1. Because when Key cries at concerts, etc., Minho’s always the first one who pulls him into a hug. 

2. Because when he does, Minho places his hand just behind Key’s neck and twirls him around, while whispering into his ear.

3. Because Key doesn’t push him away. 

4. Because Minho doesn’t let him go until he stops crying.

5. Because when Key laughs, he likes to fall on Minho; behind him or in front, Key doesn’t care. 

6. Because Key always does random faces and whatnots behind Minho. 

7. Because out of all the SHINee members, Minho has only ever fixed Key’s hair (in public).

8. Because Key is very rarely the one who initiates skin ship, but at rare times he’s started it with Taemin and Minho.  

9. Because Minho and Key are the ones who shares a microphone the most. 

10. Because they still share one mic when they clearly have their own.

11. Because they whisper to each other a lot. 

12. Because Minho liked rubbing Key’s bald spot during the Lucifer era.

13.Because according to Arirang (an international Korean music channel), Minho and Key are “the perfect duo.”

14. Because fans think that they have an “awkward relationship.”

15. Because Key strongly denies that fact whenever people tell him so, and fires back with “Minho’s one of my close friends.”

16. Because in Hello Baby, Minho and Key were labelled as the “Best Appas.”

17. Because they cared and played with Yooguen a lot. 

18. Because Yooguen loves them both. 

19. Because Minho and Key both love kids.

20. Because they share one bottle of water between them when they’re on stage, and Onew, Taemin and Jonghyun share another. 

21. Because Minho stole Key’s water and drank from it during “Kiss the Radio” when he clearly had his own. 

22. Because Key does it too. 

23. Because during a radio show, Minho noticed that Key wasn’t feeling well. 

24. Because he gave his water to Key during the radio show so that he wouldn‘t dehydrate. 

25. Because during their 2nd trip to Thailand for the 2009 SMTown Concert, Key was sick. Minho, who risked getting sick, changed rooms and stayed with Key so that he could watch over him.

26. Because this was a big issue that even a Thai K-Pop magazine wrote about it. 

27. Because Minho only lets Key drag him around by the wrist. 

28. Because Minho is the only one who can leave Key speechless. 

29. Because Key stole Minho’s balloon which made Minho laugh.

30. Because it took Minho a while before he got his balloon back.

31. Because Key likes to play with his phone during press conferences and Minho plays with him.

32. Because Minho stole Onew’s pink fan just to give it to Key who wanted it. 

33. Because Minho’s mic wouldn’t work when they performed “Hello” and didn’t notice until Key pointed it out to him during the performance. 

34. Because Key laughed at him when  finally realised it.

35. Because when SHINee are standing, and Minho’s too far away, Key pulls him closer. 

36. Because Minho does it to Key too. 

37. Because they sound hot when they rap together.

38. Because they both explode with charisma when their on stage. 

39. Because only the Almighty can beat Minho at anything. 

40. Because Minho told Key that it was “only luck” when he won against him in pool. 

41. Because Minho knows that Key hates exercising and sports, so he stays by his side and wraps an arm around his waist when they go jogging for support.

42. Because when they debuted, Minho didn’t like to talk so Key did everything he could to get a word out of him. 

43. Because before they performed “Ring Dong Dong”, Key grabbed Minho’s hand for a high five but Minho intertwined their hands instead.

44. Because there are many moments where they’re close to holding but they don’t. 

45. Because whenever someone picks on Jonghyun, it’s always Key and Minho who gang up on him. 

46. Because Minho and Key bicker a lot- in front of fans and in their dorm, the location doesn’t matter. 

47. Because Minho bought Key a 185 dollar cardigan. 

48. Because Key bough him a yellow USB, a colour that Minho dislikes, but it holds a lot of meaning because it was a Spongebob USB.

49. Because Minho saves up two months before s’ birthdays (including Key’s) and hides them in a book so that he can get them a present if he has time. 

50. Because Key likes to play with Minho and get his attention.

51. Because he’ll corner him if he has to.

52. Because Key knows that Minho loves Kimbap rolls so he argued with Taemin to get it for Minho.

53. Because Minho catcalls when Key dances to girl group dances. 

54. Because it’s obvious that he enjoys Key’s y dancing.

55. Because Key secretly glances at Minho during performances. 

56. Because Minho randomly taps Key’s leg during interviews. 

57. Because during Star King where Minho and Key guest, Key was bored so he spent his time rubbing Minho’s leg. 

58. Because Minho was rubbing Key’s back in return. 

59. Because Key calls Minho “SHINee’s Aegyo Mascot”.

60. Because Minho does aegyo on Key’s demand. 

61. Because 2min fans don’t know that Minkey did the “lifting” incident first. Key couldn’t see the camera from the back of the stage, so Minho grabbed him by the waist and lifted him up to help. 

