:)  Shalunla

hapless...

Yes... right now there is probably no other word that is as suitable for the current situation as this one. I searched feverishly for the house keys in my handbag. Go back and look in the car again. Then he went back and searched in his bag again. No...my house key has gone nowhere. The weather at the end of December is quite cold. If you have to sleep outside today I must definitely freeze to death. Sigh...

I myself didn't care about the house key at all. Because after dropping off a friend at the airport I went to buy a New Year's present for myself at the department store and then went to buy some fresh food to prepare for the New Year's celebration at the supermarket. But eh...I think I figured out where my house key is...

“Taemin…” I entered my voice into the phone.

“Oh...I just turned it on. I've arrived in Japan."

“Can you take a look in your bag and see if there's my house key in there?” I heard a rustling sound from the other end of the line for a while. I received good news...

"Right now, how are you going to get into the house?"

“I can't get in. He sleeps in front of the house...oh. How could I forget?” I remember now... I dropped my house key and Taemin picked it up. So I told him to keep it for now...this time. Definitely until the new year. Because Taemin went on a date with his beloved... As for me, being a single person, I have to celebrate New Year's alone without a doubt.

But now I don't even have a place to sleep. Don't just celebrate the New Year today...

"I forgot. Sorry Key..."

“Oh, never mind. Don't travel too long. For my sake Hurry back, Wei.”

“So where are you going to sleep?”

“Right here...that's it, Taemin. Happy New Year in advance..."

As soon as I hung up the phone, I let out a big sigh. Before shoving his hand into his coat pocket...sigh. Instead of going in to prepare a delicious dinner for tonight...

“Kibum?”

I turned to look at the voice calling. Jonghyun hyung...my neighbor. I gave him a forced smile to greet him. before returning to his usual sullen expression. Actually, I didn't want to lose my manners. Make a face and swerve at him. But what can I do? I'm really in a bad mood.

“Can't you enter the house?” asked an older man clinging to the fence. Then I nodded in response to... “Have you followed the locksmith yet?”

“Wow, they all have a holiday on New Year's. I'm going to drive to a hotel and stay.”

“We lost our keys?” He still wouldn't stop interviewing me.

“It's nothing, brother. Forgot it with a friend."

"So...a friend or a lover?"

“Just now I said friend. I don't see the word "girlfriend." I don't want to be annoying or anything. But what can I do? Jonghyun hyung doesn't know how to listen to me well. I'll ask again and again, but I don't know why. And if I have a boyfriend I wouldn't have to make a face like this because I couldn't enter the house. I'm probably going to be at my girlfriend's house...haha.

“I'm old and my hearing isn't very good. Haha...and...” He looked like he was going to say something but fell silent. That is, if it weren't for the fact that my neighbor was inviting me to talk like this. I'll probably drive out and find a hotel near here.

“Do you have anything else? I'm going outside.”

“No...that's what I'm going to say. If we don't mind, we can come stay at your house. No need to waste money on hotel fees.”

“Can I really go live?” Well, actually I'm quite close to Jonghyun hyung. When I go out to work or in the evening when I come home from work, we greet each other almost every day. Sometimes we go out to buy things for the house together. How about carpooling? But most of the time, Jonghyun hyung is the one who drives me everywhere... For the sake of all the fresh produce I bought for cooking today, I would really have to bother Jonghyun hyung, by the way. .. “And your girlfriend?”

“If they had, they wouldn't invite us. Come...go into the house now. It's cold..." Brother Jonghyun opened the small door in front of the house. Before walking and stopping in front of me... “Do you have anything I can help carry?”

I nodded before walking to open the car door and picking up a bag containing fresh produce and handing it to Jonghyun hyung. I stood and looked at the wine bottle lying on the backseat, debating. Taemin gave it to me...a New Year's gift from a good friend. I plan to save it to drink together later. But I probably have to use it to entertain Jonghyun instead of renting the house. But I'll give you just one glass...the rest is mine. Haha.

Because this is a housing development. The style of Jonghyun hyung's house and mine are no different. The difference is only in the interior design. I watched the owner of the house arrange the things I bought and put them in the refrigerator. When he finished, he turned to look at the wine bottle in my hand. In the end, I had to go and hand the wine bottle to Jonghyun hyung to put in the refrigerator. Anyway, drinking it cold is better, right?

“What is Key going to do this evening? I bought a lot of things,” Jonghyun hyung asked.

“I want to eat salad and spaghetti.”

"Oh...then I'll help you do it..." The owner of the house gave me a sweet smile. before leading me out of the kitchen and into the living room Jonghyun hyung told me to sit on the sofa. Pick up the remote and turn on the TV. Then he walked into the kitchen again. before coming back out with two cups of hot cocoa... “We've been standing outside for a long time, it must be cold...”

“Thank you...” I said, before getting lost in my own thoughts rather than the variety show that was showing on TV right now. I was just thinking. Jonghyun hyung comes out to be such a good man. Why don't you have a boyfriend? Since we've known each other, I've seen him bring groups of male friends to hang out at his house.

