Chapter 8 - That Unique Feeling Called Love
Title: _
That Unique Feeling Called Love
Main Characters: _
Onew, Minho, Taemin, Key, Jonghyun (SHINee)
Main Fictional Characters : _
Kim Mira, Park Haneul, Kwon Sunyoung, Seo Hani, Lee Nayoung
Genre: _
Romance, Fluff, Comedy, Friendship
Summary: _
The Shinee boys had never experienced love before, until they met the girls coincidentally on a random day.
Chapter 8 - The Last Secret Revealed
Onew walked out of the changing room to see his members relaxing in the living room. Jonghyun and Minho on the couch, Taemin who was sprawled out on the floor and Key sitting at the dining area. Onew shrugged before heading towards the couch to retrieve the paper bag which was filled with Mira’s sweater. Onew suppressed his grin before walking towards the front door.
“Hyung where are you going? It’s twelve thirty in the morning!” Onew heard Jonghyun asked him.
“I’m going out for a while. You guys go to sleep first. Don’t wait up for me.” Onew called out before turning to leave.
Once outside his dorm, Onew smiled wide. He was feeling rather excited at that moment. He just could not wait to go to that twenty-four hour family mart. He was going to meet her soon enough!
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Jonghyun, Key, Minho and Taemin quickly get themselves ready. Once they were sure that Onew had entered the lift, the four of them got themselves out of their apartment and started to climb down the stairs. They were quite fast in reaching the lobby and were just in time to see Onew walking out of the building.
“Okay, we have to be careful.” Minho told the rest of his members. “Do not let Onew hyung see us and most importantly, do not let ourselves be recognized by any fans, ahrasso?”
His members nodded and soon they found themselves walking along the pavement, across the road from Onew. They had hoods and beanies covering most parts of their heads with nerdy spectacles accessorizing their eyes. They were almost unrecognizable.
They continued watching Onew skipping along the road. They gaped. It was such a different Onew whom they were watching at the moment, because the real Onew never skip. He only did that on television, in front of the cameras. Finally, they saw him entering the family minimart.
“Let’s cross the street now!” Minho exclaimed and soon the were standing right outside the minimart, looking through the glass panel of the shop.
“Hm… I can’t see him anywhere…” Taemin whined.
“Me either.” Key nodded his head. “Did he by any chance walked out the backdoor?”
“I don’t think so. He’s there inside somewhere.” Jonghyun muttered as he scanned the minimart slowly.
Finally, the four Shinee members spotted their leader walking out of an aisle in the minimart. They noticed that he was following a girl who seemed to look annoyed for some reason. Who was she? Was she the girl their leader was hiding from them?
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Onew smiled the moment he reached the minimart. He peeked through the glass door and immediately spotted her behind the counter as usual. He opened the door slowly and walked in.
“Annyohae…” Kim Mira greeted but stopped halfway when she saw that it was just Onew. And as usual again, she quickly shoved some things which she had in hand straight into her bag. Onew grinned.
“Hiding your notes again?” Onew asked.
“Only from you, yes.” Mira answered before holding out her hand. “Where’s my sweater?”
“Here it is.” Onew placed the brown paper bag on top of the counter. “I’ve washed it, so it’s clean for you to use.”
“Ne, gamsahamnida.” Mira said pulling the paper bag off the counter but stopped when the bag did not budge. Then she noticed that Onew had not let go of the bag. Mira frowned. “Are you going to give it back?”
“Tell me more about yourself.” Onew said with a shrug.
“Ne? Of course not!” Mira exclaimed before pulling the paper bag harder till Onew lost his grasp. She quickly placed it under the counter. Then she left her counter and walked towards the canned food section to check the stocks. Unknown to her, Onew followed her to where she headed.
“Come on. It’s custom for friends to get to know each other.” Onew said.
Mira sighed. “Ani. We were never friends. I’m just a fan and you’re an idol. So go away.”
“No. I will not go anywhere until you at least tell me a bit about yourself.” Onew pestered. “Like which school you go to, what course you taking, which SHINee member is your biased…”
“Huh? Your questions are weird Onew-ssi.” Mira raised an eyebrow before walking back to her the counter with Onew still following her closely behind.
“What time do you usually start work here?” Onew continued asking.
“And what do I get if I tell you about my working time?” Mira eyed Onew curiously. She had no idea why this leader of Shinee was stalking her at her workplace. It was impossible that he even liked her. Who was she? Just a messy girl working in a minimart. She did not even have any admirers since elementary school, so it was just impossible for a famous idol to be suddenly admiring her. That was just so wrong!
“Well, you’ll get to spend time with me!” Onew exclaimed happily. “Other girls would die to take your place.”
“Tsk, I’ll be glad to trade places with them.” Mira said, blowing cutely on her fringe which started to cover her left eye.
“Do you hate me that much Mira-ssi?”
“How many times must I say Onew-ssi, I don’t hate you. I’m your fan remember?” Mira said again before sitting down on the stool which was placed behind the counter. Onew had to lean into the counter to get a better look at her.
“Then act like one.” Onew pouted.
Mira sighed again. “I am a fan but I don’t stalk you idols okay? I told you that before right?”
“Yeah you did.” Onew shrugged, pouting.
Mira looked up at Onew who suddenly looked a bit upset. He was not looking at her but was just standing there looking at the counter top. Mira sighed again.
