~Jonghyun POV~

The first day of work sped by and before I knew it, it was already 8 o’clock and time to go home.

The whole day, I couldn’t help but look at Key. He looked so good in his uniform, and I kept on feeling jealous that he was allowed to be the host to many girls.

Lucky them. Oh well, at least I get him all to myself next week. I smiled, thinking of all the things we could do.

“Jonghyun?” someone tapped my shoulder. I turned to see Key, who had just changed. “You can use the changing room now” he said, slightly pushing past me to exit the locker room.

I frowned. How come he has to act like a diva? Well, whatever, I liked it better like this.

I got changed quickly and poked my head out from behind the curtain, only to find an empty locker room. Everyone went home already? No, I could hear Mr. Choi talking on the phone or something in his office, but where’s Key?

I pouted. Damn, I wanted to walk him home. I walked outside after bidding Minho’s father good bye and was about to walk away when I saw the one guy I wanted to see most right now.

“Took you long enough” he huffed as he stood from the metal bench outside the café. Was he waiting for me?

I smiled. “Like you can talk” I said back. He just shrugged.

“So…” I sighed. “What are you still doing here?” I stepped closer to him. “You want me to walk you home?”

Key looked up at me. “Duh” he stuck his tongue out and walked away, but looked back at me. “C’mon, I want to go home!”

I chuckled and caught up to him. I didn’t like how he was so silent, even when I tried talking to him, but at least I was able to be with him.

“So, do you think work is going well?” I said, trying to bring up a conversastion.

He shrugged. “I dunno. I really don’t like talking to girls. All they want is a kiss and a hug and then they’ll be gone”.

I nodded, and understood why he was so upset.  He really doesn’t want to kiss anyone until he finds his perfect match.

“Do you?” he asked.

What? Oh yeah, he was asking if I liked our job. “Ehh, I’m really not sure. Hosting’s not my thing”

He let out a small laugh. “Are you kidding?”

What? What does he mean by that?

“You’re perfect. . . at hosting, I mean!” he added that “At hosting” part when he just realized what he’d said. He thinks I’m perfect?

“Psht, I’m not perfect” I sighed, only to feel Key’s eyes staring into me.

“Yes you are” he said quietly.

My heart skipped a beat. Did he really mean that? I said nothing more. After all, what could I say? Instead, I just smiled at him while trying to tame the butterflies he gave me in my stomach.

After a bit longer, we arrived at his house. “Are your parents home?”

I could see him biting his bottom lip. “No. they travel a lot, so they’re barely home.”

What? I didn’t think people would do such things. “Oh, um, sorry. You must be lonely” I said shyly. He just smiled at me.

“No, I have Amber and Taemin and now, um, you” he twiddled his thumbs, which I found extremely adorable. I smiled and stepped closer, expecting him to back away. When he didn’t I brushed his long bangs from his eyes and kissed his forehead.

“I’m glad I can help you to not feel lonely” I whispered, my lips still close to his scarlet red face. He just stared at me, as if I were an alien. I swallowed and prayed that he wasn’t scared. He hadn’t even kissed anyone yet, but it’s not like I actually kissed his lips, just his forehead.

Did I actually want to kiss him? Yeah, I think I would. Would I? No, not until he claims he’s found his perfect match, and it would just so happen to be me. But, would that happen? I can only cross my fingers and wish that it will.

After another few seconds of silence, and he still didn’t say anything, I stepped back and smiled at him. “I’ll see you on Monday. And don’t forget our date” I said cheerfully. He finally smiled, but stuttered. “Uh, okay! Bye Jonghyun” he said before rushing into his house.

I still stood there for a while, wondering what I’ve just done. It’s not that big a deal, right? It was just a little peck on his forehead? But, then again, why do even I feel so embarrassed about it?

~Key POV~

As soon as Jonghyun said he was leaving, I rushed into my house and leaned against the door.

I touched where he kissed me gently. My forehead, of all places.

What does this mean? Does… does he like me?

I mentally slapped myself. No way Kibum, it’s probably just a friend’s kiss! After all, even I kiss Taemin’s head all the time.

But, the way Jonghyun had looked at me gave me butterflies…

I shook my head and waited until my face had gone back to it normal color to jump into bed.

I laid there for a while after changing, just staring out the ceiling, of course, thinking of that idiot when my phone rang.

