Only Words

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Three-part drabble focusing on Kibum, Taekey and Taemin. 

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zialabell #1
Chapter 1: The first one is something I do sometimes too. Just throw my phone away and read a book quietly with my dogs. I could imagine kibum doing that too. Who on eartf could handle dealing with ppl 24/7??

Being inside in the storm is really cute. Fluffy taekey is the best kind of taekey for me ,,-___-,,

About the last one, i like the story and it's interesting to see a fictional perspective of how jongin feels after all that has happened. I don't follow exo too closely so i don't know how well they are doing now. However some of my friends are exoLs and they say that they have rather improved after all the drama ( in terms of performace, concerts, communication with the fans, etc) I personally think their mr removed lives are getting better. As for minho well...yeah i agree he is still the weakest in shinee when it comes to vocals. But thats because everyone is CRAZY good. Nowaday i think minho's vocal have improved a LOT. His vocals in shinee's recent slow songs really amaze me. He worked hard, I think the public appreciates that U U . Random stuff, i just think shinee are super lucky they had the opportunity to be together. I hope they stay strong like this for a long time
OldGreggGroupie
#2
Chapter 1: Mmm, don't you think it's sad that you had to put the author's note at the end to protect yourself from crazy fans? ;3

To be honest, I don't like EXO at all, but I read the last bit for Taemin. I like the way you've portrayed him. The parts where you're saying he's not noticing the time going by, in my personal opinion, tie into the ending. He's been coddled into forgetting about time, which is why Jongin looks older. I don't know, this is just how I took it. :)

Whatever you were meaning, I'll be thrilled to read any more TaeKey you write!
smoltaemin
#3
Chapter 1: @matchy down there I kind of disagree??? a few years ago I might have agreed but most recently I don't think so. Shinee seen closer than ever before recently and tho kibum and maybe jonghyun have said in the past that they're just coworkers (in like 2011 I think lol) now I think they'd say smth different, I feel that most of them are pretty close w each other idk abt the other members but especially taemin is close w all of them it seems like. I....rly am um kind of shocked at what u said abt taemin lmao yes he is definitely driven and ambitious but why does that mean he's not cheerful lmao??? he seems happier than ever tbh like have u heard the fan accounts??? "cynical brat" that was rly.... Wow ok lol. I rly agree w how things are portrayed in this fic tbh esp towards the end lmao taem was very coddled by the other members and even other artists of the company. It's like as soon as u accept someone is not a completely innocent little flower u have to go for the opposite extreme around here lmfao....taem is indeed an adult in his twenties but how is that meaning he's not a sweet person or that he can't be cheerful lol???? What's the logic tbh like just bc he's one thing he can't be another??? Who's the taemin ur setting bc wow tbh.... Also shinee have always seemed pretty close compared to other groups and even a few years back I'd say they probably got along fairly well. I mean it's like having friends at school, yeah, maybe u wouldn't be that close of u weren't together all the time but that doesn't mean ur fake friends....tbh just besides that I think u would develop a special sort of bond after going thru as many things together as idols do. In the past few years shinee have seemed to really become a family and taem even stated that the only thing he could call shinee is a family???? They also have all stated that they want some to stay together as long as possible so like..... Yeah idk I'm just so ?????? @ ur comment lol. Rip that was long but great story!!
matchy #4
Chapter 1: This was an interesting perspective. Rather cynical, but fit the theme... it was sad. :( It was an enjoyable read, but...Moonkyu and Taemin didnt look like they succeeded with trying to stop Jongin from breaking his own body for exo.. :( sad. :(

I hope it's okay to give some of my own rambling coz this made me think.

Though I have to admit I dont know too much about exo's private interactions because I'm a casual fan, I do know more about SHINee... and well, 7 years into debut, and 2 years of training, and what with basically growing up in the dirty industry that's showbiz, there is just absolutely no way for anyone - especially Taemin, who was a cynical brat when he was a teen - to privately adhere to the innocent image so many idols project. SHINee themselves have admitted that they talked within themselves about the future of SHINee, and have had serious talks.. and they haven't had as commercially successful a run, arguably, than the rest of their fellow-mates like DBSK, Suju, GG, and even EXO. They've had their rough patches, and well, whatever their projected image, they are a group of men - and they *are* men now, probably millionaires, who has seen the ins and outs and dissolutions and breakout successes of A LOT of groups, and there is just no way they aren't aware of the realities of showbiz, and idoldom - i mean, they were there for the DB5K split, which was so ugly, the Hangeng thing... If you watch Taemin especially, he's so absolutely different from the sweet, innocent character... he's driven and ambitious as all hell, but still so chill at other times... tbh i find it praiseworthy that he held on to some of his cheerfulness lol. Key has said that SHINee wont last forever, and well, the 5 of them have always said they're colleagues above all.. they may have now grown into a family, but they definitely aren't the fresh-faced boys the media so loves to portray them as...
SHINima
#5
Chapter 1: Wow. This was very well written. It's funny how SHINee being a point of envy to others can also be a point of destruction for it's members.