A/N: Again this chapter is not proofread so if there are any mistakes let me know.

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"If you wanted to know so badly you could have asked Heechul." Kyuhyun said as he walked into the kitchen followed by Karam, Taemin, and three others, one of which Taemin was clinging to, "Anyway, my three roommates are right here. This is Sandeul, Kim Kibum, who goes by Key, and the guy Changmin's cousin is clinging to is Choi Minho."

Pondering quietly for a few seconds, Heechul's face lit up as though he had just had an epiphany.

"Then I get why Taemin is clinging to him." Heechul commented. When he noticed the others' confusion he added, "Those two are childhood friends but they haven't seen each other in eight years since Frog Boy stopped visiting Taemin's aunt's ranch during the summer two years after Taemin moved there. I don't know why though."

"It's because Umma hates Taemin for some weird reason and forbade me from visiting." Minho explained, "I tried to visit several times since with Appa's and my brother's help, but she always found out so I was forced to give up. She wouldn't even let me write to or call him. I had do find out how he was through Changmin hyung and Eunhyuk hyung."

Clinging to his best friend Taemin pouted lightly before Key, who was standing nearby, rolled his eyes and said, "What are you, three? You don't have to constantly cling to Minho. You are going to be living together from now on."

Smacking Key upside the head, Heechul scolded him saying, "How dare you say that Kim Kibum! You know you would act the same way if Jonghyun were here right now, so you have no excuse to be rude."

Hangeng and some of the others just chuckled at the surprised look on Key's face before they moved into the dining room that had a large table big enough to fit twelve people to eat.

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After eating the delicious fried rice, which had everyone at the taste, the ten roommates talked together about what they hoped would happen while they were living together. As they talked and laughed together, they were startled by the sound of all of their phones going off at the same time. Unlocking their phones, they were greeted by a message that said a bus would pick them up in the morning and take them to a dude ranch to go horseback riding where they would be meeting two of the people that would be moving into the manor. Upon seeing the text, Taemin's face lit up in happiness and he couldn't help but let out a giggle in glee.

"I never expected that I would get to horseback ride right after moving back to Korea!" Taemin exclaimed, jumping in his chair, "This is totally awesome! I can't wait....Oh! I should go find some horse riding clothes to wear tomorrow."

Leaping out of his seat, Taemin ran out of the dining room to return to the room he would be staying in leaving the others staring after him in shock.

"Ummm...what would you even wear to go horseback riding?" Sandeul asked looking at the others, "I've never been before. Does anyone else know?

Laughing, Minho patted the confused idol's shoulder before saying, "Don't worry, I visited Taemin's aunt's ranch for several summers before Umma put a stop to it, so I have a good idea of what to wear tomorrow. Let's head back to our room and see what we can find."

"Kyuhyun, Key you go too and let Minho help you find appropriate clothes." Heechul said standing up, "Hannie, show me to your room so I can help you and Luhan choose what to wear. I'll help Sehun and Karam afterwards. Chen you head back to our room and have Taemin help you find something to wear."

With that everyone got up and headed out of the room, with Chen scoffing before brushing past Heechul and going down the hall. Everyone froze at Chen's rude behavior, looking at Heechul who just shrugged with a sigh and continued out of the dining room. This led the others to let out relieved sighs before heading off toward their rooms.

Meanwhile, as Taemin was walking back to his room, he heard on odd noise further down the hall coming from an open door. Upon reaching it he looked in and saw three individuals, a tall one whose hair was pulled back in a half ponytail, one wearing glasses, and Dongwoo of Infinite. Through further observation, Taemin realized that the weird sound was coming from the guy in glasses who was behaving like a fan girl and taking multiple pictures of an annoyed looking Dongwoo, while the tall one was trying to get him to stop.

"Come on Jongmin-ssi, you're bothering Dongwoo-ssi." The tall young man said with a surprisingly deep voice, "Stop taking pictures, it's really rude to do it without his permission."

"Shut up Chanyeol! It's none of your business." Jongmin said, continuing to take pictures, "Plus he hasn't said anything against it, so obviously he doesn't mind."

"Or he could be too polite to say anything. Even I can see that Dongwoo-ssi is getting annoyed with you." Taemin commented, leaning against the door jam and enjoying the startled look on the three men's faces, "Besides, its common curtesy to ask someone before taking their picture. Don't assume he's fine with it just because he happens to be famous."

"Who the heck are you and where did you come from?" Dongwoo asked as he moved away from where he'd been standing.

"I'm Lee Taemin and I just moved in a couple of hours ago." Taemin answered with a happy grin, "Also, I'm rooming with Heechul hyung, Changmin hyung, and a guy named Jongdae who goes by Chen."

"I'm Park Chanyeol and this idol fanatic is Kim Jongmin." Chanyeol said introducing himself and the guy that had been taking pictures of Dongwoo, "And of course you already know Dongwoo-ssi is."

"Yep! Hey did you guys get the message about what we would be doing tomorrow?" Taemin asked, "Do you know what you're going to wear horseback riding."

Looking at Chanyeol, Dongwoo shrugged before answering, "I've never been, so I have no clue what someone would even wear to a dude ranch."

