Hope is around the corner Part6/?
TITLE: Hope is around the corner Part6/?
AUTHOR: wemwems
GENRE: AU
PAIRINGS: 2min, OnKey, JongKey for now :)
RATING: PG-13 to NC-17
SUMMARY: Lee Taemin isn't a normal 17 year old boy. The death of his family has given him a new insight to life, and he is on a mission to change the world. However, he didn't plan on falling in love with Choi Minho, his favourite Korean idol, who loves him more than life itself. But which is more important to him: Being with the one man who can give him a second chance of having a family, or his dream to make the world a better place? If only he could have both...
A/N: What a depressing day... Well at least this chapter cheered me up a bit. Enjoy xxx
Taemin POV
I'm not sure what I should do now. Minho is still in his meeting, and I don't really know anyone else. I was hoping to maybe make one or two friends with some of the other teens who I spoke too. But I didn't realise that I would make fans, and that I would have fangirls kind of following me around. I don't really feel comfortable talking to them. I mean, they seem nice but all they do is shout "Taemin! Taemin!" and when I turn around they take pictures and giggle.
I remember that I met an American guy, Jaebum, in the park yesterday, so I walk to the park to see if those b-boys are dancing there again. I'm happy to hear music blasting through those giant speakers, and my feet instantly start tapping to the beat. "Taemin!" Jaebum spots me.
"Hey Jaebum!"
"Call me Jay." He says as he slaps me on the back. "We listened to your radio broadcast this morning."
I was pleasantly surprised at this. I'm so happy I'm making an impact on Korea, I just hope it's not for the wrong reasons.
"Oh really?" I laugh nervously. "Well what did you think?"
"About your message? I love it. I'm not the biggest fan of SHINee, but I love what you're trying to do."
"Thanks man. That means a lot to me."
"No problem. Common let's get back in the circle."
I join his group of b-boys and wait for my turn to dance. I love the techno beat the song has.
Again and again and again and again.
They push me in to the middle and I start to dance, just letting myself go and flow with the music. I pop and lock along with the beat. I'm really getting in to it when I feel someone grab my arm and thrust me out of the circle. It's Key. He's with Onew.
"Taeminnie!!!" Key hugs me. "Can we talk to you?"
"Okay sure. JAY I'm gonna get going. Thanks for the dance."
"No problem Taemin. Yo gimme your number we can meet up next time."
We exchange numbers and then Key pulls me away.
"Have you eaten lunch yet?" he asks.
"No not yet. I'm starving though."
"Good, we can make up for cancelling yesterday. Do you like Italian food? Alexandro's just opened today."
"Sounds good to me."
"Onew?"
"I heard they have a really good chicken dish there."
This is really random. I wonder what they want with me. Or maybe they're trying to take care of me like Minho. Wait if they're out of the meeting that means Minho is too.
"Taemin how long have you been dancing?" Key asks me.
"Umm I started dancing before I started walking. But that's just by myself. I've never really taken it seriously."
"Omo, you've never taken lessons?" Onew's mouth drops wide open. I can't tell if it's because he's shocked or if he's drooling in anticipation for the chicken.
"Nope."
We reach the restaurant, take our seats and order.
"So is there something you wanted to talk about?" I ask after we order. I can't help but notice they're holding hands under the table opposite me. Finally the OnJongKey debate in my head is resolved.
They look at each other nervously. What's going on?
"Taemin do you have a girlfriend?" Key asks.
What? What are they on about?
"A girlfriend? No, I've never had a girlfriend before."
"What about a boyfriend?"
"Um, well no not anymore."
I smirk escapes Onew's lips. Key hits him on the head.
"Why?"
"Oh, no reason."
What on earth is going on?
Minho POV
Finally I'm about to call Taemin when the meeting closes, but Jonghyun wants to talk to me urgently. I want to brush him off, when I see his eyes are filled with tears.
"Jonghyun? What's wrong?"
"Can we go out to talk? I really need your advice."
"Ofcourse. Let's go."
We end up going to a Chinese restaurant since neither of us have eaten. As soon as we sit down he takes a deep breath and then bursts into tears.
"Jjong. Shh I know it hurts. It's okay." I don't know what else to say. He loves Key so much.
"I know. I'm sorry Minho I know you want to go and meet Taemin. I just wanted to talk to someone about this. I've decided to let Key go. I don't want to come in the way of him and Onew. I know they're in love. I know Key is happy. Happier then he'll ever be with me." He says in between tears and sniffles. "I just… It just… It's so hard!! I feel like my heart is breaking. I feel like something inside me has died."
