"Friends?" "Friends."

The cast met up once again at their next filming; where everyone just seemed to be out of the loop.

Jin Hyuk rubbed his temples; seeing frustration on everyone's faces, "Let's take a 30 minute break; I think you all need it."

---

The only time Minho & Sulli were really seen together was during filming of a scene, when press was around, or when Sulli clung on to him to annoy him and make Krystal jealous.

But other than that, Minho tried so hard to avoid her at all costs.

His mind was cleared; his feelings were clear. He liked Krystal and Sulli was no where to be seen in his heart; in that kind of way at least.

Minho appreciated the fact that Jonghyun was at a photoshoot that day and didn't attend their filming.

He saw Krystal walking into the room where she always carried her paper work and Minho followed.

"Hey," Minho softly called out.

Krystal turned around, smiling, "Hey, can I help you with something?"

Minho coughed, "Can I talk to you for a bit?"

"Sure, come in." Krystal waved her hands to let him in and closed the door, "What's up?"

He bit the inside of his cheek, staring at her for a bit too long. Why did you have to be so perfect?

"Minho?" Krystal waved her hands in front of his face; laughing, "What did you want to talk about?"

Minho finally snapped out of his daze, scratching his neck; "About what I said at the presscon last weekend; you probably might've taken that the wrong way."

Krystal pursed her lips, "You mean the "little sister" thing right?"

He nodded his head, "I know you and I aren't that close yet and you probably thought it was awkward for me to say something like that. But, I just want you to know that it's true. I wanna get to know you better and let you know if you need someone to take care of you; I'm here."

She smiled back at him, Looks like I am only a little sister to him.. "That's really sweet of you to say Minho."

"And another thing," Minho cut her off, "You don't need to speak formal to me." he chuckled, "I'm only one year older and I want you to be comfortable speaking to me because I would really like to be friends with you."

Krystal couldn't help but cover as she smiled and looked at the floor, "Jonghyun didn't tell you to do this, did he?"

Minho felt as if she just stabbed him in the back bringing up Jonghyun like that. He knew that she wasn't aware of his feelings for her; but it would've been nice to keep the conversation strictly about them.

"Of course not." Minho tried to ease the tension off himself; "I just wish for us to be closer." Minho, you sound like a desperate idiot right now; aish.

Krystal held out her hand, smiling up at him, "Friends?"

Minho shook her hand, agreeing to her pact, "Friends."

When their hands touched, it gave them both a warm feeling. A feeling of security and safeness; something they both longed for.

---

Sulli walked into her dressing room by herself; calling Siwon who was overseas at the time.

"Sulli ah, long time no talk." Siwon answered.

She looked at her nails, "When are you coming back? Mom and dad won't stop talking about you."

Siwon chuckled, "I'll be home by next weekend, I promise." he paused, "But I'm sure it's not just mom and dad who miss me, is it?"

Sulli sighed, "I miss you too oppa."

"What's wrong? You sound sad?" Siwon pouted.

"Minho & I are pretty much over." Sulli looked around, making sure no one was around to hear her.

Siwon furrowed his brows, "What? I just watched your guys' presscon from last weekend."

"That was all a show. He's been wanting to end things between us since last week but Soo Man wants us to at least pretend to be together for two more months." Sulli answered, "It ."

Siwon couldn't help but feel bad for his younger sister, "Does he have a legitimate reason?"

"He hasn't told me the reason; but I'm sure it's because of this girl he's just met. It's pathetic because I don't see what's so great about her anyways." Sulli complained.

He ran his hands through his hair, "Who is she? I'm assuming another idol?"

"Not even close." Sulli said back, "She's the author of our drama; Jessica's little sister Krystal."

Siwon's eyes widened; surprised by it, "The pretty girl who was with you guys at your presscon?"

"Oppa!" Sulli yelled, "She's not even that great!"

He chuckled again, "Sulli, you know you're prettier. No one is prettier than my little sister."

Sulli smiled, "Good, that's what I thought. Now what should I do about Minho & I?"

Siwon sighed, "You love him right?"

She nodded as if he could see her, "I would do anything to keep our relationship stable."

