Ch. 1 -

Minji's POV

It’s been two weeks since I heard from him, no call, not even a text. The only news I get are from his fan sites, and sometimes the press and news.

[NEWS] SHINee just landed at London

I let out a sigh, and closed my laptop,

“Let’s go Mingkki” I hear Chaerin unnie call out,

I leave my room with my bag and we enter the car, we were headed to a radio show, Bom unnie was practicing things she would say and Chaerin was helping her,

“This is too hard” she said pouting and blowing her bangs out of her face,

“Can’t I just borrow Mingkki’s tongue for the day” she said looking at me

“That’s nasty” I replied in Japanese, making her even more confused , she turned to Chaerin expecting a translating but just caught her laughing.

I let out a small grin,

We were at a stop light, and I looked out the window. I saw a small café , the one me and Taemin would go to, We would sneak out or when we had spare time, come here and sit at the far edge, feeding each other our favorite pies and ice-cream.

I was observed in my little fantasy that I didn’t notice Dara unnie calling me,

“Oh sorry, “I said and she gave me a half smile,

“Are you thinking about him again?”

I just nodded,

Dara unnie was the only one, who wouldn’t demand answer from me,

“It’s going to be okay” she said lightly and patted my back

We finally reached the building and entered our waiting room, we were apparently 10 minutes early, and Bom unnie decided to go buy a snack.

“I’ll be talking to the manager okay” Chaerin said and left only me and Dara unnie, who by now was taking a nap on the couch.

I decided to walk around, and my phone suddenly rang, I quickly picked up not bothering to look at the caller.

Maybe it’s him

“Hello”

“Ahh, Morning Minji-ah” the voice on the other line said

I sighed, it was only my manager

“Sorry for being late this morning, I’m stuck in traffic”

“Oh” I said,

To tell the truth, I didn’t notice oppa wasn’t here,

“I guess this is what happens when I’m in a different hotel” he said chuckling.

“its okay oppa, we were quite early” I said

After a few minutes, we hung up and I sat down on a large comfy chair, I leaned my head back and closed my eyes,

[FLASHBACK]

“It feels so good” I said closing my eyes and breathing in all the air

“Are you sure you're not cold?” he asked for the second time squeezing my hand tighter,

“Of course” I said facing him, and noticed him yawn.

I slightly frowned, he was always on the go, I didn’t care if our dates were limited, him getting rest was more important.

“Why don’t you go back to the dorm” I said

“It’s okay, I want spend more time with you” he said smiling at me.

“But- you should be sleeping, you had a long day”

He looked over at me, and chucked

“You’re my fuel” he said grinning

I laughed at his tacky comeback and we walked down the streets basically skipping.

“Let’s run” I said tugging on his arm.

“I’m still sore from your oppa’s tests” he said grabbing his back

“What a baby, that was almost 3 weeks ago” I said laughing

“So, I might be scarred for life” he said pouting

“Can’t believe I have only one more test, and then I’m finally done” he said cheerfully.

“I know, I can’t believe YG already approved of you” I added

“4 down, 1 to go” he said with a stern face

He took out his phone and showed me a SMS.

- In 3 weeks time ; Jiyong

I looked at Taemin in awe, my jaw to the floor. We never discussed when we would take his final test, but since we both got busier, it almost became taboo to talk about it.

I quickly jumped on him, my arms around his neck; he laughed and twirled me around

“You know we can just wait” I said letting go and looking him in the eye.

“I want to, I need to do this” he said

“But, if you don’t show up, you know what happens… right?” I asked biting my lower lip

YG had this thing, when someone would go through the tests, the last one was always the easiest but that was the one people could never accomplish. It was about being punctual, about being creative. I hated this rule. Oppa is already busy; he doesn’t have time.

“I know, and I promise you that won’t happen” he said giving me a quick peak on the lip

[END OF FLASHBACK]

I opened my eyes and looked at the date, 11/1/11 , Tomorrow was the day. Tomorrow was when he had to show something to my oppa’s, but how would that be possible? He was in London

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Few days later :

I woke up with my phone ringing, I thought it I heard it in my dream, but I opened my eyes to see my screen turn black,

I rubbed my eyes and unlocked my phone, an unknown number called 4 times, I put the phone down, thinking it was just nonsense, Just then the phone rang again , I quickly got up from the bed and picked up.

“Hello?” I said my voice sounded extremely husky

“Minji, is that you?” I heard a faint sound,

Taemin?

“It’s me, it’s me” I said grabbing on to the phone tightly and sitting up straight.

“Oh, are you asleep, did I wake you up?” he asked

“No, I was awake” I said,

No one talked for a minute,

“Minji-ah” he said

“Hmm” I was too scared to say anything

“I missed you” he said,

My heart couldn’t handle this,

“You pabo, you didn’t call for over 2 weeks, what the hell were you trying to do?” I said all in one-breathe

I could hear his chuckle through the phone,

“How dare you laugh” I said wiping a tear away

“You don’t know how many times I dreamed of you yelling at me” he said

“Pabo” I mumbled

“I’m sorry” he said

I let out a sigh, Why was I angry? Shouldn’t I be happy he managed to call even though the phone call would cost a fortune?