I feel so bad for him. I search for words to try and comfort him, but all I can think about is Taemin. Oh that's it! How would Taemin look at it?
"Well Jjong. I'm so sorry you had your heart broken. You love Key so much, but that's great about this. You and Key have a beautiful friendship. I mean, you need to look at what you have rather than what you don't have. What you have is an amazing friend in both Key and Onew. I know it hurts to see them together now, and I know it's going to take a long time to get used to it. But your love for Key is what could save your friendship with him. You don't want to lose him altogether do you?"
He shakes his head.
"Jjong. Key was just a chapter in your love life. After this heartbreaking chapter is over you're going to have pages full of romantic stories with someone else. Someone who thinks you're their whole life, and who wouldn't dream of being with anyone else apart from you."
"You're right Minho."
He's started to calm down, though tears are still pouring out his eyes. I hope that with each tear that falls a part of his pain is released. I rub his back until he finally stops crying.
"Thanks Minho."
I silently thank Taemin inside my head. "No problem Jjong, any time."
A smirk spreads across his face. "Oh and Minho. Let me know when you finally get to the chapter where you tell Taemin how you feel."
Key POV
We didn't know that we were going to bump in to Taemin in the park. After Jonghyun and Minho bolted off after the meeting, Onew wanted to go for a walk in the park. To be honest, I would have preferred to go to the mall or something. Not just because I wanted him to buy me that jacket that I've had my eye for the past 3 weeks but also because the park is kind of mine and Jonghyun's thing. But I didn't feel like explaining it to Onew so I agreed to go. It was time to make some new memories there with him anyway.
Anyway that's how we end up noticing Minnie dancing. And Jonghyun was right about him, he's absolutely amazing, manager hyung will be so pleased. I really want to tell him about the concert but Onew tells me not to. He's right, I think Minho should tell him. But I still want to talk to him, so before Onew can stop me I go and grab him out of the circle. Aigoo his surprised face is so cute!! I give him a big hug. After convincing him to come and hang out with us he goes and exchanges numbers with some short monkey looking b-boy. Hmph Minho isn't going to like this.
"What are you doing Key? We can't tell him about the concert!" Onew protests.
"Don't worry Booboo I'm not going to tell him. I want to find out if he likes Minho or not."
"Ooooohhhhhhhhh." He cringes when I call him Booboo, kekekke I love it.
At the restaurant Taemin assures me he's not with that monkey boy, but he confirms that he is gay. He didn't need to I have a sensor for these things, but now Onew believes me.
I decide to go for it and just settle this once and for all.
"Taemin what do you think about Minho?"
He looks complete taken aback by my question.
"Err, what I think about Minho? What do you mean?"
"You know what I mean. Come on, Minho's every guy's dream. Even you aren't immune to his charms are you?"
"Well I um, I'm a big fan of him."
"Ohh come on Minnie. Tell umma, I won't tell anyone."
"What? Umma? What the he…"
"Minnie stop changing the subject. Tell umma and papa we won't tell anyone!"
"Okay Key this is kind of creeping me out."
"Aarrrgghh. Onew he's not answering." I look over at Onew but he looks spaced out. Ughh he needs to help me get information out of Minnie. I give him a whack on his arm.
"OOOOOWWWWW!!!!!"
"ONEW TELL TAEMIN HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO KEEP SECRETS FROM HIS UMMA!"
"Why'd you hit meeee?? OWWW! It hurts!"
"Aww my poor booboo I'm sorry!"
"Oi don't call me that."
"I'm sorry for hitting you."
"I'm sorry for spacing out."
I give him a quick peck on the cheek. I look over the table and Taemin looks scared out of his wits.
"Taemin, now where were we? Oh right. Here's the deal. Minho's crazy about you."
"KEY! Why are you telling him that?"
"Well it's not like Minho's going to tell him. And I know Taemin likes him too."
Onew shakes his head at me. I decide to exclude Onew and start talking in English.
"Taemin we both know you like Minho. And I can't blame you he's an amazing guy. And his body!! If I wasn't in love with this chicken, girlfriend please, I'd tap that ass any day."
Taemin's eyes grow big in shock.
"Key what are you saying? Stop speaking English!" I ignore Onew.
"Anyway, Minho is your favourite member. Say yes."
"Yes." Looks like he's decided to obey his umma.
"AHA! And you really like Minho. Say yes."
"Yes." Kekeke this is all going perfectly.