I picked it up to see that Amber had texted me.

To: Me

From: Amber

4/16/20xx Tuesday

Key!! srry for leaving w/o u after work

im sure u walked with Jonghyun right?

Tell me everything at school ^^ but im not walking with u cuz you’ll be with Jonghyun  - 3-

Fighting~!

I laughed at her message and closed my phone, only to open it again to stare at Jonghyun’s number.

I’ve only called him once, and it was just to yell at him this morning. Should I call him again?

No, maybe I should just text him. But, is he already asleep?

No, it’s barely even nine!

I blew air into my cheeks, frustrated about how complicated it was to just talk to Jonghyun.

I closed my phone and my side, giving up. I’ll just call him tomorrow, I should really sleep early.

I was starting to drift away when my phone rang once again.

I didn’t bother to look at the caller ID and picked up. “Hello?”

“Key? Oh, sorry. Were you asleep?”

Jonghyun? He called me? I sat up and ran my fingers through my unkempt hair. “Um, not really.”

“Not really?”

“I wasn’t really asleep” I lied once more, just so I could talk to him.

“Oh. Well, I was just calling to say goodnight” he said quietly.

He called just to say good night? I smiled to myself, trying to contain my happiness.

“Oh. Um, good night” I said nervously. I expected him to say good night back and hang up when his voice came up again.

“Uh, actually, I’m really not tired. Can I. . . maybe talk to you until I fall asleep?”

I covered my eyes and sighed happily. Is he serious? “Sure” I said back.

We started to talk a lot, getting excited and happy, and I couldn’t help but feel like I was his most important person. When he couldn’t sleep, he called me. Of all people, he chose me.

Of course, it was only because he couldn’t sleep. I know I shouldn’t be getting too excited, but I just was.

After I won another one of our stupid little arguments, I glanced at the clock and my eyes grew wide. It was already almost midnight?

“Wow, it’s really late” I sighed out loud and expected for Jonghyun to say something in reply, but he didn’t. Instead, I could hear him lightly breathing on the other end.

I laughed out loud. Did he fall asleep? “Hello? Are you asleep?” I said, just to be sure.

There was no reply except for his light snoring. I chuckled quietly and just sat there, listening to his breath through the phone.

“Good night you stupid idiot” I said quietly before hanging up. I smiled to myself and put my phone on the table next to me and shut off the lights.

I let my eyes adjust to the darkness before letting them close and fall asleep.

~Jonghyun POV~

After the night I called Key, I couldn’t stop thinking of him. There was just something about him that was so. . . fun.

He was fun to be with, fun to mess with, fun to see mad and happy and sometimes both at the same time. I wanted to be around him more so on Monday morning, I walked over to his house to pick him up for school.

Knocking on the door, I also decided to text him to let him know I’m here.

But, there was no need for that, because within a minute after I’d hit the door, there he was, in front of me, with a scowl on his face, still making him look somewhat happy.

“You’re late” he pouted.

I raised my eyebrows. “Oh? Well then, we better get going” I smiled and he just pushed past me, but I could still see that the tips of his lips were curved up.

I walked beside him and when we had finally arrived at school, I for some reason felt everyone’s eyes on me and this diva.

I ignored it and looked around to spot Minho and Taemin chatting happily in the hallway. Occasionally, Minho would lean in and whisper something to the younger, making his nose and cheeks turn pink and smile nervously.

I walked past him with Key beside him and smirked. “Get a room” I called over to him. He furrowed his eyebrows but smiled and said goodbye to his boyfriend, giving him a quick peck on the cheek before running off to his class.

I walked into the classroom with Key and Taemin, who was now happily telling his ‘umma’ about the date he and Minho had yesterday.

I looked around and saw Yoseob, Ryeowook, and Yunho sitting where our desks usually were. I started to wonder if I should go sit with them or with Key when a few girls approached the three and started to giggle in a somehow annoying way, making Yunho scowl, but they didn’t notice.

Yunho usually doesn’t like talking to girls, he has a boyfriend for crying out loud. He looked relieved when the girls left.

He spotted me and Key and walked over to us.

“Hey, I heard you got a job in hosting. . .?” he said.

I bent over a little and laughed to myself. So they know. Wonderful.

“Ahh, yeah. With Key and Minho and Taemin and Amber” I told him. He just smirked and nodded.

“So, are you gonna ditch us to be with Key?”

