Light Even in Shadows - Chapter 7
Title:Light Even in Shadows - Chapter 7
Pairing: Kyusung/KRY, Hanchul, Eunhae, Kangtuek
Rating: PG-13ish
Disclaimer: I'm from Ohio...not too many hot korean idols to own or make money of off. So do you think I'm doing that with these boys?...didn't think so
Summary: Kyuhyun doesn't know why he was running away, but once he does he ends up living together with twelve other guys who all have found a home together. (Sucky summary)
~
"Hyung?" Kyuhyun asked standing at the door to Ryeowook’s room. He found Jongwoon completely frozen just staring at the wall.
"Hey, what’s going on?"
"Yeah, Ryeowook just ran out the door." Heechul and Kibum asked as they walked towards Ryeowook’s room.
"I don’t know. Jongwoon hyung went to talk to Ryeowook hyung and then Ryeowook hyung was shouting and stormed off. Now hyung is just standing there frozen."
"Yah, Jongwoon!" No reaction was seen from Jongwoon. "Whatever. Kibum make me something to eat." Heechul said as he headed back towards his room.
"Uh, sure." Kibum started to leave but turned back. "Sorry Kyuhyun, but see what you can do."
"Yeah, alright." The older nodded and left to go to the kitchen while Kyuhyun finally entered Ryeowook’s room. "Hyung?" Still receiving no response Kyuhyun decided to do more then just call the older. He stood right next his hyung and placed a finger on Jongwoon’s philtrum. Jongwoon shuddered and swatted way Kyuhyun’s hand.
"I thought I told you, I was the only one who touches the others’ philtrums."
"But you’re not frozen anymore."
"Yeah, whatever." Jongwoon brushed past Kyuhyun and went back to his room.
"Hyung?" Kyuhyun tried to follow but Jongwoon had already locked his door. The magnae sighed and went downstairs. He joined Kibum in the kitchen, sitting down at the small table.
"What’s wrong?" The older asked, not even turning around, while he continued cooking.
"Jongwoon hyung locked himself up in his room right after I managed to unfreeze him. That and he was rather harsh."
"It just seems to be a bad day."
"Did Heechul hyung and Hangeng hyung talk?"
"Not yet."
"Huh? But I thought you and Jungsu hyung were going to duct tape the phone to his ear if he refused."
"I decided to let Heechul think first."
"What does that mean?"
Kibum shook his head and grabbed the tray to take to Heechul. Kyuhyun sighed again and went back to his room, lying down on his bed, curling up with one of his pillows. He ended up falling asleep like that until Jungsu woke him up around dinnertime.
"Hey Kyuhyun."
"Oh hyung you’re home."
"Yeah, what happened today?" Kyuhyun told Jungsu everything he knew about Jongwoon and Ryeowook. "So Ryeowook left and hasn’t come back yet?"
"If he’s not home now then yes."
"And Jongwoon is still locked in his room, refusing to speak." Jungsu sighed. "Well come down for dinner, we can take care of this afterwards." Jungsu patted Kyuhyun’s leg before standing back up and helping stand. Half of the members were missing from dinner, making it a very short a quiet evening. Sungmin and Shindong decided to go look for Ryeowook when they finished eating, while Kibum went back to check on Heechul. Instead of going back up to his room, Kyuhyun laid his head down on his arms on the table. Jungsu sat down next to him and gently rubbed his back. "Do you want to talk?"
"I don’t know."
"Can I ask, do you like Jongwoon?"
"Why?"
"I’m just curious."
"I might not have lived here long, but I don’t think you’ve ever been ‘just curious’."
"Have you been listening to Heechul?"
"No. Well yes, but I decided that on my own."
"It is my house, I would like to know what’s going on with everyone. And even though Heechul yells at me about it, I do like to consider myself as a parent to you guys."
"Well he says you’re mother, to be specific." Jungsu glared down at the younger.
"I’m aware of that. Now will you just answer my question?"
"I don’t know. I’ve never really liked anyone before. I’ve dated a couple of girls which is how I confirmed I was gay, but I never really had feelings for any guy specifically."
"Specifically?"
"Yeah, I’ve thought guys were good-looking or datable before but I never had like a crush on anyone."
"So what do you feel with Jongwoon?
"I feel like a kid. I like being around him and feel more comfortable with him then being alone. I used to prefer to be alone."
"Are you still having nightmares?"
"Once or twice a week."
"Do you still go over to Jongwoon’s to sleep when you have them?" Kyuhyun nodded with it just barely visible since he laid his head back down. "And?" The younger turned his head so Jungsu could hear him.