"You LIKE like Minho. I mean like LIKE like not like friend like. Say yes."
"Okay okay I do. I like him a lot… Umma."
"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Poor Onew. I'm going to have to give him a treat tonight.
"Booboo, you just saw living proof that Key always gets his way."
Onew POV
We're at the restaurant right now. I'm not really listening to what Key and Taemin are talking about. I'm still mad at Key for trying to manipulate Taemin, and for calling me Booboo. I hate that name! Hmmm… I can't wait for the chicken to come. CHIICKKEENN. Keeyy. Chickey. Key is like the opposite of chicken. I mean chicken can't hit me like Key hits me all the time. Chicken also doesn't nag me to do the dishes, or make me iron my underwear. Seriously, who irons their underwear? But then again chicken can't hug me, kiss me, I can't run my hand through its hair. Chicken doesn't giggle cutely when I tickle it.
"OOOOOWWWWW!!!!!" Key just whacked me on the arm.
"ONEW TELL TAEMIN HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO KEEP SECRETS FROM HIS UMMA!" What the hell is he on about?
"Why'd you hit meeee?? OWWW! It hurts!"
"Aww my poor booboo I'm sorry!" Grrrrrrrrr.
"Oi don't call me that."
"I'm sorry for hitting you." He makes peace signs and puts on a cute face, which makes me apologise immediately.
"I'm sorry for spacing out."
I love this man.
Taemin POV
Wow. Key is scary. I mean, umma is scary. I feel bad for papa. But I also love umma, because he.. she… he told me that Minho likes me. I feel foolish for blushing like a school girl but the teenager inside can't believe the fact that Minho from SHINee actually likes me. ME!! Papa is paying the bill when two men walk up to our table. I get a shock to see it's Minho and Jonghyun. I find myself feeling immediately embarrassed when I see Minho. It feels so different now knowing that he likes me.
"Hey Taemin." Jonghyun says.
"Oh hi Jonghyun. Hi Minho." I look up at Minho and he's smiling down at me. The look in his eyes makes me scream with delight inside.
"Do you mind if I talk to Onew and Key for a moment?"
"Oh of course not." I look over at Onew and Key, they look nervous. "Thanks umma, thanks papa for the meal."
"Bye bye Minnie, call me!" Key says as they wave goodbye.
Minho and I walk out the restaurant silently. The atmosphere is extremely different between us, and we can both feel it.
"So, where are we going?" he asks me.
"I'm not sure. I don't really know the area."
"Well, then I know the perfect place to take you."
He takes me to the entrance of a really tall apartment building.
"This place has the best view of the city. Especially at night."
"But how are we going to get in? Isn't it residents only?"
"Yep. That's why we're going to climb." He points to the staircase that leads to the roof escape of each of the apartments. I'm not afraid of heights, but I am afraid of getting arrested.
"Are you sure Minho? Are we allowed?"
"Yeah come on. No one will catch us. Trust me."
He grabs my hand and pulls me up the first couple of steps. As soon as I felt his touch it was like a jolt of electricity went through my body. My vision went kind of hazy and I stumbled a bit.
"Woah are you okay?" Now his hands are around me holding me up. I feel like I'm about to pass out.
"I'm fine. I'm sorry."
"Here, get on my back."
"No Minho really, I'm fine."
"Taemin. Get on my back." The second time I just can't refuse. I jump on his back and he carries me up the rest of the staircase, right to the rooftop of the building. I jump off his back and run to the edge. As soon as I see the view, my mouth drops open wide. Minho pinches my cheeks.
"Hey!"
"Hehe sorry, I couldn't help it."
From the roof if you look down, you can see all the city lights below, cars racing along the street and shop buildings with their multicoloured lights flashing. But if you look in to the horizon, you can see the beautiful hills that make up the country side. They look like giants in the background holding up the beautiful night sky, with all the twinkling stars and the giant full moon right above our heads.
"Minho, how did you find this place?"
"My grandfather used to live here." He says, with a sad look on his face. "He was an amazing man. Though my grandmother passed away when they were only in their 30's, he never even looked at another woman. He lived here on his own, loyal to her till his very last breath."
It's starting to get chilly. I rub my arms in an attempt to get warm. Minho edges closer to me.
"Taemin are you cold?"
"Yeh a bit."
And then he comes right up to me, wrapping his arms around me.
"This any better?"
I can't even bring words out of my mouth. My throat feels dry. I think I'm going to pass out.
