Yunho grinned up at him, “It’s because back in high school when we first met, you were always there for me when I needed you, gave me good advice, asked me what was wrong, and even reassured me that everything was going to be ok when I felt like I wanted to give up. And since then, I guess you could say I fell for you up until today.”
JaeJoong nodded in understanding, “well then was there ever a time where we didn’t get along?”
Yunho chuckled, “We always got along fine. There were never any real problems between us. It was all smooth sailing.”
For some reason it didn’t make any sense what Yunho was telling him. Changmin said Yunho probably changed back then so JaeJoong would open up his heart to him more. That meant that he probably knew about the whole sleeping with every girl in school thing then and was afraid to let Yunho get too close to him for that reason and so he changed for him.
Yunho told him otherwise, however, saying that they had always loved each other ever since without any barriers.
So who was lying and who was telling him the truth?
Yunho reached up and played with his fingers, “Why are you asking this all of a sudden? Is everything alright?”
“Everything’s fine, I was just curious is all.”
“Well now it’s my turn to ask why you like me” Yunho said tickling his sides.
JaeJoong laughed as he got off Yunho and layed down besides him on the bed. “I don’t know, because you make me feel like I’m the only person in the world that matters to you. You also protect me well and care for what I have to say even if it might not make any sense.”
Yunho turned his whole body towards JaeJoong and cupped his left cheek, “You never say nonsense and I’ll always take care of you.”
He pulled JaeJoong’s face closer and pecked his lips gently.
“My next appointment is this Friday afternoon” JaeJoong told him, “will you drive me there again?”
“Didn’t I promise I would always be there?”
JaeJoong nodded.
“Good, and don’t you ever forget that.”
“Yunho?”
“Hmm?”
“I love you … a lot.”
Yunho smiled and brought him closer so he could cuddle into his chest. Yunho didn’t need to say those words back, because he knows JaeJoong knew he felt the same way as him, maybe even a little bit more.
*~*~*~*~*~*
‘I don’t get you at all; I mean if the guy’s not interested in you why bother?’ Changmin snarled.
‘He is interested in me, I just know it.’
‘Here’s your chance to make another move then, he’s coming over here right now.’
Yunho turned to gaze at the handsome beauty headed their way. As he got closer, the guy ignored Yunho completely and walked past him, acting as if he wasn’t even there. Yunho quickly grabbed a hold of his hand and yanked him back.
‘Let go.’
‘Make me.’
JaeJoong shot Yunho a death glare and tried to snatched his arm back, in turn causing Yunho to hold onto him tighter than before.
‘I’m not going to give in to you.’
‘Then at least me a chance.’
‘With your reputation around here, why should anyone give you a chance?’
‘I’m not as bad as you think I am.’
‘Prove it; tell me no one around here meant anything to you. Tell me you’re past fuck buddies didn’t satisfy you the way you liked to be.’
Yunho was hesitant for a moment, ‘What I did in the past has nothing to do with us now.’
‘It has everything to do with us now Yunho! And when you wake up and realize that then come back and tell me you’re really ready to commit to someone.’
Yunho tossed and turned in his bed with sweat running down the sides of his face.
‘Hmm, not a bad place for a first date I’d say.’
Yunho grinned at himself secretly, feeling accomplished. ‘I hope you know how to ice skate.’
‘Of course, all you need to do is keep you’re feet on the ice’ he answered with a smirk.
‘Take my hand; I’ll start you off first.’
JaeJoong held onto his hand as they both slid across the ice swiftly. They smiled and laughed as they enjoyed the cool breeze brushing past them and allowed this moment to stay hidden within their memories forever.
‘That was fun; we should do it again sometime.’
‘Who knows, maybe we will.’
Everything went smoothly on their date that night, but just as it was coming to an end…
‘Oh oppa, I didn’t know you guys were here too’ their classmate Yoona surprised them as they were leaving. ‘I just wanted to tell you I had a really fun time with oppa the other night’ she winked and left the two alone.
JaeJoong shot Yunho a look and released his hand, ‘I thought you said you were ready for a change, that you were ready to change for me!’
‘I-I did change.’
‘I can’t believe I almost fell for you tonight’ he said feeling like a complete idiot.
‘But s-she’s lying’ Yunho said baffled.
‘Yeah right.’
‘Jae, it’s really isn’t what you think -’
‘Don’t call me that ever again!’ he yelled and walked away from him.
