Nagging Gets You Nowhere; Minho/Key
The one time Minho nags too much and infuriates 3/5 of shinee, particularly Kim Kibum.
Inspired by Choi Minho himself and how he nagged at his members to clean up the living room in episode 6 of SHINee's One Fine Day.
Author's Note: i love Jonghyun with all my heart but i didn't include him here because one, in the episode itself, he disappeared so fast, and two, i wrote this based on how i imagined things to be at their dorm right now (which means Jjong most probably isn't around since he should be resting at home, i think?) so there's only Onew, Taemin and of course, Key here. with that said, i hope you'll like this fic and maybe, find yourself smiling as well. Have a great start to May, dear readers~ ^^
Kim Kibum was always alert, always aware of his surroundings. He practically didn’t have much of a choice but to stay on his toes every waking moment since he was one fifth of SHINee. It was perfectly understandable then that Kibum had instantly looked up from organizing his accessories once he caught movement from the corner of his eyes. Glancing towards the direction of the movement, he saw two of his members scurry into his room in panic as if it was some kind of emergency shelter. However, he wasn’t concerned about the state of anxiety his members were in as much as he was about a house rule he had set for them…
“How many times do I have to remind you guys to knock before you come in?” Kibum groaned, staring unhappily at the leader and maknae of SHINee.
Swiftly closing the door behind him, Jinki rested his hands on his knees, bending down for a moment as he panted before he breathed out, “Kibum ah, Minho’s back.”
“He is?” Kibum’s eyes instantly lit up, “Then I guess I should go-”
“Don’t!” Taemin who had stepped into the room first immediately blocked Kibum’s pathway and raised a hand out while shaking his head, “Key hyung, you wouldn’t want to step out there right now.”
“And why not?”
“Because Minho hyung will nag your ear off!”
Kibum raised an eyebrow, unimpressed with Taemin’s explanation and pointed at himself as he scoffed, “Do you know who I am? Do you honestly think Choi Minho will dare nag at me?”
Taemin turned back to Jinki and exchanged a look with the leader before they both looked right back at Kibum and said together, “Yes.”
Kibum snorted, “You guys underestimate me.”
Jinki shook his head, “No Kibum, it’s more like, you’re underestimating Minho.”
“Come on guys, how bad can he be? Even if he nags, it’s for your own good.”
A look of horror appeared on Taemin’s face. “Key hyung, I don’t think you understand-”
As if on cue, Minho’s low, booming voice travelled into Kibum’s room and cut Taemin short.
“Taeminnie! Where are you? You left your empty milk carton lying around again, do you think it’ll develop legs and walk to the dustbin itself?”
“You see, Key hyung, he’s-”
Not giving Taemin a chance to state his case, Kibum rudely let out an audible sigh and lectured the maknae, “You should seriously clear your rubbish, Taem.”
Taemin found himself speechless, opening and closing his mouth for a moment, unable to defend himself and eventually decided to pout and whine instead, “Key hyung…”
“No, that doesn’t work on me any-”
“Jinki hyung! I know you ate fried chicken for dinner, I can see the crumbs on our dining table, come out and wipe the table clean!”
Jinki’s jaw dropped, “How does he even know that?!”
Kibum shifted his eyes from the maknae to the leader and let out yet another disapproving sigh, “Hyung, you need to be more careful when you eat… we don’t need insects in our dorm.”
And that was when the ever calm Lee Jinki officially lost his cool. “What are you? Husband and wife? The nagging duo? Kim Kibum, I didn’t escape in here to hear you nag at me as well! I’m telling you, Minho has become even more annoying than he already is.”
Taemin quickly reached out to squeeze the agitated leader on his shoulder, hoping to calm the oldest down while he picked up from where Jinki left off, “Key hyung… maybe you should go out there and shut him up or something.”
“Now you’re telling me to go out?” Kibum asked skeptically.
Taemin nodded, “Since you’re so confident and all…”
“Seriously guys, you’re exaggerating.”
Shaking his head at his members as he spoke, Kibum casually made his way out of his room, swerving past the leader and maknae who then followed behind him, and quickly found Minho standing near the entrance of their dorm.
“Minho yah, you-”
“Kibum, good that you’re here.” Minho said once he spotted the blonde approaching him and then pointed down to where their shoes were arranged on the ground, “Your socks.”
Kibum crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows in question, “What about them?”
Minho frowned, “You shouldn’t leave them lying around... at least stuff them into your Creepers or something.”
“Did you just-”
“See! We told you so.” Interrupting Kibum was a smug voice that belonged to Jinki and sounded in the blonde’s left ear.
Immediately after, a second voice that obviously belonged to Taemin mumbled in his right ear, “We warned you, Key hyung…”
“Shut up!” Key shouted, successfully silencing both Jinki and Taemin as they waited with anticipation to see how the blonde was going to react to Minho’s nagging.