"Then don't let him go." Siwon advised.

"What do you mean?"

Siwon looked at the wall; a picture of him and Sooyoung framed up right in front of him.

"Remember how you were totally me against dating Sooyoung since you two are such good friends?" Siwon asked.

Sulli rolled her eyes, "Of course, that's still weird to me."

Siwon smiled, "Well, at least now you're used to it. I liked her so much I was willing to fight you off because of it. Now if you really do love Minho, fight for him. Make him remember the Sulli he fell in love with him and don't let that Krystal girl beat you to it. Prove to him that you two are meant to be and make him beg for you to come back to him."

Sulli nodded her head, approving of his advice; "Thanks Siwon, I really appreciate this talk."

Siwon smiled to himself, "I love you Sulli, and don't let anyone tell you someone is better than you. Call me anytime you need me and I'll see you next weekend."

"Bye oppa." With that, Sulli hung up the phone and smiled; ideas flowing right through her head.

"Krystal Jung, meet your worst enemy." She tapped her fingers on her dresser; smirking.

---

After filming, Ha Neul & Ji Won moved along to a photo shoot they had; but that was quickly over after taking very good shots right away.

They decided to have a date night; something they haven't had in a long, long time.

"You know, I miss nights like this." Ji Won smiled at him; holding her wine glass up in the air.

Ha Neul clinked their glasses and took a drink, "I do too. It's nice to see you in that little black dress I bought you awhile ago." he winked.

Ji Won blushed, reaching over to pinch his nose, "Did I put it into good use?"

"You put everything into good use." Ha Neul held her hands from across the table; "Did I ever tell you that you're beautiful?"

Everyday. There wasn't a day Ha Neul didn't call Ji Won beautiful. He was so in love with her and all her flaws; which he found to be perfect as well.

"Do you remember when we first met? You wouldn't even talk to me." Ji Won glared at him.

Ha Neul chuckled, "That's because I had a girlfriend at the time!" he defended himself, "I'm sure So Eun would be pretty mad about me talking to you."

"Why would she be mad?" Ji Won wondered.

"Because," Ha Neul rubbed her hand with his thumb, "The reason I avoided talking to you during TTBY, was because I knew I was falling for you. Which was totally wrong. I had a girlfriend who I thought I loved; but then you came along and fcked things up for me."

Ji Won hit his arm, giggling, "Oh shut up Ha Neul."

Ha Neul smiled at her cheekily, "It's true. It's kind of like Minho's situation right now with Krystal."

She pursed her lips, "How is that going by the way?"

He shrugged his shoulders, "I told him to start getting closer to her and see where that leads him; but I don't know how his friendship with Jonghyun is going to be."

"That must ." Ji Won pouted, "I really want Minho & Krystal to date each other; it's obvious she likes him back anyways.

Ha Neul leaned back, listening, "How do you know? I need Minho to realize this too."

Ji Won smirked, "It's a girl to girl feeling. You know, she takes those secret glances and you can see a little nervousness when she speaks to Minho. Have you watched Roommate? It's sort of how like Kang Jun & Nana are; they're super awkward but you can see a slight attraction between the two. And actually, I think that EXO member Chanyeol might have a little thing for Nana as well. It's kind of like how you talked to me before.

He raised his eyebrows at her; completely ignoring the Roommate talk, "Oh really? So now I'm the whipped one?"

"You always have been." Ji Won smirked again; holding his hand tighter.

Ha Neul raised her hand up to his lips; kissing her small fingers, "I love you."

---

The next day at filming, everyone was there except for Sulli; who called in sick.

Jin Hyuk looked at the scripts; "Since Sulli isn't here today, looks like we'll just have to film the scenes that don't involve her. Ha Neul, Minho, take it up from where you both meet up at Ji Won's house."

Minho & Ha Neul both nodded their heads; going through their lines together.

Krystal watched from her seat; Jonghyun sitting right beside her.

Instead of focusing on Minho & Ha Neul, Jonghyun's eyes were planted on Krystal.

She sensed him looking at her; Krystal turned her head, smiling, "What?"

"You're so pretty ya know?" Jonghyun complimented.

