I See Her in You (Part 1)
Title: I See Her in You (Part 1)
Author: dongsaenggie
Rating: PG-13, but NC-17 later on
Pairings: past Jihye X Changmin, Homin
Warnings: minor character death
Summary: Both Jihye and Yunho get into a car accident with only Yunho surviving. Changmin begins to see his wife in Yunho. (Based on the Korean movie “Addicted” and kind of similar to Suju's mini drama)
A/N: This will be chaptered. And I’m still a novice writer. ^^;
“Aigoo. Yeobo.” Jihye hit his shoulder. “Is tying your tie really that difficult or you just enjoy it when I do it for you?”
Changmin smiled his signature mismatched eyesmile and then pecked her forehead. “I’m off to work baby. Have a good day.”
Jihye waved goodbye and then placed her hands on her hips and sighed. Her husband is a hard working professor, but that didn’t mean the life of a house wife was easy. She had to cook… and boy did her husband have an appetite. As well as clean, do laundry, and run other errands.
While she washed dishes she looked up at the clock. Was her brother still not up yet? She dried one last plate and placed it in the cabinet before storming up the stairs and knocking on the door. “Oppa. Do you know what time it is?”
“Nnnng… Yunho time?” He laid flat on his stomach and placed his pillow over his head.
Jihye rolled her eyes and without a second of thought she turned the door knob and went inside. There were sheets of music everywhere and a blanket that had probably been kicked off the bed the night before.
“Could you keep it down?” her brother scratched his side. He was only wearing his apple print boxers.
“No.” She slapped his ass. “Get up. It’s bad enough that you freeload off of me and my husband, but can’t you at least help me out?”
“That hurt.” He sat up and crossed his legs, pouting. “You know. My music is going to make it big someday.”
“Music Shmyusic. Either help with the housework or get a job and pay us rent.” She glared at him.
“Arasso. Arasso.” He hopped out of bed and pushed her out of the door. “Let me change. I’ll be right out.”
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“So this is why you brought me?” Yunho groaned and pushed the shopping cart while Jihye stacked various items inside of it. She checked off items from her list and then walked down another aisle, looking back at her brother to hurry up.
“Yup. And after this we are going to see Jessica sshi’s house. She recently got a new house and her husband is at work, so we’ll be helping her move in.” said Jihye as she checked the expiration date on a bottle of milk and added it to the cart.
“What am I? Free labor” Yunho yawned as she took out her card and paid for the groceries.
“I feed you don’t I?” she placed the shopping bags back into the cart. “Aish. You need to get married oppa. I’ll ask eomma to try and set up a blind date for you.”
“You said yourself that no girl would ever want me.” Yunho grinned and placed one foot on the cart and pushed it as if he were riding a scooter.
“True.” She agreed.
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Yunho whistled H.O.T’s “Happiness” as he took a screw driver and began to assemble a bookshelf. “Hey. What’s for lunch? I didn’t get to eat breakfast this morning.”
“I just finished helping Jessica sshi set up the kitchen.” Jihye put away most of the groceries in the fridge, but left them some out on the counter. “Keep working. I’ll try to make something soon. Make sure you change all the bulbs.”
He placed a hand on his empty stomach and groaned. Maybe he should get a job? No matter what he did he kept getting writer’s block. He had lyrics clear in his head, but every time he touched his electric keyboard he couldn’t find the tune that matched it.
“Yunho sshi. Do you mind quickly helping me move this sofa to the right? I want to center it with the TV.” Jessica asked.
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Meanwhile Changmin was sitting in his office during lunch hour and took out a bento that his wife gave him. He read the post-it that was placed on the top. ‘I love my sweety so much’ and chuckled. She was adorable. He then removed the lid and rubbed the chopsticks together in his hands before picking up a piece of kimbap and eating it. His smile turned brighter when he realized that his wife had forgot to put cucumber inside. She was always really clumsy.
“Seonsaengnim. Do you mind repeating what you said during the lecture today? I’m not sure if I really get it.” He looked up at his student Minho. And gestured for him to sit down.
“What is it you didn’t get?” He popped another piece of kimbap in his mouth.
“Well about bonds and energy.” said Minho.
“Oh. Well it takes energy to break bonds. This means that you must input heat into the system. And when you form a bond energy is released and you are left with a more stable product.”
“Umm.. okay? I think I get it.” Minho scratched his head.
Changmin raised an eyebrow. “Elements like forming bonds. They want to complete their valence shell. It is for this reason that Hydrogen exists as a diatomic molecule instead of separate atoms of Hydrogen.”
“Are people the same way? They want to be in a bond instead of being alone?” Minho asked.
“Umm.. yeah. I guess. If that helps you remember.” Changmin looked at a picture of both himself and his wife sitting on a bench sharing an ice cream with the cherry blossoms in the background. She had a sparkly clip in her hair that he bought because he had accidentally broken her other one. She’s an important part of his life. Their bond causes him to be stable and without it, go insane.
The student put on his backpack and gently bowed. “Thank you seonsaengnim. I’ll see you during this evening’s lab session.” Changmin simply nodded and prepared his materials for the next section he was to teach that day. He was one of the youngest professors at Yonsei University, but one of the most respected for his research and publications. He was also helping lead a new revolution in teaching with his interactive power point presentations and use of an online homework turn in site.
