said i just wanna borrow it, you stupid!!” Jonghyun hyung replied, now he runs toward me.

“Jonghyun hyung!!!” Key followed him, they both ran toward me. Suddenly i feel scared, that they may bump me.

“hey! Hey! Wa--“

“Minho, help me!!!” Jonghyun hyung suddenly grabbed my shoulders and hid behind me. He used me as his shield and spun me around to avoid Key.

Key faced me angrily. “Jonghyun hyung! Don’t ever think that you could be free if you hide behind Minho! Yah, Choi Minho! Move over!!”

“Minho yah!! Help!!” Jonghyun hyung spun me around madly, now not only in circular motion but also he dragged me back and forth. I felt dizzy.

“yah, hyung! stop it!” i yelled to make Jonghyun hyung stop but both Key and him ignored me and they’re still yelling to each other.

“Jonghyun hyung!!” Key yelled.

“Minho yah!!” Jonghyun hyung yelled too.

“STOP!!!” i shouted, tired of being dizzy and hearing their unbearable high-pitch yells. Well, seems that my shout worked, cause both of them froze, silent, and a bit.. shocked.

I turned back and took Key’s camera from Jonghyun hyung’s hand. “why did you both act childish?”

“he started first!” Key attacked.

“i just wanna borrow his camera!” Jonghyun hyung defended.

“but you should-- yah! Choi Minho! Give my camera back, now!!” Key yelled again when he saw me holding his camera.

I shook my head. “no, Key. I think i should keep this with me, UNTIL both of you stop acting so childish!”

“but--“

“hyungs!! i’m home...!!”

Taemin entered the room with a bright smile. He’s still wearing his school uniform.

“Taemin ah..” Jonghyun hyung ran towards him and hugged him from behind. “your umma want to mutilate me!!”

“yah! Jonghyun hyung! Let him go!” Key started to yell again. Why did he have to yell all the time? Is that his hobby?

I put Key’s camera into my pocket before he remember it again. “Taemin ah, let’s go change. And Key, go cook some food because Taemin is hungry and Jonghyun hyung, do something else.” I said as i pulled Taemin from Jonghyun hyung’s hug and dragged him to our bedroom.

“yah, Minho!” Jonghyun hyung called.

“hush! I heard that if someone with a quiet personality got angry, it would be scarier than normal person!” Key whispered to Jonghyun hyung with a loud voice.

“Key, i can hear you!” i said.

“What did you hear? I didn’t say anything!” Key yelled back. Taemin giggled.

While waiting for Taemin to change his clothes, i leaned on my bed, took Key’s camera from my pocket and looked at his photos. There were many peolpe’s pictures: father Lee Soo Man, DBSK sunbaenims, Super Junior sunbaenims, SNSD sunbaenims, stylist noonas, manager hyung, some SM trainees, Onew hyung, Jonghyun hyung, Taemin, me, and Key himself. What’s so special about this that he didn’t want anyone to see this?

After changed his uniform into a casual one, Taemin came and sat on the end of my bed.

“Minho hyung, do you know what mutilate means?” he asked.

“mutilate? Ah, the word Jonghyun hyung had just said to you?” i asked back and he nodded.

“i want to ask him but i’m afraid that he may tease me..” Taemin said as he pouted cutely. “you know, hyung..” he added in a low voice. “Jonghyun hyung and Key hyung is the untrustable type of person..”

I laughed lightly. “how come could you say that?”

Taemin’s face turned into serious mode. “really, hyung! If i tell a secret or something private to Key hyung or Jonghyun hyung, they always tease me and the next day all members will already know it.” He sighed. “remember when i told Jonghyun hyung about a pretty noona i liked when we were on the SBS Inkigayo?”

I was silent and recalling that memory before i nodded.

“remember what happened the next day? He told all of you!” Taemin added over-excitedly.

I laughed. “yeah, i remember. Jonghyun hyung was a bit crazy that day i think.. cause he told everybody, and not just the members!”

“yup! He told manager hyung, Jaejoong hyung, Junsu hyung, Yunho hyung, Kangin hyung, Shindong hyung, Eunhyuk hyung.. and it was worsened because Eunhyuk hyung and Shindong hyung were the gossip-boys type!” he pouted. “and that ended my liking to the pretty noona.”

I smiled looking at his cute face. “i think i understand what did you mean, Taemin ah..”

“but you are different, Minho hyung! You are a trustable type! You are a good listener too! And you definitely won’t tease me! So i think i will share everything with you from now on! Can i?” he asked with a cute happy-puppy eyes.

I nodded. “sure! Anything, anytime, anywhere..”

“yay!” Taemin clapped his hands lightly. “so, hyung.. what’s the meaning of mutilate?”

“mutilate? Hmm.. it means to cut a thing into many parts.. usually.. a human..”

“whaat..??” his big cute eyes widened. “eww~”

“yeah.. it was done on some murdering cases..” i added.

He made a disgusted expression. “hyung, is that.. hurts?”

I laughed and patted his back. “of course! Could you imagine how--“ i paused as i saw a scared look on his face. Oh God, what am i doing by telling this to a 15 years old kid? “okay, i won’t talk about it anymore. And don’t imagine it!!”

“okay..” he nodded. “Minho hyung.. what are you looking at?”

“hmm?” i looked at his cute curious face. “oh, i’m looking at Key’s camera..”

“can i see it too? I wonder what pictures Key hyung took with this camera..” he said, and i handed the camera to him. “wow, i don’t know that Key hyung is a good photographer..”

I smiled. “yeah, all photos there was taken in a very good angle.. he got the talent!”

“wow.. this is good hyung!” he showed a picture on the camera to me. “look at Onew hyung’s expression! Key hyung is so good, he can take this kind of expression!!”

I looked at the camera more intensely. There was a picture of Onew hyung talking with Changmin hyung, and Onew hyung had a very bright smile on his face. I pushed the ‘next’ button, and again, an Onew hyung’s picture, now looking at the camera with an absolutely bright angelic smile. His eyes were nearly closed. Onew hyung seemed very happy on this picture.

“yeah.. Key is so good, isn’t he?”

Taemin nodded. “but hyung..”

“hm??”

“did you notice something..?”

“notice what?” i asked him curiously.

“there is always Onew hyung on every photo..”

We looked at each other.

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“lunch is ready!! And where did Onew hyung go? He was gone since this morning!” Key shouted from the kitchen. Me and Taemin quickly rushed to the dining table. I saw Jonghyun hyung walked here too. I gave Key’s camera back, and he stared at me with a deadly look.

“you saw it?” he asked.

“saw what?” i asked back. “your pictures? Yeah, that was all good, right Taemin?” i looked at Taemin and give him a don’t-tell-anybody-about-Onew hyung’s-being-on-all-of-his-photos look. “you can be a great photogapher!”

Taemin nodded. It seemed that he understand what i mean. “yeah, hyung! you can be a great photographer!”

Key looked at us weirdly. I know he was doubting us, but then he said “thank you..” and quickly put his camera on his pocket.

“i’m hungry! Where’s the rice..?” Jonghyun hyung came and said excitedly as he grabbed a plate.

“there’s no lunch for you!” Key said as he blocked Jonghyun hyung’s hand from reaching for the rice.

“why??” Jonghyun hyung threw a puppy eyes at him.

“because you stole my camera!!”

“but it was Minho who took your camera!” Jonghyun hyung pointed me. Hey, why did you include me..?

“i’m not--“ i was about to defend myself before Key interrupted again.

“but you have a will to do so, Jonghyun hyung!” Key claimed. “so there’s no lunch for you..”

“Key ah.. how could you do this to me..?” Jonghyun hyung begged.

“of course i can! Why not?” Key said mercilessly.

“Key ah.. do you want to see me starving to death?” Jonghyun hyung begged again for Key’s mercy.

“oh, i’d loved to!”

I could see Jonghyun hyung’s shocked look. He put his right hand in front of his mouth. Seemed that he couldn’t believe what he’d just heard. Taemin and i giggled at his funny expression.

“okay then, i will cook for you, hyung..” i finally said.

“whaaat??” both Key and Jonghyun hyung looked at me.

“how could you--“

“are you sure, Minho?” Jonghyun hyung asked. “you can cook?”

I smiled. “of course i can!”

Ten minutes later, i came with a plate full of fried rice. I gave that to Jonghyun hyung then i sat on a chair next to Key. He ate it immediately.

“how could you--“ Key said but i interrupted him.

“do you really wanna see him die? If he die, SHINee will die as well..”

Key just sighed. “i forgive you this time, Jonghyun hyung..”

“Minho yah! Why did your fried rice tasted like Taemin’s?” Jonghyun hyung asked.

“what do you mean hyung?” i asked him back, not knowing what does he mean.

“this fried rice! It tasted just like the one Taemin cooked for me when Key didn’t want to cook me breakfast!”

I looked at Taemin and we laughed together.

“hyung, the fried rice that time.. Minho hyung is the one who cooked it..” Taemin said as he giggled.

“what?” Jonghyun hyung’s eyes widened. “how..?”

“you know i never cook before hyung!” Taemin added. “so how could i cook something that delicious? Hehehe, thanks for helping me that day, Minho hyung..”

I smiled. “sure, no problem..”

“so.. it was Min--“

“I’M HOME..!!!” Onew hyung’s voice came from the living room as i heard the door’s being slammed.

“Onew hyung! Where have you been, gone from this early morning??” Key walked towards him hurriedly. Just like umma welcomed appa. Sounds funny. And they are perfect, as a couple. The one is so talkative and caring while the other one being so silly and ignorant. I looked at Taemin and saw him smiling. I looked at Jonghyun hyung too and i believe i saw him smirked!! Did he.. already sense it?

“well, i’m sorry! I met Junsu hyung on my way home and we talked for a while, and he taught me a karate move! Wanna see? Wanna see?” Onew hyung said excitedly.

“are you sure it wasn’t a condition?” Jonghyun hyung said. I could feel that he was doubting Onew hyung. Well, i think not only him; me, Taemin, and Key also doubted him. Because he was with Junsu hyung before, the gag man.

Onew hyung smiled. “follow me..”

We followed him to our dorm’s backyard, where there was already some bricks.

“look here..” he said as he put one brick on top of another until five bricks arranged. He did the same thing on the right side. “Junsu hyung taught me how to break this ten bricks with bare hands only!”

“wow, Onew hyung, are you sure?” Taemin got excited. “it seemed very hard to break, and your hands must be very hurt after doing this..”

“no worries!!” Onew hyung smiled. “now see this! Hyaaaah!”

Onew hyung posed some karate poses plus the voices, and.. wow! He was about to bre--

“Hyaaah!” Onew hyung yelled as he took the bricks one by one and threw it to the ground until all bricks broke. What the--???

“hahaha! See..?? i could break those bricks only with my bare hands!! Hahaha!!!” Onew hyung laughed.

“so, Onew hyung.. breaking those bricks with bare hands means.. throwing it away..??” Key asked him.

“yeah!” he nodded. “cool, isn’t it..?? Junsu hyung is really a good gag teacher, huh?”

Jonghyun hyung, Key, Taemin, and me looked at each other before Jonghyun and Key started singing Onew Sangtae song while Taemin and me laughed at Onew hyung’s silliness.

“mweorhaedo Onew Sangtae~”

“yah! It supposed to be ‘mweorhaedo Junsu Sangtae’ because Junsu hyung is the one who taught me that!” Onew hyung complained.

“because you are the one who DID it, hyung!” Key said. “now let’s go back to the dorm. And Onew hyung, you haven’t eat right? Let’s eat, i’ve cooked lunch for you..”

“this is not fair!” Onew hyung mumbled. “why must i had my Onew Sangtae while Junsu hyung not having his Junsu Sangtae..?”

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CHAPTER 6

~*~ DAY 4 ~*~

--Taemin’s POV--

I hate Jonghyun hyung.

I hate him for always teasing me when i looked at pretty girls.

I hate him for always revealing my feelings towards a girl to all the members.

I hate, really hate him.

But on the other side, i like him.

