Two Miracles Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Love is forgiving and forgetting
Jaejoong woke up in the morring feeling tiredness still gripping him. But he had to get up, he knew that if he didn't get up now he would be late for the bakery. Jaejoong got up from his bed and looked at his cell. He checked the time, it was 7:30 AM. Jaejoong remembered he hadn't set the alarm last night as he had been too tired. In a rush he got up and took a shower in the master bedroom's bathroom. He changed his clothes and wanted to go out from the room when he saw a piece of paper under the door. Confused and curious Jaejoong bent down and picked it up. When he looked at it he could recognize Yunho's handwriting.
Jaejoong remembered last night's fight he had had with Yunho and lost all interest to read it. He knew it must be about Yunho asking to be forgiven. Jaejoong wanted to throw the letter away but couldn't. Full of curiosity he looked at it and finally started reading.
'Jaejoong, good morning my sweet wife. Have you finally woken up? I'm really sorry about last night, I know you don't want to forgive me right now and I understand that. After all I made a big mistake. Sorry. I'll tell Changmin that you'll be late today so take your time. Don't force yourself, I know you must be really tired. I made you some breakfast. Hope you eat a lot, okay? I've tasted and and it should be okay, nor fantastic like what you make, but still, okay.
Your husband'
Jaejoong finished reading the letter and he was right, Yunho had asked for his forgiveness. But the anger was still dominating Jaejoong's mind, so he couldn't forgive him already. Jaejoong threw the letter to the floor and opened the door where he found a bouquet. Jaejoong picked it up. He inhaled the flowers' scent, there were white roses and lilies, Jaejoong like these flowers, but he couldn't forget what Yunho had done. He walked to the kitchen and threw the bouquet into the trash. He wanted to get himself a cup and make some coffee as he craved some coffein right now to wake up. But when he wanted to grab a cup he saw that there was a bowl and orange juice on the table. As he was curious he walked to the table and saw some chicken porridge and orange juice, Jaejoong knew that was what Yunho had prepared for him.
He didn't even want to taste it but then he saw another letter next to the glass of orange juice. The paper was hidden by a white rose, Jaejoong slipped it out and as he was again curious he read the letter.
'I know that you'll probably throw the letter and bouquet that I gave you away, but please, at least eat something. I don't want you to get sick. Forgive me.
You husband'
Jaejoong threw it once again to the floor. He wanted to go out and not eat any of the porridge, he could after all buy himself some breakfast on the way to the bakery. So he started to walk, but when he looked back he remembered that Yunho was really bad at cooking so he must have tried really hard to make this. Slowly, Jaejoong took the spoon laying besides the bowl and tasted the porridge. Jaejoong saw several bowls in the sink. They all had some porridge in them. Maybe Yunho had to rush this morning so there was no time to wash them.
Jaejoong's POV
'It's kind of good, and I know I'm hungry. He really tried hard. How many times did it take him to make it this good? Did he wake up early just to prepare this?'
Slowly Jaejoong sat down and took the bowl and the orange juice. He started eating the porridge and even finished it. He drank his orange juice and put the dirty dishes in the sink where he started to wash them. After that he finally left for the bakery. He still felt weird as it was really rare for Yunho to do something like that.
Jaejoong's POV
'Is he really sorry?'
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Yunho was at the office right now. He had a meeting with all of the senior managers and the managers from the sales and HRD department. They were talking about the company's case of robbery. There were some news that said someone from their own company Spencer Co. had betrayed them by aiding the criminal in robbing their truck. That was a big problem for them and they had to find him before it happened again. Everyone in Yunho's office said their opinion about the one who betrayed them and Yunho listened. He couldn't concentrate though. His mind was still on Jaejoong.
Yunho's POV
'Did he eat the porridge I made for him? Is he still angry? Did he forgive me?'
Yunho glanced at his wrist watch and saw that it was almost lunch break. He remembered how he had called Jaejoong's shop a 'stupid shop' last night during their fight.
Yunho's POV
'Arghhh... what are you doing, Yunho? Why did you say that to his face? If I were him, I would make it hard to forgive myself, too. I shouldn't have said that. I have to be grateful that he married me. Changmin was right, he's really someone nice and caring, who would hurt him? Except for a jerk like me. Jaejoong, forgive me'
Yunho tried to concentrate on the meeting as he was the vice director of Spencer Co. and he had to be professional. He had to separate his work and private life. Yunho glanced at his watch once more, the meeting would officially finish now, they would have lunch break and continue it afterward. But suddenly an idea popped into his mind and he felt he just had to do that right now. He knew that he had to be professional, but for now, just for now, he had to do this and chose his personal life. After all this was his life, that surely was more important.
