Promises that got lost with life..
Pairing: YunJae
Words count: 3074 w
Rating: G
Warning: Angst, Character Death,
Summary: How can you keep your promise when Fate has clearly other plans?
Disclaimer: The boys are not mine,though i wish them to be mine,in my dreams XD.but the sotry is mine no profit is made by this story.
This story is not beta-ed..please excuse my horrible writing and grammatical mistakes and spelling errors T_T OTL
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Yunho entered the house silently,knowing that the owner of the house would be still asleep and he didn’t want to suffer a angry tantrum from a not-so-much-of-a-morning person. He smiles to himself.5 years,and it still doesn’t fail to amuse him that how a person can sleep even after the sun is already high up in the sky,because he himself is a very much early morning person.Always waking up at 6 am,going for a walk for 40 minutes.Being a diabetic patient at the age of 60 doesn’t help much to let him be lazy so he does what he has to do.Then he returns home,takes a shower and goes to the pastry shop nearby to get some bagels and fresh breads from the ever-smiling kind woman who always gets his orders ready beforehand and hands them over to him with a smile and an extra bagel. He would always thank the kind-hearted lady and walk to the house which he considers as his second home.then he would put the kettle on the stove,boiling the water for tea/coffee,put the pastries on a plate,toast the breads and fry 2 eggs.than he would go to the bed room tiptoeing and opens the curtains,much to the dismay of the person in bed,than he would kiss the white soft cheeks and would call softly,’Wakey wakey jaejoongie.it’s time for breakfast’..and that would get the attention of the said person and he would open his eyes and wake up in a lazy manner.God,how Jaejoong feels so old in the mornings..Wait..he is OLD.damn it.even in the age of 59,he still can’t imagine how the years has passed away so quickly and gave him gray hairs!
Today Yunho woke Jaejoong up as usually.Jaejoong woke up a bit slowly and when he got up,he slightly gasped,un able to take breaths properly.Yunho got worried and quickly went over to him,patting his back lightly and asking how he is feeling.Jaejoong waved him off lightly saying that he is fine.Then he got up and went to the bathroom for the morning rituals.Now-a-days he gets tired quickly.well old age doesn’t help much but still,he was never this much tired before.last few days has taken a toll on him.ofcourse Yunho noticed his sluggish movements and asked frequently about his health but he didn’t answer fully,always gave vague answers,knowing that if he tells him that how he some times suffers from pain in his chest at left side and how he tires soon while doing any kind of work,Yunho will certainly get panicked which isn’t that much good for his health either.He frowned to himself.He needs to go to the doctor as soon as possible.He shook himself when Yunho yelled at him to hurry up and brushed his teeth quickly and relieved himself and took a quick shower.he came out of the bathroom and wore his cloths of the day and went to the kitchen smelling freshly brewed tea,toasts and mouth watering fresh bagels.
He is always so grateful to have Yunho by his side because the kind man always,ALWAYS brings his favorite breakfasts and prepared them for him.ofcourse he pays back by making delicious foods which is diabetes friendly for Yunho.they always have meals together,never changed in the past 5 years.they finished their breakfast quietly and got up,Jaejoong to wash the dishes and Yunho to put the leftover breads in the fridge for later use.Then they went out of the house for a lazy morning walk in the park and then visited the local library together to read the newspaper or some books of their liking.Both of them didn’t work because being government employees, both of them are receiving their pensions from the government which easily covers the expenses of their lives.Yunho is an ex-army officer who dedicated his whole life for the army.and after retiring at the age of 55,he came to this small town looking for a well-furnished small house to buy which would easily accommodate a single person like him.Luckily he got his desired house when a family urgently sold their house to him in order to move to America.He was so grateful that he didn’t have to suffer too much hassle to buy a house.when he started to live there,he came to know Jaejoong who was his neighbor, a year younger than him,an ex-police officer who retired at the age of 52,got in this town after his retirement.Jaejoong’s wife died in a car crash 6 months before his retirement.They have a son,who lived away from them in Seoul after getting married and because of his job.after his wife’s death,Jaejoong was totally devastated. In the end he couldn’t take it anymore.He resigned from his job,sold the house and bought a house in this small town instead.his son wanted to take him with him,begged many times but he always refused,telling that he didn’t want to impose upon them because they have their own lives to live and he would do fine on his own because he wasn’t that old!his son and his wife always visited him whenever they had time .
