Chapter Four

"So…" This time when he looked at me, I was so close that I could clearly see some of the strands in his hair, his face was so clear, his eyes were such a beautiful shape and a very attractive glossy brown. Forgive me for sounding perverted, but he had really, and I mean REALLY nice lips. I could feel my self swallowing and I hoped that he didn't notice it. But, he did notice that I wasn't answering right away, so I went back to reality when he started waving his hand in front of my face. "HELLO~! Earth to Yuna! Do you plan on telling me what happened today?"

"Oh. Sorry. I…wasn't all here."

"I noticed."

"Well…My supposed "boyfriend" dumped me today. We've been "dating" for six months when he decided that he doesn't "like" me anymore."

"Um…what's with all the quotation marks?"

"You wouldn't believe… He said that he didn't like me the entire time and that he was only using me, "a pretty and nice foreigner," he said, to make this other girl he liked jealous. He told me that it was fun being with me and that I treated him good, but he never once had eyes for me…" Tears were welling up again in my eyes when I thought that I had gotten over him after meeting Key. "I just…I can't believe that it was an act the entire time! Usually…I can tell how someone feels just by being with them, but…I must really have been blind to be fooled by him for that long! I feel so stupid! My mom…and my aunt…they used to always tell me not to fall for a jerk that would be mean to me…but, I guess I was secretly suffering this whole time. I mean…the bomb haves to go off sometime, right?" Now I was balling again and I had my head down and my hands covering my face.

"Don't cry…" I could suddenly feel a hand rubbing my back softly and it was very comforting, it made me want to cry more because I felt like he cared. "Pretty and nice girls shouldn't cry. Yes, they should let their feelings out, but no, they shouldn't cry because it hurts them inside, and it takes away from their true beauty. But…I think you'll be okay. You lost some fools gold, but you got yourself a different treasure."

"Wha…what's that?" I looked up at him slightly through a gap in my hair that was covering my face. He smiled at me slightly when he said something truly meaningful.

"You, young lady, got yourself an Almighty Key." My eyes suddenly got really big and out of American habit, I hugged him around the neck and cried onto his right shoulder. I could feel his entire body become stiff from my actions, but his hand began slowly rubbing my back again. "I'm not used to hugging or being hugged by girls, but I'll make an exception. So, feel free to let it all out."

"Thank you, Key. You're a good friend. Even if I've only known you for a few hours."

"Speaking of…what time is it?" I released him from the hug, and turned to look at the clock next to the TV.

"It's 10 o'clock! Oh my God, Key, I'm so sorry for keeping you so late."

"Oh, don't worry about it. I have nothing going on. We don't have any homework today, either. But, if you have any, I won't keep you and I'll go. By the way, isn't your aunt supposed to be coming home?" Suddenly, my cell phone rang, and guess who it was: My aunt.

"Hello? Hey Aunt Jolie. What's up?…Oh, you'll be coming home soon? Okay. You drank, right? Well, make sure you have one of your sober friends drive you home, okay? If not, you better take a bus or a taxi. I don't want you driving drunk, got it? Okay. I'll see you soon. Love you, too. Bye."

"Your aunt?"

"Yep. Sorry, I have to kick you out now."

"Ahh….okay….but, you sounded really cool speaking entirely in English. I liked it, even if I only understood some of it."

"Oh, thank you…." I was blushing again. Gosh, how many times has that happened already today?

"Are you feeling better now after letting it out?"

"Yes, thank you."

"Oh!" He turned to the table and picked up a piece of paper. "Here. This is my first and your first autograph. Take care of it."

"Oh! Thank you! It's really nice, I love it!"

"I'm glad. Well then…I should get going." He stood up and bowed slightly.

"Wait! Give me your phone number! …please." Gee, could I have sounded any more desperate?

"Haha. Okay, but give me yours."

"Okay." We exchanged phones and punched in our numbers. He had a nice phone, probably because he's working in the entertainment business. "Question."

"What's that?" He handed me my phone back and looked into my eyes.

"Have you made your music video yet?"

"No, we plan on doing that later this week. Why?"

