Music Box & Dancing Doll (SHINee Taemin - Minho)
Our Meetings

A 12-year-old girl was looking out at the park.

But instead of playing on the swing he was sitting on at the moment, the boy actually observed 2 boys and girls who were 2 years older than him who were now sitting together on the edge of the park.

The boy was his best friend Taemin, while the girl was named Ahra. It is none other than its own Eonni.

"Ahra~ya.ini for you." Taemin said while giving Ahra a piano-shaped krystal music box. The boy named Ahra looked at the music box in his hand long enough.

"It's so pretty." He smiled in admiration.

"That's a memento from me to you." Taemin's words made the smile on Ahra's face instantly disappear. The boy turned to look at her.

"Whatchu mean? You're..."

"I-i'll go. Appa and my Eomma are going to America." Taemin said sadly. No exception with Ahra, the boy was not even able to say anything. The next moment he hugged Ahra's body made the girl cry softly.

"Someday I will definitely come back to find you. Until then, promise me you'll wait for me." Prattling

While sobbing Ahra nodded. "I will always be waiting for you, Taemin~ah. I promise."

Taemin tightened his hold. She was completely unable to endure her grief at the sight of her loved ones now having to cry because of her. The company owned by his parents in America is now starting to develop, that's why for the success of the company they were forced to move to America. Because that was the only way for his parents to be able to watch him directly.

Without them knowing a girl who had been watching them since then now sheds her tears. The child who was none other than Lee Jieun. The boy heard everything too.

But all he did was be able to observe the two people from afar. In fact, he really wanted to join them. But he did not dare to do it at all, that's because he knew.his presence would only be a bully for them. That is why he can only run to hide under the slide board to vent all his sadness.

I will miss you, Taemin oppa.

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It had been almost half an hour since Taemin had kept his eyes on the object in front of him. I don't know why he never got bored to see that thing.

"Yeah!! You're still watching him?!!" Ask someone when they enter their room. That person was none other than Minho, his elder brother.

"What does it have to do with you? It's up to me." Taemin's mouth is cold.

Minho looked at her for a while then finally smiled a little.

"This kid is really.I'm this Hyung-you know! How dare you act like that to me! Come here!!" Minho then put his arm around the neck of his only brother. Makes Taemin scream slowly.

"Arasseo hyung! Tianhe.mianhae!!" The screech laughed a little. Minho who was satisfied because he managed to defeat his sister was releasing his grip.

"You won't be able to beat me, Taemin~ah!" Minho. Taemin himself simply stroked his neck slowly. "Yeah! You are.Why not ready yet?! You can be late to school tau!"

As if he had just realized it, Taemin was shocked. "Ah right!! I forgot to! It's monday!!" He quickly picked up a towel and ran to the bathroom. Minho himself just laughed looking at it.

"Basic stupid! Who told you to keep watching this thing. Aren't you tired of watching it every day?" Ask Minho.

Taemin stopped his steps for a moment. "Wouldn't hyung.karn I love that thing. Just like I love the person who gave it to me."

"Taemin~ah.didn't we try to find the address? But still can't find it." Minho turned to look at Taemin sharply

"I'll find him, Hyung. That's for sure." Taemin said seriously and then walked into the bathroom.

Minho himself was only able to see Taemin who now disappeared from behind the bathroom door. He knew exactly what his sister meant. The only reason Taemin returned to Korea was to find someone.

The girl he promised to meet. The girl he thinks is the one who gave him a dancing doll. The girl who was his first love, when he was 12. Ahras.

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Neul Paran High School's. This was the first day Taemin entered this school. Although he did not know anyone in this place, he felt like he would be quite at home. That's because the people in this school are classified as not much to say. Most of them seem to be more serious in learning. Although there are still some who are quite noisy, but Taemin feels it is better. At least it will make the atmosphere look more alive.

He was listening to music through his earphones and intended to return to class until someone suddenly hit him.

Bruk!!

"Aackh!" The man who hit Taemin, who turned out to be a girl. Now he fell on the floor. Taemin himself said nothing.

It was strange for the girl to lift her face and how surprised she was when she found Taemin's clothes that were now wet with orange juice and worse still saw a cellphone that was now lying on the floor with the situation which can be said to be badly damaged.

"Of!! Ma..sorry me! I really did not intentionally! I didn't expect anyone to show up next to this room." The girl said she panicked as she tried to clean the juice stain from the young man's uniform.

Taemin who saw that immediately brushed off the girl's hand making her a little surprised.

