Chapter 10 - 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 10 - Home Alone and Friendly Chats
Jonghyun leaned back into the couch with a huge smile on his face. He had just finished his lunch of beef pepperoni and cheese pizza which he had ordered earlier. Onew, Minho and Taemin had Star King recording in the afternoon and Key was out doing his volunteer work and that left Jonghyun all alone in the dorm.
Of course Jonghyun did not mind at all. Previously when he had hurt his ankle during one of Shinee’s events overseas, he was practically left home alone every single day. So in short, he really was cool with being a loner in Shinee’s dorm.
Jonghyun started to turn on the Wii player when suddenly the door bell rang. It shocked him for a moment as he turned to look at the clock. It was only two-thirty p.m. so it could not be one of his members. Jonghyun frowned before shrugging. He stood up and dragged his feet lazily to the door. He peeked through the peep hole and he almost shouted in surprise. Luckily he slapped his mouth shut if not the person who was standing on the other side of the door will surely hear him!
Jonghyun quickly ran back to the living room and squatted himself down in front of the plasma t.v. to check his looks. He ran his hand through his hair and pulled at his shirt before running back to the door. He inhaled a deep breath before pulling the door open. He gave his guest a wide smile before inviting her in.
“Annyohaesaeyo.” Nayoung greeted Jonghyun the moment she entered the dorm.
“Ne, annyohaesaeyo.” Jonghyun replied nervously.
“Sorry to disturb your Sunday Jonghyun-ssi.” Nayoung said with a shy smile. “It’s just that Dee unnie told me to pick up the stuff from yesterday and bring it back to the studio for tomorrow’s recording.”
“Ne?” Jonghyun raised an eyebrow. “But how are you going to carry all those stuff on your own? They’re quite heavy you know.”
“Oh, not to worry, Manager Choi is downstairs. He’ll give me a ride back to the studio.” Nayoung explained.
“Ah…” Jonghyun nodded in understanding. Then he heard his phone ringing in the living room. He turned to look at Nayoung. “Give me a moment.”
Nayoung nodded before following Jonghyun into the living room. She clutched her sling bag tightly as she watched Jonghyun talking into the phone. He had a serious expression on his face but soon he had a soft smile playing on his lips. Unconsciously, Nayoung started to smile as well. Well who could blame her, Jonghyun’s smile was pretty contagious.
“Nayoung-ah, Choi hyung told me to tell you to wait for a while. He needed to run an errand first. He’ll be back slightly later.” Jonghyun said after he had put down the phone. “Oh ya, he also told me to tell you to be comfortable here as the errand might take a while.”
“Ne?” Nayoung frowned. “How long is that?”
Jonghyun shrugged. “Not sure.”
“Oh.” Nayoung nodded her head with a frown.
Jonghyun turned to go into the kitchen. The moment he was sure Nayoung was not able to see him, he let out his huge grin at once. He was not sure what to call this. He slightly suspected that Manager Choi had and Dee noona created this plan for Nayoung to come to Shinee’s dorm. It was such a coincident for Dee noona to send Nayoung to Shinee’s dorm when she would jolly well know that Jonghyun was all alone. He just knew it was part of the plan. He was not going to complain. In fact, he could not believe he was kind of enjoying it.
“Nayoung-ah!” Jonghyun called out.
“Ne?”
“Do take a seat first.”
“Ah, ne, ahrasso.” Nayoung nodded her head and slowly sat down on the couch. She noticed that the cushions on the couch were scattered all over the floor and she slowly picked them up and arranged them nicely. She smiled before sitting on the couch again.
From the corner of his eyes, Jonghyun saw what Nayoung had been doing. Those little actions from her was able to make him smile.
“Nayoung-ah!” Jonghyun called out again.
“Ne?”
“Would you like a drink?”
“Um, sure.”
Jonghyun smiled as he reached out towards the carton of orange juice from the fridge and poured it into a glass for Nayoung. He went to the living room and placed the glass on top of the coffee table. Nayoung looked up to look at Jonghyun. She gave him a smile and Jonghyun thought that his soul just left him.
