Taemin in real life.

Part 32

The next day I was a little sore from Skiing but still riding the high of the whole trip.

It was a little later than I woke up the previous morning, but it was still fairly early. I turned to check the time on my phone and saw I had several unread messages, Jonghyun, Key, Jinki and a lot from my managers. Why so many?

I opened the first message from Jonghyn.

J: Taemin, have you seen the news?

J: Tae, you need to see this.

K: Taemin, they know. You need to be careful.

Manager: Taemin, we have a situation. You have been photographed with Jen. It's in the news. It is massive. We need to sort this.

JK: (A link to a website) Be careful now.

My heart sank in my chest. Someone had seen us, and it made the news. This meant they had pictures of us. I began to panic reading through the rest of the messages..

I looked over at Jen who was still sleeping soundly next to me. I took a deep breath and opened the link Jinki had sent me.

TAEMIN ROMANTIC HOLIDAY WITH STAFF OR GIRLFRIEND?

Our beloved Maekane Taemin has been spotted on Holiday in Norway with a girl who has been posing as a member of SHINEe's staff. The photographs were taken by a fan in the Norwegian airport the day before yesterday shows Taemin and the staff clearly loved up. There is no question that they are an item, just look at how close they are! The mystery woman has been spotted on several occasions with the group since May posing as a staff member for the group and accompanying the group to various events. It is not known as yet if Taemin met the women before she became part of SHINEe's 'staff' or if they became an item due to her working with them. At the current time, we have no details about the identity of the woman, only that she is older than Taemin and a British citizen. Keep updated on the situation here at . . .

The picture was of us going through the airport. I had my arm around her shoulders and I was looking down at her with love. There were several pictures, one of which we were in line in immigration, that must be where they know she's British from. One of them I am kissing her cheek. Looking at the pictures there is no doubt we are a couple. Keep updated here . . . I knew what that meant. They would be digging to find out who she is.

Shit. Shit shit shit. That's all I can think. Shit. All these months we've managed to stay hidden, no one has bothered us, and now her face is out there for everyone to see.

I reply to my manager, asking what they know and what to do about it. He immediately calls me back.

'We need to release a statement we think. Not until you're back. Try and enjoy the rest of the holiday we will keep you updated about the situation ok.' He finished as I hung up the phone.

Jen turned over in the bed to look at me with sleepy eyes. 'What's wrong?' she asked pushing herself up to look at me properly. I guess it was written all over my face.

I looked at her sadly. She was innocent and did not need the attention I brought with me. She was looking at me with expectant eyes, open wide and worried. I sat down on the bed opposite her.

'Someone photographed us in the airport when we arrived here' I told her gently.

She looked at me confused for a second. 'Ok' she said simply.

'It's all over the news in Korea now.' I continued.

She didn't look scared, she just looked confused, like she wasn't understanding the magnitude of what this meant.

'Babe, this means everyone knows about us now.' I touched her shoulder.

'Ok, so now what?' she asked me.

I looked into her face, she was so sweet. She still wasn't getting this. How huge it was for us. She was treating it as if a friend we didn't want to know had found out.

'The managers want to release a statement about us, confirming the relationship. They don't want it to turn into a scandal.'

She scoffed 'Scandal'.

'Jen why don't you get how big this is?' I asked exasperated.

'Because it seems like you're making a huge deal out of nothing.' She shot back at me.

I held her gaze and dropped my head shaking it. I didn't want to fight about this, but she wasn't going to listen to me. She got up and walked over to the suitcase.

'So, we can't go outside now?' She asked not looking at me.

'No, they said to carry on with the holiday as normal.' I said quietly.

'Then why does it seem like you want to ruin it' she spoke very quietly. I shot my head up to stare at her in amazement. She thought I was trying to ruin it. Her back was turned away from me hiding her face. I walked over to her and put my arms around her waist holding her closely into my chest.

'I don't want to ruin it for us, I'm just scared,' I whispered into her ear.

She turned around to face me, wrapping her arms around my middle and looking up at me with those big brown eyes.

'Don't let it. Don't think about it till we get back. What's happened has happened and we can't change it now.'

I couldn't help the sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach as I looked down at her. She was right of course, I shouldn't let it ruin this holiday. Not now but I knew the shit storm we would be in for. I sighed and wrapped my arms around her shoulders pulling her closer to me and burring my head in her hair.

'I just want to keep you safe.' I told her.

'Say's the man who brought the most unco-ordinated person skiing' she scoffed again.

A smile broke out on my face and I relaxed a little.

'You didn't do too badly yesterday.' I told her earnestly.

She lifted her shorts revealing a massive bruise down her side and raised her eyebrows at me. I didn't hide my shock at her injury.

'Oh my god' I said half laughing half completely surprised at how big and purple it was.

'Yeah, and it hurts.' She pouted.

I stroked her thigh were the purple bruise was blossoming. 'Poor baby' I whispered. I dropped to my knees to kiss it. 'Better?' I raised an eyebrow at her a smile playing on my lips.

'We will never make it out of here for breakfast if you don't put me down.' She warned teasingly.

I had her legs in a lock hold and pressed my lips to her thigh again.

'Maybe I want you for breakfast' I moaned into her.

'How can you be horny after you've just been panicking' she asked laughing at my lips tickling her.

'It calms me down' I said distractedly.

We didn't make breakfast or the morning skiing lesson that day.