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So that, with a steady determined mindset of pushing himself to do things despite Kibum's absence, he blindly goes inside their bathroom and takes a shower. Soon as he finishes and just about to get out with his hand and eyes staring at the door knob; he stops momentarily and bites his lower lip pondering over an idea that just entered his mind.

As such, realizing the sense of it bitterly smiles then quickly gets a quite bit huge of a bag then hurriedly like chasing time chucks in all his basic necessities then get another proceeds to their cabinet - stops to stare Kibum's inhouse outfits with his neatly arranged. He smiles again then heaves a sigh, shaking his head and begins grabbing carelessly his indoor and outdoor clothes.

Being quiet the entire time, he somehow manages to get what he needs and when assured of what he thinks are needed by him; gets all the luggages or bags - with a clear mind of where he wants to put them; swiftly carries all of them in the direction where he thinks is the place he could think of safe and worry free – the guest room.

Instantly as a result, coming from a certain unpleasant feeling changes to what he thinks now is a bit of his “normal self” – he heaves another sigh but of this time - relief, and offers himself a good worthy smile somehow. He comes back to his own sense from his moment of spacing out or pondering after hearing his phone ringing; he gasps soon as he hears it and like a quick mind click – he knows exactly where his phone is located. 

Running with an ambiguous expression he picks up the phone without checking who is calling him…

“Hello…Ohhh… Oneee…hi…pphheeww…
I am sorry… I am alright… No…
I am just panting cause I kinda like ran
to answer the call… No… don’t be sorry…
it is alright…
I am getting ready for work now though... 
my schedule  is this afternoon…
but I decided to just leave early…

(surprised) Sure… okay… why not…?
Ok…bye then… take care…WAIT…
I need to talk to you as well…. Ok….
Bye again…”

Just as soon as he cuts the line; another call comes in and this time; Taemin checks the caller and gasps upon seeing Kibum’s name. At this moment, while watching the phone’s screen light blinking together with its distinguishable ring tone; Taemin’s heart is beating wildly though as if it will leap out of his chest.

He grabs his chest and then rubs is gently to pacify the deafening thudding sounds of his heart and pretty enough he is able to stabilize his rickety feeling…

“Good morning…K..Key…hhhmmm…
am alright… thanks to Onew hyung,
he has been very supportive of me
by accompanying me….

(his voice trembling) hhhmm… but I…I…
terr…ribly miss..you so much…
two more nights…I feel like…

(quiets his self and listens to what
Kibum is saying)
I know… I am so sorry…

(tone suddenly change to a surprising one)
What… the next day…meeting…?
For what…? Oh…alright…All four of us…
fine then…

(normal voice tone) Okay…see you…bye…
(softer tone) I love you Key…
and I miss you so much…
I can not wait for fourth day to finish…bye…”
 

Hearing Kibum’s voice has somehow helped him to minimize the unshakeable loneliness from what he feels now being acutely familiar with, so that, no matter what unspeakable mustering of courage he would do will somehow not help him achieve the peace of mind he needs, and what happened to him just few days separated from Kibum had been pretty much a deafening silence. And thus, just by Kibum's mere voice feels like companionship giving him a temporary moment of sudden joy akin to a title feom one of the greatest love stories he had read which in just a blink of an eye is now - gone with the wind.

Nevertheless, Taemin is happy and blissful about it that at this time, it feels like his emotional and mental conditions are a bit sttling down compared from the same previous unthinkable conditions he experienced – however at this moment despite temporary; it feels like he is like being pulled underwater to finally getting a much needed breath of air. Taemin’s smiles and proceeds to what he needs to do…

Nightime Arrives…

Taemin smiles as soon as he hears the soft door alarm, with a new found feeling of security; he knows that these transforming emotions will eventually progress to diminish his so-called tainted feeling of melancholic endless sadness. He chooses to open the door by himself rather than pressing a button which allows the door to open automatically – feeling high like strutting ballet; happily tiptoes in the direction of the door and thus, speechless – opens it and beams…

“Hi there….”

Just those precise self-assuring words and followed by a warm deep embrace are so enough to make Taemin feels so relaxed and relieved like even if the happiness is quite unachievable somehow he is never completely forgotten by it.

“Hi too…did youwait long…?”

Taemin shakes his head never letting go of his embrace like vine desperately clinging to the wooden hedge – so that as a response, without to having think twice where spontaneity rules the situation; he kisses him on the cheeks saying…

“No… I am fine Onee…
thank you for coming over…”

Onew gasps with Taemin’s physical and spoken responses – smiles and thus hugs the latter tight saying…

“Coming over is the little phrase
you can rely from me from now on….
If you want me to…”

Taemin swiftly moves his head to face Onew intensely looks at the latter with eyes confused but at the same time surprised and beaming in gladness…

Taemin:           (smiles) Are you sure of that…?

Onew:             (chuckles) With compensation of course…

Taemin:           (bows his head on rests it on Onew’s shoulder blades)
                        So sly…

Onew:             (laughs) Am just kidding…

Taemin:           (giggles) Oh…
                        I thought you can carry on with your tease…
                        aaasshh… Fail!!

Onew:             (snorts) You think so…? What if I tell you…
                       am measuring how can I go deeper with you…?

Taemin:           (leaps on both feet on Onew’s waist)
                        Let’s see about that…

Onew:             (hums) hhhmm…
                       (then speaks) so… what is our agenda tonight…?

Taemin:           (on a soft tone voice) have you eaten…?

Onew:             (nods) hhhmm… oh…yeah I did…
                       but I can manage to eat again if you cook…
                       you know, I can not resist your cooking…

Taemin:           (giggles) But I don’t feel like eating…
                        (looks at Onew) Is it alright,
                        if we can just lie down on the bed and just talk…?

Onew:             (smiles and nonchalantly responds)
                       Up to you then…
                       why not…?

Taemin:           (pinches Onew’s left cheek) So confident…
                       (smiles teasingly) If I know…hhhmm

Onew:             (blushes) aaaiisshh…. Whatever Tay…

Taemin:           (taps Onew’s shoulder) Hey…hold me…
                        am gonna fall…!

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