“I’m sorry I yelled” I said

“Its okay mingkki” he said, I swear I wondered if he could hear my heartbeat through the phone.

It suddenly got quiet again, I wondered if he remembered, yesterday was the deadline, and my oppas haven’t said anything, Was that a good thing, or bad?

“Mingkki” he said softly

“Hmm”

“Did you hear anything?” he asked

“No” I said

“Did your, oppa’s say. ... anything?” he asked again

Again I replied with a “no”

“Oh” he said,

“I have to get going, I’ll try calling later on” he said

“Okay” I said still confused

He hung up,

I put my phone to my chest and wondered what he was talking about?

Did my oppas already tell him he failed, did he give up?

I quickly called everyone, SE7EN didn’t up, Ji-yong didn’t pick up, SeungRi’s phone was disconnected, and everyone else by now were asleep.

I went on Twitter, maybe oppa was on,

I went to his page, and saw he updated 20 minutes ago,

He has to be awake, I thought to myself.

But before I exited, I thought I saw “SHINee” on his page, was I going crazy.

I quickly went back on and read his tweet.

SHINee Taemin sings well ~ I’m watching … Taemin – I’ll do well

What was going on?

I couldn’t reply to him on here, fans would suspect something.

I quickly called SE7EN again, and again. After the fourth try It finally went through,

“What?” he said

“OPPA WHAT HAPPENED, DID HE DO IT, WHAT HAPPENED WITH TAEMIN”

“my ears” he said after a moment

“Answer, now” I said trying my best not to yell again,

“Can’t you call later, I was sleeping”

“At least tell me why you tweeted that” I asked

“He covered my song, why can’t I tweet about it” he said

“Oh, wait- what?, where?” I said

“Ask Google, I don’t know, just call me later and I’ll explain” he said hanging up,

I quickly got my laptop to my bed and searched for a video,

I found one rather quickly and began watching,

He got on to stage, and started signing, He was signing, our song?

Taemin knew of my never ending respect for SE7EN oppa, and one day on our date he said he would go randomly pick a song from his playlist and make it our official song, at first I was afraid some random girl song would play, but just then SE7EN’s song “I’ll do well” came on,

I put my hand to my chest, as tears started forming,

He did it, Oppa didn’t forget.

I replayed the video another 10 or more times, until I got a call back,

I looked at the screen to see SE7EN oppa calling again.

“Yes oppa” I said my eyes still attached to the screen.

“Okay, I have some free time now, I’ll –“ he started

“It’s okay, I know what he did, oppa he passed it right? Didn’t he?” I said all in one breathe.

“Can’t I talk for a minute without being interrupted” he said

“Oh- Sorry, go on”

“Well, for starters, yes. That was his final test, since I didn’t know what he would do, I wasn’t expecting this”

“But I don’t see how he showed his love for you Mingkki” he said

“Ohmygod, oppa, don’t the lyrics mean anything” I said

“It’s basically the theme song of my life” I whined

He chuckled,

“And this is our song oppa, our song, it’s a song that means a lot to us” I finished off

“First of all, it’s my song, I made it and sang it and second of all”

“What?”

“He passed” he said

“OH MY GOSH, I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT” I began my rampage

“I’ll be hanging up now” he said

I threw the phone across the bed and began jumping on it,

Finally, he did it. We did it.

I decided to call Lee Jinki oppa, he was the only with a personal cell phone, I needed to tell him how much I loved him, How happy I was, I needed him now.

“Hello?” I said

“Minji?”

“Could I talk to Taemin for a second” I asked

“Were about to broad the plane, and he’s in the bathroom”

“Oh” , was all I could say

“Do you want to leave a message” he asked

“Yes, I would. Could you tell him, I figured it out, and tell him I know?”

“Uhm, okay?” he said clearly puzzled

“Thanks oppa” I said and hang up,

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A week later:

Location: Japan

“I’m a big fan, can I get a sign please” a fan pleaded handing us a paper and pen,

We looked around not wanting a large crowd to form,

“Here you go” Taemin said handing her the paper with his signature

“You too please” she said looking at me with a small smile,

I nodded and quickly signed it,

By then a crowd began to form, and we had to escape. Now.

We started running, Taemin was holding my hand and we managed to escape the crowd, We were against a alley wall trying to catch our breathes.

“Second time that happened this week” he said

“I know” I said

I glanced over at Taemin, I felt bad, Because of our relationship made public, we got hate mail and camera everywhere we went, there was also a the fans who supported us,

“I’m sorry oppa” I said

“For what ” he asked facing me

“Things have been hard hasn’t it” I said putting his bangs out of his eyes,

He smiled, and grabbed my hand,

“I should be the one saying sorry” he said

“No oppa, it’s not like that” I quickly said,

“Shush” he said putting my hand to his heart,

His heart beat was beating like crazy,

Every time I’m with you, I feel like the happiest guy on earth, I wouldn’t trade what we have now for anything” he said

I stood there with my hand over his chest,

A smile plastered across my face,

“I love you” I said