Corinne's POV~

"Yes... He wants to be in her life. He was angry with me, but once I explained... Well he knows

everything now and he's not mad at me anymore." I laid back on my bed, with a quick glance at

Keylee who was in her walker being entertained by some Korean pre-school video while I talked

to Raina on the phone. "I went there to tell him, thinking that I'd tell him and then Keylee

and I would just go home and wait to see what he wanted to do but he knew immediately. He said

he didn't want or need the time I was offering.."

Rained scoffed loudly into the phone. "I told you that he wasn't going to react like you thought. No

one knows Kim Kibum better than I do." she boasted with a light laugh.

"Yes... But you know him as a fan knows an idol. You don't know him as a man. There was no way

we could be sure that he wouldn't call me a liar and refuse to have anything to do with me or

Keylee." I sighed into the phone, thankful that things hadn't gone that way. 

"Fine.. So what ended up happening once you told him and he accepted everything? Did you sleep

with him?" I could practically hear the grin in my friend's voice. "Come on. Give up the goods,

Rennie.."

I rolled my eyes, chuckling softly as I looked over at Keylee. She'd fallen asleep in her walker.

"Just a sec." I climbed off the bed and lifted my baby out of her walker and tucked her into her

crib as I leaned in to kiss her goodnight. "Sleep well, Noonie.." I smiled as she turned to her side,

out like a light immediately. "OK.. I'm back.." I climbed back into bed, pulling my covers over

me. "No.. We did not sleep together, you . Don't you think we've done enough of that?"

"So? What happened?" Raina asked impatiently, obviously wanting dirty information. She was

about to be too disappointed, as I had none to give her.

"Nothing.. We talked some more. He wanted to know about my pregnancy and about the day I

had her." I said, picking at the edge of the comforter over me. "He thinks it's funny that she was

born on Jonghyun's birthday."

"Whatever, whatever... Get to the , girl. Did anything even remotely dirty happen?" 

"Nope. Well.. He kissed me. But before anything could really happen, Keylee decided to join us.

Once she woke up, he wanted to play with her, feed her, change her diaper. It's almost like he

was trying to make up for lost time." I smiled, remembering the day I spent with my daughter

and her father. "He cried when he asked for a kiss and she gave him one. It was really sweet."

Raina sighed into the phone dramatically. "He cried? Awww... Now, I really love him." she giggled

quietly, the mood growing a little lighter since I wasn't afraid or nervous about what my ex would

think of his baby. "I'm really glad everything worked out, Corinne. But.. Well, what's going to

happen between you two? Are you back together?"

"No.. We're not back together and I'm OK with that. My only concern was how he'd react to the

baby and I now that he knows her and is OK with things, I think we should just focus on her." I

leaned over to turn off my light, the small heart night light near Keylee's crib coming on

immediately. "We didn't even talk about us. Basically all we did was hang out with the

baby and I answered all of his questions. He wanted to know if I needed money, he even tried to

give me one of his credit cards but I slid it under his pillow. It felt good to tell him that I was able

to take care of her myself. I don't want him to think I came back for money."

"Yes, yes, I know, Miss Independent. But he's a man. A Korean man. He's going to want to take

care of his child, especially since he's missed this year with her and hasn't been able to do much."

Raina said reasonably. "He's not going to be happy when he finds that card.."

I sighed, knowing that she was telling the truth. "I know. But when people find out, I want him to

be able to tell them with assurance that this isn't some scheme for money. I don't want to be

looked at like I'm some gold digger."

"What do you mean when people find out?" Raina's voice raised in surprise. "You mean.. He wants

to tell people?"

"He said he's not going to hide her. He wants to take her to meet his parents and SHINee. His

grandmother isn't ill but she's older and even if she is doing well he wants her to get to see Keylee

too. He's going to talk to his manager tonight, along with his PR agent to discuss the best way to

handle this. He wants to talk to the other members too. To warn them about what may

be coming.."

Raina was silent for a moment and even though I couldn't see her, I knew she was biting her lip

nervous for me and for Kibum. "You don't think there's a way to keep it just between you two?

Maybe tell the members and management but otherwise just keep it a secret?"

"I offered that, Raina. But he's having none of it. Maybe someone over there can make him see

reason. I think we should keep things a secret for now. He's not considering everything. All he

wants is to be her father. In the light and in the dark." I shrugged before yawning, my hand over

my mouth. "Well... It's been real, Ray-ray.. But I'm going to bed. I have an early day. I took the

day off and Keylee and I are going to spend the day with Kibum. He's coming over here tomorrow

night and I have a lot to do to this place before now and then. " I sat up briefly to find my charger,

so I could plug my phone in once I was done. "I don't want him to think I have our baby living in a

dump. He already frowned his face up at the side of town I'm on."

Raina squealed so loudly that I had to pull the phone from my ear. "You guys sound like a real family

already. Take a picture of Key and Key!" she laughed loudly at her own little joke.

"I will.. And I'll send one to you. But only you can see it, OK?" 

"Fine..." I could hear her pout through the phone. "But it better be a good one. Night, Corinne.."

"Night."

Key's POV~

I can't believe I have a daughter. A pretty little girl who looks like me and according to her

mother, acts like me too. I sat in my room, trying to compose myself after the afternoon I spent

with Corinne and Keylee and I wondered how I was going to tell the others what was happening.

It was all new, but I couldn't wait to get to know more about her. Maybe even get to know

Corinne better too. She was, after all, the mother of my baby. There were so many decisions to

make and I didn't have lots of time before someone things out. I looked up when Jonghyun

walked into my room, carrying a small, pink and purple floral rabbit that was attached to a

pacifier. "Bum? You don't know who this belongs to, do you?" 