To the leader and maknae’s surprise, Kibum took in a deep breath, broke into a smile and slowly took a few steps towards where he had left his socks earlier when he got home. With all eyes on him, Kibum picked up his socks, looked at Minho for a moment as he smiled even wider. But just when Minho parted his lips to say something nice to his boyfriend for listening to him, Kibum’s smile disappeared in a flash and gave the rapper a look so deadly it could kill. Yet, Minho didn’t even have time to feel the chills run down his spine because the very same pair of socks that should have been in Kibum’s hands had come flying directly at his face. He couldn’t even gasp before the balled up socks bounced off his stunned face to fall back onto the floor.
“Choi Minho, you better remind yourself who I am before you nag at me the next time.”
In the next moment, Kibum's ears picked up the sounds of sniggering behind his back and he instantly turned around to glare at the oldest and youngest of the group.
“Don’t you dare laugh at him, he may have deserved that for being such an annoying bastard but he’s my annoying bastard.”
With the umma of SHINee speaking in such a harsh tone, Jinki and Taemin found themselves holding their laughter back as they shut their mouths and decided it was better to leave the scene. Satisfied, Kibum turned back to settle things once and for all with Minho but was surprised to find a blinding smile on the rapper’s face.
“What are you smiling at? I just threw socks at your face.”
"Doesn't matter." Minho shrugged as he held back a chuckle and simply said, “You called me yours.”
“I called you an annoying bastard.” Kibum deadpanned.
“I don’t care, I’m still yours.”
“Minho.”
“Yes baby?”
“Cut down on the nagging alright? It’s pissing everyone off.” Sighing, Kibum advised and then added, “I would very much like my boyfriend to be safe and sound, because who knows what else I’ll throw at you next?”
“You know, Kibummie, I really wouldn’t mind you throwing yourself at me once in a while.”
“If you keep talking like that, I won’t even let you come near me at all.”
“You wouldn’t.”
“Try me.”
On normal days, Minho was never one to step down from a challenge against Kibum. Yet, today was different. Upon looking down at the pair of socks on the floor, the rapper found himself recalling the death glare Kibum had given him just a moment ago. And it was that which caused him to admit defeat rather reluctantly.
“Fine... I’ll shut up.”
Finally, a smile returned to Kibum’s face, “I’m glad we see eye to eye.”
“Why do you think I started nagging so much then?” Without thinking, Minho nodded and smiled teasingly at his boyfriend, “I learn from the best.”
Needless to say, when Kibum had stormed straight into his room and slammed the door shut, Minho ended up learning his lesson the hard way. And in that moment, Minho suddenly wished he was back to the boy of little words because that would have indeed saved him the trouble of appeasing an angry boyfriend, a task that was never easy especially if your boyfriend went by the name of Kim Kibum.
Inspired by Choi Minho himself and how he nagged at his members to clean up the living room in episode 6 of SHINee's One Fine Day.
Author's Note: i love Jonghyun with all my heart but i didn't include him here because one, in the episode itself, he disappeared so fast, and two, i wrote this based on how i imagined things to be at their dorm right now (which means Jjong most probably isn't around since he should be resting at home, i think?) so there's only Onew, Taemin and of course, Key here. with that said, i hope you'll like this fic and maybe, find yourself smiling as well. Have a great start to May, dear readers~ ^^
Kim Kibum was always alert, always aware of his surroundings. He practically didn’t have much of a choice but to stay on his toes every waking moment since he was one fifth of SHINee. It was perfectly understandable then that Kibum had instantly looked up from organizing his accessories once he caught movement from the corner of his eyes. Glancing towards the direction of the movement, he saw two of his members scurry into his room in panic as if it was some kind of emergency shelter. However, he wasn’t concerned about the state of anxiety his members were in as much as he was about a house rule he had set for them…
“How many times do I have to remind you guys to knock before you come in?” Kibum groaned, staring unhappily at the leader and maknae of SHINee.
Swiftly closing the door behind him, Jinki rested his hands on his knees, bending down for a moment as he panted before he breathed out, “Kibum ah, Minho’s back.”
“He is?” Kibum’s eyes instantly lit up, “Then I guess I should go-”
“Don’t!” Taemin who had stepped into the room first immediately blocked Kibum’s pathway and raised a hand out while shaking his head, “Key hyung, you wouldn’t want to step out there right now.”
“And why not?”
“Because Minho hyung will nag your ear off!”
Kibum raised an eyebrow, unimpressed with Taemin’s explanation and pointed at himself as he scoffed, “Do you know who I am? Do you honestly think Choi Minho will dare nag at me?”
Taemin turned back to Jinki and exchanged a look with the leader before they both looked right back at Kibum and said together, “Yes.”
Kibum snorted, “You guys underestimate me.”
Jinki shook his head, “No Kibum, it’s more like, you’re underestimating Minho.”
“Come on guys, how bad can he be? Even if he nags, it’s for your own good.”
A look of horror appeared on Taemin’s face. “Key hyung, I don’t think you understand-”
As if on cue, Minho’s low, booming voice travelled into Kibum’s room and cut Taemin short.
“Taeminnie! Where are you? You left your empty milk carton lying around again, do you think it’ll develop legs and walk to the dustbin itself?”
