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Whenever Taemin stared at Jonghyun, he was never conscious of doing so. At least. he always thought himself to be just stealing a glance, never actually staring. After all, wouldn't it be weird if anyone caught his lingering gazes on the older boy…?

And ah, at times he'd actually imagined Jonghyun shooting him questioning looks at the corner of his eye... but in a flash Jonghyun would always appear normal again. Taemin always looked away quickly after that.

But it's not like he was doing anything wrong… right? In his mind, Taemin often comforted himself.

It’s okay… you’re only staring at him because you wished you had a nice voice like his, because he performs well, because he looks so gorgeous, because he’s oh so perfect and wouldn’t it be nice to run your fingers through those soft locks and to gaze deep into those mystifying eyes – ?

Most of the time, Taemin finds his thoughts running away.

Certainly, these thoughts about Jonghyun couldn’t be his... after all, how could Taemin think such a thing of his hyung? They were wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. And Taemin was good so everything must be due to the fatigue of no sleep for 3 days straight --

There was nothing wrong, really, because he was just staring looking.

Deep inside, Taemin knew he was screwed up.

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He's playing me,Taemin thought. That's the only explanation.

Looking around, he was startled to realize that it was just the two of them in the room.But where had the rest gone -- ?

Alone, Taemin was even more awkward around Jonghyun. Suddenly he didn't know what to do with his hands; every action seem to mean something more significant. Although... it was actually quite stupid, because of course it wouldn't be to Jonghyun --

But Jonghyun was sending all the wrong signals. At that moment, he was smiling at Taemin in a way that Taemin wasn't entirely comfortable with. To add to that, Jonghyun was coming closer at every moment.