‘Three. Two. One. Run now. Jump. And hit!’

With a shout, you jumped in success as the ball went directly to the place you wanted it too. Sweat was dripping constantly down your face and the shirt you had on was drenched in sweat. If you were to take it out and squeeze it, sweat would be dripping down. Your cheeks were bright red and your muscles were aching from the over excursion, but the high at finally getting the move you had been practicing caused you not to feel any of the pain.

“Woah! Great job Ji-min! You finally got the move you.” Wooyoung said as he came up to you with a huge smile on his face. In his hand was a cold bottle of water and you eyed it hungrily. He noticed where your attention was, and with a chuckle, he gave you the water.

Taking it gratefully, you greedily drank it and immediately finished the whole bottle. Wooyoung smiled again at you and shook his head.

“You’ve been practicing really hard today and it’s time for you to go home Ji-min. It’s not good at all to over exert yourself.” You wiped another bead of sweat that ran down your face and looked at Wooyoung’s smiling face. There were so many other maneuvers that you wanted to try out but it was time to go home. You could already feel the entire ache in your body and if you continued on, you don't think that you would be able to pull yourself up for school tomorrow morning.

“Thanks for today Wooyoung.” You smiled up at him and went to grab your things.

“No problem! You are advancing extremely fast and without a doubt, in a few months you’ll be as good if not better than any college volleyball player.” Smiling hugely at hearing that compliment, you said your goodbyes as you went to the bathroom to change out of your sweaty clothing.

With another frustrated sigh, you looped the belt around your pants. The pants that used to fit you so well were becoming too big to wear. Every time you used it, you had to use a belt, and sometimes the belt don't even help that well. You would find yourself having to continuously pull the pants up every time you took a step or two.

‘I need to go shopping.’ You though solemnly as you stared at your image in the mirror. The shirt you had on was hanging onto you, not fitting you correctly as it once did. It was like that for a lot of your clothing. They were all getting too big to even wear anymore and it was hard to even find an outfit to wear now because they all did not look right anymore.

It’s been over a month since you started training with Wooyoung and his friends. The strict diet you kept had really help improve your strength and endurance but it did not do only that. Having cut off all of the junk food from your life and with the addition of all of the exercise you had been getting lately, you were losing weight faster than you thought.

You couldn’t help but remember the astonishment of your classmates each day you came to class.

“Did you see her? Doesn’t she look so much skinner now?”

“She does! Do you think she is getting liposuction?”

“I wouldn’t put it below her. She was so fat she needed it.”

As each day passed, you have been hearing those types of things constantly. People were starting to notice that you were losing quite a bit of weight and like the vindictive horrible people that they were, they started to create rumors that you were getting surgery done to take away the extra fat. They couldn’t let go of their fun of making you feel terrible. And since they couldn’t tease you as much as before about your weight, they started to pick other things out to tease you about.

Shaking your head to stop thinking about it, you grabbed your bag and headed out of the gym. Giving one last wave goodbye to Wooyoung and his friends, you headed back to you house.

You your phone and immediately smiled at seeing the messages left to you by the Shinee boys. You chuckled a little as you thought of the day you asked them why they were called Shinee.

Key rolled his eyes and couldn’t help but chuckle. “Girls in our school are just so weird.” He said as he took a huge bite out of the popsicle that he was eating.

“Why?” You asked confused. Key chook his head and smiled at you. “They were the ones that labeled us five as Shinee.” You looked at the four other boys and couldn’t help but notice the slight blush Minho and Onew had. Taemin was smiling as usually as Key continued to explain. This seemed like a memory that the group liked as even Jonghyun was smiling slightly.

“They said that we are the shining stars of the school. That we bring light to the school and brighten it up whenever we are around.” Key continued as he chuckled.

“Well, now that I do think about it. They weren’t wrong at all. I am quite stunning.” Key said with the most serious look on his face. You stared at him with your mouth open. Although you agreed that the boys were indeed all gorgeous, you were still shocked with the confidence Key said it.

You turned to look at the four other boys and noticed them shaking their head and chuckling lightly Key. And that day, you learned about the huge confidence Key had in himself and his extremely playful ways.

Chuckling again, you opened the first message, which was from Taemin of course.

Ji-minie! Come over to Jonghyun-hyung’s house after your done k?

Quickly replying that you were on your way, you walked the opposite direction you were heading to and quickly crossed the street to the bus stop.

Ever since that day that Eun Mi called you, you had gotten closer to the Shinee boys. Once Jonghyun had calmed down, you managed to convince him to call the other boys. They knew Jonghyun a lot better than you did and they could provide more help that you could. Once they found out what had happened, they took it astride and did not make up a fuss about it. They knew that the best way for Jonghyun to forget was to go through life normally.

