Continuation..................MY REPOST.....

Jonghyun dumbfounded and kind of on a "hit by lighting" state, stands frozen for a minute, inhales a deep breath, steps back in disbelief which ends him up shaking his head in full shock – denying what he just heard, falls seated on the bed gasping for a release of sudden full-air clogging his chest.

He looks at Minho and Taemin both nodding at him denoting some kind of laying emphasis on what they have just said…then Jonghyun gives himself a minute of gaping and shock then finally a bit of recovering himself, says…

Jonghyun:       (slow voice) wha..wah..wah..what…. you two handsome guys…gays??
                        You must be out of your heads guys… did both of you… I mean you each head hit
                        something or by something… rocks maybe… balls maybe… yeah… lightning maybe…

Minho:             (sighs) hyung… what Taeminnie just told you now is the truth…but don’t take it like a
                         general notion that we are fine with just anyone… For my sake, I am only gay for
                        (points at Kibum’s portrait) him…!

Taemin:           (nods) I, as I have said… with men only!!
                        (raises his eyebrows repeatedly)… but i dunno... pretty unsure...

Jonghyun:       What the heck….
                        (like a magnet, walks towards Kibum’s portrait and stares deeply, longer time,
                         sighs and says)… whoaaa… he is really amazingly beautiful… look at those eyes…  
                        they are so expressive…like they talk to you… his skin is so fairly white, so nice to
                        touch and caress… his nose fits his face, so cute… look at his pink parted lips, 
                        so good to stare at like he has a lot of things to say… like waiting to be kissed…
                        (gasps and quickly looks at the two)… But wait…

                        (looks back at the portrait and back to Minho and Taemin) Do Uncle and Auntie know
                        about your ual inclination? If no, I will keep it to myself then if you prefer it that way…
                        not that it is wrong but…

Minho:             (shakes his head) No… it is fine hyung… it does not matter… Mom and Dad know
                        about it and they support us coz I know this might sound silly to you but Mom and Dad
                        especially Mom dreams of one of us being together in a relationship with him…

Jonghyun:       (gasps) Whatt… whoa… amazing…. Whoa… I am speechless…

Minho and Taemin are astounded hearing their cousin speak those words for Kibum, look at the each other and to Jonghyun and back at each other again, both gaping and confused as to how the other has evocatively described Kibum. Minho, back in his senses, goes towards Jonghyun and says…

Minho:             (patting Jonghyun’s shoulder) Hyung…. Hhmm.. what are you trying to imply…

Jonghyun:       (closes mouth with his hands) hhmmphh… nnnothingg…
                        (brings his hands down and speaks clearly)… nothing… I mean, am saying in a very
                        objective manner just like how you meticulously interpret a painting, you know…
                        I paint… (shakes his head and takes a deep breath)…

Jonghyun who is panting while stepping back, thinks of a way to get out from an awkward condition, roams his eyes and walks pretending to act normal doing an ocular inspection of Minho’s room, when suddenly he realizes…

Jonghyun:       (points at Minho) hhmmm… by the way, Minho why do you have…
                        (points at the painting) that painting of him and so still pictures of him taken solo
                        and some with you placed purposefully in very good areas of your room?
                        Does this mean, you like this guy…

Minho:             (takes a deep breath and looks at Taemin) Hyung… I just don’t like him;
                        I am deeply in love with him…

Jonghyun:       Whhaatt!!
                       (almost to a faint, goes near the bed and lies down) oh…. mmyy...

Minho:             Yes… I love him so much since the very first time I met him…

Jonghyun:       (continuously asks) when did you first meet?

Minho:             back when we were just kids shall I say toddler; I was two years old and
                        he was two and a half years old… I immediately felt it that he is very special to me…

Jonghyun:       (looks outside the balcony) hhhmmm……….
                        (looks at Minho and Taemin) and Taemin? When you said, I too; does it mean…?

Taemin:           (smiling) yes hyung…. I am in love with him too…
                         Minho hyung and I are rivals in love with…
                        (points at Kibum’s portrait)…him…

Jonghyun still in a lying position, closes his eyes allowing all the word both have just said to sink in properly… then slowly turns his gaze at Minho and Taemin who now slowly walks towards his location. Jonghyun just watches them quietly approaching him, he does not speak a word and just silently watches them, then Minho speaks…

Minho:             (sighs) I know it is hard for you to decipher things so suddenly… to be honest…
                        (looks at Taemin) I admire Taemin’s upfront character of letting you know right away…
                        I originally planned to tell you gradually but I think this is better than to fool you
                       in the process…

Taemin:           (in a query look) Jonggie hyung do we disgust you?

Jonghyun:       hhmm…  NO!! What do you think of me, a guy with a pea-sized brain? Being gay is
                        nothing to be disgusted of… It is just a matter of preference… and I don’t blame you
                        for feeling that way of him coz in all honesty, he really looks beautiful for a man that
                        I myself mistook him as an attractive girl… I mean he is a beauty… a delightful sight…

Minho:             (chuckling) Hyung… I mean you sound like you like him too… don’t you?

Jonghyun:       (shaking his head furiously) No… no… I mean I am not saying I don’t like him but
                        I like him… lots of other guys upon perhaps seeing that portrait will be attracted to him…
                        look at him…he is so beautiful, isn’t he?

Minho:             (sighing) hyung… quit babbling… I can sense a feeling of liking in your statement…
                        aaaiiisshh… just don’t go deeper with that feeling of yours…
                        coz we don’t want another rival…

Taemin:           (giggling) Jonghyun hyung… hhhmmm… this is what I am afraid of…
                        You are going to fall deeper like us… but as of now, please stop that triggering
                         feeling of yours… you can admire him as you want…
                        (smling) but I advise you not to fall in love…

Jonghyun:       (surprised) Oh my god… you two are dangerous… aayayayy…
                        what now you will stop me…
                       (smiles) There is no rule that stops someone to love anyone… I am not saying
                       I will fall in love with him…you know….
                       But wait…. Another question… Does he…

                       (points at the painting) know that both of you are in love with him… 
                       and what is his name by the way…?

“YES!!”

says the two guys

Jonghyun:       So what did he say about it? And his name again?

Minho:             (sighs) he acknowledged our feelings but we do not know if he feels the same way…
                        I know in general he’d always had said, I love you… but not exactly the response
                        we wished… his name is… Kibum…

Jonghyun:       Kibum… 
                       (sighing) I thought… he’s inclination is same as you guys… so it is all one-sided for
                       the both of you ..after all… aaiisshhh…. That is sad… very sad… but…  
                       (smirks) I might have a chance…. Don’t you think?... So where can I meet him?

Minho and Taemin look at each other and at the same time says out loud…

“NO WAY HYUNG… NO WAY!!” …shouts Minho

“DON’T YOU DARE HYUNG!!” …. shouts Taemin

Jonghyun eyes widens in disbelief upon hearing the two screaming at the top of their lungs recovering from the initial shock chuckles and embraces the two guys.

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