So you understand the 'lights' bit later on, i got my inspiration from the show Taxi they were on so check that out for more info! Enjoy,

The four of them watched as their leader fled the building with tears down his face. It was the first time they had seen Onew that emotional and it surprised them but they were also trying to care for themselves and they wondered what they were supposed to do next, then out of nowhere their Manager came through the door holding a small present and a confused expression.

“Guys, what is going on? I just saw Onew run out of the building, sobbing. What happened?” he asked with a worried tone, he searched all their faces hoping to hear a proper explanation. However what he heard was not what he expected,

“Manager, Onew has been lying to us for 3 weeks now and when we thought he was finally going to tell the truth, he threw the lie back in our faces and ran off.” Minho said, still clutching the crying Taemin. Then Key gazed up and added,

“Yeah, still he refused to tell us that he is leaving and...” Manager held up his hand to cut across him,

“Leaving? What do you mean?” Now Jonghyun piped up,

“Both me and Minho over heard you talking to each other about him leaving us because “being here is driving him crazy” and “he has to go as soon as possible” we heard everything” he said but instead of the sympathy and understanding he expected, he was returned with a very sad and pissed off Manager,

“What the hell are you talking about? Onew isn't leaving SHINee!” the others looked at him in disbelief and shock before turning to look at each other,

“What do you mean? We both heard you”

“You clearly didn't hear the whole conversation, he needed a little time away from work, not leave SHINee altogether!” he shouted, he scanned the faces around him again “So why did he really leave just now in tears?” Taemin finally looked up from Minho's shoulder and answered,

“Over the last three weeks, after Jonghyun and Minho told us about Onew leaving, we all started acting distant with him and today when he tried to ask us what he did for us to ignore him, when he didn't tell us he was leaving, we sort of yelled at him...” he faded off and s looked down in shame. Manager wasn't happy,

“Well I think we all need to discus this, I saw Onew run in the direction of the dorm so we can presume that is where he is.” he said and started to walk out to the van but Key suddenly asked,

“Manager, what is the present for?” Manager looked a little surprised,

“It was a gift for Onew, it is his birthday after all!” the others looked to each other in shock and horror, they had forgotten their leader's birthday, “Don't tell me you forgot? Whatever, when we get back to the dorm you had better be ready to apologise and make it up to him!” the others nodded and followed him out to the van that was waiting there for them.

When they reached the dorm they all hurried inside but where horrified when they found the place empty. Key immediately went into Umma mode and went about scanning his room when he noticed his rucksack and some clothes were missing.

“Guys I think he ran away!” he called out in a desperate tone, the others glanced at each other and scrambled around the dorm trying to find his passports and wallet, they found them both gone. The others didn't know what to do and Taemin started to cry again,

“What have we done to him Hyung? We drove him away when he didn't do anything” he mumbled into Minho's chest as he was crushed against it in a warm embrace. Manager looked to each of the sad and confused members, he felt a mixture of emotions, but he knew it was time they knew the truth.

“Guys, I think right now, you need to come with me. I will tell security to alert me if he comes back but I think, there is something you need to see.” and once again the members followed silently behind their Manager down to their van.

It took about an hour to reach their destination but to the members it seemed so much longer, as they thought about what the Manager might need to show them as he had not uttered a word since getting in. they were all feeling really confused and a bit guilty now they knew he wasn't leaving altogether but they still didn't know where he really did want to go to in his time away from SHINee.

After the van pulled over, Manager told all four of the confused members to get out and they did even though they had no idea where they were. It was already late and they were surrounded with darkness, other than Manager's torch there was no light anywhere to see by. It was also getting cold but they were too busy trying to figure out why they had stopped here to notice yet.

“Follow me, we aren't far” Manager said and turned and started walking, and of course, the leaderless SHINee followed. Taemin looked around trying to make out the different shapes around him but he couldn't see properly and he found himself slipping his hand into his Key Umma's, when Key felt the warm hand in his he squeezed it reassuringly even though he also was in need of some reassuring. Suddenly Manager stopped walking and turned back to face the worried members,

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