I like him for always being nice and caring to me.

I like him for always trying to make me happy.

Trapped between both feelings, i just can act cute and follow whatever situations force me to do.

“Taemin ah~”

Oh, it’s him AGAIN. He had called me for more than thirty-something times today. “yes hyung~”

Jonghyun hyung entered our bedroom. “what are you doing, Taem?” he ruffled my hair. I am studying now and i don’t want anyone to bother me. And talking about studying, my favourite studying pose is lying prostratedly in the bed holding a pillow to rest my chin. And i’m doing it right now. I threw an annoyed smile at him.

“what do you think i’m doing?” i asked him back as i turned to read my Math book back.

He sat on the side of my bed and placed his left hand on my back. “hey, you don’t have to be that ignorant to me, Taem ah..”

I just let out a little “hmm..” at him. Suddenly i felt something heavy pressed my back. “wha--“

“Taemin ah.. i need to recharge.. my batteries..” Jonghyun hyung mumbled as he leaned on my back.

I felt like i was burned. Why did my body heats up? And why did my heart skip a beat? Omo, Jonghyun hyung~!! What did you do to me...??? “Hy-- hyung..”

“Taemin ah.. i don’t know that your back felt this good, hehe..” Jonghyun hyung wrapped his arms on my waist and hugged me from behind. “aigoo.. i feel sleepy now.. huaaahhmmm..”

“Jo-- Jonghyun hyung...” i stirred a bit to give him a hint that i want him to let me go, but it seemed that he didn’t notice it. “Hyung, you hurt me...” i whispered. And what’s wrong with this room’s temperature? Is it hotter or what??

Acting like he didn’t hear my whisper, Jonghyun hyung hugged me tighter. “just a minute more...”

Aigoo~ I can’t hold this anymore. It burned me!! “Hyung, i can’t concentrate!!” i finally screamed.

And suddenly i felt a tickling sensation near my ear. I took a glance with the corner of my eyes and found Jonghyun hyung’s face was so close to mine. I couldn’t help but blushed. “wha--“

“you are studying..?” he said out of all sudden. His face came closer and i could even feel his breathing and smell his fresh scent he usually had. Oh my Godness!! Why did my heart pounds.. this fast??

“hyung, can you--“ i was trying to push him away but he pulled himself away from me before i did.

“you are studying.. Math..??” his eyes widened. “Math..??”

I nodded. What’s with the reaction? I don’t think that i did something wrong.. Or.. was i?

“you’re studying Math!!” he claimed in disbelief. His index finger was pointed at me. “you’re studying.. no, you’re reading Math!!”

I got up into a sitting position and frowned. “yeah, but what’s wrong with that, Jonghyun hyung..?” i asked him.

“you’re reading Math!” he claimed again, a bit too loudly if i might say. “you’re not supposed to read it!! You supposed to.. count it!! or solve it!! How come you were studying Math with no stationeries?”

I couldn’t help but laugh. “aigoo, hyung!! I’m smart, remember..?? hahaha..”

Jonghyun hyung’s face turned red a bit, maybe he was angry or embarrassed, i don’t know. He scretched his head, and smiled. No, he smirked!! That evil smirk!!

“since when you become a smart kid, Taemin ah?” he said. “i thought Onew hyung is the smartest among us!!”

Yeah, he is the smartest. And the oldest. I’m actually smart too, but like it or not, Onew hyung is still the smartest. Okay, maybe i’m still young but it doesn’t mean that i’m stupid, right..?

“yeah, i know that Onew hyung--“ i said but suddenly the door opened.

“LA!!! Who said my name??” Onew hyung said, popped in from i don’t know where.

“HUAAAA!!!” Jonghyun hyung jumped and gasped as if a ghost had just appeared right in front of him. Or more like when he found Jisun noona’s photos all over his wall. I was surprised too, and i felt like my heart stop beating that time.

“Onew hyuuuuuuuungg!!!!” i yelled at him. My hands were still on my chest, trying to reduce the shocking effect. “you surprised me!! What if i had a heart disease and died after you scared me like that??”

“yah! Onew hyung!!” Jonghyun hyung yelled too, and Onew hyung just giggled.

“hahaha!! Sorry for scaring you guys.. hahaha...” he said between laughter. Then his face turned serious again. “who called me..??”

Exactly, who is the one who has the ability of making a serious face after laughing so hard? Onew hyung. With his Sangtae.

Me and Jonghyun hyung looked at each other with a confused face, then shook our head.

“what?? Nobody called me..?” Onew hyung made a very cute shocking expression. Both Jonghyun hyung and i shook our head again.

“really?” Onew hyung pouted. “then i’ll just leave..”

Aigoo, i just can’t let Onew hyung being torn apart. He really seemed like a cutie puppy that had just thrown away by his owner. I grabbed Onew hyung’s hand on time before he left the room. “hyung! Help me with my homework!! Please..?”

Onew hyung turned around and showed a very bright smile on his face. “really? Okay, maknae..” he said. “now Jonghyun! Go away and leave us alone!! Our maknae needs to concentrate on his homework!! Go! Go!!”

I looked at Jonghyun hyung. He seemed a bit annoyed. “how could you scared me at first and tell me to go away now??” he protested, but then he agreed. “okay, i’ll leave you two.. Onew hyung, look! It’s Key!!”

Jonghyun hyung pointed at the already opened door and Onew hyung immediately rushed out. “where?”

Before i knew what’s happened, Jonghyun hyung already gave me a peck on my cheek, smiled, said a quick “see you later!” and walked out from our bedroom.

I froze.

“what’s wrong with Jonghyun? I didn’t see Key outside..” Onew hyung entered again, scretching his head. “Taemin ah, what’s wrong? Why did you freeze?”

I looked at him, shook my head and smiled. “let’s start now, hyung..”

We started to solved my Math homework, but my attention was not fully on it. Half.. no, maybe three quarters of my head kept on thinking about Jonghyun hyung. And what he just done to me.

Jonghyun hyung, why did you make me heated up as if i was burned? And you made my heart pounds faster than normal. Look what have you done to me, hyung? I can’t even concentrate on what Onew hyung taught me just now.

I hate you, Jonghyun hyung.

I’m sooo hate you!!

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--Jonghyun’s POV--
I walked out from our bedroom, passed the confused Onew hyung and ran to the couch. I threw myself on the couch and heaved a big sigh.

What. The. Hell.

Exactly, what did i do just now?? Being all so random about Math.. just because i saw Taemin blushing. It was like i am making fun of myself. Again, being all so random is really not me. It’s so Onew hyung! Am i infected with his Onew Sangtae virus??

I heaved a sigh again and closed my eyes, remembering about what had just happened. Leaning on Taemin’s back is not a bad choice at all. It’s good, really. So comfortable and made me sleepy. Plus, i could have a Taemin pillow by hugging him. Hehehehe...

“yah! Are you crazy or what? Grining like a stupid silly idiot..”

I immediately opened my eyes and saw Key staring at me with a weird look. “yah! How could you say that to me? I’m still your hyung!!” i shouted. “and i was just.. just remember about something funny, so i smiled!! Is it wrong?”

“something funny?” he repeated. “was it that fu-- YAH! YOU DIDN’T DO ANYTHING TO MY SON, DID YOU??”

“did what?? I didn’t do anything!!!” i yelled back at him in denial. Actually.. i felt that i didn’t do anything wrong. But since it was Key who asked, then it must be wrong according to him. But how could he sense that? I mean, i was just smiling and then he came and presumed that i did something to Taemin. He could be a real mother to Taemin, really.

“are you sure you didn’t do anything to him?” he asked again. I shook my head. “so where’s Taemin now?”

I pointed our bedroom and said, “he is studying now, with Onew hyung.”

Key frowned a bit when he heard Onew hyung’s name. “Onew hyung? well, it’s okay since he is smarter and more trustable than you!!”

I smirked at once. “really? Are you sure you’re not praising him because you like him?”

Key’s face turned red as soon as i finished that sentence. Ha! Gotcha!

“hey, Key! Am i right?” i moved forward and started to tease him. “am i right? AM I RIGHT???”

“i’m not gonna talk about this...” Key said, and he rushed to the kitchen to help Minho baking his chocolate cake.

I laughed at his cute act. He didn’t deny it, did he??

Yes, he didn’t.

He didn’t deny it!! HE DIDN’T DENY IT!!! “Hey Key!! You didn’t deny it!!!!” i yelled.

No response from Key.

“Key ah~~” i shouted. “you didn’t--“

“YAH! CHOI MINHO! YOU SHOULDN’T DO THAT!!” Key yelled from the kitchen.

Huh? Why did he yelled at Minho? Anyway, don’t care. I continued teasing him. “Key ah~!! You--“

“CHOI MINHO!! I’VE TOLD YOU BEFORE THAT IT WOULD MAKE THE CAKE BITTER!!”

“YAH! I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING!! WHY DID YOU YE--” i heard Minho’s yelling but somehow it was cut before he finished his words.

It must be Key who interrupted him. Haha, trying to ignore me, huh? Well, i think i should stop teasing him for now. Hahaha, our Key umma is so cute when he was embarrassed..

“YAH!! what are you guys yelling about??” Onew hyung came from the bedroom. “Taemin couldn’t concentrate to his homework, you know..”

I looked at him and grinned. “Onew hyung.. Key is--“

“KIM JONGHYUN HYUNG! I WILL KILL YOU IF YOU DARE SAYING A WORD!!” Key yelled from the kitchen again.

“why he had to yell, all of sudden??” Onew hyung frowned.

Ignored both of him, i asked Onew hyung about Taemin.

“oh, he already finished! He should be able to finish that earlier but you guys didn’t stop yelling so..“ i went to the bedroom before Onew hyung finished his sentence. “YAH!”

“Taemin ah~” i called him again. “Taem..”

Taemin bumped me right in front of the door.

“OUCH!!”

“Jonghyun hyung, are you alright?” he said worrily. I smiled at him and nodded.

“Taemin ah.. i..”

“i.. eh.. umm.. ah! Hyung, i have to help Minho hyung baking his cake!” he said, then he rushed to the kitchen.

“yah! Tae--“

He disappeared into the kitchen.

What’s wrong with him? Was he.. avoiding me.. just now?? How come?? What did i do?? Is he mad at me?? Just because i leaned on his back? And hugged him??

I’m so dead then.

And what with all the Minho things here???

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CHAPTER 7

~*~ DAY 5 ~*~

--Minho’s POV--

“Minho yah, let me teach you how to make chocolate pudding..”

“Minho hyung, do you need any help in stretching? Let me help you..”

“Minho yah! Don’t sit there alone! Come here!!”

“Minho hyung, you want me to bring some books for you? Which one?”

“Minho yah!!”

“Minho hyung!!”

I don’t know why, but lately, those two people spent their time with me much and very much longer than usual. And who i mean by those two people are of course, Key and Taemin. It wasn’t like i hate that. I like their being super nice to me, but it’s just... weird. Unusual. Strange.

And that must have a correlation with Onew hyung and Jonghyun hyung. Everytime Jonghyun hyung was around, Taemin always went to me and talked about random things, sometimes i didn’t even know what was he talking about. And in Key’s case, it’s absolutely the same. Everytime Jonghyun hyung was around, Key always talked to me, even shouted randomly at me.

Yesterday’s incident was pretty obvious, i think. I was making my chocolate cake in the kitchen when Key came and said that he would help me. But few minutes later, Jonghyun hyung shouted something about ‘you didn’t deny it’ and Key started yelling at me randomly. He yelled ‘Choi Minho, you shouldn’t do that’ while i was searching for sugar. I just frowned at that time, and decided to ignore him. But then Jonghyun hyung shouted again and Key yelled ‘Choi Minho, i’ve told you that it would make the cake bitter’ when i was adding sugar into the bowl. And i yelled back at him, stating that i didn’t do anything. Now tell me, since when sugar tastes bitter?

