caged in sin - chapter one: someone else's
title caged in sin
pairing jaejoong/yunho
side pairing(s) jihoon(rain)/yunho,yoochun/changmin
genre angst,drama,slice of life,romance,fluff,mpreg
rating nc-17
summary After telling his boyfriend about his pregnancy,19 year old student Jung Yunho finds himself being pushed and thrown away by the man he loves who turns out to be a cheating husband and the father of three grown up children.Things get even more nasty for Yunho when the man's family finds out about the affair and against his lover's order to get rid of the child,Yunho decides to leave the growing life inside of him unharmed,demanding for the married man to at least recognize the child as his even if not publicly.But everything he gets in return are hurtful words and repetitive rejections until the man's oldest son Jaejoong decides to take matters into his own hand.
"J-Jaejoong ssi,you can't possibly mean what you said."
"But I do,Yunho ssi..." Jaejoong replied,his voice steady and calm as his eyes scanned Yunho's face for possible reactions."Claim your child's position on its behalf."
"I don't want to claim my child's position in your family,Jaejoong ssi...I just want-"
"I know what you want,but you won't get it by coming back here repeatedly to ask for his acceptance.Some things in life need to be forced,Yunho ssi."
Shaking his head at the pure absurdity of Jaejoong's suggestion,Yunho willed himself to look away from the dark orbs begging for his agreement.How could Jaejoong expect him to willingly move into a house filled with people who were probably out to harm him?Even if Jaejoong didn't blame him for anything...Jihoon and his wife did and Yunho was sure that at least one of Jaejoong's siblings did too.
"I can't do it,Jaejoong ssi.I can't." His voice was shaky and weak,but Yunho didn't care anymore how vulnerable he looked...he was too exhausted to care."Please excuse me."
But before he could move more than two steps away,a soft hand was getting a hold of him...not pulling or forcing him back but simply preventing him from leaving."I know that you are worried.But as long as you live there,I will not let anyone hurt you.I wouldn't suggest something like this if I wasn't sure that I can protect you from them."
Something thin and small was placed into his right hand and the strong fingers around his wrist slowly detached themselves from his skin."Please reconsider it."
And just like that,Kim Jaejoong walked away...leaving an emotionally confused boy behind who could do nothing but stare at the other's retreating back,his right hand securely wrapped around the small card Jaejoong has given to him.Only when the other could not be seen anymore did Yunho open his hand to look at the name and number written on the card in shimmering gold.
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Letting out a sigh as he walked towards his office,Jaejoong almost missed the look his secretary was giving him.
Almost.
"What is there to look at,Heechul hyung?" He asked with a raised eyebrow as the other clicked his tongue and got up from his seat to approach him.
"I saw you with your father's boy toy a few minutes ago."
Boy toy.Jaejoong flinched at the words,the sound of it sending chills of disgust down his spine.
"Don't call him that.He is a boy,but by no means anyone's toy although my father may have treated him like one." Jaejoong retorted with a frown.
Rolling his eyes in return,Heechul slowly leaned back against his desk and crossed his arms with a smirk."So what have you been talking about?He didn't seem all too pleased."
"I didn't insult him if that's what you think.I was merely offering him a chance to make my father take responsiblity for him and his child."
A frown of confusion and frustration soon graced Heechul's face as he realized that Jaejoong wasn't planning to elaborate.But whatever the offer was,the boy obviously didn't accept it or else Jaejoong wouldn't look so anxious right now.The boy's future was obviously important to his friend and Heechul couldn't bring himself to understand why.
Other people would've most probably hated the boy if they were in Jaejoong's shoes or would've at least tried their best to avoid him instead of encouraging him to fight for his rights.But as much as he didn't understand Jaejoong's doings sometimes...he never doubted the good intention behind them.
Merely nodding in response to Jaejoong's words,Heechul watched how his friend excused himself to get into the office.
"I just hope your father won't do anything drastic when he finds out about it." Heechul mumbled quietly to himself before getting back behind the desk to take care of the rest of his work.
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Inside the office,Jaejoong was silently staring at his smartphone,waiting for the display to finally light up and reveal the incoming call of an unknown number he hoped would belong to Yunho although he knew that he shouldn't be expecting too much judging by the boy's reaction earlier.
He could understand why Yunho rejected his offer,but he hoped that he had made it clear to Yunho that he was going to do his best to protect him.The plan was risky,but if he pushed the right buttons on certain people...then everything was eventually going to work out well for Yunho and his child.
The teary,almond-shaped eyes of Yunho just wouldn't get out of his head...the amount of misery in those orbs tugging hard at his heart.And to think that his own father was the reason for the young boy's suffering disgusted him.
He knew that Yunho was by no means the first one his father had used,but Yunho just happened to be the first one to actually get pregnant and carry the consequence of the affair underneath his heart.Jaejoong had never shown any special interest in the things going on between his parents before,but this time...things just couldn't be ignored,not when they got someone else's life involved in the perverted game they still dared to call marriage.