"I'm your Noona, yes? Well…make sure that you think of me when you're filming, okay?" I looked up at him with the cutest face I could put on.

"Haha. How about when we perform live and I look in the camera, I look at you?"

"That would mean the world to me if you did." I was surprised when he stroked my hair from my forehead to my neck and then leaned in towards my ear.

"Hey. Don't tell Yuna, but I planned on doing that anyway." Oh…now I'm seeing fireworks go off in my head. He lifted his hand from my head and slowly moved away from where he was positioned. "I'll make sure to call you when we start filming and when we finish, okay?"

"Uh…uh…okay…" He smiled that smile again.

"Oh, don't look like that. You look like you've lost your mind. People might laugh if they saw you like that."

"H-Hey!"

"Haha…I'm going to go now, so make sure you do your schoolwork and get a good nights rest, okay? And don't cry anymore. You'll make me sad if you do."

"Okay~"

"Well, I'll see you soon. Thank you for having me over, becoming my first fan, and being another good friend."

"Your welcome, Key. I'll see you out."

"All right." I walked ahead of him and held the door open. He walked out and then we made our way down the hallway, to the elevator and back down to the first floor. Once down, I walked him over to the spinning door and we looked outside. "I guess it stopped raining…Well, that's good for me, I guess."

"Okay, I'll talk to you later. Don't forget about me, you got it?"

"I got it, but one last thing."

"What?" I tilted my head to the side and looked at him questioningly.

"Just…don't be surprised if you get a new neighbor."

"Huh?" Now I was confused.

"See ya!" He held up a hand and then dashed out the door. "It was nice meeting you!"

"What's that supposed to mean?" I pouted my lips and looked after him as he went out of sight. Just then, I could see my aunt, Jolie walk up to the door.

"Hey, Lydia. Did you see that lunatic run out of here? Gee, what a freak. I'm glad it stopped raining, though. How was your day?"

"Oh…it was eventful…"

"That's good…Well, let's go on up. I'm hecka tired."

"It was eventful, all right."

"Are you still rambling? Come on!"

"Coming~"

Chapter Five

The next day, I woke up thinking about Key. "Did…did yesterday really happen?"

"Lydia!" My aunt Jolie must be awake… "What is up with all these dishes? You better clean them by the time I get home from work! But, you obviously made cookies, so I'll take a few of these and eat them since you left such a big mess, okay?"

"AHH~! Okay, okay! I'll clean them as soon as I get home from school. Happy?"

"Yes. Now, I'll be heading to work. Have a good day at school and I'll see you later."

"Okay, bye!" once I heard the door click, I decided to get up and get ready for school. I went to the restroom and got my hair and makeup on so I would be ready to start the day. With my uniform on and a packed lunch and backpack, I headed out for the day. Once out the front door of the building, I heard a familiar voice.

"Hey, you take the train to school, right?" I turned my head to the right and there he was.

"Key!" I ran over and gave him a super quick and friendly hug. "What are you doing here? By soon, I didn't think this soon!"

"Well, your high school is pretty close by, so I thought that I would walk with you to the train station and see you off to school."

"Gosh…you didn't have to do that…"

"I know. But, I wanted to. By the way, you look cute in your uniform now that it's not all wet."

"Oh, thank you….You look nice in your suit, too. But…why weren't you wearing it yesterday?"

"I had practice over at the studio, so I had changed my clothes there."

"Oh…Okay." He really did look nice. Extra sharp.

"Well, we don't want to be late, so let's go!" He grabbed my hand and dragged me off towards the train station; If it wasn't for the running, my heart would still be running a hundred miles an hour just because he was holding my hand. Once we got to the train station, we were both out of breath, but alive enough to buy our tickets. Next thing we knew, we were on the train and we were cram-packed together on a seat. It was kind of uncomfortable because we were sitting so close: legs and arms touching and both of our heads are inches away from each other. Then…to make it even worse, some creepy large man had to sit next to me.

"Eww…gross…" I whispered to myself.

"You don't mind me sitting here, do you?" He gave me a creepy smile and disgustingly put his hand on my thigh.

