Continuation......................................................dieciocho.............................

Key puts his arms under Minho’s neck and raises his body up bringing the other along to a sitting position.

“We kind of in the same height when seated…”

“Key…
(shakes his head)
I don’t want to force you to do something
you do not like to do…
I mean…
This is just one of those selfish want that
I have been wanting all my life…
And you don’t have to say sorry for what happened
before because I was so happy that day that you did it with me…
It felt like a medicine to cure my sanity from
those long years of yearning for you…
Please don’t…
Remember, what I have told you that I do
not mind to be the second fiddle in this situation…
I will handle what future gives me as a result…”

Key smiles and takes Minho’s hand then asks him to come with him…

“Where are we going Key…?”

Key looks at him and just smiles that Minho understands what is going on and opts to not question the other’s intention.

Key releases Minho’s hand then lifts a tiny part the carpet which they are standing and gets down on his knees and he swears that he can see something on the floor like a pressed down square shaped with a tab confused and finally perhaps this time he has the reason to ask.

“What is that Key…?”

Key faces him and acts just the same way he did just a while ago – smiles and winks at Minho – so the latter, ends up silencing himself up and follows Key’s lead.

What's happen next, Minho realizes, Key pulls the tab.
Minho gasps at what he sees - a staircase going down.
Key goes down first following Minho.
Finally reaching an open hallway, Key grabs Minho's hand before opening another door.

Key opens the door and Minho panics at the sight of slightly lighted room to what it seems for him, a secret private room.

“Minho…
You are the only person besides Mom and
them inside the house who are of course
living here that includes Taemin except
Onew and Jonghyun who knows this place.
This is where I keep all my priciest possessions…
(points at an spot)
See that spot over there…?”

“Yeah…?”

“I want to show you something…
It is inside a box…”

Minho could not grasp the amazement of the things around him saying softly…

“Whoaa…Key…
These are like historical pieces…
Amazing…
How you did get these…?”

“Some are gifts, some I bought it and some
that became meaningful to me are those
ones that I found – like being Indiana Jones…
But I don’t know…
The one I am going to show you is
something that everytime I touch it –
I become emotional by a strange force reason…
I find it quite strange but all the same time intriguing…
(waves hand inward) Come…”

Meanwhile back at Key’s living room…

“KKKKEEEEYYY….
AAMMM….
BBBAACCKK…”

And Taemin hears it and bursts out…

“Oooohhhh…
Sssshhheeettt…
That bug plague is back…”

Chapter 11 Ends Here………….........Those animals mentioned are basically what we have and taking care of....
                                                            Plus some other animals....thanks everyone.....
                                                           Sorry not short....extended again....aaahhh....this is just how I write....my bad.......
                                                           See you next time...I will start with chapter 12......
                                                           And perhaps Salon de la Vie (this one I tell you is nice from my own POV)....
                                                           My brain is super fried....be nice to one another.........