Rising Creatures of the East 15/???
Title: Rising Creatures of the East 15/???
Rating: Chapters will range from PG - NC-17
Pairing: Yoochun/Junsu, Yunho/Jaejoong (other pairings of other characters as well
Disclaimer: If they were mine, I'd tie them to the wall and use their skin as my paper. Can you imagine? Writing fanfics on Jaejoong's abs???
Warnings: AU, Fantasy
Summary: What do you get when you cross an elf, a vampire, a faerie, a zombie and a werewolf? A singing goup? No way!
A/N: This fic will contain members of other groups like Super Junior, Arashi, NEWS and other K-Pop, J-Rock bands. This fic also contains members from OneTVXQ forums.
This is a creature fic. The DBSK boys are
Jaejoong - Faerie
Yunho - Werewolf
Yoochun - Vampire
Junsu - Elf
Changmin - Zombie
Chapter 15:
“Holy shit,” Junsu said as they pulled up to SM Entertainment.
There were creatures everywhere. Segregated, of course, but everywhere just the same. The vampires were conspicuous with their absence, but there were elves and faeries glaring at each other. Zombies sitting by themselves eating. And werewolves growling at them all. There were police everywhere. And cameras and reporters and bystanders.
As soon as the car stopped, uniformed security opened the door. Lots of security.
“Well, let’s go,” Jae said and climbed out of the car.
Everything went deathly silent for only a second and then the insults started. Even from the faeries. It hurt Jae to know that many of those faeries had been his friends. And the elves were hurling curses at Junsu. Jae kept his smile though, turning it to Changmin when he climbed out of the car. The zombies stayed surprising quiet, but still glared at Changmin with disdain.
“This is going to be interesting,” Jae said. “Don’t forget to smile, boys.”
Jae held his hand out to Changmin who immediately took it. The faeries cried foul and then the first magic was tossed when Jae draped his other arm around Junsu’s shoulders. Jae immediately threw up a shield of light around them and the security. The crowd surged, security tightened their guard. The police started throwing negative magic canisters, dispelling only a few of the spells. Plenty of them ricocheted off Jae’s shield and back into the crowd.
Four of the armed security came into the building with them while the others went outside to help dispel the mobs forming.
“That was fun,” Jae said and smiled.
Changmin scoffed, but still smiled a bit. “At least no one grabbed me.”
Security escorted them all the way to management’s office, and then said, “We’ll stay here until you’re done. We’re under strict orders not to let you go anywhere alone.”
“Thank you,” Jae said, and the guard jerked in surprise. “Amazing, I know,” Jae said with a grin. “But these guys are actually teaching a faerie how to deal with those lesser than he.”
“Jae, don’t be an ass,” Junsu said.
Jae laughed as they entered the office, and stopped in surprise. Everyone was there. Including Lee Sooman.
The three of them immediately bowed and exchanged the necessary pleasantries and titles.
“Boys,” Lee Sooman said with a huge smile. “This is amazing. We never thought we’d get this much of a reaction from all sectors of the population. You guys are going to be a huge hit.”
Jae scoffed, “Or a complete disaster.”
“No way. I’ve heard the song Yoochun wrote, and I have to say it is exactly what this group is all about.”
“Thinking you’re better than everyone?” Jae asked in surprise.
“Well, at first, yes, but then there’s the line about not killing each other yet, so there’s hope. Where is Yoochun anyway? I wanted to congratulate him myself.”
Junsu gestured to the windows. “A little too bright for him right now.”
“Ah, yes. And your illustrious leader?”
“Illustrious?” Jae said with a laugh. “He is currently incapacitated. He used too much energy this week and now will be worthless until after the full moon.”
“That’s too bad,” Sooman said. “Park here says you have another song to show us.”
“We do,” Junsu said and pulled out the lyric sheets.
“Did Yoochun write this one too?”
“Yeah.”
“That vampire is extremely talented. Sing it for us.”
Jae turned to the others. They shrugged, sending him silent messages that it was his call. “It’s really written for all five of our voices, but we can sing parts of it.”
Sooman waved a hand at him. “Just give us an idea.”
“Up to the first chorus, guys.”
