Clumsy Saranghae
author: GShMe

  *** This story is Fictional. Any resemblance to anything is purely out of imagination and wishful thinking xDDD ***   Chapter 12: Never Ending Questions   *in SHINee's van, on the way to their scheduled workplaces ...    SHINee: (looks at taemin then at each other - worried) taemin: (in deep thought - staring out the window) ...   FLASHBACK *hours back, after sherina's sudden breakdown ... taemin and their manager entered the dorms met by the rest of the SHINee members ...   key: ya, what happened? ... manager: oh! ... you're all still awake?! ... didn't i tell you guys that you have a lot to do tomorrow? onew: ... s-sorry hyung ... we were just worried about taemin ... jonghyun: (talking to taemin) ya ... where is she? ... taemin: (doesn't answer - looks down) manager: oh, y-you mean that girl? ... taemin's girlfriend? minho: yes ... did you see her out there? manager: well ... yeah ... but she left ... onew: she left?! ... minho: ya, taemin ... what exactly was wrong?! taemin: (hesitates to speak) ... u-uh ... jonghyun: it seemed serious too ... tell us, taemin ... taemin: (sad expression) i ... i-i ... i dont know, hyung ... key: what?! ... she's your GIRLFRIEND, isn't she?! ... how can you NOT know?! ... taemin: (looks down) ... manager: a-ah! ... all of you ... let's leave this here for tonight ... please, just get some rest, ok? END OF FLASHBACK   taemin: (talking to himself) m-my girlfriend? ...   FLASHBACK taemin: you look like you're hiding something ... sherina: im not hiding anything ... taemin: then why'd you have to go that extent? ... you didn't have to destroy your phone over "nothing" ... geeeez ...  sherina: (looks down - a bit sad) ... i-i just dont want to think about it at the moment ... let alone, talk about it ...  END OF FLASHBACK   taemin: (softvoice) ... yeah ... during that time, it was obvious that she was hiding something ... (in deep thought - clutching his phone)   FLASHBACK sherina: well ... i-i just realized that i ... i dont really have a place to go home to at the moment ... a-and-- taemin: what?! no place to go home? ... why? ... what happened? ... sherina: u-uh ... i-im not really sure ... taemin: (puzzled) huh? ...  END OF FLASHBACK   FLASHBACK taemin: well ... f-first of all ... she really likes anime ... u-uh ... right? (looks at sherina) sherina: o-oh! ... y-yeah! ... of course! (fake smile) ... since highschool, yeah ... hehe ... he ... he taemin: and ... uh ... s-she likes SHINee? key: yaaa ... we already know that! taemin: well ... th-those two are the things she likes most, i guess ... uh ... uhm ... minho: what about the things she dislikes? ... taemin: well ... (thinks) ... uhm ... uh ... u-uh ... oh! ... well ... s-she doesn't like the word "business", surprisingly ... (relieved to have thought of something) sherina: (gasps upon the word) !! END OF FLASHBACK   taemin: (talking to himself again) come to think of it ... (soft voice) ... i dont really know ANYTHING about her ... and yet i say stuff that, for some reason, hurts the girl ... tsk ... (hits himself) idiot! key: --min! ... ya, taemin! taemin: (startled - back to his senses) !! ... a-ah! ... what is it hyung? key: yaaa ... what are you thinking about so deeply back there?! ...  taemin: o-oh ... its nothing ... just ... i just have something on my mind ... (stares out the window again) ...   FLASHBACK *when they were all getting ready to go to bed that night, as their manager had instructed them ...   taemin: (fixing his bed)  ... jonghyun: (enters the room) ... taemin: (sees him) oh! ... jonghyun hyung! ... what's up?  jonghyun: (folds his arms and leans on the door frame) taemin ... i just have one thing i need to discuss with you ... its about your girlfriend (serious) ... taemin: (stops what he was doing) ... (looks at jonghyun) w-what's that? jonghyun: are you ... (pause) ... (sighs) ... are you planning on going public with her? taemin: (surprised) ... o-oh ... that ... uh ... i uh ... i-i ...  jonghyun: (looking at him) taemin: y-yes ... i-i am ... jonghyun: well ... seeing as you hesitated just now ... you better think about it even more ... this girl ... she's not like us ... she's not a singer or an actress ... once you go public with her, it wont end ... all eyes will be on you and questions will flow on and on, it doesn't end ... trust me ... im not stopping you or anything, its all still up to you ... but im just saying th