"I haven't introduced myself." The girl said. "I'm Tempest Hana." She dipped into a little bow.
"Lee Taemin." He replied, wearily.
Hana put a hand on his forehead to check his temperature. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine but I can't move." Taemin showed his point by trying to move, but his body was still stuck to the glass.
"Oh right." She mumbled a quick word and the bonds unfastened.
"Kamsahamnida." Taemin thanked, shaking the jelly-ish feeling off his limbs. "Wait, what? H-how did you..?"
Hana glanced up at the brightening sky. "It's almost dawn, your friends will be wondering where you are."
"You're going?" Taemin blurted out.
She smiled. "I'll be back tomorrow night. Try to wear something more appropriate next time." said Hana, eyeing his leather jacket that did nothing to cover his striped pyjama's.
"Wait I don't understand. Who are you?...besides your name? What did I just drink?" Taemin shook his head in confusion but she silenced him.
"Things will be explained tomorrow. Now you better get some sleep. Good night." And with that Hana and the scenery around him disappeared.
* * *
"Taemin, Taemin ah wake up!"
Taemin eyes shot open and he stared into Jonghyuns bemused face.
"Get up. We need to go to the SM building for a meeting with Manager hyung. Hurry and get dressed, we'll be waiting in the car."
Jonghyun walked out and Taemin quickly threw his duvet off. For some odd reason, he felt energized and pumped. He dressed in record time of thirty seconds, not that he really took much time throwing on a pair of random clothes with the absence of his stylist. While he'd been hurriedly brushing his teeth, he had snatched a look at the mirror. It had been quite a shock to see his face with no eye bags or the dull sleep deprived look, instead his face had adopted a healthy glow that makeup usually had to do.
Taemin didn't ponder on it for long and scampered out of the house. As usual, their shiny black car was waiting for them outside. Taemin didn't lose a minute jumping in. As soon as the engine roared his bandmates turned to give him a speculative look.
"Morning, Taemin. You seem -uh- bouncy." Minho commented.
Taemin laughed. "I don't know, I probably had a good nights sleep or something."
"He's probably jacked up on caffeine." Jonghyun grinned. "Nice thinking."
Key tossed Taemin two croissants. "Here, I got you something to eat. We were in a hurry so I could only grab some croissants."
"Thanks." Taemin said biting into one of them. The rest of the car ride was small talk and occasional Onew condition, nothing out of the usual. Soon their chauffeur Hiro pulled up at the giant SM building.
"Kamsahamnida." SHINee chorused to the chauffeur.
Inside it was the normal morning buzz. One or two crazy fans being dragged off by security, lost auditionee's and SHINee's new song being pumped through the speakers. Taemin couldn't help breaking into a mini dance as they stopped to knock on their managers door.
"Annyeong, boys. Take a seat." Their manager said as they filed in.
Their manager was propped in his large comfy black, swivel chair and behind him was a large poster of SHINee's album picture. His oily black hair was combed to perfection and he wore his snappiest suit.
"Young Bae shi and I put the tickets for your world tour online, all of asia and half of europe was sold in less than a minute." Manager Kyung Sam beamed proudly at his boys.
The five boys cheered, madly high fiving each other at the news.
"As you know, the tour is scheduled in two weeks time. Along with your album songs, you will each be giving solo performances. Your solo performance practice is tomorrow, but you may practice and get a feel of your new songs, now. The songwriters will pop in after lunch break."
"You are dismissed. Shinee FIGHTING!"
* * *
"Taemin here's your lyrics sheet. Look you're scheduled for two solo performances." Onew said handing him a few sheets.
Taemin took them and scanned the lyrics. One of the songs was a sweet love song and another was an upbeat dance song. So far it was looking good.
"They're letting me do the song I wrote!" Jonghyun punched the air in excitement.
Taemin laughed and high fived him. "Hey can you come help me practice? Minho and Key are practicing their rap together and Onew's busy with his own song."
Jonghyun run a hand through his hair. "Well I am busy..."
Taemin raised an eyebrow. "I'm only kidding." Jonghyun said. "Let's go to another sound room."
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