Nodding, Taemin asked where the three had put their clothes. When they showed him, he quickly looked through them and pulled out three outfits that he tossed at the respective owners saying, "Here, wear this tomorrow. In case you're wondering, I grew up around horses so I know what is perfect to wear."

"Really! Thank you so much!" Chanyeol exclaimed, "I don't know what I would have done without you."

"You probably would have worn something that you wouldn't have been very comfortable in." Dongwoo said with a laugh, "But seriously Taemin, thanks for the help."

"No problem hyung." Taemin replied, "Now I have to go and pick out my own clothes. At least Heechul hyung, Changmin hyung, and Minho hyung know what type of clothes to wear. Although, I think I'll pick something out for Changmin hyung since he's at a schedule right now and probably won't have time when he gets back."

With that said, Taemin headed out and continued his trek to the room he shared with Heechul, Changmin, and Chen, leaving behind three bewildered young men who looked at each other wondering where Taemin got all of his energy from. After a minute, Jongmin shook his head and lifted up his camera, immediately taking more pictures of Dongwoo who turned toward him with an annoyed scowl.

"Will you stop taking pictures already?!" Dongwoo exclaimed in irritation, "I already get enough of that when I go outside without a disguise and I'm tired of it. Let me at least have some peace and quiet while I'm living here, without having to worry about my privacy being invaded."

After his mild outburst, Dongwoo left the room to escape from Jongmin and his camera, heading down the hall to the game room that he had discovered when he was trying to find his room.

When Dongwoo walked into the room, he noticed that there was someone else in there sitting on the couch playing Super Smash Brothers Brawl on the big screen TV. Upon getting closer he realized that it was Kyuhyun playing and sat down next to him.

"Would you like to play against me Sunbae?" Dongwoo asked grabbing one of the extra controllers lying on the coffee table.

Smirking, Kyuhyun nodded and reset the game before picking his character and starting a new match. For the next hour and a half the two continue to play the game, only pausing to let Minho and Sandeul join when they came in from setting out clothes for the next day. As the four played the others slowly trickled in until everyone was sitting on either the couch, chairs, or heated floor, minus Taemin. After a while, Taemin walked into with his cellphone pressed to his ear as he waved to Heechul.

"Hyung don't worry. I already set out some of your clothes for tomorrow." Taemin said into the mouth piece, "This way you can just go to bed when you get back from your schedules. You're welcome hyung, see you when you get home."

After Taemin hung up Chanyeol finally turned toward him and asked, "Okay, I've been wondering this since earlier but how do you know Changmin-ssi and Heechul-ssi?"

"I think I can answer that question for you." Heechul said, sitting up slightly from where he was leaning against Hangeng, "I met Taemin when he was around thirteen and I went on a two week vacation to his aunt's ranch in California. The reason he knows Changmin is because they're cousins."

When Heechul finished explaining, everyone that didn't already know about Taemin's relation to Changmin just stared at the twenty year old in surprise.

"What? It's not that shocking that I'm related to him." Taemin said looking at everyone in confusion, "I mean I'm also Eunhyuk's cousin, Minho hyung is Siwon and Sulli's cousin, and one of the guys that works for my aunt is Sungmin and Sandeul-ssi's cousin."

"Wait...you know Jinki?" Sandeul asked, looking up from his game in shock, "I thought he was studying at a university in England. What's he doing in California?"

"Umm...he got framed for cheating by some of his classmates and they kicked him out." Taemin explained, "He didn't want anyone to know what happened. In fact, Minnie hyung only found out because he came in when we were talking over video chat a couple weeks ago."

After that the group of men chatted and played Smash Brothers for a while until Heechul got up and told everyone to go to bed since they needed to be up early to go horseback riding. With that said, everyone got up and headed to their rooms to sleep, Changmin returning a few hours later and falling asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

The next morning everyone was up, dressed and eating breakfast a full hour before they needed to get on the bus, although Changmin and Taemin yawned several times in drowsiness. Just after they finished eating, the doorbell rang and the entire group ran out of the dining room and to the door which, upon opening revealed a large charter bus with a sign saying 'Roommate Manor' on the side. After Hangeng, Key, and Karam headed back into the house to get the snacks they had fixed for the trip, everyone climbed onto the bus eager to get on the road. While they were choosing their seats, Taemin and Minho noticed two other people sitting in the back making them immediately decide to sit near them.

"So I'm guessing you two are the ones we're supposed to be meeting today Junsu hyung?" Taemin asked before turning and shouting toward the front, "Hey Food Monger! Get your but back here and meet the two that are going to start living with us after we get back!"

"Arasso Taemin." Changmin sighed, moving to the back as the bus moved toward the highway, "Who is it that you wanted me to.......Junsu Hyung?!"

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A/N Someone commented recently about how this story is Taemin focus but they would like to know more about the others. I want to say that although Taemin is the main focus, I will focus on the others from time to time and explain what happened in the past to make them the way they are now, such as Sehun's blindness and Chen's dislike of idols.

And now on to who is introduced, or mentioned in this chapter plus Tao and Eunhyuk who were mentioned in the previous chapters but I forgot to put pictures of

Sandeul

Dongwoo

Tao (mentioned in chapter 1)

Eunhyuk (mentioned in chapter 2)

Junsu (Xiah)