“Luna-shi, this is Onew, please call me back... I need to talk to you. Please. I love you, Luna-shi.” Onew hung up, trying his best to keep his composure. The message was a bit messy considering how drunk he was, but he knew how to sound sober on the phone. However, this whole mess was getting to him, all of the sudden. He was afraid again; vulnerable. He didn’t know if speaking to Luna was even going to help this pain he felt. Key and Jonghyun were trying to cheer him up, telling him no matter what, everything will be okay. He tried to believe them, but he just couldn’t.

Taemin sat together with the girls as they watched a romantic comedy together, all snuggled together on the couch. Victoria shared a blanket with Sulli and Amber, while Taemin shared a blanket with Luna and Krystal. It was warm and comforting inside as the outside shined a bit of moonlight, snow falling slowly. The snow was calming, but there was a harsh wind beginning to rise. The movie was coming to an end, a romantic scene towards the end. Taemin watched as the couple embraced each other, happy. Even when acting, their smiles look so believable. Taemin looked away, thinking of when he may be able to be happy like that. The girls were crying, happy by the ending. Taemin didn’t like to see girls cry, but smiled seeing Luna crying softly and laughing. She looked over to him, resting her head on his shoulder playfully.

Taemin’s phone began to ring, a sudden phone call being made. He jumped up and walked toward the hallway, entering one of the rooms.

“Hello?” Taemin sounded soft, because of his calm mood. He didn’t bother to check the caller ID.

“Taemin, when are you coming home?”

It was Minho, which made Taemin’s heart jump. They hadn’t spoken much ever since their fight, and Minho sounded… different. He sounded calm, and soft.

“Minho?” Taemin was shocked, breathing out his name. He didn’t mean to make it so dramatic, but the movie’s ending replayed in his head, taking him away from reality for a while.

“I’m home alone… I was wondering where you were?” Minho sounded cheerful but calm. It made Taemin smile, feeling something that melted him away.

“I’m at Luna’s dorm…” Taemin tried to see if Minho would bother to make him angry by asking to join him. Minho sighed, sounding disappointed.

“Can you please come home? I want to see you.”

Taemin rested his head against the wall, feeling even more nervous. He was biting his lip, trying to figure out what was up with him.

“I’ll be over soon, hyung. Bye.”

“Okay, good. Bye.”

Taemin hung up and noticed the lights in the living room were again. He walked over slowly to see the girls wiping their tears, smiling and talking about the movie. Luna stood up and walked over to Taemin.

“Who was that?” Luna looked a bit bothered; she probably thought it was Onew.

“It was… i-it was um… Minho hyung.” Taemin looked at Luna with a smile. Luna smiled back, offering him to drive him back to his dorm.

Taemin and Luna crawled into one of their SM cars, Luna sliding into the driver's seat. Taemin sat in the passenger seat, watching the snow fall so softly. Luna the car and began to pull out of the parking space, driving slow because of the ice. The moon was shining tonight, helping Luna direct her way back to SHINee’s dorm. Taemin looked over to Luna, smiling. He didn’t know why he was so happy, but he absorbed every minute of it.

“Thank you for letting me over, Luna.”

“No problem, Taemin… what did you think of the silly movie?”

“What was silly was seeing you cry over the end, Luna.” Taemin stuck out his tongue playfully.

“Yah! The ending was so happy! I couldn’t help but cry,” Luna joked around, holding her heart with a fake pout. Taemin giggled and looked back out the window. They were quiet for a moment, Luna smiling to herself.

“It’s so beautiful tonight. I like when it snows slowly like this.” Taemin had a low voice, a serious tone that made him seem deep in thought.

“Me too. It makes me think of my family.”

“Why’s that?” Taemin spun his head back towards Luna. She laughed, her head full of memories.

“Well, I remember as a kid… me and my family used to play in the snow all the time during the winter. And I loved it when the snow was exactly like tonight: slow, chunky, but able to maneuver. I made so many snowmen.”

Taemin stared at Luna as she kept her eyes on the road, smiling, but with tears streaming down her face.

“Do you miss your family?” Taemin leaned more towards her, turning his body completely to face her.

“I miss the memories of them… but I’m just not close to my mom or…”

“Or?” Luna slowed to a stop at a red light. She sniffed, a frown forming on her face. “Luna?” Taemin looked a bit worried, wondering why the sudden change of mood.

“I miss my sister…” that’s all Luna said for a while. They were close to  SHINee’s dorm, only a few blocks away.

“Did you guys just fade away?” He wanted to wipe her tears away, but because she was driving, he was unable to.

“She… she died when I was six…” Luna was quiet, more tears falling down, but continued, “Ever since then my mom and I just didn’t get along. My dad was always there for me, but now that I’m an idol, they think I’m leaving them for a new life.”

“Luna… I’m sorry… that’s horrible.” Taemin had a deeply sad expression, not knowing how to comfort her. His family was completely normal, although unable to see them… “You know that you have another family too, right? You have SM.” Taemin held onto her shoulder as Luna stopped in a parking space at SHINee’s dorm. She sniffed away, wiping her nose. But she had a smile on her face.