Awoken out of his reverie by the ringing of his phone,Jaejoong quickly got a hold of the black device before answering the incoming call.
"Yoboseyo?"
"Hyung,how did it go?"
"Not all too well." Jaejoong admitted.
"I told you that he won't accept the offer immediately." The man on the other line responded with a sigh."Give him time to think about it.Sooner or later he will understand that begging won't get him anywhere."
Humming in what seemed to be like a halfway agreement was everything Jaejoong could do as he massaged his temple to get rid of the piercing pain there,allowing for his eyes to slowly wander from his desk to the glass wall seperating him from the fresh winds of spring.
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The way from the small elevator to their front door was way too short for Yunho's liking.
He remembered how he used to look forward to finally open the door and step into the cozy apartment where his mother would be waiting for him with a smile,immediately coming out of the kitchen to greet him and give him a heartwarming hug to welcome him home.And it never took his mother more than a short glance into his eyes to know whether something was bothering him or not,the question about his well-being leaving her lips sooner than Yunho could force himself to control his facial expression.
But all those things he once loved and appreciated were now the reason why he was worried to go home.
His parents have been against the idea of him seeing Jihoon again after the abrupt break up,knowing that it was futile to expect anything from him.They just wanted to protect their child from further heartbreak,but Yunho's stubbornness always drove him back to Jihoon's office although nothing but insults were waiting for him there.And everytime he came back from those daily visits,he was a little more broken.
Yunho hated it to face his parents like this and he hated to see the disapproving looks he received once they realized where he had been.
Taking a deep breath to calm himself down,Yunho slowly unlocked the front door and stepped in warily as his eyes were already searching for his parents in the part of the apartment which was visible from where he stood.He could see his father sitting on the couch in the living room but before he could even try to figure out where his mother was,the short woman was already making her way towards him with a smile.Her hands were pressed against the apron she was wearing for a few times in order to get rid of the water on her skin before she swiftly pulled her son into a hug.
"Welcome home,dear."
"Thank you,Umma." Yunho whispered as he circled his arms around her smaller form,the warmth coming from her luring him into security which almost had him letting go of the tears he was trying so hard to hold in.
But he didn't want to cry,not infront of his parents.
"Welcome home,boy." His father called out from the living room."Come and join me on the couch,I bought some fruits."
"Yes,father.Thank you."
He slowly felt his mother pulling back and like usual,her soft hands came up to cup his face,her brown orbs quickly noticing the small traces of tears left in her son's sadness-filled eyes.
"Oh Yunho." A sigh,soft but expressive."You need to stop going to him."
Yunho couldn't say anything in return,words refusing to fill his mind as he tried hard to avoid his mother's gaze.He knew she was right.Yes,he should stop going to Jihoon but he was not ready to give up just yet.He was going to fight for his child,no matter how long it was going to take.
Even if no one in his family supported him in this...he was going to carry on.
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"Hyung..." Yunho called out softly once he could see his boyfriend standing not far away from him,obviously waiting for the student to come closer.
And when Yunho was only a few inches away,he could already feel how Jihoon's arms wrapped themselves around his waist and pulled him flush against his body.A soft kiss was placed on top of his bow-shaped lips,carressing his skin so beautifully that it almost took his fear away as the familiar feeling of security enveloped him.
"How was school?" Jihoon asked between kisses,squeezing Yunho just a little tighter as he devoured his lips."Did you have detention today that you had to come later?"
Gosh how he wished that it was simple detention which prevented him from coming to see Jihoon sooner.But the reason for their date's delay was by no means anything they could laugh off easily and he was so scared to tell Jihoon the truth.
In the past few days,the feeling of nausea was his constant companion and sometimes,he would spend several minutes in the school's restrooms to vomit.His friends repeatedly told him to go and see a doctor but Yunho had assured them that it was probably the consequence of getting caught in the rain not long ago,getting sick after something like that being nothing out of the ordinary.
But today during lunch,it was not nausea that plagued him but dizziness and when he was about to get up and walk towards the infirmary,everything went black.He couldn't remember what happened afterwards but when he woke up an hour later,the school's doctor was there to voice out a suspiscion which had Yunho going into the hospital right after school for a more proper check up.
And no matter how hard he had prayed for Dr. Lee to be wrong with his assumption,the pregnancy test Yunho had requested in the hospital proved the old man right.
He was now 4 weeks pregnant.
And he was really not ready for this.They were not ready for this.
"Baby?" The soft calling of his boyfriend soon had Yunho looking straight into Jihoon's eyes."Is something wrong?"
Yunho wanted to cry so bad.He really wanted to answer but he just couldn't,the fear mercilessly taking away his voice and everything he could do was stare at Jihoon in agony.Jihoon's lips soon pressed themselves against Yunho's as he whispered against the soft surface.
