Fanfiction: My Chicken Heart
A/N: Now, I know I've mentioned Onchicken alot of times in my other fics, but I'm so sorry, I couldn't get any other inspiration other than this. There's a teeny weeny bit of Onkey, though. :3
And my grammar is going down the drain nowadays. Please tell me if any of the sentence structure sounds wrong. Thanks, and enjoy bbs <3!
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Its Jinki's time of the month again.
No, not that, the boy doesn't have periods.
Its the time of the month when he rolls around in bed, suffering from the after effects of eating too much chicken. And yet, the after effects still make him crave for more.
"CHICKEN! CHICKEN. I NEED CHICKEN!" He yells, staring at Key with pleading eyes, begging the Umma to serve him his guilty pleasure.
"No, Onew. You know I can't give you anymore chicken. You'll just end yourself up in the hospital. Like last month."
"Please, I need CHICKEN!"
"Its for your own good, Hyung."
Disappointed, the leader rolls around in pain and groans.
The other members of Shinee crowd near the bed. Its not their first time witnessing this, and they honestly did not have any idea how to solve it.
Every month, the same routine repeats, yet, they could do nothing to save Onew out of his misery.
Taemin innocently takes a step towards Onew.
On instinct, Minho rushes forward and pulls the tiny boy back. Minho had learned from a painful lesson not to go anywhere near Onew when he was craving. Unless he wanted to get kicked in the balls again.
"CHICKEN, RAWR!"
Jonghyun finally uncrosses his arms and spoke up "We should really call Manager Hyung."
"NO! Are you crazy? Manager Hyung will kill us all for letting him eat so much chicken!" Key screams, rejecting Jonghyun's suggestion.
"Well then, why don't you suggest something, GENIUS?"
"We'll just let him be. The symptoms always come and go, there's nothing much we can do. Except keeping him away from the kitchen." Key replied.
"You keep everyone away from the kitchen." Jonghyun pointed out.
"DO YOU WANT TO HELP OR NOT?!"
"Fine, whatever."
Amidst the two boys' conversation, Onew lets out another groan.
"Chickennnn! Chickennnn...nggggghhhh..."
That was the first sign.
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"Hyung, are you feeling better?" Taemin asks in concern, handing Onew a cup of water.
"Is this chicken flavoured?" The leader asks, his face contorted from the pain.
"No, Onew Hyung, its just water."
"I don't want any of it." Stubbornly pushing the cup away, Onew drags the blanket over his head.
"Onew Hyung...Key wants you to drink this."
"No. If its not chicken, I don't want any of it."
"But Hyung!"
"Get out." Onew knows that if he uses his loud voice, Taemin has no choice but to oblige.
Hearing the shuffling of feet and the sound of the door closing, Onew flips open the blanket and yells out in frustration.
Chicken was like his drug. He needed it, he would die without it.
The addiction was just too hard to get rid of. Asking Onew to withdraw from eating Chicken was as good as getting him to kill himself.
It was like telling Key to keep out of the kitchen.
"Why won't you drink the water, Hyung?" Key bursts in, hands on his hips.
Onew instantly flips the blanket over his head again.
"Stop hiding, Hyung, hiding won't do anything."
"Go away."
"No."
"I NEED CHICKEN SO BADLY NOW, I'M STARTING TO SMELL IT. THAT OH SO SWEET AND APPEALING FRAGRANCE. FRESHLY FRIED SAVOURY CHICKEN. OH MY GOD, CHICKEN. Now get the fuck out of here."
"Good. You carry on like this, and we'll drag you to the psychologist. Try me, bitch. Just test my patience." Clearly annoyed, Key heads for the door and slams it shut.
Onew isn't exactly happy that he's alone. He's never felt so lonely, and there never seems to be anyone there for him when he has his cravings. He isn't sure if its he himself who is driving everyone away, or they're just leaving him alone because they simply couldn't be bothered. Onew assures himself that he's living with a pack of jerks. But when the cravings are gone, he isn't so sure of that assumption again.