Junsu sang an A, his voice pure and echoing in the office. Jae added his, and then Changmin’s came a few notes lower. Junsu snapped his fingers to the slow beat. Jae and Junsu sang the first two verses, and then Changmin’s voice harmonized on the chorus, breaking off the last two lines to sing those background strains.
Before the last echo died, Jae said, “And then there’s another verse, the chorus again, a bridge where Yunho and Yoochun rap and then the chorus again.”
“Amazing,” Sooman said. “You guys are going to be a hit. Are you guys having any problems? What do you need? Just name it.”
Jae looked at the other two in amazement. And then he remembered. “Well, we would like to have more security at our apartment. The media are everywhere and they’re bothering the other tenants.”
Lee Sooman snapped his fingers and another manager made a phone call. “What else?”
Jae smiled. “We’ll let you know if we think of something. As long as you keep this zombie well-fed, we’re set right now, thanks.”
“Okay, here’s the deal. After Yunho is back on his feet, you guys are going to do a photo shoot, and record this second song. We’ll release I’m Better than You as a digital single, make a video, and then work on two more songs. Tell Yoochun we want as many as he has. Before the next full moon, you guys are going to debut and we’ll release the mini album.”
He turned to the other management. “You treat these boys well, you understand me? If I find out that they’re being mistreated, I’m going to roll some heads, you understand?”
“Yes, Lee Sooman-shi,” they all said.
“If you boys have any problems, you call me. Don’t call these guys, call me.”
“Yes, sir,” Jae said and bowed.
“You’re dismissed. We’ll be in contact. Take the next few days and rest. We’ll see you again in three days.”
Lee Sooman shuffled them out and then slammed the door. Jae looked at it for a moment and then turned to the others. “I say that went pretty well,” he said and grinned.
“Pardon me, sirs,” a guard said. “We have to get you out of here as soon as possible. It’s almost a riot down there.”
Jae smirked. “I’ve always wanted to cause a riot.”
Changmin snorted and shivered. “It’s cool as long as they don’t take chunks out of you when you’re not paying attention.”
Out of the elevator, they were joined by more security, and then the doors opened.
Everything was a loud din. People shouting, zaps and zags of magic flew through the air. Jae threw up his shield again as those magic spells were aimed their way. They headed to the car.
“Jaejoong! Changmin!”
Jae stopped at the familiar voice even as security tightened around them. He saw the orange and white patched black hair of Athena trying to get to him. His eyes slid beyond her and widened in surprise. “Ueda!” he shouted.
The Japanese faerie smiled at him and waved.
“Let them through,” Jae said, and the two managed to get into the security bubble.
They continued to the car, ducking into the open door. As soon as it shut, the car left the curb, pushing through the crowd of angry creatures.
Jae and Ueda kissed cheeks. “It’s good to see you,” Jae said.
Ueda’s hair was to his shoulders, and currently a deep brown. Those pouty lips stretched into his perfect smile. “You, too. I see you’re causing problems.”
Jae smirked. “Are you jealous?”
“A bit.”
“Ueda. This is Changmin and Junsu.”
Junsu said hello, but it was in a very careful tone. Jae laughed. “Don’t worry. Ueda’s been all about integrating for years. One of his best friends is an elf, so most of the faeries don’t even socialize with him.”
“Including you.”
“Yeah, I was a bastard toward you. Sorry.”
Ueda leaned forward and gave him another hug. “It’s alright. Better that you understand now than never. And I just love your hair this color. What is it? Cinnamon inspired.”
“Coffee, actually,” Jae said and smiled.
“Yunho’s coffee,” Athena said with a smile.
Ueda laughed.
“Have you seen Tegoshi?” Jae asked. “He’s in town.”
“Yeah, we had tea yesterday. We were talking and we’re pretty sure we can get you guys the Japanese faeries’ support.”
“Wow. Cool.”
“Where is Yunho?” Athena asked.
Jae narrowed his eyes at her.
“Calm down, beautiful,” she said. “He’s a lot better off with you than he is with me.”
Ueda grunted. “Damn right,” he said and threw a possessive arm around her.
“That was quick,” Jae said.
Athena cringed. “I was sorta already seeing Ueda, but we argued and then … let’s not talk about it, yeah? So where is he?”
Jae sighed.
Junsu answered. “He wore himself out and fainted and got all delirious.”
“He tried to shift,” Athena said, eyes wide.