“Okay, I’m currently schooling at Yonsei University. I’m taking a degree in mass communication.” Mira said, half muttering.
Onew looked up and smiled wide. “Ah, jeongmal-yo? How is college life? Is it interesting? Are there many assignments? Are all university professors as strict and as old as what I was told? Do you take any extra-curricular classes? Are the lecture halls big just like what they show in tv?”
Mira gaped. He did not expect Onew to be that curious about college life. “Wo! One question at a time Dubu…”
“Dubu? You know that nickname too?” Onew smirked.
“Of course. I’m a fan remember?” Mira rolled her eyes.
“Heh! I remember.”
“Why are you so curious about college life anyway? It’s like a normal student’s life. Boring, tiring and lots of gastric.” Mira told him.
“Tiring and gastric, well I’m familiar with them as well.” Onew said. “As you can see, I am busy becoming an idol, so I’m not enrolled in college. That’s why I’m a bit curious to know more about your college life.”
Mira nodded her head in understanding. “To answer your questions again, yes, college life is kind of fun!”
“Wow!” Onew muttered while nodding before gesturing towards Mira’s bag. “Can I see your notes?”
“What do you want them for?” Mira asked as she grabbed her bag and hugged it tightly.
“Just want to see them.” Onew shrugged.
“Sorry, I won’t let it happen.” Mira told him.
“Aish! You are so stingy!” Onew said with a chuckle.
“Yes, only to you. You vandalize my notes remember?” Mira said again.
“So, what time you end work today?” Onew asked casually as he eyed the candies rack beside the counter.
“Why do you want to know?” Mira asked curiously.
“Um, for fun.”
“I end work at five.” Mira answered.
“Okay, I’ll see you later then.” Onew said with a wide smile. He then placed a packet of candy on the counter to make the payment.
“Bo? What do you mean?” Mira exclaimed.
“What? You don’t understand what it means?” Onew rolled his eyes. “It means I’ll see you after work later pabo.”
“Aish! Of course I understand what you mean you Dubu!” Mira puffed angrily. “I mean why must you see me later?”
“Let’s have breakfast together.” Onew smiled cheerfully.
Mira shook her head as she scanned the barcode of the packet of sweets for Onew. “Not in a million years.”
“Okay then, it’s a date!” Onew said again making Mira groaned. He paid for sweets.
Then suddenly they heard a loud crash coming from outside the minimart. Both Onew and Mira turned to see a few boys in hoodies running away in a hurry.
“Shit!” Mira muttered before heading into the pantry and brought out a baseball bat. Onew looked at her wide-eyed. Mira looked at him and grinned. It was a bit funny to see Onew being scared upon seeing the baseball bat. She then headed towards the exit and peeked out. She noticed that a few boxes had dropped down from its pile, causing the loud crash sound. Mira shrugged and went back in the minimart.
“W-What’s the bat for?” Onew asked, watching Mira, still in shock.
“Well, I work the night shift here, alone. So it’s to protect myself, at least.” Mira said.
“What do you mean?”
“Sometimes there’ll be these funny dudes who’ll hang out around this area. They will come in to buy some alcohol and yeah, they can be a bit annoying too.”
“Annoying as in?”
Mira chuckled. “They do harass me sometimes, but don’t worry, I am always prepared.” Mira pointed the bat to Onew.
“That’s dangerous.” Onew frowned.
“Don’t worry, they won’t dare do anything more then just cuss a few bad languages here.” Mira shrugged.
“I don’t like to hear the sound of that.”
“Don’t worry Onew-ssi. I’ve been working the night shift here for four months now and I am perfectly fine.” Mira assured him. She did not want Onew to continue asking her a whole load of other unnecessary questions.
Onew looked at his watch. One thiry. “Oh, I guess I better get going now.”
Mira clasped her hands together in happiness. “Thank God!”
“I’ll be going now but I’ll be back later at five a.m.” Onew said with a smirk.
“There’s no need to.” Mira shouted towards Onew who was still smirking as he headed out of the minimart.
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“Shit!” Key exclaimed when the boxes which were stacked up neatly in a pile, just outside the family mart, dropped with a loud crash.
“RUN!” Minho shouted and soon the four Shinee members were running for their lives. The moment they reached the end of the street, they slowed down and stopped.
“That was close!” Taemin panted.
“Can you imagine if Onew hyung saw us earlier?” Jonghyun asked with a groan.
“He’d definitely kill us!” Key said, shaking his head.
“I still can’t believe it.” Minho muttered.
“AH wae-yo?” Jonghyun asked.
“Onew hyung, he flirts?” Minho said with a horror-struck expression.
“I don’t believe it too.” Taemin said nodding.
Jonghyun, Key, Minho and Taemin were now walking slowly towards their apartment building. They entered the lift and all four of them dropped down on the lift floor.
“I’ve never seen that side of him before.” Key muttered.
“He likes that minimart girl?” Jonghyun gasped.
“Cupid’s finally got him I guess.” Taemin grinned.
“Let’s not get too excited here okay?” Minho said before standing up. They finally reached their level.
“Ahrasso. I hope he’ll share it with us soon.” Taemin said with a sigh.
Once the four boys reached their dorm, they headed towards the bedroom and crashed in bed. A few minutes later, they heard the front door opened and heard whistling coming from a very happy leader.