I See Her in You (Part 5)
Title: I See Her in You (Part 5)
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 maybe the Korean drama “49 days”)
A/N: This will be chaptered. And I’m still a novice writer. ^^;
Changmin sat on his knees and picked up the pieces of glass one by one.
“Yah! You’re going to hurt yourself like that.” As if on cue, Changmin cut his right index finger and a small droplet of blood formed on the surface of his skin.
“Yeobo!” Jihye stepped towards him. “Gwenchana?” She asked a question that could not be heard. When she reached for him, she could not touch him. “I caused you to be hurt. When you’re already hurt so much. And like this I’m useless.”
She could only touch him as Yunho. She could only embrace him as Yunho. She could only comfort him and give him happiness as Yunho. The only way she could possibly interact with her husband was through her brother’s body and for that she had to wait until her brother fell asleep. All she could do was look on.
“Pabo.” Yunho brought Changmin’s finger to his lips to ease the pain. The younger continued to stare down at the shattered picture frame and stayed silent.
Yunho continued to hold onto Changmin’s wrist before abruptly letting go. “We’ll buy a new one.”
“Yes.” Said Changmin. “It can’t be fixed, only replaced.” He looked up at Yunho and gazed softly into his eyes. Eyes that were so similar, yet so different from that of his wife. They were narrower, not as big as his wife’s, but they were the same color. That same shade of dark brown. Was he thinking of Yunho as a replacement? But wait.. Yunho was Yunho. He wasn’t acting like his wife anymore. He needed to get these kind of thoughts out of his head.
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Yunho knocked on the apartment door. “Argh. I’m coming. Geez. Don’t you know how early this is?” Donghae opened the door and his eyes opened wide with shock.
“Holy shit! Am I dreaming?” His hands reached out and held Yunho’s shoulders. “You’re back dude?” Donghae looked as if he was about to cry. His grip on his friend’s shoulders was tight as if he wanted to affirm that he really was real.
“Miss me much?” Yunho grinned.
“You fucker. You don’t even know half of how worried I was.” Donghae pulled him into a hug.
“I’m sorry Hae.” Yunho rubbed his friend’s back. He was glad that someone missed him and that he had people to go back to. He wasn’t as well loved as his sister, but from the expression on Donghae’s face he could tell that he was well missed.
“Yeah umm… come in.” Donghae closed the door and headed towards the kitchen. Yunho nodded and went to sit on the sofa.
“Want a beer?” Donghae took two cans out of the fridge and came to sit down next to him.
“Sure.” Yunho took the can and opened it, taking a small sip.
“Should I invite the guys over?” Donghae looked over at him. “Our band hasn’t performed for a while.
“How about later this evening? I want to talk. Just us.” Yunho took the remote and turned on the TV. It was like three months hadn’t passed at all.
“Sounds good.” Donghae snatched the remote from him and changed the channel.
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Changmin sat at his desk in his home office, staring at the screen of his laptop and clicking through a variety of search results. His searches were comprised of: 1) How to get over someone that is no longer here 2) How can I tell if someone is possessed 3) Thinking someone is another person 4) Strange amnesia effects after a car accident
He heard his phone ring and picked it up. “Hey Kyu.”
“You feeling alright? You drank quite a bit last night.” The voice on the other end replied.
Changmin placed his hand to his forehead and tried to think back to yesterday night. It was all a blur. “Did I say or do anything strange yesterday?”
“Nahh. You were letting your feelings out. It’s a step forward. I brought you home and your brother in law took care of you.”
Jihye stood by Changmin and placed her had on his shoulder without the later realizing. “That should have been me Yeobo. That should have been me taking care of you.”
Changmin suddenly felt cold and got up from his chair to adjust the room temperature. “So what are you doing this weekend?”
“My mom set me up on a blind date so I’ll probably leave for that in an hour or two.”
“Maybe you will finally get settled down.” Changmin joked.
“When penguins fly.” Said Kyuhyun.
Changmin ended the call and minimized all of his search videos, showing the wallpaper of his wife, before beginning to edit his powerpoint for Monday’s lecture.
“I’ll be back with you soon.” Jihye smiled softly. “Judging from what I’ve seen, you really can’t live without me can you?”
Jaejoong appeared behind her with his arms crossed. “So what’s your plan? Because personally I would rather be doing something else right now than watch you stare at your husband.”
Jihye turned around and glared at him. “You don’t have to be here. Just let me do what I want.”
“No can do.” Jaejoong grabbed her wrist.
“Yah! What are you doing?” She tried to pull away.
“It’s a cellphone.” He placed it in her palm and let go.
“For what?” She looked at him.
“To call people. Duh! What else would you use a cellphone for?” Jaejoong raised an eyebrow.
She pressed the unlock button on the side and slid her finger across the screen. “This countdown..”
“It’s how much time you have left here. So don’t lose track.”
She continued to stare at the red bolded numbers, watching the seconds tick away.
“I set myself as your first speed dial. So call me if there is an emergency. Not if you’re bored.” He took out his own phone and sent her a text.
She clicked on the envelope icon and read the message. Don’t cause trouble. Even if I’m not here you’re being watched. When she looked up, the reaper was gone.
‘How can I best make use of these days?’ She wondered to herself and looked at Changmin. The clock was ticking and she couldn’t afford to waste any more time.
