FIC - Ordinary Miracle
Author: ms_ravishing
Title: Ordinary Miracle
Pairing/Characters: Yunjae
Form: Chaptered
Genre: Angst, Romance
Summary: Youngwoong is a famous singer everyone adored nowadays. However, no one knows anything about this beautiful singer. Not about his past not about his family, he didn't even reveal his family name. Until one day, a letter came and things got difficult because he had to face his past and his family.
Not beta-ed
Previously
Chapter 2 - Memories - Part IV
Several days after that event, Jaejoong didn’t talk to Yunho. Yunho looks for him and asked for his forgiveness - for his poor memory - while Jaejoong didn’t talk back to him.
Poor memory, MY ass.
Jaejoong sit in the couch that day, watching an uninteresting show about marine life, while his mind flies miles away from sea.
Suddenly, Dong Yun appeared and said,
“Young master, Yunho-shi is here,”
“Perhaps he wants to see Mi Na, told him, he has to wait, Mi Na isn’t home yet,” Jaejoong said, not even turning to look at Dong Yun.
“How cruel is that? I’m here to see you, you know?”
Jaejoong turned his head to see Yunho standing near Dong Yun. Dong Yun just smiled, bowed, and left both of them.
“Me? Because Mi Na is not home yet?” Jaejoong snapped.
“No. I just thought I had not spent some time together with you,” he whined in reply.
“Just realize it now? What kind of friend are you?” Jaejoong asked angrily; however he feels really happy inside. Yunho’s here again. See, how simple things about Yunho can made him happy like that?
“Had you study for tomorrow’s math exam?”
“Not yet,”
“Thought so, come on, let’s study,”
Jaejoong suddenly frowned, “Wait, I’m in the process of not talking to you,”
“Too bad, you just did,”
Jaejoong huffed.
“Come on, just forgive me already, not talking to you for the past days is a torture,”
“Liar,”
“I swear, I’m not a liar, Your Majesty!”
Jaejoong smiled and said, “One moment, I’ll take drinks and snacks for us, just go to my room first,”
Jaejoong happily head to the kitchen. While he pours some orange juice into glasses, he heard sounds. When he turns around, he came face to face with his umma.
“Umma…”
“What are you doing?” she asked grimly. She had not seen his son for almost a week, that’s why she’s disturbed when she saw his own son now.
“I…”
“Do you invite someone to this house?” she asked again in the same tone.
“No, Umma, I…”
“You dare to lie to me? I just saw that boy, how dare you huh? How dare you invite someone over? You don’t have the right to do that!!”
Perhaps, its because Jaejoong had not speak to his mother for song long, that he practically shivering at the sight of his mother, and seeing his son like that irked Yoon Ji even more.
“You useless of a son!” she slapped him. Hard.
***
Feeling a bit worried that Jaejoong took so long in the kitchen. Yunho decided to find Jaejoong.
He walks randomly, luckily his instinct works perfectly and he found Jaejoong immediately in the kitchen.
He’s grabbing a pack of ice and put it over his left cheek and his eyes looking out into the garden. He looks lost in his own world.
“Jae,” Yunho called softly.
Jaejoong seems really surprised that he dropped that ice pack.
Before he can retrieve it from the floor, Yunho had seen the red mark on his left cheek.
“Jae! Your cheek!” Yunho instantly run to Jaejoong’s side and held Jaejoong chin to check on his cheek.
“Is it hurt?” Yunho asked as he traced it with his fingers.
“No,” Jaejoong answered softly.
Of course it’s a lie, since Yunho can see Jaejoong winced slightly from his touch.
“Who did this?”
“No one,”
“Who?” Yunho asked again, persistent.
“My umma,”
Yunho’s eyes widen at that, “Why?”
“Not now, Yun. I don’t want to talk about it,” Jaejoong turned his face, looking so lost and sad at the same time.
Yunho realize that in a time like this, even his stern voice won’t make Jaejoong talk. He didn’t have the heart to prod further. He took the dropped ice pack. “Do you have a new one?”
“Yes,”
They head to Jaejoong’s room bringing an ice pack in silence.
***
It had been a year since Yunho dated Mi Na. Although, Mi Na is a college student now in other town, they still manage the long distance relationship. Only meeting each other, when Mi Na visits her family and Yunho had the time between studying, other than that they only depends on phone.
They’re nearing the end of their high school life. While Yunho had grown taller since his first year, things didn’t go the same with Jaejoong.
He’s still as skinny as ever and only get taller by a few centimeters. He even still had the same hair, if it’s not longer, to cover every inch of his face.
They’re standing near the fish pond of Jaejoong’s house.
