Silent & breakable chapter 6
~ Jaejoong’s P.O.V. ~
It had been about two weeks since I got my voice back and I still hadn’t found out what Yunho’s secret was. I could talk but I had to speak slowly to articulate my words correctly. Though Yunho didn’t seem mind that it took me awhile to say what I needed to say. He just loved hearing my voice.
“I love you,” Yunho said as we were walking hand in hand down the street. “I… love…you…too…” I said smiling up at him.
“Yunho…”
- “Hmm?” I dropped my head without talking. “What is it?” He asked stopping in his tracks.
“You… aren’t hiding anything from me… Are you?” I said looking up at him. His face couldn’t hide the truth… It showed me that he was guilty about something.
“Tell me,” I said grabbing his shirt in my hands, making he looked down at me with pleading eyes. “I can’t… I will… but not now.” He replied while holding my hands in his, in turn pulling them away from his shirt. Stepping back, I turned around and started walking back to my house.
“JAE!” He called after me but I ran as fast as I could and when I reached the front steps of my house I felt two hands drag me down to the ground holding me there.
“Let me go” I whispered but he shook his head while panting hard “Jae, I… Please, I love you.” He pleaded looking at me with tearful eyes.
“Let go,” I repeated but he wouldn’t listen at all. I knew that he was giving me excuses and I didn’t like it one bit. I looked up into his eyes coldly and with one big push against his chest I screamed, “LET GO OF ME!” I hadn’t even known that that shout had come from me.
Tears came to my eyes and I started coughing and choking on nothing but air. “J-Jae?” I turned onto my side and clutched my throat. “Y-yunho,” I breathed out. I couldn’t really remember what happened after that. All I remember was Yunho yelling my name, his desperate voice telling me it was going to be okay.
When I woke up and didn’t recognize where I was, I heard a beeping noise. Hospital? I thought and looked around only to find Yunho next to me on a chair with his head on the bed, sleeping while holding on tightly to my hand. “Jae?” I glanced up to see my mother with red eyes staring at me, smiling. “Mom” I breathed but my voice cracked and you could hardly hear it. It almost made me sound like a chain smoker.
“Don’t talk honey,” She said smoothing down my hair with her hand.
“What happened?” I signed to her. She looked away and then down at Yunho.
“I don’t know… Yunho was the one who was holding you… The doctor said you used your lungs too much. But I heard you scream Jae… Why did you scream like that?” She asked tears coming to her eyes.
“It was nothing…” I signed as tears also filled my eyes.
She sighed and turned around. “I’ll be back in a little while,” She said and walked out of the room. I let the tears fall and looked down at Yunho ‘Why do you have to lie to me?’ I thought as I set my hand on his soft hair and stroked it gently so I wouldn’t wake him. I jumped as I heard a ringing coming from the side table. I stared at the cell phone lying there for a moment before picking it up. I realized that it was Yunho’s.
I opened the phone and answered as steadily as I could. “Hello”.
- “Yunho?”
- “Yes?”
- “Uh… This is Leeteuk.”
- “Yes?”
- “This isn’t Yunho…Where’s Yunho?”
- “Sorry, my name’s Jaejoong.”
- “J-jaejoong?”
- “Yes.”
- “Why are you answering his phone?”
- “He’s sleeping right now.”
- “Oh… Well, never mind then.”
Click.
I stared at the phone. Leeteuk? That name sounded so familiar. I closed my eyes as images came surfacing in my mind.
~ Flashback ~
“Hello Jaejoong, I’m Leeteuk!” I looked at him as if he were stupid. I mean why the hell is my captor telling me his name and acting all friendly?
"What’s with that look?" he asked as his facial expression turned angry. I didn’t answer as I stood up and looked around the dingy place. Then I set my eyes back on the man before me called LeeTeuk.
"Why am I here?" I asked leaning against the wall.
"Well… I can’t tell you. I’m just supposed to watch you for now. Until Daniel gets back". He looked around and sighed. I slowly sat down and stared at the floor while mumbling insults about these people.
"Ah, Daniel!" I snapped my head up as I saw a tall man step into the room. He was rather good looking.
“Has he been good?" He asked LeeTeuk with a slight hint of mockery in his voice.
“I’m not some animal," I hissed at him. He turned to me with bewildered eyes. "Don’t talk to me like that,” he snapped glaring at me. “You’re an animal if I deem you as one.” I let out a scoff and folded my arms.
"Let me guess. I’m here because of my father?" He turned fully to me and I could see the warning look LeeTeuk was sending me.
"Pathetic…" I continued shaking my head, which made Daniel walk closer to the cell and he raised an eyebrow with a mad expression.
"You have to use me to get back at him? Really… It’s so sneaky and disgusting." I smirked at him as he backed away with a furious expression.
~ End of flashback ~
No… It can’t be... I’m sure that the Leeteuk I just spoke to was a different one… I’m sure…Yunho could and would never do that to me. I sighed and looked down at Yunho who appeared so peaceful.