So today, i decided that i will find the reasons why they were acting so nice and so close to me. Taemin was still at school and Jonghyun hyung went away somewhere. Key and Onew hyung.. went shopping i think. Thankfully, today is still my school’s winter holiday, so i don’t have to go to school. I took my favorite book from the desk beside my bed, then walked into the living room and tried to find an isolated spot so everyone could barely see me, but i could still observate them clearly.

I found that spot on the corner of the living room, so i sat there and started to read my book, waiting for any of them to come.

Five minutes...

Ten minutes...

Twenty minutes...

Thirty minutes...

Aish! Where are they?? I scretched my head impatiently. Thirty minutes of waiting and no one came? Aish, they’re really--

“we’re home..” Onew hyung and Key entered our dorm with hands full of groceries.

“where’s the others?” Onew hyung asked Key and i could see him sighed.

“Onew hyung, at this time Taemin must be at school! And Jonghyun hyung already told us that he want to visit his noona today before we went shopping!” Key said as he put his hands on his hips. Then they moved to the kitchen to store the groceries into the fridge. Thanks God that i could still see them from my spot. I could see Key put vegetables into the fridge.

“so that means it’s only two of us now?” Onew hyung asked and suddenly the tomatoes slipped from Key’s hands and fell into the floor. Hahaha, that silly Leader hyung forget about me again..

“yah, look what have you done..” Onew hyung nagged as he picked the tomatoes. “what’s wrong? You doesn’t seem like you now.. being so careless..”

I looked at Key’s face and i swear his face turned red.

So it is right? That Key likes Onew hyung? Yeah, that explained so much about Key’s camera that day. He mustn’t took all that picture by coincidence. Or maybe, it was really just a coincidence. Maybe he looks for Onew hyung without himself knowing.. I giggled. Key, you are so cute..

“Key? Are you alright?” Onew hyung asked as he put the tomatoes into the fridge. “Key?”

“i’m.. i’m alright..” Key said as he put all the groceries into the fridge roughly and randomly. I could see that his face is still red. Ah, he’s still nervous.. I couldn’t help but smiling. Luckily, no one can see me now. Then Key rushed out from the kitchen.

“Key..” Onew hyung grabbed Key’s shoulder before he could disappear and turned Key to face him. “are you really alright? You are red..”

Key didn’t look at Onew hyung and kept staring at the floor. “i’m al--“

I couldn’t help but gasped when i saw Onew hyung leaned forward and touched his forehead against Key’s. Crap, i thought Onew hyung was going to kiss him. And i giggled again when i saw Key’s face turned redder and redder.

“this is weird.. you don’t have a fever but you are all red..” Onew hyung muttered his stupid thought.

“hyu--“ Key was about to pushed Onew hyung away when the main door suddenly opened, showing Jonghyun hyung who was standing with his eyes wide open.

Key pushed Onew hyung quite strong until Onew hyung fell to the floor.

“ouch!! Key, that’s hurts!!!” Onew hyung cried.

Key ignored Onew hyung and looked at Jonghyun hyung who was smirking and exclaimed, “THAT. IS. NOT. LIKE. WHAT. YOU. ARE. THINKING. ABOUT!!”

Jonghyun hyung’s smirk widened. “Ha! Gotcha, Key!!” he said.

“uhh.. ehh.. Cho-- CHOI MINHO! WHERE ARE YOU?” Key shouted and rushed to the kitchen.

Yah!! All of that sudden.. Why did he call me..??

I immediately got up and walked into the kitchen too, and i met Key there. “looking for me, Key?”

Key’s face is still red. I could hear Jonghyun hyung laughed out loud at the living room like a crazy people. “how could you get here?” Key frowned. “uh.. anyways, i’ll make a.. a.. a chocolate cake for you.”

My eyes sparkled. “really Key? Thanks!!”

Jonghyun hyung was still laughing at the living room and i noticed that Key was speaking louder and louder to me to drown Jonghyun hyung’s laugh. Suddenly i realized. Key used me as an excuse to ran away from Jonghyun hyung’s teasing. So Key do likes Onew hyung. But how about Onew hyung? Does he like Key too? Well, it’s easy to gain information from Onew hyung later.

I couldn’t help but smiling secretly all the time while Key was making a chocolate cake for me.

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--Taemin’s POV--
I walked slowly into our dorm, which located on the 7th floor of a big apartment in Seoul. School made me tired. After all the rehearsals, dance practices, vocal trainings.. i still have to go to school. How i wish i could finish my education faster and become like Key hyung.. But no. Key hyung has too much spare time. It would be boring. Maybe if i were a college student like Onew hyung, my life could be more interesting and exciting.

Arrived at the front of our dorm’s door, i entered six digits of number into the automatic password-needed doorlock -- we changed the password twice after Jisun noona came -- and opened the door.

“i’m home..” i said tiredly. I saw Onew hyung sat in the couch, watching TV, and he smiled at me when he heard my greeting.

“welcome home, Taemin..”

I walked into the couch, threw my bag into the couch, and sat beside Onew hyung. “Hhh...” i sighed.

“what’s wrong, Taemin?” he asked me curiously.

I leaned my head against his shoulder and closed my eyes. “i’m tired, hyung..”

I could feel his right hand wrapped my shoulder. “aigoo~ Our maknae is tired? Anything bad happened at school?” he asked. Suddenly i felt like i was talking with my appa. Onew hyung resembled my appa so much; kindhearted, nice, funny, and always smiling.

I finally opened my eyes and pulled my head from his shoulder, as he pulled his hand from me too. “No, hyung..” i smiled at him. “i was just tired because we already had busy schedules and i still have to go to school.. I wish i could be a college student like you, hyung..”

Onew hyung laughed after i said that. “What’s so funny, hyung?” I frowned at him.

“Taemin ah, being a college student is hard too, you know..” he answered.

“really?” i tilted my head.

“yup! And you will have more tasks to do, and you have to study hard to get good marks, or else.. you will stay in the college forever..”

“but at least we can study about what we like, right hyung? Like you taking the broadcasting music..”

Onew hyung nodded. “ah, yeah.. but--“

“Adeul ah!! (son!)” Key hyung’s voice suddenly popped in, followed by his body and Minho hyung. Key hyung was looking at me with a bright smile on both of his lips and eyes. Minho hyung on the other way, held a plate of chocolate things which i recognised as chocolate cake. He looked at me and smiled, so i smiled back at him.

“Key umma~” i hugged him as soon as he and Minho hyung sat in the couch.

“what happened?? What happened??” Key hyung looked at Onew hyung, sounded worry. “Onew hyung, what did you do to my son?”

“what??” Onew hyung surprised. “i didn’t do anything!! Besides, since i’m the appa of SHINee, Taemin is my son too! Not only yours!! He is our son!!”

I smiled at them. They really sounded like appa and umma. “i’m okay, Key hyung.. just a bit tired..” i said.

“really, Taemin? nothing else? Aigoo.. you make your umma worried..” he said as he wrapped his arms around me and patted my back.

“me too, Taemin ah..” Onew hyung wrapped his arms too around me and Key hyung. Suddenly Key hyung pulled his arms back and broke our family hug.

“Key!! Why???” Onew hyung gave him his super cute puppy eyes looks. I looked at Key hyung and his face redden.

Whoa.. Whoa.. What happened?? What with this sudden reaction from Key hyung??

I heard Minho hyung giggled as he ate his chocolate cake. He giggled with a very low voice so i doubted that Onew hyung and Key hyung could hear him.

“yah, Almighty Key! Why did you suddenly break our hug? Why??” Onew hyung asked again.

Key hyung’s face turned redder and redder. “i.. i.. didn’t..”

I looked at Minho hyung, pleading for an explanation about this awkward situation. He was still eating his cake without bothering to look at me even once. Aigoo~ is that cake looks more interesting than this situation now?? I stared at him, hoping that he could receive my telepathy. Minho hyung~ look at me now~~~!!!

And he finally looked at me. I threw a questioning look at him, hoping that he would drag me out of here and tell me what happened between those two. But he just smiled, gave me a little wink, and continued eating his chocolate cake. Ugh! Minho hyung~!! He knows something but he don’t want to tell me!! I can die because of my curiousity right now!!

“Key ah.. were you.. by any chance.. avoiding me??” Onew hyung’s sentence snapped me back into reality.

I immediately looked at Key hyung, and found him looking at Onew hyung too. His expression is undetectable.

“No!” he yelled. “why should i avoid you? I..” he looked at another direction. “i.. just..”

“yah!! Why is it so noisy here??? You guys are disturbing my na--“

Uh, oh.. It’s him again..

“Taemin ah!!!” he yelled joyously, rushed into the couch, and hugged me.

“uh, Jonghyun hyung..” i plastered a smile at him. Gosh, my heart pounds again. It pounded faster and faster when Jonghyun hyung was around. I shouldn’t be near him..

“Taemin ah, why didn’t you tell me that you were already here?? You didn’t even say hi to me!!” he pouted. Yah, Lee Taemin! Why did you feel that he was so cute when pouting?? Aish!!

“Jonghyun hyung! Why did you yell at him? You may scare him!!” Key hyung wrapped his arms around my shoulder and pulled me closer to him. Key umma.. Now i know why you always say that he is dangerous and i shouldn’t be near him.. He IS dangerous.. He may give me a heart attack someday...

“yah! What do you mean by scaring him? I didn’t scare him!!” Jonghyun hyung yelled back.

“aigoo.. Why did both of you like yelling to each other??” Onew hyung said calmly.

“yeah. You two looks like an old married couple..” Minho hyung added. All of us suddenly looked at him.

“No, we don’t!!” Key hyung and Jonghyun hyung exclaimed immediately in unison.

“Minho.. they... do??” Onew hyung looked at Minho hyung worriedly.

Minho hyung nodded. “they always act childish and yell at each other.. they really looks like a couple..”

“o-- ooh..” Onew hyung’s aura darkened.

Oh. My. God. Minho hyung.. What are you doing to our leader???

“yah! We’re not a couple!! We will never ever be a couple!!” Jonghyun hyung stated. “besides, i already like someone and Key already likes On--”

“JONGHYUN HYUNG!!!” Key hyung shouted. “SHUT UP!!”

Wait. Wait. Wait.

Jonghyun hyung said that Key hyung already likes On? Who is On? OMG. Is it Onew hyung??? And Jonghyun hyung said he already likes someone?? Who?? And why did i felt my heart ache a bit? Seriously, i shouldn’t be near him..

“uh.. i need to go to the toilet..” Onew hyung said, almost whispering. He stood up and went to the toilet.

Seemed like Onew hyung was hurt because of Minho hyung’s words.. But is that means Onew hyung like Key hyung too? Oh gosh.. Minho hyung have to tell me now..

“Taemin ah, where will you go??” Jonghyun hyung grabbed my hand when i stood up from the couch.

“ah, i want to.. eh.. get some rest..?” i answered awkwardly.

“i will accompany you then..” he smiled. He was about to stand up when i tugged his grip from my wrist.

“ah.. No, hyung.. It’s okay..” i smiled at him. “Minho hyung will accompany me.. Right, Minho hyung?” i stared at Minho hyung who was eating the last piece of his chocolate cake.

Minho hyung looked at me cluelessly at first, but then he smiled. “sure. Let’s go.”

I was waiting for Minho hyung to return the plate into the kitchen when i saw Jonghyun hyung’s face turned red. He was looking at me with an undescribable expression between mad, angry, hurt, shy, embarrassed, sick, or whatever except happy or any expression related to happiness.

“hyung, are you okay?” i asked him, but he just answered it with a small nod.

“let’s go, Taemin..” Minho hyung called. I went to him and both of us walked into the bedroom.

Vaguely, i could hear Key hyung talked to Jonghyun hyung, “that’s.. a karma.” But because i was too curious to hear Minho hyung’s story, i didn’t bother to hear them and continued walking.

When Minho hyung and i arrived at the bedroom, i quickly sat in Onew hyung’s bed while Minho hyung sat on his own bed.

“why did you sit there? Don’t you want to sleep?” Minho hyung asked me.

