“Wow!”

Yoogeun ran off as we followed him. Onew: “He’s excited.” We were wowed by what we saw. It was an indoor kids playground. I looked at the sign and it said “Kids Café”. You: “Oppa, this place is really cool for Yoogeun.”

We separated and went into different parts of the playground. I followed Key and Taemin as they were greeting the little kids. A little girl walked past me. “Anniyo!” She looked up to me and gave me a weird look, just like Yoogeun did when we first met. Speaking of whom, Yoogeun ran into the area we were in. Taemin: “Yoogeun-ah, let’s go on the slides!” Taemin sat Yoogeun in his lap and they went down the slide. “Aigoo, Yoogeun-ah. Let’s go again!”

I climbed down and reunited with Minho who was on the other end of the slide. “Key’s idea was actually pretty good. Kids areas are nice.” I nodded as I heard a little cry. I looked up and saw Onew backing away from a crying little girl. “I didn’t do anything!” “Oppa, come over here!” Onew tried to come over but there were a lot of kids running in his way. He ended up bumping his head on a wall and I started laughing. “Oppa, are you okay?” He ran into the playground and I followed him. “Where are you going?” He started tumbling down the slide. Minho: “Onew hyung, this is not Indiana Jones!”

I got out of the playground and we looked around. You: “Where did the others go?” We walked to a little castle playground. Key: “Yoogeun, say hi!” We looked up and saw Key, Taemin and Yoogeun. Minho: “Yoogeun, anniyo!” I waved my hand. “How cute!” I looked around and noticed Onew was gone. I saw him going into the café area and he sat down. I sigh as I went over to him and sat across from him.

Onew: “I’m tired.” I laughed. “Already? You barely played!” “I’ve grown weaker since I turned 22…I feel like the slide is going to kill me.” “Oppa, you’re afraid of a playground now?” I turned my head at the sound of Jonghyun’s voice greeting a little baby. “What’s your name?” The baby just waddled away and I giggled to myself as he came over to sit with us. Jonghyun: “What are you laughing at?” My response was just a cheesy smile.

Jonghyun: “I’m hungry. Let’s play rock, paper, scissors to see who can get free food.” I shrugged my shoulders as we all put our hands out to play. “Ready…Rock, paper, scissors.” Paper, paper, rock. Jonghyun was eliminated. You: “Oppa, what if I lose?” Jonghyun (in English): “You get food!” “I can’t speak Korean. You want me to embarrass myself, don’t you?” “It’s okay, it’s the reality they want.” I chuckle as me and Onew prepared our game. “Ready…Rock, paper, scissors.” Rock, scissors. “Yay!” I did a little happy dance in my chair as Onew hung his head in defeat.

Jonghyun: “Go get food, hyung.” Onew got up and went over to the counter, asking for food. Jonghyun: “He’s at a disadvantage since it’s a guy.” He started laughing. I listened closer and covered my mouth from what I heard the employee asking. “What, what did he say?” “I think he just asked Onew oppa to do Ring Ding Dong.” Jonghyun turned away laughing to himself. After a deep breath, he turned around and came back to me.

Jonghyun: “You don’t think he’ll actually do it, will he?” We dropped our mouths as Onew took a couple of steps back. You: “Oh no…Oppa, don’t…” Yep, he’s doing it. He’s actually dancing and singing Ring Ding Dong just to get some free food. I hid my face on Jonghyun’s shoulder, muffling out my laughter. Jonghyun: “What is he doing? Is this the reality you wanted?”

I went back to the playground, catching my breath from laughing so much. I found Minho watching Yoogeun playing, climbing and jumping in the playground. Minho turned around to talk to the camera. “Yoogeun is having a lot of fun here. I prepared something for Yoogeun. Y/N, come with me.” As we left, Minho called over Jonghyun and Onew who were in the middle of eating their food.

We walked into a lounge where there was animal onesies hanging. “Oppa, what’s this?” Minho grabs a onesie and passes it to me. “Get changed.”