"Taemin, is Key really your favourite SHINee member?"
"Well, like I said it changes depending on the style." I manage to get out. I didn't want to contradict what I said on the radio.
"Fair enough." He stops hugging me and I immediately mourn the loss of warmth that I felt with him.
He turns to face the mountains. "So in 'Noona is so pretty', who was your favourite."
I decide it's time to be honest.
"Ummm, I think it was you."
"What about Love Like Oxygen?"
"I think that was you again."
"Amigo?"
"You looked good in that one."
"Hmmm," he says, not taking his eyes off the beautiful scenery. "What about Juliette?"
"Your rap was great in that one."
"And Ring Ding Dong?"
"You look amazing with long hair."
"Lucifer?"
"You look even better with short hair."
He turns to look at me. "What about now? Who's your favourite?"
Oh my god, this is it. He's practically forcing it out of me. Just as I'm about to answer he turns his whole body to face me and puts his arms around my waist, drawing me close to him.
"I don't know what you've done to me Taemin. But I'm falling for you. We're standing up here with this amazing view, but I can't take my eyes off of you."
"Minho. I…" Then he brings his lips softly to mine. I don't know where I am anymore, I don't even know who I am. All I know is that I'm with Minho Choi, his lips now pressed up next to mine. He slowly slides his tongue in to my mouth and I welcome it with my own, slowly flicking it against his. He pulls me into a tight hug and we just sway to the silent music only both of us can hear. Suddenly tears start falling from my eyes when I realise that this is the first time I've felt completely safe since that plane crash 3 years ago.
Jonghyun POV
I feel so much better after my talk with Minho. I expected him to just sit there and listen to me complain about my love life (well lack of) and then he pulls a 180 on me and gives me the best advice I could possibly ask for. Now that I finally have the courage to move on, I want to tell Key and Onew. I want them to know that I'm happy for them, and I want them to stop worrying about me.
We're on our way back to the dorm when luck strikes us and we see Onew and Key at the new Italian restaurant. And is that Taemin with them?
"Jonghyun. This is your perfect opportunity to straighten things out with them." I'm pretty sure at this point Minho is just trying to get some alone time with Taemin.
"Okay on one condition."
"What?"
"You have to confess to Taemin tonight. He's only in Korea for 5 more days Minho. COME ON!!"
"Hahaha. I was planning on doing it tonight."
"Pfft, yeah yeah we all know what a chicken you are when it comes to dating."
"Hey, I'm not a chicken! Anything chicken-associated is Onew, I'm more like a shy penguin."
"What the hell Minho? Well yeh actually you are kind of like a penguin."
"Okay, so it's settled. Let's go in."
"Goodluck Minho."
"You too Jjong."
After Taemin and Minho leave I take a seat opposite to Key and Onew. They look really nervous. It makes me feel nervous. This is going to be harder than I thought.
"Listen Jjong." Key is the first to speak. Wait no I'm the one who needs to be talking
"Key wait. Let me say something. First of all Onew, I'm so sorry for punching you man. I've been regretting it ever since I did it. I did it out of anger, and love." I feel guilty seeing his swollen lips.
"No Jjong I deserved it. We went behind your back."
"Yeh you guys. I just wish you would have told me first. I mean I saw you guys in the hallway. Right in the hallway of our dorm. You should have been more careful. It felt like you were just throwing it in my face." Key's just about to interrupt to apologise. "Wait Key, let me finish. But if Key had chosen me, I don't think I would have been able to wait either. The one thing that helps me get through this is knowing that Onew loves you just as much as I do. If it were any other guy, and I thought he wouldn't be good to you then I would have done more than just punch him in the face. But I know that I'm leaving you in good hands Key. And because of that I think I can slowly start to let you go. Key I thought you were my world. I can't even imagine myself with anyone else. But I'm willing to give myself a chance to find love again, so I can give you guys a chance to make this relationship work."
Key's crying and Onew's looking down at the table.
"Thank you Jjong. You're right. I'm going to love and take care of Key till the day I die. I'm going to spend the rest of my life proving you right, showing that no other man could ever give Key the love I'm going to give him."
Key cries harder.
"Okay you guys. Well I guess I'm going to head back to dorm. See you there?" I'm about to get going when Key grabs my arm.
"Wait Jjong. Let's all go get ice-cream together. We could all use some."
"You sure?"
"Yeah. I mean that's what friends do right? Eat ice-cream together… and we couldn't ask for a better friend that you."
Hmm, I like the sound of that. Maybe being their friend isn't as hard as I thought is was going to be.