They started to call you up more often to just hang out with them and spend time. It had become almost a tradition for the boys to call you up in random times of the week and watch movies with them. It would be in either one of the houses of the boys and they usually persuaded you to bake for them. Actually, it was almost always that they pleaded with you to bake for them. You had no problem with it at all.

Opening the other text from Onew, you couldn’t help but smile. It was quite hilarious how you found out that Onew loved Disney movies as much as you did. You two had an ongoing battle on who knew more about Disney movies. It had been a competition that he started, asking you random questions and getting you to answer them to see if you were really a big a fan as you said you were.

Name of the candle from Beauty and the Beast?

Was the only thing that his text said. You smiled and easily answered.

Lumière. That was easy Onew. Got anything harder?

You teased as the bus pulled up to the curb. Getting on and paying the fair, you spotted a chair and quickly sat down. Looking at your phone once again, you smiled at the quick response by Onew. But you decided to ignore it for a bit to look at what Key had texted you.

Eggs, Milk, Flour, and the chocolate are all waiting for you Ji-min! Hurry here, my stomach is craving some of your chocolate chip cookies!

Shaking you head at Key’s text, you quickly replied, saying that you were on your way there.

And it was a good thing that you looked up because the stop to Jonghyun’s house was the next one. Quickly standing up and heading to the door, you waited for the door to open before quickly steeping out of the bus.

You opened the text from Onew and read it out loud as you walked to the direction of Jonghyun's house.

“What are the seven dwarfs’ names in Snow White?” Grinning, you quickly typed in their names without a single pause in your stride. You knew the story of Snow White like the back of your hands. It was easily one of your top favorites, although almost all of the Disney movies were your favorite.

Stopping right in front of Jonghyun’s house, you rang the doorbell and immediately heard the screaming voices of two people. One being Taemin and other being Eun Mi.

When the door opened, you were faced by the grinning face of Taemin. His eyes were sparkling brightly as he smiled happily at you. You could tell that part of the happiness came from beating Eun Mi to the front door. Taemin was a child at heart and he loved to kid around with Eun Mi, trying to complete with her in almost anything.

“Ji-minnie! You’re here!” He shouted loudly and quickly pulled you into his arms. Grinning back at him, you put your arms around his shoulders and gave him back a gentle squeeze hello.

Once Taemin let you go, Eun Mi immediately launched herself to you. Quickly catching her, you almost lost your footing but thankfully Taemin was there to catch you before you could fall down. Grinning apologetically at Taemin, you turned your attention fully on Eun Mi. Tickling the giggling girl in your arms, you laughed along with her as she squirmed and giggled in your arms.

Hearing the commotion by the door, Key came there as well and as he spotted you, he quickly went up to you. Plucking Eun Mi out of your arms and placing her on the floor, he took your hand and started to drag you towards the kitchen.

“Wooh! You’re here and I can finally get my cookies!” Just laughing at the excited Key, you followed along without any protest. Even if you did say something, Key would find a way to get what he wanted anyways.

Eun Mi pouted at having her time cut short with you, so she ran after you and Key, wanting to continue spending time with you. Taemin, not wanting to be left behind, shut the door quickly and raced to the kitchen as well.

When you reached the kitchen, you couldn’t help but laugh loudly at the scene in front of you. Onew, being his usual helpful self, had an apron on and was starting to prepare the ingredients for you to use. But that wasn’t what made you laugh. It was the fact that he had a chicken leg in his hand and eating it quite happily. And from the looks of the plate full of chicken bones, he had been eating for quite a while already.

When he saw you, Key, Taemin and Eun Mi enter the kitchen, he gobbled up the remaining chicken and quickly chewed as if one of you were going to steal it front him.

“Slow down Onew. None of us are planning to steal any of your chicken.” You chuckled out.

“Well, that chicken does look pretty good to me.” Taemin teasingly said, being his usually playful self. Onew’s eyes widened in fear of his chicken being taken away and immediately made a grab for the plate of remaining fried chicken. Darting out of the kitchen to eat his chicken in peace, all four of you laughed out loudly at his quick escape.

“Onew and his chicken. Can never get between them.” Key said with a grin on his face. It seemed as if he finally remember the purpose of going into the kitchen and put his hands on your shoulders. Immediately pushing you towards the table full of ingredients, he went to look for the other apron for you.

Meanwhile, you were looking through the ingredients the boys bought, making sure that everything was accounted for and that there was none missing. Quickly finding that everything was there, you nodded in satisfaction.

Suddenly, you felt arms encircle your waist. You quickly stiffened and a full scarlet blush appeared on your cheeks. Before you knew it, the arms disappeared and an apron was wrapped around your waist. You turned around to a grinning Key as he looked at you expectantly, waiting for you to begin.

