Of Friendship & Sweet Romance - Chapter 9

Having confessed their feelings towards each other, the two lovebirds, Jonghyun and Chriz held each other’s hands and proceeded back to their dorm together. While getting out of the elevator on the way to their respective dorms, the rest of the SHINee boys and both Elise and Tiffy, who were going to have Korean BBQ for dinner, “caught” them holding hands and started teasing them.

“Nouideuli wonhadeon reality ga ingonya?” Key exclaimed. “You two are holding hands!”

“Ne! Key hyung… that’s the reality we all wanted!!!” Taemin joined in, giggling.

“Hey, that’s my line isn’t it, Key?!” Jonghyun retorted.

“Chukahaeyo, my dear Chriz!” Elise smiled. “Jonghyun oppa, do treat her well! She’s a nice girl!”

“No matter what, we’re happy that you two are together… we could already tell that you are in love with each other earlier.” Onew said to both Chriz and Jonghyun.

“Onew oppa, you do?!!!” Chriz said, with her eyes wide open.

“Ne, our gut feelings are just as accurate as you girls…” Onew answered, with Minho, Key and Taemin nodding their heads in agreement.

“Onew hyung, no matter what, thanks for your blessings. The same goes to Key, Minho and Taemin too! Thanks guys!” Jonghyun said, with gratitude.

“Have you two eaten? You can join us if you haven’t had dinner. We’re going for Korean BBQ.” Minho asked.

“We haven’t had any dinner yet… at the very mention of it… we’re hungry now.” Jonghyun said, as he smiled at Chriz.

“Let’s go then! “ Key said. “Amber and Krystal are joining us today.”
The group of boys and girls left for the Korean BBQ restaurant and met both Amber and Krystal at the table.

“Annyeong haseyo, SHINee sunbaenims!” Amber and Krystal greeted with a bow.

“Annyeong! Let me introduce the three girls to you, this is Elise, Tiffany - but we call her Tiffy, and Chriz.” Onew introduced, as the three girls greeted both Amber and Krystal with a bow.

“Annyeong haseyo! Onew oppa, actually both Krystal and I have met the girls when they first came for the auditions. They’re really nice girls!”

“Amber and Krystal sunbaenims, it’s really nice to see you girls again!” Elise said, cheerfully.

“Yeah, Amber and Krystal sunbaenims, it’s been a while… it is really nice seeing you again!” Chriz and Tiffy said.

“Ohhh! We see that Jonghyun sunbaenim and Chriz hoobae are now an item!” Amber and Krystal teased, as they saw them holding each other’s hand. “We’re really happy for both of you!”

The group of boys and girls ordered their food and enjoyed each other’s company. While eating, Onew was so sweet that he “cooked” the meat for Elise, the girl he had a major crush on, while Taemin fed Tiffy with the meat and veggies he made for her. Jonghyun jokingly said something which made Key, Minho, Amber and Krystal burst out in laughter.

“Oh wowwww… I think I’m gonna “die” of sugar rush… it’s so sweet on my left and on my right and in the centre (referring to Chriz). Hehehehe!!!” Jonghyun joked. “Onew hyung… I think I know who the mysterious girl is now… and Taemin… you adored Tiffy right from the time the girls got hospitalized right?”
Onew, Elise, Taemin and Tiffy blushed.

“Okay, okay, Jonghyun, I confess. Yes, Elise is the girl I had a major crush on. Don’t be shocked, because I mean what I said.” Onew spoke. “Elise sweets, will you accept me as your boyfriend and allow me to love you with all my life?”

Elise, feeling touched and surprised at the same time, gave a nod with tears of joy welling up in her eyes.

“Ermmmm… how should I put it? I… I… I realized that Tiffy and I had so much in common and I… fell for her unknowingly. I am happy just by seeing her.” Taemin stammered as he plucked up his courage to continue with whatever he has to say. “Tiffy… will you… accept my love… and… and be my girlfriend?”

Tiffy’s face turned pink right at the moment she hears the words coming from Taemin’s mouth, with her jaw dropped for a short while. Without saying much, Tiffy gave Taemin a big hug as her answer to him.

“You’ll treat me well, right?” Tiffy said softly.

“Definitely… You’re the love of my life.” Taemin assured.