The smell is getting to him. He knows its just imaginary, but it is far too tempting and alluring.
The smell seems to be travelling towards him in waves, beckoning him to break out of his room and run for the kitchen. Onew tries to shake it off. His head is pounding from all that hallucination, but he still can't shake it off.
Frustrated, he stuffs his face into the pillow, trying to block out the tempting smell.
It worked for five minutes.
Until Onew thought he could taste chicken.
That was the second sign.
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"Why can't he freaking understand? Its not that we don't want to give him chicken, WE SIMPLY CAN'T! Why does that boy have to be so darn stubborn?!" Key exclaims as he paces up and down the living room, with the other three boys staring into space.
"He's suck a fucking slutwhore for chicken. Everything about him must be CHICKEN CHICKEN CHICKEN! I swear, when the entire chicken population goes extinct, you know who to point fingers at!"
"Key, shut up about it already." Knowing very well he was treading in dangerous waters, Jonghyun snapped at Key.
"Uh. What?! You just asked me to WHAT?!"
"Shut up? Yeah, I just said that. C'mon, its not like its your first time knowing Onew would become like this. He did it, he has done it before, he's doing it now, and he'll do it again. And when he does it, nobody weeps. Well, except for you, now. Man, Key, you are the last person I thought would turn bitter over this."
Key says nothing, but stares at Jonghyun unbelievably. It is times like this when the rest of the Shinee members can see invisible steam emitting from Key's copper head. And they knew better than to provoke him further.
"Uh, Key Umma, he didn't mean that, Jonghyun Hyung totally didn't mean that! Right, Jonghyun Hyung? Yes yes, okay let's go, bye." Reassuring Key, Taemin pushes Jonghyun away before the blonde boys gets them all into trouble.
Another outburst of screams from the room trail out.
"OMG CHICKEN! I SEE IT EVERYWHERE. CHICKEN TV, CHICKEN WARDROBE, JONGHYUN'S CHICKEN BOXERS! WAAAAAAH, I'M HUNGRY!"
Jonghyun's eyes widen at the thought of Onew eating everything that appeared as chicken to him, and he promptly runs in to save his designer boxers.
"Well, definitely saw this coming." Minho commented in his usual impassive voice, his eyes glued to a 'How-to-cut-a-chicken-addiction' book.
"What, its written in the book or something?" Key asked, as he gulped down a cup of water.
"Kind of. Says here, chicken addicts are prone to hallucinating, eating any chicken look alike items and oh wow, are definitely immune to Chicken Pox!"
Key chokes on his water, and a tearing sound of a certain cloth came from the room.
"NO, HYUNG! ITS THE FIFTH ONE YOU'VE TORE UP ALREADY! MY DESIGNER BOXERS!"
That was the third sign.
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"Key...please, I beg you. Its killing me, just give me some chicken, I'll be fine after that...please." Onew lifts his head slightly and begs the Umma whom had just entered the room.
Key made it a point to ignore the Leader. He wasn't soft-hearted and he simply wasn't going to give in again.
"Key-ah..."
"Stop it, Hyung. You can cry and plead and whine all you want, but I'm not, giving you, chicken. Fullstop. Bye."
"IS IT THAT HARD TO JUST OBEY YOUR LEADER FOR ONCE?! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, AND HELP TO SOLVE EVERYTHING!" Onew snapped in fiery.
"GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT? YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING EVEN BETTER THAN CHICKEN."
Finishing his sentence, Key slammed his lips hard on Onew's. Not bothering to ask for permission, he slips his tongue into the latter's mouth and explores.
Onew is completely taken aback by Key's sudden reaction, but his urge for chicken gradually subsides, and he finds himself enjoying Key's company like this.
Wrapping his arms around the younger boy's head and clenching his hands into fists, Onew gasps when Key pulled away for air.
It wasn't long before their lips touched again, this time with Onew initiating it.