"Tell me."
"I...I was in the hospital today and had a check up."
"A check up?Are you alright?" Jihoon looked genuinely worried and the way the other's fingers carressed his sides as if to sooth him had Yunho's heart going,confidence growing once more.
"I fainted in school today and our school's doctor told me to get a proper check up,so I went into the hospital right after my last lesson.." The knot in his throat tightened painfully,but there was no turning back now...Jihoon deserved to know the truth."And the doctor there told me that...I'm expecting."
He had expected the shock,but definitely not the anger.
Jihoon's fingers bore themselves into his covered skin before he was pushed away harshly,his body stumbling backwards by a few inches.
"You will not give birth to it,you hear me?" Jihoon hissed,his eyes filled with pure fury as he looked at the pitiful boy standing infront of him."I will not allow for it to destroy my life."
"J-Jihoon,how can you-"
"You will get rid of it as soon as possible and from now on,you and me are nothing to each other anymore,you hear me?"
Oh how well he had heard him.
Pain.
So much pain and so little air.
What happened to the man who once promised him the world?
Slowly but gradually,every single word which had been uttered to him started to sink in and realization about who he had been dating hit him harder with each passing second.All this time in which he had thought of Jihoon as a caring lover,he had been nothing but a fool who was unable to look past the mask the other had worn throughout their whole relationship.
13 months of being together and it only took two seconds to have the whole world crashing down on him,the broken pieces of what was left of their relationship cutting into every inch of his heart.
And when Jihoon got into his car to leave him standing in dust a few seconds after,Yunho couldn't do anything but cry.
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Only when Yunho popped up in Jihoon's office for the first time a few days after the incident did he find out about Jihoon's wife and children,their pictures pridefully gracing the older man's desk as if to mock Yunho...showing that there was no place for him there,neither on Jihoon's desk nor in his life.
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"Oppa,cheer up will you?" Taeyeon uttered with a pout when she saw her brother looking at his phone with a sigh."And put that phone aside,you promised me that you wouldn't work today."
Smiling at the girl who was trying hard to snatch the smartphone away from him,Jaejoong teasingly held it higher until he was sure that Taeyeon wouldn't be able to grab it thanks to her lack of height."Alright,midget...I'll cheer up so stop whining.And I'm not waiting for a business call but a private one."
"From who?" The short girl asked confusedly.
"Not your business."
Giving her now laughing brother a playful glare,Taeyeon rushed to his side to give him a small pinch on his upper arm which immediately had him gasping in shock."Yah,Kim Taeyeon!"
"What has she done this time?"
Raising their eyebrows at the voice coming from behind them,the two siblings quickly turned around only to be greeted by the sight of their brother standing there with his trademark grin.Taeyeon was the first one to greet him,her thin arms quickly pulling him in for a hug before Jaejoong got his chance to welcome the younger male back in Korea.
"How was your trip,Chun?"
"Absolutely amazing,but let's go and find a more comfortable place to talk so I can tell you everything without having to fear people cursing at me for standing in their way." Yoochun replied before stepping aside slightly with his suitcase to let an elderly woman and her son walk past.
Jaejoong merely nodded in agreement before pointing towards the main entrance closest to their position."Let's go."
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"Wait,I'll get some cake."
Only nodding at their sister's announcement,Jaejoong and Yoochun allowed for their eyes to follow Taeyeon's figure while she walked towards the counter with many delicious pastries,her white teeth digging into the soft flesh of her bottom lip as she pondered about what to take.
"Jihyo noona told me about what was going on the past few days." Yoochun uttered darkly,having his brother's eyes on him in an instant."I can't believe that he actually knocked someone up."
"I knew it was going to happen at some point.He was playing with fire for too many times...he was bound to be confronted with the consequences one day."
"I heard he is quite young,father's...you know."
"A school boy..." Jaejoong clarified."He's going to graduate next month."
Maybe he shouldn't have added the last part,the raised eyebrows of his brother clearly implying that he had said way too much.
He wasn't supposed to know Yunho that well.
But after he got to know about his father's affair and saw Yunho running out of his father's office in his school uniform one day,he couldn't help but let the curiosity get the better of him and swiftly pulled a few strings to get more information about the boy.From Yunho's family background over his after school activities to his planned majors...Jaejoong knew everything.
Seeing how his brother's lips parted to let a few questions through,Jaejoong quickly cut him off before even one word from the other could be heard."I want to help him,Yoochun."
Not really sure who or what Jaejoong meant,Yoochun merely threw a questioning gaze his brother's way,silently waiting for the other to continue with whatever he wanted to tell him.
"He deserves better than to be humiliated and chased out by father each time he comes to ask for some kind of justice for his child.He is not the one at fault and we all know it but no one beside me seems to care who the truly guilty one is.Mother and father both pretend to be the victims,but the one who suffers the most is Yunho ssi."