“Elise and Tiffy unnie, I’m extremely happy for both of you too… little did I think that such a sweet encounter would happen to you girls on the same day as me… I’m really really happy!!” Chriz said.

“It’s such a wonderful day today… Key hyung, Amber and Krystal, shall we go shopping after dinner? We’ll let our three couples here have some time for themselves.” Minho asked.

“Great idea, Minho! It’s been some time since we went shopping together!” Key said. “Any objection, Amber, Krystal?”

“Nice! Let’s go shopping later then!” Krystal said. “Amber said she needs to buy something earlier.”

“So we’ll see you guys and girls back at the dorms later!” Minho said to the three couples amongst them.

The group finished up their meal and left for their own activities and bade farewell to each other before the couples went for their date.

“Elise sweets, shall we go have ice cream?” Onew asked.

“Yayyy! I love ice cream… hehehe!” Elise giggled. “You know something? I think we can be called the Dubu Couple because I fall down as often as you do… hahaha!”

“HAHAHAHAHA! Dubu Couple!!! What a cute name you have for us, sweets…” Onew laughed. “Wait for me. I’ll go get us the ice cream.”

The Dubu Couple got their ice cream, both Onew and Elise started feeding and teasing each other like any other couples.

“Oppa, I was really surprised when you said that you had a major crush on me… I didn’t even dare to think that you’ll fall in love with me… but come to think about our encounters, I think it’s really cute and amusing.” Elise said with a a cheeky smile.

“Yeah… funny, isn’t it? I was the one who was really harsh on you but now we ended up as a couple. Hehehe.” Onew giggled.

“Right… I was really intimidated… by you!” Elise teased.
“Mianhae… mianhae… rest assure that I’ll treat you way better than I used to… I give you my word.” Onew answered, as Elise continued showing him her affection by feeding him with ice cream.

Meanwhile at Jonghyun’s side…

“Chriz, where do you want to go? Anywhere in mind?” Jonghyun asked, with his charming smile hanging on his face.

“Jonghyun oppa, anywhere is fine… it is fine even if you want to practice our dance for the upcoming performance!” Chriz smile, sweetly.

“Come, follow me!” Jonghyun said, keeping Chriz in suspense.

“Where are you taking me?” Chriz asked.

“Just follow me and you’ll find out later.” Jonghyun answered, cheekily.

After a fifteen minutes walk, Jonghyun and Chriz arrived at the Ferris Wheel and Jonghyun took Chriz for a ride in the Ferris Wheel.

“Oh my! It’s really beautiful!” Chriz exclaimed, feeling touched.

“Let’s take a couple photo with my phone!” Jonghyun said, as he held Chriz close to him. “Ready? Smile!”

The couple photo of them turned out really cute and sweet. Chriz saw the beautiful picture of them and she couldn’t help but showed her aegyo to Jonghyun and asked him to send her the photo. Lastly, at Taemin’s...

“Tiffy-ah, did I scare you with my confession earlier?” Taemin asked.

“Taeminnie oppa, you nearly scared me to death you know!” Tiffy said, with her voice filled with aegyo.

“Mianhamnida… Come, let me push the swing for you…“ Taemin said.

“Taeminnie oppa, I’m very happy to have you by my side… really touched that you love and care so much for me too…” Tiffy said.

“To think that the little encounters we had earlier actually brought us together… hmmm… it’s really amazing…” Taemin said in his cute and innocent voice.

“You were quite scary at that time, especially during that practice when my fingers keep crashing into yours…”

“Ah…. Really?” Taemin asked, out of curiosity.

“YES!! I was actually quite scared of you but… you somehow showed the gentleness in you when my unnie and my dongsaeng fell ill.” Tiffy answered.

“Mianhada... I apologize for that…” Taemin replied. “Ah, what time is it now?”

Tiffy checked her watch and exclaimed.

“Woah! It’s almost 11:00pm! Let’s go back to our dorms now… we have another practice tomorrow!” Tiffy said.

The couple left to proceed back to their dorms. They bumped into Onew and Elise, Jonghyun and Chriz, as well as both Key and Minho while they were on the way to the lift lobby. The three couples, with the two boys, couldn’t help but burst out into hysterical fits of laughter for the accidental confessions that took place over dinner at the Korean BBQ restaurant.

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Disclaimer: This is purely a fanfic and similarities + coincidences are unintended. Thank you. :)