Minho, being a frog, and I, as a panda, returned to the little playground. We saw Taemin playing with Yoogeun in the playground. Key turned around and dropped his mouth in shock before laughing. Taemin looked up to see what Key was laughing at and he started laughing too.

You: “What’s so funny?” Minho: “Hurry up and change, I got a costume for everyone.” Jonghyun and Onew returned wearing their tiger and cow costumes. Key laughed at Cow Onew before he and Taemin left to change. “You’re an old cow, Onew hyung!”

Jonghyun and Onew started dancing around in their costumes. “Is this the reality you wanted?!” Soon, Key and Taemin came back wearing their raccoon and chicken costumes. You: “Okay, how come Onew oppa didn’t get the chicken costume?” Onew: “I didn’t see it back there. I want to be a chicken…”

I could see Minho trying to play with Yoogeun but he kept on getting ignored. “Yoogeun, come with us.” We were all reunited outside of the playground. Minho: “Do you wanna dance with us?” “No!” “Yoogeun, look at us!” Yoogeun turned around to look at us. “Let’s do Ring Ding Dong. Dance with us, Y/N. 1, 2, 3, 4!” We all started dancing and singing Ring Ding Dong. Yoogeun was looking at each of us, he looked rather interested in what we were doing.

Minho picks up Yoogeun and started dancing and singing again, alone. We all backed away, pretending we didn’t know him. The people around us must’ve thought he was one of those weird parents.

Taemin: “Come here, Yoogeun.” Taemin took Yoogeun out of Minho’s arms. Jonghyun: “Don’t go near the weird appa.” Minho laughs in embarrassment. I turned my head around. Key: “You okay?” You: “Where did Onew oppa go?” We looked around. Onew had disappeared without us noticing, again.

Yoogeun started running around the playground again while being followed by Minho. I walked around and noticed Onew behind the glass. You: “Oppa, what are you doing in there?” Onew just gave me a cheesy smile.

I saw Yoogeun close by. “Yoogeun-ah, Onew appa!” “Appa!” I couldn’t help but smile over the incredibly cute way he called his appa. Yoogeun approached the screen putting his hands against the glass and Onew put his hands where Yoogeun’s hands were. I felt happy on the inside because Yoogeun was getting closer with Onew, not directly but it’s something.

I felt a poke on my leg and looked down to see Key. I stepped aside so he could approach Yoogeun. Key: “Yoogeun, it’s Key appa!” Yoogeun just ran away from him. Minho: “Even wearing this, Yoogeun still won’t play with us.” Key started laughing at Onew behind the glass. “Are we in a zoo? Do not feed the animals!” I laughed and Onew was looking at me. He probably didn’t hear Key’s joke through that glass.

SHINee Animal World- The Story of Yoogeun and the Frog Prince:

In the SHINee Animal World, there lived the cute angel baby named Yoogeun and the Frog Prince named Minho. In another part of the SHINee Animal World, there was a naughty tiger named Jonghyun who was jealous of the baby angel and frog prince’s love.

One day, Baby Angel Yoogeun is kidnapped by Naughty Tiger Jonghyun while he was playing with Frog Prince Minho but he didn’t notice that Panda Y/N had seen the whole thing. Frog Prince Minho is heartbroken over Baby Angel Yoogeun’s kidnapping. While searching in the SHINee Animal World for Baby Angel Yoogeun, he meets Panda Y/N and she tells him of Yoogeun’s whereabouts. Thanks to Panda Y/N, Frog Prince Minho finds Naughty Tiger Jonghyun and rescues his Baby Angel Yoogeun.

Naughty Tiger Jonghyun learns about Panda Y/N’s betrayal and searches for her. Once he finds her, he chases her around the SHINee Animal World and eventually catches her. Best friends Chicken Taemin, Raccoon Key and Cow Onew come to save Panda Y/N. Cow Onew sacrifices himself to save the panda he dearly loved. Chicken Taemin and Raccoon Key take away Panda Y/N to safety.

On the other side of the SHINee Animal World, Baby Angel Yoogeun and Frog Prince Minho are now reunited and they lived happily ever. The end!