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AUTHOR: wemwems
GENRE: AU
PAIRINGS: 2min, OnKey, JongKey for now :)
RATING: PG-13 to NC-17
SUMMARY: Lee Taemin isn't a normal 17 year old boy. The death of his family has given him a new insight to life, and he is on a mission to change the world. However, he didn't plan on falling in love with Choi Minho, his favourite Korean idol, who loves him more than life itself. But which is more important to him: Being with the one man who can give him a second chance of having a family, or his dream to make the world a better place? If only he could have both...
A/N: What a depressing day... Well at least this chapter cheered me up a bit. Enjoy xxx
Taemin POV
I'm not sure what I should do now. Minho is still in his meeting, and I don't really know anyone else. I was hoping to maybe make one or two friends with some of the other teens who I spoke too. But I didn't realise that I would make fans, and that I would have fangirls kind of following me around. I don't really feel comfortable talking to them. I mean, they seem nice but all they do is shout "Taemin! Taemin!" and when I turn around they take pictures and giggle.
I remember that I met an American guy, Jaebum, in the park yesterday, so I walk to the park to see if those b-boys are dancing there again. I'm happy to hear music blasting through those giant speakers, and my feet instantly start tapping to the beat. "Taemin!" Jaebum spots me.
"Hey Jaebum!"
"Call me Jay." He says as he slaps me on the back. "We listened to your radio broadcast this morning."
I was pleasantly surprised at this. I'm so happy I'm making an impact on Korea, I just hope it's not for the wrong reasons.
"Oh really?" I laugh nervously. "Well what did you think?"
"About your message? I love it. I'm not the biggest fan of SHINee, but I love what you're trying to do."
"Thanks man. That means a lot to me."
"No problem. Common let's get back in the circle."
I join his group of b-boys and wait for my turn to dance. I love the techno beat the song has.
Again and again and again and again.
They push me in to the middle and I start to dance, just letting myself go and flow with the music. I pop and lock along with the beat. I'm really getting in to it when I feel someone grab my arm and thrust me out of the circle. It's Key. He's with Onew.
"Taeminnie!!!" Key hugs me. "Can we talk to you?"
"Okay sure. JAY I'm gonna get going. Thanks for the dance."
"No problem Taemin. Yo gimme your number we can meet up next time."
We exchange numbers and then Key pulls me away.
"Have you eaten lunch yet?" he asks.
"No not yet. I'm starving though."
"Good, we can make up for cancelling yesterday. Do you like Italian food? Alexandro's just opened today."
"Sounds good to me."
"Onew?"
"I heard they have a really good chicken dish there."
This is really random. I wonder what they want with me. Or maybe they're trying to take care of me like Minho. Wait if they're out of the meeting that means Minho is too.
"Taemin how long have you been dancing?" Key asks me.
"Umm I started dancing before I started walking. But that's just by myself. I've never really taken it seriously."
"Omo, you've never taken lessons?" Onew's mouth drops wide open. I can't tell if it's because he's shocked or if he's drooling in anticipation for the chicken.
"Nope."
We reach the restaurant, take our seats and order.
"So is there something you wanted to talk about?" I ask after we order. I can't help but notice they're holding hands under the table opposite me. Finally the OnJongKey debate in my head is resolved.
They look at each other nervously. What's going on?
"Taemin do you have a girlfriend?" Key asks.
What? What are they on about?
"A girlfriend? No, I've never had a girlfriend before."
"What about a boyfriend?"
"Um, well no not anymore."
I smirk escapes Onew's lips. Key hits him on the head.
"Why?"
"Oh, no reason."
What on earth is going on?
Minho POV
Finally I'm about to call Taemin when the meeting closes, but Jonghyun wants to talk to me urgently. I want to brush him off, when I see his eyes are filled with tears.
"Jonghyun? What's wrong?"
"Can we go out to talk? I really need your advice."
"Ofcourse. Let's go."
We end up going to a Chinese restaurant since neither of us have eaten. As soon as we sit down he takes a deep breath and then bursts into tears.
"Jjong. Shh I know it hurts. It's okay." I don't know what else to say. He loves Key so much.
"I know. I'm sorry Minho I know you want to go and meet Taemin. I just wanted to talk to someone about this. I've decided to let Key go. I don't want to come in the way of him and Onew. I know they're in love. I know Key is happy. Happier then he'll ever be with me." He says in between tears and sniffles. "I just… It just… It's so hard!! I feel like my heart is breaking. I feel like something inside me has died."