"Excuse me, sir, but you shouldn't be touching underage girls, especially my girlfriend." I turned over and looked at Key. He was currently giving the man one hell of a glare. "Yuna…here, sit on my lap, you should be safer that way." He lifted me up from the waist and sat me on his lap. Seems like this is the second time I've been embarrassed in front of Key. Thanks a lot, Key, I think my face is going to permanently become a tomato because of you. "This way," he said, "We'll have more space from this creep."

"Tha-thank you, Key."

" 'Creep'?" the man said. "Who do you think you are, kid?"

"I am the Almighty Key from SHINee. Give me a few more weeks and you'll be seeing me on your television, or you will see me in court. So, shut your face, and leave us alone. I can report you."

"Whatever, kid!" the man irritatingly got up and went to the other side of the train. Boy, that was a scary experience, I thought he was about to kill us! But, I then realized that I was still sitting on Key.

"Hey, Key…you can let me down if you want…"

"Well, I don't want to. You're safer up here. And, we take up less space."

"Are you sure I'm not too heavy?"

"Light as a feather."

"Um…about what you said about me being your girlfriend…you didn't have to say that…"

"What? You are my girlfriend. You're a girl, and you're my friend. Simple as that. I just used the more intimate term so we would have the upper hand. Don't worry about it. We're almost there."

"Okay…" I felt warm inside hearing him talk. Even if it wasn't true, he said I was his girlfriend. But, even if I'm just a girl friend, I'm okay with that.

"Oh, will you be okay at school? That jerk that dumped you is still there, right?" He had both of his hands on my shoulders and looked straight into my eyes.

"Yeah…I'll be okay. I don't have to worry about him too much. You're all that I think about." Did I…just say that? Key's eyes got really big, and he looked at me in shock. "Uh…um, uh, haha, just forget I said anything…" suddenly, the train slammed on the brakes making me reel forward, but before I could fall, Key grabbed me by the waist and we stood there like that in shock.

I could feel his grip become tighter as he already had his arms completely around my body. I could feel his body touching mine and it let off a comforting aura. He left his frozen state and brought his mouth close to my ear. I could feel his ragged breathing… "Are you okay?" He lifted me up from being hunched over and turned me to face him. "You're not hurt are you?"

"I'm fine…Thank you for rescuing me."

"Well…the doors are opening, so let's get off fast." We hurriedly got out of that frightening train and walked over to the entrance of the station in silence. Even if we we're to talk, we wouldn't be able to hear each other, and my thoughts on what just happened kept replaying in my head anyway. When we could finally see the sun and it was less deafening, Key turned and looked at me. "Well, this is where we head separate ways."

"Yeah…it is…" That incident most have really been a large impact; I couldn't stop thinking about how mine and Key's body were touching. I've never been that close to someone, let alone a guy; not even my old 'boyfriend' has been that close. I don't blame him, though. Who would want to be super close with someone they don't even really like? It's just stupid thinking about it.

"Hey…Yuna." I left my dazedness and looked up at him. "Maybe you SHOULD keep thinking about me; It might bring you good luck. Just…when you're doing work, make sure you concentrate on that and not on me, okay?" I was dumbfounded by what he said, It was making my heart beat a million miles an hour, AGAIN.

"Um…I…" I had a hand held up not reaching to anywhere in particular and I was staring at him with a puzzled face.

"Well, I have to go, now. My school's a little farther than yours, so I have to run. I'll call you after school and see if I'll be able to come and walk you home.

"You don't have to do that…"

"I know, but I want to."

"I've already heard that~"

"Well, you'll be hearing me say that I want to do things for and to you a lot, from now on. Until then, I'll see you later." He turned his back and ran in the direction opposite from mine. I felt that smile creeping up on my face, and when I turned to go towards my school, I began to skip happily and started to sing a different version of SHINee's new unreleased song.

"Kibum is so charming~! Hahaha!" I skipped all the way to school, and I happened to have a really good day. I got a hundred on one of my tests and I bet you it was probably because I was thinking about Key… I saw Sang Jun, but he didn't give me any troubles. In fact, all of mine and his friends were ganging up on him for what he did to me. I don't really like violence, physical or verbal, but it felt good that I wasn't the one getting nagged at. Instead, all of mine and his friends were comforting me and even treating me to some of the delicious foods they had packed for lunch. But, in the midst of all that, I could only think about Key and how he stole my heart in less than 24 hours.