“It’s about time you cut your hair, Jaejoong,”
“Later,”
“You always say later, when it’s only 5 months till our graduation,”
“Yeah, much later,”
Their conversation or more like Yunho’s lecture was cut by a familiar voice, none other than his sister, Mi Na.
“Okay, I’m off with your sister, Jae, bye!”
“Bye,” Jaejoong said, still eying the fish, rather than the lovebirds.
***
That night, Mi Na and Yunho came home late. While usually Yunho would drop Mi Na around 9 or 10, it’s already 11.10 and they’re not home yet.
However, it was only Jaejoong (since his father went for another business trip and his grandparents are just too old to stay up late and his mother is just…) who still wide awake to wait for his sister and to know that his friend is alright.
He look outside the window and grimaced as he imagine them under this kind of rain. That’s when he heard the front doors open and he immediately run downstairs only to see his sister being hold by Yunho, both are wet from head to toe.
“I think you better go to the bathroom, had a quick bath and sleep,” Jaejoong said to made his presence known, before he witnessed another display of affection between them.
“Oh Jae, can Yunho borrow some of your clothes and let him stay for the night?”
He looked at Yunho who shivered from head to toe, “Sure,”
Jaejoong heads upstairs with Yunho tailing behind him creating a wet patch behind them. Mi Na had head to her room immediately, which is downstairs and at the back area of the house.
“Geez, what did both of you do anyway, going home this late?”
“We g-got lost of the track of ti-time. Long time no see, you know,” Hearing shiver in his sound, Jaejoong decided to let Yunho off and head to his bathroom instantly.
After calling Yunho’s house, Jaejoong decided to look for a shirt for Yunho.
After opening his big wardrobe, now he got confused. Yunho is taller and bulkier than him, which shirt will fit him.
He looked inside his wardrobe and then taking out one of his super large shirt, he used to wear to sleep.
Now, for the pants, he looks even harder and can’t find anything.
“Jaejoong…” Yunho called out softly from the bathroom.
“One moment,” After that, Jaejoong saw a box of new boxers he never used because he bought two sizes bigger.
“Hey, Yun… I only got this shirt and boxer that I thought will fit you. Try it first,” Jaejoong shoved the clothes into Yunho’s awaiting hand that poke from the bathroom.
After minutes, Yunho coming out from the bathroom dressed in white shirt that fit him and black boxers that also fit him (if you don’t want to say that it’s too short and too tight).
Upon seeing this, Jaejoong laugh and rolled on the bed.
“Hahaha… Yunho in a tight clothes parade!”
“Why are you laughing huh? It’s your fault that you’re too skinny! And somethings definitely wrong with this boxer,”
“I bought it by mistakes. The difference is two sizes from mine, how come it’s still too tight for you?”
“Shut up!” Yunho collapsed into the bed, beside Jaejoong.
“If you want to get comfier, you can sleep in the guest room,” Jaejoong suggest.
“What kind of sleepover ends up in a different room?” Yunho said while stretching his body.
Shrugging, Jaejoong took off his glasses and turn off the bedside table also prepared to sleep.
They took the blanket and cover it over their bodies.
After some time, they were involved in a tug o war contest.
“Don’t hog the entire blanket, you pig,” Jaejoong said, tugging the said blanket to him.
“It’s cold and you gave me the skimpiest shirt I can only imagine, now give me more blanket!” Yunho tug more of the blanket into him, and ultimately tugged Jaejoong into him too.
He laughs slightly at this.
“You’re way too skinny and weak,”
“I can throw you out into the rain anytime I want, you know,”
“Okay, okay master. Will you forgive me and we can share this tiny blanket fairly?”
After moving and tugging for a while, they decided that: if they lay close to each other, they will get fair share of the blanket and no one will be left freezing.
“This is why we should have more sleepovers,” Yunho said suddenly, “In my house of course, so that I won’t suffer from skimpy outfit,”
Jaejoong hit Yunho’s chest slightly, since they lay face to face.
Yunho scooted closer to Jaejoong and throw his arm over Jaejoong’s body to bring Jaejoong’s body closer to him.
“It’s cold,” Yunho whispered as to justify his action.
Jaejoong didn’t know what Yunho think about their position right now. But he thinks it’s nice and comfortable.
“This is weird,” Jaejoong said suddenly, waiting for Yunho’s reaction.
“What is weird?”
“A man had a sleepover in his lover’s house yet he ends up sleeping together with her brother’s lover. What do you think about this story?”
“Absurd,”
Jaejoong laugh at that, “See, it’s weird,”
“Perhaps her brother’s bed is comfier,” Yunho said before both of them fallen asleep.