“Yeah, a bit. He’s sedated at the moment. We’re just trying to figure out how to get him to the compound tomorrow night.”
“No problem. I know a few wolves that will come and get him.”
Jae looked at her, and must have shown his distrust. She smiled at him and then laughed a bit. “Man, you’re already head over wings in love with him, aren’t you?”
Jae blushed. “No.”
“Liar,” Changmin muttered.
“Am not,” Jae said and poked Changmin’s side. His finger actually went into his side a few centimeters.
Changmin flinched. “Ow, hyung. Not all of me is stable yet.”
“Ew,” Jae said, even though he’d been touching cloth. “Sorry, Minnie, but ew.”
He flicked his hand like he actually had goo on it. Ueda grabbed it, rolled his eyes and tossed a cleaning spell on it.
“So you’re not in love with him,” Athena said, frowning.
“No. Being in love means you can fall out of it. I’m not in love with him. I love him. There’s a difference.”
Junsu and Changmin stared at him. “How do you know what love is?” Junsu said.
Jae sighed. “I don’t, I guess. But all I know is that I’d do anything for him, and that if I had to choose between being rich and beautiful without him, or being poor and ugly with him, I’d rather be poor and ugly. Not that I could ever be ugly, but you know what I mean.”
“Even though he’s a wolf,” Ueda said.
“Because he’s a wolf. If he was a faerie, I wouldn’t love him as much. Or at all.”
“So sweet and selfless,” Athena said.
“Ugh,” Jae said and put his face in his hands. “Don’t call me that.”
“Are you coming back to our place?” Junsu asked.
“Oh, no, we have to get back to the protest,” Athena said. “The day after the full moon we’re organizing a counter protest, one to support you guys. It’s going to be down at SM.”
“We’ll try to be there,” Jae said.
“Really?”
“Well, yeah. It’s in support of us, we should be there.”
“That would really be awesome,” Athena said.
Jae told the driver to stop.
“Give me your number,” Athena said, “so I can call you with arrangements to get Yunho picked up.”
Jae put his number into her phone.
“And don’t worry about him. For as stressed out as he was this last week, I’m surprised he made it this long without passing out.”
Athena and Ueda exited the car. He wrapped his arms around her, spread his pale green wings and took off back the way they came.
They pulled up to the curb. There were security vans and personnel all over the place. But only a few reporters. As soon as he was out of the car, Changmin’s fangirls started calling for him. Jae grinned, whispered to a couple of security guards. They nodded.
“Go sign some autographs,” Jae told him and handed him a thick marker. “These guys will make sure the girls keep their hands to themselves.”
Changmin grinned. “Good. I haven’t signed autographs in so long.”
As Changmin walked toward the group of girls, they went quiet. He grinned at them, found Sahar’s face in the crowd and beckoned her over. “Shouldn’t you be in school?”
She cringed. “Yes, oppa, but you need our support right now.”
“You can support me by not missing classes, ne?”
“Sorry sorry, oppa.”
“Have you seen Lexy yet?”
“No, oppa. She hasn’t been around for days. I told you I was a bigger fan than she was.”
Changmin smiled. “I’m sure she’s just busy. Now.” He pulled the cap off the marker. “What do you want me to sign first?”
The girls squee-ed, but when they went to surge him, security was there.
“Form a line,” Changmin said. “We’ll do this in an orderly fashion. The only rule is no grabbing at me, okay? I just barely recovered from the last time you girls went a bit fangirly.”
The girls giggled and shouted apologies, but did as he said and lined up. Changmin signed shirts and CD cases and old human pictures of him and backpacks. He even allowed photographs. Most of the girls came back through the line with something else.
“Are we going upstairs?” Junsu asked Jae.
“Naw, we can wait. Besides, Yunho said that if he knew I left Changmin to the mercy of his fans again, that he’d.”
“That he’d?”
“That’s it. He never did get around to finishing the threat. But he did remind me that we’re his hyungs and we should be protecting him.”
Junsu laughed.
“Alright,” Changmin said when he signed a fourth item for a girl. “That’s enough.”
“Aw, Minne,” they crooned.
He waved to them and joined Jae and Junsu on the steps.
“Enjoy that?” Jae asked.
“Yeah, I’ve always felt guilty that I haven’t signed autographs since I became a zombie.”