“Covalent bonds involve sharing of electrons, ionic bonds involve transfer of electrons, in metallic bonds there are a sea of electrons…” He thought out loud as he worked on the powerpoint.
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So. Kyuhyun fixed his tie and flipped through the menu. “What would you like to eat?”
“Shouldn’t we introduce ourselves first?” She smiled gently.
“I’m sure you already know who I am, but I’m Cho Kyuhyun.”
“Go Ara.” She played with the tips of her hair and bit her lip shyly.
“I think I’ll get the steak. Medium rare.” He handed the waiter the menu and then looked at her. “For you?”
“The shrimp pasta please.”
After the waiter left, Kyuhyun intertwined his fingers together and rested his elbows on the table, leaning forward. “Ever been on a blind date before?”
“No. It’s my first time.” She straightened her skirt.
Kyuhyun simply smirked at how nervous she was being. “You look pretty young. You want to get married already?”
“Well… I guess I just want to meet someone new.” She said.
“You came out of a bad relationship huh?” He took a sip of his water and checked her out. Her taste was a bit old fashioned and like a school teacher. ‘She would look prettier if she grew her hair out longer.’
“Not really. Just it was time to move on. I waited and I wasn’t sure if that person would come back.”
“Well you’re better than my friend then.”
“What do you mean?”
“About being able to get over that person.”
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Yunho blew the dust off of the electric keyboard that Donghae had in his apartment. “When did you last play this?”
“I haven’t touched it so I guess it’s the last time you were by.” Donghae sat on a chair with his guitar.
“What have you been doing then if you haven’t been performing with the band?” Yunho’s fingers casually played the first couple notes of Fur Elise.
“I’m a paid intern for this company that’s developing security cameras. Not exactly my biggest interest, but I had to do something to pay the bills.”
“Yeah. It’s probably about time I get a job too.” Yunho scratched his head.
“What kind of job were you thinking about?”
“What is it I’m best at?” Yunho grinned.
“The keyboard.”
“Exactly.”
“You think you can make money from that?”
“I can do piano lessons.”
Donghae chuckled. “I guess that could be a possibility?”
Yunho smiled softly and was about to give a reply when he felt a buzz in his pocket. “Sorry Hae.. umm give me a sec?” He accepted the call and brought the phone to his ear. “Yoboseyo?”
“Hyungnim, this is Changmin.” Yunho could detect a hint of nervousness in his brother in law’s voice.
“Hey. Is there something going on?” Yunho asked. It wasn’t normal for his brother in law to call him. Normally he was the type of guy to keep to himself and his best friend from work.
“What time are you coming home tonight?” Changmin asked.
“Probably late.” Yunho replied. “Why do you ask?”
“No reason. I just wanted to know if I needed to cook extra.” Changmin replied.
“There’s no need for you to cook extra for me. I’ll take care of my own meals, okay? I don’t want to bother you.”
“Okay.” Changmin hung up.
“Who was that?” Donghae asked. “I wasn’t the first person you talked to after you woke up?”
“My brother in law.” Yunho scratched his head. “He wanted to know what time I’d be back.”
“If you want you could move in here. We got space.” Donghae offered.
“And hear you and Hyuk screwing each other every other night? No thanks. Besides, he asked me to stay.” Yunho replied.
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Changmin sighed and placed the phone down on his desk. He didn’t know why he called his brother law or why he asked. Maybe he just missed looking out for someone else. But Yunho was right. The guy could take care of himself. After all, who was he to bother him?
He shut his laptop and he got his keys. When he opened the door to the driver’s side Jihye quickly slipped inside and sat in the passenger seat next to him. ‘Where is he going?’ Changmin started the car and began driving. He pressed a button to play a CD and a familiar song came up.
Will you marry me?
Will you live forever with me?
For loving each other
I want to have children, one that looks like me, another one looks like you
And live together happily for a hundred or a thousand years
“It’s this song. The one you sang to me.” Jihye looked at him. “You don’t know how happy I was that day.”
“Lee Seung Gi is so romantic!” Jihye watched his live performance of “Will you marry me?” on the television.
“Girls like that sort of thing?” He blinked and looked up from the book he was reading.
“Of course! I would melt if someone sang that song to me.” Said Jihye, hinting or not so hinting at Changmin.
So it was a surprise or not so much of a surprise when Changmin suddenly got up from his meal with her at the restaurant and walked over by a piano where there was a mike.
Kyuhyun quickly gulped down the food he was eating and went to sit at the piano. He accidentally dropped the sheet music and received a quick glare from Changmin before he fixed it.
He wrapped his fingers around the mike and began singing. Even without practice, he was able to sing the notes perfectly and his heart fluttered at the way Jihye looked back at him. Her hands covered her mouth and she looked as if she was about to cry.
Changmin removed the mike from the stand and walked over to her as he was finishing the song before getting down on one knee and taking the ring out from his pocket. “Jung Jihye. Will you marry me?”
“Yes Changmin. Yes.” She nodded. She had waited for this moment for a long time.
He smiled and slipped the ring on her finger before standing up and kissing her softly on the lips.
She wrapped her arms around him and held him tight. “I love you.”
“I love you-” His stomach grumbled. “Umm can we eat now? I’m really hungry.”
“Nae. Nae.” The moment was almost perfect.
He parked his car and walked into the restaurant with Jihye following after him.
“A table for how many?” The waitress asked.
“One.” He replied.