I feel so bad for him. I search for words to try and comfort him, but all I can think about is Taemin. Oh that's it! How would Taemin look at it?
"Well Jjong. I'm so sorry you had your heart broken. You love Key so much, but that's great about this. You and Key have a beautiful friendship. I mean, you need to look at what you have rather than what you don't have. What you have is an amazing friend in both Key and Onew. I know it hurts to see them together now, and I know it's going to take a long time to get used to it. But your love for Key is what could save your friendship with him. You don't want to lose him altogether do you?"
He shakes his head.
"Jjong. Key was just a chapter in your love life. After this heartbreaking chapter is over you're going to have pages full of romantic stories with someone else. Someone who thinks you're their whole life, and who wouldn't dream of being with anyone else apart from you."
"You're right Minho."
He's started to calm down, though tears are still pouring out his eyes. I hope that with each tear that falls a part of his pain is released. I rub his back until he finally stops crying.
"Thanks Minho."
I silently thank Taemin inside my head. "No problem Jjong, any time."
A smirk spreads across his face. "Oh and Minho. Let me know when you finally get to the chapter where you tell Taemin how you feel."
Key POV
We didn't know that we were going to bump in to Taemin in the park. After Jonghyun and Minho bolted off after the meeting, Onew wanted to go for a walk in the park. To be honest, I would have preferred to go to the mall or something. Not just because I wanted him to buy me that jacket that I've had my eye for the past 3 weeks but also because the park is kind of mine and Jonghyun's thing. But I didn't feel like explaining it to Onew so I agreed to go. It was time to make some new memories there with him anyway.
Anyway that's how we end up noticing Minnie dancing. And Jonghyun was right about him, he's absolutely amazing, manager hyung will be so pleased. I really want to tell him about the concert but Onew tells me not to. He's right, I think Minho should tell him. But I still want to talk to him, so before Onew can stop me I go and grab him out of the circle. Aigoo his surprised face is so cute!! I give him a big hug. After convincing him to come and hang out with us he goes and exchanges numbers with some short monkey looking b-boy. Hmph Minho isn't going to like this.
"What are you doing Key? We can't tell him about the concert!" Onew protests.
"Don't worry Booboo I'm not going to tell him. I want to find out if he likes Minho or not."
"Ooooohhhhhhhhh." He cringes when I call him Booboo, kekekke I love it.
At the restaurant Taemin assures me he's not with that monkey boy, but he confirms that he is gay. He didn't need to I have a sensor for these things, but now Onew believes me.
I decide to go for it and just settle this once and for all.
"Taemin what do you think about Minho?"
He looks complete taken aback by my question.
"Err, what I think about Minho? What do you mean?"
"You know what I mean. Come on, Minho's every guy's dream. Even you aren't immune to his charms are you?"
"Well I um, I'm a big fan of him."
"Ohh come on Minnie. Tell umma, I won't tell anyone."
"What? Umma? What the he…"
"Minnie stop changing the subject. Tell umma and papa we won't tell anyone!"
"Okay Key this is kind of creeping me out."
"Aarrrgghh. Onew he's not answering." I look over at Onew but he looks spaced out. Ughh he needs to help me get information out of Minnie. I give him a whack on his arm.
"OOOOOWWWWW!!!!!"
"ONEW TELL TAEMIN HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO KEEP SECRETS FROM HIS UMMA!"
"Why'd you hit meeee?? OWWW! It hurts!"
"Aww my poor booboo I'm sorry!"
"Oi don't call me that."
"I'm sorry for hitting you."
"I'm sorry for spacing out."
I give him a quick peck on the cheek. I look over the table and Taemin looks scared out of his wits.
"Taemin, now where were we? Oh right. Here's the deal. Minho's crazy about you."
"KEY! Why are you telling him that?"
"Well it's not like Minho's going to tell him. And I know Taemin likes him too."
Onew shakes his head at me. I decide to exclude Onew and start talking in English.
"Taemin we both know you like Minho. And I can't blame you he's an amazing guy. And his body!! If I wasn't in love with this chicken, girlfriend please, I'd tap that ass any day."
Taemin's eyes grow big in shock.
"Key what are you saying? Stop speaking English!" I ignore Onew.
"Anyway, Minho is your favourite member. Say yes."
"Yes." Looks like he's decided to obey his umma.
"AHA! And you really like Minho. Say yes."
"Yes." Kekeke this is all going perfectly.