Something inside him changed.
And it almost felt like magic.
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"Where the hell did you get such a book, Minho?" Key asks, pointing his fork at the book Minho was reading again.
"There's something called a library, you know." The latter replies in a cool manner.
"Well, you can't blame him, the library doesn't exist in his shopaholic world-" Quietening down before he gets stabbed in the throat by Key, Jonghyun shuns away from the Umma. Key had a thing for throwing whatever he was holding anyway.
"Anyway, continue on the part about what chicken addicts do." Key turns towards Minho, gesturing at the younger boy to read on.
'Okay, says here, chicken addicts may eventually turn into chickens themselves, if immediate treatment is not sought. Also, the chances of being transformed is higher if the addict comes into any contact with humans. Underlined, bolded, italic-ed, capped, ANY."
"PSH. THAT IS SO HIGHLY IMPOSSIBLE AND THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD." Key flips his hand at Minho, laughing out loud in his usual diva way.
Just then, a loud cluck comes from inside the room and a girly scream (aka, Taemin) pierces through the air like knife through butter.
The three boys rushed from the kitchen.
They open the door only to find an extremely fat and brown chicken sitting on Onew's bed, and a very much petrified Taemin crouching in the corner.
"UMMA! A CHICKEN ATE ONEW HYUNG!" The Maknae cries out, hot tears streaking down his pale white cheeks.
"No, Taemin, Chickens can't eat humans...and OMFG IS THAT ONEW HYUNG?!" Jonghyun answers the Maknae, before freaking out at the appearance of the chicken and almost peeing in his pants.
Minho and Key stare at the chicken which was currently clucking its head off on Onew's bed.
The two boys' eyes shift to the book, before they look at one another in horror.
"Oh, shit just got real."
Minho approaches the chicken cautiously. He has learnt from a certain Invincible Youth episode that, chickens, can, fly. And he didn't really want to admit that he was just as scared as HyunA was.
He reaches his two hands to grab the chicken, cooing as he steps nearer. "Onew Hyung~ Its just me, Minho~ Please don't get too alarmed."
The rest of Shinee stares at Minho as though the chicken disease had gotten to his head.
"What? The book said to do so! In bold, italic, underlined and capped letters!"
Alas, the boy fails, and the very much alarmed Onew-chicken clucks in terror, flipping its wings and scrambles away, slapping Jonghyun's face in the mean time.
Another deafening scream, well actually two, fill the room.
One from Taemin, as usual.
And one from Jonghyun, most unexpectedly.
That was the fourth and final sign.
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"Oh Umma, what in the world do we do?" Taemin asks, his tiny voice quivering in terror as he cramps himself into a ball, while seated on the sofa.
"I have no idea, Taeminnie. Its more like what we can do." Key replies as he frowned, eyebrows already touching one another.
It took 3 hours before Jonghyun and Minho finally took control over the Onchicken, which was now pulled along with a dog leash, by a very unsatisfied Jonghyun.
"Tell me again, why we have to drag Onew around with a dog leash?"
"Because chickens can fly? Duh!" Minho remarks, arching an eyebrow at Jonghyun.
"Well, thank you, Captain Obvious, but why a dog leash? Why can't we just, oh i don't know, LOCK HIM IN A CAGE?!"
"But Jonghyun Hyung, that's being very mean to Onew Hyung. I'm sure Onew Hyung wouldn't want to be locked up in a cage if he was still a human." Taemin whimpered.
"If you had seen the way that darn chick treated me, you would have opted for the same choice, Taemin." Plucking off a random chicken feather from his hair, Jonghyun glared at it before flicking it off his finger.
"Why take that off? It blended very well with your hair." Minho teased.
"Shut up, bastard. Now, take that holy book out now before i really start killing a chicken."
Hearing that, Onchicken gave a terrified cluck.
Minho grabs the guide book and flips to the page he had last stopped at.
"Note, when addict turns into chicken, do NOT, underlined, bold-ed, italic-"
"OH JUST GET ON WITH IT!"
