When we get home the first thing Taemin does is go into the room he was staying in and finds his passport. With his head hung low he hands it over to Key, who stuffs it into his bag. Manager Jin leaves to call SM to tell them the situation and everyone else went into the living room to watch some TV while we wait for new from Manager Jin.

When Manager Jin comes back, he tells them what happened while Key translates it for me.

“I’ll just tell it to you like he’s telling it.” I nod.

“I talked to Park Jungmo and told him the situation and how we can’t get back to Korea in time for the concert. He was not happy. However, he decided that we can start your vacation now. The company will leave a statement saying Taemin had a problem with his passport and we were not able to get back to Korea. The company will apologize for the cancelation and to make up for it they will provide a fan signing for when you go back to Korea for the fans who bought tickets to the concert.” 

Everyone in the room let out a sigh of relief. 

“So where are you guys going to stay for the vacation?” I inquired.

“Uhh, that’s a good question.” Key remarked. Everyone else shrugged.

I stood up and clapped my hands. “Well, I guess we can figure that out tomorrow. Right now, it’s midnight and I am tired. Everyone off to bed!” After getting everyone situated I went to my room and got changed. 

When I was done in the bathroom I went back to my room only to find Taemin sitting on my bed with Sniffles in his lap. 

As I walked into the room Taemin said, “So this is Sniffles huh?”

“Yeah.”

“He’s pretty cute.”

“And dirty. I’ve never been able to get myself to throw him in the washer.” As I’m talking, I walk to my dresser and put my bath stuff away.

“You’re a big fan, huh?” I turn to look at him.

“Why do you say that?”

“Well, for one thing you know who we are. Two, your room is covered in posters." He points to poster covered walls. "And three, you took us in, drove us to Chicago, and are letting us sleep in your house. Normally people would have helped get the van fixed and then called a cab to send us to a hotel.”

“Oh.” I look down at my feet and hide my blushing checks. Gods, why am I blushing? As I stand there trying to calm my flaming checks, I hear sniffles (not the elephant) coming from the bed. I look up to find Taemin with his head in his hand, crying. I move over to the bed and sit down beside him. “What’s wrong?”

“This is all my fault.” 

“What? No it’s not.” I put my hand on his back and move it in circles to try and calm him.

“Yeah it is. I’m the one that forgot my passport even though I knew we were only going to have one flight that would get us home on time. Why do I forget or lose everything? I lose my phone, I lose my passport, I lose my wallet. Why do I make everyone look after me?”

“Cause you’re the maknae. They’re supposed to look after you,” I joke. I get a dirty look in response. “Ok bad time for a joke. Look, I’m not very good at the whole comforting thing but what I do know is that, even though I’ve only known you guys for less than two days, those guys love you. Even when you messed up like this, they don’t blame you.”

“Really?”

“Trust me, that’s how I was with my friends. I would lose things constantly and they would always help look with me. And guess what.”

“What?”

“They‘re still my friends. Because they love me and of course because I’m awesome.” I flip my hair over my shoulder in an exaggerated model style. It got a laugh out of him. “But really, it’s because no matter what happened as a result it was just another memory we shared together.” I pat his shoulder. “Now stop crying.” He nods.

“Thank you.”

“No problem.” Just then an idea came to me. A sneaky smile comes onto my lips before I lean over and plant them on his check. I back away quickly, grab his hand, and push him out of my room. As I close the door, I can see the look of shock plastered on his face. “Good night!” I say before running to my bed and flopping down on top of it. I fell asleep with Sniffles in my arms and the biggest, goofiest grin on my face.

Sorry guys for taking forever. Also, sorry it's really short compared to the others. However, I felt this would be a good place to stop. Also, I just wanted to update something for you. Anyways, I'm back and going to try getting back into the grove.

Oh, and guess what. I'm sick. Ain't that just wonderful?