'Gentlemen, thanks for coming to this meeting, we'll continue tomorrow, Friday. For now it's time for lunch break. Thanks for your attention,' with that Yunho ended it and hurriedly left his office and the building.
Yoochun walked next to the manager of the sales department. They were talking with each other and Junsu was following them. Mrs Han Ji Soe, the manager of the sales department, looked back and saw Junsu there. They stopped to talk to him.
'Oh, Junsu-shi. Why don't you come with us?'
Junsu didn't as he didn't want to disturb Yoochun as he could see he was talking about something important with Ji soe. Junsu stepped closer and walked with them.
'You know Junsu-shi, there's this gossip that the one who betrayed the company is a new employee as something like that had never happened before. And people also say that he would have to be some manager, or assistant manager. Can you believe it, Junsu-shi? Oh, you're also new, aren't you, Junsu-shi?'
Junsu didn't say anything, he was well aware of the fact that he was the new guy, and also that some of the employees had been talking about it. He knew that some of them said that he was the one who had betrayed them. But gossip was just gossip, Junsu didn't want to think too much about it.
'I've talked about it with Yoochun-shi and he thought that the gossip may be true. So maybe, Junsu-shi, you are the one who betrayed us,' Mrs Han Ji soe continued. Junsu looked at Yoochun, he could accept it if Mrs Han said that to him. After all this woman loved gossip, maybe she just wanted to see Junsu's reaction to it. But Yoochun? He couldn't believe that Yoochun didn't believe him. Why didn't Yoochun defend him?
'I only said maybe, we have to be open to all possibilities,' said Yoochun. He could see Junsu looking at him angrily. Mrs Han excused herself and went to her office. Junsu started to go in the direction of the company's canteen. Yoochun was following him grabbing his hand to stop him.
'Junsu, why are you ignoring me?'
'Why? Yoochun, why didn't you defend me when Ji soe-shi said all that about the gossip?'
'We don't know who betrayed us, I told you we have to be open to all possibilities!'
'I thought you knew me, it would be okay for me if every single in this person judged me. But you? I really thought you knew me, Yoochun-shi, but I was wrong. Excuse me, Yoochun-shi,' said Junsu and broke away from Yoochun's grip. Yoochun could see pain in Junsu's eyes as Junsu walked away and left him alone.
Yoochun's POV
'Why do I feel so sad and miserable when he's upset and angry at me? Why do I have to care about him? Isn't he just a colleague? Why do I not like it when he's back to acting polite in front of me again calling me Yoochun-shi?'
Yoochun simply stood there not feeling like eating at the moment and turned around to go to his office. There were many questions that he had to think about first.
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Jaejoong was surprised to see Yunho at his bakery at this time.
Jaejoong's POV
Shouldn't he be at his office? Why is he here at a time like this?'
Jaejoong walked to the kitchen and could see Yunho was following him.
'Jaejoong, have you eaten already? It's lunch time so take a break, I brought some Jajangmyun for us.'
Jaejoong looked at Yunho.
'What do you want? Why are you here at my 'stupid shop'? Isn't that what you called my bakery last night?'
'I know and I'm sorry. It's okay if you're still angry at me but please eat something. I seriously don't want you to get sick,' Yunho asked him with begging eyes. He took Jaejoong by the hand and was happy that he didn't get rejected. He brought him to the table in the kitchen. He put the Jajangmyun down and pulled the chair to sit down.
'Please sit and eat, okay? I brought one bowl for Changmin, too.'
Jaejoong followed him still wearing a cold expression. He sat down and looked at the Jajangmyun. His hands didn't move. Yunho looked at him and sighed, he took the bowl and opened it. He put the chopsticks in his hand.
'Please, eat. You can be angry at me but don't forget about your health,' said Yunho gently. Jaejoong started eating slowly with Yunho watching him.
'You told me to eat. Why aren't you eating, too?'
Yunho smiled at him and did what he was told.
'Why are you here anyways? Don't you have to work at the office?'
'I took a break and I'm not going to go back today. I want to see how you work. You already know how my work is, but I've never gotten to know yours. I'm sorry for calling this your 'stupid shop'. I'll be here all day until you close and watch you. I want you to know that I'm really happy for you and that I support you. I'm sorry I said these harsh words,' Yunho told him gently.
Jaejoong continued eating his Jajangmyun trying to ignore Yunho. He didn't want to care about what he did, he didn't care about Yunho.
Yunho had been sitting at the bakery all day, looking at the way Jaejoong talked with the customers and served them. He saw Jaejoong smile ang laugh there. He realized how much passion Jaejoong had for it. He understood now how important the bakery was to Jaejoong. Some of the customer talked to Yunho and asked him about himself, so he told them that he was Jaejoong's husband. They all laughed and told him that he must really love his wife. Jaejoong heard that but tried to ignore it.