“Um, where’s Key-ssi?” Nayoung asked as she looked around the clean dorm.
“Oh, he’s out doing volunteer work.” Jonghyun answered as he fiddled with the Wii wireless control.
“Ah. He volunteers.” Nayoung nodded her head in understanding.
“You are only asking for Key? Why didn’t you ask me about the rest?” Jonghyun asked her with a slight frown.
“Ne? Actually, I just met them at the studio earlier, so I pretty sure know where they are at the moment.” Nayoung answered, smiling.
“Oh…” Jonghyun grinned.
“So, what were you doing before I came?” Nayoung asked.
“I was about to play a game.” Jonghyun answered. Then he turned to look at Nayoung. “Say, do you want to play a game with me?”
“Me? Aniyo. I don’t play games, I mean I never play games.” Nayoung shook her head.
“Sinchia?” Jonghyun exclaimed wide-eyed before shoving another controller into her hands. “Then you should start playing one right now!”
“Ne? B-But, but…” Nayoung looked clueless.
“Kwenchana. I’ll teach you ahrasso?” Jonghyun smiled and that made Nayoung relaxed.
Jonghyun started to choose a game which was simple for Nayoung to play. He glanced at Nayoung who was still looking a bit unsure of playing the game.
“I guess you know how to play bowling?” Jonghyun enquired. Nayoung turned to look at him.
“Bowling? You mean we can play bowling on television?” Nayoung asked clearly surprised.
Jonghyun could not help but laugh at Nayoung’s naivety. Then he quickly composed himself when he saw that Nayoung was glaring at him. ‘Ah! Kyopta!’ Jonghyun thought with a silly smile.
“Mianhe Nayoung-ah.” Jonghyun shot her an apologetic smile.
“Aish! I don’t want to play anymore if you keep on laughing at me.” Nayoung said as she placed down the controller on the couch beside her.
“Mianhe, mianhe.” Jonghyun coaxed before putting the controller into Nayoung’s hands again. Nayoung pouted. Jonghyun blushed. “I promise I won’t laugh at you again.”
“Aish sinchia!” Nayoung looked up at the still blushing Jonghyun. She frowned. “Aigoo, why is your face red Jonghyun-ssi? Are you sick?”
Jonghyun gaped at the girl in front of him. He was not sure how to define the situation at the moment. He sighed. “Aniyo. Let’s get this game started.”
Nayoung listened to Jonghyun’s instructions tentatively. And not before long, the two of them were suddenly engaged in playing the bowling game. Nayoung was amazed at the kind of games that were created nowadays, especially the Wii player whereby the players were only needed to use wireless controls to play or move the object in the screen.
“Wah! Strike!” Nayoung exclaimed as she jumped up and down in happiness.
Jonghyun grinned. He really enjoyed watching Nayoung smiling freely. She needed her own share of fun. “You’re a natural at playing games. We should hang out here often then.”
“Ne? Um, we’ll see.” Nayoung shrugged.
Finally Jonghyun admitted defeat after losing to Nayoung to two sets of the bowling game.
“Do you want to get dinner?” Jonghyun suddenly asked as he entered his room and brought out a jacket and a cap with him. Nayoung raised an eyebrow and looked at her watch. Her eyes almost jumped out of their sockets when she saw that it was already six p.m. in the evening.
“Ommo! It’s six already? When is Manager Choi coming back?” Nayoung asked worriedly.
“Don’t worry, he’ll be back soon.” Jonghyun said as he pulled Nayoung up from her seat. “Let’s go!”
“Go? Go where?”
“Get a drink.”
And soon, Nayoung found herself being dragged away out the door by the one and only Kim Jonghyun.
******
The moment the recording ended, Taemin had excused himself out of the studio and headed straight for the lift. Onew and Minho managed to catch up with him asking him the reason for his sudden escape. Taemin just shot his hyungs his sly grin and blushed.
“You’re going to meet her aren’t you?” Onew asked with a slight frown as he followed Taemin into the lift. Minho was right behind him and he too was giving Taemin a curious look.