"Yunho huh?" Yoochun asked as if wanting to confirm the boy's name."And what are you planning to do?"
The wary glance Jaejoong was throwing his way filled Yoochun's heart with anxiety.Whatever his brother was going to tell him next,it was going to turn someone's life upside down because whenever Jaejoong was sending him that look,he most probably had something absolutely absurd in his mind and he was not going to let anyone talk him out of it...ever.
"I want him to live with us until father agrees to accept the child as his."
"You can't be serious about this."
The words have been said sooner than Yoochun could even put them together in his mind,but he hadn't been the one to speak.
Taeyeon placed the plate with a piece of her favorite cake onto the table with a thud before she stepped closer to Jaejoong with a frown."How can you even think of getting that person into our house?"
"Tae-"
"No oppa.Don't bother."
Her brothers didn't even get the chance to say another word to her before Taeyeon took her bag and rushed out of the sibling's favorite coffee shop with Jaejoong running after her.
"Taeyeon!" Jaejoong cried out as he got a hold of her arm and forced her to turn around."I'm doing this to make up for everything father has done to him."
"But why must you get him into our house?Why can't you help him in a different way?"
Jaejoong found himself helplessly rooted on the spot.He understood his sister's reaction in a way...and yet he couldn't.He was just trying to pay for their father's sins and judging by how righteous his sister usually was...he had expected for her to eventually agree to his plans although it was a completely insane idea.He didn't expect for Taeyeon to get this angry.
"It's the best way to break father's stubbornness."
"Maybe,but it is also the best for our family?"
"Don't you think that it's time for our family to do things which are better for others for once?For several years,we have been turning a blind eye on everything wrong our parents have done to others no matter how much they have hurt people...but this time,we can't just look away anymore."
Suffocating silence hung in the air as Jaejoong watched how his sister's anger slowly disappeared from her young features,soon being replaced by something he couldn't quite decipher.
"See you at home..." Were the last words she whispered to him before her feet carried her towards one of the taxis parking near them.
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"Yunho,are you okay?" Donghae asked as he wrapped one arm around his friend's shoulders,Eunhyuk soon joining them with a worried look on his face.
"Yeah...I'm just a little tired."
He was such a bad liar and by the way his friends were looking at him,he assumed that they have come to the same conclusion.
It was Saturday and time for his weekly basketball practice,but Yunho was way too exhausted to function properly.Ever since the day he got to meet Jihoon's son,Yunho tend to be restless the whole day long and even at night which made it nearly impossible for him to get proper sleep.His mind was filled with so many confusing thoughts and at some point,he had even considered to just give up only to encourage himself to keep going a mere second after.There were even moments in which despair struck him hard and had him wondering whether accepting Jaejoong's offer would be the best,but those moments never lasted long enough for Yunho to seriously consider to give it a chance.
"Did you...have a fight with your boyfriend?"
For a second,Yunho froze.
The question shouldn't affect him so much,but it was hard not to flinch everytime people around him talked about Jihoon,especially when those people didn't know what was going on and assumed that Jihoon was still his boyfriend.
Donghae and Eunhyuk deserved to know the truth.They were his best friends afterall,but Yunho was not ready to tell them everything just yet.Although he knew that he wasn't the bad one in this despite what Jihoon and Taehee had said...he still couldn't help but feel slightly ashamed about the situation he was in.Jihoon had been the one to betray him,but he had been the one to foolishly fall for his lies.
"No..."
"Well that's good..." Donghae uttered before pointing at the other side of the field."Because he's here to see you."
He could feel his friends giving him soft pats onto his shoulders before they jogged away to tell the coach that Yunho needed a break.
Why was Jihoon here?
A little bit more hope started to light up his heart.
Could it be that...
Shaking his head shortly,Yunho immediately rushed towards the CEO who looked as intimidating as ever,something Yunho used to find charming during their time as lovers.
"What are you doing here,Jihoon?" He asked as he tried hard to control his voice which just loved to crack when he was talking to his ex-boyfriend.
"I'm here to make one final offer to you."
Cold and distant.
That was the only side Jihoon had shown to him since their break up,no trace of the warmth he used to provide Yunho left in him anymore.
"Tell me how much money you want and I will give it to you.But in exchange for the money,you will disappear from my life.You will not come to my office anymore and try to talk to me or any other member of my family.You will not tell anyone that I'm your child's father and even if you do,I will deny its existence because it means absolutely nothing to me and neither do you.We will be no more than strangers the moment you accept the money.I can go back to my family and you can just start a new life far away from us."
Harsh waves of sorrow and anger washed over him as he repeated Jihoon's words in his mind,every single one of those burying its way deep into his racing heart.Everything which had been said to him just now was going to remain engraved in his memories...forever.
