“I wonder why they take so long…” Onew said twenty minutes after Nam Jonghyun and Key went to the latter’s room.

“THIS IS WHAT I’M ASKING, TOO!” Jonghyun cried out, glaring at Gyuri who kept him on his place all this time, not allowing him to spy on them like a paranoid mother would do when her child I having guests on it’s room.

“They are probably having fun, guys…” Gyu sighed, waving her hand carelessly. “Don’t you hear Bumie’s laugh? I’m telling you, my brother is just too amusing to handle!”

“It’s true, I haven’t heard Kibum hyung laughing like that for a while…” Taemin added when they all heard a new wave of Key’s laugh.

“Hyunnie oppa is fun and really good at telling stories. He’s probably telling him stories about his trip or something.”

“What if he can’t shut his mouth up and Key-goon has to listen his bull out of politeness?” Jonghyun blurred out, getting up from his place. “I SHALL GO and check if everything is okay!”

“Jonghyun-sshi, no!” Gyu stood up too, trying to block his way and bumped to him, but that wasn’t enough to stop the obviously stronger man in front her. “Jonghyun-sshi… no!.... YAH! JONGHYUN! I SAID LEAVE THEM BE!” she said out loud, making Jonghyun startled for a moment.

“I’ll just go see if-”

“No you won’t! Why are you acting like this, anyway? I’d say that you’re jealous if I didn’t know you!”

“I…” he started insecurely, searching for his next words. “I don’t want to see him hurt in case this doesn’t work out.” he whispered, audible only for her.

“My brother could never hurt him more than you did.” Gyuri whispered back bitterly, knowing that this sentence would stop him. “Just give them a little space, won’t you? It’s not like they’ll fall in love at first sight!”

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“So,” Hyun started carelessly as he looked through Key’s sketching book. “I see why you can’t let go of that smurf. He’s quite handsome and seems like a fun guy.”

“Wait, how-”

“Come on, now that I know who you are, do you really think you can hide it? I knew that you live with four other guys and you like the shortest one from the beginning, dude. You always used your nicknames when you mentioned them. Do you want me to name you who ‘the old man’, ‘the frog prince’, ‘your baby’ and ‘that smurf’ are?”

“You really do listen everything I tell you, don’t you?…” Key asked ironically, also peeking in his sketches from his place that was right next to Hyun.

“What can I say, I’m a good listener!” the older replied jokingly, turning to another page of the book. “So how is it going? Anything interesting since we had our last talk?”

“He has this huge crush on your sister.” Kibum commented, his voice shoving no emotion. “And his affection is only getting stronger, you know… he’s acting like a lovesick puppy when he doesn’t get a reply on his messages and when she ignores his calls.”

Nam Jonghyun kept his silence for a moment, and then:

“ DUDE I JUST REALIZED THE SITUATION WE’RE IN!” he snapped, instinctly turning to Kibum, making their faces too close once again. That didn’t bother him, though. “So I happen to be the brother of your friend who sets something like a blind date to us that your crush has a crush on! Wait… did that even make sense?” Jonghyun questioned, scoffing at his own silliness. He owned himself a nod and a really, really cute giggle from Key thanks to that. “Wow dude, we’re in such a love