Maknae= Taemin

Taemin~

I wake up and see Minho's sleeping face. I smile. It's a nice thing to see first thing in the morning. "Minho." I tap his shoulder. "Minho." He moves a little bit. "Minho." I push him. "Minho!" He slaps my head like he would an alarm clock. "Maknae." He says with a tired edge to his voice. "Minho!" He slaps me again. "Maknae stop. I'm tired." I shake him forcefully. "Choi Minho, get up right now or you will be late for school." I say in my best adult voice. He opens on of his eyes. "Don't bully me Maknae." He picks up my pillow. "I'll smother you with this." I laugh. "Fine. I'm up. What time is it Mr. Alarm Clock?" I grab his wrist and look at his watch. 

"7 in the morning." He glares at me. 

"You got me up at 7? I should kill you." 

"Oh please. You'd miss me too much." He hits my arm. 

"Why do I keep you around Lee Taemin?" 

"Because I'm number one and your number one." 

"My number one?" 

"I like to think so." 

"What if I said that Onew is my number one?" 

"I'd punch you." 

"Good luck." He turns on his stomach just as I sit up. "You're so mean to me, Maknae. I swear you are. You get me up early and make me practice and exercise and do school work even though I don't have to." 

"That's what love is." 

 "A mothers love?" 

"Never." I hear Wowowow being played in the recording room. It's only a few doors down from my room. "They're re-recording?" 

"I guess." I stand up and run out the door. The sound of Key and Onew's voices carry through out the hallway. I walk into the room and sit in the chair by the sound board. Key smiles and waves. I press the button to make them hear me. 

"What are you guys doing?" 

"Practicing." Onew responds. 

"Where's Jonghyun?" 

"Sleeping." I leave and let them practice. 

****

I step out of the shower and change into new clothes. The house is quiet.  I enter the living room and find a note. Gone Shopping~ M, O, K, J  They left me? Minho is so going to get complained at when he gets home. I grab my banana milk from the fridge and sit on the couch. It's always so lonely when I'm alone. Minho's laptop is on the table. It's logged in and everything. "Thanks Minho." I say to myself and search a games website. 

I'm still bored though. Minho's playlist starts up. First song is 'SHINee- Love Pain' most of the music on here is SHINee. I sing along to it until it's over. Second song is 'SHINee- Up And Down'. His pictures are kind of boring. They're mostly of us. "Maknae?" Minho's home. 

"In here." He walks in and flops down beside me. 

"Having fun?" 

"You guys left me." 

"You were in the shower." 

"You could've yelled to me."

"I'm sorry Maknae. Next time I go out you'll be the first to know." 

"I'm sure." 

"Don't be mad." 

"I'm not mad." 

"Liar." 

"I don't lie." 

"Lie number 2." 

"Shut up." He smiles and grabs his laptop from me. 

"Lucifer?" 

"I followed your playlist." 

"How nice of you. You were snooping!" 

"So what? There's nothing on there that you should hide." 

"I'm not hiding things. Did you find anything worth looking at?"

"Your pictures." 

"Really?" 

"I like this one." I point to the screen. It's a picture he took of me and him a few months ago. 

"So predictable." 

"Thank you." We look at his stuff for a little while longer. He shows me everything on his laptop to prove that he's not hiding anything. "You have recordings!"

"It's just me practicing." 

"Let me hear!"

"You've heard me sing before."

"But I want to hear those ones!"

"They're not very good." 

"Please Minho?" I act cute for him. 

"No." 

"Aww Minho. Please? Please!" 

"Fine but only if you promise not to laugh." 

"I promise." He presses play. I smile as it starts. He's practicing in Japanese. "You're so good Minho." His cheeks redden. 

"I need more time to work on it." 

"You're already perfect." He rubs my head. 

"You think so?" 

"I know so."