Back to Kids Café LOL:

Minho was pushing Yoogeun around in a toy car as the rest of us sat down on the café tables. We were exhausted from playing with Yoogeun. He had a lot of energy for a little kid. Jonghyun sat down with hot chocolate and a slice of cheesecake. You: “Yah, why didn’t get any food for us?” Jonghyun: “I’ll give you all some…if you do something cute.”

Onew started playing the toy electric guitar, making noises pretending he was actually playing it. Jonghyun cut a piece of the cheesecake and fed it to him. “Okay, Taemin. Your turn.” Taemin got up and he started dancing around. Jonghyun fed him a piece. “Y/N, you go.” I just put on the most innocent face I could. Jonghyun fell for it and he fed me a piece. Key: “You made it look so easy.”

Minho: “Yah! What are you doing? We came to play with Yoogeun.” Key started walking away. “I was in the middle of telling them that.” You: “Oppa! Don’t lie!” Key puts on an innocent face. “What lie?” I smacked his arm. “Yah, Y/N!” I put on my innocent face too. “No more lying, oppa.”

We all returned to the playground. I went with Minho, Key and Yoogeun while Taemin, Jonghyun and Onew went to the ball pit. We looked at the fish that were swimming around in an aquarium. You (in Korean): “Yoogeun-ah, look!” I pointed to the clown fish and Yoogeun was fascinated by it. “Do you think he knows Finding Nemo?”

I looked over at the ball pit. “Yoogeun-ah…” I held his hand as we went over to the ball pit where Onew, Jonghyun and Taemin were attacking each other with the balls. You: “Yah, Yoogeun is here!” Jonghyun passes Yoogeun a ball. “Yoogeun-ah, throw it!” Yoogeun threw the ball and it hits Jonghyun on the head. We all laughed as Jonghyun steps out of the ball pit. “Is this the reality you wanted?” Taemin was hugging Yoogeun. “Good job, Yoogeun!”

After the ball pit, we played with Yoogeun on little kid cars. Key: “Hey guys, let’s play a game!” You: “What kind of game?” “A competition where the loser buys us food.” Taemin: “Oh, I’m hungry.” You: “Oppa, how does the game work?” Key: “We race on our cars, grab a doll and whoever doesn’t get a doll loses.” Minho: “Sounds easy.”

We set up the dolls on one side while the rest of us were sitting on our baby cars, ready to start the race. Key: “Ready…” Yoogeun suddenly started running, completely throwing us off so we started to race too. The SHINee appas were attacking each other on the way and Taemin fell off of his toy car. I got knocked over by Jonghyun. “Yah, Jonghyun oppa!” Onew gets up and chases Key around because he had 2 dolls. I found one doll in the midst of this game and grabbed it. Minho: “Taemin loses!”

You: “All right, round 2!” The dolls were set up again and we prepared to race. Key: “Ready…” Again, Yoogeun got a head start and we followed. The chaos between us ensued once again and Onew grabs me from behind. “Oppa, let me go!” “No!” I managed to break free and grabbed a doll. Jonghyun grabbed 2 dolls as Onew went after Key. “You bbangkku ddongkku!” Onew tried to hold onto Key. Jonghyun threw a doll when Key charged at him but he missed and Onew caught it. Jonghyun: “Key loses!”

We lined up to race again. Key: “Ready…” Yoogeun started running, again, before Key even said “Start!” We raced to get our dolls. I was behind Jonghyun while Minho was getting grabbed by Onew. We grabbed a doll. Key: “Minho, catch!” Key throws a doll but Onew knocks it out of the way. The doll ended up landing into my hands so I passed it to Minho. “Onew oppa loses!” Onew pouts. “No fair.” I went over to him. “Sorry, oppa.”

Now it was Yoogeun, Jonghyun, Minho and me left. Key: “Ready, start!” We all raced for the dolls but unfortunately, I was too slow this time and I didn’t get a doll. Minho: “Y/N loses!” I sigh and got off the tiny car. Yoogeun came over to me and he gave me his doll. “Aww. Gombawo, Yoogeun-ah.” Jonghyun: “That doesn’t count! Y/N is still out!” “All right, oppa. We get it.” I gave Yoogeun his doll back and went to sit with the others.

