The Reason (1/1)

The next morning, Miyun opened her eyes and blinked a few times, trying to get her eyes used to the bright sunlight. She sat up quickly, looking around the dark blue bedroom and down at the black-sheeted bed. She didn't rememeber getting up and walking into this room, though. She had fallen asleep on the couch. She shrugged and got up, looking around Minho's room. There were a few posters of famous athletes and a few pictures of SHINee hanging up on the walls.Her stomach rumbled quite loudly and Miyun walked out of the room into the kitchen. At the kitchen counter, Onew sat drinking some coffee and reading a book. At the sound of footsteps, he turned around with a small smile. "Good morning, Miyun." He said, pouring some coffee in a mug for her. "Do you have a minute?" He asked, and motioned for her to sit down with him. Miyun smiled at him in thanks and took a sip. "What's on your mind?" She asked, slightly worried that he would ask her about her relationship with Minho. "Minho-goon tells me that you have been staying at a motel," Onew said, closing the book and sliding it a little further away. When Miyun nodded, Onew continued with, "..and neither one of us are comfortable with you staying there. I know I've just met you, but you seem pretty important to Minho, and anyone who's friends with Minho is friends with me. So, I'd like to talk to you about living here in the dorm with us." Miyun widened her eyes. "Oh no, that's not necessary. I wouldn't want to be a bother and I couldn't ask you to do that." Onew smiled again. "You won't be a bother. Taemin already seems to like you a lot. And we're the ones who offered. You can cook and clean, yes?" Miyun nodded, looking up at the older one with curious eyes. "So then, you could help out around the dorm as a method of paying us back for you staying. I've already talked to Manager hyung, and he's having your luggage sent over here. But since they won't be back until later, let's go find you some clothes," he said, standing up.Miyun realized she didn't have much of a choice, so she took one last sip of her coffee and followed Onew to what looked to be Taemin's room. "You look about Taeminnie's size.." Onew mumbled, grabbing a pair of jeans a t-shirt. "Here, try these on. I'll be out in the hall," he said, handing her the outfit and closing the door behind him. Miyun changed quickly and was a little surprised that the clothes fit her exeptionally well. She opened the door, and stuck her head out. Onew looked over at her and smiled. "Those fit well. You can leave your clothes in Minho's room and join me back in the kitchen."She did what he said and walked into the kitchen. "Onew oppa, where are the rest of the members?" Onew walked over to a large dry-erase calender hanging up on the wall. "This board here shows all of our schedules for the month. Right now, they are all filming for Dream Team, but I however have the day off." He explained, and Miyun smiled. "So, since the dorm is pretty clean, I thought I'd bring you to visit them and then we can come back and you can get started on dinner. Sound good?" Miyun looked up at Onew, "V-visit? But that means that all of these famous people are going to be there. And how will I explain myself?"Onew smiled. "You're cute. Don't worry about it, I'll handle it. Just stay with me and you'll be fine. Let's go," he grabbed a pair of keys and slipped on his shoes, Miyun doing the same. "You don't speak much, do you, Miyun-ah?" Onew asked, opening the car door for her.Miyun climbed in and waited for him to walk around the car and get in himself. "I guess not.. I've never really had anyone to talk to before so I guess it's out of habit." Onew raised an eyebrow. "Why not?" He asked, starting the car and pulling the seatbelt over himself. "Or am I not allowed to know yet?" Miyun looked down. "Sorry, Onew oppa. You'll find out soon enough."The pair fell into a silence as Onew drove. A few minutes later Onew asked, "If I had some ideas, and I guessed, could you tell me if I was right or wrong?" Miyun thought for a minute. "Oppa really doesn't want you guys to know just yet. But if you guessed and all I did was nod or shake my head, I guess it couldn't be that bad," Miyun grabbed the necklace and looked out the window. "Go ahead."Onew pulled the car over and took a deep breath. "Are you an old girlfriend?" "No.""Old best friend?""No."Onew hesitated. "Where you abused as a child?"He looked over at Miyun who was staring at him with wide eyes. "How did- how did you.. ?"" I saw the way you reacted to Minho being really close to you at first, the mention of parents, and Key's comment." He said quietly. "So you were?" He looked back at her. She nodded, gripping the necklace."Did the same thing happen to Minho?" Miyun nodded slowly. Onew took in a sharp