"Make sure you lock the door behind you!"

Onew called out to Jonghyun as they exited their dormitory. "We don't want fans to accidentally get in here, alright?"

"Ne, arasso, arasso," Jonghyun replied, rolling his eyes. Chin saw this and playfully punched him on the shoulder as she commented, "Hey, don't be like that. He's just being a good hyung!"

Jonghyun seemed slightly appalled by her reaction, but reacted to her the same way she reacted to him. He messed up her hair and answered, "I'm just joking, Chin-ah! Don't be made at Jjong oppa."

He placed his arm arm around her shoulder and added, "Come on, let's go."

He was about to lead her into the car when Taemin pushed him aside, turned to Chin and said, "You'll sit beside me in the car, right noona? My shoulder is very soft today~"

"Sure, I'd love to-"

"What is going on?!" Jonghyun suddenly stopped in his tracks and looked at Taemin. The rest of the members stopped in their tracks as well and turned to him, obviously shocked by his sudden outburst. "Am I not allowed to be the slightest bit close to her?!"

"Aniyo, hyung, I was just-"

"Yesterday, I was just playing around with her and you reacted the same way." He sighed and added, "I'm sitting in front."

He walked away and entered the passenger seat, leaving the rest of the members slightly bewildered. Chin motioned to the rest of the members to follow her as she entered the car. She, Minho and Taemin sat at the back while Key and Onew sat in the middle. Around ten minutes of awkward silence in the vehicle passed, until Chin spoke up.

"It smells like fart."

To this, Jonghyun burst out laughing. "Maybe it was you. They do say that the one who smells it first is the one who did it!"

Chin replied, "Hey, it wasn't me! Maybe it was Onew!" She leaned forward and did mehrong, which caused Minho to remark, "Aegyo!"

"Back at home, I'm known as the queen of aegyo," Chin stated matter-of-factly as she leaned back in the seat and crossed her arms over her chest. "That's how I get everything I want!"

Onew turned around and replied, "I think you would get whatever you want even without the aegyo, Chin." 

"That's not true! Aegyo helped me get my cellphone, my laptop, my iPad, my-"

Minho covered and commented, "You put too much emphasis on how rich you are! We got it from the very beginning, arasso?" He laughed when she suddenly pushed away his hand and stuttered, "I...I'm just...we were talking about aegyo!"

Key laughed as he said, "Minho's just joking now. He was actually quite serious about it the first time, remember? You were about to cry, Chin!"

"Yeah, because he really hurt me! Daggers, really." She turned to Minho and rolled her eyes. "Rude boy."

"Is it just me, or is Taemin not talking?" Key suddenly asked, causing the silence to return to the car. The rest of the members sighed, adjusted themselves, and as soon as their heads hit the seat, they started to doze off. Jonghyun, who had turned in his seat to face the rest, turned back around and slumped in his seat.

Chin immediately reached for her phone and composed a text message. Be a good example, oppa. Fix things with your maknae. She quickly pressed send then waited for his reaction. 

A few minutes later, he called out, "Taemin~" No answer. Chin turned to her left and noticed that he was asleep, so she quickly elbowed him. He immediately woke up as she mouthed, "Jonghyun is calling you." 

"Ah, yes hyung?" 

"Mianhae for the way I reacted. You're just too protective of Chin, and you're not even together yet! ㅋㅋㅋ" Immediately after he said this, Onew suddenly flinched. "She's still my friend, so you have to let me get a little mushy with her sometimes, okay?"

Taemin laughed and then replied, "Okay, arasso." He leaned back in his seat when Chin suddenly pointed to his shoulder. "May I?" She asked with a little bit of aegyo. "Sure!" He moved closer towards her, and as soon her head hit his shoulder, she fell asleep. 

He turned his head to the right and just looked at her, his eyes sparkling. Suddenly, he noticed that Jonghyun was looking at him through the rear-view mirror. "You alright, hyung? I can be mushy with her too, okay."

Jonghyun laughed before answering, "Don't worry, hyung approves."

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"Here we are! Come, noona!" Taemin held on to her hand, pulled her out of the car and then raised his hand to fix her hair. "You have to look pretty for all the fans in the station."

"I don't even have to try, Taemin. You know that." She did mehrong at him, causing Key to exclaim, "The queen of aegyo strikes again! Taemin, she's getting better than you. ㅋㅋㅋ"

Taemin turned to Key and replied, "It's okay. I'm the king anyway."