I laughed a bit. “Can I?”

He shrugged but said “Of course”. I smiled. It was good he understood, I didn’t even have to tell him that I feel something for Key.

Through class, I kept poking Key and bugging him, only because it was so fun to see his reactions. He’d occasionally glare at me, but I could see him smile and laugh to himself every time after.

Eventually, our first period ended and we all rushed off, too bad I wouldn’t see Key until later. For now, he was with Amber and I was on my way to music, my favorite class.

After entering the classroom, I looked around to see the teacher sitting at his desk looking over paper. He picked his head up to the sound of footsteps and smiled.

“Jjong!” he said happily. I waved. “Wassup Jinki?” I said happily.

I was close friends with Jinki. He was older than me, but dropped out of school in order to persuade his music career. Eventually, he became the music teacher here and I became close to him. I was one of the few people to call him by his real name, everyone else calls him Onew.

“Sit” he ordered. I nodded and sat an empty desk. “So, what’s new?”

I shrugged and he rolled his eyes. “Please, Jong. I’ve seen you around school with that one boy” he raised his eyebrows and I could feel my ears getting hot.

“You’re so in love! I know that kid, Kibum, right? He’s an excellent rapper” he nodded in approval, and I couldn’t help but hold on to his description of Key.

He raps? He never told me that. Well, then again, I haven’t told him I sing. “Well, I dunno if I’m in love” I said simply. He just scoffed as more kids entered and sat down.

“Yeah, okay” he sighed as he stood up and announced today’s lesson. I ignored what he said and stared out the window. Do I really love Key? Well, I had no time to think anymore because suddenly, something hard hit my desk, making me stumble back a bit. I looked up to see a pissed Jinki.

“Yah, pay attention” he hissed. What’s his problem?

“Somebody’s on their period~” I sang as he walked off. The other students burst out laughing and I was sent out in the hall.

I leaned against the wall and laughed. As close as I am to that idiot, I couldn’t tell him I was feeling a little something strong for Key. And I can’t tell him that because even I’m not sure if it’s true.

But there’s one thing I’m sure of, and it’s that our date is within a few days and I don’t feel like waiting any longer.

~Key POV~

Okay, I really couldn’t wait until Friday night, and when it was finally the day, I couldn’t keep my excitement.

After work, I changed quickly, but yet took my time. I had forgotten everything that had happened at Spades. We were trained from the other waiters and few waitresses that worked here while we were at school, but I didn’t listen. I just wanted to get going and go to the mall.

It was around 5 when we left. We didn’t have to work much, since today was a training day. I smiled to myself as I waited for Jonghyun outside. Amber, Taemin, and Minho wished me good luck, along with other waiters that were apparently friends with Jonghyun’s friend. There names were Yoochun and Junsu I think? Well, whatever, apparently everyone knew about our little date.

Finally, the door to the restaurant swung open and out stepped Jonghyun, looking great as usual. He looked at me and smiled. “Shall we?” he held out his hand and I took it nervously, wordless because I just couldn’t find the perfect way to express how happy I was at this moment.

We walked in total silence until we got into a taxi and he ordered the driver to take us to the mall. My heart was beating so fast, I was afraid it’d punch a hole in my chest. I can’t believe I was actually going on a date with Jonghyun!

Damn, he looked so good, I hoped I looked good too. I fixed my hair while I stared out the window, still completely aware that Jonghyun was still holding my hand.

Once we arrived at the mall, I hopped out the car after he paid the driver and lead him inside. He laughed and held me back a bit. “Whoa there, relax. It’s not like this place is gonna grow legs and walk away.”

I pouted and looked back at him. “But I wanna go in~” I whined. He just smiled and let me lead him from store to store.

After about the 5^th one, and he still hasn’t bought anything, we sat down at a coffee shop and I frowned.

“Jonghyun, we’re here to shop, why don’t you buy something?”

He shrugged. “I’m not that great at picking out clothes” he admitted. I almost fell off my chair laughing. “Wae? What’s so funny?” he pouted.

Did he just tell me he’s not that good at dressing himself? Yeah, okay sure.

“No way.” I sighed and calmed myself before taking his hand and dragging him to yet another store.

“Ugh, Key~ I’m tired~. Can’t we rest longer?” he whined and I couldn’t help but roll my eyes and laugh at how cute he sounded just then.

