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“Onew-hyung, are you using pink lip balm?”
“Wha--? No, not really… Erm, actually, yes… I guess so. …Why do you ask?”
“Just that I've noticed your lips are pinker than they usually are lately.” Taemin grins.
“Oh. Well I got this new one. Velvet Rose. And it's pink but actually it’s supposed to be colourless but I guess the pink colour of the balm shows…”
Taemin is still grinning.
“…Erm. Yeah.”
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If it is one thing Taemin likes to do, it is to watch Onew talk. Not so much of when the vocalist is singing (Taemin finds that he can’t look at Onew in the eye when he is singing. It gives him the shivers and he will instantly look away), just when he is talking. He finds it… interesting.
He watches the way Onew’s eyes are usually fixed to the person he is talking to, be it the interviewer or the camera, and how they would sometimes flicker to the other members; to Key, Minho, Jonghyun, him.
He watches how Onew’s head bobs up and down, hair bouncing along, as he answers questions or talks on the behalf of the band or gives thank-you speeches.
He watches the way Onew’s mouth moves as he talks. The pulling and pouting of lips, the occasional show of teeth and tongue, as Onew forms his words.
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They are guests at a radio show, and Onew is talking, answering questions. Taemin sits next to him, tirelessly watching. He watches Onew’s lips move and he vaguely wondered what they taste like. No, no. Not what his lips taste like. What his lip balm tastes like. Taemin unconsciously licked his lips, tasting them and imagining the taste of Onew’s lips. No, lip balm.
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“Onew-hyung!” Taemin calls, following Onew into the washroom after the radio show.
“Hmm?” Onew turns to face Taemin.
“What does your new pink lip balm taste like?”
Onew blinks.
“I’m just curious.”
They stare at each other, alone in the washroom in front of the sinks and mirrors.
“…Uhh. Gee. I don’t know. Some kind of fruit?” Onew looks at Taemin suspiciously. “…Why?”
Taemin takes two steps forward, cups Onew’s jaw and catches Onew’s lips in his. It is only for a split second and before they break away, Taemin’s tongue takes a swipe at Onew’s full, pouty lower lip.
Onew blinks again.
“Mmm…” Taemin wonders aloud, eyes searching the ceiling and tongue licking his own lips experimentally.
He looks at Onew brightly. “It’s definitely cherry!” He grins.
Onew blinks two more times.
“Thanks hyung!” Taemin calls as he leaves the washroom.
Onew simply stands there, stupefied by the whole thing.
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A/N: I swear Taemin ~WATCHES~ Onew like he's some... movie or something. Here's said gif that inspired this. And another really old one. And the lip balm thing? Totally happened to me. I thought it was colourless. But apparently not. :/