I giggled. “Hyung! How could i go to sleep when my head is full of questions?? Now tell me what happened to Onew hyung and Key hyung!! I saw you giggled that time!!”

“oh.. About that..” Minho hyung smiled. “Okay. So.. when you were still at school...”

I listened carefully to Minho hyung and nodded enthusiastically. He told me about today’s incident when Key hyung’s face turned all red when he was with Onew hyung.

“OMG! So Key hyung does like Onew hyung??” i asked him in disbelief after he ended his story. Minho hyung nodded.

“whoa.. this is cool!!” i responded. “and Minho hyung, i think Onew hyung likes Key hyung too!! Did you see when you said that Key hyung and Jonghyun hyung looked like a couple? He was like.. sinking!! Into the deepest layer of the earth!!”

Minho hyung laughed. “Ahaha, yeah. I was testing him that time..”

My eyes widened. Testing him?? Wow.

“Hyung, you’re pure genius!”

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--Jonghyun’s POV--
“that’s.. a karma.” Key said.

I looked at him, annoyed. “what do you mean?”

Key sighed. “See? You teased me too much and now Taemin seems to hate you. Karma!”

“yah! I.. i..” i tried to fight back, but no words came out. My head is full of Taemin’s rejection. He reject me to accompany him and asked Minho instead. How could he do this to me? Didn’t he know that i love him?

“anyways.. i feel bad for you, hyung..” Key spoke again. “i’m a bit shocked too while he rejected you.. but personally i think Minho is waaaay better than you.” he giggled. “He is smart, cool, cha--”

“stop talking about that!” i cut his sentence. Minho, Minho, Minho, and Minho. Why always him? Key uses Minho as an excuse. Onew hyung talks to Minho when he had problems. Now Taemin wants Minho too. Why not me? It’s okay with Key and Onew hyung if they went to Minho instead of me when they had problems, but i can’t help if it’s Taemin. It’s hurt just to look at them being together all the times. “I’m.. torn.”

I looked at him and found him staring at me jaw dropped.

“what?” i asked.

“Jonghyun hyung.. you..” Key gulped. “are you.. really love Taemin? I mean.. FOR REAL??”

Aish! Is this guy deaf, blind, or what?? “Of course!! Do you think i was just kidding?”

“no.. i was just wondering..” Key sighed again. He looked unfocusedly at the ceiling. “is such a feeling like that.. really exist?”

“what feelings are you talking about?” i asked him cluelessly.

“i mean.. liking the same gender. Liking a bo-- nevermind.”

I looked at him jaw dropped. Wait.. did he just.. admit?

“Key.. Did you.. What do you.. Wait. Did you just..”

Key shook his head as hard as he can. “no.”

I smiled. God, i can’t be wrong! He asked me about that.. and that means.. he also.. Oh, okay. Maybe it didn’t mean that way. Maybe he was just asking. Maybe he was just... AARRGGHH!!!

“Key, you like Onew hyung too, right?” i couldn’t help but ask. I could die because of frustration if i didn’t ask this.

“wha-- what?? No! I don’t!” his voice was shaking. I could sense that he was nervous. Ahaha, what a cute of him.

“yah! Just tell me the truth! Tell me~ tell me~ t-t-t-t-tell me~” i poked him playfully and even sang Wonder Girl’s song.

“Aish! You’re so annoying hyung!!” Key said. “i said i don’t like him!!”

I smirked and continued to poke him. “yaahh! Key! I am your friend! I am your hyung! Tell me!”

Key gave me a disgusted look. “aigoo~ you’re annoying! Where is--“

“Minho?” i guessed. “He is with Taemin now.” Ah, suddenly i could feel my heart ached again. Better not talk about him.

“aish! I’ll go somewhere..” Key said as he stood up, but i grabbed his wrist and pulled him to sit back on the couch.

“tell me first!!” i insisted. He looked at me for a few seconds.. Few seconds that felt like years.

“Okay! Fine!!” he finally said. “I love him!”

I was about to scream excitedly when both Key and me heard something falls down. We turned around and find someone on the floor.

Onew hyung.

He looked at us and smiled awkwardly. “ah, sorry! I didn’t mean to hear you two talking..” He stood up and pretended to clean dusts on his pants. “uh.. i tripped and.. uh..” he looked at us with an undetected expression. “i think.. i’ll search for some fresh air outside..”

Onew hyung rushed to the door before any of us could say anything. Key looked at me hopelessly.

“i’m dead..” he said as he grabbed a cushion, buried his face on it, and threw his body away to the couch.

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CHAPTER 8

~*~ DAY 5 CONTINUED... ~*~

--Onew’s POV--

“besides, i already likes someone and Key already likes..”

“JONGHYUN HYUNG!!! SHUT UP!!”

I’m lost now. What was that? What did he say? What did Kim Jonghyun say?? He and Key already like someone??

KEY ALREADY LIKES SOMEONE???

My heart pounds faster and faster.

He already likes someone.

But who? A girl? A boy? WHO????

I looked at Key and Jonghyun who were looking at each other. Key had an embarrassed-angry (not sure!) expression on his face while Jonghyun smirked happily at him.

Oh. Oh! OH!

Don’t tell me that.. they’re.. toge--

No! That’s not possible.

No, Onew!! Don’t ever think about that!! It isn’t confirmed yet, so no worries!!! Besides, Jonghyun is ladies man. He attracts and being attracted by girls. Not your Key!!

Feeling desperate, i turned my attention away from Key and Jonghyun to Taemin and Minho. Taemin was looking at.. no, he was staring intensively at Minho, while Minho ate his cake coolly with smile on his lips.

WHAT THE??? Don’t tell me too that these two people also have something going on!! OMO, Taemin and Minho?

Gosh. I need to think clearly. I need to get out of here and think with a clearer mind. I have to arrange my mind first...

“uh.. i need to go to the toilet..” i said, then i quickly walked into the bathroom (it was united with the toilet) and locked myself there.

Geez~ why was this room so small? Seriously, i need a private room to think, and that’s absolutely not the toilet. Maybe i have to ask Manager hyung to build or add a room for me. For me and my thoughts.

I stared at the water tap, spaced out somewhere. Those conversations we had before replayed on my mind, again and again. Also some incidents happened these few days. All replayed, and made me more confused.

Key.. and Jonghyun. Key already likes someone. And Jonghyun too. Both of them had someone special. It is not impossible that they like each other, that they have a relationship. That’s not weird. The boy-boy relationship i mean. Because i also felt the same.

I started to recall few things happened these few days. Jonghyun and Key.. they spent time together more than before. The way Key ran between Taemin and Jonghyun when we jogged that morning. The way he argued with Jonghyun. The way he stared at Jonghyun on the fansign event and the photoshoot. The way they went shopping together before Christmas. Okay, maybe that’s my fault for letting them shoping together. But what should i do??

I looked at the mirror, at my own reflection.

Jeez.. i know i’m not as good-looking as Jonghyun. I’m not as sexy as him, like what our fangirls said about him. Jonghyun is always the ladies man, and he is also good looking. And i’m not as good as him. I know.

But from what i read, saw, and heard.. i have this angelic smile. The smile which can make every girls’ heart melts. That’s what i read from the internet.

So why can’t i get Key’s attention by this smile???

Suddenly i knew the answer of my own question.

Because he is not a girl. Because i sometimes annoy him with my Sangtae. Because.. he already has Jonghyun.

No.. No.. No.. I shook my head and slapped my own cheeks.

“Lee Jinki!! What are you thinking about!! Don’t think of nonsense!!” i told myself. “Aww..” i quickly rubbed my red throbbed cheeks. Damn, it hurts..

Yeah.. i have to make sure what has happened before i made a wrong conclusion.. like usual.

I opened the water-tap and splashing the water into my face for few times. Then i reached for the nearest towel, dried my face with it, and looking at my reflection on the mirror for one last time before i unlocked the door and stepped out.

I could hear Key and Jonghyun talking as i walked back to the living room. The closer i am, their voice became clearer.

“aigoo~ you’re annoying! Where is--“

“Minho? He is with Taemin now.”

“aish! I’ll go somewhere..”

I stopped walking immediately.

WHAAAT??? What are they talking about?? What happened to Minho? Why did Key search for Minho??

“gu--“ i was about to call them to ask what happened before Jonghyun’s voice cut me off.

“tell me first!!” i saw Jonghyun grabbed Key’s wrist and pulled him down to the couch.

Tell what?? What?? WHAT???

Silent.

Okay. I’m lost. Totally.

Somebody tell me what happened, please??

Still silent.

Should i approach them?? Now?? Go.. Don’t. Go.. Don’t. Go.. Don’t. Go.. Okay, i’ll approach them.

I was about to move my leg when i heard Key said “Okay! Fine!! I love him!”

My heart stopped beating.

WHAT?? He loves him?? Who is him???

Being completely shocked and not able to control any movements, i stopped my right leg from moving while i tried to move my left leg. So.. guess what?? I tripped. And making a LOUD noise. Well, loud enough to make Jonghyun and Key turned around and saw me lying helplessly on the floor. The looked at me as if i was a.. stalker.

I looked at them and smiled awkwardly. I automatically said, “ah, sorry! I didn’t mean to hear you two talking..”

I stood up and pretend to clean invisible dusts on my pants. Damn! Why did i have to fall down at a time like this? Aish!! This is too embarrassing for a leader... Am i making another Sangtae??

“uh.. i tripped and.. uh..” i continued and looked at them. Now both of them have a shocked face. Did i do something wrong? Did i.. hear something that i shouldn’t have heard? Maybe they were having a super private conversation? No need to ask them, i knew just by looking at their face; i did. Stupid me. Why should i say that i heard them talking?

“i think.. i’ll search for some fresh air outside..” i finally said. Both of them still didn’t say anything, which meant they were still shocked. Surprised. Angry? Whatever.

I quickly walked to the door and opened it, then stepped out from our dorm. I slammed the door and leaned my back against it.

I couldn’t feel my heart. I couldn’t feel that it is beating. My heart became numb as soon as i heard Key’s words. Key said... that he loves him. Who is him??

I let my thought wandering as i walked through the corridor and took an elevator to the ground floor. The cold breeze bit my skin as soon as i stepped out from our apartment. It was cold, very cold. But the cold weather was not the cause of my frozen heart.

It was Key’s words.

Finally i could hear him confessed. The words i really want to hear from him. The words “i love you”.

Okay, he did say “i love him” and not “i love you”. But still, that’s the words i want to hear from him badly. Since before we debuted as SHINee, i already have a feeling for him. I already fell for him. How i wish he meant that words for me. Unfortunately, he didn’t.

I continued walking without knowing where to go. I just walked, walked, and walked.

So, it’s clear now. Key loves someone, but it is not Jonghyun. Key loves someone, and i bet it is not me either. How could he love me? I’ve always been a dorky, clumsy leader ever since we debuted. I’ve always been a stupid and annoying person ever since we became friends. I’ve always been the one who lacks in any aspect, while he always be the perfect one.

Suddenly i felt something wet flew down through my cheeks. Geez, am i crying??

Yeah, i am. I am crying, all alone.

I wiped the tears from my cheeks, raised my face to look at the cloudy sky and sighed.

Is it really the time for me.. to finally let you go?

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--Key’s POV--

STUPID.

STUPID. STUPID. STUPID.

Why did i have to say THAT to Jonghyun hyung???

Why suddenly i gave up to him???

Where did you go, my pride???

Still burying my face to the cushion, i heard a laugh. His laugh. The devil’s laugh.

“Hahahaha!!! Finally!! Finally!!!”

I pulled my head up and looked at Jonghyun hyung. “what’s so funny???” i asked, annoyed.

He patted my back and said, “yah! Isn’t it good that finally he knows your feelings towards him? So you two can be a couple soon?? Hahaha..”

“yah, hyung!!” i barked. “how could you underestimate this!! It’s not as easy as what you’ve just said!!”

He looked at me. That silly smile still plastered on his lips. “if this turned out to be difficult, it was you who made it like that.”

“what??” i frowned. “what do you mean by that, hyung?”