“T-thanks.” You said to him. Quickly turning back to the ingredients, you started the task of measuring the right proportions.

Meanwhile, Taemin was running around the kitchen with a giggling Eun Mi on his back. He was bouncing the little girl around on his back and giving her thrill. You had to put an end to their fun though when they almost knocked over the whole bag of flour on the table.

“Sorry Ji-minnie! It was an accident.”

Taemin looked at you apologetically and started to run away from you, scared of being scolded. Eun Mi tried to look innocent but when you turned your eyes to her, she darted away to the living room.

“Taeminnie-oppa! Wait for me!” Shaking your head once more in amusement at them, you went back to what you were doing. Key was long gone already; having left the time Taemin almost spilled the flour. Now it was just you alone as you went about your way of making the cookies for the boys.

Humming to yourself, you cracked an egg into the bowl and started to mix it well with the other ingredients. Extremely preoccupied with the task at hand, you didn’t hear as someone entered the kitchen. Turning around to grab the pan on the counter, you were surprised to see Minho already with the pan in his hands. He handed it to you without saying anything and you took it, saying a quick thank you.

You expected him to grab what he needed to hurry back to the living room, where they were currently fighting over which movie to watch. You were extremely surprised as he came up next to you and started to grab the bowls and utensils you used. Still not saying anything, he started to clean up after your mess and loading it in the dishwasher.

Looking at him in wonder, you were snapped out of your daze at the sound of the oven. It had reached its designated heat and it was time to put the cookies in. Scooping the last cookie on the pan, you were about to place the pan in the oven when Minho beat you to it. He quickly took it from the table and placed it in the hot oven. He closed the oven door and turned around to face you. Opening and closing your mouth, words could not form as you were completely taken back by Minho’s unexpected actions.

“I just wanted to help you since you’ve done so much for us already.” He said and gave you one of his extremely rare smiles. You felt your heart skip a bit as the smile brightened up his features, making his handsome face appear even more breathtaking.

You smiled up to him in thanks and quickly took off your apron as you set the timer on. When Minho saw that you were done, he quickly took your hand into his and pulled you to the living room.

“You should also have a say in what we watch Ji-min.”

When you two reached the living room, Taemin quickly went up to you and pulled you down next to him, disentangling your hand from Minhos.

 “Ji-minnie. You want to watch this right? Say yes.” He begged you as he showed you the movie he wanted to watch. Apparently Jonghyun and Key were teaming up and trying to get everyone to watch what they wanted. Minho looked at you for a moment before going back to his original seat next to Jonghyun.

You looked at the movie Taemin wanted to watch and bit your lip. It was a gruesome horror story. You could never understand how someone as childlike and cute as Taemin can enjoy things as terrible as people killing and ripping each other’s limbs out. Looking at the pouting look on Taemin’s face, you had to apologize to him.

“Mianhe Taemin-ah. I can’t watch horror movies, especially with Eun Mi here.” Taemin was saddened that he didn’t get you on his side and crossed his arms. He was pouting as Jonghyun opened the case of the movie you all were going to watch and quickly started to set it up. Catching the eyes of Jonghyun, you smiled in relief at seeing happiness sparkling clearly in his eyes. Sure you could still see the dark circles under his eyes that indicated his lack of sleep, but it was a relief that he was finally smiling once again.

You were pulled out of your thoughts by the feel of something landing on your lap. That something was none other than Taemin as he laid his head down on your lap. You were about to say something when he snuggled closer to you.

“Comfortable.” Was all he said as he smiled at you with a content look on his face. Shaking your head at him, you said nothing as a blush started to creep in on your face. You decided to just let him do what he wanted since you didn't take his side on the movie. You quickly settle in, making yourself more comfortable with Taemin laying down on your lap. Everyone was settling in as the movie was starting. Onew managed to pull himself away from the corner he hid himself in with his chicken and sat down on the couch next to Key.

Everyone quieted down as the movie began and all you felt was warmth.

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This was quite a long chapter so I hope you guys enjoyed reading it! I had fun writing this chapter and I hope you guys liked reading it! Thanks again and hope you all comment down below what you thought of it.

silversorbet -- I think he just might. *hint, hint* :P LOL 

LoveLovii -- Yeah isn't she? I would love to be friends with Ji-min! hehe

K-DramaAddict -- I spy multiple love stories coming up ;p hehehe wonder who they will be XD

jongsicafrver  -- LOL Jihyun! Thats cute! lol your comment made me laugh :D

HannahBunnny98 -- I havent fully planned out who it will be. It might be Jonghyun it might not be. Hope you stick around to find out! :D

Thanks so much for commenting guys <3 I truly adore reading them and I get really motivated to write more for you all when I see them! Thanks again and I hope it's okay with you all with me replying to you guys like this!