Chapter Six

After school had ended, I grabbed my things and waited outside in front of the entrance waiting for Key to call. I must have stood there for about ten excruciating minutes until I heard my phone ring. "Hello?"

"Hey, Yuna, it's me, Key." Without even hearing him say much, I couldn't help but beam hearing him talk on the phone.

"Hey. What's up?"

"I'm sorry I couldn't call you sooner, but I can't come to pick you up. They decided to start filming the music video early."

"Really? Well, it's okay you can't get me, but I'm really happy that you're able to film it. I wish you luck and I can't wait until it comes out. You kept your promise, you said you would call before they started filming. So, call me when it's all done and tell me how it went, okay?"

"Okay. But I still feel bad that I can't get you. You must have been waiting for a long time."

"I told you! It's all right. Just have fun for me and do your best. I'll make something really good for when you come back. You can bring your friends with you if you want. I should meet and congratulate them, too. Tell them I said hi and I wish them the best of luck, too." Just then, I heard a chorus of people say 'hi' into the phone. It was really loud so I had to pull the phone away from my ear.

"Hi~ is this Yuna Noona?" It was a cute voice that sounded really young so I figured it was Taemin.

"Hello, you must be the maknae, Taemin. Yes, this is your Yuna Noona."

"Wow! You DO sound really pretty! Key Hyung always says that you sound pretty on the phone."

"I didn't know you could sound a certain way on the phone. Your Key Hyung sounds charming on the phone, and you sound really cheerful and lively on the phone. It brings a smile to my face."

"Daw~ Noona sounds so pretty~! Heeheehee! You should talk to the other members and describe how they sound."

"If it's not taking up too much of your time." I had been looking around where I was standing and decided that I should stop standing there and just make my way home. It was becoming fun talking to people I haven't met yet. I did this with my friend's friend back in the US, and when I finally met him, we became best buds. I guess it's a good way to find out about a person before judging who they are by looks.

"Not at all, we're just waiting for everything to be set up and they only just started. You know these things will take a long time to do anyway."

"Okay. Tell me who it is that you're giving the phone to first, all right?"

"Yes, Noona! You're going to talk to Minho Hyung. He's really quiet, okay? Make him talk!"

"I'll try my best." In the background, I could faintly hear someone saying that they don't want to talk on the phone. It was funny, but then I could tell someone had put the phone to their ear. "Hello? Is this Minho ssi?"

"Uh…Hello…."

"Wow, you're quieter than I expected. Do you talk like this on the phone to your parents? They must not like that." I had been waving my index finger in the air at no one in particular, but I had the feeling that he got the hint that someone was. Now I could hear some muffled giggles in the background.

"Of course I don't talk to my parents like that! I just started talking to you so of course I would be somewhat shy. You can't blame me for that."

"No…but if you want to become better friends with someone, you need to open up. Yes, it might take some time, but you don't want to keep people waiting forever, do you?"

"No…but…Noona. Do you like sports?"

"Me? Um…I like to WATCH sports…I'm also kind of fond of dancing. Sometimes you could find me dancing by myself or if they're playing a good song in the grocery store. I do like baseball, tennis, and jump roping, if you call jump-roping an actual sport. Swimming is really fun, and sometimes I just feel like running as fast as I can until I feel like stopping. I do that sometimes on weekend mornings or if I'm on break. It feels good letting all that adrenaline out."

"You dance in the grocery store?"

"I've always done that. But I do it mostly if no one's on that aisle."

"But, are you good at baseball, tennis, and jump roping?"

"Well…let's just say I've gotten better that how I was a couple years ago. I've been practicing. Jump roping is fairly easy until I miss a jump or step on the rope. I'm okay at swimming, but I still can't open my eyes in the water and I can't breathe through my nose. That's why I still where a swimming mask whenever I go. Ever since I was little."