“They would have torn you to pieces.”
“They have torn me to pieces.”
Jae cringed. “Yeah, sorry about that day, Minnie.”
“It’s alright. You were still a bastard then.”
Jae put his arm around Changmin’s waist and Changmin put his around the shorter man’s shoulders. As they went inside, flashbulbs and lights went off from the reporters that were being held away from the building.
As soon as they were in the apartment, Jae called for Yoochun. Yoochun met them in the shadowed living room.
“How’s Yunho?” Jae demanded.
“Sleeping.”
“Is it alright if I-” Jae broke off and looked away from him.
Yoochun smiled. “Yeah. You can go in. He won’t be waking up any time soon, though.”
Jae practically flew down the hall.
“How was the meeting?” Yoochun asked.
Junsu grinned, and he and Changmin recounted Lee Sooman’s words and then the encounter with Athena and Ueda. They started talking about other songs to sing. Yoochun said he had a song with an excellent beat about a girl being addicted to a guy after just the first kiss, and then he wanted to finish the love song he was writing.
In the bedroom, Jae was trying not to cry. Thick leather straps, secured on the bed frame, wrapped around Yunho’s wrists and ankles. He was still, so very still, chest just barely rising and falling. His fingers were still lengthened into claws.
Jae fell out of the chair he’d pulled next to the bed and kneeled on the floor. He caressed a claw, knowing that if he pushed harder, the sharp nail would cut through not just his skin, but his bones, too.
“This is the last time this happens,” he whispered, choking out the words. “I’ll take care of you and worry about you, so you don’t have to go through this again. I love you.”
He put his face against Yunho’s rising chest and cried.
I forgot to post this before. This is Ueda from the Japanese pop group KAT-TUN:
Chapter 16: Seungri just wanted into my pants and got hungry instead.
Chapter 14: You’ll never beg me to stop again.
Chapter 13: Thank you for complimenting me, even if it was forced.
Chapter 12: Junsu is not good at hiding his feelings.
Chapter 11: So are we going to celebrate or what?
Chapter 10: And no throwing pieces of Changmin at each other either.[9][8][7][6][5][4][3][2][1]
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Rating: Chapters will range from PG - NC-17
Pairing: Yoochun/Junsu, Yunho/Jaejoong (other pairings of other characters as well
Disclaimer: If they were mine, I'd tie them to the wall and use their skin as my paper. Can you imagine? Writing fanfics on Jaejoong's abs???
Warnings: AU, Fantasy
Summary: What do you get when you cross an elf, a vampire, a faerie, a zombie and a werewolf? A singing goup? No way!
A/N: This fic will contain members of other groups like Super Junior, Arashi, NEWS and other K-Pop, J-Rock bands. This fic also contains members from OneTVXQ forums.
This is a creature fic. The DBSK boys are
Jaejoong - Faerie
Yunho - Werewolf
Yoochun - Vampire
Junsu - Elf
Changmin - Zombie
Chapter 15:
“Holy shit,” Junsu said as they pulled up to SM Entertainment.
There were creatures everywhere. Segregated, of course, but everywhere just the same. The vampires were conspicuous with their absence, but there were elves and faeries glaring at each other. Zombies sitting by themselves eating. And werewolves growling at them all. There were police everywhere. And cameras and reporters and bystanders.
As soon as the car stopped, uniformed security opened the door. Lots of security.
“Well, let’s go,” Jae said and climbed out of the car.
Everything went deathly silent for only a second and then the insults started. Even from the faeries. It hurt Jae to know that many of those faeries had been his friends. And the elves were hurling curses at Junsu. Jae kept his smile though, turning it to Changmin when he climbed out of the car. The zombies stayed surprising quiet, but still glared at Changmin with disdain.
“This is going to be interesting,” Jae said. “Don’t forget to smile, boys.”
Jae held his hand out to Changmin who immediately took it. The faeries cried foul and then the first magic was tossed when Jae draped his other arm around Junsu’s shoulders. Jae immediately threw up a shield of light around them and the security. The crowd surged, security tightened their guard. The police started throwing negative magic canisters, dispelling only a few of the spells. Plenty of them ricocheted off Jae’s shield and back into the crowd.
