Between Us Two; Minho/Key
Kibum tries not to be awkward with Minho when they're alone in the dorm.
Author's Note: Inspired by these fan accounts of SHINee World J Fanclub Event in Tokyo.
What kind of otaku is Minho?
Key: Aren't you my otaku?
Minho: ???
Key: Because you wear my shoes.
Minho: That's just you not returning them after wearing!
* Afterwards, MinKey argued about it and Jonghyun scolds them.
Jonghyun: What are you guys doing??
(t/n: otaku means obsessed fan)
Source: s_s4s_m
Translated by: jalousied
What kind of otaku is Minho ver 2
Key: Soccer otaku? The type who plays or the type who just watches?
Minho: Both, I guess.
Key: Also, My otaku?
Minho: ???
Key: You're my otaku.
Minho: No, Key is my otaku.
Key: But you're always asking me things like, "Key, what are you eating?" and then using my boots.
Minho: I just picked them up!
Source: ua_db
Translated by: jalousied
Key: Recently, our individual projects are scattered about so we rarely spend time together and when we do, it's hard to think of what to say. I did easily tell Taemin "welcome home". Ah, with Jonghyun...I just told him hello and he said hello back. But I'm most troubled with Minho.
(no one knew why)
Source: s_s4s_m
Translated by: jalousied
credits to those mentioned above as well as SFI
so basically, there are actually many versions of minkey's conversation on who's whose otaku. i read other versions based on a chinese minkey fansite's compilation so it was hard for me to understand what exactly happened. still, i tried to include everything inside this fic. it's a slice of life oneshot that i wrote on my phone, forgot all about and only completed today. sorry that you wonderful readers have to track back a little to get into the mood again... i do hope you'll enjoy the light read! as always, thanks for clicking this oneshot! ^^
These days, Kibum feels more like a solo artist than one fifth of shinee. He has significantly more individual activities than schedules with the group, even more than the rest of shinee; so when he comes back to the dorm after successfully completing his musical in Japan, Kibum feels a little out of place, not knowing if it is fine to just head back to his room without letting anyone know he’s home or if it’s necessary to greet his members who may or may not be in the dorm. Eventually, Kibum thinks it’s better if he announces his presence first before deciding what more to do when he gets a response, if any.
“I’m home!” As he kicks off his shoes, Kibum calls out to no one in particular in a volume just slightly louder than usual, secretly praying that he’ll get no reply.
The five of them haven’t been spending much time with each other and it has come to a point when Kibum just doesn’t know exactly how to act around them anymore, especially Minho who he may or may not be romantically involved with. What they have going on with each other is something they choose not to define simply because the reality is that it makes things so much easier not just for them, but for everyone around them and for the sake of shinee. Even so, both of them know what they have is real, and something so special that they can’t do without.
Kibum knows how he feels about Minho and how Minho feels about him. And that just makes things all the more awkward with Minho because when Kibum is up to his neck with individual schedules, he feels more distant from Minho than the other three members. It’s simple actually. Kibum loves Onew, Jonghyun and Taemin but he loves Minho more. He misses Onew, Jonghyun and Taemin but he misses Minho more. He feels more when it comes to Minho. So now, it suddenly feels like they’ve returned to the year 2008 when things were terribly awkward between them. And Kibum has no wish to experience that again. Yet, his wish doesn’t come true when he looks up just as Minho comes out of the kitchen.
Their eyes meet and Kibum can only stand awkwardly in his spot as he waits for Minho to say something.
“You’re back.” Minho gives a small, almost forced, smile and that’s enough for Kibum to know Minho isn’t all that comfortable either, “Umm. Have you eaten, Kibum?”
“Yeah, you?” Kibum nods as he walks away from the door and stops in front of his room.
“Just had my lunch.” Minho points to the kitchen and then asks, “Going back to your room?”
Kibum hesitates as his eyes are locked on Minho. He can’t read what Minho is hoping to hear but something tells Kibum he should make the effort to spend some time with Minho and so, he shakes his head and hangs his messenger bag on his door knob for the time being.
“I think I’ll watch some TV...”
Kibum notices the smile that almost tugs on Minho’s lips before the rapper makes the effort to control his expression. He knows better not to say anything though as Minho quickly turns away and gets the remote control to turn on the television. Still, Kibum can’t resist smiling to himself once Minho’s back is facing him and he, too, quickly arranges his expression when he settles next to Minho on their large sofa.
“Where’s the rest?” Kibum asks before he adds, “I would at least expect Taem to be here...”
“Yeah, he decided to head back home not too long ago.” Minho answers, “And Onew and Jonghyun hyung have schedules…”
“I see...”
