Clumsy Saranghae

author: GShMe   *** This story is Fictional. Any resemblance to anything is purely out of imagination and wishful thinking xDDD ***   Chapter 69: The Face-off   SOO YI'S INNER MONOLOGUE soo yi: WHAT!? WHAT DID HE SAY!? ... I was wrong?! I was the one who did wrong?!? ... taemin would hate me, is that what he was saying!? ... (clenches her fists) did that girl brainwash the SHINee oppas too?! ... why the heck are they all taking HER side?! why are they all protecting her?! why are we being cast aside like the villains here?! (eyes burning in anger) END OF INNER MONOLOGUE   yoon ju: (gently pats soo yi's back) come on, soo yi ... i-its time to go back (low voice - still shaken by the encounter with SHINee) ... try to forget what happened now ... soo yi: (blows up) what!? unni, are you crazy?! ... how can i EVER forget this now?! i was practically brushed off as the evil person here when CLEARLY, that girl is taking everything away from me!!! lea and moon: (looking at their maknae - worried) yoon ju: no, you're not the evil person, soo yi ... calm down ... soo yi: (shakes her head furiously in disagreement) you unnis wont be able to understand ... (starts tearing up) ... you wont understand how much i love taemin and that watching him with another girl DESTROYS me ... you wont understand how much it hurts to see that even his fans, who were once blindlessly supporting him, are now cursing at him and saying that he betrayed them! ... you will NEVER understand how much it to go up against an opponent who just comes out of nowhere and wins over everything without you ever having a chance to fight!! (runs away) lea: (about to follow soo yi) yoon ju: (stops her) let her go for now, she'll be back when she calms down ... (sad face) she needs some time alone ... i'll handle the explaining to manager oppa ...  moon: soo yi, please be okay ...   *sherina didn't finish the special dance training session anymore as she was taken by SHINee to their training room with the rank A trainees ... not to be trained, of course, but to be watched over by the four ...    sherina: (sitting at the farthest corner of the room - hugging her knees and burying her head in her arms) ... SHINee: (finishing up their vocal training sessions - occasionally checking on sherina at the back)   *it was already dark outside by the time everything was done ... SHINee and sherina were gathered in song man bo's office to explain the happenings in 4told's training session ... skipping the bullying part, they simply said that a misunderstanding arised and that 4told and sherina were not really meant to be placed in the same room ...   president: is that so? ... i see (nods) i'll try to talk it over with the staff from 4told's agency then ... sherina: (bows to him) president, im really sorry for what happened ... if there is something i can do to clear things out, please let me help ... president: its ok, sherina (smiles gently at her) ... you've been through enough turmoil for today, child ... sherina: but ... SHINee: (bows to him) thank very much for understanding, mr president ... president: oh no, not a problem ... thank YOU very much for coming over and helping out with our rank A trainees, SHINee ... you wont know how much it means to us ...   *when all that was finally done and over with, SHINee took sherina to a small, hidden cafe somewhere a little off town ... the place was cozy and comfortable, perfect for calming the completely shaken sherina ...   key: (sighs) i suppose you know that we're gonna talk about telling all of this to taemin now, right, sherina? sherina: (winces) !! minho: (sighs deeply) jonghyun: (worriedly looking at her) you DO know that he has the right to know, right?  sherina: i-i do ... j-just ... it's just that i ... (mumbles) i dont want him to know ... onew: he'll get mad at you if you dont tell him, you know how he is ... sherina: i know ... b-but ... i dont know what to say. i dont know HOW to tell him ... he kept it from me how our relationship was affecting his career too, after all ... oh oppas, im so sorry (starts tearing up again) minho: n-no, no! dont cry again ...  sherina: (nods - supresses her tears and sobs) ... i-im sorry ...  jonghyun: taemin just didnt want you to know because he wanted to protect you, sherina ... you understand that, right? sherina: i want to protect taemin too ... thats why i dont want to tell him about this or all the other thi-- (stops herself) i-i mean-- key: (gets suspicious) what 'other things'? ... (gasps) omo! dont tell me ... THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE?! (shocked) sherina: a-ah no! no! that's not it ...  onew: you know, you're a terrible liar, sherina ... you stutter a lot when you do ... minho: you've been bullied by 4told before? ... sherina! you should've said something! (worried) sherina: n-no, i-its not 4told ... at least, i think so ... jonghyun: what happened, tell us (serious)   *though not willing to, sherina had no choice but to tell SHINee about the cockroaches in her purse and the wardrobe malfunctions during that ball and her bag being dumped with soap ... after relaying the stories, she noticed that the 4 SHINee members were all staring at her with pained expressions, almost teary eyes as well ...   sherina: w-why are you all looking at me like that, oppas? key: (hugs sherina) aigooooo ... why you?? why must all this happen to you? minho: (lowers his head)  onew: ahhh ... what do we do? (teary eyes) ... sherina, we're so sorry for not noticing ... sherina: what are you talking about? it's not the oppas' fault! jonghyun: (shakes his head glumly in disagreement) we should've seen all this coming, sherina ... and we failed to protect you and taemin ... we've failed you ... sherina: n-no ... its not you fault ... key: (still hugging her - sobs) sh