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To say Key was done with Irene, would be an understatement. I has been two hours since Jonghyun asked him out on a date and yes, he was excited, but he was definitely not bouncing off of the practice room walls, like Irene has been, since Jonghyun's last message. Well, of course he was excited, but he was more nervous than excited. It was clearly obvious, that this was the first time Jonghyun has decided to date a man. The attraction between them was tangible, but would it last? Was it temporary? Was Kibum an experiment? Was he just a rebound for Jonghyun? He was already in too deep with his feelings for the shorter male, but the same cannot be said for the singer himself. 

He shrugged off the negativity and focused on the script instead - the script for Bonnie and Clyde, not the first time he was playing the character of Clyde in the musical, so he was not exactly worried about it. Of course, the director had changed, and so had parts of the script, but he was comfortable with the actress playing Bonnie and the script changes were not too extreme. Now that Irene was helping him practice, he felt more confident with the script. Would Jonghyun be interested in what he does? He seemed keen when Key spoke of musicals, so he probably would be interested. That thought made Key wonder as to how it would feel to have Jonghyun help him. His cheeks flooded red at that thought - there were quite many sensual moments in this script, so would Jonghyun help him read through those lines? That would be interesting to say the least. 

He was pulled out of his musings by Irene clearing rather loudly to which he responded with a fake annoyed tone "What? I'm reading the script!" 

Irene was unfazed by what his annoyance and just replied "Honey, if the redness of your cheeks is anything to go by, your focus is less on the chemistry in the script and more on the chemistry with a certain someone I know of.. Now, less daydreaming and more practice. Come on! I need to go for dinner schedule soon!"

Key chuckled at her impatience and said fondly "Alright, alright woman! I'll focus now.. Let's start.."

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Jonghyun woke up to someone his face and he found himself looking into the big brown eyes of his Roo when he opened his eyes to investigate the source of the wetness of his face. He was confused for a second because he distinctly remembered falling asleep on Jinki's bed. Where had Roo come from? His doubt was clarified when he heard Taemin's voice from the doorway "I brought her here from the dog sitter along with Adam and Eve so she can play a bit.. Roo-ya go play now.. go find Eve.." as Jonghyun looked up to see his youngest dongsaeng, who was now completely black haired and not platinum blonde like the last time they met. 

Taemin folded his hands and with a small smile at Jonghyun's shock at seeing him suddenly, said "Anneyeonghaseyo Jonghyun-ssi! Long time, no see." 

Jonghyun just smiled widely at Taemin and reached out for a hug sitting on his knees on the bed, just as Taemin walked towards him with a bright smile. As they hugged tightly, he felt another pair of arms hug his and Minho's voice rumbled against his hair "Hey hyung.. Slept well?" and Jonghyun felt his eyes burn with tears. He really miss them both a lot. 

Trying hide the wetness of his eyes and the lump in his throat, he spoke in a muffled tone against Taemin's shoulder "I slept well.. I missed you guys! You guys look good - that black hair reminds me of our middle school Taeminnie" and they let go of the hug laughing at that.

Taemin laughed goodnaturedly and said "I know, I know.. I've been called cute one too many times already!" and pulled Jonghyun out into the living room, Minho in tow. 

Jinki, who was already in the kitchen preparing dinner for them all looked up when Jonghyun entered the kitchen behind Taemin and said "Ah! You're awake! I'm making chicken!" 

Jonghyun laughed and replied "Jinki-ssi, shouldn't you be making something I like? I have not eaten your cooking in a long while after all !" and tried to escape the spatula that nearly hit his head with a laugh..

The three of them sat down at the dining table and watched Jinki cook, meanwhile catching up with each other. The younger two, as Jinki did earlier, apologized for not telling him they knew everything and told him that it happened for the better and that even they noticed the lack of compatibility between Jonghyun and JiYeon, though Minho was slightly more tender with his words "Everything will get better hyung, time heals everything!" whereas Taemin was his usually straight-forward self saying "She was not right for you hyung, and I am honestly glad she left when she did. Promise me you wont take her back even if she begs.. I really disliked the way she handled things and I need you to keep her as far away from yourself as possible!"  

That statement from Taemin resulted in Jinki involuntary muttering "I don't see THAT happening anytime soon!" and Minho and Taemin being quick-witted as they were immediately turned to Jinki and said at the same time "What do you mean?" 