“Well, I love you guys so much.”

Taemin was quiet, not wanting to leave yet. He felt like he needed to say more.

“We love you too…” Luna looked at Taemin and smiled again, but began to sob. He didn’t know if they were tears of joy or not, but Taemin pulled Luna to his shoulder, letting her cry. “We love you so much, Luna…” Taemin thought of Onew when he said that. He really did love her more than anyone he knew. Onew was a completely different person now, risking his life and health for her. He felt a but guilty, knowing Luna was ignoring Onew for a while.

“You should get going to Minho, Taemin.” Luna lifted her head, smiling again. She had full composure again, happy. Taemin felt her energy again, making him happy as well. “I love, you Taemin.”

“I love you too, Luna. You should talk to Onew, Luna, you know how much he loves you.”

Luna sighed, thinking. “I just…”

“I know my hyung… he doesn’t ever mean harm on you. Luna, I know what he did was horrific, but… the more time passes, the more I think about what I would do if I were in his shoes… Luna, I would do the same if I loved someone that much. He saved you, Luna… please forgive him. He can’t live without you. When Minho and I came to him holding you in his arms, he was hysteric. He was sobbing and only caring for you, even thought he was so weak… He’s never admitted it to me… but… I know he’s completely in love with you. I know it.” Taemin held onto her once more, a quick embrace. Luna was quiet but understood, allowing him to leave and head back to his dorm.

Luna drove back to her own dorm, thinking of what Taemin said… She suddenly realized her phone had been in her car’s cup holder, beeping a message. Luna stopped at a stoplight as she pulled out her phone and checked a voice message.

Luna-shi, this is Onew, please call me back... I need to talk to you. Please. I love you, Luna-shi.

Taemin stepped into his dorm, slipping his shoes off. He looked around, wondering why there was so much silence. His heart was racing, nervous to be with Minho alone once again. He clicked the lights on, and spotted Minho laying on their couch, asleep. He looked so peaceful. He had his cellphone in one hand, and a blanket in the other. Taemin smiled, realizing Minho was too tired to even pull the blanket over himself. He slowly stepped over, leaning towards his hyung. He pulled the blanket softly out of his grasp, and flattened it over Minho’s cold, resting body. Taemin stood and watched for a bit, looking at all his features as he rested. His nose was twitching slightly while his eyes stayed shut. The top of his lip smoothly moved while he dreamed. Taemin was flooded with memories of those lips; Taemin remembered hanging onto Minho’s muscles in the heat of passion as they kissed. Minho had been so avid with his lips back in the club, and now looking at Minho…

He just looked so gentle.

Taemin sighed, stepping away. He felt weird continuing to watch him sleep. Taemin began to head to his room when he heard Minho shuffle out of his sleep.

“Taemin,” he whispered. Taemin stood still, and shifted back towards Minho’s view. They looked at each other for a while in silence, unable to think of anything to say to one another. “I want to talk to you.” Minho gestured him over back to the couch.

Taemin sat carefully by Minho, taking some blanket into his lap. Minho was looking at him, his eyes sleepy, barely open. “Are you still… mad at me?”

Taemin looked down. “No.” He just decided to accept Minho as he was, and that he would never want Taemin again.

“Taemin…” Minho pulled Taemin down to his shoulder, startling Taemin. He shifted, beginning to feel uncomfortable. He just wasn’t sure what Minho was suddenly up to. “I… I have to tell you something.”

“Yes?” Taemin sounded blank, not hoping for anything.

“I miss our talks…”

“Yeah, I miss our talks too.” Taemin couldn’t help but put a hand on Minho’s arm, he didn’t seem to notice, anyway.

“But not only that… I miss you.”

Taemin shifted his body back to Minho’s view. “Wh-what?”

“I’m sorry.”

“For what?”

“For… pretending.”

Taemin felt a bit of tension. Pretending what? Pretending to be interested in him? Minho noticed Taemin’s silence, and continued.

“I’m sorry for being such a jerk to you… But… I just feel like what we did wasn’t right…”

Taemin’s heart felt weak. “O-oh…”

“But I’m just so confused, I feel like I have to go around girls to feel… natural.”

Taemin wasn’t looking at Minho, every sentence feeding his broken heart into an even worse feeling. “What you feel… no matter what…is natural.” Minho pulled Taemin’s chin up to look back at him. His gaze was so strong, Taemin knew he was luring him in. “Minho.” Taemin pushed his hand away, looking away again.

“Listen, Taemin… I’m just confused, okay? I don’t know what I should do.”

Taemin’s eyes were fluttering, trying to hold back tears. His bottom lip was quivering, but he tried to hold it in. His silence was helping him hold back from crying. He desperately wanted to tell him everything, and that he shouldn’t be hiding what he apparently feels for Taemin. But he just didn’t want to believe it. Minho was embarrassed of him, wasn’t he? He didn’t want to admit feelings like this, or accept them… “Why,” Taemin cried now, quietly breathing out words, “Why can’t you just tell me what you feel and accept them,” Taemin sobbed, “You can’t just put me through this, Minho,” he let out a cry, “Y-you can’t.”

