15. Taemin (1/2)

(OST- Hug me by 10cm)“YOU ARE DATING WHO?!”They nearly blew me away with the volume of their words. Clinging onto the edge of my chair I managed to not become cowardly in front of my members.“That’s right,” I said. “Naeun and I are back together again.”Minho hyung leaned back in his chair shaking his head. “Ah she must be an idiot for saying yes to you again.”“We are never, ever, ever, ever getting back together,” Kibum hyung sang in English. “She must be an idiot for saying yes.”

That got me annoyed. “Hey she’s not an idiot!”

Jonghyun hyung to my surprise started to nod in agreement, his dark brown hair bobbing along. “He’s right. He’s the idiot.”

Hyung!

“Yeah that’s true,” Kibum hyung and Minho hyung both said almost in unison. “You had a perfectly good life with her until you let one dumb mistake ruin it for you. You knew what would happen yet you said she’d be fine with it.”

I remembered that and also remembered how painful the consequences had been. The way they were watching me there and then suggested that the expression on my face must have been what they hoped for.Kibum made scolding noises before continuing. “Anyway… We knew.”

I just stared at him, “how did you know?”

“Well we knew that you’ve been seeing someone for a while at least since… Wait how long has it been?”

“About four months—“

“Caught you,” Minho got a hi-five from Kibum and then I saw through their plan. Jonghyun sat there smiling wide mouthed happily. “Well we knew you had someone. We just didn’t expect you to tell us so late and we didn’t expect it to be her.”

I nodded, somewhat relieved but also a little confused. “So does that mean you are alright with it.”

“Eh,” they all said back. Jonghyun gave me a serious expression. “We’re alright with it. But we won’t be if you mess it up again.”

Kibum’s words caught me off guard. “We mean it Taemin-ah. In regards to your love life Naeun was the best thing to have ever happened to you.”

They sure left an impact on me. He was right, I didn't deserve another chance if things fell apart. Ω

“So why are we out here again?” Kwonho hyung asked being skittish around everyone that came past. He wasn’t even famous yet I stood tall and walked around with my sunnies on to hide my face. The show had finished filming and in the end Bomi’s final dancer had won.I glanced at him, “I’m getting something for our two hundredth day.”

He was gobsmacked. Waiting for him to speak I stopped outside a shop. “What do you think about this?”

“Are you really Lee Taemin?”

Lowering my eyebrows in a frown he continued to speak. “I mean, here we are getting something for you and her for your two hundredth day anniversary. This isn’t We Got Married; you don’t have to act like it still is.”

“Even if I pretend to forget she would still remember.” I said emphasizing as much as I could. “Last time, our relationship became like weak tea. We still tried to drink even though it didn’t have a lot of taste. No this time, I’m going to not take anything for granted anymore. I once said on television that I’m going to love her in the future. Even if I want to take back my words I can’t, and I won’t.”

Kwonho hyung must have been a little taken back because he didn’t answer straight away. When he did it was just to comment on the temperature.

“Ok so when is your two hundredth day?”

“On the twenty sixth,” I said peering into the glass display at a jewellery store. “Let’s try here.” Kwonho hyung shrugged and followed me inside.There were a lot of nice bracelets, earrings and even rings. But this had to be special; this had to mean something.

“Hyung pick something,” I said feeling somewhat overwhelmed by the amount of choices there were.“Do you need a hand?” For once it was a male shop assistant. He looked well presented in his black waist coat and trousers.Glancing around one last time to make sure of it I agreed. “I’m looking for something for a two hundred day anniversary.”

He gave me and Kwonho hyung a funny look before hyung quickly clarified. “It’s for him and his girlfriend alright?!”

Nodding with some scepticism in his gesture he then showed us to a section which had couple items. They all looked lovely against the black velvet, the diamonds and other valuable stones really shining.A lot of the items were in silver which I didn’t mind since it was the same metal that our rings were made from. While we looked something caught my eye. A pendant in a rather unusual symbol made in silver or gold.“What is this one?” I asked the man pointing to it. “The one which looks like it’s a ball on a stand.”

He went around the other side and bent down, “ah do you mean the Omega necklaces?”