Four of the armed security came into the building with them while the others went outside to help dispel the mobs forming.
“That was fun,” Jae said and smiled.
Changmin scoffed, but still smiled a bit. “At least no one grabbed me.”
Security escorted them all the way to management’s office, and then said, “We’ll stay here until you’re done. We’re under strict orders not to let you go anywhere alone.”
“Thank you,” Jae said, and the guard jerked in surprise. “Amazing, I know,” Jae said with a grin. “But these guys are actually teaching a faerie how to deal with those lesser than he.”
“Jae, don’t be an ass,” Junsu said.
Jae laughed as they entered the office, and stopped in surprise. Everyone was there. Including Lee Sooman.
The three of them immediately bowed and exchanged the necessary pleasantries and titles.
“Boys,” Lee Sooman said with a huge smile. “This is amazing. We never thought we’d get this much of a reaction from all sectors of the population. You guys are going to be a huge hit.”
Jae scoffed, “Or a complete disaster.”
“No way. I’ve heard the song Yoochun wrote, and I have to say it is exactly what this group is all about.”
“Thinking you’re better than everyone?” Jae asked in surprise.
“Well, at first, yes, but then there’s the line about not killing each other yet, so there’s hope. Where is Yoochun anyway? I wanted to congratulate him myself.”
Junsu gestured to the windows. “A little too bright for him right now.”
“Ah, yes. And your illustrious leader?”
“Illustrious?” Jae said with a laugh. “He is currently incapacitated. He used too much energy this week and now will be worthless until after the full moon.”
“That’s too bad,” Sooman said. “Park here says you have another song to show us.”
“We do,” Junsu said and pulled out the lyric sheets.
“Did Yoochun write this one too?”
“Yeah.”
“That vampire is extremely talented. Sing it for us.”
Jae turned to the others. They shrugged, sending him silent messages that it was his call. “It’s really written for all five of our voices, but we can sing parts of it.”
Sooman waved a hand at him. “Just give us an idea.”
“Up to the first chorus, guys.”
Junsu sang an A, his voice pure and echoing in the office. Jae added his, and then Changmin’s came a few notes lower. Junsu snapped his fingers to the slow beat. Jae and Junsu sang the first two verses, and then Changmin’s voice harmonized on the chorus, breaking off the last two lines to sing those background strains.
Before the last echo died, Jae said, “And then there’s another verse, the chorus again, a bridge where Yunho and Yoochun rap and then the chorus again.”
“Amazing,” Sooman said. “You guys are going to be a hit. Are you guys having any problems? What do you need? Just name it.”
Jae looked at the other two in amazement. And then he remembered. “Well, we would like to have more security at our apartment. The media are everywhere and they’re bothering the other tenants.”
Lee Sooman snapped his fingers and another manager made a phone call. “What else?”
Jae smiled. “We’ll let you know if we think of something. As long as you keep this zombie well-fed, we’re set right now, thanks.”
“Okay, here’s the deal. After Yunho is back on his feet, you guys are going to do a photo shoot, and record this second song. We’ll release I’m Better than You as a digital single, make a video, and then work on two more songs. Tell Yoochun we want as many as he has. Before the next full moon, you guys are going to debut and we’ll release the mini album.”
He turned to the other management. “You treat these boys well, you understand me? If I find out that they’re being mistreated, I’m going to roll some heads, you understand?”
“Yes, Lee Sooman-shi,” they all said.
“If you boys have any problems, you call me. Don’t call these guys, call me.”
“Yes, sir,” Jae said and bowed.
“You’re dismissed. We’ll be in contact. Take the next few days and rest. We’ll see you again in three days.”
Lee Sooman shuffled them out and then slammed the door. Jae looked at it for a moment and then turned to the others. “I say that went pretty well,” he said and grinned.
“Pardon me, sirs,” a guard said. “We have to get you out of here as soon as possible. It’s almost a riot down there.”
Jae smirked. “I’ve always wanted to cause a riot.”
Changmin snorted and shivered. “It’s cool as long as they don’t take chunks out of you when you’re not paying attention.”
Out of the elevator, they were joined by more security, and then the doors opened.
Everything was a loud din. People shouting, zaps and zags of magic flew through the air. Jae threw up his shield again as those magic spells were aimed their way. They headed to the car.
“Jaejoong! Changmin!”
