At this point, I was still thinking oneshot....

Lucifer's Butterfly

'....Ring. Ding. Dong....'

Her eyes snapped open and she shot up, breathing rapidly. Her hand came up to clench the front of her white tank top. She could feel her heart beating through her shirt. Her eyes darted around the dark room. It was empty, save for herself. She quickly threw the covers off of herself and rolled off the bed to drop to the floor. The full length mirror that was beside the window on the other side of the bed only had a few blind spots. She had to crawl carefully to reach the door. The bed looked obviously slept in so she couldn't hide there. It was not particularly too warm, but her bangs stuck to her forehead from slight perspiration. She reached the door and glanced once more behind her towards the mirror. It would most certainly reflect the door opening and closing. Taking the chance, she shot up, opened the door and slipped through as quickly and quietly as possible.

Which one was it? Which one came for her this time? She didn't know and so didn't know how best to run and hide. If it was Key, she had almost no chance of not being caught. It was just a matter of time. If it was Taemin, she had more hope. She could avoid him for longer. If it was Onew, she was in the clear as long as she didn't hear him or touch him. She got lucky once before when the boy had passed her hiding spot by mere centimeters. If she was really lucky, her visitor would be either Minho or Jonghyun. Their powers gave them no advantage in the game of hide and seek as long as they didn't intend to hurt her with them. No. They wouldn't hurt their fragile butterfly. At least, not in that way.

'Please let him not find me!' she begged in her mind. She darted down hallways with only her socks on to make the minimal amount of noise. Occasionally, she would swerve to avoid coming into the field of vision of a mirror, drop to the ground, and pause to listen for noises. She avoided certain hallways and rooms: those with the most mirrors or those with Taemin's pets. In the maybe one month held captive in that house, she tried her best to memorize every nook and cranny. If she could just keep on moving and not get caught for a day tops, she'd be fine. Those demons would give up and leave because of their busy schedules. Or, at worst, they would find her towards the end of their break time and have to leave anyway. They wouldn't physically harm her. Those were maybe the best times for them to find her. They would simply sit and eat with her. Maybe talk a bit. It was always awkward, but she did sometimes need someone to talk to. However, she never knew when they had to leave her again, and so she would have rather chanced being lonely than having them find her early and have hours and hours, if not days, of time to torture her in their own way.

She peeked around a dark corner and gave a mental gasp. She quickly went back in the direction she came to put as much distance as possible between Onew and herself. So it was Onew this time. At least she didn't have to crawl on the ground to avoid the mirrors anymore.

She slid into the foyer and looked around, trying to make a decision on which path to take next. The frantic girl pulled open a random door and moved forward, only to be stopped by somebody she did not expect at all.
Jonghyun was just about to open the door that led to the foyer when it opened for him. He caught the girl by her upper arms and held her at arms length. "Ooh...lucky!" Jonghyun said cheerfully.

A shimmer of a mirror. Key stepped out of it and said softly, "Damn..."

The girl stared at Jonghyun's face in surprise. Her head turned to look at Key and she could have gone through mental shock right then. She became too careless. More than one boy hadn't shown up at one time for the last two weeks. Sometimes, nobody would visit her for a whole three days. Now, well, now three of them were there at the same time?!

Onew stepped into the foyer through the door that the girl had entered through just moments before. "I thought I heard a noise," he said casually before walking towards Jonghyun and the girl.

The small hairs on her body stood on end in anxiety. "...Oppa...," she stuttered out. Jonghyun genuinely smiled. "You are so cute," he said softly before brushing a kiss to her forehead. To her, the warmth of his lips felt like he scorched a mark there.

"Awww....I lost? Darn." Taemin whined as he entered the room in disappointment.

"How are you today?" Onew asked as he fiddled with the ends of her dark chocolate colored hair.

She was afraid to say anything. Whatever she did, it made them more obsessed, more crazy in love for her. On the other hand, she was also afraid of what they would do to her if they started hating her.

"I think we shocked her by being all here," Jonghyun said as he steered her into a different room and sat her on a white leather loveseat.

Taemin sat down on the other side of the girl and laid his head on her shoulder. "Nuna, say something."

The girl looked at the top of the maknae's head. He was really too cute for her own good. She petted his head lightly while nervously saying, "Uh...how is everyone....?"

All the boys broke into smiles. Taemin opted to not say anything and just enjoy being petted like a puppy.

Jonghyun immediately spoke up. He had his arm around the obviously uncomfortable girl's shoulder and was actually trying to push Taemin off discretely, but the younger boy did not budge. "We were all given a vacation. A whole week off! Isn't that great? We can all finally spend some time with you! Did we tell you? The people really like “Ring Ding Dong”. I was a little bit nervous that people wouldn't like our new image, but the fans are really digging it."

She threw him a shaky smile which just made Jonghyun a little giddy inside.

"You know you helped us too. You made us get really into our roles and make that MV a success! I wouldn't have liked this song as much if it wasn't for you." Onew added. Jonghyun agreed readily.

The girl looked at each boy. Jonghyun looked at her with energetic bright eyes. He looked as if he could just sit and talk all day to her about everything and nothing. Onew stared at her with appreciative eyes. She couldn't see Taemin's face, but he gave off the vibe that he would be purring if he could. Key kind of just examined her. Minho gazed at her with his doe eyes, making her look away quickly.

Key spoke up, "Are you hungry or anything? Did you run out of food yet? The house is to your liking right?"

'You call this a house? You make it sound like I'm a guest.' "Well...I'm not really hungry...but...I am kind of tired. I was sleeping before you guys....woke me up. The noise I mean..."

"Oh! We're so sorry!" was the general collective response.

Taemin stood up and tugged on her small, soft hands. "Come on! Let's go sleep in my room! I'm tired too. It's been a long week."

"Hey! Why do you get her? I found her first!" Jonghyun protested.

Key pulled the girl off the loveseat and away from the two bickering boys. "She'll sleep in her own room tonight. Let her rest up in peace. We have a whole week to spend time together."

Onew put in, "Yeah. We should go unpack and get some rest ourselves." He smiled boyishly at the girl, "Go back to bed. We'll see you in the morning."

The girl welcomed her escape. "Thank you," she whispered and gave a small bow before all but fleeing the room. A minute later, she was back in the room she awoke in and hugged one of the pillows to her chest. 'All five of them...'

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Posted: 2009 Dec. 16 (The day after TVXQ's Kim Junsu's bday! ^_^) (on Winglin)
Edited: 2010 Jan. 4
Posted: 2010 July 18 (on Asianfanfics)
Approx. 2.5 pages out of the 31.3 pages that I've typed up.

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ebonyexalted #1
Chapter 68: idk if you’ll ever come back to this but i for the life of me hope you’ll finish it. you’re sooo close and such a talented writer like you and this story deserve closure. ik it’s been over 10 years but quality never dies. i came back after all this time and can’t believe there was never a final resolution!!
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Chapter 1: this is sooooo good!!
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I want to complete it
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