Their conversation dies and the only noise in the dorm comes solely from the television. It takes about 10 minutes of watching the repeat telecast of a random variety show (yes, Kibum is watching the minutes tick by too) before Kibum laughs and breaks the silence when the host does something amusing.
“That’s funny.”
“Yeah.” Minho laughs too.
The silence returns, and remains for almost 5 minutes before it is Minho’s turn to speak.
“So...” Minho begins as he rolls his head to peek at Kibum, “I’ve been meaning to ask... do you seriously think I’m your otaku?”
Hearing the note of amusement in Minho’s voice, Kibum holds back a laugh, “I don’t think, Minho, I know so.”
Minho crosses his arms and sinks further into the sofa, “And here I am thinking you are mine.”
“What?” Kibum instantly turns to look at Minho who reacts a second later and turns fully to face him.
As their eyes meet, Minho is confused by the look of surprise on Kibum’s face. However, when he realises what he has just said, Minho clears his throat nervously and explains himself more clearly.
“My otaku I mean.”
“Oh. That.” Kibum fidgets around and then shrugs, “You’re definitely my otaku. I mean, you’re always asking me questions about my life… and putting me before yourself, like when you always ask me what I want to eat, oh right! You’re always going Kibummie~ Kibum ah~ too! And let’s not forget about the shoes!”
“Hey Kibum, I did buy those shoes for you but it isn’t illegal for me to wear them!”
“But they’re mine!”
“Look, if we’re talking about who’s the otaku here, you act the same too!” Minho retorts and then changes his voice to do a rather good impression of Kibum’s baby voice when he’s doing aegyo, “Minho yah~ Minhoooo, where are you?”
“I do not do that.”
Minho raises an eyebrow, “Really, Kibum?”
Kibum falls silent, dissatisfaction written all over his face if the pout on his lips say anything, but with nothing left to say, all he does is shrug and turn his attention back to the television.
A defeated smile creeps onto Minho’s face. It isn’t soon before long that he starts chuckling and a few seconds later, ends up laughing out loud to his heart’s content.
Kibum stops pretending to watch the show as he reaches out to punch Minho on his shoulder.
“What the hell is so funny?”
Minho covers his mouth and has to stop himself from laughing before he can answer Kibum.
“Us.” Minho answers as he gestures to both Kibum and himself.
“What about us?”
“We’re being so ridiculous.”
“And whose fault is this?”
“Yours?”
“Wrong answer.”
“Kibum ah, you’re the one who singled me out as your otaku.”
Once again, Kibum has nothing to say in his defense but he isn’t going to be the only one at fault here.
“You’re the one who brought the topic up.” Kibum retorts.
Minho shrugs, “At least it made us talk...”
“Right.” Kibum agrees and lets out a sigh, “Seriously, what is wrong with us?”
“We just haven’t been spending much time with each other...” Minho breathes out, “You, especially, have been so busy.”
“And I’ll be even busier when Toheart starts promoting...”
“Toheart?”
“You’ll find out soon.”
Minho frowns, “What are you talking about?”
Kibum shakes his head, unwilling to share anything else as he simply smiles at his chingu, “Hey Minho?”
“Yeah?”
“Just remember that nothing will change between us ok?” Kibum looks into Minho’s eyes before he clears his throat and looks away to say, “I still... you know...”
Minho’s frown grows deeper at Kibum’s sudden inability to make sense but when Kibum scoots closer, takes his hand and holds it in his tightly, everything becomes clear in an instant.
Minho opens his hand, palm up against the black cushioned sofa, and naturally, Kibum adjusts his own hand in his so their fingers are now intertwined. Minho then brings their joined hands to rest on his thigh as they both turn to look at each other.
“Me too, bum… I still feel the same too.” Minho promises as he shares a smile with Kibum.
And for now, that’s all the reassurance they both need to know nothing will change between them.
“Minho?”
“Hmm?”
“Do you… want to go to the room or something?”
“There’s no one at home, Kibum, we can do things here.”
“I just want to sleep, idiot.”
“Then why do you need me with you?”
“I just do alright!” Kibum huffs, “Now do you or do you not want to sleep with me?”
“How could I ever say no to that?”
“Alright, get up and bend down then.”
“What? Why?”
“Just feel like getting a piggyback ride from you.”
“You’re really random today.”
“Your point is?”
Minho shakes his head as he laughs out loud and bends down, accepting his fate.
“Alright, come on.” Minho breathes out, “Ride me.”
Kibum rolls his eyes at Minho’s pun but a smile tugs on his lips as he goes ahead to jump onto Minho’s back, knowing already that this day spent with Minho in the dorm is going to recharge him enough to get through the busy days to come.