Jae stopped at the familiar voice even as security tightened around them. He saw the orange and white patched black hair of Athena trying to get to him. His eyes slid beyond her and widened in surprise. “Ueda!” he shouted.
The Japanese faerie smiled at him and waved.
“Let them through,” Jae said, and the two managed to get into the security bubble.
They continued to the car, ducking into the open door. As soon as it shut, the car left the curb, pushing through the crowd of angry creatures.
Jae and Ueda kissed cheeks. “It’s good to see you,” Jae said.
Ueda’s hair was to his shoulders, and currently a deep brown. Those pouty lips stretched into his perfect smile. “You, too. I see you’re causing problems.”
Jae smirked. “Are you jealous?”
“A bit.”
“Ueda. This is Changmin and Junsu.”
Junsu said hello, but it was in a very careful tone. Jae laughed. “Don’t worry. Ueda’s been all about integrating for years. One of his best friends is an elf, so most of the faeries don’t even socialize with him.”
“Including you.”
“Yeah, I was a bastard toward you. Sorry.”
Ueda leaned forward and gave him another hug. “It’s alright. Better that you understand now than never. And I just love your hair this color. What is it? Cinnamon inspired.”
“Coffee, actually,” Jae said and smiled.
“Yunho’s coffee,” Athena said with a smile.
Ueda laughed.
“Have you seen Tegoshi?” Jae asked. “He’s in town.”
“Yeah, we had tea yesterday. We were talking and we’re pretty sure we can get you guys the Japanese faeries’ support.”
“Wow. Cool.”
“Where is Yunho?” Athena asked.
Jae narrowed his eyes at her.
“Calm down, beautiful,” she said. “He’s a lot better off with you than he is with me.”
Ueda grunted. “Damn right,” he said and threw a possessive arm around her.
“That was quick,” Jae said.
Athena cringed. “I was sorta already seeing Ueda, but we argued and then … let’s not talk about it, yeah? So where is he?”
Jae sighed.
Junsu answered. “He wore himself out and fainted and got all delirious.”
“He tried to shift,” Athena said, eyes wide.
“Yeah, a bit. He’s sedated at the moment. We’re just trying to figure out how to get him to the compound tomorrow night.”
“No problem. I know a few wolves that will come and get him.”
Jae looked at her, and must have shown his distrust. She smiled at him and then laughed a bit. “Man, you’re already head over wings in love with him, aren’t you?”
Jae blushed. “No.”
“Liar,” Changmin muttered.
“Am not,” Jae said and poked Changmin’s side. His finger actually went into his side a few centimeters.
Changmin flinched. “Ow, hyung. Not all of me is stable yet.”
“Ew,” Jae said, even though he’d been touching cloth. “Sorry, Minnie, but ew.”
He flicked his hand like he actually had goo on it. Ueda grabbed it, rolled his eyes and tossed a cleaning spell on it.
“So you’re not in love with him,” Athena said, frowning.
“No. Being in love means you can fall out of it. I’m not in love with him. I love him. There’s a difference.”
Junsu and Changmin stared at him. “How do you know what love is?” Junsu said.
Jae sighed. “I don’t, I guess. But all I know is that I’d do anything for him, and that if I had to choose between being rich and beautiful without him, or being poor and ugly with him, I’d rather be poor and ugly. Not that I could ever be ugly, but you know what I mean.”
“Even though he’s a wolf,” Ueda said.
“Because he’s a wolf. If he was a faerie, I wouldn’t love him as much. Or at all.”
“So sweet and selfless,” Athena said.
“Ugh,” Jae said and put his face in his hands. “Don’t call me that.”
“Are you coming back to our place?” Junsu asked.
“Oh, no, we have to get back to the protest,” Athena said. “The day after the full moon we’re organizing a counter protest, one to support you guys. It’s going to be down at SM.”
“We’ll try to be there,” Jae said.
“Really?”
“Well, yeah. It’s in support of us, we should be there.”
“That would really be awesome,” Athena said.
Jae told the driver to stop.
“Give me your number,” Athena said, “so I can call you with arrangements to get Yunho picked up.”
Jae put his number into her phone.
“And don’t worry about him. For as stressed out as he was this last week, I’m surprised he made it this long without passing out.”