"Forget it,Jihoon." For the first time since the break up,Yunho sounded confident and strong again as anger drove the sadness away."I'm declining your offer.But I will accept someone else's."
pairing jaejoong/yunho
side pairing(s) jihoon(rain)/yunho,yoochun/changmin
genre angst,drama,slice of life,romance,fluff,mpreg
rating nc-17
summary After telling his boyfriend about his pregnancy,19 year old student Jung Yunho finds himself being pushed and thrown away by the man he loves who turns out to be a cheating husband and the father of three grown up children.Things get even more nasty for Yunho when the man's family finds out about the affair and against his lover's order to get rid of the child,Yunho decides to leave the growing life inside of him unharmed,demanding for the married man to at least recognize the child as his even if not publicly.But everything he gets in return are hurtful words and repetitive rejections until the man's oldest son Jaejoong decides to take matters into his own hand.
"J-Jaejoong ssi,you can't possibly mean what you said."
"But I do,Yunho ssi..." Jaejoong replied,his voice steady and calm as his eyes scanned Yunho's face for possible reactions."Claim your child's position on its behalf."
"I don't want to claim my child's position in your family,Jaejoong ssi...I just want-"
"I know what you want,but you won't get it by coming back here repeatedly to ask for his acceptance.Some things in life need to be forced,Yunho ssi."
Shaking his head at the pure absurdity of Jaejoong's suggestion,Yunho willed himself to look away from the dark orbs begging for his agreement.How could Jaejoong expect him to willingly move into a house filled with people who were probably out to harm him?Even if Jaejoong didn't blame him for anything...Jihoon and his wife did and Yunho was sure that at least one of Jaejoong's siblings did too.
"I can't do it,Jaejoong ssi.I can't." His voice was shaky and weak,but Yunho didn't care anymore how vulnerable he looked...he was too exhausted to care."Please excuse me."
But before he could move more than two steps away,a soft hand was getting a hold of him...not pulling or forcing him back but simply preventing him from leaving."I know that you are worried.But as long as you live there,I will not let anyone hurt you.I wouldn't suggest something like this if I wasn't sure that I can protect you from them."
Something thin and small was placed into his right hand and the strong fingers around his wrist slowly detached themselves from his skin."Please reconsider it."
And just like that,Kim Jaejoong walked away...leaving an emotionally confused boy behind who could do nothing but stare at the other's retreating back,his right hand securely wrapped around the small card Jaejoong has given to him.Only when the other could not be seen anymore did Yunho open his hand to look at the name and number written on the card in shimmering gold.
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Letting out a sigh as he walked towards his office,Jaejoong almost missed the look his secretary was giving him.
Almost.
"What is there to look at,Heechul hyung?" He asked with a raised eyebrow as the other clicked his tongue and got up from his seat to approach him.
"I saw you with your father's boy toy a few minutes ago."
Boy toy.Jaejoong flinched at the words,the sound of it sending chills of disgust down his spine.
"Don't call him that.He is a boy,but by no means anyone's toy although my father may have treated him like one." Jaejoong retorted with a frown.
Rolling his eyes in return,Heechul slowly leaned back against his desk and crossed his arms with a smirk."So what have you been talking about?He didn't seem all too pleased."
"I didn't insult him if that's what you think.I was merely offering him a chance to make my father take responsiblity for him and his child."
A frown of confusion and frustration soon graced Heechul's face as he realized that Jaejoong wasn't planning to elaborate.But whatever the offer was,the boy obviously didn't accept it or else Jaejoong wouldn't look so anxious right now.The boy's future was obviously important to his friend and Heechul couldn't bring himself to understand why.
Other people would've most probably hated the boy if they were in Jaejoong's shoes or would've at least tried their best to avoid him instead of encouraging him to fight for his rights.But as much as he didn't understand Jaejoong's doings sometimes...he never doubted the good intention behind them.
Merely nodding in response to Jaejoong's words,Heechul watched how his friend excused himself to get into the office.
"I just hope your father won't do anything drastic when he finds out about it." Heechul mumbled quietly to himself before getting back behind the desk to take care of the rest of his work.
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Inside the office,Jaejoong was silently staring at his smartphone,waiting for the display to finally light up and reveal the incoming call of an unknown number he hoped would belong to Yunho although he knew that he shouldn't be expecting too much judging by the boy's reaction earlier.
He could understand why Yunho rejected his offer,but he hoped that he had made it clear to Yunho that he was going to do his best to protect him.The plan was risky,but if he pushed the right buttons on certain people...then everything was eventually going to work out well for Yunho and his child.
The teary,almond-shaped eyes of Yunho just wouldn't get out of his head...the amount of misery in those orbs tugging hard at his heart.And to think that his own father was the reason for the young boy's suffering disgusted him.
He knew that Yunho was by no means the first one his father had used,but Yunho just happened to be the first one to actually get pregnant and carry the consequence of the affair underneath his heart.Jaejoong had never shown any special interest in the things going on between his parents before,but this time...things just couldn't be ignored,not when they got someone else's life involved in the perverted game they still dared to call marriage.
