SHINEE's dream girl

Chapter Twenty-Seven

The airport is packed with fans waiting to wave their beloved pop stars off.. My heart drops when I see protestors standing on a bench waving a banner with my face on it.

The posters read:

'SAY NO TO HA NI'

'WE HATE YOU'

'GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM'

Many of them have "X'd" out my face and drawn me horns and ugly teeth.

Jonghyun comes to my side before Minho can react and covers me with his jacket. "stay next to me and don't raise your head" he warns. I do as I'm told and manage to survive the screaming fans and haters with minimal hits by cups and paper balls.

"You ok?" Minho asks now that we're at the gate.

"I'm fine. thanks Jonghyun" I say and pass Minho without a glance and sprint over to Key who is taking off his shoes to be checked by security.

"Hang in there girl" he says looking up at me, knowing perfectly well what's going on. I sigh and start to take my shoes off as well. I'm starting to get a little nervous due to my previous flight experience. I hope there's no turbulence this time around.

The rest of the boys take their shoes off and begin to goof around throwing their socks at each other. Minho looks at me from the seat across. He narrows his eyes as if trying to figure out what I'm thinking. I look away. Avoiding minho is killing me, but I know now how he feels about me, and I won't hurt him. I look over at Taemin who's laughing along with Onew and can't help but to remember yesterday's kiss. He kissed me so passionately that I almost thought he'd get down on one knee and propose right then and there.

I sigh. key pats my back, making me feel better.

Once we pass security, we make our way to the jet. The boys scream in excitement to be going back home. Onew runs ahead and surprisingly does a cartwheel without killing himself. He looks about as shocked as I am. The boys laugh and congratulate him for not snapping his neck. I can't help but laugh as well.

Once in the jet I sit in the seat next to key at the front, Minho passes by me, looks at me, but continues and sits in the back. I close my eyes, I don't know how long I can keep up with this act, but I can't get near Minho or Taemin till I know what's in my heart. The jet takes off and I start to get nervous. I tighten my seatbelt and Key notices.

"you'll be OK, don't be a baby" he says and takes my hand in his. We stay silent a couple of minutes until he speaks.

"he's always liked you" he says. I turn to face him.

"who? Minho?" I say, my heart jumping.

"no. Taemin" he says simply.

I can't help but feel bad, but also incredulous. He never indicated that he liked me.

"how do you know? did he tell you?"

"No, I saw it in his eyes" he says this and sighs, then he continues.

"remember the first day we met?" I nod in response.

"Earlier that day we had a concert, but about an hour before the concert Taemin went off by himself and said he'd be back shortly. I was the only one who knew what he was going to do. He had been seeing a girl he really liked for a while, but never came out about it because She opposed. Point is she turned him down that day. He returned super upset and told me how he had prayed before seeing her, and told god to give him a sign. Then we met you"

Key looks at me and I gasp. 

"So he thinks that I'm the sign?" Key nods his head.

"he thinks its fate"

I close my eyes and try to calm down. If it really is fate, how do you fight it?

more importantly, do I want to fight it?

I think about this for so long that I didn't realize I had fallen fallen asleep. I awake once the plane lands. The boys hoot and stretch their arms. They get out and start to run around like before. Once down the stairs I feel relieved, nothing happened to us, thank god.

Once again the fans have gathered, this time to welcome they're return. At the gate we're separated from the fans  by a glass wall. They bang on the glass and plaster their faces. Hundreds of banners are waved with my devil face on it. Minho rushes to my side, but before he can do anything, Key pulls me by his side and covers me with Jonghyun's jacket.

"I've got her" Key says. Minho looks reluctant but nods in response. The shouting intensifies once we're in the open. The boys form a tight circle around me to protect me. My eyes begin to sting with tears. I hear them loud and clear. They want me gone. Dead. Mutilated. Fed to a zebra. And it just gets worse and worse.

The guards push the crowd away to let us pass, the boys keep their heads down and walk rapidly. Since they're legs are so long, they're fast pace walking is the equivalent of me running. We run to our van and slam the door shut. The screams are still heard in the car and my ears hurt. Key senses me trembling beside him and hugs me close. The car stays silent, the only sound to be heard is the cars engine once manager Hyung turns it on.

The boys sense my pain. So in my consideration, they remain silent.

My head spins. Will I ever be loved? It's bad enough I have a sister who's willing to get me killed and a father who can't stand to see my face, And now I can't love Minho or Taemin either, plus the whole country of Korea wants to kill me because I'm involved with their adored SHINee.

I close my eyes, and wish to never open them again.