But I don't see any pretty girls coming in and out of your house...it's suspicious.

“What are you thinking? Your face is so messed up.” I didn't say anything, Jonghyun hyung even raised his hand to shake my head.

"Oh my gosh, I'm not a kid." I slapped his hand away. "Then what am I thinking? Why do you have to know?"

“Ah, I don't want to know.” Jonghyun hyung turned his attention back to the program on TV and laughed loudly when he liked the joke the host was making.

“Have you been single for a long time?” I finally managed to ask. But when I realized that maybe Jonghyun hyung didn't want to talk about it, I felt guilty... "Ah, if you're in trouble, you don't have to answer."

“...Umm, if you ask me how long? I will answer that it has been a long time. It just occurred to me that I should use the time I had to take care of myself.”

"So you're not lonely?"

“There are some...but loneliness is already a close friend to single people. But if it's more accurate, it's more lonely until I get used to it,” Jonghyun answered while his eyes were still focused on the big screen TV... "I'm just asking you, what about us?"

I didn't answer Jonghyun hyung's question right away. Actually, I want to answer him...can I copy your answer?...

“Since I graduated, I haven't had a boyfriend... Actually, I haven't closed myself off. Anyone who wants to talk, I'll talk. But when I talk and talk, there's no one who clicks. It's like we couldn't get along together...in the end, I wasn't dating anyone at all.”

“Is it because we were very picky…” Jonghyun hyung has stopped paying attention to TV. He turned to look at my face. At the same time, he lifted the ceramic cup in his hand and took a sip while waiting for an answer.

“My close friend says the same thing...but I don't know. If it's not like that, it's not like that. Why force it to hurt both of you? Is that true?”

“And what kind of person does Key like?” Hey, the main character of this issue was still Jonghyun hyung. So why has it changed to me? Actually, I'm too lazy to answer questions sometimes.

"I just want someone who understands me..." The person asking the question probably doesn't understand what I'm answering, making my face look so messed up... “I mean accepting me for who I am. If I'm being honest, I'm not normal. It's like he likes to be a jerk, complains, is picky, that kind of thing."

"Oh, you know this...hey, just kidding." I picked up a pillow and prepared to raise my hand and hit the person sitting next to me smiling. But he was grabbed by his older brother first... “Good, Nong Key. Cocoa will spill all over your sofa."

“If I don't hear you again, I'll definitely drink the whole glass.” I bared my teeth at the homeowner. Before turning my attention to TV It would be better than having to answer Jonghyun hyung's questions. But have you ever felt that someone was staring at you? I turned and raised my eyebrows at the person sitting next to me. Jonghyun hyung still looks at me like that... “What are you looking at?

Am I really that cute?”

The person who was hit with a direct punch stopped. Turn your attention back to the program on television instead of answering questions. To the point where I couldn't accept it or what? I'm just asking the truth as a question...but if Jonghyun hyung actually answered the question, I don't know what to do either. It's fine if you don't answer like this. In just a moment, I drank the entire glass of cocoa...

"Another glass? I'll go make some for you," he asked, but didn't wait to hear the answer. Jonghyun hyung picked up the pink ceramic mug that was on the table and along with his mug, he disappeared into the kitchen. Sir...I haven't had time to say anything yet. How did he know that I wanted a double? I can only smile alone. Why is Jonghyun hyung so cute?

I really wonder how he's still single until now...

The homeowner returned with two cups of cocoa and strawberry cake. What...why did you just bring it to me to eat now? Kakkan, Jonghyun hyung told me to eat it first. And it's like we took turns scooping out the cake until now there's only the part with the strawberries on top... I looked at the red fruit wistfully. But it was Jonghyun hyung's cake so he had to let him eat it... and Jonghyun hyung scooped up that part of the cake as well.

"Ah, open your mouth quickly or you'll spill it."

I was stunned. I couldn't do anything. Apart from my father, there had never been a man who fed me food or snacks. I'm just saying, what else is going on? It's embarrassing. Even if we're close And another thing...I'm not a child. If you told me to eat it from the beginning, would that be the end of it? I can only complain in my heart. In the end, I have to do as the older person tells me...

Well, I like to eat strawberries...

“Wow, your mouth is dirty,” he said, raising his thumb to wipe the corner of his mouth. Continue the stunt... As for the person who caused it, he walked away and picked up the eating utensils for the two of us in the kitchen according to the rules... This man is really bad. Huh, makes me feel embarrassed and is not responsible for you. When I walked back, I acted as if nothing had happened just now. Never mind...I guess it's a special service of the homeowner.

I didn't realize when I fell asleep. I first realized this when Jonghyun hyung woke me up to cook together. And then I woke up and found myself lying on Jonghyun's shoulder. How do you want me to make a face? Embarrassed at him again. But if Jonghyun hyung doesn't say anything, let's just let it pass. I guess he saw me go quiet.

So Jonghyun hyung took my hand and led me to the kitchen and tied up my apron. Then he handed me a brown apron to wear for him...