Awoken out of his reverie by the ringing of his phone,Jaejoong quickly got a hold of the black device before answering the incoming call.
"Yoboseyo?"
"Hyung,how did it go?"
"Not all too well." Jaejoong admitted.
"I told you that he won't accept the offer immediately." The man on the other line responded with a sigh."Give him time to think about it.Sooner or later he will understand that begging won't get him anywhere."
Humming in what seemed to be like a halfway agreement was everything Jaejoong could do as he massaged his temple to get rid of the piercing pain there,allowing for his eyes to slowly wander from his desk to the glass wall seperating him from the fresh winds of spring.
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The way from the small elevator to their front door was way too short for Yunho's liking.
He remembered how he used to look forward to finally open the door and step into the cozy apartment where his mother would be waiting for him with a smile,immediately coming out of the kitchen to greet him and give him a heartwarming hug to welcome him home.And it never took his mother more than a short glance into his eyes to know whether something was bothering him or not,the question about his well-being leaving her lips sooner than Yunho could force himself to control his facial expression.
But all those things he once loved and appreciated were now the reason why he was worried to go home.
His parents have been against the idea of him seeing Jihoon again after the abrupt break up,knowing that it was futile to expect anything from him.They just wanted to protect their child from further heartbreak,but Yunho's stubbornness always drove him back to Jihoon's office although nothing but insults were waiting for him there.And everytime he came back from those daily visits,he was a little more broken.
Yunho hated it to face his parents like this and he hated to see the disapproving looks he received once they realized where he had been.
Taking a deep breath to calm himself down,Yunho slowly unlocked the front door and stepped in warily as his eyes were already searching for his parents in the part of the apartment which was visible from where he stood.He could see his father sitting on the couch in the living room but before he could even try to figure out where his mother was,the short woman was already making her way towards him with a smile.Her hands were pressed against the apron she was wearing for a few times in order to get rid of the water on her skin before she swiftly pulled her son into a hug.
"Welcome home,dear."
"Thank you,Umma." Yunho whispered as he circled his arms around her smaller form,the warmth coming from her luring him into security which almost had him letting go of the tears he was trying so hard to hold in.
But he didn't want to cry,not infront of his parents.
"Welcome home,boy." His father called out from the living room."Come and join me on the couch,I bought some fruits."
"Yes,father.Thank you."
He slowly felt his mother pulling back and like usual,her soft hands came up to cup his face,her brown orbs quickly noticing the small traces of tears left in her son's sadness-filled eyes.
"Oh Yunho." A sigh,soft but expressive."You need to stop going to him."
Yunho couldn't say anything in return,words refusing to fill his mind as he tried hard to avoid his mother's gaze.He knew she was right.Yes,he should stop going to Jihoon but he was not ready to give up just yet.He was going to fight for his child,no matter how long it was going to take.
Even if no one in his family supported him in this...he was going to carry on.
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"Hyung..." Yunho called out softly once he could see his boyfriend standing not far away from him,obviously waiting for the student to come closer.
And when Yunho was only a few inches away,he could already feel how Jihoon's arms wrapped themselves around his waist and pulled him flush against his body.A soft kiss was placed on top of his bow-shaped lips,carressing his skin so beautifully that it almost took his fear away as the familiar feeling of security enveloped him.
"How was school?" Jihoon asked between kisses,squeezing Yunho just a little tighter as he devoured his lips."Did you have detention today that you had to come later?"
Gosh how he wished that it was simple detention which prevented him from coming to see Jihoon sooner.But the reason for their date's delay was by no means anything they could laugh off easily and he was so scared to tell Jihoon the truth.
In the past few days,the feeling of nausea was his constant companion and sometimes,he would spend several minutes in the school's restrooms to vomit.His friends repeatedly told him to go and see a doctor but Yunho had assured them that it was probably the consequence of getting caught in the rain not long ago,getting sick after something like that being nothing out of the ordinary.
But today during lunch,it was not nausea that plagued him but dizziness and when he was about to get up and walk towards the infirmary,everything went black.He couldn't remember what happened afterwards but when he woke up an hour later,the school's doctor was there to voice out a suspiscion which had Yunho going into the hospital right after school for a more proper check up.
And no matter how hard he had prayed for Dr. Lee to be wrong with his assumption,the pregnancy test Yunho had requested in the hospital proved the old man right.
He was now 4 weeks pregnant.
And he was really not ready for this.They were not ready for this.
"Baby?" The soft calling of his boyfriend soon had Yunho looking straight into Jihoon's eyes."Is something wrong?"
Yunho wanted to cry so bad.He really wanted to answer but he just couldn't,the fear mercilessly taking away his voice and everything he could do was stare at Jihoon in agony.Jihoon's lips soon pressed themselves against Yunho's as he whispered against the soft surface.