***
Jaejoong doesn’t know what, but something is wrong with Yunho and Mi Na’s relations. They hardly see each other anymore; even when Mi Na came to visit. If he asked Yunho about it, he simply answer it’s because of their approaching exam. If he asked Mi Na, she will say that there’s nothing wrong at all; with this weird unreadable expression.
He is Yunho’s best friend.
He is Mi Na’s brother.
But, he likes Yunho.
He had admitted it for quite some time now, and somehow it didn’t feel wrong at all. Yunho is a good person with nice personality; he’s the first person that treated him so well after a long time. It’s quite logical for Jaejoong to fall for Yunho right?
Truthfully, he had hate Mi Na with all his might because of their relations. He had felt so left out once again. He had felt lost to her. And once again Mi Na took something precious from him. Isn’t his appa, his grandparents and the other’s love and attention towards her enough? Isn’t it wonderful enough to be blessed with such beauty, talent and personality? But it’s not enough for her; she needs to steal Yunho away from him.
He hates her, hates her, and hated her!
However, after seeing them together so happy, he can’t help but accept how things are. Who is he to go against them? It’s his best friend and sister, for God sake! That’s why he just let go of his feelings and silently blessing his sister and Yunho, hoping for the best for them, although inside he felt so depressed over that fact.
He is only Yunho’s friend.
He is only Mi Na’s brother.
And he’s still hopelessly in love with his sister’s lover, despite all his effort to forget him.
***
Jaejoong look at his surroundings. He wants to memorize his high school for the last time, since today is his graduation.
It’s not the best experience of high school one can ask for. He still didn’t have that many friends. He didn’t have extra ordinary grades. Some people still look at him weirdly for his appearance.
But, he had a few good friends and a best friend here, who won’t wince for his appearance, who didn’t care for his grades.
He found his passion for arts here.
Mostly, he met Jung Yunho, the most important person of his life, here.
He watched Yunho giving a speech as their representative from his seat. He can’t help but admired him.
***
After the ceremony, which like usual didn’t attended by any of his family members, Jaejoong walked out from the auditorium. He can only watch so many people laugh, smile or even crying to their friends or their parents. Something nudges him in his heart.
“Jaejoong,” someone called softly. He turned around to find Mi Na smiling at him.
“Mi Na, you’re here?” Jaejoong asked, shocked to see his sister standing in front of him.
“Sorry, I’m late. The train got delayed.” she said as she hands him a bouquet of flower. It’s a mix between pink and red roses.
“Why are you giving me red and pink roses?”
“Since it’s beautiful and it fits you, dear brother,”
“Fits me? Why are you here? Didn’t you say you had archery practice?” Jaejoong asked hoarsely after sniffing the bouquet in his hand.
“We had it almost everyday, but your graduation happened only once in a lifetime,” she smiled again before continuing, “Sorry, all this time, I had never acted as a good sister for you, Jaejoong,”
“Its okay, Mi Na,” Jaejoong answered. “You came now,”
Jaejoong embrace his sister and felt really warm and contented inside.
Mi Na laughs as she heard sniffles “Are you crying?”
“Yeah,” Jaejoong said proudly, “It’s my graduation day, so I can cry,”
“Of course you can, stupid little brother,” she ruffled his long hair affectionately.
After that Jaejoong take some pictures together with his sister and friends. They started to tease Mi Na and Yunho, saying how a couple should take pictures.
They look at each other kind of oddly, Mi Na is blushing to the max while Yunho tried to remain as calm as possible.
After that, they pose together and Yoochun take a picture of them together.
“How about a kiss?” Yoochun teased.
“Naah, Yoochun go get yourself a girlfriend and kiss her,” Yunho stated calmly.
Oh yeah, perhaps Mi Na is here to meet Yunho too.
“Jaejoong, do you mind if you wait here for a moment? I want to talk to Mi Na,”
“Yes, go ahead,”
After Yunho talked for a moment with Mi Na privately, Jaejoong head home together with Mi Na.
***
That night, Jaejoong lied on his bed, watching the rain that’s pouring crazily outside while thinking about his future in the banking and finance faculty, something he didn’t understand, but was picked by his father. He heard a knocked on his door, “Young master, you had a phone call,” Dong Yun said.
“Okay, wait a minute,”
“Hello,” Jaejoong said as he put the receiver near his ear.
“Hello, Jae,”
“Oh it’s you, Yunho,”
“Yup, it’s me. Yunho the great,” Jaejoong rolled his eyes as he heard that.
“So, Yunho the great, Jaejoong the commoner is at your service. How may I help you, my Lord?” Jaejoong joked, however Yunho’s dry-almost-forced-laugh is not something he expect in return.
“What’s up Yunho?” Jaejoong asked.