Now it was down to Yoogeun with Minho and Jonghyun. Key: “Ready, start!” The 3 of them started racing for the last 2 dolls. We noticed Yoogeun had stopped halfway and we laughed. He was probably tired from racing so much. Jonghyun grabs the 2 dolls and Minho chases him around. “Yoogeun-ah, take the doll!” Minho and Jonghyun started attacking each other and Yoogeun backs away. You: “Knock it off, guys!” Minho pushes Jonghyun off his baby car. “All right, you win then, hyung!” Jonghyun got up. “Why do I feel like I lost even though I won?” Yoogeun went over to Jonghyun and he picks him up. “I won~!”

We all sat at the cafe table as Jonghyun was looking at his meal and Yoogeun’s meal. You: “Oppa, can’t you share?” “Mehrong.” He stuck his tongue out at me. Onew: “Don’t worry, the staff will feed us later.” “I’m so hungry though.” Jonghyun brought Yoogeun over to the table so he could eat. “Let’s eat with Jonghyun appa.”

Key grabs some food on a fork. “Yoogeun, a plane is coming from America!” Key did the airplane with Yoogeun’s food and fed him. We just sat and watched Yoogeun and Jonghyun eating the delicious food while the rest of us were starving. I lied down on Minho’s shoulder. “Oh, I cannot wait to eat dinner tonight.”

After Yoogeun and Jonghyun’s lunch, we decided to head home. We stepped outside where a van was waiting for us to take us back home and went inside. The warm air inside the car was heaven compared to the brisk cold outside. We had a very tiring play date with Yoogeun and one by one, we fell asleep on each other’s shoulders while Yoogeun fell asleep in Key’s arms.

That night:

Onew was holding the slate as the cameras were preparing to film us. “5, 4, 3, 2, 1!” He hit the slate. “Hey, that wasn’t bad.”

Minho: “We have to prepare Yoogeun’s dinner.” You: “What do you think he will eat?” Taemin: “Let’s have a competition to see who makes the best dinner.”

Minho: “I’m going to make the best sandwiches for Yoogeun.” Yoogeun looked at him. “Yoogeun, do you like sandwiches?” “Mm.” Key: “I’ve prepared crackers.” Minho: “Okay. What about you, Taemin?” Taemin: “I’m preparing fruit.” Onew: “I’m going to make a well-being meal.”

Jonghyun: “I’m making soondae gook.” I picked up my head in excitement. I loved soondae gook and I would eat some every time I came to Korea. Taemin: “Noona, what are you making?” “Arroz con pollo.” Jonghyun: “What…?” I chuckle to myself since they don't understand Spanish. “Rice with chicken.” Onew: “Chicken!”

Jonghyun went over to Yoogeun, who was playing with his toys. “Yoogeun, do you like soondae gook?” “Mm.” “See, he says he likes it.” Minho: “Then go make it already!” Jonghyun, Onew and I went into the kitchen while Key, Taemin and Minho stayed behind with Yoogeun to make their food.

I was taking my ingredients out of the fridge while Onew and Jonghyun occupied the stove. Jonghyun: “I made this soondae gook ahead of time.” Onew: “Really? I think you bought it.” “No, I made it.” I brought my ingredients over to the sink and began washing them. “Hyung, what are you making?” “Fried eggs.” I looked over at the stove and saw an egg in the pan. Like, the whole shell and everything. “Onew oppa, that’s a fried egg?” Onew and Jonghyun laughed as we continued preparing our dinners.

While Jonghyun was heating up his soondae gook and I was cooking my chicken, Taemin came into the kitchen asking for a potato peeler. Jonghyun: “Go away!” Taemin pouts. “Okay, if you want a potato peeler, show us a personal talent.”

Taemin: “A duck sound. It’s different from Onew hyung’s.” Taemin put his hands against his mouth and made a pretty decent duck sound. Onew turns around and started pushing Taemin out of the kitchen, making his own duck sound.