“Ah, ne.” Taemin said as he scratched the back of his head awkwardly. “No doubt you’re the smart one hyung.”
“Aigoo! I know you’re in love Taemin-ah, but can’t you be a bit more discreet at least?” Onew palm-faced himself. “Our sunbaes were all there and they were wondering what was wrong with us just now.”
“Aww hyung!” Taemin grinned. “Don’t worry about it. I’ll apologize to them the next time we meet.”
Onew shrugged. “I guess they’ll understand that we’re busy idols.”
“Yah! Since you’re going to the café later, why don’t you bring us along?” Minho suddenly asked.
“Hyung, how many times must I tell you? You’re never going to follow me there.” Taemin glared at Minho.
“Hey! It’s a free world here and you won’t be able to stop us.” Minho grinned and Taemin pouted.
“Yah! Sooner or later you will have to let us meet her too, so why not now?” Onew asked as he gave a light pat on his maknae’s shoulder.
Taemin sighed before nodding his head.
“Great! Let’s get Choi hyung to drive us there then. You know the way right?” Onew grinned before pulling Taemin out of the lift and headed towards their van with Minho following right behind them.
***
"Okay fine! But only for today!" Taemin growled causing Onew and Minho to laugh out loud. They had been teasing their maknae since they had started their journey to ‘Read-a-Book Café’.
Taemin hopped down from the van and Onew and Minho followed. They entered the café and Taemin smiled wide the moment he saw Sunyoung at the counter. She waved to him excitedly before gaping when she saw the other two Shinee members behind him. Minho raised up his hand and gave her a wave as well and she returned the wave shyly. Onew on the other hand gave her a bow and she returned it shyly as well. The only person who was not that happy to see the exchange was Taemin. He gave menacing glares to Onew and Minho before leading them towards the table which he usually sat at.
There were a few elderly people in the café and they hardly recognized the idols who were there. So in other words, it was quite safe for the Shinee members to be there.
"Aren't you going to introduce her to us?" Onew asked as he took a peek at Sunyoung from behind the cafe's menu.
Taemin shot his leader an annoyed look. "Hyung! Can't you see she's busy? I'll introduce her to you later."
"Are you angry Taemin-ah?" Minho asked and both him and Onew chuckled yet again.
"Whatever hyung. You two are just full of crap." Taemin said before getting out from his seat and went behind the counter where Sunyoung was.
"He's jealous big time." Onew pointed out.
"He is." Minho shook his head with a grin. Then he turned to look at Onew with a serious expression. "But hyung, just to let you know, Sunyoung can't talk. She will only communicate with us through writings. So I hope you won't create any of your stupid jokes, ahrasso?"
Onew stared at Minho, gaping."You mean she's a mute? Like seriously?"
"Hyung, shut up." Minho told him and Onew quickly turned silent but with a silly smile still plastered on his face.
The two men looked up to see Taemin coming over to them with Sunyoung walking closely behind him. Minho and Onew noticed that Taemin was holding her right hand tightly and they smirked before standing up to greet her. Sunyoung returned a bow to them with a shy smile. Then Taemin pulled out a chair for her to sit beside him and she did as she was told.
“So, we meet again Sunyoung-ssi.” Minho smiled and Sunyoung nodded.
“Bo? You met her before?” Onew questioned with a raised eyebrow.
“Well, it’s a long story.” Taemin shrugged.
“All you young ones just enjoy watching me clueless.” Onew shook his head sadly.
“Hyung, is there anything that you like to order here?” Taemin asked Minho, ignoring Onew’s whinings.
“Get me a cappuccino please.” Minho said with a wink towards Sunyoung.
“Um, I would like to have a hot chocolate frappe.” Onew said and Taemin nodded in understanding.
‘Yours as usual?’ Sunyoung had written something down on a notepad which she always carried around.
“Ne.” Taemin smiled.
‘Okay, you guys wait here and I’ll get the drinks ready.’ Sunyoung wrote and soon she was back behind the counter again.