“Nope, let’s go”

I peered around the store and decided to leave Jonghyun in the front of the store while I went out to pick out clothes.

I tapped my chin and looked through the many racks of clothes before finally deciding on a black and white checkered shirt with a black jacket. I ran over back to where I’d left him, only to have my heart tear a bit when I saw him talking to some girls.

They were all giggling, but he was just laughing nervously, and trying to push them away. I frowned and was about to stomp away when our eyes met and his lit up.

“Um, sorry girls. . .” he inched away from them and stumbled into me, hugging my waist tightly. “But I’m here with my boyfriend.”

My face turned extremely red, and I began to doubt what I’d just heard. I looked at him, but he just winked, which didn’t exactly help the color of my face to return to normal.

The girls looked at each other and back to us with bewildered stares before walking off, probably to find another guy desperate enough to feed them attention.

Once they were out of view, he released me from his firm grip and sighed. “Ahh, sorry. I just had to get rid of them.”

Well, that totally ruined my good mood. I frowned and shoved the clothes at him. “Whatever, go try this on” I huffed as I stomped away, leaving a confused Jonghyun alone.

How can he just do that? Pretending that we were dating, just to get rid of those girls? !

I grumbled to myself and sat down on a bench in the store while Jonghyun was changing. I didn’t want to be mad at him, but I feel like I just had to.

I waited for him to come out, but he didn’t for a while so I walked to the dressing rooms and looked around. “Jonghyun?”

“Ah, Key” I heard his voice come from one of the rooms. I knocked on the door gently, to see what was taking so long.

“What’s taking you so damn lo…” but I couldn’t finish my sentence. Because there he was, shirtless, and in the middle of pulling the checkered tee over his head.

“Um, I’m kind of half ” he said slowly. I blushed hard and shut the door immediately. “Hurry up, you stupid buttwipe!” I huffed as I started to walk away again.

I was still pissed at what he had said, but I couldn’t help but remember how. . . hot he looked.

I shook my head. What the hell was wrong with me?

I felt someone tap my shoulder and I turned to see him standing there, finally. “Sorry I took so long, there was a line” he rubbed the back of his neck and I examined him.

“You look good in that” I admitted. Okay, that was officially the understatement of the century. He didn’t just look ‘good’, he looked ing y.

He flashed me a smile, but it disappeared when he stepped closer, making my heart skip a beat.

“Look, sorry about earlier. I know I shouldn’t have said that.” He practically whispered. I just shrugged silently. After all, what could I say? He just stood there for a while longer, and I wish he’d just go away already.  I could feel his breath on the crook of my neck, he was so close to me! Thankfully, there weren’t many people around.

“Key. . .” he suddenly said. He tilted my chin so I was facing him and he stared at me with those big eyes of his. I could feel my heart thumping loudly, I was afraid he could hear it.

“You haven’t had your first kiss, right?” he suddenly said.

My eyes grew a little wide, but I shook my head. That’s what he wants to talk about?

“If you want, I’ll kiss you right here and now” he said slowly.

Wait a second. . . did I hear him right? I tried to look anywhere but his face. “What?”

“I’m saying, I can give you your first kiss” he repeated. I heard what he said, but I just couldn’t understand him. He wants to kiss me?

Wait, I’m not even sure if I like this guy! But, I think, maybe I do? “Um. . .”

“Key” I looked at him. “If you want me to, I will, but if you don’t, I’ll just drop it and we can just forget this ever happened.”

I shut my eyes. , what should I say?! Was he just teasing me again?

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Chapter numero 5~^^

well, well, look who's evil enough to leave a cliffie XD

sorry. . . please dont stab me =________=

wow i dont think i've updated recently...

its just that homework's a and so is the drama with my ex. he's being a reall . -.-

*sigh* fml. . . .

well, anyways, happy late Pepero day!! <3

11/11 is the unoffical Valentine's day in Korea, also known as Pepero day (:

did u make a wish? cuz i did :D and i also wish i could go see SHINee in concert >< but that's not what my first wish was (;

yeppers i made two =P

o yea, and did anyone watch the Pacquiao vs Marquez fight last night/ early this morning??!!

haha thats one thing i love about being asian, i get to watch pacquiao matches o(>w<)/ faq yea! XD

Well, anyways, i promise i'll update soon! Until next time~ Anngyeong (^.~)

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