It was getting dark and the two bestfriends were returning to their apartment, chatting happily about the most random things they could remember of. It ended up being an amazing day after all, Key forgave his lie and that meant a lot. Kim Kibum did not forgive lies easily, so he got pretty lucky.

Key opened the door of their house and waved at Minho and Taemin who were sitting on the sofa watching TV. “I’m making pasta tonight!” He announced loudly, grabbing his bags and disappearing inside the bedroom singing his lollipop song.

Minho stared at Jonghyun in shock. “He’s going to cook pasta? Wow, he must be really happy to do something more elaborated. What got into him?”

“He went to the mall.” Jonghyun simply said, chuckling and stretching his arms now that they were free of heavy bags.

“Ah. That explains a lot.” Minho nodded, smiling, his eyes returning to the television.

He was about to ask what they were watching and join in when he saw Jinki waving at him from their spare bedroom. “Jonghyun! Come here.”

Truth was…they didn’t need to sleep all in the same bedroom, they had one more with an extra bed that they could use, but they had decided to be together, it was more fun that way. That spare bedroom was only used when one of them was sick and needed to rest without any kind of noise, it had two wardrobes too, since they had way too many clothes to fit in only one already cluttered room.

Jonghyun entered the room and closed the door behind him. “What is it hyung?”

Onew sat on the bed and made an inquisitive face, like he had been thinking a lot about in what he was about to say. “Let’s say you suddenly got an opportunity to kiss Key, would you do it?”

The lead singer felt his cheeks burn. “Jinki! Not so loud! Why are you talking about his all of sudden?!” Jonghyun whispered angrily.

“Just answer me!” Onew said seriously.

Jonghyun threw his hands on the air. “I-I don’t know! I think I’m not brave enough to pull that stunt on him…our relationship is really good right now to risk it.”

He had spent an amazing day with Key, he had made the blonde smile and laugh, oh that laugh, it was so contagious. There was no way that he would lose that for his stupid hormones.

“So you’re not curious anymore?” Onew asked in surprise.

Jonghyun shook his head in shame. “I am. I keep having these strange thoughts in my head…” He confessed. It was telling the truth, every time the younger smiled at him, his heart melted to the floor for some reason and he couldn’t help but smile back. Sometimes he just wanted to squeeze the life out of his friend and his cheek, feel his warm skin against his fingers. But that would be weird right?

Onew thought for a bit, leaving them in an awkward silence. Then he looked up. “You think they’ll stop once you satisfy your curiosity?”

Jonghyun shrugged. “How can I know? Maybe. But it’s impossible. God, why are we even talking about this?”

“You don’t need to be shy with me, we’re friends.” The other laughed, amused by Jonghyun’s embarrassed reaction.

“Yeah, but it’s still weird!” The shorter boy groaned, sitting on the bed in front of Onew.

“Tell me, what do you feel for Kibum right now?” The leader asked, giving him a soft smile, trying to lift the tension from the air.

Oh, he could answer that. “He’s great, funny and someone I like to spend my time with. He’s-“

Suddenly, his friend stopped his words with his hand. “Stop. This is not an interview. What do you really feel? In here.” Onew explained, putting his hand above Jonghyun’s heart.

The lead singer sighed. Jinki could look stupid, but he really wasn’t. Jonghyun bit his lip and then it in a nervous gesture.
Key…
When he thought about that name, an explosion of thoughts and memories invaded his mind, filling it with happiness. How could he explain that?

“He’s…he’s probably the most important person to me. Someone that I really care about, that I wouldn’t stand to lose. Kibum…I said this before, I love him. He’s a brother to me.” Jonghyun added quickly.

“Brothers don’t want to kiss each other Jonghyun.” Onew smirked.

Jonghyun winced, those sharp words feeling like daggers on his conscience. “Stop saying that, it’s embarrassing, it feels like I’m doing something wrong everytime you say it…”

“You’re not.” Onew laughed and then smiled kindly.” Do you know that everytime you talk about Key, your eyes get really shiny?”

“Heh?” Jonghyun stared at his friend in confusion. What was he trying to say with that?

Onew sighed and nodded his head like he was agreeing with something he had though. “Maybe you should look into your heart and try to get some answers.”

His cheeks got even warmer. Wait, was he trying to say that… “What do you-“

Jonghyun was suddenly cut off when the door opened, Key storming in, dressed with his pink apron. “Boys, dinner is ready!” He announced.

“Ah, Thank you, we’ll go right away!” Onew smiled, palming his hungry, empty stomach.

 Key blinked and walked to Jonghyun, looking at him with a suspicious stare.
The singer gulped loudly. Had he heard anything from their conversation?!

“Jjong, you’re really red, do you have a fever?” Key asked worriedly, getting closer and palming the other’s forehead with care.

