Clumsy Saranghae

author: GShMe   *** This story is Fictional. Any resemblance to anything is purely out of imagination and wishful thinking xDDD ***   Chapter 51: Officially + My First Kiss went a Little Like This   *the online boutique where taemin and sherina modeled for finally released its newest catalog on its website ... of course, ShaWols were quick to spot it and spread the news all over the web ... what made a greater impact, as expected, was the girl SHINee's maknae was with ... netizens studied sherina's face and found out that she was the same girl that taemin was seen with during the playground photos and the girl he was trying to protect that one day when fans cornered him infront of that restaurant ... only one question was asked: Who was she? ...   sherina: (fidgetty - nervous) ... key: ya, calm down, will you ... you're making me uncomfortable just by watching you! sherina: ah! (bows a bit) s-sorry ... i-its just that ... im nervous ... and scared ... i wanna know whats going on!! minho: sorry! you're not allowed to go online ... onew and jonghyun: (busy surfing the web on a laptop with the device's back against sherina) sherina: c-cant i just take one, LIIIIIIITTLE peek? please? (stands up from her spot) onew: (lowers the laptop's screen a bit) whoops! no can do, missy! (laughs) jonghyun: (staring at the laptop) hmmmmm ... there's a whole LOT of mixed comments ... aigooooo ... taemin: (enters the living room from the kitchen - sighs deeply) come here (grabs sherina's hand and pulls her along) sherina: (surprised) oooo!! key: ya! where are you taking my cute little dongsaeng?! taemin: to the practice room ... at least there, she wont be seeing you hyungs fussing over the catalog and the fans ... if she stays here, she'll die worrying ...  jonghyun: (gives taemin a thumbs up - still focused on the laptop screen)   *taemin and sherina arrived in the dorm's practice room ... it was smaller than the company's but still quiet and comfortable ...   sherina: why did you bring me here? (pouts) i wanted to know what was going on! taemin: when the hyungs get like that, you can never change their minds ... EVER! ... so just forget about it ... (looks away) i dont want you thinking about it either ... sherina: (looks down) taemin: are you still mad? sherina: (soft voice) n-no ... i could never ... taemin: a-about yesterday, sherina ... i just wanted to let you know ... i was serious ... i was serious when i said that i was worried about you ... i wasn't thinking of the bad things that might happen to my reputation or anything like tha-- sherina: please, taemin! ... please dont say things like that ... (starts trembling) stop saying things like you dont care about your reputation or image 'cause we both know that it matters! ... it matters a lot! ... especially to your company and the fans ... taemin: b-but ... sherina: no buts ... (calms down and turns around to face him) im happy that you are worried for me ... i really am ... j-just dont say things like that, ok? ... remember, IM a fan too (giggles faintly) taemin: (softens - touched)  sherina: besides! ... im sure i'll be fine! they-- taemin: (hugs her) sherina: (frozen in shock) !! taemin: i also meant the other thing i said yesterday ... (blushing - hugs her tighter) t-that i love you and i dont want you to leave me ... sherina: (blushes - heart starts beating faster) taemin: ya, you said in that video that you HAVE been thinking about my confession, r-right? sherina: (nods nervously)   *there was a moment of silence ...   taemin: t-then can i ask you something?  sherina: what is it?   *another moment of silence ... taemin thought about his next words for a while before speaking out ... also, because he was nervous ...   taemin: forget about the "deal" or all the lies and secrets and tricks ... just ... uhm ... j-just ... (slowly breaks the hug and looks into sherina's eyes) ... im sorry if this question is late but ...  sherina: (looks into his eyes - still nervous and blushing) ... taemin: sherina ... (pause) .......................................... w-will you be my girlfriend? ...    *sherina felt the whole word stop moving and time pause ... she couldnt believe what her ears were hearing ... for a while, she was speechless ... she and taemin looked into each other's eyes for what felt like forever ... the awkward silence was deafening for the both of them ...   SHERINA'S INNER MONOLOGUE sherina: is this real?? ... i cant be dreaming right now, cant i? ... my heart's beating so fast and loud, i cant control it! ... t-taemin cant possibly be hearing it, right? that's just ridiculous! what am i thinking? ... he's looking straight at me! what do i do!? ... what do i say? ... ahhh! my voice wont come out!  END OF INNER MONOLOGUE   *taemin didnt waver ... he was nervously like heck! the suspense was killing him but still, he waited patiently ... he looked in sherina's eyes, not diverting from them for even one second ... he was