Yunho got married to a nice girl but they never had any baby because Yunho,sadly had Oligospermia which proved to have pregnancy as a challenge.they tried everything but for some reasons,they didn’t succeed. his wife left him after 2 years of their marriage,and since then,he vowed that he would never get married.he loved kids,wanted to have a family of his own and he always felt that if his wife stayed with him than maybe they could have a baby of their own but his wife never had enough patience to pursue the dream with him.Life has fucked up a lot on him,being an orphan at the age of 12,living since then in the streets, applying for the entry in the army at a young age.since than he fought hard,lived hard.love came and went,living behind a broken man who had enough from life,dedicating his life totally for the country.and when the country had enough of him,he was forced to have retirement because of some scheming seniors in order to stop him from disclosing their inside dirty secrets.Yunho has always been an honest man.life taught him in a hard way to be so.he never bowed in front of anyone.because of that he was admired by many and hated by some.
After visiting the library they went back to Jaejoong’s house.Jaejoong cooked a delicious meal for two and they ate together in the tiny kitchen,talking about this and that.when Jaejoong got up to put his dishes in the sink,he suddenly gasped,plates sliding off his hands and shattering over the kitchen floor.Jaejoong didn’t notice them,he clutched his left chest and leaned over the counter top.Yunho quickly rushed over by his side and took Jaejoong in his arms,frantically calling his name but Jaejoong couldn’t hear anything because his chest was being ripped apart,the pain was too much,too excruciating. He couldn’t breath and he was feeling dizzy,sweating profusely.his left hand was numb and he could feel the pain in the back! He desperately called for Yunho and Yunho clutched his hand tightly,assuring him that he is going to be ok because he called the hospital for an ambulance.the ambulance appeared at their doorstep within 10 minutes and the paramedics quickly rushed in took Jaejoong on a stretcher.2 paramedics immediately started to check his vitals and put an oxygen mask on his mouth to aid his breathing.they sprayed some medicines in his mouth under the tongue and that eased his pain a little but not completely.Yunho got inside the ambulance with Jaejoong and held his hand till they reached the hospital.Jaejoong was immediately rushed to the emergency ward where a doctor in white coat appeared immediately by his side and he barked orders to the nurses to bring ECG machine for an emergency reading.Cloths wear stripped off from Jaejoong’s body and Yunho gasped at how skinny he got.Jaejoong had been always pale,but now he looked chalky white,ribs jutting out! Yunho rubbed hands on his face.How long Jaejoong had been suffering from this.He always had been a light eater but for past some days he almost ate nothing.Yunho always nagged him about that but he always said that he is fine and no,he doesn’t feel like eating much.the doctor did an emergency ECG and read the reading on the paper.Yunho saw some uneven lines and didn’t get a single thing.the doctor’s face was grim and his heart dropped,understanding the gravity of the situation.
The doctor then ordered the nurses to give some medicine to the patient immediately and called Yuho outside,leaving the nurses to aid Jaejoong.when they got outside,the doctor turned to Yunho and said,’Yunho-shi,I am glad that you got Jaejoong-shi just in time to the hospital.Jaejoong-shi had a heart attack just now.we have given him medicines to ease hi pain and hopefully return some blood supply to his heart but we can’t get our hopes too high.he needs to be shifted in a specialized hospital as soon as possible because it pains me to say but this hospital isn’t equipped enough to aid such a critical patient like him.please arrange to take him to Seoul as soon as possible.’ After finishing saying all these,the doctor patted him on the shoulder and went to see how Jaejoong was doing.Yunho was dumbfounded! Jaejoong,having a heart attack?why on earth?he wasn’t in any stress,was he?He sat on the hospital issued plastic chairs by the ward door and stifled a cry.What he was going to do without Jaejoong?his lonely life solely evolved around Jaejoong.He was lost in thoughts when the doctor called him to come to his room.he went after the doctor and sat on the chair infront of the doctor’s desk.The doctor calmly said that for now Jaejoong was stable but they can’t guarantee anything about his well-being and he should be transferred to a big hospital as soon as possible.Yunho asked that why jaejoong had a heart attack and the Doctor asked if Jaejoong smoked or drank or had any family problem?Yunho said to the doctor that Jaejoong was a chain smoker for about 35 years but he stopped smoking for about a year ago because of his nagging.the doctor sighed and said that the smoking caused the arteries in the heart to get blocked and slowly his heart was receiving less and less blood supply day by day and it finally gave up pumping blood.only a year of abstinence from smoking wouldn’t lower the risk of coronary artery disease in any way.Yunho wanted to yell in frustration.he always said to Jaejoong that the cancer sticks will be the death of him.oh,how he wanted to be wrong right now! He got up with shaky legs,excused himself from the doctor and went outside to get some fresh air and clear his head.he walked around aimlessly to around the town and then he realized that he should have called Jaejoong’s son sooner.he quickly got his mobile out and dialed Jongsig’s number.Jongsig picked up with a cheery hello as they knew each other for a long time thanks to Jaejoong, ‘Yoboseyo?Uncle,how are you?’.Yunho got out a shaky breath and informed him about everything and Jongsig panicked and said he is right on his way! The man clearly loved his father.Yunho ended the call and went back to the hospital to wait for the son.