"I fall back asleep as soon as I’m laying with him and the nightmares go away."
"Well if you ask me, it sounds like you have your first crush." Jungsu stood up and ruffled the magnae’s hair. "Come on we should take some food up to Jongwoon." Kyuhyun nodded and slumped his way into the kitchen while the oldest started heating up some of the leftovers. Kyu grabbed a tray and neatly put the newly heated food on it, along with a drink and utensils. Jungsu led them up to Jongwoon’s room and knocked on the door.
"What?"
"Jongwoon, it’s Jungsu and Kyu, can we come in? We brought some food."
"Sorry but I don’t want to eat right now, could you just leave me alone?"
"Hyung, you need to eat." Before Jongwoon had the chance to answer, Shindong and Sungmin had come running down the hallway.
"We found Wookie." Sungmin said after he regained his breath a bit.
"And?"
"He refused to come home, no matter how hard we nagged him."
"Yeah he didn’t even react when Sungmin went all dark and menacing."
"Where is he?"
"Where Jongwoon found him last year." The four didn’t even notice when Jongwoon’s door opened until he spoke.
"I’ll go talk to him." He didn’t give anyone a chance to speak before he pushed passed everyone and quickly went down to the garage. Jungsu sighed and grabbed the tray from Kyuhyun.
"I guess I’ll put this away. Kibum took Heechul to his radio and once Hyukjae and Donghae get back we need to leave too. Someone text me when you have news about Wookie."
"Sure hyung." Sungmin said as the stressed man walked away. "Kyuhyun? You alright?" Kyuhyun snapped out of his daze to look at his remaining hyung, since Shindong left right after Jungsu.
"Huh? Oh yeah I’m fine."
"You don’t seem fine."
"I’m worried about the hyungs. And Jungsu hyung just helped me realize I just might have a crush on Jongwoon hyung."
"I could’ve told you that." The younger glared at him. "Sorry, you just seemed as attached to Jongwoon hyung as Hyukjae and Donghae are to each other." Sungmin followed Kyuhyun as he went to his room and laid down on his bed.
"Well hey sorry for never having a crush before, or hearing my noona talk about guys she likes. My parents were strict with my sister about dating, so she always hid it. Sure I watched dramas but those don’t really tell you how to know when you like someone. At least the ones I watched didn’t."
"Neither have I, but before my omma died, she used to talk about how my appa was before he left us. I haven’t experienced any feelings like my omma told me though, so I’m not a good source of information."
"Ah, hear you guys are." Donghae said walking into the room. "What’s up?"
"Talking about love. Kyuhyun just realized he has a crush on Jongwoon hyung."
"Really? You should confess to him then."
"But Wookie hyung is already upset about how much time I spend with Jongwoon hyung and they have been fighting all day. I don’t want add to everything that’s going on."
"I didn’t say you had to confess tonight, but oh I almost forgot why I came in here in the first place."
"What?" The other two both asked in unison.
"Kibum told me to make sure we listen to Heechul hyung’s radio tonight."
"Why?"
"Because Hangeng hyung is going to call."
"Really? Kyuhyun turn it on quick." Kyuhyun nodded and went to the other side of his bed to where he moved the radio Jongwoon gave him, and turned it to Heechul’s program. It wasn’t until the second hour of the program, but just like Kibum said, Hangeng called the radio.
~
"Yeoboseyo?"
"Yeoboseyo?" Heechul had to pause after hearing the voice.
"...Hangeng?"
"Hello Chulie, and all Youngstreet listeners. I'm calling in today instead of being in the studio becasue i had to return home to China for a while. Did you find my note?"
"Yeah, Kibum found it after you called. I want to know why you didn't tell me? Yah viewers can you believe that, Hangeng didn't tell me he was leaving."
"Sorry. I recieved the call yesterday morning and booked the first flight I could get to China. I was so worried about my appa I had only just managed to talk to hyung about it and leave you a note. If I wasn't leaving so early I would've woken you up."
"There are a lot of interesting comments coming in from the viewers on our boards. One reads 'Hangeng oppa, even if it's really early, you should still wake up Heechul oppa to explain.' Another says, 'Oppa what happened to your appa? It must be bad if you didn't have a chance to talk to Heechul oppa. Please come back soon.' Ah we have some very smart listeners."
"Yes but you all don't know Heechul when he first wakes up. He is not a morning person. And my appa is in the hospital so I needed to go home to help my family. He is fine now but needs lots of rest and my omma needs some extra help. I'll be back in a few days don't worry."