Jinki, who had just opened his mouth wide and was about to taste the dish, remained frozen, perfectly mimicking a gold fish and Jonghyun could only sigh deeply in exasperation before confessing "I met a guy..."

The result was definitely destructive. Minho, who was drinking water, spat all of it on the kitchen table, meanwhile, Taemin broke the stem of the wine glass that he was then wiping with a towel. They both looked up from the mess they made dazedly and as Taemin was too far lost to form a coherent sentence, Minho muttered "A guy? You met a GUY? Is that right?" 

Jonghyun just nodded simply and replied "Yes, his name is Kibum, he is an actor of mainly theater and musicals, he has ash blue hair, he has two dogs and I met him at a cafe today.. I'm quite sure I'm attracted to him. Yes, it is new. No, this is not an experiment. I really want to get to know him better.. So...Yeah.. I asked him out on a date tomorrow.." he broke off there awkwardly scratching the back of his neck, feeling a little shy.

Taemin, who was staring at him thoughtfully till then, muttered "Kibum, huh? Well, I cannot say I am shocked by this confession hyung, you've never been one to shy away from something new.."  as Minho nodded in agreement saying "Well, good luck with your date! So where are you taking him?"

Jonghyun exclaimed at that "I DON'T KNOW! Guys, how do I do this? Should I pick him up? Will he come by himself? What do I do? How does this work? You three HAVE to help me out!"

Jinki walked over to Jonghyun and placing a soothing hand on his shoulder said "It's like any other date.. You said you guys spoke a lot, so think of what he likes.. do that.. it does not have to be any different just because he is a guy.." and went back to cooking.

Jonghyun thought a bit about it and suddenly exclaimed "AHA! I know..." and immediately pulled out his mobile and texted Kibum.

Jonghyun: Kibum-ah, dress warmly! I'll pick you up at 5:00 in the evening! Is that okay?

Kibeomie (`ㅂ´): Sure Jong! I'll be ready.. ^^

Jonghyun: Jong?

Kibeomie (`ㅂ´): Yes.. I want to call you Jong.. :P

Jonghyun: Okay! (ㅎㅅㅎ)

Kibeomie (`ㅂ´): I'll be waiting then <3

Jonghyun: <3

Jonghyun put away his phone and proceeded to get roasted by his dongsaengs about how he was texting and eventually, let his friends persuade him to sleepover at the apartment and they spent the time talking way into the night.

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Key was close to losing it. He had been on many dates before in his life, but he never felt this nervous. His mind was plagued with many thoughts - What if he does not show up? What if he hates my shirt? What if I bore him to death? Is he late? 

He was dressed warmly like Jonghyun asked - peach cashmere sweater and pale blue ripped denim. Simple and warm, a gift from his mother and his personal favorite. He wondered how Jonghyun would be dressed like - the thought suddenly making him feel under-dressed. He was pulled out of his thoughts by the sudden ring of the door bell and the excited barks of his kids - they liked visitors. 

He gave himself a final once-over in the mirror, nearly running to the door when he deemed himself presentable. He pulled the door open and froze. Jonghyun, was dressed to impress. He was dressed to slay, and slay he did. Kibum's heart was racing so fast that he felt it might burst. There stood Jonghyun in all his petite glory, hands behind his back, a while cashmere sweater (who knew their thoughts matched so well), dark wash skinny jeans ripped at his things (dear Lord that did things to Kibum's heart) and what he sure knew to be Saint Laurent leather boots. Jonghyun was, officially his soulmate, Kibum decided to himself.

Jonghyun was not in any better state when he set his eyes on Kibum - Peach colored cashmere sweater that made his skin glow (not that it needed any  more incentive to do that), pale blue ripped jeans and hightops. He seemed to have lined his feline eyes with a pinkish liner making is eyes stand out more and those cheekbones....Jonghyun's thought process was interrupted by tiny paws on his knees and excited yips followed by small growls.. He broke eye contact with Kibum with flushed cheeks and looked down to find the cutest pair of puppies ever, two toy poodles, one brown and one black. While the brown one was yipping excitedly, the black one was growling and Jonghyun couldn't help but laugh. 

He looked up at Kibum again and gave Kibum the blue rose he brought for Kibum, one that he was shyly hiding behind his back till then. As Kibum took it with a slow smile, he muttered "It reminded me of you...I hope it's okay.. You know I'm new to this and everything but I wanted to tell you before we leave that I'm not experimenting with you, nor am I using you as I rebound. I really do find you attractive and intriguing and I'm really happy that you agreed to go out with me.. so...yeah..." he ended and dug his fists into his denim pockets looking at the floor.