After 3 hours he heard hurrying steps and he found Jongsig and his wife rushing to him with panicked eyes. ‘How is Appa,uncle?he is ok right?’.Yunho calmed him down and told him everything the doctor said.he took them to Jaejoong and they gasped when they saw him.Yunho couldn’t look at their tears stained faces because his own heart was breaking.Jaejoong looked so still! Not the happy and laughing man he used to be.Jaejoong was a chatter box,how come he can be this silent for so long,yunho couldn’t fathom! The doctor came and introduced himself to Jongsig and his wife and explained everything that he earlier did to yunho.Yunho listened again and fear clasped his chest! ‘Please God,please return Jaejoong to me.we promised to die together’,he silently prayed.
3 days went by with panicked frenzy. Jongsig arranged to take his father immediately to Seoul medical hospital and naturally yunho went with them.he gave the keys to the kind woman of the pastry shop,Mrs. Han to take care of their houses after assuring the crying woman that he is going to bring jaejoong back,healthy and safe. After admitting Jaejoong in the hospital,cardiologists set off to work right away.attaching tubes to his body,monitoring his heart every minutes.but they also couldn’t give much hope.they said that they are trying to save Jaejoong as best as they could and told them to pray for miracles! Jongsig was devastated and Yunho was…he didn’t know what to think or how to function! He felt like a part of him is dying.He didn’t realize till the day that how much important Jaejoong was for him.He was his best friend,his parner,his other half,he couldn’t imagine his life without him!They were not at the age to have romantic relationship,but the companionship and friendship was more than enough.He always regretted that why he didn’t meet him sooner but now he felt like he didn’t live enough life with him.Jaejoong always jokingly said that as they were getting more old,they are gonna die together.Yunho always waved off the quote by saying that he wanted to live 20 more years with him,thank you very much!
He sat by the bed side and held Jaejoong’s hand.He was unconscious,but still he managed to look beautiful.Yunho knew that when he was younger he had been beautiful,Jongsig was splitting image of his.Age had taken its toll on him,his thinning hair,sunken eye and loose skin were proving enough but still he was the most beautiful person Yunho had ever laid his eyes upon.
Yunho didn’t leave his side for a moment,only when he went to the washroom.Jongsig nagged him to come with them.to eat and maybe shower but yunho refused,told them that Jaejoong might wake up anytime soon and someone needs to be there with him.he knew it was a lame excuse but he didn’t want to leave Jaejoong’s side.Jongsig stayed most of the time but he too had to go to his house for food and shower and bring food for yunho.his wife,Hana,a lovely woman came every day afternoon after taking care of their kids and stayed till late hours.Yunho had to force them to go to their home at nights because they had their kids in the house.then Yunho would take the couch in the room and drift to fitful sleep.
On the 4th day,in the middle of the night,Yunho heard a gasp and he got up quickly to go to Jaejoong’s side and saw that Jaejoong has opened his eyes.He exclaimed with joy and went to call the nurse when Jaejoong called him in feeble voice and told him not to call anyone.Yunho protested that he needs to call someone to check upon him.he ignored the protests and called the nurse.the nurse rushed back and checked Jaejoong vitals and rushed to call the doctor.the resident doctor came and checked Jaejoong an declared that Jaejoong’s heart looks stable than before and assured Yunho.Jaejoong merely smiled.when the doctor and the nurse left Yunho cried happy tears,holding his hands and saying over and over again that Jaejoong had to live with him for 20 more years and he can’t leave him alone in this world.Jaejoong smiled and told him that he is stupid and he has to live even he isn’t there with him anymore,’Pabo-ya,I am always here for you.you can’t get rid of a cranky old man that easily.we promised to die together,remember?please don’t cry.you don’t look handsome when you cry.please promise me you won’t cry.you have to stay handsome for me and it won’t help much to have more wrinkles by crying,now will it?’
