Jul 26, 2009 15:04
Live Live
Chapter 12
A Precious Thing 1
Pairings: KangTeuk (main) and the others I've stated before.
Rating: 16+
It was Sunday morning. Actually, one pretty bright Sunday. Yesung woke up at the noise coming from downstairs. He lazily got up from the bed and streched his back. Then the chubby boy went to see what was happening in the back yard trough the window. Vaguely, he heard his umma's voice from outside his room. The gentle mother was trying to wake his eldest son up. Yesung dressed up quickly and threw his pajama off to the floor. He remembered the family would have a BBQ party that day.
"Morning, umma", Yesung said as he ran downstairs.
"Yesung, watch your step", Leeteuk said.
He rolled his eyes and tried to call for the princess agai.
"Wake up, candycane. Your appa's ready for the grill", Leeteu said didn't dare to knock.
Heechul opened his eyes slowly as his umma kept calling from right outside of his door. He gt up and sat at his bed. He genlty stepped his feet on the floor. Waiting for some mment untill he finally gained full conciousness, he got up from the bed, and opened the door.
"Morning, sweetie", Leeteuk patted his eldest son's head lovingly.
Heechul rubbed his eyes and hugged his umma. Leeteuk smiled and hugged back.
"Morning, umma", Heechul whispered and pulled away.
Leeteuk brought Heechul back into his room. Then he sidgned the princess to sit on his bed.
"Here's the deal, honey", Leeteuk said in a serious tone.
Heechul smelled someting bad was gonna happen.
"I need your honest answer", Leeteuk continued.
"Okay....what is it??"
"You went to the ball?? Right??"
"Yes. Is there any problems with that??", Heechul rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"Nothing. Except Yesung saw you took the painkillers again friday night went you got home", Leeteuk replied.
"That kid could just shut up about things....", Heechul stood up and walked towards the desk and sat on the chair near the desk.
"He was right to tell us, at least me", Leeteuk went to his son and put his hands on the princess' shoulders from behind.
"Look. I completely understand if you wanted to go to the ball and had some fun like the other did. But you should at least told someone, Yesung maybe", Leeteuk said gently.
Suddenly, Leeteuk heard Heechul sobbed.
"Wh-darling, I didn't meant to....", Leeteuk was worried.
Heechul spun the chair around. Leeteuk quickly hugged his eldest son.
"I'm sorry....I....", Leeteuk said.
"It's not you umma. I'm just tired....that's all....", Heechul kept sobbing.
"Why...what's happening....what are you tired of....what?? Tell me....", Leeteuk asked.
"I wanna stop the therapy, I'm tired of it. I wanna stop and retire from everything....I....I'm tired....I'm just tired", Heechul sobbed.
"It's okay....just hangin there for a while", Leeteuk caressed his eldest son's hair. He was very sad to see his son that he didn't realize when his tears started to flow down from his eyes to his cheek.
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Kang In was busy preparing what he might need for the BBQ party. He saw Yesung in the kitchen taking out some cereal and milk. He put down some wrench and went to the slide door.
"Yesung, help me out here", Kang In said.
The chubby boy nodded while taking a sip of milk he had poured to the bowl together with the cereal.
"I'll have breakfast and help you. Wait for some minutes, please. Okay, appa??", Yesung took a large spoon and used it to eat the cereal.
"Where's princess and umma??", Kang In asked.
"Upstairs. Heechul hyung's room. I guess.", Yesung said after he swallowed the cereal in his mouth. After answering his father's question he continued eating.
"Watch the grill. I'll go upstairs", Kang In went upstairs after he washed his hands on the sink.
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Leeteuk cried together with his son. He wanted to find a way to ease all the pain his son had suffered for a long time since Heechul barely cried. He wanted to know more about how he would comfort his son and made him felt better. He felt like he was being a bad parent and a bad mother to his eldest son. To Yesung, he might be a good one because the boy didn't ask too much. But for Heechul, the princess was always in need of attention and love.
Since the princess was a little boy, Leeteuk cared about him so much. But since Yesung was born, the princess got further from the family and him, the two years old Heechul loved to play by himself. When he grew up and went to elementary school, he went out with Hankyung and Kibum more often than staying at home helping his mother taking care of his little brother. He would only eat dinner, study, and went to bed. Leeteuk always spared sometimes at night to visit Heechul in his room. It was actually pretty hard for Leeteuk himself because he had to separate his times for his novelist work, his husband, and his children. He tried to exchange his absence for Heechul with obeying everything his eldest son asked and gave everything he ever wanted. But it never seemed to be enough for the princess. Just now he discovered, what the princess had longing from time to time was him and his love.
When both of his boys had grown up and Yesung was in the elementary school, Leeteuk decided to rebuild his relationship with Heechul. Since then, they became closer. They spent a lot of time together shopping, eating dessert, and many more. Leeteuk was very glad he could do that. But somehow, he could still feel there were things he didn't understand about his eldest son.