"Hahaha. That's cute. You seem really likable." I could hear Key's voice in the background say 'Isn't she?'. It was funny. I felt happy that Minho had opened up a little more after talking about sports. He seemed to have enjoyed it too. "Noona, you said you like running?"

"Yeah, I only like running when I want to, though. I hate it when someone makes me run. Like in P.E. or something. But if it's for a game like tag, or if I'm chasing after a friend who say, stole my water, then I like running after them and letting out all of that energy. I do jog whenever I can outside of school, too. I like staying in shape." Yet again, I heard Key say, 'With all that exercising, I'm surprised she's not flat-chested.' "Hey, Key. I heard that~"

"No you didn't~" He said in a high-pitched voice.

"Well," Minho began saying, "It was nice talking to you. I hope to meet you in person soon."

"Same to you, Minho ssi."

"So," Taemin's voice was back on the line, "How was Minho Hyung's voice? I'm glad you got him to talk a little more than he usually does."

"Minho? He has a nice soft and deep voice. I think it could become really comforting after hearing it for a while. He's…the rapper of the group?"

"Yes, how did you tell?" Taemin asked in a surprised voice.

"Well, I thought that with the deep tone, and the fact that he's kind of shy because he could let out feelings when he's rapping. That, and I basically just guessed. Sorry."

"Haha. Now you get to talk to Onew Hyung."

"He's the leader, yes?"

"You got it~!" Onew Oppa's voice burst in my ear.

"Oh…Leader Oppa. How do you do?"

"I am very good, thank you. Yourself?" Good, I like it when guys can be polite. It gives off a sense that they are nice, and they don't seem like the kind of person you could dislike.

"Just fine. You seem to have a very nice group under your wings. The people I've talked to so far are very nice, but they seem like they could be a little much at times." I let out little giggle and I could hear Onew Oppa let out a small chuckle as well. It was a little goofy and kind of cute.

"You've got that right, but I have to admit, I act just like them and sometimes it's even worse."

"IT'S THE ONEW SANGTAE!" I heard Key and Taemin shout from the back. I took a second to look where I was and I could see that I was almost to the train station. Just a few more locks and I would be there. It meant that I would have to get off the phone, and since I don't want that to happen, I decided to walk even slower.

"What's the Onew Sangtae?" I asked hoping for an answer whether it was from Onew himself or someone else. It sounded funny.

"Yuna, it's this condition he has where he says things that are really odd and they put people in an awkward situation. Like, he'll say something that he thinks is funny when actually, it of course isn't, so we can't laugh unless it's that awkward. The only thing that is actually funny is the fact that he has this condition in the first place."

"Haha, that's really cute. But, I think I would find his sense of humor funny. Partially because I can get like that sometimes." It was true, sometimes I would say things that I think are funny, but maybe not to others. Most of the time it's an inside joke, so it's understood and laughable, but if you don't know what I'm talking about, it becomes awkward.

"Yuna, you think my condition is cute?" I heard a smiley voice come from Onew who was apparently back on the line.

"Of course! I always think that guys who are goofy can be cute. I find it to be more of a good trait to someone's personality rather than a bad trait. I mean, I like guys who can never fail to make me laugh. I'll feel depressed if I don't laugh a lot in a day. You know? That's probably why you have that condition." It seemed like it could be true, if you thought about it. Usually, someone who likes to have a bright atmosphere will try and be funny to get that sort of aura that they want. It's not that hard to understand, actually. It's not a bad thing, the person just wants to be happy, right?

"Oh, thank you, Yuna. That made me really happy hearing you say that. Too bad you're not my noona, otherwise I would sing this song especially for you."

"Aww…you're making me blush!" I was literally blushing, but who wouldn't? It was so sweet!

"Okay, just one last person you need to talk to. He's the second oldest of the group under me. He had been getting ready first, so…he's finished now."

Okay, just one last person, I should be at the station by then. "Hello?" I said onto the other line. Suddenly, my eyes got really big at the sound of the voice on the other line. Like the sweet, deep sound of an echo in a cave, it was low, yet high in a sense, and it made you want to melt.

"Hello, this is Jonghyun. I'm the powerful vocals of the group."