[A/N: Before you guys read I just want to say I’m sorry for updating so late. I’ve been a bit busy, but also editing this time was harder as well. This chapter was REALLY long (it was originally 8 pages on word with a tiny font…it’s now 7 :D) also I’m really bored of my own writing. I’m sorry that this chapter is a bit repetitive and doesn’t make as much sense. My creativity just went down the drain. If you want to read something more original like…someone please dig it out for me. My way of wording/phrasing isn’t so great in this chapter either. But I tried. (I really did.) Forgive me~

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Once the door flew open, they were greeted by Jonghyun’s grandpa. Startled, Renee simply remained fixed in her position, giving in to the elder’s embrace. She didn’t even have to say a word, yet a huge smile was pasted between the grandma’s cheeks. Why was she so nice to her? She just couldn’t figure it out. Why did she feel loved when they were only strangers? Did she deserve such genuine love? Those questions continued to roam her mind, confusing her to a point that she forgot why she was there in the first place.

“Aish! Why didn’t you bring her here earlier? Now where did you find such a pretty girl? You guys must’ve known each other for awhile, right? Come in.” She opened the door wider and stepped aside to let them pass.

Her house was small, but elegant with nice furnishing. It was the kind of house Renee would’ve loved to live in; simple, bright and neat. Was that the kind of life she envied? Whilst processing that question, her brain suddenly reminded her that she had never had such thoughts before. She had never asked to live her life any differently, even though she hated it. She wanted a new life, but it never crossed her mind how she would live her new life.

Jonghyun led her to the dinning table where all the food was laid out. He pulled a chair out like a gentleman and waited for her to sit on it.

‘Why are they so nice?’ She wondered. All she was doing was attend to a meal. She wasn’t doing much for them, so why did they look so happy? What was the cause for their happiness?

When he finally got tired of waiting, he pushed her towards the chair and forced her to sit on it.

“We won’t bite,” he whispered into her ear which caused her to giggle feebly.

“You should come here more often and I’ll tell you stories about Jonghyun when he was little.” His grandma chuckled triumphantly, which brought out the sincere laughter from her. “Our Jonghyun is a very nice man, but he’s very weak too. He might be smiling all day long, but inside he’s a weakling. Please look after him well.”

“Grandma, here. Eat.” Jonghyun quickly placed some food into her bowl before she could ramble on. “Renee, you have some too. My grandma’s cooking is really good!”

He didn’t notice it, but Renee was silently staring at him. How on Earth could she have the heart to destroy someone like him? Especially since…she was starting to like him. Is it a crime to love someone? In her case, love was a sin.

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When dinner was finally over, Jonghyun had to take Renee home. But the problem was; the driver had already left with the car. Renee wanted to take the bus on her own, but Jonghyun insisted that he should go with her, especially since their dorms were relatively close to each other.

‘How can I make him leave?’ She thought to herself. ‘I need to push him away, but why can’t I?’

She wanted to say something to him, but no words came out.

“J-Jongh…” She stammered inarticulately, but it was too late.

“Oh, a bus arrived. Quick, before it leaves without us!” He interrupted her as he grabbed hold of her wrist and dragged her towards the bus stop.

Whilst they were running together, Renee couldn’t help but wonder why her heart was beating so fast since they weren’t even running that fast. No one had ever shown so much affection to her. No one had even held her hand before, not even her parents. So why did it had to be him? Of all people, why did it have to be him who made her feel like that?

Once they finally got onto the bus, Jonghyun took some change from his trouser pocket.

“What are you doing? I should pay!” She exclaimed.

“Aish. It’s fine. You helped me today, remember? This is nothing.” He pinched her cheeks before clasping their hands together again. But he didn’t understand, as she watched those pennies escape from his fingers, another weight of guilt was added to her conscious.

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Luckily, because it was passed midnight, hardly anyone was on the bus. In fact, the only people there were members of the Headquarters.

After a couple of minutes, Jonghyun fell into a deep slumber and leaned his head against the window on his left. Renee stared at him in awe, forgetting the aim of the night until one of her colleagues in the front row signalled her to lean closer to him, so they could take pictures of them being together. Renee wanted to ignore the signals from the member, but the threat her father gave, reminded her why she had to betray Jonghyun.

