“I’m sorry, I can’t.” Taemin answered without thinking.

Great, just great. It was the first time Minho had asked someone out, and the answer he got was a cold “no”. Dara noona would nag him about this till the end of his life.

“Oh, I see,” was all Minho could say at that moment.  What else could he tell Taemin?

“Hey, I like you, pretty much, so please please please go out with me”? No, that didn’t sound like him at all.

“It sounds like fun, hyung.”

Then, why are you saying no?

 “But Key umma said I’m too young for dating.” Taemin said.

Damn you, Key, you overprotective umma.

“But you’re not a kid anymore.” Minho argued.

“Umma had already warned me that whoever asks me out would say that.”

I’m gonna talk to that Diva, I swear.

Realizing it didn’t make sense to argue anymore, Minho told the younger boy goodbye before going home. Even though Taemin had rejected him, somehow he felt relief, since it was because of Kibum, and not Taemin. Anyway, whatever the reason was, Minho was a fighter, and he would never give up so easily.

I better ask the dating master for help.

“Achoo!” Jonghyun sneezed. He was sitting on the living room’s couch, staring at his phone. The picture of a cute sleeping Key on the screen was almost hypnotizing the Dino.

---FLASHBACK---

The morning light that came through the curtain landed on Jonghyun’s face, waking him up. The Dino slowly opened his eyes, taking a deep breath. He felt so fresh that morning. He hadn’t slept so well for a long time. Had his bed always been so soft, and his blanket so warm?

Last night, Jjong had a really weird dream, in which he had woken up in the middle of the night and had found a giant teddy bear that looked like Kibum lying next to him. So he had hugged it to sleep the whole night. Jjong grinned at the thought of that dream. The Key-bear was warmer and softer than any of the ordinary stuffed animals. Oh yeah, and it was big and looked exactly like…

“Kibum?” Jonghyun mentally screamed in his mind as he turned to his right side, finding the peacefully sleeping beauty.  Key was lying next to him, and their faces were so close that Jjong could even feel Key’s warm breath. The Dino stared at Key’s pretty face, wondering how it was possible for a boy to b