I opened the drawer to find the potato peeler as Taemin came back into the kitchen. Jonghyun: “Taemin, do you have a better talent to show us?” “I can flip this.” He pointed to Onew’s fried egg cooking in the pan. Jonghyun: “Do it!” Taemin grab the handle of the pan and flipped the egg several times, making Onew and Jonghyun back away. Onew: “YAH! YOU PUNK!”

Onew and Jonghyun started pretending to beat up Taemin as I walked out of the kitchen with the potato peeler in my hand. Yoogeun picked up his head when he heard the noise that was coming from the kitchen. Key: “What in the world is going on in there?” “You don’t want to know, oppa.” I left the potato peeler next to Taemin’s fruit and made my way back to the kitchen.

I turned my head when I heard a little funny noise come from Yoogeun. Minho: “Oh, Yoogeun farted! Why did you fart?” Yoogeun looks away in embarrassment. You: “Minho oppa, don’t be mean to him.” Key: “What’s the big deal about a fart?” Minho: “Hey, it’s a big deal that he farted in front of his appas and umma!”

I returned to the kitchen and Taemin was sitting on the floor pouting at his hyungs. “Taemin, I left the potato peeler out there.” “Gombawo, noona.” Taemin left the kitchen as I went over to check on my cooking chicken.

Onew: “Look what he did to my egg!” I looked over at his pan. I don’t know what he was complaining about, his egg looked fine to me. “It was a pretty egg too.” You: “Oppa, it’s not a big deal. It’s all good.”

Jonghyun: “Mine looks done, right?” Onew and I looked at his boiling soondae gook. Onew: “I still think you bought it.” “I didn’t buy it. I made it ahead of time.” “It would take a lot of time to make if you didn’t buy it.” “I bought it.” Onew drops his mouth in shock. You: “Jonghyun oppa, I knew it!”

One hour ago:

I was buying my ingredients for Yoogeun’s dinner at a market. Jonghyun tagged along but separated from me to get his ingredients for his dinner. I was in the middle of purchasing my ingredients when Jonghyun came to me with a bag in his hand. “All done?” “Yep.” I paid the cashier and bowed my head. “Kamsahamnida.” As we walked home, I couldn’t help but smell something delicious. “Jonghyun oppa, did you buy soondae gook?” Jonghyun held up his bag. “Nope, I’m making soondae gook. You just smell the ingredients.” I smell the bag. “Smells good, can I see?” Jonghyun (in English): “No!” “Okay, oppa. I guess I’ll wait until we get home. Are you sure you didn’t actually buy soondae gook?” “I’m making the best soondae gook ever. You just wait.” I had my suspicions. There was no way he bought simply ingredients for soondae gook. “Whatever you say, oppa.”

Jonghyun grabbed Onew in a chokehold and pushed him up against the fridge. He looked at me and I held my hands up. “Don’t…say…anything!” After letting Onew go, Jonghyun left the kitchen carrying his soondae gook while Onew and I finished making our meals.

I poured rice and vegetables along with my chicken into my pot and covered it so that it would finish cooking. Meanwhile, I started heating up my homemade tortillas to go with my arroz con pollo. After heating up the first tortilla, I tore a piece off and ate it. “Onew oppa, here.” Onew turns his head as I fed him a piece of the tortilla. “How is it?” Onew (in English): Very good.

Key came into the kitchen with Yoogeun. “Hey, Yoogeun is here.” You: “Yoogeun-ah!” Yoogeun didn’t respond, his attention was on our cooking food. Onew was stirring his seaweed soup and he tasted it. “Mmm, that’s good. Try it.” Onew held up his spoon and I tasted it. “Oh, delicious.” Yoogeun eventually got bored of us in the kitchen and left.

Onew looked over at his meal tray and he began talking to the camera. “Did I bring the rice out too early? The egg is cooling down…I should have warmed up the soup first…Is there too much kimchi? And what do I do about cleaning up?” I turned to face the other camera and did the “crazy” gesture. “Oppa, you’re loco.” I put my prepared meal onto a plate and left Onew alone in the kitchen with his thoughts.

