"Look, the manager comes home in an hour and he expects us to be 'just friends' by then," Key said. "After he's convinced, maybe we can go back to normal. Till then we can be friends, okay?"

Jonghyun thought back on the incident. He should've shut the door when kissing Key, but he didn't, and of all people living in the dorm with them, the manager was the second (the first being Minho) to find out about their relationship.

"An hour?" Jonghyun repeated. Key nodded.

"We have until then, I guess," Jonghyun finally agreed, as painful as it was to his heart.