"Ah that's good news for everyone. Everyone must remember to be good to their parents and help them out when they need it." Heechul could lightly hear another conversation going on in Chinese on the other end of the phone. "Something wrong?"
"Oh no, my omma was wondering who I was talking to. She says hello to everyone and Heechul she said to tell you the next time I come to China, you should come with me."
Heechul let out a small laugh. 'We can talk about that later, we need to end the phone call soon."
"Ah yeah. Well it was good to talk to everyone. I hope to see you all again soon and once I'm back in Korea I'll come on the show live for all of you."
"Thank you Hangeng. Don't forget to call me later tonight."
"I'll call. But if something happens and I can't, I'll send a text. Good bye."
"Bye." The call with Hangeng was ended and Heechul continued with the rest of his program.
~
While Heechul was hosting his radio program, Jongwoon had gone down to meet with Ryeowook.
"Hey." He said once he saw the younger sitting on the very bench Jongwoon found him on almost a year ago.
"You going to tell me I should go home?" Ryeowook asked with some menace in his voice as Jongwoon took a seat next to him.
"Not immediately. Yes, you should go home, but we should talk first."
"We don’t have much to talk about. I said I like you but I know you like Kyuhyun, so what’s the point?"
"Wookie, I’m sorry. You finally start to feel comfortable around everyone and no longer have to worry about everything that happened before, only to have me reject your feelings."
"If Kyuhyun never showed up, you might have fallen for me."
"Wookie, you can’t say you wished Heechul hyung never brought Kyuhyun back? I am more at fault then Kyuhyun."
"I know he needed help, and we have been told to help anyone who needs it, but I’m just feeling alone since he came."
"I should’ve balanced my free time more, but when I offer for you to join us, you should’ve accepted instead of walking away in jealousy. Meet Kyuhyun and try to be friends with him instead of hating him for taking my attention away."
"Yeah I could’ve stopped some of this but it’s too late for that now. And you now have my feelings in your head stopping you from admitting your feelings for Kyuhyun."
"It does a bit. It’s not that I don’t like you, in fact I feel very protective over you, but unfortunately it’s not the same way you feel about me. And because of that, I worry about hurting you more."
"I'm sorry, I was just thinking about what I wanted and the first time I felt I had someone who loved me, doesn't love me the way I wanted them to."
"It will be alright. You no longer have to feel the pain you felt back then. Now you should probably apologize to Kyuhyun too. But I also promise in the future that I’ll make sure to spend more alone time with you. I have to work at the shop tomorrow but after that I’m free other then my radio, so how about we go do some shopping?"
"Really? Thank you, hyung. Yeah I’ll apologize to Kyuhyun. I also need to apologize to Jungsu hyung, since I know he’s worrying."
"It doesn’t help him that it seems everything blew up today. But yes his motherly side is definitely showing, especially since he is your legal guardian."
"Okay, we can go home now."
"Yeah. I’m hungry and well you should be starving about now." Ryeowook’s stomach let out a loud growl and the two just laughed. Jongwoon stood up and gave Ryeowook a hand before leading him to the car and driving home. Jongwoon had called Sungmin before they left so once they arrived home, Sungmin had some food heated up for them and already texted Jungsu. Kyuhyun had fallen asleep and Jongwoon had to leave again for his program so didn’t have a chance to talk to him.
The next day, Ryeowook had talked to Kyuhyun and Jungsu about the day before and apologized for everything. Although he still wasn’t friends with Kyuhyun, Ryeowook couldn’t say he hated him either. A couple days later, everything but Hangeng still being in China went back to normal. Hangeng called Heechul every night after his radio or shift at the bar so Heechul was in a better mood again.
"Isn’t Hangeng hyung coming home today?" Siwon asked at breakfast.
"Yeah his plane should land around four this afternoon."
"Can we all go to pick him up? Please!" Donghae practically begged.
"Yah, Jungsu hyung doesn’t need the stress of having to watch all of you at the airport."
"Youngwoon, I can handle it myself. But no Donghae, it would be a lot easier if only a couple of us go to the airport. It will be also a lot less tiring for him. If everyone goes, then he is going to be stormed by half of you, and he doesn’t need that right after his flight."
"Aww, but I wanted to see him."
"Hae, we don’t have to work today, we can see him once he comes home." Hyukjae comforted his boyfriend who just nodded.
"Jungsu, Hangeng wants to talk with you." Heechul said entering the dinning room, pink cell phone in his hand.