He laughed and patted my shoulder. “Key, Key, Key..”

“what?”

“what exactly are you worrying about?” Jonghyun hyung asked. “Manager hyung? SM Family? Fans? Taemin and Minho?”

Yeah. What exactly am i worrying about? I’m not even sure. Manager hyung and SM Family? I know they can accept it since Yunho hyung and Jaejoong hyung did this too. And the rest of DBSK sunbaenims knew that already. And they’re.. just fine.

“don’t worry about fans! Just don’t tell the truth to the media and let us be like usual.. then fans will love us more, i promise!!”

I frowned more and more. I didn’t really get what does he mean. “you mean?”

Jonghyun hyung’s eyes widened. “are you this stupid? C’mon, haven’t you heard about SHINee pairings on the internet? Fans LOVE our pairings!”

“Pa-- pairings??” i asked stupidly.

Jonghyun hyung made a face. “yes, pairings! And do you know who is the most popular pairing?”

I shook my head. How could i know? I even haven’t heard about the existence of the pairings!!

“Onew and Key! OnKey!!”

“WHAAATT??” i screamed in shock. OnKey? What a silly name!!

“ssshh!! Shut up!!” he said as he put his index finger in front of his lips. “or Taemin and Min-- Alien will hear it!”

“okay.. okay..” i nodded. “so i get what does pairing mean.. but why me and Onew hyung?? And why suddenly you changed Minho’s name into Alien?”

The devil smiled again. “because.. you guys are umma and appa!!”

“heeehh??” my jaw dropped. “Just because of that? How come! What about you and Taemin? Taemin and Minho?”

“sadly.. me and Taemin’s pairing is quite.. rare..” he answered. “Taemin and the Alien’s pairing is on the third place..”

I can’t help but smiling. Our fans are smart. They even know that Taemin and Minho are good partners.. and they do love each other as brothers..

Wait.

Why did he keep changing Minho’s name into Alien? And his expression now.. sad??

“hyung..” i poked him on the hand.

“hm?”

“why did you keep calling Minho Alien?”

He looked at me for about ten seconds and sighed. “you know why..” he finally answered.

My jaw dropped once again, and my eyes widened. “you’re still jealous of him?? Because Taemin rejected you and went with him??”

He remained silent for a while, then nodded slowly. Aigoo, the devil hyung is so weak now. Haha, his weakness is my son. Maybe i can tease him sometimes? But naaaahh, he already became immune to those things. Realizing that i wouldn’t ever be able to tease him, i pouted.

“oh! And wanna know whose pairing is on the second place?” he said, seemed that his mood is lightened again. I nodded.

“us! Great, huh??”

“whaatt???” i screamed again. “us??”

He nodded excitedly and smiled.

“US???” i repeated, as if his nod didn’t mean anything.

“yes, Key.. us! You and me! Kim Jonghyun and Kim Kibum! It’s JongKey!!” he claimed excitedly.

My eyes widened again. “JongKey?? Any silly name other than that?? And besides, why us?? How could it be??” i said my disagreement.

“because we.. are bestfriend!” he slapped me on the back and smiled. “I prefer HyunKey, though..”

Silly. Pairing names, how silly. And stupid. I’ve never imagined that such thing like this will happen in our life. Of course i know that YunJae couple exist in both real world and the internet. Also EunHae couple and HyukSu couple, the love triangle. But i never expect that SHINee will have those things too. We’re still young and innocent, remember? Okay, maybe not that innocent. Anyway, i’m happy to know that OnKey is on the first place.. but me and Jonghyun hyung, the devil, on the second place?? Never, ever!!

So why me and him? We never did such gay things, right?? Or did we?? We’re close, yes. We spent time together more than with other members, yes. But that’s all because we’re bestfriend. Only because we have known each other longer. And i feel comfortable talking with him, even though he’s annoying sometimes. Nothing more. Crap. Fans’ eyes are so sharp..

“yah, Key..” Jonghyun hyung shook my body.

“hm??” i looked at him, expressionless.

“so what will you do later.. with Onew hyung?”

Damn! He reminds me of that thing again!!! Aaaarrrggghhh!!! I shook my head, just in case that i could forget it by doing that. But reality is reality. I have to face it. “dunno...”

“what do you mean by dunno??” he asked impatiently. “he heard everything! So if he asked you again whether you love him or not, you should say yes!! That’s it!!”

“but what about...”

“fans? I told you, no worries!! Don’t you see Jaejoong hyung and Yunho hyung?”

“not that.. i mean..”

“manager hyung? Easy! I know he could understand..”

“it’s not that! I mean..”

“our sunbaes? Friends? Family? You know, they will und--“

“YAH!!” i yelled. “WHY DID YOU KEEP INTERRUPTING ME???”

Jonghyun hyung jumped a bit, suprised by the volume of my voice i think. I smiled when i saw him gasped and muttered ‘okay’.

“so what are you worrying about?” he continued.

“Taemin.. and Minho..” i said weakly, looking at the floor as if the floor had all the answers to all my problems.

He smiled. “don’t worry.. they will also understand, Key.. if they love you as brother, or umma, they will understand..” he said, didn’t forget to emphasize the word ‘umma’.

“you think so?” i gazed at him.

He nodded confidently. “besides, Taemin will soon be my boyfriend, and Min-- Alien is an understanding boy, so.. it doesn’t matter at all..”

“DON’T. YOU. DARE. TO. TOUCH. MY. SON!! Understand??” i threw a deadly gaze at him.

“yah! I helped you with Onew hyung! Why can’t you help me with Taemin?” he nagged cutely. But it won’t work, i’m immune.

“because.. i don’t wanna lose..” i answered.

“lose??” he stretched his head. “to wha-- oh!! Crap!” he slapped his forehead with his palm. “THAT! How to--”

“yes, that..” I nodded playfully. “you know i hate losing..”

Silent. I glanced at him to make sure that he’s still awake, alive, or anything, to respond me. He looked a bit worried and.. did i saw a regret stare on his eyes??

“hey.. if only...” he paused. “if only i didn’t make that game.. would you help me?”

I remained silent to think. Or at least, pretended to think. I already knew the answer, of course.

“would you, Key?” he repeated.

“i guess...” i paused and looked at him. He looked back at me with his well-known cute puppy eyes, pleaded for a good answer. And of course i’ll give him a good answer. But a good answer for me, not for him. Haha, i’m so evil..

“..no.”

“WHY??” he asked unsatisfiedly.

I smiled in return. “because i will support my son’s choice. If he didn’t like you, like what he already did, then i won’t help you..”

“yah!” Jonghyun hyung nagged at me again. “how could you be so mean to your lovelife-saver??”

“lovelife-saver??” i asked in disbelief. “no, you’re not. You’re a destroyer, hyung!!”

“what?? Destroyer??” he asked back. “oh, forget it!!”

Jonghyun hyung stood up and walked to the bedroom. “it’s tiring to talk to you..”

“whatever!” i replied. I stood up to and walked to the kitchen, preparing dinner for the others.. and for Onew hyung.

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--Jonghyun’s POV--
WHAT. IS. THIS??

I just opened the door to our bedroom and found that Taemin was sleeping on his bed while Minho sat on Onew hyung’s bed, head leaning on Taemin’s bed, asleep too. Both of them sleep peacefully.

How i hate this situation. How i wish i could pull Minho out and sat there, next to Taemin.. sleeping peacefully with him.

I won’t give up easily, Minho.. I won’t give Taemin to anybody else..

I swear, i won’t..

Because he’s mine.

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--Key’s POV--

I looked at the clock hanging on the wall. 8 PM. And it was raining heavily outside.

Taemin and Minho was sitting on the floor in the living room, doing Taemin’s homeworks after pulling the nearest table as a writing pad. Jonghyun hyung sat on the couch, kept changing the TV channel from one into another. He must be so jealous, looking at Minho who was helping Taemin to solve his homeworks.

And Onew hyung.. he hasn’t come back. And it has been already 5 hours since then. Since.. he overheard everything. Where is he now?? Hyung, you make me me worried, you know..

I took a seat on a chair near the dining table. I looked at the food.. Onew hyung’s. Has he eaten yet? He must be safe now, right? I hope he didn’t come all wet because of the rain. Gosh, Onew hyung.. where the heck are you??

“Jonghyun hyung, please turn out the volume.. just a bit? I can’t concentrate..” Taemin asked.

“huh? Oh.. okay..” Jonghyun hyung answered, then he pressed the minus button on the remote. And he kept changing the channel.

I looked at them. Taemin seemed a bit annoyed at Jonghyun hyung’s childish act and turned at Minho again, hearing some explanation from him.

Taemin turned back to Jonghyun after few seconds and asked again. “hyung, would you please not changing the channel again and again? I’m dizzy! The light keep changing and changing..”

“oh, okay.. i’m sorry..”

Gaah, stupid Jonghyun hyung and his childish acts. I know he is jealous, but doing that will annoy my son!

“Key hyung..?”

I looked at Taemin, who was looking at me with his cute eyes.

“yes, Taemin-ah?” i answered back.

“where did Onew hyung go? Why he hasn’t come back yet? Did he has a schedule or something?” he asked again.

Taemin-ah.. if only i knew where did he go or where is he now.. i won’t be this worried..

I shook my head. “sorry, Taemin.. i don’t know.. he.. didn’t say anything before he left..”

Taemin and Minho glanced at each other, nudged each other. Did they hide something? But that’s not important now, because i swear i just saw Jonghyun hyung looked at them with a deadly gaze, the one which could burn something -or someone- up. And how come they didn’t feel it?? Haha, how funny.

So i waited for Onew hyung for another one hour.

It’s 9 PM now, and he even hasn’t come back. Where the hell is he??

I can’t wait anymore. I stood up, wore my hoodie and took Onew hyung’s jacket hanging nearby and aiming for the front door.

“Key-ah.. where will you go at this time? It’s already late..” Minho’s voice stopped me from reaching an umbrella.

I glanced at him, keep reaching for the umbrella. “looking for Onew hyung..”

“ah! Let me accompany you..” he replied as he tried to stand up.

“no!” i refused. “no.. it’s okay.. i can do it by myself..” I looked at Taemin and Jonghyun hyung. “you have to stay here.. to.. help Taemin with his homeworks!”

Of course i won’t let Jonghyun hyung be together alone with Taemin here.. do you think i’m crazy?

“then let Jonghyun hyung acc--“ Minho offered again, but i cut him before he could finish his sentence.

“no! It’s okay. I’ll be right back..” i said as i opened the door, walked out, and slammed the door.

So.. where should i start to search for you, hyung?

I ran through the corridor and took the elevator to the ground floor. I have to find him as fast as i could. It must be very cold outside, and he left with only a piece of t-shirt on his body. Stupid.

I stepped out from the elevator as soon as it reached the ground floor, and bumped into someone. Seemed that the person want to take the elevator too, but to the upper floor.

“ah, so--“

I stopped apologizing as i saw who was the person i bumped into. “Onew hyung!!”

Onew hyung looked at me and responded weakly. “ah.. it’s you, Key.. where will you go? It’s already late..”

I didn’t replied but looking at him. He was all wet.. wet, and his body shivered.

“Oh My God!! Onew hyung, what happened to you??” i asked worriedly as i covered him with his jacket. Dang, he must be wet because of the rain!!

“i’m.. i’m okay, Key.. just.. wet.. hehe.. thanks..” He smiled weakly. That smile. Stop smiling, hyung! You are not supposed to smile at time like this!

“oh, come on, hyung.. let’s get back to the dorm.. i’ll help you..” i reached for his shoulder, but he suddenly take a step back. Is he avoiding me??

“ah, it’s okay... i can go there by myself..” he smiled again.

Then both of us took the elevator to the 7th floor, to our dorm. And he kept standing as far as possible from me. He didn’t talk to me either. Why?? Did i do something wrong?? He did hear my.. my confession, didn’t he?? And according to Jonghyun hyung.. he must be happy because.. because he also loves me, right?? Now what’s going on??