"You LIKE like Minho. I mean like LIKE like not like friend like. Say yes."
"Okay okay I do. I like him a lot… Umma."
"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Poor Onew. I'm going to have to give him a treat tonight.
"Booboo, you just saw living proof that Key always gets his way."
Onew POV
We're at the restaurant right now. I'm not really listening to what Key and Taemin are talking about. I'm still mad at Key for trying to manipulate Taemin, and for calling me Booboo. I hate that name! Hmmm… I can't wait for the chicken to come. CHIICKKEENN. Keeyy. Chickey. Key is like the opposite of chicken. I mean chicken can't hit me like Key hits me all the time. Chicken also doesn't nag me to do the dishes, or make me iron my underwear. Seriously, who irons their underwear? But then again chicken can't hug me, kiss me, I can't run my hand through its hair. Chicken doesn't giggle cutely when I tickle it.
"OOOOOWWWWW!!!!!" Key just whacked me on the arm.
"ONEW TELL TAEMIN HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO KEEP SECRETS FROM HIS UMMA!" What the hell is he on about?
"Why'd you hit meeee?? OWWW! It hurts!"
"Aww my poor booboo I'm sorry!" Grrrrrrrrr.
"Oi don't call me that."
"I'm sorry for hitting you." He makes peace signs and puts on a cute face, which makes me apologise immediately.
"I'm sorry for spacing out."
I love this man.
Taemin POV
Wow. Key is scary. I mean, umma is scary. I feel bad for papa. But I also love umma, because he.. she… he told me that Minho likes me. I feel foolish for blushing like a school girl but the teenager inside can't believe the fact that Minho from SHINee actually likes me. ME!! Papa is paying the bill when two men walk up to our table. I get a shock to see it's Minho and Jonghyun. I find myself feeling immediately embarrassed when I see Minho. It feels so different now knowing that he likes me.
"Hey Taemin." Jonghyun says.
"Oh hi Jonghyun. Hi Minho." I look up at Minho and he's smiling down at me. The look in his eyes makes me scream with delight inside.
"Do you mind if I talk to Onew and Key for a moment?"
"Oh of course not." I look over at Onew and Key, they look nervous. "Thanks umma, thanks papa for the meal."
"Bye bye Minnie, call me!" Key says as they wave goodbye.
Minho and I walk out the restaurant silently. The atmosphere is extremely different between us, and we can both feel it.
"So, where are we going?" he asks me.
"I'm not sure. I don't really know the area."
"Well, then I know the perfect place to take you."
He takes me to the entrance of a really tall apartment building.
"This place has the best view of the city. Especially at night."
"But how are we going to get in? Isn't it residents only?"
"Yep. That's why we're going to climb." He points to the staircase that leads to the roof escape of each of the apartments. I'm not afraid of heights, but I am afraid of getting arrested.
"Are you sure Minho? Are we allowed?"
"Yeah come on. No one will catch us. Trust me."
He grabs my hand and pulls me up the first couple of steps. As soon as I felt his touch it was like a jolt of electricity went through my body. My vision went kind of hazy and I stumbled a bit.
"Woah are you okay?" Now his hands are around me holding me up. I feel like I'm about to pass out.
"I'm fine. I'm sorry."
"Here, get on my back."
"No Minho really, I'm fine."
"Taemin. Get on my back." The second time I just can't refuse. I jump on his back and he carries me up the rest of the staircase, right to the rooftop of the building. I jump off his back and run to the edge. As soon as I see the view, my mouth drops open wide. Minho pinches my cheeks.
"Hey!"
"Hehe sorry, I couldn't help it."
From the roof if you look down, you can see all the city lights below, cars racing along the street and shop buildings with their multicoloured lights flashing. But if you look in to the horizon, you can see the beautiful hills that make up the country side. They look like giants in the background holding up the beautiful night sky, with all the twinkling stars and the giant full moon right above our heads.
"Minho, how did you find this place?"
"My grandfather used to live here." He says, with a sad look on his face. "He was an amazing man. Though my grandmother passed away when they were only in their 30's, he never even looked at another woman. He lived here on his own, loyal to her till his very last breath."
It's starting to get chilly. I rub my arms in an attempt to get warm. Minho edges closer to me.
"Taemin are you cold?"
"Yeh a bit."
And then he comes right up to me, wrapping his arms around me.
"This any better?"
I can't even bring words out of my mouth. My throat feels dry. I think I'm going to pass out.
"Taemin, is Key really your favourite SHINee member?"