I sat in-between Key and Taemin setting my meal onto the dinner tray. Taemin moved closer to my meal to smell it. “Noona, that smells good.” “Kamsahamnida.” I watched Minho carrying Yoogeun and asking him if he would eat his sandwich for dinner. Yoogeun’s response was a kiss to Minho. Jonghyun immediately went to Yoogeun. “Yoogeun, poppo!” Yoogeun kisses him and Jonghyun points to the camera, extremely happy that his kiss with Yoogeun was properly filmed this time. Onew finally came out of the kitchen with his completed meal and sat next to Minho.

Yoogeun was sitting on Minho’s lap. “Okay, we’re all done with our meals. Tell us what you made, Key.” Key: “My concept is Fairytale Land.” He made a sandwich with a face on it with a side of cookies and Yoogeun’s tea party toys accommodated his concept well. Minho: “He stole my ingredients. Anyway, Y/N?” You: “I made arroz con pollo and homemade tortillas to eat with it.” Taemin: “I have fruits full of vitamins.” Key laughs. Jonghyun uncovers his bowl of soondae gook. “I made soondae gook.” Taemin: “You made that while I cut one apple?” I smirk because of what I found out about that soondae gook in the kitchen a while ago. Minho: “I made sandwiches for Yoogeun with ham, cheese and his favorite, mayonnaise. I’ll show the inside.” Minho opens his sandwich and immediately a parade of “Oh no! No! No! Oh my god!” came out from the rest of us. Minho’s sandwich sounded delicious but the inside was a mess. “Onew hyung, explain yours.” Key points and laughs when he saw Onew’s meal. “It looks like a meal you eat for when you take the SATs!” Onew: “Hey, it’s a well-being meal. It’s good for your brain.”

Jonghyun: “All right, Yoogeun should take a bite of each one and choose what he wants to eat.” Minho: “Yoogeun, do you want to eat the sandwich first?” “Mm.” Minho picks up his sandwich and Yoogeun takes a bite. “Is it good?” “Mm.” Yoogeun went over to Onew. He fed him a spoon with rice and fried egg. Onew: “All right, now seaweed soup.” Yoogeun had already gone over to Key. Key picks up his sandwich and Yoogeun took a bite. “Good job, is it good?” “Mm.” Minho: “My ingredients!” Yoogeun went over to me. I picked up some arroz con pollo with a piece of tortilla and fed it to Yoogeun. You (in Korean): “Good, Yoogeun-ah. Do you…like it?” “Mm.” Taemin fed Yoogeun a piece of banana. “Do you like the banana?” “Mm.” Jonghyun: “Yoogeun, come here! Soondae gook!” Yoogeun went over to Jonghyun as he fed him soondae gook. “It’s good?” “Mm.”

You: “He likes all the food. How is he going to pick?” Yoogeun started walking around looking at our food. We all started begging Yoogeun to eat our prepared dinners. After circling around us for a minute, he ended up choosing Key’s dinner. Minho: “No! Those are my ingredients!”

The rest of us sat on the other side of the room while Key was having his dinner with Yoogeun. We sat in a circle so we could share each other’s food. Minho was getting opinions about his sandwich from the others and then he brought it over to me to take a bite. “Mmm. It’s good, Minho oppa.” Minho glanced over at Key. He’s probably not over Yoogeun choosing Key’s sandwich over his own. Jonghyun fed me some soondae gook. I put some arroz con pollo in a piece of tortilla and fed Onew oppa. “How is it?” “Delicious.” I look over at Key and Yoogeun. Yoogeun fed a piece of the sandwich to Key while he ate his own piece.

Minho: “Yah! Are you that happy that you made it from my ingredients?” Key puts on the most innocent face he could and I chuckle. You: “Oppa, I’m not giving you any of my food.” I looked at my plate and more than half of my dinner was already gone thanks to the other members eating it. Taemin: “I should’ve taken Minho hyung’s ingredients too.” Onew: “I should’ve made seaweed soup and sandwiches.” Jonghyun: “To be honest, I bought my soondae gook.” You: “We know, oppa. We all know.” The members laugh over Jonghyun’s dinner confession.

