It had been a tough and yet confusing day at school for Taemin. Not only did the juniors bug him as usual, but the whole thing with that Luhan-guy just confused him, and he was pretty sure that he had seen him before somewhere?! He just didn’t know when, and you wouldn’t think that you would be able to forget such a beautiful face as Luhan’s. Especially not when you’re gay.

Suddenly Taemin’s phone started buzzing in his pocket, just as he was walking in the hallway of his school, ready to leave since school was over – and he was hungry. He frowned slightly and found his phone to check the message.

“Meet me at the mall in ten minutes! I have a surprise for you, Taebaby!

- XOXO Keyumma”

Oh . Not another long, boring day with Key in the mall. The last time all Taemin had to do was carry a dozen of shopping bags, while Key was buying every single pink thing he could find – pink stuff and unicorn stuff, actually.

“Waeyo?

- StillNotXOXO’ing Taebaby”

He rolled his eyes slightly before stuffing his phone back into his pocket, after replying his umma shortly. Key knew how to take good care of Taemin, but sometimes… Taemin just wished that he could be alone for just one day.

“Going somewhere?” Taemin heard a familiar voice ask, just as he got outside, nearly getting blinded by the sunlight. The weather was really great! So hot, a small breeze, no clouds in the sky… Perfect.

And then there was Luhan, even more perfect with his dashing smile and snow white teeth that shone like pearls.

“Uh… I’m just going shopping with my friend, apparently… Or, well…” Taemin sighed deeply and ran a hand through his own hair, “I’m probably just gonna carry all of his shopping bags, like the last time.” He added.

Luhan couldn’t help but laugh a bit, with his sweet, soft laugher. It was really cute, and Taemin honestly just felt like squeezing those cheeks of his – but no. He wouldn’t go down to his Keyumma’s level.

Even though Luhan was so squishy.

“But it sounds fun, really… I haven’t been at the mall for ages,” Luhan sighed and smiled a bit by himself, making Taemin tilt his head slightly.

“Oh! You wanna join? I’m sure Key will love you!” Yes. Yes Key loved everything that was squishy and cute and adorable and fluffy. Just like Luhan. Maybe Key wouldn’t even let go of Taemin’s new hyung.

Luhan chuckled lightly.

“I’m sorry Taemin, maybe another day… I have another appointment,” the older said, ruffling Taemin’s black hair gently, still smiling that friendly smile. Were they really friends already? You wouldn’t just ruffle some random guy’s hair, would you? Taemin was pretty sure they were friends. Yup.

“Oh, it’s okay, hyung… I’ll just see you later, right?” Taemin smiled and waved at his hyung, as he turned around to leave. Luhan just waved back, smiling friendly. Maybe Luhan was just happy that not all the people were scared of him and avoiding him, maybe that was the reason why he and Taemin already seemed that close – because they had something in common.

Suddenly, Taemin felt his heart rate sped up, beating uncontrolled as he started breathing slightly faster. He quickly stopped up on the sidewalk on the other side of the school gates, and put a shaking, hesitating hand on his chest, trying his best to keep his heart down, but it just kept going.

Faster and faster for every second.

“D-Dang… Didn’t I drink enough water today or something?” he mumbled quietly to himself, as he thought he could actually hear his heartbeat. You know the feeling? It feels like your heart is going to explode, pop out of your chest... It was possible that he was dehydrating and just needed some water, right?

However, Taemin soon found the true reason why his heart was going crazy, as he got handed a half empty water bottle by a guy just passing by.

“Drink this, it’s pretty hot outside,” his deep voice said, making the butterflies in Taemin’s tummy flutter around, tickling him like crazy! He didn’t even dare look at the passing guy, even though he was already on his way away. That voice was damn too hot to mistake for someone else’s. Instead, Taemin just turned a bit around, quickly enough to get a small glance of the braids with the white and black bandana, the dark jeans and black tank top, hanging a bit low - showing dangerously much of his collarbones and chest - as Kai crossed the corner, getting out of Taemin’s sight.

. What just happened? Why did so many confusing things happen to Taemin that day? Taemin was completely dumbfounded, just staring at the corner of the wall that Kai disappeared behind just a few seconds ago.

He had never been this close to Kai before.

“H-He…” mumbled Taemin quietly, his heart just beating even faster, “… He talked to me,” Taemin whispered carefully, afraid that if he spoke too loud, he would wake up from this wonderful dream he was having. His heart was slowing a bit down, as his eyes traveled from the end of the sidewalk, to the water bottle in his hand.

Oh, right… It was half empty.

ing. Half. Empty.

“Did he… Drink from this?” Taemin asked himself, blushing slightly and feeling a little like a creeper, as he slowly unscrewed the cap of it, examining the bottleneck.

“His. Lips. Touched. This.”

Nope. He wasn’t creepy at all. Just too deep in love to ever get out of it.

He gasped a bit, as his pocket started buzzing again, getting another text from an impatient Keyumma. He quickly screwed the cap onto the bottle again, and checked his phone, groaning in frustration as Key still didn’t wanna tell Taemin why he should come to the mall. He just said that it was a secret – again.

