"Seriously Aiden when did you arrive in Korea?" 

"Hey Joshua." Taemin responded with a grin, "I got here a few days ago. I was invited to stay at a big mansion with a bunch of other guys including one of my cousins."

"Is your cousin here? You did say you would introduce me to your cousins if you ever came back to Korea." Joshua asked before noticing the sad look on Taemin's face, "What's wrong Aiden?"

With this question, Taemin once again explained what had happened to his cousin. As he listened, Joshua noticed the tears in Taemin's eyes and was quick to pull the twenty-year-old into a hug. After a couple of minutes, Joshua gasped as he remembered what he was doing at the hospital in the first place. Exchanging numbers with Taemin, Joshua hurried off to finally visit his friend. Once the teen left, Taemin turned back to the others and instantly noticed the confused looks on everyone's faces.

"Taemin, who on earth is Aiden and how do you know that kid? Heechul asked, or more like demanded.

"Aiden is my English name and Joshua is a friend of mine from California." Taemin replied, "Nowwe should probably head to the grocery store and meet the others."

At Taemin's words the others remembered that they had been on their way out when Joshua had crashed into Chanyeol. Quickly they headed out to the cars and climbed in, leaving the hospital parking lot shortly after. Twenty minutes later, the group arrived at the store parking near Yunho and Jaejoong, both men wearing facemasks and looking impatient.

"What took you guys so long?" Jaejoong exclaimed when the large group appraoched, "Did you get caught in traffic or something?"

"Or something Jae." Junsu responded, "Oh our way out of the hospital, someone crashed into Chanyeol. Turns out the guy is a friend of Taemin from California. They were talking in English Together. Made me wish Yoochun was here and not in Jeju."

Jaejoong couldn't help but nod, remembering how much Junsu had been complaining about missing Yoochun just a few days before. He also couldn't help but think about how lonely it was in the JYJ dorms without Yoochun and Junsu cracking up while watching old videos from back when they were still in DBSK. When Yunho noticed Jaejoong's melancholy look, he wrapped an arm around the slightly older male's shoulders and gave him a slight squeeze. Shaking himself out of his thoughts, Jaejoong reminded everyone what they were at the store for as he started toward the entrance with Yunho's arm still around his shoulders.

"Ok, we should decide what we're buying and who will grab which items." Heechul said, "Taemin, you and Frog Boy are in charge of getting milk. Yes that does include banana milk. I didn't forget."

"Who the heck is Frog Boy?" Minho asked, confusion clear on his face.

"I think Heechul sunbae is referring to you." Dongwoo answered, adding, "Your eyes do kinda remind me of a frog."

"Plus I did used to call you Froggy hyung when I was little." Taemin said with a slight smirk, leaning against his childhood friend, "I even named the frog plushie you me ather you, remember?"

As Taemin spoke, Minho let out a groan at the reminder causing everyone to laugh. Deciding he didn't want to be embarrased any longer, Minho grabbed an empty shopping cart and Taemin's hand before dragging the giggling male away. Once the two had left, Heechul and Jaejoong the rest of the men what they would be buying and split them into pairs, giving each a list of what to get. The two also silently decided that they themselves would buy some of Taemin's favorite snacks in an effort to cheer him up after what had appened to Changmin, Nodding to each other, Jaejoong and Heechul headed off with their respective best friends to get what they needed, signaling to the rest to start shopping. Forty-five minutes later the seventeen men regrouped near the registers to pay for their groceries which lead to a slight backup die to the number of people.

Once they had made it outside, they headed to where they had parked and proceeded to try and puzzle out what would go where and how to get everything to fit. Due to their focus on getting the groceries in the cars, they didnt notice a car park nearby and two men get out until...

"Taeminnie! Hankyung hyung! what are you doing here?"

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A/N This chapter has been a long time coming I know but I didn't really have the motivation to work on it before. Now I have a job where I'm not technically allowed to use my phone so I bring a notebook so I can work on this story. I have chapters 12-14 done and am partway through chapter 15 so when I have time I will type them up. Unfortunately, that won't be for a couple of weeks since I only have Monday and Thursday of plus every other Sunday and I'm taking an online class so I need those days to do homework.

On another note....Today is EXO Xiumin's birthday so here are some cute gifs of him that I found.

Happy Birthday Xiumin oppa!

시우민오빠 생일축하합니다! 사랑합니다!