I smiled, reaching for the small toy, rubbing my finger over the soft ears. "Sure I do. It's

Keylee's.." I placed it on my vanity and walked back over to sit on my bed. "I'll give it back when

I see her tomorrow." I said, chuckling at the look of the confusion on his face. "What's with the

face, Jonghyun?"

"Who is Keylee, Kibum?" Jonghyun walked further into my room to sit on my bed, making himself

comfortable. I guess he sensed that what I had to say would take a while, or would be so shocking

that he should be seated when I told him. 

"Keylee is my daughter." I looked at him, watching his expression carefully to see how he'd take

the news. I laughed and shook my head, deciding to go ahead and explain before he could ask

any more questions. "I know you remember Corinne..." Of course he did, everyone in SHINee

remembered the girl who ran away and took my heart with her. "Well.. She called me today.

She's back in Korea and needed to show me something... Someone very important."

"And this Keylee is the important someone? Wait... Did you just say your daughter?" Jonghyun

stood, his eyes nearly popping out of his head at the news. 

"Yep..." I plopped on my bed and looked up at him with a huge grin. I wasn't upset. How could I

be? I had a beautiful baby girl, with a woman that I was in love with. What was so wrong with

that? 

"Hyung... Do you know where the potato peeler is? Minho and I..." Taemin trailed off as he

spotted Jonghyun standing in my room. "Oh hi, Jonghyun-hyung... Looks like we're all here

tonight..." he grinned at the elder, frowning slightly once Jonghyun didn't respond to him. 

"You have a daughter?" Jonghyun stared at me in disbelief.

"You have a daughter?" Taemin stepped farther into the room to look down at me. The whole

thing would have been funny, had I not been giving them such serious news. 

"Who has a daughter?" Minho walked in shoving Taemin as he looked at me too. "You were

supposed to aske Kibum where the potato peeler was and then come right back, twerp.."

Taemin waved his hand at the taller man. "Yeah, yeah, but this is better than a potato peeler.

Kibum-hyung? You have a daughter?" he adopted the same look of disbelief as the older man, still

standing there speechless.

"Who needs some water?" Jinki peeked in with a smile, not able to fit into my small bedroom with

the other three stooges.

"Shhh!" Minho, Taemin and Jonghyun all looked at the oldest, frustrated that they weren't getting

any answers from me. "No one needs water, hyung... Kibum has a daughter?" Taemin looked at

me for confirmation.

"Ok... Since this is going to become a group meeting and what I have to say is very serious,

maybe we should take this into the living room.." I stood, pushing Jonghyun ahead of me as the

other three men walked to the large room ahead of us.

I stood in front of the sofa as the members sat, looking up at me anxiously and waiting for the

news that would most certainly change their lives. "I know you all remember Corinne?"

They all nodded, looking at me in concern as if they were remembering in tandem, what had

happened. How she'd left without a word. How broken I was when she did. These were the men

who helped me cover things up. They helped be through the heartache and while I'd never really

gotten over her, the pain was less now because of these 4 men. Men I consider my brothers now.

"Well..." I took a deep breath in and let it out to try and relax. "You know the one night we had?"

Four heads nodded in interest and frustration. "Just tell us, Kibummie..." Jonghyun spoke up.

"I told you everything about that night, except i left out one detail. The broke... But

well... We looked at the and there was quite a bit of ... left in it... Um.. We

thought we were OK. But we weren't." I took another breath as I watched comprehension dawn

on my group mates faces.

"She left because she found out she was pregnant and didn't want you to get into trouble.." Jinki

said quietly, searching my eyes for confirmation.

I nodded, folding my arms over my chest. "And I..."

"And you want to take care of them and more importantly be apart of your baby's life.." Taemin

said, nodding to himself as he sat back on the couch, the gravity of the situation hitting him at

once. 

"Exactly... I don't want to lose SHINee, but I need to be in my daughter's life. I've missed an

entire year and I have no intention of missing any more time." I said, looking around at the men

sitting across from me. "I want you to meet her. I want you to be apart of her life too, although

I'll understand if you want to distance yourself"

Minho looked uncomfortable for a moment before looking at me. "And... You're sure she's yours?

I mean... I'm not trying to drag everyone down, but someone has to at least consider that. The

question needs to be asked.." 

"Corinne offered me a paternity test, but Min? You have to see this baby. She looks too much like

me to not be mine." I nodded, thinking of something and ran to my room to grab her baby

journal, the book that Corinne left with me. "Look at this..." I said, pushing the book toward my

bandmates.

"She's gorgeous.." Taemin murmured, staring at a picture of her and her mother, the two looking

at the camera with nearly matching smiles. Only mine would match better. They bunched

together on the couch, going through the journal entries and laughing and oohing and ahhing over

the pictures.

Minho stood and walked over to me with an apologetic look on his face. "Sorry, Kibum. She does

look like you. Too much like you." he smiled, patting my back before pulling me into a hug.

"Congrats, man. We did all say you'd be the first to have a kid." he chuckled, reaching up to tousle

my hair.

"You're lucky I don't really mind that anymore, Frog.." I laughed as I ran my fingers through my

hair to try and fix it slightly. "So... Now that you've seen her, do you think you can help me figure

out what to do? Like I said before, I'd completely understand if you don't want to be apart of this."

"There's no way you'll deal with this alone. We'll always be here for you, Kibum." Jinki stood and

walked over to me, pulling me into a hug. 

Minho nodded determined, placing one hand on my shoulder and squeezing firmly. "We'll work it

out... All of us."

"All of us.." Jonghyun piped up with a grin. "I get to be godfather."

"Together.." Taemin nodded, elbowing the shorter man. "I want to be godfather too.   Jerk."