Krystal playfully slapped his face, rolling her eyes, "Get out of here Jonghyun."

Jonghyun held her hand on his face, smiling like a little kid; "Sorry you're so distracting."

"Shh." Krystal joked, she looked at him again, "Oh and by the way, Kai's picking me up after filming. I'm gonna go visit the EXO dorm; tag along if you'd like."

Jonghyun pouted his lips, "Sure, can I bring Minho?"

Krystal's heart stopped after hearing Minho's name; "Uh, yeah, that's fine."

He nodded his head, "Alright, I brought my car so you and Minho can ride with me."

Minho & Ha Neul were in their spots while everyone around them was still getting ready.

Ha Neul was going through his lines while Minho watched Jongstal in the most bitter way possible.

"Yah." Ha Neul smacked Minho with his script, "You're becoming annoying you know?"

"What?" Minho asked, "I didn't hear what you said."

Ha Neul rolled his eyes, running his hands through his hair; "Ji Won & I talked about you two last night; do you watch Roommate?"

Minho looked at him weirdly; but he slowly nodded his head, "Yeah, but only because Chanyeol's in it. Why?"

"Ji Won compared you two to Kang Jun & Nana. If you ever watch them, you can tell that they like each other in a way, but neither of them do anything about it. Just like you & Krystal; actually, Ji Won said she thinks Krystal likes you too." He raised his eyebrows, nudging Minho.

Minho's face lit up; "What? Did she tell her that?"

Ha Neul pouted, "Sadly no. But, she said it's all in the actions." he hit him again, "Don't give up bro; you two will eventually be together."

Minho looked at Jonghyun & Krystal one more time and his happy face dropped again; "Hopefully." he mumbled.

Krystal took a quick glance from the corner of her eye; seeing Minho's glare at the two.

She always had a keen eye for people looking at her; and it was a clear fact that Minho was staring at her.

Krystal narrowed her eyes, I wonder what that's about..

---

Minho agreed to go visit EXO at their dorm since they did make their debut on a music program and it was only best to be proud of his hoobae's.

Jonghyun was driving the car with Krystal in the passenger seat and Minho sat behind Jonghyun.

Krystal looked at Minho from the corner of her eye; feeling more tension then usual.

The car ride was pretty silent, minus the fact that Jonghyun chose to play old school SHINee music in the car.

Krystal pulled her phone out, texting Minho; who was surprised at her first move.

(Black = Krystal, Turquoise = Minho)

"You're pretty quiet."

"You are too."

Minho looked at Krystal, hoping she'd turn around; but she didn't.

"Have you talked to Kris ever since, you know?"

"No, what would I say to him anyways? Do you think he'd tell Jonghyun?"

"Nah, Kris wasn't in the right state of mind either that night. I'll talk to him if you'd like."

"Thanks, that'd be really nice of you. I'd rather not have to explain myself to Jonghyun."

"Hahah, me either."

"Thanks again for getting me out of that party safely; I really owe you."

"Well, I really like ice cream; so if you wanna take me out and pay.. (;"

"Call! Let me know when and it's a date."

Minho read the text; "date".

He mentally slapped himself again; completely forgetting about the fact that it wasn't just Krystal & him in the car.

"So you wanna date 2 SHINee members now?" he teased.

"Omg, I didn't mean it like that. It can be a friend date; since you know, we're friends now."

"Okay. And I told you to stop speaking formal to me, so chill hahah. Call me oppa here and then; I like that stuff."

"Oh, so now that we're friends I have to listen to everything you say?"

"I am your master; bow down to me peasant."

After reading that text, Krystal couldn't help but literally laugh out loud.

"Who are you talking to that you keep smiling like that?" Jonghyun chuckled; not knowing that person was sitting right behind him.

Krystal bit her lip, "It's just Jessica, she keeps telling me there's a bug flying around."

A bug, really, couldn't think of a better lie Krystal?

Minho leaned back, trying to hold in his laughter at Krystal's little lies.

Jonghyun chuckled, "She's always been afraid of bugs."

"Yeah.." Krystal mumbled.