breath. "I'll tell you the story if you promise me not to tell anyone else. Not until Minho wants to tell them." Miyun stated, turning to face him. When Onew nodded she began, "Minho and I were both sexually abused throughout our childhood. My mother would bring home random guys and let them do whatever they wanted to me for money. Minho's dad did the same. I never really had friends, because I couldn't open up to people and I thought that if I was around someone too long, they'd become dirty like me," she paused to take in his reaction. Onew's eyes were wide and he was digging his nails into his palm."One day, my mom brought home a man that had his son with him." Onew eyes went wider. "This boy and I slipped away outside to my backyard. I learned that his name was Minho and he was a year older than me. We talked for a while about how are lives were. For once, we both found someone that understood us. We felt like we belonged with each other, because that was the only place we felt welcome: each other's presence. Then, he asked if I knew why he was there with me, to which I shook my head. He didn't know either. We decided we better go inside before we got punished and our parents looked at us with this wicked look. The next day, they led us into my room and told us what their plan was," she shut her eyes tight at the memory."My mother told us that we were to sleep with each other. Up until this point, I guess I had been a virigin, since I had never had intercourse. Minho grabbed my hand and stepped infront of me. He told our parents that this was not going to happen and stood up for the both of us. His father laughed at his attempt. He pulled out a pocket knife and held it up to my neck, threatening to slit my throat if he didn't oblige. Minho begged his father to get away from and said he would do it as long as he wouldn't touch me. His dad laughed again and pulled the knife away, only to slap me across the face after. So, Minho and I did what we were forced to do." Onew gasped."Everyday for two weeks straight, we were forced to do all of these horrible things. After the third night, he was just going to sleep over. We sort of became closer, enduring all of these things that were happening to us. He took off the necklace he had around his neck and put it around mine," I said, gesturing to the necklace I was gripping. "I never took it off. Every night he would tell me about how we would run away together and how he would take me away from this horrible reality. He would apologize for all of the things that were happening and kept repeating, 'just hold on a little longer.' After those two weeks were up, I never saw him again, except in my head when I desperately tried to block out what was happening to me. As MInho said yesterday, his father told him that I was dead and to not go back for me. Minho believed him. Minho and I both became our parents personal prostitutes and they sold our bodies away. This kept happening to me up until a month ago when I managed to get away. And yesterday, when I saw him at the coffee shop, I just couldn't walk away," Miyun stopped, crying.Onew's eyes were watering as well and he asked her if it would be alright to hold her. He didn't want to frighten her. She nodded and he pulled her close, smoothing out her hair soothingly and let her cry. "I- I can't believe this happened to the both of you," he said, holding her tighter. When Miyun eventually stopped crying, she pulled back a little to look up at him. "But you can't say anything. You promised me. Minho didn't want to tell any of you in the first place because he was afraid you'd look at him differently and not give him an oppurtunity. You can't say anything yet." Onew sighed and nodded, pulling her close one more time before letting her go. "We've got to get driving if we want to see them," he said, starting the car back up again. A few minutes later he spoke up again. "Thank you for telling me, Miyun. But why did you?""You seem like someone I can trust, and you opened your home up to me. So, why not?" Miyun said as they pulled up into a parking lot. He smiled at her."Let's be close friends, okay?" She smiled back in response and grabbed a sweatshirt from the back seat."Oppa, put this on. I left tear stains on your shirt." She tossed it to him. Onew and Miyun both climbed out of the car and Onew lead her to a gate with two guards. "Ah, Onew-ssi. I see you've returned. Who's this?" One guard asked, leaning against the booth. "She's with me. Have they finished filming yet?" He asked, wrapping an arm around her, which earned a flinch that nobody noticed."Not yet, go on ahead in." The other guard asked, pressing a button and unlocking the gate.Onew and Miyun walked into a large area that was filled with staff and camera crew, but lacking idols. Onew lead