Author's Note: Inspired by these fan accounts of SHINee World J Fanclub Event in Tokyo.
What kind of otaku is Minho?
Key: Aren't you my otaku?
Minho: ???
Key: Because you wear my shoes.
Minho: That's just you not returning them after wearing!
* Afterwards, MinKey argued about it and Jonghyun scolds them.
Jonghyun: What are you guys doing??
(t/n: otaku means obsessed fan)
Source: s_s4s_m
Translated by: jalousied
What kind of otaku is Minho ver 2
Key: Soccer otaku? The type who plays or the type who just watches?
Minho: Both, I guess.
Key: Also, My otaku?
Minho: ???
Key: You're my otaku.
Minho: No, Key is my otaku.
Key: But you're always asking me things like, "Key, what are you eating?" and then using my boots.
Minho: I just picked them up!
Source: ua_db
Translated by: jalousied
Key: Recently, our individual projects are scattered about so we rarely spend time together and when we do, it's hard to think of what to say. I did easily tell Taemin "welcome home". Ah, with Jonghyun...I just told him hello and he said hello back. But I'm most troubled with Minho.
(no one knew why)
Source: s_s4s_m
Translated by: jalousied
credits to those mentioned above as well as SFI
so basically, there are actually many versions of minkey's conversation on who's whose otaku. i read other versions based on a chinese minkey fansite's compilation so it was hard for me to understand what exactly happened. still, i tried to include everything inside this fic. it's a slice of life oneshot that i wrote on my phone, forgot all about and only completed today. sorry that you wonderful readers have to track back a little to get into the mood again... i do hope you'll enjoy the light read! as always, thanks for clicking this oneshot! ^^
These days, Kibum feels more like a solo artist than one fifth of shinee. He has significantly more individual activities than schedules with the group, even more than the rest of shinee; so when he comes back to the dorm after successfully completing his musical in Japan, Kibum feels a little out of place, not knowing if it is fine to just head back to his room without letting anyone know he’s home or if it’s necessary to greet his members who may or may not be in the dorm. Eventually, Kibum thinks it’s better if he announces his presence first before deciding what more to do when he gets a response, if any.
“I’m home!” As he kicks off his shoes, Kibum calls out to no one in particular in a volume just slightly louder than usual, secretly praying that he’ll get no reply.
The five of them haven’t been spending much time with each other and it has come to a point when Kibum just doesn’t know exactly how to act around them anymore, especially Minho who he may or may not be romantically involved with. What they have going on with each other is something they choose not to define simply because the reality is that it makes things so much easier not just for them, but for everyone around them and for the sake of shinee. Even so, both of them know what they have is real, and something so special that they can’t do without.
Kibum knows how he feels about Minho and how Minho feels about him. And that just makes things all the more awkward with Minho because when Kibum is up to his neck with individual schedules, he feels more distant from Minho than the other three members. It’s simple actually. Kibum loves Onew, Jonghyun and Taemin but he loves Minho more. He misses Onew, Jonghyun and Taemin but he misses Minho more. He feels more when it comes to Minho. So now, it suddenly feels like they’ve returned to the year 2008 when things were terribly awkward between them. And Kibum has no wish to experience that again. Yet, his wish doesn’t come true when he looks up just as Minho comes out of the kitchen.
Their eyes meet and Kibum can only stand awkwardly in his spot as he waits for Minho to say something.
“You’re back.” Minho gives a small, almost forced, smile and that’s enough for Kibum to know Minho isn’t all that comfortable either, “Umm. Have you eaten, Kibum?”
“Yeah, you?” Kibum nods as he walks away from the door and stops in front of his room.
“Just had my lunch.” Minho points to the kitchen and then asks, “Going back to your room?”
Kibum hesitates as his eyes are locked on Minho. He can’t read what Minho is hoping to hear but something tells Kibum he should make the effort to spend some time with Minho and so, he shakes his head and hangs his messenger bag on his door knob for the time being.
“I think I’ll watch some TV...”
Kibum notices the smile that almost tugs on Minho’s lips before the rapper makes the effort to control his expression. He knows better not to say anything though as Minho quickly turns away and gets the remote control to turn on the television. Still, Kibum can’t resist smiling to himself once Minho’s back is facing him and he, too, quickly arranges his expression when he settles next to Minho on their large sofa.
“Where’s the rest?” Kibum asks before he adds, “I would at least expect Taem to be here...”
“Yeah, he decided to head back home not too long ago.” Minho answers, “And Onew and Jonghyun hyung have schedules…”
“I see...”
