Bleh. I hated Minho's idea. So much. Sorry it's been so long. Enjoy~


Chapter 11

It turns out getting Taemin back into the mental institution was more difficult than getting him in. The guards are stricter about checking cars on the way in than they are when cars are leaving. They had to get Taemin to lie down in the back seat and cover him with a blanket and have Minho in the front seat with Jonghyun driving. They passed by through the gate and then Jonghyun went into reception and distracted Mrs Kim while Minho and Taemin crawled through reception and down the corridor. They almost got caught by Jinki luckily he tripped before he came into the corridor giving them just enough time to slip into Taemin's room. Key pulled off the hoodie and passed it to Taemin who quickly put it on and then sat on his bed. Just then Jinki walked in. Taemin gave him an intimidating glare but Jinki just chuckled.

"I came to collect your tray but you didn't eat yet Taemin." Jinki said calmly. Taemin tensed up. Minho took his hand and Taemin turned to look at him. Taemin looked into his eyes and Minho felt his stomach drop. When Taemin looked at him he couldn't even described what happened to him. His heart rate increased and he felt nervous. And he just… was happy. Minho snapped out of it and looked away. Jinki was gone and Jonghyun was leaning against the wall trying to look cool talking to Key. Jonghyun's mother walked in.

"Jonghyun, Minho time to go." She said before walking out. Key and Jonghyun walked out leaving Minho alone with Taemin. Minho pulled Taemin into his arms for a hug. The younger boy wrapped his arms around Minho's neck.

"Thank you. For today." Minho whispered in his ear. The way Minho did that, whispered in his ear, made shivers go down Taemin's spine. Instead of responding he raised one hand and ran it through Minho's hair before bringing it back down and tracing a circle on Minho's neck sending shivers down his spine too. Minho pulled away. "I'll see you tomorrow Tae." He walked out to reception where Jonghyun was teasing Key about something and Key was whacking his arm. He tiredly walked out to the car where Jonghyun's mother was waiting with Sulli in the backseat. He slipped into the backseat next to Sulli who launched herself onto his knee.

"Hey Minho!" She said excitedly.

"Hey beautiful." He responded. The little girl giggled and began chatting away. Minho listened and nodded. He couldn't help but smile back at the cute little girl beaming up at him.

Jonghyun knew his mother and Minho were waiting but he didn't want to leave. He continued mocking Key's laugh enjoying Key touching his arm even of it was hitting him.

"You need to go stupid." Key said pushing him slightly towards the door. He turned back and looked the other boy in the eye before quickly before Key could even blink leaning in and kissing the other boys cheek. "H – hey." The other boy stuttered out.

"Bye Key." Jonghyun sent Key a grin and walked out. Key stayed where he was standing shocked. What was that? Straight guys didn't kiss gay guys on the cheek unless they were ass holes leading them on or gay. He was so confused. He sighed and turned around to see his mother sitting at her desk.

"Uh, mom? How long have you been sitting there?" Key asked worriedly.

"Long enough." She said giving him a knowing look. "Didn't I tell you to talk to me when you got a boyfriend?"

"Mom, he's not my boyfriend. He's just a friend."

"Really? Because me and my friends never kissed each other's cheeks." She said looking at him suspiciously.

"Okay. I like him. And I think he likes me but the last time we talked about that stuff he said he was straight." Key said honestly.

"I think he was lying." His mother said raising an eyebrow picking up her handbag and keys.

"I hope so." Key said quietly following his mother out to the car.

Jonghyun's mother pulled into the driveway of Jonghyun's house.

"Aren't you going to drop Minho at his house?" Sulli asked cutely.

"No. Minho's going to stay over." Jonghyun's mother said.

"YAY!" Sulli exclaimed bouncing up and down in her car-seat. Minho didn't say anything. They all went inside. Jonghyun's mother went and put Sulli down for an afternoon nap. She came back down and turned off the TV. Minho and Jonghyun looked up from the basketball game they had been watching.

"Minho I think it's time we be honest. While I do honestly do believe your father will get better I think it will take some time. It could be days or it could be months so until that time comes you are going to be staying here with us." She looked at him carefully obviously afraid of upsetting him. Minho just nodded. He knew she was right. His father could be in a coma for a long time. While being optimistic about his chances they needed to be realistic as well. He felt her hug him gently before going into the kitchen. Jonghyun lazily got up and turned the TV back on. They settled back into watching the basketball game.

Minho woke up and rolled over. He felt a thud as he hit the ground. He'd forgotten he was staying at Jonghyun's. He heard the crunch of cereal and couldn't help but snicker. He looked over to where his friend was eating while watching him.

"You're a creep." Minho threw a pillow at Jonghyun who grinned and dodged it easily. The boys went downstairs.

"Jonghyun hurry up! You are going to be late for school. Get to the bus stop." Jonghyun's mother passed him his school bag. "It's your last day anyway." She said as Jonghyun pouted. Jonghyun shoved Minho out of the way with a cheeky grin.

Jonghyun walked towards the bus stop looking around. He lived in a pretty good neighbourhood. The houses were all a little small but comfortable. They weren't messy or gross. He arrived at the bus stop a few of the kids gave him strange looks probably because he hadn't taken the bus ever. Not for high school at least. He'd walked from Minho's pretty much since they'd met.

He boarded the bus and climbed into a seat feeling quite depressed. He thought of Minho's father and tried to stop the tears that formed in his eyes from flowing down his face. That man who was like a father to him. To be honest although his father technically still lived at home he was always working and it was obvious to Jonghyun that his parents were having marital problems. He never saw his father and it had been like that his whole life. His father only showed up when it suited him. He had shocked Jonghyun by showing up at the school during the meeting over their school punishment but Jonghyun hadn't seen him since. Minho's father was so much more of a father figure in his life than his own father ever would be.

Jonghyun got his emotions under control; he steadied his breathing and discreetly wiped his eyes. They were almost at school and if Hyukjae saw him like this it would not be a good day at all. He took a deep breath and as the bus came to a halt he stood and grabbed his bag. He walked off the bus and made his way to his locker angrily tossing his stuff into the locker. Today was going to be such a waste of time anyway. Why was he even here?

He glanced over at Key's locker. Key didn't seem to be here yet. He loitered around unproductively for a while until the bell rang. He sighed and walked to class slowly. He sat down suddenly realising how lonely it was here without Minho sitting next to him in every class. He usually spent literally all day with Minho at school and the past week had been hard. The teacher set a reading for their study period. Jonghyun sighed and stood as the bell rang merging with the other people heading out. He walked to the library and sat at one of the small tables. He got out his book and started reading it. It was a slow frustrating process for him.

He wasn't even a quarter of the way through his reading when a class came into the library quite noisily distracting him. He sighed and tried to find his place but too many people were talking he couldn't focus. He shoved his book away with disgust feeling useless and stupid. Jonghyun looked around at the class who'd disturbed his work. It was kids from a few grades below seemingly doing research on world history or something. Jonghyun stood up and tossed his book in his bag. He had to get this reading done before they went back to class and he clearly wasn't going to get it done there. He wandered into the study hall. A place he hadn't been in ever. He and Minho always studied in the library.

Suddenly he felt someone gently shove him from behind. He turned around and saw Key's smiling face looking at him and he couldn't help but smile back.