"Okay, okay, sheesh. Do not let the chicken near any other chicken related items. Such as, chicken food, any 'Chicken Soup for the *applicable* Soul' books, or simply a chicken itself."
"Huh. Good to know." Key said, as he pushed away a stack of books as mentioned above.
"How the hell does that affect the chicken being?" Jonghyun placed his hands on his hips, jerking Onchicken towards him unknowingly.
"It can aggravate the chicken and cause it to stay this way for an extended period of time. Maybe even, forever." Hissing the last word, Minho glared at Onchicken in a scary way.
"What, you plan to eat him?" Key asked nochanlantly.
Onchicken clucks and scrambles around in horror. Jonghyun cursed as he tried to steady the fat and clumsy bird.
Staring at Key for a good five seconds, Minho flips open his phone and said, "Whatever, I'm gonna call Manager Hyung."
"Since when were you in charge?"
"Since our leader turned into a big fat chicken, ain't that obvious enough, Umma?" His voice clearly questioning Key's position in the band, Minho rolled his eyes
"Umm, Manager Hyung? Minho here, I, umm, I know this sounds very unbelievable, but uh, Onew Hyung has, he has turned into a chicken."
Almost immediately, Minho drops the phone as a shriek comes from the other end of the conversation.
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"So you're trying to tell me, Onew turned into this, creature, after all the cravings?" A very flustered Manager clarifies his judgement.
"Chicken. But yes, it seems to be like this."
"But, why now? Its not the first time he's been through all of that cravings, but only now, then he chooses to magically transform into a chicken?
"The book says that he could have gotten into contact with other human beings."
"I thought I told all of you to stay away from him when he's craving." Manager Hyung answered in a stern voice.
The rest of the Shinee boys remain silent. Key gulps and looks down in guilt.
He wants to own up, but he cant possibly tell them that, Onew turned into a chicken because he had kissed the leader.
What would they say? How would they react? Would they accept the fact that Key was gay? Unless they had already realised that before...
"YAH! KEY! I'm talking to you!" Manager Hyung's voice pulled Key out of his thoughts.
"Sorry Hyung, I wasn't listening."
"Did you or did you not, come into contact with Onew?"
The dreaded question comes and Key is caught in a dilemma.
Own up and solve the problem or save himself from embarrassment?
"I, uh, I...well, technically, I, kind of...I kissed him." Whispering the word as though it was forbidden, Key replied in a stutter.
As expected, his answer leaves the rest stunned.
"You, did what?!" The manager's voice booms with high authority.
"I didn't mean to! I just, well, I- I don't know...OWW!" Key jumps up at the sudden painful peck on his leg. Onchicken obviously understood.
"Okay, whatever. I'm gonna go out and discuss this with the higher authorities. Until then, none of you are allowed to leave the dorm. Especially the chicken, you hear me? And we'll, do something about your, uh, inappropriate behaviour later, Key."
Onchicken gives a slight nod and Jonghyun snarls down at his feathery leader.
Minho and Taemin have better things to worry about.
"Key? What the hell?" The taller boy asked.
"What? So I just, came out. Big deal. Blame the hormones then." Key puts on a strong face and heads for the kitchen.
Minho knew better. He follows the Umma and spins him already. Beads of tears were already coursing down Key's face.
"When did it start?" His voice filled with concern, Minho questions.
"I don't know, Minho. I really don't know. Its just, I feel so sad for Onew everytime his craving acts up. I know it causes him alot of pain and-and I've tried, goddamn it, I've tried to solve it. I've searched online for any possible cures, I've even tried making some remedies, I even went to the library, YES FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I DO KNOW WHAT IS A LIBRARY. But, but nothing helps. I feel so bad and useless that I can't even do anything to help him when I love him so fucking much..."
"Key, its not your fault. You shouldn't feel bad. There's nothing we can do, really."
"You're not me, Minho. You don't know what its feels like to-to like somebody."