"Hey," Minho interrupted, "Remember how old you are, okay?" He reached out and messed up Taemin's hair. "Come on, maknae, leave the pretty girl with the big boys."

With that, Minho put his arm around Taemin and led him up the stairs of the building where the station was located. 

Chin started to follow when Key went up beside her and asked, "Are we driving you crazy yet?"

"I've always been crazy, you crazy boy. You and the others made me crazy the day I became friends with you guys. I've already accepted that fact." She bowed her head down, causing Key to laugh.

"Hey, you want to know a secret?" Chin whispered. "Sure," Key replied as he motioned for Onew and Jonghyun to walk ahead of them. 

"I used to have dreams about what happened in the past. The night before the day that I submitted that raffle coupon for this contest, I had a dream about it. It's weird; the dialogue plays in my head. That's it. It's like an mp3, not an MV."

"What happened was a big thing to all of us...and to you, so it's understandable as to why you would still dream about it until now."

"It has been so long...I feel like there's more to it, you know. Do you know that feeling of...restlessness? I should've gotten over it after two years or so, but it's been seven years. Something isn't right."

Key suddenly laughed and then commented, "Hey, let's not dive into this issue, alright? We're supposed to be having fun now! Let's go! Pali pali~"

He held her wrist as they ran up the stairs, giggling like little children.

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"Annyeong haseyo. We are SHINee!" 

The five boys spoke into the microphones in front of them at the radio show as they waved at the host. "Thank you for listening to us right now~"

"Today, we have for us the shining SHINee members; Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho and Taemin. However, they have a special treat for us today! They brought along their friend, Chin Sung Bae, winner of the contest thousands of girls entered to win!"

"Annyeong, cheonun, Chin imnida." She stood up, bowed in front of the host and then sat back down. She was slightly distracted at the fact that just outside of the room they were in, there were around sixty fans, taking photos and videos of she and the boys inside.

"So," the host started, turning to Chin. "How has it been, living with the famous SHINee for almost two weeks now?"

"It's good, I'm having lots of fun. They're really so sweet. They do all these cute gestures to really make me feel at home."

"I think that's something to be expected of them, since we all know how important relationships are to them. And what about you guys? What do you think about her?"

Onew smiled at Chin and replied, "Well, I think she's just great. She's not difficult to 'take care of.' I say it in that way because in a sense, we don't really take care of her because when she's around us, she's just like a friend, you know."

"I think," Minho started, "what Onew hyung is trying to say is that we're so comfortable around her that even when we have to do stuff for her, it isn't a bother to us. It's something that is natural to us...like a second nature."

"I think it's great that you're all very close to each other, and considering the fact that you barely know each other!" With this remark, Jonghyun laughed.

"Actually, there's a funny story about that. Minho, Onew hyung, Key and Chin actually know each other already. They were friends seven years ago!"

The host's jaw suddenly dropped and Chin couldn't help but comment, "It's true, I swear it is! But please don't let me tell the story again~"

"If she doesn't want to tell it, I would be glad to, noona." Onew laughed and then went on to tell the story of their remarkable past. As he divulged more and more details, Taemin noticed that the fans outside were getting more and more interested in Chin. They were no longer taking pictures of Chin with the members, but this time, just pictures of Chin.

Key noticed as Onew went on that Chin started to lower her head to avoid the fans, so he stood up and covered Chin, acting as an obstructure between she and the fans' cameras. 

"So let me get this straight...the three of you," she said, pointing to Key, Minho and Onew, "were friends even before all of this?"

"Ne." Key leaned in to the microphone, making sure that he was still covering Chin. 

"That's really quite shocking. I didn't expect this at all." The host started biting her lip and then turned to Chin and asked, "So you turned down Minho, is that right?"

Chin scratched her head and then replied in a whisper, "Yes, that's right."

"Do you regret it at even a little bit, especially now that he's famous and rich like you are?"

"No, I don't. I like the situation I'm in now, and if I had not made that decision, I wouldn't be here right now. Mind you, it was really hard to decide that at that time."

The host then turned to Minho and asked point-blank, "Were you hurt?"

Without a moment's hesitation, Minho replied, "Aniyo."

"Really?" The host asked, quite bewildered with his answer.

"Ne, really." He turned to Onew who was already leaning back in his chair, his arms crossed over his chest. "At least, not for myself."

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PART TWO OF THE INTERVIEW WILL BE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER ^^