Kibum, touched by the honestly in the singer's voice, took his hand and pulled him into the foyer of the apartment and closed the door behind him. He then leaned down and softly pecked the older's cheek and whispered "Thank you Jong, for answering my unasked questions and for easing my worries.."

He then led a happily blushing Jonghyun to the living room saying "Please make yourself comfortable, I'll be out in a bit..Is that okay?"

Jonghyun let go of Kibum's hand and nodded saying "Yes, of course.. I'll get acquainted with your kids meanwhile.." and immediately knelt down to let the pups familiarize themselves of his scent.

Kibum went to the kitchen and placed the blue rose in a small vase, filled it with water and after gathering his wits, he turned around and walked back to the living room, where he found Jonghyun on the floor sitting Indian style with both puppies cuddling on his lap, Jonghyun scratching behind their ears busily. Both pups. Kim Garcons too! 

Kibum, in utter disbelief, asked "How did you manage this? Garcons never warms up so soon to anyone! It's like a miracle!" making Jonghyun laugh, consequently making the cuddling pups jump out of his lap and settle themselves over their cushions. 

Jonghyun got up and walked to Kibum, grabbed his hand and said "Well, I have a kid at home and she is quite timid, so I have a few tricks up my sleeve! Shall we?" he asked pulling Kibum out the door.

Once they locked up, Jonghyun asked worriedly "Are they okay alone at home? Should we take them with us?" 

Kibum smiled at him and shook his head "No, my friend will come over in a while with his two dogs and he'll take them four out on a walk.. So don't worry about it" 

Jonghyun laughed at that said "Your friend is quite brave, four of them at once? He must have magical abilities!" 

Key nodded laughing in response and said "Enough about that, tell me.. What have you planned for today Kim Romance-ssi?" teasing Jonghyun. 

Jonghyun nudged him with his shoulder and said "I'm gonna rock your world with all my romantic moves baby, just you watch! But for today, since you said you loved Notting Hill, I'm taking you out to watch it at the drive in movie theater..so Notting Hill and dinner afterwards... Is that okay?" making his way to the car park, Key in tow.

Kibum was speechless for once. He immediately asked "How are they playing Notting Hill ? Does that even happen?"

Jonghyun laughed at that and said "Well, it helps if you are friends with the right people" with a wink and added "This is our ride" making his way to a shiny white Lamborghini.

Kibum's jaw dropped. He just stared at the car for a few seconds and said "Now you are just showing off!" and Jonghyun immediately said "No, no.. I usually don't prefer to drive around in this, but since it's a drive-in and this car is a convertible, I thought the experience would be better. that is all.."

Kibum looked at him with a smile and said "I was only kidding Jong, let's go.." and sat in the passenger seat. Jonghyun sat as well and as soon as they buckled up, he revved the engine and drove them to their destination.

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They drove in right on time, Jonghyun grabbed them some popcorn and they were ready. Kibum had watched Notting Hill a million times but the best experience had to be this, with Jonghyun - the best part was that he could not focus on the movie at all, and he could swear that Jonghyun couldn't either. The movie started and they sat with their hands folded. As they relaxed a bit, Jonghyun moved his hand to his side and placed it on the seat and all Kibum could do was stare at his hand, which seemed to be calling to him. He unfolded his own and arms and made to hold Jonghyun's hand, but stopped himself and placed in on the seat instead. Jonghyun had started to drum his fingers on the seat and Kibum felt like his heart would break open his chest and fall out. How can he only focus on Jonghyun's hand. What was this urge to hold someone's hand? Was Jonghyun feeling this too? Should he just grab Jonghyun's hand? Why did he feel like he was fifteen all of a sudden? That thought made him frustrated, and taking in a deep breath, and before he could change his mind, Kibum quickly held his hand and laced their fingers together, blood rushing to his cheeks. Jonghyun's chest rumbled with a slow chuckle and he held onto his hand tighter, pulling Kibum closer to him so they were leaning against each other.
Once their shoulders were touching and hands were tightly laced together, Jonghyun whispered in Kibum's ear slowly "Took you long enough.." making Kibum laugh in return and say "What can I say, you make me feel like I'm fifteen again!" and then were they able to watch the movie.

After the movie was done and they started to drive out, their hands no longer laced together, but smiles still gracing their faces, Jonghyun turned to Kibum and asked "How  did you like the movie? Did you have fun?"