them to an area where snacks were placed out between filming and a brunette with a huge smile on her face walked over to them."Annyeong, Onew! Who's this?" The girl asked, smiling brightly."Annyeong, Jessica-ssi. This is a close friend of SHINee, Miyun. Speaking of them, do you know where my dongsaengs are?" Onew said, slowly unwrapping his arm from Miyun's waist. "Neh, they're just over there," she said and then faced Miyun. "Nice to meet you," she said and left with a bow, stealing one last glance over her shoulder.Onew and Miyun walked over to the boys who were listening to Taemin go on and on about something. In mid-sentence he glanced up. "Noona!" his face lit up. "Taeminnie!" Miyun greeted in the same tone of voice and sat next to him. "What, I don't get a hello?" Onew said with a pout. "Hello, hyung," Taemin said, rolling his eyes."What are you guys doing here?" Key asked, putting down his sandwich. "We have some news," Onew said, stealing a couple of Jonghyun's chips. "News?" asked Jonghyun, swatting his arm away."We?" Minho asked, glancing between Onew and Miyun. "Yes, Miyun will be living with us from now on. And as a method of payment, she will be cooking and cleaning for us."In response, the boys grinned and welcomed Miyun in to their group. "SHINee will be filming in three minutes," came over the loudspeaker. "Please report to the stage.""Miyun-ssi," Jessica called, waving. "Please come over here and meet my group." "I'll see you guys later," Miyun called and Onew said that he'd be over in a minute. Miyun bowed and walked over to join Jessica. "Minho-goon," Onew called with soft eyes. "Can you hold on a sec?" He waited for Key, Jonghyun, and Taemin to walk away before he continued. "I'm sorry for the way I've treated you lately."Minho sighed and looked over at Miyun. "She told you, didn't she?"Onew nodded. "But it wasn't all her fault. I kind of tricked her. Don't worry, I'm not going to say anything. I'm just sorry that it happened to you." Minho nodded in thanks."I've got to go, or I'll be late, hyung. See you at home," he turned with a small smile and left.Onew walked over to SNSD, who were gushing over Miyun."How old are you?" Sooyoung asked."You're all my unnies," Miyun said, looking around at them. "Let's be good friends, okay?" Sunny said, a huge grin on her face"Miyun-ah. We've got to go now, we'll see you later," Onew said bowing."Bye, unnies," Miyun bowed and followed Onew out to the car. "They're all so nice," she said absentmindedly. Onew smiled and opened the door. They drove home in a comfortable silence and stood outside the dorm, Onew teaching her the code. After a few tries, she heard a click and the door opened. Upon entering the dorm, Onew's phone rang."Neh, manager hyung," he said, sitting down at the counter. He sighed. "Alright.... neh... arasso... bye." He hung up and looked over at Miyun who had begun cooking. "Looks like you will be without your luggage for another day, the company encountered some problems. But no worries."Twenty minutes later, the rest of SHINee walked in the dorm. "Nooonaaa," Taemin whined. "I'm hunggrryy." Miyun giggled and ruffled his hair. "Dinner is ready, Taemin. Sit down with your hyungs." She brought them out their plates and sat down in between Onew and Taemin. "Please eat well. I hope you enjoy the meal." Everyone said they would and took a bite. Silence. The boys looked around at each other. "Do you not like it?" Miyun asked quickly, "because I can make something else if you-" "Noona. Shh." Taemin said, taking another big bite. "Mmm this is so delicious," he said with his eyes closed. "Neh, Taemin-goon is right," Jonghyun said, picking up more and shoveling it into his mouth. "Where did you learn to cook like this?" Key asked, "It's ten times better then mine!""A-aniyo." Miyun said, blushing and looked at Minho. "Do you like it?""Neh," Minho said, grinning. "I'm glad everyone likes it, because like I said, she will be cooking for us from now on," the leader said. Taemin looked at her and furrowed his eyebrows. "Is that my shirt?"Miyun lowered her head, embarassed. "Neh... I didn't have any clothes.""Don't worry. It's fine," Taemin said with a grin. "So... what will be the sleeping situation? I can sleep on the couch instead, Minho. I don't want you to give up on your bed." Miyun asked between bites."Why don't we both just share my room? I don't mind," Minho said, eating a little more. "Is that okay, hyung?""Yeah, sure," Onew said, munching on some food. "You okay with that Miyun?" Miyun nodded. "Then its settled."---Okay, this one's a little long. What would you guys like? More frequent, shorter ones like before or not as frequent long ones? Lemme know (:   Vote for who you want her to end up with ^^ and if you're reading, why not stop by and leave a comment? Thanks