Athena and Ueda exited the car. He wrapped his arms around her, spread his pale green wings and took off back the way they came.
They pulled up to the curb. There were security vans and personnel all over the place. But only a few reporters. As soon as he was out of the car, Changmin’s fangirls started calling for him. Jae grinned, whispered to a couple of security guards. They nodded.
“Go sign some autographs,” Jae told him and handed him a thick marker. “These guys will make sure the girls keep their hands to themselves.”
Changmin grinned. “Good. I haven’t signed autographs in so long.”
As Changmin walked toward the group of girls, they went quiet. He grinned at them, found Sahar’s face in the crowd and beckoned her over. “Shouldn’t you be in school?”
She cringed. “Yes, oppa, but you need our support right now.”
“You can support me by not missing classes, ne?”
“Sorry sorry, oppa.”
“Have you seen Lexy yet?”
“No, oppa. She hasn’t been around for days. I told you I was a bigger fan than she was.”
Changmin smiled. “I’m sure she’s just busy. Now.” He pulled the cap off the marker. “What do you want me to sign first?”
The girls squee-ed, but when they went to surge him, security was there.
“Form a line,” Changmin said. “We’ll do this in an orderly fashion. The only rule is no grabbing at me, okay? I just barely recovered from the last time you girls went a bit fangirly.”
The girls giggled and shouted apologies, but did as he said and lined up. Changmin signed shirts and CD cases and old human pictures of him and backpacks. He even allowed photographs. Most of the girls came back through the line with something else.
“Are we going upstairs?” Junsu asked Jae.
“Naw, we can wait. Besides, Yunho said that if he knew I left Changmin to the mercy of his fans again, that he’d.”
“That he’d?”
“That’s it. He never did get around to finishing the threat. But he did remind me that we’re his hyungs and we should be protecting him.”
Junsu laughed.
“Alright,” Changmin said when he signed a fourth item for a girl. “That’s enough.”
“Aw, Minne,” they crooned.
He waved to them and joined Jae and Junsu on the steps.
“Enjoy that?” Jae asked.
“Yeah, I’ve always felt guilty that I haven’t signed autographs since I became a zombie.”
“They would have torn you to pieces.”
“They have torn me to pieces.”
Jae cringed. “Yeah, sorry about that day, Minnie.”
“It’s alright. You were still a bastard then.”
Jae put his arm around Changmin’s waist and Changmin put his around the shorter man’s shoulders. As they went inside, flashbulbs and lights went off from the reporters that were being held away from the building.
As soon as they were in the apartment, Jae called for Yoochun. Yoochun met them in the shadowed living room.
“How’s Yunho?” Jae demanded.
“Sleeping.”
“Is it alright if I-” Jae broke off and looked away from him.
Yoochun smiled. “Yeah. You can go in. He won’t be waking up any time soon, though.”
Jae practically flew down the hall.
“How was the meeting?” Yoochun asked.
Junsu grinned, and he and Changmin recounted Lee Sooman’s words and then the encounter with Athena and Ueda. They started talking about other songs to sing. Yoochun said he had a song with an excellent beat about a girl being addicted to a guy after just the first kiss, and then he wanted to finish the love song he was writing.
In the bedroom, Jae was trying not to cry. Thick leather straps, secured on the bed frame, wrapped around Yunho’s wrists and ankles. He was still, so very still, chest just barely rising and falling. His fingers were still lengthened into claws.
Jae fell out of the chair he’d pulled next to the bed and kneeled on the floor. He caressed a claw, knowing that if he pushed harder, the sharp nail would cut through not just his skin, but his bones, too.
“This is the last time this happens,” he whispered, choking out the words. “I’ll take care of you and worry about you, so you don’t have to go through this again. I love you.”
He put his face against Yunho’s rising chest and cried.
I forgot to post this before. This is Ueda from the Japanese pop group KAT-TUN:
Chapter 16: Seungri just wanted into my pants and got hungry instead.
Chapter 14: You’ll never beg me to stop again.
Chapter 13: Thank you for complimenting me, even if it was forced.
Chapter 12: Junsu is not good at hiding his feelings.
Chapter 11: So are we going to celebrate or what?
Chapter 10: And no throwing pieces of Changmin at each other either.[9][8][7][6][5][4][3][2][1]
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