Clumsy Saranghae
author: GShMe

  *** This story is Fictional. Any resemblance to anything is purely out of imagination and wishful thinking xDDD ***   Chapter 24: Proving Determination   *still, in sherina and taemin's dining room in that certain restaurant ....   sherina: (gulps then stands up slowly) taemin: (watching her silently) sherina: (takes a deep breath then exhales) ...   SHERINA'S INNER MONOLOGUE sherina: alright, sherina ... no backing out now ... this is Lee Taemin asking you, for pete's sake! ... he said he doesn't want to run away anymore, you should do the same! ... time to face this ... you always knew that this would have to be brought up sooner or later, right? ... dont hesistate, just .... END OF MONOLOGUE   *to start it all off, sherina bowed to taemin ...   sherina: hello, (slight smile) ... my name is Sherina Megumi ... taemin: (smiles - relieved) sherina: im 19 yrs. old, born the same year as you ... (thinking) ... well, for starters, i like singing, dancing, drawing and writing stuff ... uhm ... uh ... (mental block) taemin: (giggles - amused) alright, then ms. sherina ... how about your family? any siblings? sherina: ah! ... y-yes (smiles) my parents are back in my hometown ... and i have an older brother, he's working abroad ...  taemin: (signals her to sit back down) sherina: (smiles then sits down) ... i've barely had contact with my family for years now ... i miss them a lot ... its lonely ... s-sometimes ... taemin: oh? ... r-really? ... how come? sherina: w-well ... i came here to pursue my dream ... my family is very supportive of me but i still miss them ... (smiles - reflecting) ...  taemin: i miss my family a lot too ... i dont get a lot of chances of seeing them AT ALL ... sherina: (looks at him - worried) taemin: ooooo! ... (sees her) ya! stop that ... stop making this about me ... continue ...  sherina: o-oh! right ... uhm ... c-can you just ask me questions and stuff? ... i-im not really sure what to say ... im gonna answer all of them ... i-i promised you that, after all ... taemin: (giggles) fine ... i need to practice my interview skills anyway ... might come in handy ... sherina: (smiles nervously) ... taemin: (thinks) hmmmm ... alright then! ... what about school? sherina: uhm ... well, i finished elementary school back in my hometown ... a-and finished highschool here ... the names of the school aren't really important, right? (laughs nervously) taemin: what about college? ... sherina: im still thinking about that ... (takes a deep breath again then exhales) t-to be honest, i wasn't intending on going to university just yet ... b-because of my dream ... taemin: really?! ... what exactly IS your dream? (curious) ... why do you have to go through all that---   FLASHBACK sherina: (ehem ehem) ... once upon a time ... there was a popular idol group called SHINee ... onew, jonghyun, minho, key and taemin were the members ... they were well known all over the country and even the entire continent and other countries worldwide... taemin: wow... what an exaggerated intro ...o-oh! ...anyway... (ehem) g-go on ... sherina: (smiles) ... now here comes an obsessed shawol named sherina who would not live her day without listening to SHINee's songs and looking at their pictures ... (giggles) ... she would scream upon hearing their voices or even upon spotting their pictures and videos on the web ... she has never ever met SHINee in person and that made her dream of one day doing so by joining the industry they were in ... taemin: oooh! ... seriously? ... sherina: (nods then looks down) but i ... gave it up just recently ... taemin: what? ... why? sherina: (shakes her head in disagreement) let's not talk about it ... (pause) ... c-come on! continue the story!... (fake smile) .... its your turn ... END OF FLASHBACK   taemin: (shocked - looks at her) d-dont tell me ... you're a TRAINEE!?!?! sherina: (slowly nods - looking down) ... taemin: (really shocked - swallows) ... oh my ...   *amidst the eerie atmosphere of shock between sherina and taemin, were the SHINee members ... they were all frozen in shock upon hearing their latest conversation ...   key: (frozen in shock) minho: what the-- ... (eyes wide in surprise) onew and jonghyun: (speechless in shock) ...   *back in the roo