Yunho cried hard all night and near dawn,he was exhausted and laid his head down beside jaejoong’s hand and drifted off.he woke up with a jolt when he felt that Jaejoong had been trembling and was gasping loudly holding his left chest.Yunho panicked and cried out for the doctor.the medical staffs rushed hurriedly into the room and when they saw Jaejoong they immediately set off into action,but to everyone’s horror,Jaejoong’s heart beat was dropping and the machine that was monitoring his heart was showing that jaejoong’s heart was slowing down.the doctors tried everything they could,but they couldn’t revive the dying heart.
Kim Jaejoong died that day at 9 am,leaving behind a broken son,crying his heart out and yelling that he hadn’t been with his father in his last moments and Yunho,who didn’t shed a single tear.He was frozen.He couldn’t believe his eyes that Jaejoong’s body doesn’t have a beating heart anymore.
After the funeral,Jongsig begged him to stay with them for some days,telling that as now he lost his father,he needs to have a father figure in his life.Yunho stayed with them to support the boy,but he was restless.Without Jaejoong,life was dull,empty. After a week,he left for his home.when he returned to the town and went to Mrs. Han for his keys,she asked where is Jaejoong and when Yunho said everything to her,the poor woman cried very hard.Yunho couldn’t take it and quickly returned to his house and finally the situation hit him hard.Jaejoong isn’t here anymore with him.He is alone,once again,in this whole damn world! He let out an anguished cry and collapsed on the floor,crying his heart out and calling for Jaejoong over and over again.even though knowing that Jaejoong will not hear him ever again!
After the day of his break down,he didn’t shed a single tear anymore.since then,everyday he woke up,did his morning rituals,went to the pastry shop with Mrs Han sadly giving him his pastry with an extra bagel.he then went to Jaejoong’s house,ate his breakfast there and then moved around to clean the house.he changed the bed sheet everyday,did the laundry.cooked for himself,even though he didn’t know much about cooking,not like Jaejoong,just some basic dishes to fill his stomach.The days passed,seasons came and passed by..Yunho dragged his life,a Jaejoong-less life.sometime Jongsig came over to see him,called him every other day,but that doesn’t fills the empty space that Jaejoong has taken with him.Mrs Han comes to check on him every day as he gave him an extra key for his house.everything went by monotonously…
After a year,the day Jaejoong died,Jung Yunho left the world quietly on Jaejoong’s bed to follow his Jaejoong that day...
The End
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Words count: 3074 w
Rating: G
Warning: Angst, Character Death,
Summary: How can you keep your promise when Fate has clearly other plans?
Disclaimer: The boys are not mine,though i wish them to be mine,in my dreams XD.but the sotry is mine no profit is made by this story.
This story is not beta-ed..please excuse my horrible writing and grammatical mistakes and spelling errors T_T OTL
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Yunho entered the house silently,knowing that the owner of the house would be still asleep and he didn’t want to suffer a angry tantrum from a not-so-much-of-a-morning person. He smiles to himself.5 years,and it still doesn’t fail to amuse him that how a person can sleep even after the sun is already high up in the sky,because he himself is a very much early morning person.Always waking up at 6 am,going for a walk for 40 minutes.Being a diabetic patient at the age of 60 doesn’t help much to let him be lazy so he does what he has to do.Then he returns home,takes a shower and goes to the pastry shop nearby to get some bagels and fresh breads from the ever-smiling kind woman who always gets his orders ready beforehand and hands them over to him with a smile and an extra bagel. He would always thank the kind-hearted lady and walk to the house which he considers as his second home.then he would put the kettle on the stove,boiling the water for tea/coffee,put the pastries on a plate,toast the breads and fry 2 eggs.than he would go to the bed room tiptoeing and opens the curtains,much to the dismay of the person in bed,than he would kiss the white soft cheeks and would call softly,’Wakey wakey jaejoongie.it’s time for breakfast’..and that would get the attention of the said person and he would open his eyes and wake up in a lazy manner.God,how Jaejoong feels so old in the mornings..Wait..he is OLD.damn it.even in the age of 59,he still can’t imagine how the years has passed away so quickly and gave him gray hairs!