"Why didn’t he just call the house or my phone?"
"I don’t know, now take the phone and talk to him." Jungsu sighed and took the phone from Heechul, walking into the kitchen. Heechul sat down and started eating while everyone else was staring at the door to the kitchen. A few minutes later Jungsu reentered the room and handed the phone back to Heechul as he took his seat again.
"So what did Hangeng hyung say?"
"Well I have another reason that all of you can’t come along. I need a couple of you guys to clean out one of the other bedrooms before Hangeng comes home."
"Why?"
"Hangeng’s cousin, Henry, is going to be staying with us. Hangeng’s aunt had asked his parents to watch their son, but with Hangeng’s father’s condition, they can’t afford to keep him, so they asked him to take Henry back to Korea and live with us."
"Henry doesn’t sound like a Chinese name."
"It’s not. He’s Canadian."
"Adopted?"
"Nope, his aunt moved to Canada."
"So who is cleaning out the room?" Donghae continued to question.
"Who’s not working?" Everyone but Kibum, Jongwoon and Shindong raised their hands. "Well Siwon, Heechul and I are going to the airport, so Youngwoon figure out who you need to help you with some of the work and have the others clean out the room."
"Alright." Everyone agreed and Youngwoon started going over what everyone else needed to do while Kibum and Jongwoon left. Ryeowook, Kyuhyun, and Donghae ended up as the ones to clean the room, as Youngwoon sent the others off to take care of various chores. Jungsu, Siwon, and Heechul left just after lunch for the airport, so they were there early enough in case his plane arrived early. They arrived almost an hour before Hangeng and Henry’s plane was scheduled to arrive, and they found three seats where they could see everyone arriving. At one point Heechul started pacing in front of Jungsu and Siwon, and was constantly checking the board and his phone. Finally, about fifteen minutes before four, their flight was listed as landed.
"Heechul will you sit down and relax." Jungsu commanded.
"But it says they’ve just landed now. And besides, this is the longest I have gone without him since I met him."
"I know, I’ve known you longer then we’ve known him."
"Hyung, do you like Hangeng hyung?"
"Of course I like him. Don’t ask stupid questions, Siwon."
"That’s not what I meant." Siwon muttered under his breath. Heechul just stared at Siwon for a minute before continuing his pacing. It was almost a half-hour before Hangeng walked through the doors with a small boy following closely behind. Once Heechul noticed him, he paused but then ran straight for the Chinese man and engulfed the younger in a hug. The man behind seemed slightly taken back at the force of Heechul’s hug but even more so when Heechul broke the hug only to kiss him instead. Hangeng was shocked when Heechul first kissed him but eased into it, fully accepting the older. Jungsu and Siwon slowly caught up with the other three, Jungsu smiling at the sight of his two best friends making out.
"I take it you’re Henry, then." Jungsu said taking the boy’s attention off of the other two.
"Ah yes. I’m Henry."
"It’s nice to meet you Henry. I’m Jungsu, that’s Siwon, and the one kissing your cousin is Heechul." Henry nodded in understanding and gave a quick wave to Siwon. Jungsu cleared his throat rather loudly and successfully got the couple’s attention and they broke their kiss. "Should we head home now?"
"Yeah let’s go, go, go!" Heechul said enthusiastically and grabbed one of Hangeng’s rolling bags and followed as Jungsu, Siwon and Henry led them out of the airport.
"I’m surprised you brought Siwon along."
"I’m surprised you let Jungsu drive, I sure as hell am not. So someone needs to drive home, and I didn’t feel like doing it or making you."
"Ah. So now, was that kiss back there your way of saying you like me?"
"What would make you think that?"
"You made out with me in the middle of an international airport. If you’re nervous, I’ll just say there’s a reason I kissed back." Hangeng grabbed Heechul’s hand and pulled him even closer.
"Can you promise me one thing?"
"What?"
"Don’t leave me ever again."
"Never. These last few days were horrible without you." Hangeng said as Heechul laid his head on Hangeng’s shoulder in the back on the van as Siwon drove them all home.
A/N: Hey it's finally up. And it's a longer chapter. I'm sorry but you will all have to wait untill the next chapter to find out about everyones past. (well hanchul and wookie's histories) but you will have to be patient. My beta didn't have a chance to read the next chapter when she read the other two chapters here. and now my computer is broken and i need to take it in to be fixed, so I can't really write the next chapters too easily. so I don't know exactly when I can update next, but I will try and make it as quickly as possible.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please comment^^♥