After dinner, Key proposed a race for Yoogeun to pick who he had the most fun with today. We all sat against the wall as Yoogeun went over to the other side. “Ready, start!” Yoogeun started running. I was getting excited when he was running towards me but at the last second, he turned to Key. He shouted in happiness as he picked up Yoogeun and brought him back to the other side. “Yoogeun tricked me…” I hung my head down as Minho patted my back.

I picked up my head as Key was telling Yoogeun to go to the next person he liked. “Ready, start!” Yoogeun ran towards Jonghyun but he stopped right in front of him. We started laughing at Yoogeun’s little trick to Jonghyun. Now he was feeling the same as I was when Yoogeun tricked me. Yoogeun looked at Key. “Hug the one you like the best!” Immediately, he ran back to Key and hugged him.

You: “No fair!” Key: “Yoogeun, pick someone else. Ready, start!” Yoogeun ran to Taemin to our surprise. Taemin did a happy dance with Yoogeun in his arms as he went over to the other side and the rest of us moved closer to each other. You: “Taemin-ah, how does it feel to go from last place to 2nd place?” “Daebak!” Jonghyun: “I should’ve been 2nd place! Yoogeun tricked me!” You: “And me!”

Key: “Yoogeun, pick the next person you like. Ready, start!” Yoogeun ran to Minho and he hugged him tightly. “Yoogeun, I played with you so much before!” They went over to the other side and Onew and Jonghyun scooted closer to me. “I think I’m going to be last place this time.” Key: “Ready, start!” Yoogeun ran over to us and climbed into my lap. Jonghyun shouts in shock as I squealed in happiness and hugged Yoogeun. “Gombawo, Yoogeun-ah!” I picked him up and went over to join Key, Minho and Taemin

Key: “Yoogeun-ah…” I put him down next to Key. “Pick the appa you like. Ready, start!” Yoogeun ran to Jonghyun but froze in front of him again. We all started laughing at Yoogeun tricking Jonghyun again. Key: “Hug him!” Yoogeun just sat down on Jonghyun’s lap, officially confirming him as his favorite. Onew hung his head down in defeat and Jonghyun hugs Yoogeun. “Yoogeun, poppo!” Yoogeun gives Jonghyun a kiss.

Key is clapping his hands as Jonghyun brought Yoogeun over to Onew. “Yoogeun, mehrong!” “Mehrong.” Onew laughs when Yoogeun stuck his tongue out at him. Jonghyun went over to the others as I crawled over to Onew. He lied his head down on my shoulder. “Don’t worry, oppa. He’ll get to like you.”

PD: “Cut!”

We looked up at the crew in confusion from the sudden cut of filming. One of the crew members approached Key and whispered something to him, passing him a cell phone. Key left to take the call while the rest of us stayed in the room, playing with Yoogeun.

After a while, I got worried and went into the other room where Key was sitting on the floor. “Oppa, are you okay?” I sat next to him and he sighs. Key (in English, the whole conversation): “I have to go home…My grandmother passed away in her sleep this morning.” “Oh my god…Oppa, I’m so sorry.” I linked my arm with his and lied my head down on his shoulder. “My parents already made the arrangements and I’ll be gone for a few days.” “I see…Just stay strong, oppa and I’ll keep your family in my thoughts.” I held his hand and he squeezed mine back. “Thank you, Y/N.”

The next day:

We sat down on the floor playing with Yoogeun. Minho: “Yoogeun…” Taemin: “Where is Key appa?” Yoogeun points at Key’s picture on the folding screen.

Key had left for Daegu late last night. The crew said they would only state that family reasons were why Key was going to be absent from the show for the time being. Key told me he’d come back as soon as possible.

It’s not that I’m uncomfortable or anything with the other SHINee members, it’s communicating with them that worries me. Although they speak Korean to me and I speak English to them, sometimes we don’t understand things we say to each other. Also, with Yoogeun, my Korean speaking is very bad. I was more comfortable with Key near me when it came to talking with him so it was going to be a little difficult without him.

