THE BLUE [Monsta X]

Chapter 4

The doorbell rang. Wonho's attention focused on the voices in the hallway. He couldn't sleep at all this night so he was dead tired and a little dizzy and couldn't stand up right away to open the door himself. He heard how somebody walked past his room and opened the front door. "Hi! It's you. Why are you here that early on a Sunday morning?" It was Hyungwon who opened the door and welcomed the visitor. "Sorry to disturb you at this hour. I hope I didn't wake you up. I just came to get my cellphone which I forgot in Wonho's room yesterday." This voice clearly belonged to Shinyoung. Wonho made his way out of his bed as fast as he could as somebody knocked on his door. "Come in." Wonho said while he quickly changed his sweater into a clean shirt. The door was opened slightly and Shinyoung's head appeared. Luckily Wonho changed fast enough. "Uhm...hi Wonho. I forgot my cellphone yesterday. Did you possibly find it?" "Yes, it's over there." He pointed at his desk while he picked up his sweater from the floor and put it on his bed. "Ah thanks!" Shinyoung said smiling and came into the room to get her phone. As she wanted to leave again, Wonho held her back. "Please stay for a moment..." He seemed nervous. "If it's because I didn't say thank you yet, I'm sorry. It really helped me that you were there for me. Remember me that I owe you something if I forget." She smiled. Wonho shook his head. "It isn't because of that... I..." He didn't find the right words. "What is it?" Shinyoung tried to encourage him to say whatever he had to say. "...I have to ask you something...." Wonho sounded uneasy but he went on. "If somebody without a sense of smell and taste could smell somebody's scent under certain conditions...what conditions would that be?" Why is he asking me such a question? Shinyoung thought and was a little confused. "How would I know?...." She shrugged. Wonho quickly changed the topic."Never mind. Did you have breakfast already?" Shinyoung shook her head. "Would you like to have breakfast with us?" He smiled friendly at her. "Sure."

Half an hour later everyone gathered around the kitchen table to have breakfast. "Wonho, you look wasted. Didn't you sleep last night?" Jooheon asked as he saw Wonho. He wagged his head. "I couldn't sleep a wink.." "Why that?" Kihyun asked, who stood at the stove and made scrambled eggs. "Too many thoughts.." Wonho took a sip of his tea. "Likewise. I have the same problem frequently." Shinyoung went along with him. Everybody looked at the two in curiosity. "Then...what are you two thinking about at night?" Minhyuk asked. Shinyoung and Wonho looked at each other. They both couldn't tell them so they hoped the other would start with their explanation but since nobody wanted to start it remained silent. "What is it? That embarrassing that you can't tell us, huh?" Minhyuk teased them. "Uhm...no...It's just...too private..." Shinyoung said and tried to change the subject quickly. "Did you ever try to drink your coffee with cocoa powder? You have to try, it's great!" She enthused and took a sip of her fresh made coffee-cocoa mix. "Anybody want's to try?" She asked and held the cup in the boy's direction. Since her subject change was a little stiff, nobody really reacted. Except Wonho, who wanted to help changing the subject. "Sure." He said, grabbed her cup and took a sip. His traits froze. "You don't like it?" Shinyoung asked, irritated by his reaction. He shook his head. "No, no...I...just never tasted something that great!" He smiled and took another sip. Unbelievable...It really tastes...sweet...

"Ah, guys. Wonho asked me a very interesting question earlier but I couldn't answer it. Maybe you can help to find the answer." Shinyoung said as everybody ate their scrambled egg deliciously. "If somebody with no sense of taste and smell could smell somebody's scent under certain conditions, which conditions would that be?" She re-asked Wonho's question. Everybody started to think about it. I.M was the first to rise to speak. "I don't really know...but if it was a movie or book..maybe these conditions would be love." "You always think so romantically." Kihyun said as everybody chuckled. He continued: "I would say it would maybe be because that person took some sort of pills or potion to get back his senses." "The more important question is: why does this somebody not have these senses? Is it something innate or did it come later?" Hyungwon asked and it was written all over his face how intense he was thinking about the question. "Yeah...I think we need some more information about the circumstances." Shownu added and looked at Wonho in anticipation. "Ehm...let's say the person's loss of his senses isn't innate..." He answered self-consciously. "What's the reason of the loss then?" Minhyuk asked. Wonho seemed to get more tense. "Mhh..for example...side effects of a medicament?" "Then there is one last thing we need to know. In this situation...are supernatural things possible?" I.M asked the final question. Wonho started to think about this point. After a while he nodded. "I'm not sure about your definition of 'supernatural' but let's say everything is possible." I.M started to smile brightly. "In this case it's definitely something with love." he said and sounded totally satisfied with this answer. Kihyun had another opinion. "Hold on. If you look at it with a little rationality that's nonsense. I mean isn't it obvious that it's just the side effects which are vanishing?" Everyone saw his point and nodded. "That figures." Jooheon said as Wonho brought a new thing up. "And what if the side effects are permanent?"