TAEMIN'S TWIN.

Chapter 8

Taemin

I made his life miserable. The guilt racked my body. A small part of me hoped that what Taecyeon meant was me ditching him when I became famous but I knew that it was probably wrong. He probably didn't remember me. I was just another face in the crowd of famous people.
And I made his life miserable. All my life, I'd sought his approval. Taecyeon was who I looked up to, who I wanted to be like, even after years of not seeing him. And he hated me.
The tears started flowing down my face, blending with the water streaming from my shower. It was the only time I could let out the pent up emotion, where no one could see.
I heard my doorbell ring and I quickly hopped out of the shower and got dressed. I then ran to the door, my hair still dripping.
"Hey, Taemin." It was Minho. I forced a smile on my face.
"Hi Minho-hyung, do you want to come in?" He shook his head.
"No thanks, I just came to drop off this. " He handed me my scarf.
"Thanks." I said, looking at the scarf.
"Are you alright? Your eyes are red?" I forced the smile back and nodded.
"Yeah, I just got shampoo in my eyes." Minho nodded.
"Ok then. Well, I've got to go, shopping to do." I nodded. "Bye."
"Bye. " He waved, smiling, and left to his car. Once he'd left, I shut the door and looked down at the scarf again.

"Taeminnie! You're cold!" Taecyeon said, starting to take off his coat. He was right, I was cold, but I wasn't going to let him be cold.
"No, I'm not cold. You keep your coat." He looked at me disbelievingly. "Really, I'm fine!"
"Fine, you want to be like that. But I'm not about to let you catch a cold." He unwrapped his scarf and chucked it at me. "Here, wear this. " I put it on and smiled at him. "Warmer?"
"Toasty. " I looked down at it. "It matches with my outfit." He laughed.
"It does. "

"Taecyeon-hyung, here's your scarf back." I said when we got to my door. Taecyeon shook his head.
"You keep it. That way even if we're in different places, you'll still remember me. " I smiled.
"Wait, if I have something to remember you by, you need something to remember me by. " My hands went to the only thing I could take off. I reached up and took my beanie off. Taecyeon laughed.
"Now you've got hat hair. " He said, pointing to my hair. I quickly fixed it, glaring at him.
"Shut up. Here." I put the beanie on his head. "Now you'll remember me." Taecyeon smiled.
"And I'll always be warm. " I smiled and nodded before going inside.

I hadn't noticed I was crying again till the tears started to fall on the scarf. I wiped away the tears and sniffed. I had to distract myself with some mindless activity that wouldn't require thinking. That way, my mind wouldn't go back to Taecyeon. I turned on the T.V and watched some soap opera about some girl having an affair and getting found out. The stupidness managed to make me smile for a bit.

Minho POV

Taemin had been crying. That wasn't red eyes from shampoo. His eyes were puffy and his hair didn't even smell like newly shampooed hair. I had to find out what was making Taemin sad and fix it before it was too late. Knowing Taemin, he'd hide his sadness behind a smile and it'd get worse and worse until he exploded. Either whatever was wrong would have to get better or I would make it. I had to.

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Minho fighting! I know you can do it!
Or maybe he won't have to. I'll never tell...
I have like 90-something SHINee songs on my phone. It makes me happy, minus the lack of space I have on my phone.
I'm thirsty. There's water in my room I'm forbidden to drink so I have to wait a little before I go out into the kitchen and grab a drink. I close my eyes and waves appear. I reckon I could go out. I'm going to otherwise I'm going to die of thirst and this book would remain unfinished. O_O
Bye