"What's your name?!" Taemin's question made the girl laugh a little

"Eh?! My name? My name is IU."

Taemin stared intently at the girl in front of him.

"Then IU~si..from now on never again appear before me. Understood!" Taemin said seriously made IU a little creepy when she heard it.

After saying that, Taemin walked away from the place. IU herself looked at the young man's body for a long time and then turned around and found the phone still lying on the floor, which seemed to have been ignored by Taemin.

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"Yaa~are you stupid or what?! Why didn't you tell me you were home early?" Minho asked while picking up Taemin at his school. Minho did not know that his sister had come home early because the teachers had a sudden meeting. That is why he only stayed on campus while waiting for his next course.

"I also had absolutely no idea that those teachers were going to hold a sudden meeting." Taemin said as he looked out the car window.

"Then why don't you call me right away?!"

"My phone's broken." Taemin's brief reply made Minho a little surprised to hear it.

"Mwarago?! How can..?"

Taemin let out a heavy breath. The incident next to the canteen came back to his mind. Honestly, it made him feel annoyed again, especially at the girl who hit him. I don't know what he did wrong until he had to experience something like that on his first day of school in Seoul.

"I dropped it."

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The day was getting late at night when IU walked into a shop located on the outskirts of town. The store is nothing but a place of sale as well as service hp.

"Excuse me. I'd like to ask. Can this phone still be repaired?" Ask while giving hp in his hand which is none other than Taemin's.

The store owner watched her hand for a long time and finally looked at IU. "The damage is pretty bad. But it still seems to be fixable."

Hearing the words of the store owner just now made IU smile happily. "really?! Then.when can I take it?" Ask enthusiastically

"To be honest, I can't be sure. But maybe in about 2-3 days."

"Ah~I understand. I'll be back in a few days."

"Then fill in your testimony here." The store owner then gave a sheet of paper to IU.

After filling the sheet, the girl returned it to the store owner. "Thank you very much!" He smiled as he nodded slowly and walked out of the shop.

After boarding the bus for about 20 minutes, he finally arrived at a stop located near his home. The girl walked into the housing that was starting to look lonely.

Bruk!!

"Sweet lady.What are you doing these nights? Shouldn't a schoolgirl like you not be wandering around at this hour?!" Ask an Ahjussii who IU believes is not a good person. How not? It seems clear from the way he speaks that is less clear plus the liquor bottle that is still held.

IU did not answer and then tried to leave from there, but had not had time to move ahjussiit had already pulled the right part of her uniform strong enough to tear.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! LET GO!" His cry panicked but the ahjussi even more interesting to make his uniform was almost open to half.

"Please let me go!!"The thrill of trying to escape from the grip of the ahjussi.

Just then suddenly an Ipod landed right on the head of the ahjussi made him turn towards the person who threw it. There was a young man standing in front of them.

The Ahjussi let go of his grasp on IU who eventually dropped herself on the streets.

"Who are you?! How dare you..."

Had not had time to continue the sentence ahjussi the young man had already hit his face until finally collapsed on the street.

Seeing that the man had lost his consciousness, the young man had intended to leave the place, but suddenly stopped his steps when he realized the girl who was now sobbing on the edge of the building. The young man could not see the girl's face in front of him clearly because the street light was not on. The opposite is true with IU.

The girl was still sobbing in her place while trying to cover her body which is now almost entirely exposed. Cold and frightened, that was how he felt right now.

"Which girl still dares to wander around late at night like this!" The young man said he could not believe it. The next second he threw a red jacket at the girl. "Wear it to cover your body and go home quickly!"

IU looked at the jacket in her hand for a moment and then intended to thank her, but when the girl raised her face the young man was no longer in front of her.

"Where is he? I haven't been able to say thank you yet.." Then he looked back at the jacket with a small smile.

Whoever that person is, I'm sure IU really felt grateful for it.

Maybe even more than that.

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IU walked up the stairs to the top terrace of the school building. This is her favorite place since entering this school. It was like a second home to him. After getting tired of climbing the stairs, he finally arrived upstairs. But something suddenly surprised him, there was someone in that place. This was the first time he had seen anyone who had come to this place other than him.

A namja was lying on an old chair located in the corner of the building. IU also ventured to approach the young man, and how surprised she was to find the person who was none other than Taemin. The name he hit yesterday. It's just that he doesn't know his name at all.

He looked at the young man's face for a long time. The name seems to be sound asleep and looks so innocent when he sees it as it is today. Realizing what had just crossed her mind, IU quickly shook her head.