Taemin was once again left to sit with his members. Onew continued to stare at Taemin who was still happily observing Sunyoung. He chuckled and pat his maknae on the shoulder. That gesture surprised Taemin and he immediately turned his head to look at the leader.
“Wae?” Taemin asked.
“You know, I saw that similar smile on Key just now.” Onew told him. Taemin sat up straight suddenly, wanting to understand what his hyung was trying to say.
“What are you talking about hyung?” Minho asked.
“I am talking about Taemin’s smile. Key also had that same smile. The smile of being in love.” Onew grinned.
“I already told you guys that I am in love with her.” Taemin said folding his arms.
“But is she aware of it?” Minho raised an eyebrow.
“Um, a-ani.”
“Why didn’t you tell her?” Onew gaped.
“Well, we just got to know each other recently. It’s only been a month.” Taemin said with a small pout. “And I think, she just sees me as a friend. So if I were to confess, I’m afraid that it might affect our friendship.”
“Aish! You won’t know her feelings if you don’t tell her yours.” Onew sighed, shaking his head.
“Then you hyung, have you ever confessed to a girl that you like her?” Taemin asked Onew with a sly grin.
“Ani. I don’t remember myself liking a girl before.” Onew told his maknae with a straight face. He was not going to talk to his members about his unanswered feelings towards Kim Mira. He needed to sort out that problem on his own first.
“Are you sure hyung?” This time it was Minho who was grinning madly at him.
“What the hell the two of you think you’re doing?” Onew asked, his tone serious and that made Minho and Taemin cowered a bit. “When I say that I never liked a girl before, it means I never liked a girl before!”
“Aish! We’re just asking. No need to be so serious.” Taemin mumbled with a long pout.
A few minutes later, Sunyoung arrived at the table carrying the drinks to serve to her friends. Onew and Minho smiled gratefully upon receiving their drinks. Taemin smiled widely before thanking Sunyoung for his drink. She would always know what he wanted without having him to remind her every single time.
“So Sunyoung, do you have a boyfriend?” Minho asked suddenly causing Taemin to shoot him a dirty look.
Sunyoung on the other hand stared at Minho curiously before smiling. She took out her notepad and wrote, ‘I don’t have a boyfriend. But I do have many friends who are boys.’
Minhoand Onew laughed when they saw what she had written. Taemin peeked at her writing as well and scowled. Sunyoung raised her eyebrow.
‘Why are you scowling? Are you angry?’ Sunyoung asked Taemin through her writings.
“I’m not angry. Just disappointed that you have other male friends.” Taemin frowned. “What does that make me?”
Sunyoung covered her mouth with her hand and laughed. Then she proceeded to write something on the notepad. ‘You are the most special male friend of mine. And you’re an idol too. My favorite male idol, my favorite male friend and my most treasured customer!’
Taemin felt his cheeks grew hot after reading whatever Sunyoung wrote in her notepad. Onew and Minho did not want to feel left out and so Minho managed to grab the notepad away from Taemin and the two of them had a good laugh after reading it. Taemin groaned before taking the notepad from them. Sunyoung on the other hand just smiled as she watched the Shinee members playing tease.
‘I did not know that Minho-ssi is this playful.’ Sunyoung wrote and showed it to Taemin, Onew and Minho.
Onew grinned. “He may look very quiet and serious on t.v. but he’s actually like this.”
“Aish! I have an image to portray.” Minho scoffed.
“That’s why I prefer to be alone in here, rather than have the Shinee members tagging along.” Taemin said, rolling his eyes. “When are the two of you leaving?”
“You’re chasing us out now? Our drinks are still hot you know.” Onew said as he held out his steaming cup of hot chocolate in front of Taemin’s face.
‘Let them be. In fact, it’s not everyday I am able to meet group idols.’ Sunyoung wrote excitedly.
“Yah! I’m an idol too, if you didn’t notice. And I am always here, practically everyday.” Taemin pouted.