“Is there anything in particular you want to eat?” I asked as I boiled water to prepare the spaghetti.

“No, just eat like Kibum. Is there anything I can help you with?”

"Then let's go wash the vegetables and cut the vegetables to make a salad..." He turned to order before turning to making another cream sauce on the stove.

The two of us cooked in silence. But there were times when Jonghyun hyung hummed a song. When I sing the lyrics He stopped humming. So it turned out that we were singing together. I don't want to say that I like this atmosphere. I never thought that one day I would be able to do something like this. But if it was someone else and not Jonghyun...

Will I still feel this way?

“Does Kibum like to cook?” Jonghyun hyung suddenly asked.

“I like it...”

"I like it. Let's do it again another day..."

Jonghyun hyung said without turning to look at me. If you really want me to think about it myself. I'm going to guess that Jonghyun hyung is embarrassed. Look, his ears are red. Actually, he wasn't the only one who was embarrassed. I'm starting to feel a little embarrassed as well. Or you wouldn't be shy...just the two of you with a guy who's really good looking and has a good personality. Take care of everything

And still being talked down to like this If you're not shy I think you must be a world class tough person...

Finished cooking for the last day of the year. We brought it and set it on the dining table. I look proudly at my homemade spaghetti with white cream sauce. It's not just an appetizing appearance. The taste is also delicious. That's when I finished cooking the sauce. I scooped it up and gave it to Jonghyun hyung to taste as well. After tasting it, he said it was very delicious. Want to eat often...uh

If we are going to pour it together like this. Would you rather I be your girlfriend? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Jonghyun hyung took it out of my hand and put it back in the refrigerator. Then told them to save it and drink it together during the countdown.

between meals We talked endlessly. Take turns telling stories to each other. Which allowed the two of us to get to know each other's identities even more. I think we like the same things. So it made me feel like I met my twin like that...if we could be together like this every day, it would be really nice. I really think like this.

And when we finished supper I stood arguing with Jonghyun hyung in front of the sink. I was going to clean it but Jonghyun hyung wouldn't let me. Told me to just sit there. And do you understand me?...I came to live in his house. I had to be the one who did housework for him, right? Along with pulling out the large quilt that Jonghyun hyung had brought from the room and covering it with him.

“Are you upset with me?” I turned and glared at the handsome man who had just sat down next to me. A strong hand pulled out some of the blanket and covered it with others.

“No...I just don't understand why you don't let me do anything. I'm here at your house."

“So I'll know how you can do everything for us...Being with you is comfortable like this. Are you interested in coming together?”

Cabinet...

Let me just explode for a moment...oh. Why does this guy like people who are so vague? This is what I think...I really think about it. Nah...now I'm really embarrassed. So I pulled the duvet over my face. As for the person who released the bomb...just sit back and laugh happily.

“Kibum-ah…are you really embarrassed?”

"I still have someone to ask," I answered in a muffled voice... "So it's fun? You're teasing me."

"I'm not joking, I'm serious."

So I managed to push Jonghyun hyung away. I'm sorry for making me think too much... if I knew that I was here, I would be dropped like this. Should I rather sleep in front of my own house? Now I secretly feel a little insecure. Why did I follow Jonghyun hyung so easily? It's so bad.

Jonghyun hyung showed me the end-of-year music festival program. Uh...enough of the song that the female singers sang. These eyes are so sparkling. It was so annoying...but it was the second time that day that we sang together. Jonghyun hyung glanced at the clock stuck on the wall. Before getting up from the sofa and returning with red wine and two glasses...

It's getting closer and closer to the new year. I also want next year to be a good year for me to start something new. Whatever is already good, I want those good things to continue to be with me. Just like when I'm happy...I want this feeling to stay with me for a long time. I turned to look at the person sitting next to me and saw that Jonghyun hyung was looking at me as well. I smiled at him, he smiled at me, and at the same time

A voice on the television reminded me that the time of the old year was coming to an end...

"Happy New Year, Kibum..." I'm not saying it for nothing. Jonghyun hyung moved his hand to hold mine as well.

"Ah..." Oh... I'm starting to get annoyed with myself. Never stopped being shy...woah... “Uh...Happy New Year, Jonghyun hyung. I hope you have a boyfriend soon.”

“Um, hahaha...and don't we want to have some?”

"I'd like to, too. Please bless me..."

Jonghyun hyung smiles. Before moving his face closer and whispering in my ear...

“I wish I had a boyfriend named Kim Jonghyun...”

END.

Torque ... Yay Yippee. Happy New Year everyone. Hahahahaha. See you again. This is a fiction. The key is finished. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. It ended up looking like this.

Anyway, thank you to everyone who came to read. Happy New Year everyone. May this new year be another good year for everyone. And let's love Jongkey together for a long time. We've been waiting to be satisfied all year long...please help make it happen for us. Father's ship, mother's ship (?) (I don't do anything all day. I'm just waiting to be satisfied. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha) ... See you again (?) *hugs*