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FLASHBACK

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“I don’t understand why you have to be so rebellious,” Mr Hiew stated as he sipped his coffee.

“I don’t understand why you have to do this,” Renee retorted in a disgusted manner.

“Don’t you understand? There is no right or wrong in this world. They are all illusions. In this world, as long as you have power, everything you do is right. This world isn’t about right or wrong, it’s about strong and weak.”

“But I’m your daughter. How can you let them experiment on me?!” Renee screeched exasperatedly. Her eyes widened whilst her breathing got heavier as the overwhelming anger engulfed her sanity.

“Oh yes, I forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me. But you’re alive now aren’t you?” He laughed menacingly. “If you don’t do as you’re told, not only will I not give you your medicine, but I will also remove your mother’s life support machine. Do you hear me?! I want SM destroyed, and you will do as I say. You will destroy them.”

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END FLASHBACK

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Thinking back, did she have a choice to begin with? Her love for her mother motivated her to hurt people within SM, but somehow, her crush on Jonghyun restrained her from doing so. Love was a sin, and she couldn’t be greedy. In the end, she must lose one or the other.

Tentatively, she laid her head against his shoulder and shut her eyes. How long could she pretend to be innocent? How long until the world starts to hate her? Just because she closed her eyes, doesn’t mean the world would disappear.

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THE NEXT DAY

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“Open the door! Open the door now!” Super Junior’s manager decreed as he smashed his fist against their door, almost causing the floor to vibrate as well.

Sungmin rubbed his eyes tiredly as he dragged his legs across the room to open the door, just to find a pair of sinister eyes glaring daggers directly into his. Slightly taken back, he furrowed his eyebrows.

“Hyung, are you ok?” He yawned whilst scratching his uncombed hair.

“You, get Cho Kyuhyun and Kim Ryeowook out right now!” The manager bellowed furiously as he charged into their dorm, making himself comfortable by sitting on the sofa.

“What’s going on hyung?” Kyuhyun came out from his room whilst Sungmin went to wake Ryeowook up.

Ten minutes later, the four of them sat around the coffee table to observe the photos which were laid out.

Some were of Sungmin and Anna in the studio; some were of Kyuhyun with Kira in the park, whilst the rest showed Ryeowook and Steph on the staircase.

Distress diffused into the atmosphere. Confusion was written on all their faces. Frequent sighs were audible every now and again as they didn’t know how to deal with the situation. Kyuhyun placed both his hands onto his forehead and lifted it up. Why was he so foolish to fall for her trap? He didn’t know. He felt troubled but on the other hand, he was expecting something like that to happen. In the end, he could only blame his stupidity for loving her.

“How can you three be so careless? And it’s not only you three, two members from SHINee was also caught in some scandal. Strange thing is they’re all girls from the same dorm. So…” before the manager could finish, Sungmin immediately protested.

“No, it can’t be Anna! She won’t do something like that!”

“Sungmin, calm down. It doesn’t matter who did it. What matter, is that you guys can’t see each other until this dies down. The netizens are going crazy about this.” The manager sighed as he rubbed his temples.

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Meanwhile, in SHINee’s dorm, Taemin was shocked at the news he’d found on the internet, regarding Jonghyun and Key’s scandals.

Once Key saw the photos, he went to his parents’ house without another word. He knew that they were going to be gone for a month, so he would be able to have some peace and quiet. The other members wanted to share his burden with him, but it didn’t seem like that was what he wanted. Jonghyun was surprised by the pictures too, yet his devastation could not be compared with Key’s.

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Karen was also surprised when she acknowledged the scandals. Immediately, she went to SHINee’s dorm, hoping to sort things out with Key.

“Oppa! Please, open the door! Oppa! Op-” She stopped banging the door once it was opened by Minho.

“You guys can’t see each other yet.” He reminded her with his warm, charismatic smile.

“I have to tell him something. Oppa, please help me. It wasn’t me. I swear it wasn’t me.” She spoke frantically with her desperate eyes.

“Oppa believes you, but Key is now convinced that you were the one who posted those photos. Besides, even if I want to help you, I can’t. He’s not even here anymore. He went back to his parents’ house.” Minho explained in an apologetic manner.

“It’s ok. I’ll go there. I just need him to know that it wasn’t me.” Karen tried to run, but Minho dragged her back.