Minho put his arm around Taemin, a blank expression. He wasn’t able to look at Taemin by now, and was quiet. Taemin continued, “Minho… if you feel something… it’s not wrong… if you love someone… you can’t just force yourself to move on if they did nothing wrong… Wh-why are you so embarrassed… of me…” Taemin hid his face in his palms, unable to stop crying now.

He finally admitted his reason for being so angry at Minho. Finally. It felt good to say it out loud… but he just wanted to say it… he wanted to tell him how he felt. But he couldn’t. Not when Minho denied it.

“Taemin, look at me,” Minho commanded. He obeyed, making slight eye contact.

Luna stepped into her dorm quietly as the girls were getting ready for bed. They were told to go to bed early tonight because of another performance tomorrow afternoon; it was a small festival before their big trip to Tokyo. Luna waited until the girls were ready, texting Onew and waiting for an answer back.

MSG: Oppa… I’m sorry I didn’t get your message right away but I can’t talk right now. I just don’t feel like talking.

Honestly, she didn’t want anything else but to speak with him again at any moment, but she had to tell him otherwise. She just had to go to bed, obeying her manager oppa. She didn’t want to disobey her work anymore, she just couldn’t.

Luna was already in the bathroom about to shower when she got a text.

JINKI MSG: Luna, I’m so afraid.

MSG: Why?

JINKI MSG: I have to tell you in person. I can’t just text you this.

MSG: Oppa. I need to go to bed. Please, we can talk about this later.

JINKI MSG: I love you.

Luna stood staring at her new message from him, afraid of what he was so upset over. She had no thought or idea as to what could be going wrong in his mind.

MSG: I love you too, please be okay.

Luna showered quickly and got into some comfy, warm pajamas. She noticed another text before heading to bed.

JINKI MSG: I’m desperate to see you, Luna-shi.

Luna sighed, biting her lip at the sudden comment. She wanted to see him just as bad… she was so frustrated over their whole situation. Why couldn’t they both just be official? Everything was so complicated when being forced to keep their… something private. She didn’t even know what to call it: A relationship? Close friendship? Friends with benefits? Best friends?

Luna grumbled and crawled into bed, turning her phone on silent. She closed her eyes, fading into sleep. Moments before sleep, she wished to the stars in her window that they would just be together. She felt silly, but wholehearted at the same time. Her mind kept repeating the words Taemin told her about Onew. She prayed with all her heart that it was true.

Minho and Taemin sat together, not letting go of another. Their lips were finally locked in utter passion, both laid out on the couch. Taemin felt ecstasy while his lips were on Minho’s again, a romantic high forming all throughout his body. Minho was the first to give in and kiss Taemin, silently accepting it. Although, Taemin desperately wanted him to tell him how he felt, but by the way he looked at him, and fell through to his heart, he knew. He knew he loved Taemin.

The two kissed for a few moments, letting go and continuing every now and then. Taemin focused on Minho’s top lips, and then bottom, but began to slip his tongue in, Minho immediately allowing it.

Taemin felt more true to himself in what he was doing, compared to back at the club. He was confused, naïve, and in lust those few years ago. Finally, Taemin was able to realize this was truly love. Taemin and Minho then embraced each other strongly, feeling high off of infatuation and lust. They gazed into each other’s eyes, shocked by their actions, but completely abnormal.

“Tell me you love me,” Taemin whispered quietly, barely able to hear.

“It’s… pretty obvious by now,” Minho whispered just as soft, inches away from each other’s faces. He smiled, and continued to kiss again. Minho and Taemin fell asleep soon, holding each other tightly. It was so late and suddenly Minho woke to the noise of Jonghyun, Minho, and Onew all chatting outside of the door, about to arrive back home. Minho scooped Taemin up, taking him back to his bed. Minho quietly kissed Taemin to sleep, and crawled into his own bed before the boys could notice anything.

“Yah, be quiet you two,” Onew demanded quietly. Key shushed Jonghyun as they all slipped into their dorm, taking their shoes off and stumbling onto the couch. Key headed into the bathroom first, taking a short shower as Jonghyun and Onew waited in the main room.

“Jonghyun?” Onew’s words were slurred.

“Y-yeah, hyung?” Jonghyun was rubbing his neck; he apparently hit himself at the bar.

“What do you think I would be like as a dad?” Onew had a blank face.

“Uhhh….” Jonghyun looked over, crossing his arms. He tried so hard to think, but his thoughts were too fuzzy. “I think after Hello Baby, you’d do great, hyung. Why?”

Onew was quiet, and stood up to go shower after Key got out.

“Hyung? Why are you asking such strange questions?” Jonghyun stumbled off of the couch and grabbed at Onew’s shoulder. Onew sighed, looking at Jonghyun for a split moment and turning away.

“I just might be one soon, but I’m only hoping that it’s simply an overreaction."