"What are you doing?!" Taemin's words suddenly, made IU jerked instantly until she took a few steps back and accidentally stepped on a wooden fracture and finally fell to the floor.

"Auw~sick.." Stubbornly

Taemin looked at him for a moment. "Are you following me on purpose?!"

"HUH?! Aa~aniyo.of course not." IU is fast

"Then what are you doing here?!"

"I used to come here every hour of rest."

"Hmm.so you cleaned up this place." Said Taemin, since then he was curious who cleaned this place. There is usually no one who cleans such a place. And now he seems to have found the answer.

"Yes right. I did it.."

"Then can I sleep here longer?" Taemin's question sounded as if asking IU for permission

The girl looked at him surprised. "Mwo?! Ah~ten. This place is not really mine. It belongs to the school." He told Taemin. But it seems that the young man is not so concerned and has even resumed his sleep.

Seeing that IU could only sing her lips in annoyance. The next second he sat leaning on the outskirts of the building and opened the book he had been holding since. A book that contains none other than the lyrics of his song.

Some also have guitar chords of the usual western songs covered by him. After a while of reading the lyrics, he began to try to sing them little by little.

Taemin, who noticed the sound of someone singing, slowly opened his eyes and finally found IU singing not far from where she was. The girl's voice even seemed to remind her of someone, but she herself did not know who. I don't know, for sure he had to admit that the girl's voice sounded melodious in his ears.

IU who felt herself being stared at now turned towards Taemin, but in fact the young man was sound asleep.

Could it be just his feelings?

The girl looked at Taemin's face for a moment, the next time she remembered what happened yesterday. Honestly, he wanted to tell the young man about his cellphone, but saw the situation as it is today. It seemed like it would be better if he undoes his intentions first.

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As usual after school IU went straight to a mini market that was not far from its place.

"Annyeong hasheyo!!" Sapa IU while bowing her body slowly to a male employee in the mini market.

"Oh! You have come apparently! Right on time.." Said the man happily making IU nod a smile.

"Good, then change your clothes quickly." Said the man again

"Nde.I understand." IU then walked into the staff room

It did not take long for the girl, now she had finished changing clothes as well as the man earlier.

"Alright.then safe to work well, IU~si.." The man said then walked out of the shop

"Nde.be careful on the road. It's raining outside." Excited IU spirit made the person smile.

This is what IU has been doing for the past 2 years. Become a woman in a mini market. The girl deliberately asked for a shift from day to night because she could only do it after coming home from school. Tired up? That's for sure. But this is all he can do now to meet the needs of his life.

"Excuse me. This is counting." The words of a namja awaken IU from her daydream. The one who was none other than Minho.

"Oh?! Forgive me!" The regrettable girl then took the basket from Minho's hand then calculated the price of his goods one by one." 30 thousand won"

Minho took out some money from his wallet, then gave it to the girl.

"Thank you!" IU exclaimed with a smile making Minho fixated for a moment.

"Chogi.have we met before?" Ask Minho suddenly

IU glanced in wonder. "Eh?! I'm here every day, so it's possible that we've met before."

Minho shook his head slowly, as if unsure. But whatever the girl said had a point. Maybe it was just his feeling, because just now when he saw the girl smiling as if it reminded him of someone.

Minho finally walked out of the shop. After opening her umbrella, she walked to her car.

"Excuse me. Is this yours?" Ask an ahjussi at IU when intending to pay at the cashier. IU stared at the wallet long enough until she finally remembered something. The purse was apparently Minho's wallet which accidentally dropped while trying to put it back in his pants pocket.

"Lana~ya.please replace me for a while yah!" He shouted at another employee and then ran out of the store while carrying a wallet in his hand.

"Master..your wallet!!" He was running in the rain. I don't know what made him not think long and just directly chase the young man's car without taking the umbrella first.

Suddenly the girl's legs slipped while running on the side of the road making herself fall beside the sidewalk. Minho who had glanced at the rearview mirror was suddenly shocked when he saw what the girl was doing. He immediately stopped his car and ran over to IU with an umbrella in his hand.

"What are you doing?!" Ask for wonder

"Here.your wallet is missing." IU replied while giving the wallet to Minho then intended to leave but almost fell if Minho did not quickly hold it.

The young man's eyes suddenly widened when he saw the hangul-shaped necklace hanging on the girl's neck. All his life he knew, there was only someone he knew who had a necklace like that.

As if he could not believe what he saw, he stared intently at the girl in front of him.

"Jy..Jieun~ah"