Requested by carolinazombie
“Oh my God, we are almost thereeeeeee,” Your friend squeezed your hand and squealed.
“Yes we are, yes we are..” You jumped in excitement as you stood in line waiting for your turn. Only a few more girls and then it would be your turn to meet the members.
The Shinee members were all tired and frustrated. The fan sign had started at 8 am and it was 3 in the afternoon now. They just wanted to go home.
“I’m tired,” Key whined.
“Shhhh.. Don’e let the fans hear you..” Taemin shushed him. Key rolled his eyes and looked away. His eyes suddenly fell on you. You were jumping with excitement as your friend held your arm tightly. He had never seen a more magical smile on someone’s face. He was mesmerized by the way you were acting. The air brushed your hair on your face and you lightly pushed it back, tucking it behind your ears. Music started playing in the background. It felt like a movie scene from an old Korean movie.
“Who started the music?” one of the managers yelled. Key brought himself back to reality.
“Technology malfunction..” one of the assistants replied running towards it to turn it down.
Key laughed to himself and went back to signing the CD’s, cardboard cutouts, cards or whatever the girls brought with them. He couldn’t take his eyes off of you though. Even he was waiting for your turn now.
“Focus Key,” Taemin shook him. “Are you looking at another girl? Didn’t you just get out of a relationship?”
“Just? It’s been 8 months. Besides don’t remind me about her please!” Key said sounding mad. He hated it whenever someone talked about his ex- girlfriend.
You were clapping your hands – just like kpop idols- since only 4 more girls were left in front of you. You felt a raindrop hit your face.
“Mia, look!” you pulled your friend.
“What?”
“Look, raindrop,” you pointed towards your face.
Key looked at you pointing to your. ‘What is she doing?’ –he thought to himself. A raindrop fell on his face too. He looked up. The sky was getting dark.
You and your friend looked up too.
“Oh no oh no oh no! This can’t happen,” you looked at her with teary eyes.
“Relax it’s not like it’s going to rai..” It started raining before she could even finish her sentence.
“What?” Mia cried in surprise.
The Shinee members jumped up too. All the managers started giving out instructions. Key’s eyes were wandering around for you. There was panic and chaos everywhere.
“Come on we need to go inside,” Minho pulled Key.
“Wait a sec.” Key pulled away and began looking for you. You covered your CD inside your jacket and began running in an unknown direction.
“Miaaaaa,” you called out your friends name but the crowd gulped your voice. The rain kept getting faster. You couldn’t see anything around you. You stopped beside a small alley to catch your breath. You looked around for a safe place.
“Come on in here?” somebody from behind you said. He had the door open to some sort of small building. You couldn’t make out his facial features but you needed refuge and he was offering it. You ran inside.
“Ghamsahamnida,” you said rubbing your hands to keep yourself warm.
“You’re all wet..” he exclaimed.
“No duh..” you said without looking at him. There was no point in looking. It was completely dark. You couldn’t see a thing.
“Here, wrap this around you,” he offered you a big piece of cloth.
“No,” you denied.
“You’ll get sick. Just take off your cloths and put this on till they dry.” He was right. If you wore those cloths any longer you’d get sick and you did not want that a week before your finals.
“Okay but you have to turn around..” you said.
“Does that even matter, its’ not like we can see each other,” he replied. Key knew it was you. He’d followed you down to the alley. A smile broke on his face as you grabbed his arms and turned him around.
“Now don’t look okay..” you warned while taking off your cloths. Your CD fell on the floor.
“Oh no!” you gasped and hurriedly picked it up.
“What’s the matter?” he asked.
“My CD! You clenched it to your chest.
“What’s so special about it?” he asked.
“It’s the new Shinee CD Gosh!” you said with surprise.
Key chuckled. You still didn’t know you were standing next to the him. You’d waited so long in the line just so you could get his signature on your CD and now he was standing next to you but you had no idea.
“So did you get it signed?” he asked trying to sound curious even though he knew the answer to his question.
“No,” you sighed and settled down resting your back to some piece of furniture. “Are there no lights in here?”
“There are but no electricity,” he settled beside you. “Are you upset?”
“Ye,” you whispered.
“Why?”