Jonghyun gasped in surprise to the sudden closeness. “No, I-I’m okay..” He gagged.

“Ah, I’m relieved. And thanks again for the gifts. I loved them.” Key gave him an honest smile, palming his new necklace.

Jonghyun felt his heart vibrate and smiled back. “I’m glad you did.”

“Really shiny indeed.” Onew said, staring at Jonghyun’s eyes.
Jonghyun blushed again. He was slowly panicking and he knew that.

Key raised an eyebrow in confusion. “What?”

Onew laughed nervously and pointed at Key’s new possession. “The necklace! It’s shiny! Looks good on you!”

“Well, of course it does! Now come eat you two!” Key shouted, leaving the room.

Both boys looked at each other and sighed in relief.
 

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Dinner time was over and for everyone’s surprise, Onew actually recommended some alcohol, and since Taemin was now legal, the younger wanted to join the fun.
Their night started with innocent games and laughs but Onew seemed to have other ideas in mind. “What about a game of truth or dare?”

“I’m in! I’m in!” Jonghyun raised an arm right away.
Taemin who went to the kitchen to grab a bottle of beer, came running and sat on the floor. “I always wanted to play that!”

Already in their pajamas, the SHINee members made a circle on the floor next to the sofas.
For some reason, Onew wasn’t drunk yet, and that was really odd, Jonghyun thought while taking a sip of his drink. He didn’t want to get drunk himself, he just wanted to relax a bit more, looking over to Taemin…the poor boy had a low tolerance to alcohol, he realized.

“I go first! Minho! Truth or dare?!” The younger boy shouted in excitement, his cheeks already pink from the drinks he had, making him look cuter than what he already was.

“Dare.” Minho picked right away and Key cheered by his side, clapping his hands.

“I dare you to…prank call someone from Onew-hyung’s phone list!” Taemin grinned, obviously hyper as he kept rocking his body in random ways.

Minho laughed and Onew handed him his cellphone. “Pick wisely.”

The taller boy made a concentrated face as he choose a number and copied to his own cellphone. Everyone stayed quiet for a while in expectation, staring at him.

Then Minho gave them a signal that someone had picked up. “Ah, goodnight. I wanted to know if my wife is in your house.”

Everyone giggled, covering their mouths with their hands.

“My name? Its unimportant right now, I just wanted to know if my wife is staying the night in there and I know she is. She probably cheated on me. I’m heartbroken right now.” Minho used his best actor skills to keep a serious voice while the others started to laugh out loud.

Minho then laughed and slapped Key’s leg, who was crying his eyes out. “He hang up, he heard you laughing!”

“Who was it? Who was it?” Jonghyun asked in amusement.

“I don’t know, it’s this number here.” Minho pointed to his cellphone.
Onew who had been laughing, chocked and started to cough furiously, grabbing the phone and staring at the number. “THI-THIS IS MY FA-FATHER!!!!”

Taemin let his body hit the floor, laughing hysterically.

Onew stared at the phone, murmuring ‘oh my god’ to himself as the others kept going with the game.

Minho turned to Key, who picked truth. “Hyung, who was your first kiss?”

Key paused for a few seconds and then answered. “A girl from my class two years ago.”

The others nodded in surprise. They didn’t used to talk about too personal things between them so this was new information.

Key turned to Onew. “Jinki, truth or dare?”

“Dare!” Onew shouted.

Key made a victory dance and Jonghyun laughed. Jinki was in trouble!

“I dare you to eat a raw onion! And you can only brush your teeth when we end the game!” Key laughed at Onew’s horrified face.

Minho let out a really loud laugh, throwing his head backwards, while Taemin clapped. “Good one! Good one!”

“You enjoy my suffering! All of you! Such bad team mates I have!” Onew cried, disappearing into the kitchen to pick his dare. “These things are huge! Why do you even buy them so big?!”

Key shrugged. “I get them bigger because I have to cook for five, don’t I?”

Onew groaned and came back, holding an onion of the size of an apple.
Ten minutes later, the five boys were crying, four from laughing and one from the evil onion.

After eating, Onew dried his tears with the palm of his hand and pointed to Jonghyun. “Truth or dare?”

“Dare.” The word came out automatically.
Jonghyun froze on the spot when he saw Onew looking at him with a smirk.
“Let’s say you suddenly got an opportunity to kiss Key, would you do it?” Onew’s voice echoed on the back of his mind. Was he…had he…? No, no, no.
NO, don’t you dare to dare me that! Jonghyun thought in panic, his face palling by second.

“Kim Jonghyun,” Onew cut the silence. “I dare you to kiss Key.”

Jonghyun’s mind went blank and his heart stopped. His eyes were fixed on his friend and he couldn’t look away, he didn’t want to see the reactions…!

“Jinki! Are you that drunk?!” He heard Key say by his side. He sounded…really, really shocked. Well, duh.

