Your POV

You watched the screen backstage in the dressing room intently. They were performing their last song, in a neat row, taking their turns to contribute their part to the song. As usual, Jonghyun was in the middle. He was deemed the shortest in the group, but that didn’t bother you, his height matched yours perfectly. You were a petite actress, after finishing one of your shoots you rushed down to their performance. You barely got backstage alive though, the crowd outside venue was overbearing. The world knew of your relationship with Jonghyun, so there wasn’t any point in trying to hide it. Sure it was difficult at first, actually even now, but it didn’t matter as long as both of you supported each other. You started wondering how it would be like if you didn’t have Jonghyun in your life. He had been part of your life for such a long time, that being apart from him for a week felt foreign.

You were so lost in your thoughts; you didn’t notice the song ending. You looked up at the screen again to see Jonghyun and Key crying. Onew was comforting Jonghyun while Minho was comforting Key. You couldn’t help but feel your heart break a little, how you wanted to run out there and give him a hug. However you couldn’t because you didn’t want to ruin their moment with the fans. The millions of fans were chanting and singing, doing their part to comfort the group too.

It wasn’t a surprise that Jonghyun was crying, he was an emotional man, but that didn’t mean he was a weakling. In fact, in your opinion, he was one of the manliest men you’ve met in your life. Men cry because they are strong, not because they are weak.

“Kamsahamida” they said as they bowed together, hand in hand. When they stood up straight again, they waved and flashed their own unique smile. Jonghyun’s smile made you feel all fluffy inside.

Then they walked off stage and backstage. Even after they have made their leave, backstage, the fans were still screaming and shouting. You could hear the staff outside clapping and congratulating them. You were in the holding room, and just when you were about to leave the room to congratulate them outside, they entered the room.

“Jagiya… you made it…” Jonghyun said, the moment he saw you. He extended his arms to pull you into a hug.

You breathed in his scent; it was a mix of his cologne and sweat. You returned the hug and patted his back to comfort him from his crying. “Good job jagi…” you said softly, so only he could hear.

You then pulled away from the hug and faced the rest of the group. “Good job guys!” you said as you raised your hand to give them a high-five. Onew, Key and Taemin returned the high-five normally. Minho however had purposely raised his hands higher above your head, so you couldn’t reach it. He liked teasing you, since you were his noona.

“Yah! Choi Minho! “ you said, slapping his arm.

“Ah! Mian, mian” he cowered away, pouting.

“Minho yah…are you bullying your noona? You’d regret it if you are…” Jonghyun joked around. He came around by your side and pulled you closer. He hung his arm around your waist.

“Ehh hyung… I was just kidding” Minho nudged Jonghyun. We laughed about it for a while until they had to go get changed and freshened up for the interview.

“I’ll have to go now babe, you want me to get manager-nim to send you home first? You look tired.” he asked concerned

“Nah, it’s okay I want to stay here till you’re done.” You gave him a reassuring smile, and waved him away to get ready for the interview.

“Take a nap in my dressing room first if you want to.” He handed you his jacket and placed a kiss on your forehead before leaving the room.

You were honestly quite tired, so you made your way to his dressing room. You snuggled against one of the couches in his jacket and took a nap. You fell asleep quickly; you didn’t even know you were this tired.

Jonghyun POV

You followed behind Minho to the dressing room to get cooled and changed. You were still sweating profusely from the intense performances. One of the coordinators handed you a wet towel, a baggy shirt and a pair of jeans that are less tight than the ones you had on now.

“Kamsahamida, what time do I have to be ready?”

“In 35 minutes.” She replied

“Okay. Thank you.”

You made your way back to your dressing room where you hoped your girlfriend was. You didn’t want her wandering around alone, it made you worry. There were crazy fans out there and you didn’t want her to be alone so late at night. You passed by Onew entering his own dressing room.

 Onew was greeting someone inside the room and you started getting curious. He had a wide smile on his face. You knew he had a girlfriend, but you didn’t know that she was here. Onew wasn’t the type to openly tell people that his girlfriend was around, he’d usually keep quiet about it.

You snug behind Onew and peeked into the room. Even though you were shorter than him you managed to catch a glimpse of his girlfriend sitting on the couches.

“Yah hyung, how did I not know that you brought your girlfriend?” You nudged Onew from behind teasingly.

Onew just smiled sheepishly at his girlfriend and back at you. He giggled nervously and pushed you away from the opening of the door. His girlfriend was also an actress, Song Jeongmin.  