"Tell me."
"I...I was in the hospital today and had a check up."
"A check up?Are you alright?" Jihoon looked genuinely worried and the way the other's fingers carressed his sides as if to sooth him had Yunho's heart going,confidence growing once more.
"I fainted in school today and our school's doctor told me to get a proper check up,so I went into the hospital right after my last lesson.." The knot in his throat tightened painfully,but there was no turning back now...Jihoon deserved to know the truth."And the doctor there told me that...I'm expecting."
He had expected the shock,but definitely not the anger.
Jihoon's fingers bore themselves into his covered skin before he was pushed away harshly,his body stumbling backwards by a few inches.
"You will not give birth to it,you hear me?" Jihoon hissed,his eyes filled with pure fury as he looked at the pitiful boy standing infront of him."I will not allow for it to destroy my life."
"J-Jihoon,how can you-"
"You will get rid of it as soon as possible and from now on,you and me are nothing to each other anymore,you hear me?"
Oh how well he had heard him.
Pain.
So much pain and so little air.
What happened to the man who once promised him the world?
Slowly but gradually,every single word which had been uttered to him started to sink in and realization about who he had been dating hit him harder with each passing second.All this time in which he had thought of Jihoon as a caring lover,he had been nothing but a fool who was unable to look past the mask the other had worn throughout their whole relationship.
13 months of being together and it only took two seconds to have the whole world crashing down on him,the broken pieces of what was left of their relationship cutting into every inch of his heart.
And when Jihoon got into his car to leave him standing in dust a few seconds after,Yunho couldn't do anything but cry.
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Only when Yunho popped up in Jihoon's office for the first time a few days after the incident did he find out about Jihoon's wife and children,their pictures pridefully gracing the older man's desk as if to mock Yunho...showing that there was no place for him there,neither on Jihoon's desk nor in his life.
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"Oppa,cheer up will you?" Taeyeon uttered with a pout when she saw her brother looking at his phone with a sigh."And put that phone aside,you promised me that you wouldn't work today."
Smiling at the girl who was trying hard to snatch the smartphone away from him,Jaejoong teasingly held it higher until he was sure that Taeyeon wouldn't be able to grab it thanks to her lack of height."Alright,midget...I'll cheer up so stop whining.And I'm not waiting for a business call but a private one."
"From who?" The short girl asked confusedly.
"Not your business."
Giving her now laughing brother a playful glare,Taeyeon rushed to his side to give him a small pinch on his upper arm which immediately had him gasping in shock."Yah,Kim Taeyeon!"
"What has she done this time?"
Raising their eyebrows at the voice coming from behind them,the two siblings quickly turned around only to be greeted by the sight of their brother standing there with his trademark grin.Taeyeon was the first one to greet him,her thin arms quickly pulling him in for a hug before Jaejoong got his chance to welcome the younger male back in Korea.
"How was your trip,Chun?"
"Absolutely amazing,but let's go and find a more comfortable place to talk so I can tell you everything without having to fear people cursing at me for standing in their way." Yoochun replied before stepping aside slightly with his suitcase to let an elderly woman and her son walk past.
Jaejoong merely nodded in agreement before pointing towards the main entrance closest to their position."Let's go."
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"Wait,I'll get some cake."
Only nodding at their sister's announcement,Jaejoong and Yoochun allowed for their eyes to follow Taeyeon's figure while she walked towards the counter with many delicious pastries,her white teeth digging into the soft flesh of her bottom lip as she pondered about what to take.
"Jihyo noona told me about what was going on the past few days." Yoochun uttered darkly,having his brother's eyes on him in an instant."I can't believe that he actually knocked someone up."
"I knew it was going to happen at some point.He was playing with fire for too many times...he was bound to be confronted with the consequences one day."
"I heard he is quite young,father's...you know."
"A school boy..." Jaejoong clarified."He's going to graduate next month."
Maybe he shouldn't have added the last part,the raised eyebrows of his brother clearly implying that he had said way too much.
He wasn't supposed to know Yunho that well.
But after he got to know about his father's affair and saw Yunho running out of his father's office in his school uniform one day,he couldn't help but let the curiosity get the better of him and swiftly pulled a few strings to get more information about the boy.From Yunho's family background over his after school activities to his planned majors...Jaejoong knew everything.
Seeing how his brother's lips parted to let a few questions through,Jaejoong quickly cut him off before even one word from the other could be heard."I want to help him,Yoochun."
Not really sure who or what Jaejoong meant,Yoochun merely threw a questioning gaze his brother's way,silently waiting for the other to continue with whatever he wanted to tell him.
"He deserves better than to be humiliated and chased out by father each time he comes to ask for some kind of justice for his child.He is not the one at fault and we all know it but no one beside me seems to care who the truly guilty one is.Mother and father both pretend to be the victims,but the one who suffers the most is Yunho ssi."