“Do you think he would let you into the house to hear you out? You know how stubborn he is. Besides, it’s raining out there.” Karen broke loose from his grasp and ran outside to get a taxi to Key’s house.

Minho couldn’t help but worry about her. When Key’s angry, he doesn’t even think properly. He tried to call Key on his mobile, but he refused to pick up. His brain was beginning to hurt as he didn’t know how to help Karen.

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The moment her eyes laid on the familiar looking building, she quickly placed the money on her seat and exited the vehicle before it had even stopped. She dashed towards the house, staring at it as if it was somehow superior to her.

“Oppa! Open the door! Oppa! Please!” She begged.

Key watched her from the second floor through the window. He witnessed how she crashed her fists against the door. To him, it felt like she was doing the same thing to his chest, but instead of using her fists, she was using knives.

She stood in the middle of the rain as tears emerged from her eyelids. It seemed like her tears were contagious like a disease since tears where stumbling down from his eyes as well.

“Why did I fall in love with you? Is it really that fun to fool me around? Do you hate me that much?” He whispered whilst his tears dripped down reluctantly. A chuckle escaped, as he found his foolishness surprisingly amusing. The pain in his heart, mind and soul was literally intolerable. He dropped onto the bed and covered his ears with the pillow. He was determined that no matter what happened, he would never open up to her again.  

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“It wasn’t me. It wasn’t me.” She repeated in between her cries.

“Karen!” Minho suddenly arrived, jogging towards her with an umbrella in his hand. “You’ll get sick. Come back with me. No matter what you do, he won’t listen to you.”

Karen shook her head lightly. “I’ll wait right here until he opens the door, until he talks to me, until he forgives me.” She walked lifelessly towards the bench.

Minho tried to cover her under his umbrella, but she just pushed him away.

“Oppa wants me to suffer. Can’t you see? Because he’s in pain, he wants me to feel exactly the same. It’s his pay of paying back.” Like a fool, she smiled weakly - proud by the fact that she understood him.

After absorbing Karen’s words, he threw the umbrella away, allowing the rain to patter down onto his chestnut hair and flawless complexion.

“What are you doing?” She gasped at his behaviour.

“If you’re going to stand in the rain, then I’ll stand with you. He can’t be that cruel to let us both get sick.”

“Thank you.” Karen’s feelings were like a cup of coffee. Amongst the bitterness, there he was with his charming smile, adding a tint of sweetness into her life.

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Back in the girls’ dorm, Kira was pacing up and down the corridor. She felt uneasy since she knew she didn’t put some of those pictures up. Why did so many other scandals appear? Once again she found herself sitting in front of her laptop, skimming through the internet pages. Who could it possibly be? And why was it only with girls from their dorm?

She didn’t understand. Wasn’t she the only one who knew the true aim of them being there? She knew for a fact that if one or two scandals surfaced, the fans could just ignore it and move on with ease. But how could fans possibly ignore five scandals which were released at the same time?

When she picked her mobile up to check her text messages, she realised that she had a voice mail from Kyuhyun.

“Kira, I don’t mind what you do to me, but please leave my members alone. I still can’t make myself to believe that you would post pictures of Anna with Sungmin hyung. I thought you two were friends. Kira, whatever you’re planning, please stop it.”

Her hand couldn’t help but shake. Why was he so sure that it was her? It could’ve been any of them. Finally, she made herself type a text message to him, confessing that she never planned to hurt the other members or Anna.

She didn’t know why she wanted to confess to him so badly, but she did. She supposed that she didn’t want to be framed for something she hadn’t done. But deep inside, she knew she was only making up excuses.

Moments later, she finally received the message she wanted to read - a message which seemed as if he knew everything even though it only contained three words.

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To: Kira
From: Idiot Kyu
Message: I believe you.
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THE NEXT DAY

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The rain had finally stopped and it was 5:32am when Key woke up. He rubbed his sore eyes which were unwilling to open. When he touched his pillow, he was shocked to find it soaked. Then, it hit him. He had been crying all night. Stupidly crying for that one girl who always managed to hurt him.

Then, a scream interrupted his chain of thoughts.

“Karen! KAREN! WAKE UP!”

I know...I did so bad this time =___= Whilst reading it through...I found loads of parts laughable and I didn't really know how to change it. So...it ended up like this... FORGIVE MEEEEE >_<

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