Friends With Fans

CHAPTER THREE

Haerin

When I took a glance into their car, I saw that it had eight seats, including the driver's and passenger's. It wasn't fancy or expensive like the kind most people would expect celebrities to have, just a regular station wagon. The inside was exceptionally clean, with a few things scattered around.

"So who sits where?" I asked while looking inside.

Onew hopped into the driver's seat with the directions to their hotel printed out. "Sit anywhere you want!" He offered. "Now hop in!"

Once Minho got a coffee from the gas station and the rest of us all chipped in to pay for gas, we climbed into the car like Onew ordered us to. I ended up sitting next to Key in the middle, Taemin and Jonghyun sat together in the back, and Minho took the passenger's seat. Minho read off from the directions for Onew, and we immediately drove off onto the street.

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We had to quickly kill the 40 minutes of the ride. Problem was, none of us knew how. In fact, we spent about of a third of the ride thinking what were we gonna do. Onew once mentioned stopping somewhere to eat, but at that point, none of us were hungry yet. 

"I GOT IT!" Key finally exclaimed after a while.

"Please, don't let it be like your idea of pushing the car......" I muttered under my breath.

"We could.....we could......I just forgot it." Key's smile lowered down into a pout. 

That part of the ride ended up being filled with boredom and silence - that is, until Minho put on a random collection of their own songs. All of us (except for Onew since he was driving) started to sing - no, shout and dance to each song that played.  We probably screamed at the top of our lungs singing, and all of our attempts at dancing in our seats (hilariously) failed. The boys even had a contest on who could look the most stupid while dancing.

 We did eventually stop, in case someone thought we were crazy enough to call the cops. I wouldn't blame them though - the boys were pretty crazy.

After that, the dead silence returned to the car, not including Minho reading off the directions. I zoned out and became lost in my thoughts once it came to my favorite SHINee song: "Replay", the one they first debuted with.  I started to sing along quietly without realizing it, not noticing that the others weren't singing at all anymore. 

"Noona neomu yeppeo.......Hee-chul....." I sang by accident.

Everyone turned to me. "Heechul?" They asked in unison.

The dead silence had been broken.

"Haerin, it's 'mi-cheyo'....." Taemin informed me, but I didn't hear him at first. "HAERIN!"

I snapped out of my thoughts. "Huh?" I asked. "Oh, I sang Heechul's name by accident, didn't I? I'm sorry, it's just a joke my friend made up."

"Clever joke," Key muttered, and I smiled.

"So Haerin, are you looking forward to meeting our manager?" Jonghyun added, leaning over to my seat in front of him.

My smile disappeared and my eyes widened. I had completely forgotten about meeting him. After all, it was the reason why I was coming with them to their hotel. I chuckled nervously and admitted, "Actually, I'm a bit nervous. I mean.....I'm scared that he won't like me at first."

Jonghyun gave out a scoff and plopped back onto his seat. "He'll like you for sure! You're like the nicest fan we've ever met! Besides, you weren't like this when meeting us."

"I was half asleep!" I snapped back. "Besides, I don't even know how your manager looks like, and I already knew your names when I met you guys in person!"