"Yunho huh?" Yoochun asked as if wanting to confirm the boy's name."And what are you planning to do?"
The wary glance Jaejoong was throwing his way filled Yoochun's heart with anxiety.Whatever his brother was going to tell him next,it was going to turn someone's life upside down because whenever Jaejoong was sending him that look,he most probably had something absolutely absurd in his mind and he was not going to let anyone talk him out of it...ever.
"I want him to live with us until father agrees to accept the child as his."
"You can't be serious about this."
The words have been said sooner than Yoochun could even put them together in his mind,but he hadn't been the one to speak.
Taeyeon placed the plate with a piece of her favorite cake onto the table with a thud before she stepped closer to Jaejoong with a frown."How can you even think of getting that person into our house?"
"Tae-"
"No oppa.Don't bother."
Her brothers didn't even get the chance to say another word to her before Taeyeon took her bag and rushed out of the sibling's favorite coffee shop with Jaejoong running after her.
"Taeyeon!" Jaejoong cried out as he got a hold of her arm and forced her to turn around."I'm doing this to make up for everything father has done to him."
"But why must you get him into our house?Why can't you help him in a different way?"
Jaejoong found himself helplessly rooted on the spot.He understood his sister's reaction in a way...and yet he couldn't.He was just trying to pay for their father's sins and judging by how righteous his sister usually was...he had expected for her to eventually agree to his plans although it was a completely insane idea.He didn't expect for Taeyeon to get this angry.
"It's the best way to break father's stubbornness."
"Maybe,but it is also the best for our family?"
"Don't you think that it's time for our family to do things which are better for others for once?For several years,we have been turning a blind eye on everything wrong our parents have done to others no matter how much they have hurt people...but this time,we can't just look away anymore."
Suffocating silence hung in the air as Jaejoong watched how his sister's anger slowly disappeared from her young features,soon being replaced by something he couldn't quite decipher.
"See you at home..." Were the last words she whispered to him before her feet carried her towards one of the taxis parking near them.
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"Yunho,are you okay?" Donghae asked as he wrapped one arm around his friend's shoulders,Eunhyuk soon joining them with a worried look on his face.
"Yeah...I'm just a little tired."
He was such a bad liar and by the way his friends were looking at him,he assumed that they have come to the same conclusion.
It was Saturday and time for his weekly basketball practice,but Yunho was way too exhausted to function properly.Ever since the day he got to meet Jihoon's son,Yunho tend to be restless the whole day long and even at night which made it nearly impossible for him to get proper sleep.His mind was filled with so many confusing thoughts and at some point,he had even considered to just give up only to encourage himself to keep going a mere second after.There were even moments in which despair struck him hard and had him wondering whether accepting Jaejoong's offer would be the best,but those moments never lasted long enough for Yunho to seriously consider to give it a chance.
"Did you...have a fight with your boyfriend?"
For a second,Yunho froze.
The question shouldn't affect him so much,but it was hard not to flinch everytime people around him talked about Jihoon,especially when those people didn't know what was going on and assumed that Jihoon was still his boyfriend.
Donghae and Eunhyuk deserved to know the truth.They were his best friends afterall,but Yunho was not ready to tell them everything just yet.Although he knew that he wasn't the bad one in this despite what Jihoon and Taehee had said...he still couldn't help but feel slightly ashamed about the situation he was in.Jihoon had been the one to betray him,but he had been the one to foolishly fall for his lies.
"No..."
"Well that's good..." Donghae uttered before pointing at the other side of the field."Because he's here to see you."
He could feel his friends giving him soft pats onto his shoulders before they jogged away to tell the coach that Yunho needed a break.
Why was Jihoon here?
A little bit more hope started to light up his heart.
Could it be that...
Shaking his head shortly,Yunho immediately rushed towards the CEO who looked as intimidating as ever,something Yunho used to find charming during their time as lovers.
"What are you doing here,Jihoon?" He asked as he tried hard to control his voice which just loved to crack when he was talking to his ex-boyfriend.
"I'm here to make one final offer to you."
Cold and distant.
That was the only side Jihoon had shown to him since their break up,no trace of the warmth he used to provide Yunho left in him anymore.
"Tell me how much money you want and I will give it to you.But in exchange for the money,you will disappear from my life.You will not come to my office anymore and try to talk to me or any other member of my family.You will not tell anyone that I'm your child's father and even if you do,I will deny its existence because it means absolutely nothing to me and neither do you.We will be no more than strangers the moment you accept the money.I can go back to my family and you can just start a new life far away from us."
Harsh waves of sorrow and anger washed over him as he repeated Jihoon's words in his mind,every single one of those burying its way deep into his racing heart.Everything which had been said to him just now was going to remain engraved in his memories...forever.
"Forget it,Jihoon." For the first time since the break up,Yunho sounded confident and strong again as anger drove the sadness away."I'm declining your offer.But I will accept someone else's."