Their conversation dies and the only noise in the dorm comes solely from the television. It takes about 10 minutes of watching the repeat telecast of a random variety show (yes, Kibum is watching the minutes tick by too) before Kibum laughs and breaks the silence when the host does something amusing.
“That’s funny.”
“Yeah.” Minho laughs too.
The silence returns, and remains for almost 5 minutes before it is Minho’s turn to speak.
“So...” Minho begins as he rolls his head to peek at Kibum, “I’ve been meaning to ask... do you seriously think I’m your otaku?”
Hearing the note of amusement in Minho’s voice, Kibum holds back a laugh, “I don’t think, Minho, I know so.”
Minho crosses his arms and sinks further into the sofa, “And here I am thinking you are mine.”
“What?” Kibum instantly turns to look at Minho who reacts a second later and turns fully to face him.
As their eyes meet, Minho is confused by the look of surprise on Kibum’s face. However, when he realises what he has just said, Minho clears his throat nervously and explains himself more clearly.
“My otaku I mean.”
“Oh. That.” Kibum fidgets around and then shrugs, “You’re definitely my otaku. I mean, you’re always asking me questions about my life… and putting me before yourself, like when you always ask me what I want to eat, oh right! You’re always going Kibummie~ Kibum ah~ too! And let’s not forget about the shoes!”
“Hey Kibum, I did buy those shoes for you but it isn’t illegal for me to wear them!”
“But they’re mine!”
“Look, if we’re talking about who’s the otaku here, you act the same too!” Minho retorts and then changes his voice to do a rather good impression of Kibum’s baby voice when he’s doing aegyo, “Minho yah~ Minhoooo, where are you?”
“I do not do that.”
Minho raises an eyebrow, “Really, Kibum?”
Kibum falls silent, dissatisfaction written all over his face if the pout on his lips say anything, but with nothing left to say, all he does is shrug and turn his attention back to the television.
A defeated smile creeps onto Minho’s face. It isn’t soon before long that he starts chuckling and a few seconds later, ends up laughing out loud to his heart’s content.
Kibum stops pretending to watch the show as he reaches out to punch Minho on his shoulder.
“What the hell is so funny?”
Minho covers his mouth and has to stop himself from laughing before he can answer Kibum.
“Us.” Minho answers as he gestures to both Kibum and himself.
“What about us?”
“We’re being so ridiculous.”
“And whose fault is this?”
“Yours?”
“Wrong answer.”
“Kibum ah, you’re the one who singled me out as your otaku.”
Once again, Kibum has nothing to say in his defense but he isn’t going to be the only one at fault here.
“You’re the one who brought the topic up.” Kibum retorts.
Minho shrugs, “At least it made us talk...”
“Right.” Kibum agrees and lets out a sigh, “Seriously, what is wrong with us?”
“We just haven’t been spending much time with each other...” Minho breathes out, “You, especially, have been so busy.”
“And I’ll be even busier when Toheart starts promoting...”
“Toheart?”
“You’ll find out soon.”
Minho frowns, “What are you talking about?”
Kibum shakes his head, unwilling to share anything else as he simply smiles at his chingu, “Hey Minho?”
“Yeah?”
“Just remember that nothing will change between us ok?” Kibum looks into Minho’s eyes before he clears his throat and looks away to say, “I still... you know...”
Minho’s frown grows deeper at Kibum’s sudden inability to make sense but when Kibum scoots closer, takes his hand and holds it in his tightly, everything becomes clear in an instant.
Minho opens his hand, palm up against the black cushioned sofa, and naturally, Kibum adjusts his own hand in his so their fingers are now intertwined. Minho then brings their joined hands to rest on his thigh as they both turn to look at each other.
“Me too, bum… I still feel the same too.” Minho promises as he shares a smile with Kibum.
And for now, that’s all the reassurance they both need to know nothing will change between them.
“Minho?”
“Hmm?”
“Do you… want to go to the room or something?”
“There’s no one at home, Kibum, we can do things here.”
“I just want to sleep, idiot.”
“Then why do you need me with you?”
“I just do alright!” Kibum huffs, “Now do you or do you not want to sleep with me?”
“How could I ever say no to that?”
“Alright, get up and bend down then.”
“What? Why?”
“Just feel like getting a piggyback ride from you.”
“You’re really random today.”
“Your point is?”
Minho shakes his head as he laughs out loud and bends down, accepting his fate.
“Alright, come on.” Minho breathes out, “Ride me.”
Kibum rolls his eyes at Minho’s pun but a smile tugs on his lips as he goes ahead to jump onto Minho’s back, knowing already that this day spent with Minho in the dorm is going to recharge him enough to get through the busy days to come.