STRONG

chapter 4

AUTHORS/TAEMINS POV

"Whatcha thinking about'?" Taemin asked, nibbling on the cookies Key had made. "I'm trying to figure out what that Dino's up to." He responded. "Umma I don't think he's up to anything." 'Damn, Ihate calling him Umma now. I wish I had never given that name in the first place!" "Hmmm, maybe ou'r right. How are the cookies?" He smiled. "There soooooooooooo good!" Key laughed to himself as he watched the younger boy stuff his sixth cookie into his mouth. 'He's starring at me..." Taemin's cheeks became red.

Key laughed. "You'r so cute Taemin-ah!" He squiled. "Yah! don't call me cute!" Taemin yelled with a moouth still full of cookies. "Wae?" Key was still laughing. "Because I'm not! I'm not cute or adorable! I'm a man, not a child!" He pouted. "But you are so cute! and you'r outing isn't helping one bit." Taemin narrowed his eye's. "Call me cute one more time..." He growled. Key's grine widened. "Your so cute Tae, Ahaha!" Taemin punced on the older boy, tickling his sides. "STOP.....AHAHAHAHA...TAE!" Key yelled out through giggles. "AHHH!" He yelped in pain. Taemin immedently stoped.

"KEY! What happened, what did I do?" Taemin satrted freaking out. Key lay on the floor holding his side in pain. "It's.......okay......Taemin." He said through painful gasps. Taemin could see the tears in Key's eye's. "No you'r not. Let me see." Taemin lifted Key's shirt revealing a huge blackish, purpleish bruise covering almost his whole side.

Key immedently pulled his shirt back down. "Key....W...what happened?" Key stood, grabing his bag. "Nothing. I have to go now." He started towards the door. "That wasn't nothing Key. Please tell me what happened." Taemin grabed Key's hand. "I said nothing happened!" He pulled his hand away, storming out of the house. Taemin stood there dumbfounded.

'That wasn't nothing....'

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AUTHORS/ KEYS POV

Key sat with his back against his bedroom door, breathing heavily. He had run all that way from Taemin's house to his. His side was killing him. Key heard the front door close loudly signeling his father was home. There was some banging around, glasses and bottles being moved. "Kibum where the fuck are you!" His father banged on his door. "Open the fuck up!"

Key panicked, moving to his closet, closing himself inside just before his father broke the door. Key slid to the back hiding behinde coats. "WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU KIBUM! YOU LITTLE BASTERED GET OUT HERE!" Things begain the crash and break. Key coward back as far as he could.

Key awoke in total darkness, remembering he was in his closet. He listened for any sign's of his father before climbing out and streaching his stiff body.  "Eleven thirty!" He slapped his hand over his mouth. Loud snores flowed under Key's door. 'Phew! How could I have slept that long?' He looked around his broken room looking fo his phone. He found it under his dresser. There was 1 text message and 5 missed calles, all from Taemin. He sighed reading the text first.

to: key/umma

from:Taebaby

~Key please talk to me...

He moved on the the voicemail.

" You have five new voicemail. Frist unheard voicemail..."

"Key please call me back."

"Next voicemail"

" Key please talk to me. I kow that wasn't nothing. I told you my biggest secret so why can't you tell me?"

"Why wont you pick up?"

"Key please you starting to worry me...."

"I hope you'r okay Key. I wont ask about it anymore, I promis. Just....just be okay Key.....be safe."

The last call had been a few minutes before Key had woken up. 'He must be so worried.' Key didn't like the thought of Taemin worring about him, but couldn't bring himself to call him back just yet."

He krept through the small shitty apartment for the door. Making sure to shut it quietly, he took off on a long walk to clear his mind.