Run, Cause You Have Nowhere To Go; Chapter 8
Title: Run, Cause You Have Nowhere To Go
Status: Chapter 8/?
Author: xxqod
Pairing: Broken! Minho/Taemin, Jonghyun/Taemin, Jonghyun/OC, Onew/Key
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Heartbroken he flees from his own house. Not knowing where to go, only knowing to get away as far as possible.
A/N: For inucrazzes ! I want to finish this on Christmas... but I don't know if I have time to update... Requests for drabbles are still welcome!
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Taemin finds himself on the streets again. This time he is wearing a coat, not wanting to experience almost freezing to death again. He kicks at random stuff lying on the sidewalk. Cans, paper bags, the snow. The street is quiet, he likes it. Nothing to bother him and he doesn't have to care about other people walking around him, bumping into him. The stores are closed, here and there some lights on, giving the mannequins an eerie appearance. He walks along the windows, looking at the clothes displayed, pausing when he sees the most beautiful and stylish clothing he has ever seen. He presses his nose against the window, trying to read the prizes on the little boards next to the mannequins. "600000 won! Only for the jacket! Who can pay something like that?" He looks up to read the name of the shop. 'Lock Love Key.' "What's up with that miserable name?" He shifts his gaze back to the window, getting a shock when he sees a face dangerously close on the other side of the glass. "Waah!!" Stumbling backwards he lands on his butt, the cold seeping through his trousers, freezing him. He stands up, and rubs his sore bum, again jolting when a hand lands on his shoulder. "Taemin, it's me! Key!" Taemin breathes out a sigh from relieve. "Hyung, you're scary! Are you sure you didn't walk out of a horror movie?" "Aw, that hurts.." Kibum wipes fake tears away with his index finger, making Taemin laugh. "Come inside, it's warmer there." He slings an arm around Taemin and guides him into the store.
The steaming mug with coffee stands in front of Taemin, he eyes it when Key tells him it's safe to drink. "That's not it, but why is the mug pink with hearts all over it?" "It's cute." Taemin wants to face-palm himself for the obvious reason.
"Now tell me why you're on the street in the middle of the night." Key has an idea of what has happened, but he doesn't know for sure, so being the frank and blunt person he is, he just asks. Taemin hesitantly tells him about how Jonghyun came in with that woman he saw on television and how they were intimate. How he found out they were family and Jonghyun just took advantage of him and he ran away. By the time he finishes Key has him in a bear hug and tells him it's okay to cry. But Taemin refuses. Key then starts on thinking out all different sorts of evil and painful plans on how to make Jonghyun suffer for hurting his son like that and Taemin can't help but smile.
"You're staying here right? I have room for another person." Taemin follows Kibum up the stairs, still thinking about the name of the store, he thought Key could come up with a better name than that. "Key… uhm… the name… how did you…?" "I didn't, Jinki did. It is also the name of my clothing line, and yes, I was embarrassed at first, but we had a deal. If Jinki could become a successful businessman before his twentieth birthday, he could name my brand and store. And this is how it ended up."
Key guides Taemin in a room which looked neat, but not as Kibum-like as he expected. It is quite a normal room, so he wonders what Key does with all the money he must have earned. But he is not one to interfere with one's life, so he opted not to ask about it. Suddenly it's dark as a shirt covers his head. He pulls the shirt off, only in time to catch the sweatpants thrown in his general direction. "The bathroom is the second door on your right, second door on the left is the bedroom. Change into that." Taemin does as he's told, first washing his face and uses the spare toothbrush Key has. He slips off his clothes, the memories from the shopping day returning. That day when he saw Minho again and how Jonghyun protected him, it makes him feel loved. "But that was before any of this happened." Seriously Taemin can’t comprehend why they are upset with each other. The treatment he received from Jonghyun is a bit too harsh, nobody would get so upset over looking at photo's from the past.
He pulls up the sweatpants and tugs the shirt over his head, going to the bedroom. He blinks as he sees Key sitting on a very, very large bed. "Did they even make such large beds?! It's enough space for four people to sleep in!" Key looks at Taemin gaping, "I hope there's enough space on the bed." "I think there is hyung…" He jumps in the bed, almost immediately dozing off to dreamland. He feels a hand smoothen his hair and a voice wishing him good night, he replies with a light smile, to tired to answer.
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'I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been so immature, acting like that.' Jonghyun hugs him tight. 'I should have just told you I like you, so I was upset about you looking at my photo's. Especially since they're from the period I had a crush on Jinki… But there is nothing going on between us! He is with Key now… Taemin, I love you.' Jonghyun swifts his weight on his toes so he is eye-level with Taemin. Taemin feels himself blushing from the confession and Jonghyun at such a close distant. Jonghyun slowly cups his face and leans forward…'
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Taemin wakes up when a hand comes down on his head. "It was a dream…" He looks over to Key and sweat drops at the trashing figure besides him. "No wonder the bed is this big…" He turns around scooting closer to the edge of the bed, as far away from Key as possible. He shuts his eyes tight and clenches his fists, willing the warm feeling from the dream he just experienced away.
"Appa….Umma…." "What wait, is Kibum talking in his sleep?" He listens to the sounds Key's making. "Don't leave….please…. want…to go…with you…" Thoughts about his own parents come rushing to him as he listens to Key begging for his parents not to leave him. He feels sorry for the older boy. Turning around again he takes hold of Kibum's hand, thumb running circles over the back of his hand. Key automatically rolls towards Taemin, and Taemin wraps his arms around Key smiling widely. The trashing stops and he hears a mumbled thank you. He falls asleep listening to their heart beats and the warm puffs of breath Key breathes on his shoulder.
Little does he know Jonghyun is looking for him all over the town…
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A/N: Also short..., Chapter 9 is longer! XD Comments = love! XD