Kibum hugged himself and said "I didn't focus really for the first part, I blame you! You left your hand there wantedly didn't you?"

Jonghyun unapologetically chuckled and replied "I wanted to see what you'd do.. If you hadn't reached out, I would have.. You know that right." and Kibum just nodded, smiling, looking out at the street.

He suddenly asked "What about dinner? Where is that?" turning towards Jonghyun excitedly. 

Jonghyun thoughtfully asked "How do you like Italian? I made reservations at the Kitchen Salvatore. That okay? It's a good place right.."

Kibum nodded in agreement and replied "Italian is my favorite! Someone has put a lot of thought into this.. I'm impressed.." he added with a wink.

Jonghyun just shook his head in amusement and continued to drive.

Dinner went warmly too, over shared wine and food, smiles exchanged, subtle touches, fingers grazing, eyes speaking words not said out loud.. Jonghyun, wanting to be honest from the beginning, shared his past with Kibum. One may find that it was too early to share such personal things, but Jonghyun was of the mind that Kibum was definitely someone who was quickly becoming important to him. He was confident to the point that one may mistake it for arrogance, but his eyes never lost their warmth. He was kind, was capable of great love as Jonghyun quickly was learning. Jonghyun couldn't help but feel drawn to him. 

Kibum was not feeling any different, what he expected Jonghyun to be, he was pleasantly much more. He was filled with such talent, but was enveloped by modestly that made him so very approachable. His eyes were the most expressive and when he spoke of JiYeon-ssi, Kibum could easily read the hurt that Jonghyun had been through and vowed to himself that he would make sure Jonghyun never goes through such pain again. 

As they ended dinner and Jonghyun insisted on paying the bill, since he was the one to ask Kibum out, they drove back to Kibum's apartment. They remained silent all along, calm smiles on their faces, each lost in their own thoughts, yet focused on each other. 

As they reached Kibum's place and both of them got out of the car, Jonghyun walked towards Kibum and with his hands in his pockets, he asked "Hope you had a good time Kibum-ah.. It's the first time I've take a guy out on a date, I hope it was as good for you as it was for me.."

Kibum, who was leaning against the car, confessed "To be honest, I had many worries about this date. I really liked you a lot from a long time, but I wasn't sure what this was for you. So today...how do I put it... after spending the last few hours with, I'm happy.. I'm hopeful.. So don't worry Jong, there is no right way or wrong way, let's just do what feels right"

Jonghyun gave Kibum a teasing smile and said "What feels right huh? So right now, I feel I need to kiss you.. Right Now.. May I?"

Caught off-guard by the unexpected question, Kibum just stepped forward, giving a wordless agreement. Jonghyun slowly stepped towards Kibum and with his fingers delicately holding Kibum's chin, he slowly leaned in for a kiss. Kibum closed the distance between their lips, both their eyes closing automatically. The first graze of lips was soft, Jonghyun's slightly chapped lips against Kibum's pouty soft ones. The moved back to look into each others' eyes and more decisively moved back towards each other, Kibum's hands carefully cradling Jonghyun's face, while Jonghyun's hands grabbed onto the car behind Kibum for support. It wasn't just a press of lips, not was it too lost in passion.. Just like the rest of the night, Kibum thought the kiss too was perfect. Jonghyun kissed like he was singing, deeply, with emotion. 

Kibum slowly stopped the kiss, nuzzling his nose into Jonghyun's jaw one last time, he stepped away from the car and out of Jonghyun's arms, suddenly feeling the cold outside. He wrapped his arms around himself and walking backwards towards his place, he said "Good Night Jong.. Dream of me?"

Jonghyun leaned back against the car and waved his hand at Kibum with a soft "You too Kibeomie.. you too.. I'll call you tomorrow.."

Once Kibum was out of sight, Jonghyun threw a punch into the air with "Yes! Yes! Yes!" dancing towards the driver side of the car and drove home, his heart feeling content after quite some time.. 

Both Jonghyun and Kibum went home to their pups like everyday, but their hearts were different to every other day before. Things were changing, for the better. Change was scary, but this was a good kind of scary. Because they both knew they weren't alone in the change. Didn't someone say 'Change is the Only Constant in Life'? It was worrying for them always, but that night, as they closed their eyes in their own beds, sleep came soon bringing warmth and peace with it. Tomorrow was the beginning of something new, something different, something hopeful...

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