Don’t tell me that Jonghyun hyung was wrong. Don’t tell me that he didn’t have any feelings for me. But if he does, why did he has to be like this? Jonghyun hyung, i blamed you for everything!!

I let him walked out from the elevator first as soon as it stopped, then i followed him. Then both of us entered the dorm after i pressed the right password, because Onew hyung kept pressing the wrong button.

“Onew hyung! Key hyung!” Taemin greeted us happily.

“whoa.. that was fast..” Jonghyun hyung added.

“Onew hyung, what happened to you?? Why are you..” Minho sounded worried, maybe because he saw Onew hyung all wet.

“i’m okay, Minho.. just.. the rain..” Onew hyung tried to explain, but his voice was shaking.

“hyung, better go and change your clothes, okay? I’m afraid you’ll get sick if you still wore this wet clothes..” i said. Onew hyung nodded. He went to the wardrobe to take some dry clothes, then went to the bathroom.

“what happened to him, Key?” Jonghyun hyung asked.

I shrugged. “dunno.. he won’t tell me anything..”

“poor Onew hyung.. what happened to him..” Taemin looked so sad.

I’m sorry Taemin.. all of this must be my fault.. I wonder if he would be okay..

“Minho?” Onew hyung’s voice came from the bathroom. He walked out weakly. “could you please make me a cup of hot tea? It’s so.. cold..”

“okay hyung..” Minho replied, then he quickly walked into the kitchen.

“are you okay hyung?” i approached him. “nothing hurts??”

He smiled again. Oh, how i hate those smile at these time!

“i’m o- okay..”

“hyung?” i asked again, not sure. His voice seemed so weak and he was tottering..

“no.. re- really.. i was j- just..”

He fell down. Luckily, i was close enough so i could catch him before he really fell down to the floor.

“Onew hyung!!”

“Onew hyung!!” Jonghyun and Taemin suddenly stood up from the couch and the floor, and rushed towards us.

“is hyung okay??” Taemin asked.

Onew hyung was unconcious. Maybe. Because he was just gasping and he also had cold sweat. I touched his forehead and damn, it was very hot.

“i guess he had a fever..” i said. “Jonghyun hyung, help me take him to his bed please..”

After put Onew hyung down to his bed and checking his temperature, which was 39.2 degree Celcius, i quickly took a wet towel and placed it on his forehead. I also covered his body with three layers of blanket.

“Key.. here’s the water.. in case he may need it after he wake up.. i’ll put it here..” Minho said as he put a glass of water on a table near our beds.

“thanks, Minho..” i smiled.

“will.. will he be alright, Jonghyun hyung?” i heard Taemin asked. His voice was shaking, seemed that he was crying.

“he will, Taemin.. don’t worry, he will..” Jonghyun hyung patted Taemin’s head. “and please don’t cry..”

Taemin ended up hugging Jonghyun hyung and crying on his shoulder.

“i think.. let Key take care of Onew hyung tonight.. let’s wait outside..” Minho suggested.

“i think so..” Jonghyun hyung replied. “Key, if you need something, call us, okay?”

I looked at them and nodded. “thanks..”

They left the room, leaving me and the sick Onew hyung alone.

I looked at his pale skin. He seemed better than before. Still shivering, but at least he’s not gasping anymore.

Hyung.. how could you make me suffer like this?? How could you make yourself suffer like this?? You don’t know how worried we are.. How worried I am..

You jerk. Stupid. Fool. Silly. Whatever!!

I didn’t realize that i was crying until i felt something wet on my cheeks. I quickly wiped it. See, hyung? I was crying because of you. I.. almost never cried before, you know..

Onew hyung stirred a bit. “ugh..”

“hyung?” i called him. “hyung, you’re awake? Are you alright?”

He responded with another ‘ugh’. I sighed. Seemed that he wasn’t fully awake..

I took the towel from his forehead and went to make it wet again. Then i came back, put the towel on his forehead, and sat in the same place once again.

He was still unconcious. Or sleeping. I’m not sure. I looked at him and smiled. At least he wasn’t as pale as before. I held his hand and stroked his hair. Gah, i know i’m not supposed to feel like this at this time.. but why does i feel that he is so cute?

“Key..” he suddenly muttered.

He called me? He called my name just now?? “Onew hyung??”

“Key.. don’t..”

“hyung, what’s wrong??”

“..please..”

“don’t what? Hyung? Are you okay? Are you awake?” i asked him again.

“..please.. don’t..”

“don’t what, hyung??” he made me confused. “Onew hyung?”

“..leave me..”

I froze. He said.. don’t leave him? Or leave him? Huh? Where did he think i will go? Is he dreaming?

“..don’t leave me.. Key..”

Aah, he asked me not to leave him, i see.. I held his hand tighter. “i’m here, hyung.. i won’t go anywhere.. i will always be here..” i muttered. “..with you..”

“Key..” he finally opened his eyes.

“huh? hyung? You’re awake?” i asked. He.. heard that??

“Key..” he spoke. “you’re.. here..?”

I could feel my body’s temperature rose up. I know i’m blushing right now. What should i do? What should i do??

I looked at the water Minho brought minutes ago. I stood up, took the glass and some medicine, then went back to Onew hyung’s bed.

“here hyung.. you have to eat this medicine..” i said as i helped him eat the medicine and drink the water. After that, i put the glass back into its place and reached for the door. “i’ll call the others..”

“no!”

“huh?” i looked at him confusedly. “wh--“

“stay here, please.. don’t leave..” he asked. “please..”

“okay..” i said as i walked back to sit beside Onew hyung again. Anything for you, hyung..

“what happened to me?” he asked with a weak voice.

“you.. collapsed. You got a fever, hyung..” i answered.

“ah..” he smiled. “the rain.. and cold weather..”

My eyed widened. “you.. you.. Yah! You know it was cold outside! Why did you still go out?? Huh??” i nagged.

He smiled. “sorry.. i was just..”

“Why are you smiling? You didn’t know.. you didn’t know how worried we were when you collapsed, hyung! Even Taemin cried!! How dare you!! Make me and him crying like that..” i felt my eyes became wet again, and next second, the tears poured. “..like this..”

“sorry.. i’m so sorry..” he wiped the tears on my cheeks. “Key.. sorry..”

Crap. I blushed again. Sigh, why did i have to act like this in front of him? I’m not a crybaby..

“now tell me.. why did you become like this? Who made you act this stupid and left the dorm with only one piece of shirt on winter?” i asked him after i could take control of my own temperature.

He remained silent, spacing out to the ceiling.

“you won’t tell?” i asked again, and he kept spacing out. “fine, i’ll go..”

“no, Key.. please..” he grabbed my wrist just when i was about to stand up. “don’t go.. i’ll.. i’ll tell..”

“okay..” i sat down again. “now tell me.. what’s wrong..?”

“i’ll tell everything..” he said. “but don’t be mad, okay? Please?”

I nodded. “so, who made you be like this?”

He spaced out again.

“hyung!”

“someone..” he finally said. “someone.. i love..”

“some.. one.. you love?” i forced myself to let that words out.

“he said.. he was in love.. but not with me.. i know he will never love me back.. i know..” his eyes were tearing. “and before you asked.. yes, someone i love.. is a boy..”

His words were stabbing me. Thousand times. And it hurts. So much. It hurt both of us, i know.

So it wasn’t me. It wasn’t me, the person he loved.. Jonghyun hyung, you really did make me feel stupid.. My confession didn’t mean anything for him.. How could it be like this? How could it be so hurt?

“..and my heart broke as soon as i heard that.. so i take a little refreshing walk..” he continued. “but i know i couldn’t go back home until i made up my mind..”

I couldn’t say a word. Since that person broke his heart.. could i arrange them and glued it into one piece again? So he wouldn’t be like this? I can’t stand looking him crying desperately like this. I can’t..

“Key? Are you listening?” he asked.

I looked at him. His tears were already gone. I nodded to give him a hint to continue.

“after spending hours to think.. i know i’m not supposed to give up.. i know i’m not supposed to conclude everything by myself without hearing his rejection from himself.. so i decided to ask him by myself..”

His words were stabbing me again. If he didn’t give up yet.. then i wouldn’t have a chance..

“and did you ask him already?” i asked. I don’t know why but i really wanna know even though it would be very hurt. For my sake, for his sake, for everyone’s sake.. i guess.

He smiled and shook his head. “i.. collapsed before i could ask him.. hehe..”

“what’s funny about this??” my voice raised two octave. “how could you still be able to smile..”

“sorry..” he smiled again.

“i’ll get your phone okay? Call him right now, and ask him..”

“no, Key..” he answered. “i’ll tell him directly..”

“oh..” i felt my heart ached again. “yeah, right.. you have to ask him directly.. as soon as you feel better..”

Silent. I think we both spaced out somewhere for few seconds, or minutes..

“i think.. i’ll.. ask him.. now..” he suddenly said.

“eh?” i snapped back into reality and looked at him. What did he just say? Didn’t he say that he want to ask that person directly? Then why..

“Key-ah.. i love you..” he smiled. “do you love me?”

My jaw dropped, eyes widened.. i froze. Silent.

“you.. WHAT?” i finally asked in disbelief.

“i said i love you..” he smiled again. But now, he did it forcefully. Because his smile is not like usual. Not angelic. So.. fake.

“wait, hyung.. you mean.. the person you just talked about.. he is me??”

He nodded. “yes, he is you.. and i’m so sorry to have such a feeling like this towards you, Key.. i’m sorry to bother you.. with my feelings..” he closed his face with both of his hands. “even though i know that you already love someone else.. but i..”

“yah!”

“eh?”

“don’t close your face, stupid. I can’t see you..”

As soon as he put down his hands and i could his face, i threw a pillow right into his face.

“uffhh!! Yah!” he removed it. “I’m still sick!!”

“i thought you heard all! You stupid jerk!! I thought you heard it!!” i shouted.

Onew hyung gave me a confused look. “what do you mean? Hear what?”

“my conversation with Jonghyun hyung today!!!” i could feel my face burnt up again. But i don’t know the cause.. Am i angry? Am i blushing? Am i.. sick too?

“yeah.. i heard that..” he answered. “but i only heard you say that you love him. And i don’t know who is him, so..”

“WHAAATT??” i finally screamed. My heart couldn’t stop pounding. Why did he has to be this stupid?? Why am i in love with this stupid person?? Aish!!

I turned around and buried my face into Minho’s bed, which located right in my back.

“Key? Key-ah..” i knew he was trying to wake up into a sitting position just by the noise he made. “Key-ah, are you mad? Please don’t be mad.. please..”

“i was talking about you..” i mumbled.

“huh?”

“i was talking about you that time!!” i said, as i turned to face him, but i’m still avoiding his gaze. I know i had turned into a boiled Key. Because my face must be very red now, redder than a boiled crab.. I know..

When i finally looked into his eyes, he was smiling.. sooo bright. His smile was never any brighter than this.

“that.. that means.. you.. love me?” he asked.

I kept silent, too embarrassed to answer. I turned away from him again. Damn, why did confession have to be this embarrassing??

“Key.. please.. answer me..” his voice became sadder. “i love you.. do you love me too?”

“yes, hyung. I do. I love you.” Three phrases, three phrases i used to tell him how much i love him.

He suddenly hugged me from behind. “Yah! Yah! Don’t you think you’re too excited, Onew hyung? You’re sick! Remember??” i turned again to face him and asked.

He smiled. “i’m not sick anymore.. I never feel any better than this..” then he hugged me tighter.

“yah! Yah!!” i couldn’t help but smiled. Me too, hyung.. I’ve never feel any better than this.. Oh, maybe once, when i got chosen to be a part of SHINee..

I hugged him back. Jonghyun hyung is right. If this turned out to be difficult, it was me who made it like that. Or maybe Onew hyung himself, because of his clumsiness and lameness, his Sangtae.

As we broke the hug, Onew hyung leaned closer to me. Hey.. hey.. hyung! What will you do to me??

He was leaning closer.. closer.. closer..

“hyung, don’t kiss me, please..” i said.