She slowly turned around to look at Minho; catching his eyes.

Minho smirked, crossing his arms over his chest. He raised his eyebrows, pursing his lips to point at her phone.

Krystal checked the message from Minho;

"Did you know you blink a lot when you lie?"

"Shh, stop bothering me."

"You texted me first."

What Minho & Krystal didn't notice; was that Jonghyun knew they were texting each other.

He looked up into the rearview mirror and saw a little smile form whenever he got a text.

And within a couple seconds, Krystal would receive a text and try to contain her laughter.

Once they arrived, the first person to approach them all was Kai; who was already waiting for Krystal at the front.

Kai hugged her tight, "I can't believe it; that feeling is amazing."

Jonghyun touched his shoulder, "Debuting as an idol really is something else eh?"

"It truly is hyung." Kai couldn't stop smiling, "Come, the rest of the guys are waiting."

Jonghyun walked and talked with Kai while Minho & Krystal just walked next to each other.

Minho slickly nudged her elbow; raising his eyebrows, "I'm gonna look for Kris." he mouthed.

Krystal nodded her head, understanding.

---

When they walked in, Lay looked half asleep; not showing any enthusiasm whatsoever, "Who is it?" he mumbled.

Minho punched his arm, "Yah, you noob."

Lay scratched his eyes, doing a little handshake with Minho; "Minho, I am exhausted alright."

Minho laughed again, noticing Kris approaching them from the corner of his eyes.

"Hey guys." Kris slightly smiled, trying so hard to avoid Krystal's eyes.

Minho grabbed his arm, pulling him away from the group and into his room.

"What is it?" Kris scratched his head.

Minho raised his eyebrows at him, "You're unbelievable if you don't remember what happened the night of Kai's party."

Kris narrowed his eyes, thinking back, "Oh.. that.."

"Yeah." Minho said, "That thing, yeah, Jonghyun can't find out about that. Arasso?"

Kris nodded his head, covering his mouth as he couldn't contain a chuckle.

Minho looked at him suspiciously, "What are you chuckling about?"

Kris smirked, "It's cute how concerned you are about Krystal ya know?" he said, "I was going to apologize to you and her about that too eventually. I was drunk, she was drunk; we both just kinda went with the flow."

Minho knew Kris never had bad intentions to begin with; he was a nice guy. They both just got pretty effed up that night and probably got carried away.

"When you apologize to Krystal, just don't do it in front of Jonghyun; we've tried hard and kept this a secret for awhile now." Minho said.

Kris smiled sheepishly, scratching the back of his neck.

Minho narrowed his eyes, hitting his shoulder, "Yah, what are you laughing at now?"

Kris looked at him, trying to read his eyes, "You like Krystal don't you?"

Minho knew denying was getting him absolutely no where since people could read him anyways; "A little bit. Now you don't tell anyone or else I will personally ruin you."

"Minho, my guy." Kris put his hand on his shoulder, "You don't have to warn me; it's pretty obvious that you've been wanting to keep it a secret for awhile now."

Minho shrugged his shoulders, "Do you think it's fcked up that after Jonghyun & Krystal admitted they were dating, I've only wanted to get closer to Krystal?"

Kris shook his head, "That's a normal symptom of jealousy."

"Aish." Minho hit him again, "Let's go back to the rest of the guys."

After they left the room, Kris closed the door behind him.

What they didn't know, was that Lay was in the bathroom at the time and heard every last word they were exchanging with one another.

He smiled and shook his head, "That guy seriously has horrible timing when it comes to confessions."

Ooh la la, looks like Minho & Krystal are getting somewhat close and even texting each other. ;D

But Jonghyun is beginning to notice..

Also, what do you guys think Sulli's gonna do now that she got advise from her brother Siwon?

AND WHY IS HA NEUL THE MOST PERFECT BOYFRIEND EVER IN HERE HE MAKES ME CRY WAH

But omg, now Kris AND Lay know for sure that Minho likes Krystal; dun dun dun.

Did you guys like the little Roommate section I put in? That will actually come to play in a future chapter and I hope you all anticipate it. (':

Find out what happens in the upcoming chapters!

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