62. Because Key played “Tea Time” with Minho during “Flower Boy Generation.”

63. Because during KBS 2FM Danny’s Music Show, while Key was busy making weird faces, Minho was busy adoring him. 

64. Because during their Lucifer performance, Minho made a mistake. Key urged him on by yelling Minho’s name into his mic just before his solo rap. 

65. Because Minho is the only person who Key has applied lip bam to in public. 

66. Because Key drew an art piece of two aliens in love. *cough*Minho*cough*

67. Because when Key’s mic stops working Minho gives him his. 

68. Because Minho kicks Key when he sleeps. 

69. Because Key kicks Minho down in public.

70. Because when Key performs an “individual talent” when asked, he always prepares a rap piece with Minho, if he doesn’t want to do a girl group dance. 

71. Because during the Golden Disk Awards, Minho ducked from Key’s hand, thinking that he was going to hit him when Key just wanted to fix his hair.

72. Because Key hits Minho a lot. 

73. Because they’re both 91-ers; the only chingus in SHINee.

74. Because Minho isn’t included in the 91-line that Key created but Shawols know that he cares about Minho anyway, so we don’t complain about that fact. 

75. Because Key wants to hang out with Minho’s hyungs too but Minho rejected the idea. 

76. Because whenever they’re sitting around a table, no matter where their places are suppose to be, Minho and Key always find a way to sit next to each other. 

77. Because when Key first met Minho, his first impression of him was that “He’s a mixed blood”, “He has big eyes” and that “He was perfect.”

78. Because Minho likes to play with Key’s shoes.

79. Because Key falls back onto Minho’s shoulder. 

80. Because Minho thinks that Key “gets upset over the weirdest things.”

81. Because Key likes to cling onto Minho’s arm when they’re together.

82. Because during their Christmas Calendar photoshoot, Minho grabbed Key’s hand, placed it above his heart, glided his hand upwards until they were lying onto of Key’s. 

83. Because Key likes to tease fans by innocently grabbing Minho’s chin. 

84. Because whenever Key randomly breaks out into dance, Minho would join him. They don’t care if they‘re embarrassing themselves. 

85. Because Minkey does candid shots in photoshoots.

86. Because like the rest of SHINee, they share clothes.

87. Because Minho listens to Key’s nonsense. 

88. Because Minho can never admit that Key’s right and he’s wrong. 

89. Because Minkey’s the most popular pairing in Korea along with Jongyu and 2min.

90. Because Minho and Key argue about who gets who more gifts. 

91. Because Minho treats Key. 

92. Because Key gives Taemin a look when Minho babies him.

93. Because Minho calls Key “Kibum” the most out of all the members.

94. Because Key was “shocked” to see Minho’s abs . (Dear Key, we all know that your shocked face was fake okay. You’ve seen his abs before, don’t deny it!)

95. Because they like to give each other bunny ears when taking pictures. 

96. Because I’ve only ever seen Minho take a selca with Key. 

97. Because Key is Minho’s own personal cheerleader. 

98. Because Minho is the only one who can calm Key down. 

99. Because Minho’s not afraid to fight back with Key. 

100.  Because Key is the only one who can fully bring out Minho’s playful side. 

101. Because Minho’s not afraid to embarrass himself when he’s with Key.

102. Because Minho protected Key from fans. 

103. Because Key openly confessed that “he wanted to get closer to Minho than they already were.”

104. Because Key confessed that he loves Minho three times already.

105. Because Minho never fails to express how much he loves s (including Key).

106. Because Shawols don’t exactly know where Minho stands in Key’s heart. 

107. Because after Taemin, Minho is closest with Key.

108. Because watching their relationship blossom through their two years (almost three) together, is beautiful.  They went from the “awkward two” to having the most “playful/”violent”/precious/fragile relationship” in SHINee. 

109. Because we never know what to expect from them. 

110. Because we have never seen Key give anyone else this kind of look. 

111. Because there are more than 110 reasons why I love the Minkey couple, and I believe that Minho and Key‘s relationship (friendship or not) is one of the most precious in SHINee, so words aren‘t enough to describe it.

 

 

Additional:

 

112. Because according to Jonghyun, Key writes a lot about Minho in his journal. 

113. BECAUSE MINHO PROPOSED TO KEY INFRONT OF FANS.

 

Minkey’s facts ?