Key's POV~

"How could you do this? You kept her from me, Corinne. For a whole ing year. You walked

away from your job, from.. From me. You could have told me, I would have.. I.." I stopped as

she looked at me. She looked just as helpless as I felt, as helpless as I would have been if she had

told me. "You could have told me, Corinne. There's no way I would have let you deal with this all

by yourself."

"And then what? What on earth could you have done, Kibum? I did it this way because I knew you

would try to help and you couldn't... Not without jeopardizing everything you all have worked

for.." she spoke to me plaintively, looking over at the baby sleeping on my bed. My baby. My

daughter. She sat on the edge of the bed, resting her elbows on her knees and covering her face

with her hands. "There was so much to consider and it's not like I had alot of time. We didn't date

for very long and before either of us knew it, we were in bed." she said, keeping her voice down

so as not wake the sleeping girl. "You said yourself when it was done that we'd... That it was too

soon." She looked up at me sadly. "If it was too soon for us to sleep together, then it was too soon

for us to have a baby, Kibum. I'm so sorry that I left but I didn't know what else to do." 

She was right, I had said that. But only because I didn't want her to think that I was taking

advantage of her. I'd have never done that. I sighed as I sat on the chair in front of my vanity,

well dresser.  it, it's a vanity. "We still should have dealt with it together. You

didn't have to go through that by yourself.." I said softly, reaching over to hold one of her hands in

both of mine, my anger slipping away with each tear I could see. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I told you. I thought about you, SHINee and your fans. This is your dream and I didn't want to

ruin it for you. ... I'm already wondering if this was a good idea. Bringing her back here. She

looks so much like you and I don't want you to get into trouble." She stood, releasing my hand as

she walked over to my window to look out. "I just thought you should get to see her and that she

should know who her appa is." she folded her arms over her chest. "I knew you'd try to stop me

from leaving and I needed to go. It was hard enough dealing with the pregnancy alone, but can

you imagine the chaos if I'd had her here?" She nodded to herself, her gaze on the city below. "As

it was, I had a peaceful, uneventful pregnancy. No fans, no death threats. I was able to live a

normal life with no paparazzi. You know some of your fans would have lost it if they

knew about this baby, Kibum. Plus.. As I said, I had to think about SHINee. This group was the

other member's dream too, not just yours and what were you going to do? Walk away? SHINee

wouldn't be the same without you."

"We should have made that decision together, Corinne.." I sighed quietly, wanting to shake some

sense into her. Didn't she know how I felt about her then? How much that night meant to me?

I'd loved her from the day I met her. Another reason I said it was too soon was because I felt like

I'd rushed her into it. That night stands out as one of the best nights of my life. It's when I

experienced lovemaking for the first time. Not just . Not ing. But I could feel how she felt

for me and tried my hardest to show her how I felt with every touch. Every into her body.

Then we found that the had broken. We laughed about it then and I never thought of it

again until now. Even when she went missing. I called her over and over again, her phone going

to voicemail after several rings, letting me know that she saw my calls but was simply ignoring

them. I never even considered that she'd leave or why. "I'm glad you bought her back, Ren.." I

said quietly, moving to sit on the bed with our baby. I traced her features with gentle fingers,

nose and mouth so like my own. I didn't want to argue anymore, we could talk more another time.

"What's her name?" I asked, wrapping a curl around my finger as I continued to gaze at her, smitten

already. 

Her name is Keylee... I named her for you. And Taemin and Jinki.." she said, looking over at me

with a small smile. "Everyone calls her Key, though." she shook her head, chuckling softly as her

gaze followed mine to the baby on the bed, still asleep even as I  her face. "Raina said she

looks too much like you to call her anything else."

"She has my nose and my mouth..." I murmured, running a finger over the tiny nose with a soft

smile. I slid my hands underneath her, lifting her to my chest to hold her as she continued to

sleep. "Your curls, though..."

Corinne nodded, sitting in the chair I''d abandoned. "She has your eyes too. It's hard to see since

they're closed but they're there." She reached over to take a small foot in her palm, rubbing the

toes gently. "Pretty, isn't she?"

"She is.. She's gorgeous. But then, look at her parents.." I kissed her cheek, inhaling her baby

scent. "What's her full name, Rennie? And her birthday?" I looked at her, wanting to know

everything about her. "Do you have baby pictures? I mean.. I know she's still a baby, but I mean

when she was younger."

"I know what you mean. I made a scrapbook for you..." She grabbed her bag and pulled out a

large pink book, the pretty light pink bow soft against the darker pink, fabric covered book. "This

is for you to keep. Everything you need to know about her, is in here.." She placed the book on

the vanity behind her. "Her full name is Keylee Nicole Kim. She was born on Jonghyun's birthday

last year." 

I nodded approvingly. "You gave her my family name..." I sighed, laying her down reluctantly,

even though I could have held her forever but I didn't want to spoil her or make things harder for

her mom. "You named her for Nicole too." I smiled, thinking of one of my best friends and what a

kick she'd get out of that when she found out. And she would. I was going to tell everyone.

There's no way I planned on hiding her. "Born on Jjong's birthday. How'd that happen?" 

"I have no clue. My due date was the 9th. She came a day early and I thought it was funny that

she'd be born on my actual bias' birthday.." she teased back, a small smile on her face briefly

before she looked over at the baby again. "I actually spoke to Nicole before I went away." she

said, looking at me and biting her lip. "No she didn't know I was leaving. I just wanted to reach

out to someone who was close to you, since I couldn't talk to you at that point. We went to lunch

and she was so sweet to me. I felt like Key should have some of that sweetness too, so I put her

name in there." Corinne leaned over me to cover Keylee again, backing away to sit back down.

"I don't know what to do with this... This news.." I looked back over at the baby, my mind going a

million miles an hour. "She needs to meet my parents, Halemoni is going to love her.... And

SHINee... And I need to talk to manager-hyung and SM and..." I smiled gently at a curl sticking

up before taking my finger and fixing it. "And what do you mean Jonghyun's your actual bias? This

right here is proof that you are the fandom's biggest Locket." I looked at her before sitting up to

face her, taking both of her hands in mine. "Everything is going to be alright. I know it doesn't

seem that way but we'll work it out. I won't lose either of you again." 

"Kibum... People are going to be mad at you.." Corinne looked down at her hands intertwined with

my before looking back up at me, blinking back tears. "That's exactly what I didn't want. Isn't

there a way that you can see her and no one knows? At least not yet?" she asked softly.

"I am not going to hide her like I'm ashamed of her, Ren..." I reached over to wipe the tears that

were sliding down her face away. "I wouldn't have done it then and I'm not going to do it now... "

I stood, holding my arms out and gathering Corinne in my arms as she stood and stepped into

them. "This time we'll handle it together, ara?"

"OK.." Corinne sighed shakily, still holding on to me tightly. "Thank you, Kibum.." she said softly.

 

I pulled away, smiling down at her. "For what?"

"For being so understanding about all this. You have every reason to hate me." she looked down,

bowing her head in shame.

 

"No more of that. I could never ever hate you. I was mad at you, but.. It's not like you just ran

away for no reason." I tilted her chin up and pressed a soft kiss to . "Thank you.."

She looked at me, confusion painting her features. "What for?"

"For Keylee.."