Dreaming A Dream | An ONF Fanfiction

Chapter 7

On the same day, after a nice lunch, Seungjun, Minkyun and I decided to head to Key's Magic Shop. If that cloud inside the orb really was magic, maybe the owner could help us. Changyun couldn't join us since he had to take care of his boutique.

The owner of the shop has always been a mysterious fellow, no one really knows his name, he always introduces himself as Key. Nonetheless, his magic equipment is top tier. Seungjun and I rarely visit his shop since we didn't train in magic, but the potions we get from his shop proved themselves to be the most effective, and also the tastiest! Despite not talking a lot about himself, Key is such a talkative man. He knows a lot about basically anything, he's like the king of gossip. You want to know some random facts about the most well known celebrities? Just ask him. Of course, he doesn't spread any malicious rumors or delve too much into people's lives. He's not one of those types of people who will spy on celebrities. Not like... that person.

I still remember the day someone spied on Seungjun and me while we were watching a movie at home. Low quality photos of us two comfortably cuddling were leaked online. The most "infamous" photo, the one in which you could see Seungjun giving me a kiss on the cheek, even circulated a bit. Fortunately, we were immediately able to notify the authorities and the stalker was quickly caught. All the photos on the most popular social media accounts were deleted, but I'm sure they're still out there somewhere. I'm so glad most of our small fanbase is very respectful and helped us in reporting the photos too. I honestly do not care what our fans think about our relationship. I did once, but Seungjun helped me understand it is not important. As long as they respect us and don't literally break the law and invade our privacy, all is well. In the end, the photos were real. Who cared if we two exchange kisses sometimes? The invasion of privacy was the biggest problem. I couldn't sleep for nights when the photos were spread, and Seungjun and I even kept a bit of distance between us those days, in fear of someone spying on us. Fortunately, nothing like that happened ever again.

I'm not fond of people who know too much about the lives of celebrities, but as long as they don't cross the line and just know about gossip that's freely available to the public, it is fine. That's why I respect Key. When the "scandalous" photos leaked, he even posted a call to action on his social media accounts, calling all his followers to help report the photos if they came across them. His help was crucial in suppressing the spreading of the photos, and we will always be grateful to him.

Key's shop is pretty close to the place we ate at, so we got there pretty quickly. We were a bit worried we might have gotten there even too early considering it was lunchtime, but fortunately the sign on the front door of the shop read "Open".
We walked in as an upbeat song coming from inside the store accompanied us. Seungjun and I looked at each other; It was one of our songs! More specifically, our most well known song: Beautiful Beautiful, a song all about positivity, self confidence and self acceptance. That song really means a lot to us, and to our fans too.
Key immediately recognized us, and he seemed impressed we walked in right as our song was playing.

"Hi guys!! What brings you here today? Some more Healing Lemonades needed?"

He was gesticulating a lot, putting on quite a show. It wasn't too much though, his extravagant nature is something many people like him for. His confident and somewhat sassy way of talking and acting makes him truly a great person to spend time with. You can never feel bored when he's around!

"Hey Key! Nice to see you again! But we're not here to buy anything today. We have a request for you. We thought you would be the best person to ask since you work with magic."

Key's eyes widened as he heard the word magic.

"Oh! Please tell me more! I'm very interested!"

Seungjun grabbed the pouch with the orb from his bag and rolled the little sphere onto the counter.