“You should try to do something to take his mind off all this,” Seunghyun speaks again.
    I nod, “I’ve been thinking on it...we all missed his birthday, maybe we should make it up to him, I think he’d like that.”
    He opens his mouth to speak when his phone rings and he answers it, turning on speaker.
    “Yobosayo?”
    “Seunghyun, the other four of SHINee are headed to the hotel top see Key, would you mind releasing Onew to us?”
    I notice Seunghyun flinch slightly at Joon’s word choice,
    “Of course, but we’ll be at Utada Bakery, he wants to buy a cake.”
    “A cake?” Lee Joon sounds skeptical.
    I speak up, “For Kibum’s late birthday.”
    “Oh...Onew you’re there...alright, but hurry, the food’s getting cold and we’re all starving vagabonds right now.”
    I smile, “You all go, I’ll meet at the hotel, Seunghyun will be with me so call him for anything.”
    “Ye...” Lee Joon answers.
    “Annyeong hyung.”
    “Annyeong.”
    The call ends and I look up at T.O.P,
    “You understand what you did to us was wrong?”
    “Ye. But under the circumst-” he begins to defend but I raise a hand.
    “I forgive you.”
    He refocuses on me,
    “Real--wae?”
    “Don’t think I’m not upset, I am a little...but if I were in your position, I think I’d have reacted the same. To save myself and my friends...besides, it’s better to build bridges, not burn. Until this incident, you’ve been a good friend to me hyung, so