Just forget about it for now Jaejoong, I thought to myself.
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I think everyone comes to face a time when they need to pretend something isn’t going on even though it is. For me, I knew Yunho was deceiving me. I knew it but I pretended that it wasn’t true. But it only made things worse… I knew my happiness wouldn’t last for long. It never does…
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“Jae you can’t talk for now,” Yunho said while holding me by the waist as we walked out of the hospital. “I know!” I signed, exasperated and he grinned before helping me into his car.
“I have to go somewhere after I drop you off.” Yunho said and I nodded as I looked out the window.
“Are you okay? It’s seems like you’ve been ignoring me”. I shook my head and smiled at him. “Just thinking” I signed and he smiled before pulling to a stop in front of my house.
Leaning over he kissed me gently on the lips and whispered, “Love you”. I nodded and stepped out of the car, slamming the door behind me. I know it was kind of rude not to say I love you back… but I really couldn’t when I knew that he was lying to me.
I went into my house and sat on the couch thinking over what had happened.
“Jae?” I looked over and saw Junsu standing by me with a frown.
“I’ve been calling you for a long time… What’s wrong with you?” He sat next to me and stared at me like he could see right through me if I tried to lie.
“Yunho… I wanna know what he’s hiding…” I managed to say but Junsu cupped a hand over my mouth. “No talking!” he said looking at me sternly as if he was my mother.
I smiled and nodded “Let’s go to his house” I signed. He looked at me unsure but I got up and pulled him up with me.
“I want to know… I can’t take it anymore”. He sighed and walked to the door grabbing his keys on the way. “Okay.”
When we arrived at Yunho’s house, a weird feeling came over me. This place… I felt as if I had been here before. I stepped out of the car with Junsu standing beside me.
“Come on, let’s go,” I whispered, earning a disapproving look from my sweet little Su.
I walked to the side of the building and looked into the window of the first room to make sure it was empty before pushing the window up and crawling in with Junsu following behind me. “And why couldn’t we just use the front door?” Junsu muttered to himself as he straightened his clothes. I looked around and found that we were in an office. I was startled out of my thoughts when I heard voices coming closer to the room’s door. I grabbed Junsu and pulled him with me into a closet and closed the door while leaving a little gap so I could see who was coming in. But I almost threw up when I saw the figure walk to the front of the desk and the old man who took a seat behind it.
“Well Daniel, why do you not trust my son?” The old man inquired. He was most likely Yunho’s father for they both had similar appearance but this man’s eyes were cold and unyielding.
“Sir, He’s fallen in love with him… I think he will turn his back on us.” Daniel explained before placing his hands behind his back in a respectful manner.
“Daniel… My son would never disobey me. He will find out about the Jewel and kill that Kim Jaejoong,” The man stated, leaving me shocked and unmoving.
Everything finally seemed to click and fit together like some puzzle; Yunho was the son of the man who kidnapped me and killed my father. Well, he was in fact the boss of the whole thing. The man I truly hated was that evil man named Daniel Henney, who had defiled me and killed my father in front of my very own eyes. Now it made sense. Leeteuk was the one who watched over me, always sending Daniel disapproving looks when he raped me or beat me for no reason or when I talked back just a little.
Tears came to my eyes as I realized what was going on. It was a set up; Yunho coming to my school then becoming my friend and later my boyfriend… They must think it was pretty funny fooling the Mute kid who was too cowardly to face his own problems. I felt Junsu’s hand on my shoulder “Jae” He whispered but shook my head and kept quiet until they left the room to meet Yunho and talk with him.
I opened the closet door and me and Junsu stepped out. I looked at him sadly and then I went to the window jumping out.
“Jae, please…”
- “I hate him…” I murmured. “I’ll kill him” I said determined as I clenched my fist.
“J-jae, who?” I turned toward Junsu. We now stood in front of the Jung Mansion.
“ALL OF THEM,” I screamed and it was possible I wasn’t out of breath or anything “Yes make fun of the Mute boy! I’ll show them.” I had not realized that I was trembling while tears began flowing relentlessly down my flushed cheeks.
Junsu came up and hugged me tight while he tucked my face into his neck. “Shhh” He whispered, rubbing my back. I jumped back though when I heard a familiar voice. “JAE?” I looked over to see Yunho’s surprised face. I dried my tears and attempted to smile at him.
“Yunho,” I said quietly now feeling the pain in my throat.
- “What are you doing here?” he asked looking from me to Junsu.
- “I wanted to see you” I answered stepping forward and hugging him.
- “O-Oh?” I could hear the guilt in his voice. I didn’t want to believe it but Yunho really was deceiving me under this nice guy façade. I hugged him tighter and he hugged me back with just as much strength.
“Something wrong Jae?” I shook my head. I didn’t want to ruin the last embrace between me and Yunho… My Lover.
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