Kang In was surprised when he saw both of his precious angels went out of Heechul's room with wet eyes.
"What's happening??", he asked.
"Nothing", both answered.
"Fine, if you don't wanna tell me. But the grill's ready. Go have some breakfast and prepare for the BBQ party, okay?? Don't you need to change, princess?? You're not gonna let your pajama smell like smoke, are you??", Kang In patted Heechul's head.
Heechul nodded lazily.
"Where's my good morning kiss??", Kang In teased Heechul.
Heechul kissed his father on cheek before went back into his room to get changed. Kang In smiled at his eldest son and then went downstairs together with his spouse.
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Yesung was curious when he saw his appa talked like he was trying to comfort his umma. He knew there was something happened upstairs. Suddenly, he got worried.
"Is there anything happen to Heechul hyung??", he was about to rushed upstairs when he saw his brother appeared near the staircase.
Yesung was caught dead staring at Heechul. The older boy came up to him and Yesung felt something worse was gonna happen.
"Is there any meat??", Heechul asked.
"O-of course, but they're still in the refrigerator", answered the chubby boy.
"What meat??"
"What meat?? What??"
"I was asking you about pork or what kind of meat, puffball"
"The name's Yesung"
"Look who's talking. You just answered whatever the hell I call you. Now, what meat??", Heechul said coldly.
"Pork", Yesung answered shortly.
"I want cow meat"
"There's no cow meat"
"I want to eat that cow meat. Go buy some for me"
"Yesung, you had to turn his order down. You can't live by following orders for all your lifetime, right?? Go Yesung. Reject the order. Turn him down", the thought filled Yesung's mind.
"No"
"What....??"
"N-No??", Yesung smiled awkwardly.
"No, what??", Heechul said annoyingly.
"No, problem. I'll go buy some for you", Yesung ran quickly to his parents and told them about what the princess wanted.
Leeteuk gave him some money and Yesung rushed to the market to buy some meat. Cow meat. Only for his older brother.
He was always been the one getting all the bad luck. He just couldn't say no to the princess. Whenever the orders came down he had to do it. Sometimes, it was like a real full-time occupation for Yesung. But sometimes the boy was thinking that following his brother's orders had became one of his hobby.
Yesung walked back home from the market while looking down to the ground mourning over his own weakness on his brother.
"Yesung", he heard a familiar voice.
He looked up. It was Ryeowook his dream lover.
"Ryeowook?? What are you doing??"
"Me?? I'm going to Sungmin's house. You're on an errand, Yesung??", Ryewook said cheerfully.
"Yes I am", Yesung looked down again. Remembered about his bossy brother.
"What a nice boy. You parents and your brother must be proud of you", Ryeowook smiled.
"Are they??", Yesung smiled back wth a hopeless smile.
"Of course. I'm also proud of you. I like diligent person", Ryeowook nodded spiritfully.
"Y-You do??", Yesung looked up again and smiled in a disbelief.
"That's right. I do", Ryeowook continued. Still smiling at the taller boy in front of him.
"Why....thank you", Yesung said.
"That's no big deal", Ryeowook replied still smiling like never got tired of keeping the smiling face.
Yesung blushed.
"Well, I gotta go. See you tomorrow at school, Wookie", Yesung said.
"Yeah, have a nice Sunday and nice holiday", Ryewook left and waved his hand at Yesung who stared at him when he was rushing further.
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Heechul played with Heebum. Tickling and kissed the furball countless times.
Kang In and Leeteuk was in the kitchen taking out the BBQ ingridients. When Leeteuk got up after he took some vegetables in the refrigerator lower case, Kang In hugged him from behind.
"Kang In, stop it. Heechul could get mad again", Leeteuk whispered.
"Well, I wasn't going to do anything to you. I was just hugging you, that's all", Kang in replied.
"But, that's gonna be a suspicion", Leeteuk turned his gaze to Heechul and Heebum.
"Or....you expect me to do something to you, huh??", Kang In put on a wicked smile.
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"I'm home", Yesung said while entering the house.
"Where's my meat??", Heechul replied.
"It's here", the chubby boy showed a white plastic bag to his brother.
"Welcome home, Yesung", Leeteuk greeted his youngest son.
"Get off, Kang In", Leeteuk tried to push Kang In who was still holding at his waist.
"Cmon, let's grill", Kang In said.
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From time to time, Yesung had this confusion. Again, with obeying his older brother's order he got lucky taht day. He met up with Ryeowook and got admired by the shorter boy.
"Maybe his bad habits are luring luck", Yesung thought.
shindong,
kangteuk,
eunhae,
suju,
yewook,
zhoury,
hanbum,
sichul,
kyumin,
super junior