When the time to close the bakery came Yunho got up and followed Jaejoong to the counter. Suddenly he saw Mrs Shim entering. Mrs Shim was surprised to see Yunho.
'Oh, Yunho-shi, good evening. I'm surprised to see you here.'
'Good evening to you too, Mrs Shim. Oh, I just wanted to see Jaejoong's bakery. I want to see what his day is like.'
'Really? Wow, that's rare for a husband, to come see his wife on the job. I admire that,' said Mrs Shim looking at Yunho with a smile.
'I just want to support my wife. After all he's a very important and special person to me,' Yunho looked at Jaejoong while saying that. He knew Jaejoong heard him but Jaejoong only bent his head and gave the customer their cake.
After saying goodbye and thanking Mrs Shim and Changmin, Jaejoong locked the door and started to walk away. He left Yunho alone at the door. He had ignored him all day. Yunho looked at him and took his hand, getting him to stop.
'Please go home with me. I know you didn't bring your car today. Please come with me, okay?' begged Yunho and looked at Jaejoong with a smile. Jaejoong simply stood there without saying anything.
'I don't want to drag you there or carry you to get you into my car. I know that'll only embarrass you.'
'Don't.'
'So please, my darling, my honey. Go home with me, okay?'
'I'm not your honey.'
'My sugar pie...?'
'Since when am I a cake?'
'My honey bunny, sweetie, my beautiful wife, please?'
Jaejoong stood there and suddenly turned to walk to Yunho's car, opening the door and getting in. Yunho saw that and got in the car with a smile, driving home.
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Jaejoong came out from his room after his shower and having changed his clothes. He walked to the kitchen to make some dinner for himself and maybe, just maybe, if he was in a good mood, to make some for Yunho too. But when he arrived he was surprised to see that the table was already full with food and there was even a bottle of champagne. In the center of the table there were flowers, lilies and white roses again, and he saw two candles. There was also some slow music.
Jaejoong's POV
'God, what's happening now?'
Suddenly Yunho came and took Jaejoong's hand leading him to the chair. Jaejoong sat down still confused.
'I know that we've never really had a date before we got married. So I planned this while you were in your room. I ordered the best steak you can find in Seoul. I hope you like it,' said Yunho and kissed Jaejoong's cheek smiling at him.
They ate in silence even though Yunho tried to start a conversation, Jaejoong only replied a few words. Yunho didn't know what to do anymore.
'What do I have to do to make you forgive me?' Yunho asked suddenly while they were both sitting on the balcony after they had finished dinner. Jaejoong remained silent and didn't reply.
Yunho got up and got down in front of Jaejoong. He looked into his eyes.
'I feel horrible right now because you have your cold mask on once more. I know it was wrong to make you cry. I've made you cry many times already. I've promised myself before we got married that I'll never make you cry. This promise was not for Bomi or for you. It was only for me as I feel horrible when I see you crying. But still I've already made you cry more than once. I know that your bakery is important to you and honestly I was jealous because of that and Changmin. I felt that you spent to much time there. But now I understand that this is not about your job or my job. I'm simply afraid that you'll become too independent and won't need me anymore. I can't deal with losing you, Jaejoong. I can't. You can slap or punch me. I don't care if you hurt my body, but please, forgive me. my heart can't take anymore pain. I know I've hurt you badly. Still I beg your forgiveness, you're so important to me,' Yunho told him gently. Suddenly he pulled Jaejoong into a hug. Jaejoong didn't respond and didn't hug him back.
Yunho felt rejected when he looked at Jaejoong.
'What do I have to do to make you forgive me, Jaejoong-ah? I'll do anything to make you forgive me.'
'Jump from the balcony?' Yunho was surprised at Jaejoong's request. He stepped back from the hug and went on the rail of the balcony, standing there.
Jaejoong's POV
'Is he serious? Should I forgive him? Is it even fair? He hurt me so much so many times, I want to forgive him, but isn't it too soon after just today? But love is not about whose heart belongs to whom. Love is not only about desire or lust. Love is about accepting someone's true self. Love is pushing away our egoism and taking on each others strength and weakness. Love is about forgiving mistakes and forgetting them.'
Jaejoong hugged Yunho from behind, getting him to come down and hug him back. Yunho kissed Jaejoong out of gratefulness.
'Jaejoong, thank you so much. You're seriously so important to me. Thank you so so much.'
Jaejoong only hugged him back, hoping that Yunho would tell him he loved him, too. But Yunho didn't say it. But that was okay. Jaejoong could wait.
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thanks for softis for beta this..please comment..
i have write one shot and i feel bad if i ask my beta to beta that. so there are anybody who want to beta it?