He stopped leaning closer, and pulled his face few inches away. Only a few. “aw.. why Key? You’re my boyfriend now, right?”

“no.” I said obviously.

“heeehh? Why??” he pouted with a cute face. “i thought you already said that you love me?”

I smiled. “because i’m the umma, hyung. So you’ll be the appa. That makes me your wife, and you’re my husband.” Okay, i don’t know how could i say that stupid silly sentence, it’s so not me.. but i think i was just infected with Onew Sangtae.

“oh, so we’re married now? Yay!” Onew hyung hugged me again.

I was about to hug him back again when he suddenly broke the hug. “yah!” i protested.

He smiled cutely. “now, as your husband, Key.. can i kiss you?”

He was already leaning closer before i could say anything. Closer.. closer.. “STOP!!” i blocked his face.

“why??” he pouted again.

“remember that you’re still sick, hyung? It was said that if you kiss a person who catch a cold of fever.. then you may be--“

He already planted a kiss on my lips before i could finish my sentence. Then he looked at me and laughed. “don’t worry!! I already feel better... and you’re red.. ahaha..”

“yah!! I’ve told you before! What if i got a fever too? Who will be in charge to take care of me? Who will be in charge to take care of Taemin when i was sick, huh? Huh? Huh??” i nagged. I nagged a lot today, didn’t i?

“me, Jonghyun, and Minho!” he smiled. Aigoo.. stupid is stupid.

“Key?”

“huh?” i looked at him again and found him looking at me with.. some cute puppy’s eyes?

“once more.. please?”

“what?” i pretended to be annoyed.

“kiss..” he smiled. What? Again?? Dang, didn’t he understand what i’d just said??

“please..???”

Gaaah, his smile. His gaze. I felt my body heated up, and finally gave up. “okay, but just once!”

Onew hyung leaned forward and finally our lips met. He kissed me slowly and gently, while i tried hard to kiss him back as slow and as gent as his. I know that i want him more than this.. but not now. He’s still sick. Besides, how could i let the other members suffering outside without a proper sleep? Especially my son, Taemin.

When our lips finally parted, i kissed his forehead and told him to sleep.

“i don’t want to if you leave me..” Onew hyung said.

“aish, hyung! How could you be more childish than Jonghyun hyung? Even Taemin is more mature than both of you! Now sleep! I’ll talk with the others..”

“i’m sick, Key.. i’m still sick..” he coughed. Or pretended to.

“yah! You said you already feel better! Why sick again now?”

“i won’t take back my words.” He pouted.

I gave up again. How could i refuse a person as cute and as innocent as him? Guys.. sorry..

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--Taemin’s POV--
“did you hear something, Taemin?” Jonghyun hyung asked.

I pressed my ear closer to the door. “nothing, hyung..”

“wait, let me peeks through the keyhole..” Jonghyun hyung said as he pushed me away from the door and bowed.

“but..”

“oh, crap!” Jonghyun hyung suddenly said.

“huh? What’s going on? Jonghyun hyung, what’s going on? I wanna see..” i said excitedly.

“no.. no.. Taemin.. you’re not old enough to see this..” Jonghyun hyung stood up and smiled. “Minho-yah, take a look at this..”

Jonghyun hyung took few steps back and Minho hyung stand on Jonghyun hyung’s previous spot, peeking. “yah!!” i protested. “i’ll be 17 soon! And Minho hyung is only two-- no, one year and few months older than me! Why can’t i??”

“oh..!” Minho hyung made a voice. Then he stopped peeking and smiled. “good for Key and Onew hyung then..”

“yeah.. good for th-- WHAT??” Jonghyun hyung screamed in low volume mode. “how do you guys know that.. they are..”

I smiled. “we did a research. Right, hyung?” i nudged Minho hyung and he laughed.

“yeah, we did some kind of that..”

“i still wanna see what happened..” i pouted. Why can’t i see that? Why did they always treat me as a kid?

“okay.. okay.. let’s get in..” Jonghyun hyung said.

“serious?” Minho hyung looked surprised. “but they may..”

Jonghyun hyung shook his head. “naah, i think it’s already okay.. come on..”

Jonghyun hyung finally opened the door and immediately smiled at what he saw. Me and Minho hyung also smiled.

Onew hyung and Key hyung, both were sleeping in Onew hyung’s bed, holding each other’s hands and smiling peacefully.

“isn’t that sweet?”


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CHAPTER 9

~*~ DAY 6 ~*~

--Key’s POV--

“Key-ah..”

“Key-ah..”

Someone shook my body.

“ugh..” i stirred. I felt very sleepy that i wouldn’t bother responding to whoever called me.

“Jagiya ireona*..”

Huh? Is anyone listening to ShimShimTaPa now?? Why did i hear Onew hyung saying the same thing like we were on the radio show?

“hey, wake up!”

I blinked once. Twice. Few more times, and finally opened my eyes.

“ASDFGHJKJHFSFDG!!!!” That unrecognisable sound escaped from my mouth as i saw Onew hyung’s face hovering few centimeters away from mine. “what are you doing here in my bed, Onew hyung???”

Onew hyung giggled and pulled himself back as i tried to wake up into sitting position. “are you still dreaming, Key? Look..” he pointed the bed, and i realised that i was sleeping, or sitting, on his bed, not mine.

“whaaat??” i gasped. “what happened?? Why did i sleep here?? Why di--“

Oh! Daaaang, how could i for--

“how could you forget that??” Onew hyung pouted.

I froze and stared at him. Cute. Very cute. I can’t resist him!! “ah, i’m sorry, hyung.. i didn’t mean to.. eh... to..”
I paused. Onew hyung was looking at me with his cute puppy eyes. “hyung, sorry!! I was.. was.. half sleeping just now, okay?? I di--didn’t forget anything!! I swear!!”

What a stupid sentence i’ve just said. Very incoherent, but he hugged me at last. I gasped, surprised by his sudden hug, but he chuckled and patted my back.

“Key Key Key... don’t worry~ you don’t have to stutter like that!!” he pulled back and laughed. “i won’t kick you even if you forgot, hahaha..”

I looked to the bed, hiding my already red face because of embarrassment. Jeez, why did i have to blush everytime he was around?? Maybe it was my fate, i have to accept it whether i like it or not.

“let’s go eat breakfast, Key..” Onew hyung stood up. He gripped my hand and pulled me up too.

“wait!” i suddenly realized. Onew hyung looked at me confusedly.

“why? What’s wrong?”

I gulped. “ho--how.. about th--the others?”

When i mentioned ‘the others’, actually it was meant for Jonghyun hyung. I’m scared that he will tease me. Minho and my son, i believe they won’t do something to embarrass me, but Jonghyun hyung will totally do. Well, it’s not that being together with Onew hyung embarrassed me, just.. i’m not ready to face them. Especially after what happened last night. That... kisses. And my face reddened again.

“why?? What’s about them? Did they do something wrong?” Onew hyung asked innocently. I sighed. He is totally the type who will not care about these things. So in the end, i shook my head and threw a smile at him, then walked outside. Onew hyung followed me from behind.

Minho and Jonghyun hyung were sitting in the couch; Minho reading his book and Jonghyun hyung flipping the TV channels. “uhm.. morning..” i greeted.

“Umma!!! Appa!!!” i heard Taemin suddenly yelled as he ran from the kitchen to the living room.

“what??” I immediately looked at the door. “where? Your parents are coming, Taemin? Why didn’t you tell me!!” i asked nervously, thinking that Taemin’s parents will come.

Silent. Onew hyung, Taemin, Jonghyun hyung, and even Minho were looking at me questioningly. Suddenly Jonghyun hyung burst into laughter.

“HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!”

Taemin started giggling and in one second, both he and Onew hyung started to laugh as hard as they could. Minho followed them in the next second, but he was only giggling, not laughing.

“yah..” i asked cluelessly. “what’s so funny?? And where’s Taemin’s parents??”

“Oi Key!! Are you stupid??” Jonghyun hyung answered between his laughter. “Taemin wasn’t calling for his real umma and appa, but he called you and Onew hyung! Stupid!!”

My jaw dropped in an instant. Aish, so that’s what he meant! I feel so stupid~ My face turned red, slowly but sure.

“it’s okay, Key hyung!!” Taemin smiled brightly and put his hands on my shoulders. “by acting like that, you will be the cutest umma i’ve ever had!”

I looked at Taemin as if he was the most shining diamond i’ve ever had, and i have to treasure it. I hugged him and muttered, “thank you, son..”

“so.. have you guys eaten??” Onew hyung asked, and all of them shook their head. “aigoo~ how come? Can’t you guys cook for yourselves?”

“we want to eat Key umma’s breakfast, as usual!” Jonghyun hyung replied. Whoa, he didn’t tease me? how strange!! Anyway, thanks for not teasing me, Jonghyun hyung..

“i’ll cook for us then!” i said happily. “wait for 30 minutes, okay?” Then i quickly ran to the kitchen to prepare the breakfast.

Exactly 30 minutes later, all of us were already sitting in front of the dining table. I cooked Taemin’s favorite beef barbeque, tofu stew, and my special menu, chicken mushroom rice.

“wuaaahh.. beef barbeque!!” Taemin said excitedly as he took a spoonful of the beef and moved it to his own plate.

Minho looked at me with a little disbelief, but in the end, he smiled thankfully and started eating too. Why did they look at me that way, as if i did something wrong? Okay, forget it and let’s eat.

“omo, so delicious!!” Onew hyung said after he put a spoonful of the tofu stew into his mouth. “really, Key.. you’re the best chef we’ve ever had!”

Jonghyun hyung nodded in agreement. “is this a special day?”

I looked at Jonghyun hyung immediately and found him smirking at me. Gosh, so he was about to start the war now, huh? I took my thanks back.. He really didn’t deserve it. I ignored him and continue eating my breakfast. The atmosphere became a bit awkward among us because i didn’t say anything, and we remained silent for few minutes.

“so..” Taemin broke the silence. “Onew hyung is officially my appa now?”

I spilled out my food a bit and choked as soon as i heard Taemin’s question. “cough.. cough.. wha-- cough cough..”

“Key!!! Are you okay??” Onew hyung stood up from his seat and rushed towards me in an instant. He slapped my back worriedly, while Minho also stood up and gave me a glass of water.

I drank the water immediately and finally stopped choking, my eyes were teary and red. I looked at all of them. Onew hyung and Minho were looking at me worriedly, my son Taemin’s eyes widened in shock, and Jonghyun hyung.. jeez.. see what was he doing? He was covering his mouth, forcing himself to not laughing!!! But finally, he burst into laughter again.

“HAHAHA, Key.. HAHAHA, you should’ve seen your face when Taemin asked that!! Hahaha!!”

“omo Jonghyun hyung... this is not the time for laughing..” Taemin scolded him. Yeah!! Go, my son!!

“ahahaha, sorry..” Jonghyun hyung grinned, but he kept smiling all the time.

“but Key hyu-- ah, Key umma!!” Taemin turned to look at me.

“yes, Taemin?”

“are.. are you..” he blushed. “are.. um.. i mean.. you and.. Onew hyung.. ng..”

“Taemin wants to ask if you and Onew hyung are together now! Right, Taemin?” Jonghyun hyung cut him off.

I couldn’t help but blushing furiously when Taemin nodded in excitement. What should i say?? What--

“yes, Taemin!!” a really happy answer came from Onew hyung. “Key is my boyfriend now, and that makes me your appa!!” he added with the brightest smile he ever had.

“really??” Taemin’s eyes sparkled with joy. “yaaay!!”

“Key, Onew hyung, congratulations!” Minho said with his usual smile.

“hahaha, Key and Onew hyung are together~ they are together~” Jonghyun hyung sang.

Dang, i felt so embarrassed right now. I’m happy, but.. Aaarrgghhh!!! I can’t stand the teasing anymore!!

I stood up from the chair and ran to the bedroom.

“huh? Wait... Key!!” Onew hyung called, but too late, i locked the door already. I threw myself on Onew hyung’s bed and buried my face into it.