Jonghyun: “Key appa went to see his mom. That’s why he’s not here.” Yoogeun was too young to understand the real reason Key had to leave so it’s best for him to believe he went to see his family. Yoogeun went over to Onew and he started scooting away from him. Jonghyun: “Yoogeun seems to be interested in Onew hyung today.” Yoogeun wasn’t very close to Onew because of his fear of accidently hurting him. I wanted to help him in any way possible to get Onew to be less scared of Yoogeun.

I went over to Onew. “Oppa, he wants to play with you.” Yoogeun started doing a dance as Onew continued scooting towards the wall. Minho: “Yoogeun, do Ring Ding Dong!” Jonghyun: “1, 2, 3, 4!” Minho and Jonghyun started singing Ring Ding Dong but Yoogeun seemed uninterested and walked over to Onew who couldn’t scoot away any further thanks to the wall behind him. Yoogeun started doing another acrobatic dance and his foot hit Onew’s leg once.

Onew stood up and Yoogeun started following him. You: “Oppa, don’t be afraid. He’s not going to hurt you or anything.” He still walked away to the other side as Yoogeun went over to me and I pat his head. You (in Korean): “Yoogeun-ah, you…love Onew appa?” Yoogeun didn’t respond.

Minho: “Yoogeun, come here.” Yoogeun went over to Minho and sat on his lap. Taemin: “Yoogeun’s hair has gotten so long. It’s longer than noona’s.” You: “Yah, I got a haircut before I flew here, thank you very much.” Taemin: “Oh, that’s a good idea! Let’s take Yoogeun to get a haircut.” Onew: “Cut Minho’s hair first.” We all laugh. Minho’s hair was at its longest length since SHINee’s debut. Minho: “Yoogeun, do you want to get a haircut?” “Mm.” “Jinja?” Jonghyun picks up Yoogeun. “How about dying your hair? Do you want yellow hair like mine?” Yoogeun’s hand goes over Jonghyun’s mouth. You: “He’s saying ‘Jonghyun appa, shut up.’ Just stop talking.”

Jonghyun sat back down with Yoogeun in his lap. “Do you want your hair to be like Taemin appa?” “Mm.” “How about Onew appa?” “Mm.” “What about me?” Yoogeun turns his head away, a definite sign of rejection. You: “I don’t think Yoogeun wants to be a blonde.”

Minho: “I have an idea. Taemin, Y/N and I will go buy the New Year’s food and you and Onew hyung take Yoogeun to get his hair cut.” Onew: “Yah, since when are you making the demands? You 3 should take Yoogeun to get his hair cut.”

In the end, Jonghyun and Onew would be taking Yoogeun to the salon while the rest of us would be buying the food. As I was putting on my shoes, Minho held up my jacket so I could slip my arms into the sleeves. “Kamsahamnida, oppa.” We walked outside and Jonghyun was carrying Yoogeun towards the house entrance. Onew was jumping across each stone behind them. You: “Onew oppa, you’re like Yoogeun!”

We all gathered by the door as Minho took Yoogeun into his arms. “While we get food, you’re going to be with Onew appa and Jonghyun appa. You’re going to be a good boy, right?” “Mm.” “All right, go with Jonghyun appa.” Minho passes Yoogeun into Jonghyun’s arms. “Yoogeun-ah, bye bye!” Jonghyun: “Say ‘bye bye’ to Minho appa.” Yoogeun didn’t say anything. Onew: “He doesn’t want to say bye to Minho.”

Jonghyun and Onew went out the door. Jonghyun: “Oh my god, it’s cold! Cold!” Minho and Taemin turned around so we could talk about what we needed to get for the New Year’s food. Minho: “We have to get flour, eggs and--” We heard the door squeak and Onew came back inside. “It’s way too cold!” You: “Onew oppa! Go with them!” Taemin pushes Onew out the door.

We heard Yoogeun’s “Onew appa!” as we closed the door. You: “That was cute…Do you think they’ll be okay with taking Yoogeun for a haircut?” Taemin: “What could possibly go wrong, noona?”

We looked at each other wondering what the outcome would be.