"What makes you think so?"
"Well, for instance, you're not a diva, you're a loser for soccer and nothing else but soccer. And you don't have a boyfriend who's currently a chicken, kay?"
"Key..."
"Gonna go wallow in self-pity now. Bye."
Minho clicked in tongue in annoyance.
Onchicken let out a cluck that almost sounded like a sinister laugh.
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"Onew Hyung...please stop staring at me like that." Taemin's teensy voice whined as he shifted uncomfortably on the couch.
"He can't help it, Taemin. He's a chicken." Minho sounded, earning a evil side stare from the chicken.
"Well let's see if he still dares to annoy us after I smack him." Jonghyun tugs at the leash, reaching out to smack the oldest boy- uh, chicken.
Chaos start again as Onchicken scampers away in a futile attempt, leaving the room with a multitude of brown chicken feathers.
"Stop it, Jonghyun. He's gonna go bald soon." Key finally spoke up, after giving all of them the silent treatment for a good five hours.
"What?" Astonished, Jonghyun froze in his position and looked up at Key. Minho and Taemin's faces held the same reaction.
"I said, stop it. Stop bullying your Hyung."
"So what, you're finally talking to us again? Feeling guilty for being gay?"
"Jonghyun!" Minho shouts, knowing that Key was very sensitive to the 'G' word.
"What?! Its true! He's just a stinkin', selfish-"
"Enough."
"Gay, annoying-"
"Enough."
"Jerkass-"
"Enough!"
"Bastard. Yeah, I'm done." With that. Jonghyun hoops the leash onto a nearby chair and stomps back into the room.
Taemin pouts in the far corner. "I've learned alot of new words today, Minho Hyung. Can I use them?"
"No. They're bad. I'll smack you if you ever do."
"You didn't smack Jonghyun Hyung."
"He's older than me."
"You're a real jerk, Minho!" Taemin crossed his arms in slight satisfaction at the first curse word he had used.
"So, have you figured out how to transform him back?" Key rests his head on a fist, clear signs of fatigue showing from his dark sunken eyebags. And also the fact that he did not even bother to lecture Taemin for using vulgarities.
"There's some possible ways...but they're all really ridiculous. I don't think you would want to try any of them." Minho replied.
"What ways?" Key's eyes brightened up at the thought of having Onew back.
"Well, for starters, you have to actually eat a chicken in front of him, and scare the living chicken soul outta him. Chances are, he'll get so scared, he'll turn back into a human."
"Nah, scratch that."
"Then there's making him eat a chicken-"
"Getting a chicken to eat another chicken-WHAT, ARE YOU INSANE OR SOMETHING?"
"I told you they were ridiculous."
"Well, anything NOT SO ridiculous?"
"Yeah. You gotta kiss him. Again."
Key remains silent.
Taemin runs into the room for cover.
"WHAAAAAT?!"
"Oh come on Umma. Its not like you didn't enjoy kissing him before."
"BUT THAT WAS WHEN HE'S STILL A HUMAN. YOU EXPECT ME TO KISS THOSE BROWN EW YUCKY EW FEATHERS OF HIS?!"
"He can stay like that forever if you wish. Turn him back using the same way you turned him into this.If not, you just have to answer to the fans of why we have a chicken for a leader." Minho strode off, leaving Key gaping in disbelief.
"What the hell have I gotten myself into...?"
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"So have you decided, Umma?" Taemin pops his head around the door.
"Decide on what?" Cranky, Key stuffs another scoop of chocolate ice cream into his mouth.
"Whether to kiss Onew Hyung and turn him back into a human?"
Key throws Taemin an evil stare.
Stabbing his spoon back into the tub and giving Taemin a rude shock, Key starts.
"The entire group knows already huh."
"Kind of...Get it over and done with, Umma?"
"In case you didn't realise, Taeminnie, I have something called Pride and something else called Dignity. I'm not gonna kiss a darn chicken."