“Nothing,” Yunho said in a weird tone.
“Seriously, Yunho, what’s the matter?”
“Seriously, Jaejoong, nothing,” Yunho mimicked his tone; however it was a big fail. Rather than sounds serious, his voice was hoarse, like Jaejoong’s own voice when he’s alone, ate his dinner at midnight and decided to talk to himself rather eating alone in silence. Sounds so lonely.
“Nothing as in nothing; or nothing as in something?”
“Nothing as in… nothing, Jae. I just want to talk,”
Jaejoong frowned a little, “Do you want to talk to Mi Na? She’s still here, you know,”
“No!” Yunho raised his voice suddenly, “I- I just want to talk to you”
“About?”
“Nothing,”
Jaejoong sighed as he asked out of worry, “Has nothing becomes your favorite word now?”
Yunho hesitated for a bit, “Jae, there’s something I want to ask you,”
“Go on,”
“I… If there’s, no-” Yunho stuttered, he seems confused to voice out his mind.
“If something bad happened to me will you still be my friend, Jae?”
Jaejoong chuckled in reply.
“Jaejooong! I’m serious here,” Yunho whined.
“Ok, that’s the great Yunho I know,” Jaejoong laughed again, “Like seriously, why are you asking me this?”
“Because it is important for me, so answer me, NOW,”
“OK, ok.” Jaejoong coughed a bit to add the effect for his answer, “Of course I will… NOT,”
Yunho stayed silent at that.
“Hello, Jung Yunho the great? Are you still alive there?”
“Hm…” that’s the only sound that reached Jaejoong’s ear.
Jaejoong smirked as he can picture Yunho’s sad expression.
“Because I won’t be your friend, but I’ll still be your BEST friend, PA---BO!”
“Jaejoong~~~! You gave me a heart attack!” Yunho whined again.
“Serves you right, for asking me THAT kind of question,”
“But, that’s a serious question! Like something really bad occurred to me, or I did something really REALLY bad what would you do?”
“What is your definition of REALLY REALLY bad? Not eating your portion of carrot? Steal Mr. Jo’s wig? Didn’t go to church for 5 times in a row? Being chased by Mafia gang since you can’t pay your debt? Revive Adolf Hitler? Being chased by a squad of brain-eating-alien? Wait if it was the last option, perhaps I should reconsider…”
“I can assure you; those are not the case, so?”
“You dare to ask me again?”
“I just need confirmation,”
Jaejoong take a long breath before he starts his lecture session.
“I for certain, will not leave a person who had so kindly become a friend with a weirdo, who, for the last 3 years, didn’t have many friends if it wasn’t for him. The weirdo, who, for the last 3 years, will fail math, sports, literature, and many other subjects if it wasn’t for his teachings, the weirdo, who, for unknown reason decided to keep his hair long and used super thick glasses, which make his appearance all the more weirder, but that man still become his friend.”
Not hearing anything in reply from Yunho, Jaejoong decided to keep talking, “Considering all of that man’s good deeds towards the weirdo, Kim Jaejoong won’t leave Jung Yunho,”
“You should be the one giving the speech today. Your speech almost brought tears to my eyes.” Yunho sniffed on the other line.
“Making you cry is my intention, thank you,”
“I’m not crying. I only got teary eyes,” Yunho said indignantly.
“Whatever, it’s the same.”
“I had thought about some things, I am just afraid about it. But now, after talking to you, I think it doesn’t matter anymore,”
Being taken a back a little, Jaejoong said what crossed his mind first, “That’s not something you usually said,”
He heard laughter from the other line, “I don’t?” Yunho asked between his laughter and snivels.
“Yeah, perhaps today’s graduation pressed the wrong button inside your brain,”
Yunho laughed again.
Quite worried with his friend behavior, Jaejoong decided to asked again, “Yun, are you sure you don’t want to talk to Mi Na? I’m sure she won’t mind, even though this is her beauty sleep time,”
“I don’t want to, Jae,”
“Ok, if you said so.”
“Jaejoong, thank you so much.”
“Hm? For what?”
“For this conversation, for being my friend, for making me laugh, for making me feel better just now, for everything,”
Jaejoong can feel his heart swelling because of Yunho’s words, however he thinks that because of his “best friend” role and he feels a little bit sad at that. Covering his emotion’s fluctuation, he quickly said, “Making you feel better? I think you are the doctor!”
“I am. But you are the person who can make this doctor cheered up in any situation,”
Is it wrong if Jaejoong feel elated after Yunho said that?
***
AN: After a loong thinking, I've decided to change something on the story line, and I really should give title for every chapter 2, it has reached part 5 for God sake! Plus, there's still something occured on the same day for the next chapter...