“You see, Key hyung, he’s-”
Not giving Taemin a chance to state his case, Kibum rudely let out an audible sigh and lectured the maknae, “You should seriously clear your rubbish, Taem.”
Taemin found himself speechless, opening and closing his mouth for a moment, unable to defend himself and eventually decided to pout and whine instead, “Key hyung…”
“No, that doesn’t work on me any-”
“Jinki hyung! I know you ate fried chicken for dinner, I can see the crumbs on our dining table, come out and wipe the table clean!”
Jinki’s jaw dropped, “How does he even know that?!”
Kibum shifted his eyes from the maknae to the leader and let out yet another disapproving sigh, “Hyung, you need to be more careful when you eat… we don’t need insects in our dorm.”
And that was when the ever calm Lee Jinki officially lost his cool. “What are you? Husband and wife? The nagging duo? Kim Kibum, I didn’t escape in here to hear you nag at me as well! I’m telling you, Minho has become even more annoying than he already is.”
Taemin quickly reached out to squeeze the agitated leader on his shoulder, hoping to calm the oldest down while he picked up from where Jinki left off, “Key hyung… maybe you should go out there and shut him up or something.”
“Now you’re telling me to go out?” Kibum asked skeptically.
Taemin nodded, “Since you’re so confident and all…”
“Seriously guys, you’re exaggerating.”
Shaking his head at his members as he spoke, Kibum casually made his way out of his room, swerving past the leader and maknae who then followed behind him, and quickly found Minho standing near the entrance of their dorm.
“Minho yah, you-”
“Kibum, good that you’re here.” Minho said once he spotted the blonde approaching him and then pointed down to where their shoes were arranged on the ground, “Your socks.”
Kibum crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows in question, “What about them?”
Minho frowned, “You shouldn’t leave them lying around... at least stuff them into your Creepers or something.”
“Did you just-”
“See! We told you so.” Interrupting Kibum was a smug voice that belonged to Jinki and sounded in the blonde’s left ear.
Immediately after, a second voice that obviously belonged to Taemin mumbled in his right ear, “We warned you, Key hyung…”
“Shut up!” Key shouted, successfully silencing both Jinki and Taemin as they waited with anticipation to see how the blonde was going to react to Minho’s nagging.
To the leader and maknae’s surprise, Kibum took in a deep breath, broke into a smile and slowly took a few steps towards where he had left his socks earlier when he got home. With all eyes on him, Kibum picked up his socks, looked at Minho for a moment as he smiled even wider. But just when Minho parted his lips to say something nice to his boyfriend for listening to him, Kibum’s smile disappeared in a flash and gave the rapper a look so deadly it could kill. Yet, Minho didn’t even have time to feel the chills run down his spine because the very same pair of socks that should have been in Kibum’s hands had come flying directly at his face. He couldn’t even gasp before the balled up socks bounced off his stunned face to fall back onto the floor.
“Choi Minho, you better remind yourself who I am before you nag at me the next time.”
In the next moment, Kibum's ears picked up the sounds of sniggering behind his back and he instantly turned around to glare at the oldest and youngest of the group.
“Don’t you dare laugh at him, he may have deserved that for being such an annoying bastard but he’s my annoying bastard.”
With the umma of SHINee speaking in such a harsh tone, Jinki and Taemin found themselves holding their laughter back as they shut their mouths and decided it was better to leave the scene. Satisfied, Kibum turned back to settle things once and for all with Minho but was surprised to find a blinding smile on the rapper’s face.
“What are you smiling at? I just threw socks at your face.”
"Doesn't matter." Minho shrugged as he held back a chuckle and simply said, “You called me yours.”
“I called you an annoying bastard.” Kibum deadpanned.
“I don’t care, I’m still yours.”
“Minho.”
“Yes baby?”
“Cut down on the nagging alright? It’s pissing everyone off.” Sighing, Kibum advised and then added, “I would very much like my boyfriend to be safe and sound, because who knows what else I’ll throw at you next?”
“You know, Kibummie, I really wouldn’t mind you throwing yourself at me once in a while.”
“If you keep talking like that, I won’t even let you come near me at all.”
“You wouldn’t.”
“Try me.”
On normal days, Minho was never one to step down from a challenge against Kibum. Yet, today was different. Upon looking down at the pair of socks on the floor, the rapper found himself recalling the death glare Kibum had given him just a moment ago. And it was that which caused him to admit defeat rather reluctantly.
“Fine... I’ll shut up.”
Finally, a smile returned to Kibum’s face, “I’m glad we see eye to eye.”
“Why do you think I started nagging so much then?” Without thinking, Minho nodded and smiled teasingly at his boyfriend, “I learn from the best.”
Needless to say, when Kibum had stormed straight into his room and slammed the door shut, Minho ended up learning his lesson the hard way. And in that moment, Minho suddenly wished he was back to the boy of little words because that would have indeed saved him the trouble of appeasing an angry boyfriend, a task that was never easy especially if your boyfriend went by the name of Kim Kibum.