"Change of rules, Umma. You have up to twelve midnight. The book said so." Minho pops his head around the door, just above Taemin's.
"What, you think this is some fairytale story? I ain't some Prince Charming, okay? And I'm not gonna kiss the Sleeping Chicken and break the stupid craving spell."
Minho and Taemin stared at Key with a knowing look. They knew Key didn't mean what he said. Onew meant more than anything else to him.
"As you wish, Key. You have fifteen minutes before the clock strikes twelve." The younger boys leave the room, giving Key his comfort space to think.
Key lands his eyes on the clock.
The minute hand inches nearer and nearer.
His head starts to pound with worry.
10 minutes...
Caught in a dilemma, Key groans in frustration. He really didn't know how to face Onew after the spell was broken. Worse still, he didn't know how the rest of the group would react.
5 minutes...
Key stands up abruptly, promptly knocking his chair over.
He rushes to the room with long wide steps.
"Onew hyung...?"
The 'Sleeping' Chicken is already prancing around the bed.
"Onew Hyung...I..." Key bents down and picks up the brown bird.
Onchicken clucks in surprise.
"HURRY UMMA! 30 SECONDS LEFT, KISS HIM ALREADY!" Taemin yells from the doorway.
"YEAH HURRY KEY! HURRY UP!" Jonghyun joins in the cheering.
Key shoots a face at them before he gives Onchicken's yellow beak a tiny peck.
It didn't feel as bad as he had expected and he could still smell Onew's familiar clumsy scent.
Something magically changes in the air around the two.
Puling away, Key comes face to face with Onew's perfect face.
He stares into Onew's familiar black orbs, and the weight in his arms suddenly feels much heavier.
Unable to support the heavy weight, Key finds himself falling and landing on Onew's chest.
A round of gasps and giggles fill the room.
"ONEW HYUNG! YOU'RE BACK!" Breaking the awkward silence, Taemin rushes towards their finally human-once-again leader.
Key crawls off Onew as the leader lets out a warm chuckle.
"Welcome back, Onew Hyung." Minho rushes foward to pull him up.
"Its good to be back!" Onew cheers as he gives both Taemin and Minho a huge bear hug.
Key stands in the corner and plays with his thumbs in guilt.
"Key. Come here."
Obeying the leader's orders, Key drags his feet towards Onew, only to find himself enveloped in a big hug as well.
"Hyung...I'm so sorry...I'm sorry for being so mean to you..." Tears stream down Key's face as he wrapped his arms around the older boy.
"I didn't blame you, Key. I'm just happy that you were there for me when I needed you."
As the two of them hugged one another tightly, the other three started making gagging noises at teasing them about the mushiness.
"Jonghyun." Onew starts with a stern voice and stares at the blonde boy.
"Oh crap." Jonghyun knows he's in for it. Breaking into a run, he yells for help as Onew chases him down the hallway.
"WHAT THE HELL. UMMA, TAEMIN, MINHO, HELPPPPPPPPPPPPP!"
The trio plops themselves down onto the couch while Minho grabs a bucket of popcorn and proceeds to enjoy the show.
Key is more than happy to have everyone back to normal. Especially Onew.
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A month later...
"Key?"
Key looks up from another cookbook.
"Yes, Onew hyung?"
"I'm craving again"
Key grins in delight. He knows exactly what Onew wants this time.
Pulling the leader towards him, he plants a peck on the older boy's lips. He tastes something familiar and pulls away, arching his eyebrows in curiosity.
'Chocolate? Hyung, since when?"
"I think I'm a little sick of chicken now."
"Thats. Well. Shocking."
"Really? I don't think so." Onew doesn't bother waiting for Key's reply.
He covers his mouth over Key's before the younger boy could say anything.
Key doesn't protest. He lets Onew have his way.
'Well, that's too bad...because all I wanted to say was...I love you.'
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The End.<3
Yay I'm finally done with this.
Comments are appreciated! Thanks for reading :)