“don’t worry, he was just too embarrassed to face us..” is the last thing i heard from the outside, from Jonghyun hyung to be specific, before i grabbed Onew hyung’s pillow and closed my ears with it.

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--Taemin’s POV--

YAY!!! I’m so happy that i have a real SHINee appa!! Before this, i can only hear from the fans or read from forums about Key hyung being the umma and Onew hyung being the appa, and i’m quite sad because nothing happened in real life. But yesterday, finally it happened!! Onew hyung and Key hyung are together now, and i’m happy for them. Cute couple. Fans’ prediction is so true, exactly!

I saw Minho hyung reading his English textbook in the couch, so i decided to approach him. Minho hyung smiled when i seated myself beside him.

“are you busy, hyung?” i asked, worried if i would disturb him.

“i’ll have English test tomorrow, but naah, it’s okay.. wanna talk about something?” he asked as if he knew what am i thinking about. I smiled back at him and nodded excitedly. “what is it?” he asked. He closed his English book and put it in the table.

“hyung.. what do you think about Key hyung and Onew hyung?” i asked.

“hm.. i like them. Key is a good friend and Onew hyung is a good hyung..” Minho hyung answered. “why asking?”

Dang, Minho hyung~ I made a face. “i mean.. their relationship!!!”

Minho hyung looked confused for a while, but then he laughed. “ah, you mean.. THAT.. hahaha, i understand..”

I nodded furiously. “what do you think about them??”

“they’re...” Minho hyung stopped to think. “uhm.. they look good together!”

“hehehe.. i know..” i grinned.

“but why suddenly asking about that?” Minho hyung frowned.

I looked at our surroundings. No one is here except me and Minho hyung. I leaned forward and whispered to his ear. “i’m thinking about buying a present for them..”

“PRE--“

“ssshh!!” i quickly covered Minho hyung’s mouth with my hand. “i don’t want Key hyung and Onew hyung to know about this.. i wanna keep it as a surprise.. from their sons..”

Minho hyung nodded understandingly, and i finally pulled my hand back. We were sitting closer and leaning towards each other, whispering about our plan.

“what do you think should we give to them, Minho hyung?” i asked.

“uhm..” Minho hyung thought again. I was also thinking about it. Couple shirts? Couple bag? Couple scarf? Couple neck--

“Minho hyung!! How about couple necklace or couple bracelet? It won’t be too obvious to fans too..”

Minho hyung nodded. “that’s a good idea!”

“should we tell Jo--“

“ahem!!”

Me and Minho hyung quickly pulled back ourselves from each other. I turned around and saw Jonghyun hyung standing behind the couch, hands crossed in front of his chest. He looked pretty annoyed. I wonder why??

“ah, Jonghyun hyung..” Minho hyung said to greet him.

“what are you guys doing?” Jonghyun hyung asked, his voice was a bit cold.

“hyung, are you okay?” i asked him back without answering his question. “seems that you’re in a bad mood..”

“yes, bad. Pretty bad.” He said coldly. “anyways, what are you guys doing?”

“uhm..” i hesitated. I looked at Minho hyung to ask for advice, whether i should tell Jonghyun hyung or no, and Minho hyung answered with a nod. I turned to face Jonghyun hyung and said, “well..”

“yes?”

I was worried if suddenly Key hyung or Onew hyung popped in, so i motioned him to lean closer to me. When his ear was close enough, i whispered our plan to him. When i finally pulled myself back, i saw his eyes sparkled, and seemed that his bad mood was already gone faaaaaar away.

“that’s a good idea!!” he said as he smiled. “you guys are smart!”

“thanks, hyung..” i couldn’t help but blush. Why did i blush very quickly everytime i saw Jonghyun hyung’s smile?

“so, what’s the next plan?” Jonghyun hyung asked.

“since Jonghyun hyung knows much about Bling things, then Jonghyun hyung is the one who should go and buy those things!” Minho hyung concluded.

“ah, that’s right!” i nodded. “then Jonghyun hyung, hurry change your clothes and go shopping!”

Jonghyun hyung looked at us weirdly. “me? Alone?”

Me and Minho hyung looked at each other, then at Minho hyung’s English book.

“i’ll go with you, Jonghyun hyung..” i finally forced a smile. Actually, i don’t like being near Jonghyun hyung for too long, cause as i’ve said before, he might give me a heart attack. But i have no choice. Minho hyung will have his English test tomorrow and i can’t bother him with this..

“really?” Jonghyun hyung’s eyes sparkled again. “yay! Then let’s talk to Key..”

“eeh??” Wait.. will he..

“Key-ah!!” Jonghyun hyung yelled. “i’ll go out with Taemin for a while!! We’ll be back soon, okay??”

“WHAAAAAATTTT???” i could hear Key hyung shouted from the kitchen and he quickly appeared in front of us in no time, followed by Onew hyung. Onew hyung’s hands and almost all of his face and body were covered by flour, and he did look so funny! “yah, Jonghyun hyung, what will you do to my son?” Key hyung continued.

Jonghyun hyung’s eyes widened. “yah, who do you think i am?! I won’t do anything!” Then he turned to look at Onew hyung and giggled. “by the way.. Onew hyung! Why did you become very white suddenly? Hahaha..”

I laughed automatically. Onew hyung was just too funny, and i couldn’t help but laughing at him. Minho hyung also laughed lightly.

Key hyung shrugged. “he forced himself to help me in the kitchen, and i didn’t know what did he do when suddenly a flour bag exploded and made him look like this..”

Onew hyung looked at the floor embarrassedly. Aigoo.. how cute, my appa..

“so Taemin, let’s change and go..” Jonghyun hyung said. I nodded, but when i was about to walk to the wardrobe, Key hyung’s voice stopped me.

“wait! No way.. you two can’t--“

“Key-ah, it’s okay.. let them go.. Jonghyun won’t do anything to Taemin though..” Onew hyung said. “Taemin is his dongsaeng right?”

“yeah, that’s right..” Jonghyun hyung smiled.. wait, did he smirk??

“aish, i don’t know anymore!!!” Key hyung said in annoyance as he turned back and walked to the kitchen.

“well, take care of Taemin, Jonghyun!” Onew hyung smiled before he followed Key hyung to the kitchen.

I noticed that Key hyung couldn’t refuse anything said by Onew hyung, hehe~ such a sweet of him. Jonghyun hyung grabbed his coat, scarf and beanie from the wardrobe, while i grabbed my jacket, wore a scarf and beanie, also glasses, then went away with Jonghyun hyung.

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--Jonghyun’s POV--
“Jonghyun hyung, which one do you like??” Taemin said excitedly as he pointed to the necklaces with various styles. “ah.. how about this..? Or this??”

I looked at him and smiled. He seemed very excited about buying presents for Onew hyung and Key. Heh, how cute he is, my Taemin. I looked around the counters. My gaze landed on a transparent-ish purple watch. Its style was so good and cool. Ah, maybe i should buy it sometimes. But i have no money..

“Jonghyun hyung, why are you standing still?” Taemin walked towards me and grabbed my hand. My heart suddenly fluttered. It was already a long time since the last time we held hands. “hurry come and see this..” I smiled lightly when he dragged me to the bracelets section.

“look, hyung..” Taemin said as he pointed to a silver couple bracelets with a twins star hung on its chain. “isn’t it pretty?”

I took a look at the bracelets, and yeah.. it’s pretty. But i don’t think that the bracelets will suit Onew hyung and Key..

“what do you think, hyung?” Taemin asked.

I shook my head slowly. “i don’t think that those bracelets suit them..”

“aah..” Taemin sounded a little disappointed.

“but Taemin, if you like them, let’s just buy it..” i quickly said. I don’t want him to be sad just because i said that those bracelets didn’t suit Key and Onew hyung..

Taemin smiled at me. “no, hyung.. it’s okay~ You’re more experienced with those things, right? I’ll let you choose then..”

I muttered a little thanks at him and walked back to the necklaces section, with Taemin followed me from behind. I think i did see something beautiful here.. but where are they? After looking at almost all styles, finally i found it. A couple necklace, one with a key pendant, and the other with a lock pendant.

“excuse me, noona..” i called the shopkeeper. When she was close enough, i asked “can i see this one, please?” while pointed to the key-lock necklaces.

“ah, this one? Sure..” she said. Taemin was looking curiously at the necklace from my behind when i turned to look at him.

“here, take a look at it, Taemin..” i took a few steps to the right so he could get a best spot to see the necklaces.

“thanks, hyung..” he muttered and smiled, then moved forward.

“ah, here they ar-- OMO!!” the shopkeeper noona suddenly squealed when she looked at us, especially at Taemin. “Sh-- Sh-- Sh-- SHINee’s--“

Taemin quickly put his index finger on his lips. “sssshh!!! Please don’t scream!!”

Thanks God that this shopkeeper noona was good enough, she didn’t scream and blushed furiously instead. She handed the pair of necklace to us, and Taemin smiled immediately when he saw that necklaces.

“hyung! You’re so smart! These necklaces are so pretty! The key one is for Key hyung, and the lock one is for Onew hyung! This will be an awesome present for them!” he said as he looked at me joyously.

I smiled back. “let’s take it then!”

Taemin nodded. He talked to the shopkeeper noona and finally we bought the couple necklace for Onew hyung and Key. Even though the price of the necklace was a bit expensive, we somehow got a 20% discount, because she said we are SHINee. Hehehe, the benefit of being famous. On the way to the exit door of the jewelry shop, we passed by the bracelets section and i saw Taemin glanced at the previous twins star bracelets.

“why Taemin? Do you want that bracelets?” i asked.

“ah, no..” he blushed shyly. “nothing..”

I stopped walking to glance at the bracelets again, and i finally decided. I’ll buy that bracelets for Taemin. I walked towards the counter and called the same shopkeeper noona to buy that bracelets. After payed for it, Taemin suddenly appeared from my back.

“hyung! What are you-- Omo!! Jonghyun hyung!!!” Taemin looked at me surprisedly. “why did you--“

I chuckled. “here’s for you..” i handed one of the bracelets to him. “..and the other one is for me!”

Taemin’s eyes lit up. “thank you, hyung! But..”

“now let’s go back home..” i said as i wrapped my hand around his shoulder. Thankfully, he didn’t refuse me.

We walked in a silence for a while. Taemin was busy observing our couple bracelet and smiling all the way. I smiled too. I will smile forever as long as he was smiling with me..

“oh, hyung!” Taemin suddenly said. “i forget something in the shop! Wait for me, i’ll go get it..”

“ah, should i go with you?” i asked worriedly.

Taemin smiled at me. “no, thanks hyung.. i’ll be right back..”

His running posture disappeared into the shop slowly. I stood still on my spot, waiting for Taemin to return. What did he forget? Ah, at least we got that necklaces for Onew hyung and Key.. My eyes roamed the road. There’s not too many people walking, so at least i could feel safe, no fangirls’ attack. Besides, i already wore beanie and scarf too to cover my face.

“Jonghyun hyung!” Taemin called. I turned around and saw a blue little box right in front of my eyes.

“Taemin?” i asked cluelessly. “this is..”

Taemin smiled brightly. “it is my present for you, hyung.. Because you bought us this couple bracelets!” he said as he showed his right hand, which had the bracelet on it. “open it, i know you will like it..”

I obliged and open the blue box. I nearly cried when i saw what’s inside the box. Oh My God, it’s the purple watch i’ve been longing for!! I looked at him and gave him the brightest smile i’ve ever had.

“thank you, Taemin..” i stepped forward and hugged him.

“anytime hyung..” he replied. “i’m thinking about buying it for your birthday.. but i decided to buy it now before it was sold out..”

“thank you, Taemin.. thank you..”

Maybe Taemin didn’t know how much this watch means for me. Maybe he only thought that this present, this watch, is an ordinary present for me. But he was wrong. I always appreciate everything he gave me before, but this one is special. Because he did buy it with his own money, his own initiative. And because i received it from the person i loved.

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note : jagiya ireona - honey, wake up