“Okay!! I’m coming…

- DissatisfiedTaebaby”

Taemin sighed before he started walking again. His heart now completely calm.

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“Taeminnie! You’re finally here!” Key said as he came running towards his friend, hugging him close and his hair softly. Taemin blushed slightly at his motherly friend, because he always was like that, and he always made people look at them with strange glares.

“Y-Yeah… Well, what was it that you wanted to do with me?” Taemin asked, fixing his hair again after it was completely messed by Key. Key chuckled at his dongsaeng.

“Come with me,” he said, taking Taemin’s hand and gently pulling him along, walking through the crowded mall, where a few of Taemin’s school mates might see them. Well, pretty much everyone in the mall saw Key - he was wearing ripped, skintight, black jeans, a white top with a flashy, pink jacket, and a pair of Gucci sunglasses in his blonde hair.

“Umma… Why are we here?” Taemin said carefully, nearly stuttering a bit as he looked up at the sign hanging over the shop. It was a hairdresser, but not the one Taemin usually attended, no this one was too flashy.

“Because, Taebaby… We’re gonna make you y,” Taemin’s hyung smirked at him, pulling a struggling dongsaeng inside, causing the few people, who were in there, to look at him. Taemin didn’t really like this much attention… There was a reason why he didn’t mind being ignored at school, feeling invisible. He would rather be yelled at by the few people noticing him at school – the bullies – than being looked at by so many strangers that all looked almost as flashy as Key.

Almost.

“Keybummie, is that the friend you told me about?” a voice spoke, making Taemin freeze in place while clinging to the door to the hairdresser. He really felt uncomfortable as Key tried pulling him inside.

“Oh, yes! This is Taemin,” Key said, letting go of Taemin who just pouted cutely at his hyung, still clinging to the door like a kid.

“Umma…” he whined slightly, and Key couldn’t help but his silky cheek while smiling at him. He was such a good umma. Most of the time. When he didn’t force him to go to a hairdresser that he had never been at before…

“It’s okay, Taebaby… You want to make Kai look at you, right?” Key chuckled, immediately making Taemin let go of the door, facing his hyung and the stylist by his side.

“M-Mh…” he said, a bit shy.

“He’s so beautiful!” the stylist exclaimed all of a sudden as he got to have a better look at the boy, “I can’t wait to work with his hair!”

“J-Just the hair, right?” Taemin asked carefully, looking at his Key umma with frightened eyes.

“Of course, baby… You’re gonna look amazing when you’re done!” Key assured him, making him sit down in one of the chairs so the stylist could start his work on him, “Kai will love it, I’m sure,” his hyung added with a sly smirk, winking at Taemin who immediately blushed, turning completely red in his face.

“U-Uh… I guess,” he mumbled carefully, suddenly remembering the water bottle he kept in his school bag. He was never going to throw it away.

“So… What about blonde?” Key offered, looking at Taemin who just stared blankly at him, not really understanding what he meant.

“… Blonde?” he mumbled.

“Yeah! We’re going to color this hair of yours! You’ll look gorgeous!” Key chuckled, Taemin’s natural black hair soothingly, “Don’t worry, it wont hurt. Just… Sting a bit.”

“N-No… Please don’t!” Taemin whined, thinking about what his parents would say about it.

“Eh? You can’t be serious that you wanna keep your black hair for forever?” Key rolled his eyes with a sigh, “A lot of guys at your age get their hair colored – gay or not.”

“I know! But… I…” Taemin signed deeply, looking a bit down as he realized that this was a discussion that he couldn’t win.

“Key umma,” Taemin mumbled quietly. Key was still looking at him with an asking stare.

“C-Can I… Get red hair?” the dongsaeng blurted out, surprising Key pretty much.

“Eeh? Why red hair? Isn’t that a bit… Daring?” Key and the stylist exchanged glares, both of them looking like question marks.

“Please! A friend of mine said that it would look good on me,” Taemin whined carefully, trying to overcome Key with his incredible aegyo, pouting cutely. Key’s cheeks grew slightly red, he couldn’t stand cute things – told ya’.

“Aish!! Fine! Cut his hair, and color it… Red,” Key sighed deeply, kind of hoping that Taemin would have blonde hair like his own. Then people would be able to see, that they were umma and son.

Taemin smiled his million-dollar smile and the stylist then started spraying a bit of water into Taemin’s hair, before getting ready to cut it.

“… But who is this friend of yours then?” Key asked, feeling a bit curious, especially since Taemin seemed so eager to get red hair.

“It’s a guy who just transferred to my school,” Taemin smiled brightly, “He’s even a senior!”

“Oh, well that’s good, right?” Key smiled at his dongsaeng as he sat down in a chair next to Taemin’s.

“He said that I would look good with red hair… And that his friends like red hair as well…” Taemin kept going, talking about Luhan as if he was in love. He was just excited about getting a new friend though. For the first time in years.

“Oh! What’s his name?” Key asked, leaning a bit back in his seat.

“Mmh… It’s Luhan,” Taemin answered, shutting Key up immediately.  

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A/N: 

kekeke~... Just felt like adding a small scene with Taemin's crush here... >.<;; Trying not to make Taemin too much of a creeper... 

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