“You don’t eat together?” Taemin’s manager said as he noticed Juliette came out of her room that afternoon carrying a tray of her own leftover.

“She doesn’t normally eat with me.” Taemin said. “She cooks, washes dishes, does some chores, and then locks herself in the room to study.” He uttered as he tied his shoelaces.

“I thought that chick is madly in love with you? She doesn’t act like one now, though.” He said while following Juliette with his sight.

“Things changed, hyung.” He said and looked at his manager. “Jooyoung-ssi probably got sick of me the moment we started living together. You know? She was just interested because she didn’t know me personally. She realized I wasn’t her type as time passed by.”

“Just when I thought Taeminnie finally found the one.” He shook his head and crossed his arms. “The chick suddenly lost interest. Our Minnie should be sad.” He chuckled in a teasing way.

“I’m not interested to her anyway, so I don’t care about it at all.” He shook his head as if he didn’t lose anything. “Should we live now, hyung?” He said.

The manager stood up and nodded, “We’ll use the van for today so I’ll drive for you. I’ll just go get the car.” He said and made his way outside the room.

Juliette then immediately ran and rode Taemin from his back. She chuckled as Taemin grabbed her to him and hugged her on the waist.

“You do what you need to do while I’m away.” Taemin uttered as he looked at her. “When I get back home, your attention should be 100 percent on me only.” He smiled.

“Oppa is so demanding.” She said and playfully pulled his ears as she chuckled. “Okay, go follow manager-ssi outside. Be safe and give your best performances. Taemin-oppa fighting!” She said and did the punch gesture.

Taemin smiled, “I’ll go after getting my kiss.” He said and immediately pouted.

She giggled before planting a kiss on his lips. “But remember… SHINee oppas and Jieun-unnie must not know about this.” She said.

“Sure thing. I don’t want them to get you away from me once they find out.” He smiled and this time, he was the one who initiated another kiss.

“Hey. Go now.” She said and waved goodbye at him. “I’ll clean the house while you’re away since I don’t have classes today and tomorrow.”

Taemin winked at her before leaving.

**** **** ****

Taemin sat back at the waiting area after giving fans a very fierce performance. The coordi noona immediately gave him another set of clothes to wear for their next schedule.

“Hyung… aren’t you going to tell me what that guesting is all about? Don’t I have the right to know?” He frowned as he kept on asking the manager about their next schedule.

“It is included in the script that you must act like you don’t know.” He said.

“I can pretend.”

“You can’t.” The manager, being with SHINee and Taemin for a long time, sure knows how Taemin acts during broadcast. He grew a lot after some years, but old habits never die. It’s hard for Lee Taemin to pretend like he didn’t know anything. One thing that he’s not good at is to act innocent. If you’re buying it, then he’s not acting. He’s really is innocent during some times.

As they went on the location, Taemin was shocked to see a camera already filming him. The recording immediately started as soon as he got out of the van. That was the reason why the noona made sure he was looking as great as ever before going out of the van.

“Today’s namja … SHINee… Taemin!!” He immediately smiled as the host introduced him to the recording.

The recording started off with simple greetings and chats about Taemin going solo for the time being. The paused for a short break and Taemin immediately went to see his manager.

“Hyung, is this the show where they set up idols for a blind date?” He quickly asked and made a frowning face when the manager nodded.

“This will be fun, Taeminnie… they can hook you up with a cute girl group idol.” He said as he patted Taemin’s shoulder. “You should enjoy this. I personally agreed to this because I was thinking about you.” He uttered.

Now, Taemin, you should try acting as if you’re happy about this. “Oh is that so, hyung? Will this mean I’m allowed to date her?” He asked.

“That’s how the show goes, Minnie. You are here for a blind date.” He said.

**** **** ****

On the grand fountain at a certain part was the next location. That will be the place where Taemin will meet his blind date.

He sat there waiting for his blind date to arrive. After some minutes he immediately stood up as he saw a goddess coming on his way.

She was his all time crush and only he and SHINee hyungs knew about it.

“N-noona…” He started to stutter because he never expected her to be his blind date for today.

//Yes, guys... You're seeing the right person. She's a heavy rival.. Jooyoungie, what do we do from here?? -.-