“I had to eat an onion! A dare is a dare!” Onew fought back.

Key had his mouth opened like a fish, a mix of horror and surprise.
Then everyone stared at Taemin who had started to clap. “C’mon! Do it!”

Minho looked at the younger boy and laughed in amusement. The kid was worse than they thought.

“Taemin!” Key gasped, his eyes wide open.

“Hyung, it’s only a kiss. Let’s hurry this.” Minho complained, stretching his legs and finding a better position.

Jonghyun was too horrified to talk; he kept watching the scene as his heart kept wanting to jump out of his chest. For some reason, Taemin and Minho were okay with this, how could it be?

“I say, if you don’t let Jonghyun complete the dare, then the dare goes to you and you have to kiss me, and I just ate a gigantic onion. You pick!” Onew smiled in victory and gave Jonghyun an approving look.
Jinki was actually making everything to get Key to kiss him! Oh my god!

“…Okay.”

Key’s voice broke the silence and Jonghyun’s eyes doubled their size.
He…agreed?
He could feel the younger turn to him, and he was paralyzed in there, too scared to look at him.

Taemin giggled and went to touch Jonghyun’s knee, shaking him. “C’mon hyung.”

Jonghyun took a deep breath and turned to look at Key who had the deepest blush he had ever seen. Seeing his bestfriend looking so vulnerable, Jonghyun felt a burst on courage grow on him.

Closing the distance, Key closed his eyes forcefully when he saw the other approaching. In a quick movement, Jonghyun pecked him quickly. So quick that he couldn’t even tell how soft Key’s lips were.
The other opened one eye in confusion. “That was it?”

Jonghyun nodded, staring at the floor.

“Hyuuung, you had deeper kisses with Yoogeun! That is no kiss!” Taemin complained, frowning. “Do it again!”

“Oh my god! Where did I fail in your education?!” Key gaped at the drunken boy.

“Taemin is right though. That wasn’t a kiss.” Minho supported him. Taemin nodded and went to sat on the couch behind him.

“One minute. You have a minute to kiss, I’m counting.” Onew said, grabbing a watch. “Go!”

Jonghyun looked at Key nervously and the other gave him a weak smile, whispering. “Let’s hurry this up; we’ll get him good after this.”

Jonghyun somehow felt lighter after that and found his courage once again, this time, much more courage than before.
The singer touched Key’s cheek softly, watching the other blush, and pulled his chin to him.
That was it, he was so close now. Oh god…!
He felt his lips brush on Key’s, feeling the other’s breathing speed up. He had to, he wanted to, so he did it. Jonghyun pushed himself against those dreamy lips, feeling their texture and flavor. So, so soft and warm…
He didn’t know when he had closed his eyes or when Key’s mouth felt so incredibly hot that he ended up his lips, he just felt the other gasp and he moved to the beat of his pounding heart.
There were little noises coming from Key’s throat and it made Jonghyun more confident, moving to get a better angle and crashing his tongue with the blonde’s.
He felt a pair of arms around his neck and he never noticed his own hand around Key’s waist and the other guiding his neck.
It was the sweetest flavor that he had wrapped around his tongue, so toxic, so addictive.
Jonghyun pulled the boy closer, needing to feel more. He felt like he couldn’t get enough of Key right now.
The rapper whimpered, and Jonghyun could swear that it had sounded like a cat’s meowing.
 He couldn’t help but ravish those delicious small, pouty lips that have been teasing him for so long. He never felt so-

“Ahem.”

Key pulled away in shock, his face so red that he looked like he was about to burst.
Onew chuckled. “Finally. I’ve been calling you for the past five minutes.”

Key’s eyes widened and he got up quickly, almost loosing balance. “I-I’m going to sleep. G-good night!”

Jonghyun stared at the floor, his mouth suddenly feeling empty, and his body warmth cooling down quickly. He had kissed Key for real. He turned to his friends and tried to get to breathe normally again.
Taemin was watching, pretty much amused while Minho had been trying to cover his eyes playfully. Was it the alcohol that made them so goddamned relaxed?

Onew stood up and patted the singer’s shoulder, giving him a sign to stand up and follow him.
Jonghyun nodded and followed the leader in silence to the kitchen.
They could hear Minho tell Taemin to hurry up for bed in the living room, so Onew started to speak. “So, it happened, how are you feeling now?”

Jonghyun took a deep breathe. “Jinki, you’re a bastard you know? You actually planned this…!”

Onew smiled, scratching the back of his neck. “Sorry, I had to, you kept staring at Key all the time, even Taemin noticed.”

Oh, so they found out by themselves. Had he been that obvious? “Jinki…I think I’m in trouble..”

Onew frowned. “Why is that?”

“I thought that these thoughts would stop after this you know?” Jonghyun felt his eyes water slowly. “But I think I’m in love.”

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