“Because I waited in line since 8 in the morning and right before I could get my CD signed..” Your voice choked and tear rolled down your cheek. “It started raining.”
“You know you could just go to another fan signing.” He suggested.
“Yeah but ..” you didn’t know what else to say. He was a guy. He wasn’t going to understand how a girl felt when they didn’t get what they wanted to most.
“So do you have a boy friend?”he suddenly threw another question at you.
“Boy friend?” you repeated with surprise wiping your tears. It was a good thing it was dark so he couldn’t see them.
“Ye,”
“I don’t but I used too,” you sighed.
“Used too?” he questioned.
“Yeah, until he moved to a different country.”
“So you guys just gave up on your relationship?”
“No, not really! He found someone else there,” you said. Even though it had been a while it still hurt to think about it.
“Well he’s a jerk for leaving you,” Key said placing his hand on your arm.
“You don’t know me. How can you say that?” you asked.
“ I don’t think any girl deserves to be treated like that.” A smile broke on your face. He seemed like a nice guy.
“So what about you?” you asked.
“What about me?”
“Do you have a girl friend?”
“Aaaa, I really don’t like talking about it.”
“Well you asked me and I told you. It’s not like we’re ever going to see each other after this so might as well just tell me.”
Key sighed and buried his head in his hands.
“I really liked her a lot..” he started but his voice chocked. “but she cheated on me.”
You let out a sigh. He sounded deeply hurt.
“It’s okay though. If she stayed any longer I might have fallen in love with her but she didn’t so..” he trailed off.
“I’m sorry,” you said with sympathy.
“Aaah, it’s no big deal.” He replied.
Both of you sat in silence thinking about your ex’s.
“So what school do you go to?” he asked.
“I live in Gangam,” you replied.
“Oh Gangam, that’s not that far from Seoul.”
“You live here?”
“Yeah,”
“Hmm that’s cool. You get to be near the idols while I have to travel so much to get here.”
Key giggled.
“So what school do you go to?”
“School? Me? Oh no I don’t go to a school.”
“Really?” you asked with surprise.
“Ye, I go to Yonsei University.” He lied.
“Ai, I’ve always wanted to go there. If I get in, that’s where I’ll be next year,” you said with a cheeky smile.
“That’s great to know.” he replied.
“So will you come back for the next fan signing?” he asked curiously.
“If Umma lets me,” you replied with a tired voice.
Key placed his hands on your hands trying to find the CD. He took it from you.
“What are you doing? You asked.
“I’m going to sign your CD.”
“Why? You’re not a Shinee member!” you exclaimed.
“I know.” he said coming closer to you. He stopped close to your ears. “I’ll sign it as a friend.”
You smiled once again. He smelled really good.
“Gomawo,” you said as Key pulled out a pen from his jacket.
The two of you talked for hours and hours. You were getting tired. Your back hurt from the waiting in the line and the running around in the rain.
“I’m tired,” you whispered as you slowly drifted to sleep. You didn’t know that your head was resting against his shoulder.
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The next morning when you woke up, the guy was gone. The first thought that crossed your mind was about your CD.
“My CD,” you jumped up out of the jacket that was covering you and looked around for your CD.
“Oh there it is,” you picked it up and hugged it. Your eyes fell on the signature with a little message under it.
It said ‘Kim Kibum .. I hope we meet again :)’ – The message didn’t make sense. Why did he sign the signature with Key’s name instead of his own. You turned around and your eyes fell on the jacket that he’d left on you while you were sleeping.
The memory of the fan sign started coming back to you. Key was wearing that jacket.
“Oh my God!” you gasped. “He was here last night, with me. The whole time and I didn’t know!” you smacked your forehead. You stood there regretting not being able to recognize him. Then you looked at the CD and his message. You read it over and over. A smile finally broke on your face. Even if it was for one night, it was perfect.
Yes you hoped too that the two of you ‘meet again’..
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When I was writing the line where Mia says “It won’t rai..” THAT’S WHEN IT STARTED RAINING OUTSIDE and I nearly jumped off of my chair to the sound of thunder. After that I couldn’t stop laughing at what had happened. What a great coincidence! Lol – Anyways I hope you all like this :)