“Annyeong noona! Why didn’t you tell me you were coming, Rinhae is in my dressing room, do you want to meet her?”

“Your hyung told me not to tell anyone because he was shy… I’ll go over later.” She gave Onew a playful look.

“Geurae (sure), I’ll go and change, please take care of her for me, kamsahamida.” you laughed and gave Onew a wink and left.

You walked towards your dressing room and realized that the lights were off, you figured she was sleeping so you entered quietly. You the on the right of the room, leaving the lights on the left of the room off so it would still be dark enough for Rinhae to sleep. You didn’t want to wake her, she had a long day.

You looked into the mirror and wiped off the makeup on your face with the wet towel. Then you moved on to the rest of your body, arms, legs, neck, back so on and so forth. You had your shirt removed so you could remove the airbrush tattoos on your back. But you couldn’t reach certain areas. You were about to turn you back and wake Rinhae up to help you but you felt a pair of arms snake across your waist.

They felt familiar, you knew they were Rinhae’s.

 “Oppa, do you need help?” she asked softly.

You turned around and looked at her, you couldn’t help but admire her face in and kiss her forehead. You just found her so beautiful.

“Ooh I’m sorry jagi, did I wake you?”

“Ani, I woke up on my own, don’t worry about it.” She took the cloth from your hand and gently scrubbed off the remains of the airbrush tattoo.

“Okay it’s all off, go get ready, ppaleun; you’re going to be late for the interview.” She placed her hands on your chest and hugged you.

You grabbed your shirt from the dressing counter and pull it over your head. You took off your jeans and slipped into the other pair. You didn’t bother hiding from Rinhae, she had seen you in only underwear, and you had seen her in only underwear, there was nothing to hide.

“Jeongmin noona is here too, she said she’ll come over. Hyung didn’t tell any of us.”

“Jinjja? I’ll go and find her later. Yah, stop teasing your hyung…”

“Wae? It’s funny to see his reaction. Why do you care so much for him?” you asked jealously. You weren’t really jealous you just wanted to pull her leg.

“Aww… my baby is jealous…” she stuck out her tongue at you. You loved it when she called you baby, you loved the way that word came out of . You loved it so much, you didn’t want her to be calling anyone else that, except you. She knew you wanted to pull her leg, so she played along. Her playfulness made your heart melt.

“Come here you.” You stretched your arms open inviting her into a hug.

“Ani, baby’s jealous…” she stepped away from you and ran to the opposite end of the room.

“Yah, Rinhae… how could you reject my hug. You’d regret it when I get you.”

You chased her around the room, till both of you were panting. She eventually collapsed on one of the couches and pulled her into your embrace.

Your POV

He pulled you into his arms, you laid on his firm chest and felt his heartbeat slowdown.

“I caught you...”

You just giggled. You loved him so much; you loved the way he held you in his arms and how your head fit into the crevice of his neck. You felt safe, protected. He played with your hair and you fiddled with the hem of his loose shirt.

“Are you tired? Was the shooting difficult?”

“Ani, it was tiring but it wasn’t difficult. The concert was phenomenal; you guys did a really good job.”

“Kamsahamida jagi, when your movie screening is out, I’ll go with you, arasso?”

You nodded your head. He traced his fingertips on the back of your hands and squeezed your shoulders.

“You need to go now, don’t you? “ you said sitting up.

“In 10 minutes… I’m too lazy to go.”

“Ani, go, you have to go now… stop being lazy the fans and the rest will be waiting.” You took him by the arm and yanked him on his feet. You were petite but you were strong. He trudged lazily to the door, following behind you. He was dragging his feet. You found it cute.

Just as you opened the door you met with Jeongmin and Onew. Onew probably walked Jeongmin here, he really loved her.

“Unnie! “ you exclaimed and hugged her tight.

“Yah Dino, we’re late, what were you doing with her hmm?” Onew said wiggling his eyebrows at Jonghyun.

You blushed lightly even though you guys didn’t do anything more than hugging.

“Yah hyung ! What did you think we did, we didn’t do anything. “ Jonghyun retaliated, appalled.

“Revenge Dino, revenge.” Onew replied.

“I told you that you shouldn’t make fun of your hyung.” You said sticking your tongue out at him. He pouted, then, he pulled you close. So close your nose was almost touching his. He looked into your round brown orbs and smirked before pulling away.

“Hyung, let’s go.” With that he left the room with Onew.

You were left confused, what was with the smirk and the eyes…