"Well, like I said it changes depending on the style." I manage to get out. I didn't want to contradict what I said on the radio.
"Fair enough." He stops hugging me and I immediately mourn the loss of warmth that I felt with him.
He turns to face the mountains. "So in 'Noona is so pretty', who was your favourite."
I decide it's time to be honest.
"Ummm, I think it was you."
"What about Love Like Oxygen?"
"I think that was you again."
"Amigo?"
"You looked good in that one."
"Hmmm," he says, not taking his eyes off the beautiful scenery. "What about Juliette?"
"Your rap was great in that one."
"And Ring Ding Dong?"
"You look amazing with long hair."
"Lucifer?"
"You look even better with short hair."
He turns to look at me. "What about now? Who's your favourite?"
Oh my god, this is it. He's practically forcing it out of me. Just as I'm about to answer he turns his whole body to face me and puts his arms around my waist, drawing me close to him.
"I don't know what you've done to me Taemin. But I'm falling for you. We're standing up here with this amazing view, but I can't take my eyes off of you."
"Minho. I…" Then he brings his lips softly to mine. I don't know where I am anymore, I don't even know who I am. All I know is that I'm with Minho Choi, his lips now pressed up next to mine. He slowly slides his tongue in to my mouth and I welcome it with my own, slowly flicking it against his. He pulls me into a tight hug and we just sway to the silent music only both of us can hear. Suddenly tears start falling from my eyes when I realise that this is the first time I've felt completely safe since that plane crash 3 years ago.
Jonghyun POV
I feel so much better after my talk with Minho. I expected him to just sit there and listen to me complain about my love life (well lack of) and then he pulls a 180 on me and gives me the best advice I could possibly ask for. Now that I finally have the courage to move on, I want to tell Key and Onew. I want them to know that I'm happy for them, and I want them to stop worrying about me.
We're on our way back to the dorm when luck strikes us and we see Onew and Key at the new Italian restaurant. And is that Taemin with them?
"Jonghyun. This is your perfect opportunity to straighten things out with them." I'm pretty sure at this point Minho is just trying to get some alone time with Taemin.
"Okay on one condition."
"What?"
"You have to confess to Taemin tonight. He's only in Korea for 5 more days Minho. COME ON!!"
"Hahaha. I was planning on doing it tonight."
"Pfft, yeah yeah we all know what a chicken you are when it comes to dating."
"Hey, I'm not a chicken! Anything chicken-associated is Onew, I'm more like a shy penguin."
"What the hell Minho? Well yeh actually you are kind of like a penguin."
"Okay, so it's settled. Let's go in."
"Goodluck Minho."
"You too Jjong."
After Taemin and Minho leave I take a seat opposite to Key and Onew. They look really nervous. It makes me feel nervous. This is going to be harder than I thought.
"Listen Jjong." Key is the first to speak. Wait no I'm the one who needs to be talking
"Key wait. Let me say something. First of all Onew, I'm so sorry for punching you man. I've been regretting it ever since I did it. I did it out of anger, and love." I feel guilty seeing his swollen lips.
"No Jjong I deserved it. We went behind your back."
"Yeh you guys. I just wish you would have told me first. I mean I saw you guys in the hallway. Right in the hallway of our dorm. You should have been more careful. It felt like you were just throwing it in my face." Key's just about to interrupt to apologise. "Wait Key, let me finish. But if Key had chosen me, I don't think I would have been able to wait either. The one thing that helps me get through this is knowing that Onew loves you just as much as I do. If it were any other guy, and I thought he wouldn't be good to you then I would have done more than just punch him in the face. But I know that I'm leaving you in good hands Key. And because of that I think I can slowly start to let you go. Key I thought you were my world. I can't even imagine myself with anyone else. But I'm willing to give myself a chance to find love again, so I can give you guys a chance to make this relationship work."
Key's crying and Onew's looking down at the table.
"Thank you Jjong. You're right. I'm going to love and take care of Key till the day I die. I'm going to spend the rest of my life proving you right, showing that no other man could ever give Key the love I'm going to give him."
Key cries harder.
"Okay you guys. Well I guess I'm going to head back to dorm. See you there?" I'm about to get going when Key grabs my arm.
"Wait Jjong. Let's all go get ice-cream together. We could all use some."
"You sure?"
"Yeah. I mean that's what friends do right? Eat ice-cream together… and we couldn't ask for a better friend that you."
Hmm, I like the sound of that. Maybe being their friend isn't as hard as I thought is was going to be.
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