Clumsy Saranghae
author: GShMe

  *** This story is Fictional. Any resemblance to anything is purely out of imagination and wishful thinking xDDD ***   Chapter 22: Persistence   *in a certain restaurant's private vip room ... sherina was sitting there all alone ... she was instructed by key NOT to go anywhere and just wait for taemin ... they were planning on surprising him with her "transformation" to get his mind off things for a while ... sherina was now wearing make-up but it was as natural as possible, she was also made to wear circle contact lenses by SHINee's umma just for kicks and her hair was curled on the edges which gave her an overall cute and innocent ulzzang look ...   sherina: (looking around) ... uwaaa ... seriously! this place is awesome! ... (pause) ............ i wonder if taemin would be surprised ... (suddenly blushes) what am i talking about!?! (starts hitting herself) ... stupid! stupid! ... (blushing madly now) YA! sherina! .... you should be thinking about how to be of help to him, not your personal fantasies, you idiot!!   FLASHBACK *before key sent sherina off to that restaurant ...   key: (smiles brightly at sherina) taemin doesn't know about this date, you know ... sherina: (jerks in surprise) !!! ... e-eh?! key: (laughs in amusement) this is so exciting! ... i cant wait to see the look on his face when he sees you like this! sherina: b-but oppa! ... what if he doesn't like it? ... i-i dont want him to think that im playing around while he's obviously stressing over  that thing with the fans earlier ... key: (surprised at her statements) uwaaaaa! ... you actually think about stuff like that? ... i thought you'd be THRILLED to do this!! sherina: i am! ... b-but ... (looks down) s-still... key: aish!! ... dont worry about it! ... you're his girlfriend, right? ... you should do things like this for him sometimes .... i promise you, he'll like it (smiles) sherina: really? key: (nods) yup! ... and you'll be helping him in a way, too (giggles) ... any guy would feel happy when he sees his girlfriend getting all dolled up just for him! ... you're actually relieving his stress this way, you know! i know you're always worrying about burdening the brat and stuff like that, but trust me! ... he'll like this (smiles) .... you're really VERY pretty, right now ...  sherina: (blushes - looks away)   *and without another word, sherina was off to the restaurant where she was sitting in right now ... END OF FLASHBACK   sherina: (pouts) but im NOT taemin's girlfriend, although i'd really REALLY want to be (sighs) ... d-does that mean he wont be happy to see me like this? (looks at herself with a worried expression)   *sherina continued waiting there for a while without complaints ... but back at JoaHam Dept. Store ...    key: (fiddling with his phone) AISH!!! ... onew: what's wrong with you? key: i cant contact the restaurant!! ... how are we supposed to tell sherina?! jonghyun: well,you cant blame them! ... that restaurant is busy at this hour ... m-maybe we can call sherina later ... she'll be fine! dont worry ... key: (sighs in defeat) ... then manager hyung better hurry so we can get this over with!!   *after several minutes, SHINee's van reached JoaHam ... they immediately loaded it with all the bags that contained sherina's new clothes and drove off to the SM entertainment head office as instructed by their bosses ... on the way there ...   key: ya ... (talking to taemin) we said to just forget about it, ok? ...  taemin: (just looks at key - no reaction, still sulking) ... jonghyun: you know, taemin ... nothing's gonna happen if you keep sulking like that ... you DO know that sherina would freak out once she finds out how you're reacting right now, right? ... (copies sherina's voice tone) "its all my fault!" ... or "i dont want taemin to be burdened because of me!"  (trying to lighten up the atmosphere) minho: (laughs) daebak hyung! jonghyun: (laughs along)  taemin: it seems that you all really had fun, huh? (sighs deeply) ... w-where is she, by the way? onew: (looks at key) key: (signals him to keep it a secret) onew: o-oh ... she's ......... somewhere .... you'll meet up with her when we finish this thing with the company higher ups ... we promise (reassuring smile) taemin: (manages a small smile) ... o-ok ... thank you ..... hyungs ... (holds his head again - pained expression) ! key: (notices him - suddenly alert) ya, are you alright?  taemin: o-oh ... i-im fine ... (fake smile) ku mi: are you sure? ... y-you dont look so good ... (touches taemin's forehead) OOOO! SHINee: (looks toward them) ku mi: omo, taemin!! ... you're burning up!! ...  SHINee: (surprised) WHAT!? .. onew: (touches taemin's forehead as well) oh! ... noona's right! ... ya, taemin! ... why aren't you saying anything?! taemin: a-ah ... i-im fine! (looking around at their concerned faces) ... im fine! ... it was just because of the rain before ... but im alright! ... stop worrying! key: (touches taem