‘Please, wait -’
JaeJoong turned his face to the side and gazed at him from the corner of his eye.
‘I’m tired of waiting for you Yunho, that’s all I’ve ever been doing and I’m sick of it, I’m sick of you’re lies. I’m done playing games with you. Don’t ever show up in front of me again.’
Yunho shot up from his pillow with the bed sheets dangling between his legs and sweat drenching his whole body. He glanced at the clock and noticed if he didn’t get up to go to work in the next thirty minutes, he was going to be late for sure.
He scurried out of bed and went to the closet for a new set of clothes. He layed them out on the bed and began unfastening his shirt buttons hastily. His hands were at a standstill when he looked up and saw that JaeJoong was still sleeping soundly as ever next to him.
Yunho ran his hands through his hair tiredly. ‘It was just a dream’ he sighed out in relief. He plopped himself down on the mattress once more and glanced over at JaeJoong again.
‘It was just a dream…’
*~*~*~*~*~*
Junsu shifted in bed as his eyes fluttered open slowly, allowing himself to get use to the bright sunlight streaming in through the window. He groaned and turned to his left side, ruffling his slim fingers through his messy hair.
“Are you awake yet?”
Junsu screamed and shot up from bed immediately. “What the hell are you doing here in my apartment?!”
“Uh, last time I checked this was my apartment” Yoochun answered innocently.
Junsu looked around the room and realized that they were indeed at Yoochun’s place. His mind wandered back to what happened last night and he mentally slapped himself in the face.
“Good god Yoochun, this is all you’re fault!”
“Wait, what’s my fault?”
“This! You brought me here and now we slept together last night.”
“I never said you could stay over” he stated while crossing his arms over his chest. “And besides, it’s not like we did anything anyways.”
Junsu sighed, “You could have at least dropped me off home.”
“I don’t know where you live.”
Junsu grunted as he rolled out of bed and stumbled into the bathroom. He turned on the faucet and washed his face in an attempt to wake him up some more. Yoochun stood by the door and watched him with a smile spread across his lips.
“What are you looking at?” Junsu asked.
He shrugged, “nothing.”
He glared at Yoochun suspiciously as he walked past him out the room and grabbed his jacket off the hook on the wall.
“It’s getting more and more obvious you know.”
Junsu stopped in his tracks near the doorway, “what is?”
“You’re feelings for me. How long are you going to put them off for?”
He clenched his hands tightly together, digging his nails deep into his skin. “I don’t have feelings for you anymore.”
“You’re lying -”
“No, I’m not. Why can’t you just accept it?”
“Because it’s so obvious you do, stop being in denial all the time. If you didn’t like me then you wouldn’t have followed me all the way here.”
“… There’s nothing going on between us anymore, that is, after what you did to my brother. That is totally unforgivable.”
When Junsu didn’t hear him say anything else after that, he left Yoochun's place without saying anything more.
*~*~*~*~*~*
“Come on Na Young, time for a bath” JaeJoong told her as he went to the living room and took off the TV where she was watching cartoons.
“Yaay, bath time!” she squealed excitedly and walked with JaeJoong to the bathroom. “With bubbles too?”
He nodded, “You can even bring some of your toys to swim too if you’d like.”
“Ok, I’ll be right back” she said and sprinted off in the opposite direction.
A few seconds later, she came back with a handful of toys and dropped them in the bathtub as JaeJoong turned the water on to fill it up.
“Can umma take a bath with me too?” she asked sweetly.
JaeJoong stared down at her for a moment before answering, “If you want me to.”
She nodded her head, “I do, I do.”
He ruffled his daughter’s hair before expelling his clothes one by one until he was only wearing his boxers. He then tested the water to make sure it was warm enough before getting in first and carrying Na Young into the tub to sit on his lap after.
The two splashed each other with water and JaeJoong took one of her toy ducks and playfully pressed it’s beak against her lips. Na Young giggled and JaeJoong continued on with washing her hair with shampoo and scrubbing her clean with soap.
They were both having too much fun with each other; JaeJoong didn’t realize the phone ringing in the kitchen - a call that he probably should have picked up.
*~*~*~*~*~*
“Hmm, he’s not answering, I guess I’ll try again later” Yunho said.
“It’s still pretty early, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind anyways if we hung out together for a while” Changmin added.
“Jae would be ok with it all right. Ready to go then?”
“Yeah, let’s go.”
[Part B] ---
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