Sunyoung smiled. She knew Taemin was feeling jealous at that moment. But what could she do? She loves Shinee so much and she was glad to have more members from the group here, in her father’s café.
So to get rid of Taemin’s jealousy at that moment, Sunyoung did what she thought would relieve Taemin of that feeling. She leaned towards him and planted a kiss on his cheek. Onew and Minho gaped in surprise. Taemin on the other hand had widened his eyes, totally lost in the short exchange.
Suddenly the door of the café opened and Sunyoung looked up to see a guy and a girl entering. The guy was wearing a slightly bigger jacket than his size and he wore a cap which covered almost half of his face. The girl beside him looked a bit confused but she just followed his lead obediently.
“Nayoung?” Onew called out faintly and soon Minho and Taemin turned to look at the direction Onew was looking at. Sunyoung did the same and raised her eyebrows questioningly.
******
Jonghyun bravely held Nayoung’s hand with a wide smile on his face. But of course people were unable to spot that victorious smile on him as his cap was doing wonders in covering most parts of his face. And he was also sure that Nayoung would not notice it.
Jonghyun and Nayoung continued walking along the streets quietly. Jonghyun held her hand tighter, not wanting Nayoung to get lost amongst the crowd of people. Jonghyun grinned when he felt Nayoung tightening her fingers around his big ones.
Once they reached into another street which was a bit more quiet, Jonghyun let go of Nayoung’s hand but before he pulled her hand and had it linked around his arm. Surprisingly, Nayoung held on tight and obediently followed him.
“Jonghyun-ssi?” Nayoung called out, loud enough for only Jonghyun to hear.
“Hm?”
“Where are we going exactly?” Nayoung asked.
“Hm, a place where we can chill and relax.” Jonghyun turned to her and smiled.
“But what if there are fans?”
“Don’t worry, Taemin always hang out there. He’s friends with the café owner.” Jonghyun said proudly.
“Ah jeongmal-yo?”
“Ne. I’ve never been there before, but from what Taemin explained, it seems that he treats that place like a home.”
“Ah! What kind of café is it?”
“Hm, it’s a bookstore actually, but with a café. Sounds cool right?” Jonghyun winked and Nayoung blushed.
“N-Ne. Sounds cool. I like books as well.” Nayoung told him with a shy tone.
“Sinchia? Then we should get a book too while enjoying out ‘dinner’.” Jonghyun said as he skipped happily along the street with Nayoung.
“Ah! This is it!” Jonghyun pointed to the sign. “‘Read-a-Book Café’!” Jonghyun squealed excitedly, before opening the door. He entered the café first and Nayoung followed closely behind. Jonghyun scanned the menu just above the counter when he heard someone calling Nayoung.
Jonghyun immediately turned to see Taemin walking up to him and Nayoung. Well, Taemin was looking at Nayoung but not at him. Taemin was not aware that it was Jonghyun in the disguise.
“Noona! What are you doing here?” Taemin asked in surprise.
“Um, I’m here with him.” Nayoung pointed to Jonghyun shyly.
“And this is…?” Taemin raised an eyebrow.
“It’s me you punk!” Jonghyun said, pulling his cap higher to reveal his face. Taemin gasped. Jonghyun continued grinning.
“I see you found this place all by yourself?” Taemin said with a grin. “And with Nayoung noona with you nonetheless. Are you two dating?”
That question totally wiped the grin off Jonghyun’s face. Nayoung on the other hand started to blush a furious red.
“Yah! What nonsense are you saying?” Jonghyun gritted his teeth in anger.
“Aigoo!” Taemin laughed. “Let’s just forget I even asked that. Come noona, Onew hyung and Minho hyung are here as well. Let me introduce you to my friend who owns this book-café.”
Nayoung nodded her head as she allowed Taemin to bring her to his table. Jonghyun followed as well. From afar, he saw a very pretty girl sitting at the table, whom Jonghyun guessed must be Sunyoung, Taemin’s crush. Then he groaned the moment he saw the perfect smirks on Onew and Minho’s face. They were so going to tease him big this time round and that was not good.