“So…how was your day?”   I shrugged off my shoulders and took a bite of my turkey sandwich. “Same as always.”   “There’s nothing wrong?”   I shook my head. “Not that I seem to notice…” I snapped my fingers when he came in thought. “Oh! There’s one.”   “What is it?”   “Kibum’s been very moody these days.”   Krystal let out a breath. “Kibum again huh?”   I looked up from removing some vegetables from my sandwich and met her eyes. “What’s that supposed to mean?”   She sipped on her strawberry milkshake for a while before talking again. “You always talk about him.”   I almost choked on my food, good thing she handed me immediately a glass of water.    “You okay?” she asked.   “Y-yeah.”   “So back to what we were talking about-”   “I’m not gay!”I slammed my fist on the table perhaps a little too hard because I caught the attention of some of the customers.   “Yah!” Krystal pulled my collar and back to my seat. “I’m not saying that you are one!”   “B-but you s-said-”   “I know what I said. Sheesh. You don’t have to be so caught up with it.” She crossed her arms over her chest. “I just noticed that you always mention his name whenever you talk.”   “I-s that bad?”    “Not really. I’m just wondering why you cling to him that much.”   “He’s my friend.” I turned my attention to my carbonara.   “He’s my friend too. But I’m not acting like you do…well, sometimes I do but it makes sense because I know him for years now. You just met him at the start of the school year right?”   I nodded. “But he saved me from Chansung.” I don’t know what made me blurt that out but I just had to justify my actions. “I owe him.”   “Okay. Okay. I understand that. You owe him but you don’t have to be a slave for him.”   My eyes opened wide and dropped my fork. “I am not a slave!”   “Yes you are. You’re doing the things that Minho-oppa used to do.”   I remembered my talk with Mnho-hyung when I slept over at their house.    “be wary though.” Krystal cut my thoughts. “You don’t want to end up like Minho oppa when-”   Ring ring ring   “Oops. Excuse me.” I just stared at her. What is she talking about? Am I missing something from Minho’s story? “Yes mom. I’ll be right there.” She put her phone back into her pocket then finished her food. “Sorry Taemin oppa. I need to go to my mom now.”   “I’ll take you-”   “It’s okay. My mom’s just at the clothes store nearby. I’ll see you tomorrow. Take care. Bye!”    “Bye.”    I watched as Krystal walked away from the restaurant. I guess I need to have a serious talk wth Minho hyung again. -------   From: Taemin To: Minho-hyung   Hey hyung. Are you on the way to school?   From: Minho-hyung To: Taemin   Yup. We’re on the way to your house right now.   What??? We??? I hurried eating my breakfast and gulped down my juice.   Beep beep   They’re here already?? I stood up and made my way to my bag.   “Taem! Don’t forget to brush your teeth!” I grabbed my things and brought them with me to the bathroom.    Beep beep beep   Aish. I bet Kibum’s getting impatient right now. I felt a vibration in my pocket. I bet he’s the one calling me right now.   Done.   I ran down the stairs and to the door.    Beep beep beep beep.   “I’m out!”    I hurried to the car. I was about to open the front seat when the backseat window opened and Jinki hyung peeped out. “Taemin, someone’s sitting there.” I let go of the door handle and proceeded to the back.   “Good morning Taemin-ah!” Minho greeted a little too lively.   “Minho-hyung! You’re driving??” I expected Kibum to drive considering that this is his car.    Minho smiled widely and pointed to Kibum who’s next to him. “He let me drive today!”   “That’s only because you begged me to.” Kibum spoke out.   “Yah! I didn’t beg you to! You owed me for last night!”   Jinki hyung leaned forward towards the two and asked, “What happened last night??”   I exchanged looks between the two. These two are seriously mysterious.   “It’s nothing. He just did me a favor.” Kibum said. He leaned on the window and plugged in his earphones. Minho just gave him a worried look then turned to us.    “Let’s go?” Jinki and I nodded and the car started moving.   Jinki made himself comfortable in his seat and looked at me. “How was last night?”    “What happened last night??” Minho copied what Jinki said and how he said it which earned him a light punch from the latter. He just laughed it off and kept his eyes on the road.   “We just had dinner.”   “Did you just let Krystal pay???”   “She had discount for it okay?”  I said in defense.    “So our Taemin had a date last night!” Minho nudge Kibum with his elbow. “Did you hear that Kibum? Tae had a date with Krys la-” I swung my hands to get his attention. He looked at me and I put a finger over my lips. “oh…”   Kibum removed his earphones and looked at Minho. “What?”   “It’s nothing…”    “I think I heard you say that Taemin had a date last night.”   Minho stepped on the brakes upon seeing the red light. “I said that? Uhm…Taemin had a date. Date…you know…the chocolate? Chocolate dates…heh heh..”   “Chocolate? Why did you wake me up just to tell me that he had chocolate last night?”   “I- just thought you want to know…”   “Whatever. I don’t care what he had last night.” He put on his earphones again and slumped on his seat.   Minho bit his lip and looked at u