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“Is everything okay now?” Yunho was adjusting a painting of flowers in a vase.
“Hmm… a little bit more to the right. No… wait. You tilted it. Make sure that its level.”
He groaned and fixed it for the fifth time, looking at Jessica with the ‘bitch please’ expression. Even though he had a lot of free time, there are other things he would much rather be doing. Also he had a gig tonight with his buddy Donghae and a couple other guys. The more people that came, the more they would be paid.
“Thank you so much for your help Yunho sshi!” Jessica clapped her hands together. “Do I need to pay you?”
Before he could say anything, Jihye replied for him. “Of course not. He just wanted to be a gentleman and do a favor for his sister’s friend.” Jihye then looked at him. “Right?”
“Umm yeah. I’m usually pretty free, so no biggie.” He sarcastically nodded.
“I’ll have my house warming party soon, so please come Yunho sshi.” Jessica smiled.
“Ohh sure… maybe.” Jihye elbowed him in the side. “I mean… of course!”
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“Aish. Sometimes I don’t know what to do with you.” Jihye was driving the car. Yunho didn’t have one and there was no way in hell that she would trust him to drive her car.
“You don’t need to do anything with me. I’m perfectly fine the way I am.” He leaned back in his seat and spread his legs.
“You’re supposed to be the older one. The more responsible one.” She continued nagging.
“Well… you’re the girl.” He said.
“Oh grow up will you!” Her hands clenched the steering wheel in frustration.
“I’m already well past my teenage years.” He stuck out his tongue.
“You!”
She turned to the side to hit him and didn’t pay attention to the road. So she didn’t realize how close she was behind that truck. And by the time she did, the impact had already been made and the car flipped onto its side. The windows were completely shattered and there was blood and silence. The two side wheels of the car kept turning and turning until they finally stopped.
The truck driver suddenly braked and got out of the truck, ready to lecture someone. He had already been having a bad day, and because of issues at the warehouse he was already late with his delivery. Then he stopped in his tracks and looked at the sight in front of him. “B-blood! An ambulance. I have to call an ambulance.” He took out his cellphone and quickly punched in ‘119’, waiting for the call to connect and to give a panicked reply to the questions asked.
“Next on our list is H.O.T’s ‘Happiness’.” The car radio continued to speak. “I hope everyone has a happy day. It’s important to take time to relax, forget about arguments, and just get along.” Yunho’s hand twitched and blood dripped down his forehead, staining his cheek.
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“Yah!” Changmin shouted. “Didn’t I tell you to do that reaction in the fume hood? Don’t you read your lab manual?”
“Mian seonsaengnim.” The small blond replied. His apron was way too big for him and brushed against the floor. “I’ll pay better attention next time.”
“Sorry seonsaengnim. I’m his lab partner. I should have realized too.” Minho apologized along with Taemin.
“Nae. I’m pretty sure neither of you want to inhale purple iodine gas.” Changmin then began to make his round and inspect the work of the other students. He felt his phone vibrate and then went to the supply room to pick up his call.
“Yoboseyo?” It was from a number he didn’t recognize. “I’m pretty busy right now, so if it isn’t urgent can you please call me back later?”
“Are you the guardian of Shim Jihye, Mr. Shim Changmin sshi?”
“Yes. Why do you ask?” he replied with a tone of worry.
“Please come to the hospital. Your wife and her brother have been in an accident.” His eyes widened and the hand that was holding the phone dropped to his side. An accident? But he had seen her this morning. Is she fine? Oh please let her be alright. The voice on the other end kept talking, but his mind was clouded in panic.
“Changmin. Are you okay? One of the students is looking for you.” Kyuhyun the teacher’s assistant placed a hand on his friend’s shoulder.
He took off his goggles and placed them in Kyuhyun’s hand. “Take over the session for me. There’s somewhere I need to go.”
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“I’m sorry, but we were unable to save them.” The doctor looked down and Changmin watched as a nurse covered his wife’s body with a white sheet.
“Th-them?” he asked.
“Your wife was five weeks pregnant. We are so sorry for your loss. We did all that we could.”
Changmin collapsed onto his knees and held the side of the bed, his hands clenching the pure white sheet. “No… No. No. No.” Tears streamed down his face and he cried like he never had before. “My wife… even my baby. They can’t be gone. They just can’t.”
Another nurse came into the room and whispered into the doctors ear and he simply nodded. “I know this may be too much of a shock at once, but there is something else we must discuss with you Shim Changmin sshi.” The doctor crouched down beside him. “The other patient. Your brother in law is still alive.”
After hearing about the death of his wife, he had completely forgotten about his brother in law. “He is? Jung Yunho is alive?” It wasn’t his wife… but at least it was someone. ‘Why couldn’t that lazy bastard have been the one that died? Why did it have to be his wife?’
“Follow us to the other room.” Changmin forced himself to stand up. He was still shaking and the nurse held him to support him. Upon entering the other room he saw his brother in law laying on the bed with his head bandaged and an IV attached to his hand.
“Is he okay? Will he wake up soon?” Changmin asked.
“We’ve run tests and his vitals are all fine. His brain activity is okay too. But he’s in a coma. And we don’t know how long.”
Changmin took Yunho’s hand and held it. It was warm. It was alive. And strangely… holding his hand… It felt like he was holding that of his wife’s.