Today Yunho woke Jaejoong up as usually.Jaejoong woke up a bit slowly and when he got up,he slightly gasped,un able to take breaths properly.Yunho got worried and quickly went over to him,patting his back lightly and asking how he is feeling.Jaejoong waved him off lightly saying that he is fine.Then he got up and went to the bathroom for the morning rituals.Now-a-days he gets tired quickly.well old age doesn’t help much but still,he was never this much tired before.last few days has taken a toll on him.ofcourse Yunho noticed his sluggish movements and asked frequently about his health but he didn’t answer fully,always gave vague answers,knowing that if he tells him that how he some times suffers from pain in his chest at left side and how he tires soon while doing any kind of work,Yunho will certainly get panicked which isn’t that much good for his health either.He frowned to himself.He needs to go to the doctor as soon as possible.He shook himself when Yunho yelled at him to hurry up and brushed his teeth quickly and relieved himself and took a quick shower.he came out of the bathroom and wore his cloths of the day and went to the kitchen smelling freshly brewed tea,toasts and mouth watering fresh bagels.
He is always so grateful to have Yunho by his side because the kind man always,ALWAYS brings his favorite breakfasts and prepared them for him.ofcourse he pays back by making delicious foods which is diabetes friendly for Yunho.they always have meals together,never changed in the past 5 years.they finished their breakfast quietly and got up,Jaejoong to wash the dishes and Yunho to put the leftover breads in the fridge for later use.Then they went out of the house for a lazy morning walk in the park and then visited the local library together to read the newspaper or some books of their liking.Both of them didn’t work because being government employees, both of them are receiving their pensions from the government which easily covers the expenses of their lives.Yunho is an ex-army officer who dedicated his whole life for the army.and after retiring at the age of 55,he came to this small town looking for a well-furnished small house to buy which would easily accommodate a single person like him.Luckily he got his desired house when a family urgently sold their house to him in order to move to America.He was so grateful that he didn’t have to suffer too much hassle to buy a house.when he started to live there,he came to know Jaejoong who was his neighbor, a year younger than him,an ex-police officer who retired at the age of 52,got in this town after his retirement.Jaejoong’s wife died in a car crash 6 months before his retirement.They have a son,who lived away from them in Seoul after getting married and because of his job.after his wife’s death,Jaejoong was totally devastated. In the end he couldn’t take it anymore.He resigned from his job,sold the house and bought a house in this small town instead.his son wanted to take him with him,begged many times but he always refused,telling that he didn’t want to impose upon them because they have their own lives to live and he would do fine on his own because he wasn’t that old!his son and his wife always visited him whenever they had time .
Yunho got married to a nice girl but they never had any baby because Yunho,sadly had Oligospermia which proved to have pregnancy as a challenge.they tried everything but for some reasons,they didn’t succeed. his wife left him after 2 years of their marriage,and since then,he vowed that he would never get married.he loved kids,wanted to have a family of his own and he always felt that if his wife stayed with him than maybe they could have a baby of their own but his wife never had enough patience to pursue the dream with him.Life has fucked up a lot on him,being an orphan at the age of 12,living since then in the streets, applying for the entry in the army at a young age.since than he fought hard,lived hard.love came and went,living behind a broken man who had enough from life,dedicating his life totally for the country.and when the country had enough of him,he was forced to have retirement because of some scheming seniors in order to stop him from disclosing their inside dirty secrets.Yunho has always been an honest man.life taught him in a hard way to be so.he never bowed in front of anyone.because of that he was admired by many and hated by some.
After visiting the library they went back to Jaejoong’s house.Jaejoong cooked a delicious meal for two and they ate together in the tiny kitchen,talking about this and that.when Jaejoong got up to put his dishes in the sink,he suddenly gasped,plates sliding off his hands and shattering over the kitchen floor.Jaejoong didn’t notice them,he clutched his left chest and leaned over the counter top.Yunho quickly rushed over by his side and took Jaejoong in his arms,frantically calling his name but Jaejoong couldn’t hear anything because his chest was being ripped apart,the pain was too much,too excruciating. He couldn’t breath and he was feeling dizzy,sweating profusely.his left hand was numb and he could feel the pain in the back! He desperately called for Yunho and Yunho clutched his hand tightly,assuring him that he is going to be ok because he called the hospital for an ambulance.the ambulance appeared at their doorstep within 10 minutes and the paramedics quickly rushed in took Jaejoong on a stretcher.2 paramedics immediately started to check his vitals and put an oxygen mask on his mouth to aid his breathing.they sprayed some medicines in his mouth under the tongue and that eased his pain a little but not completely.Yunho got inside the ambulance with Jaejoong and held his hand till they reached the hospital.Jaejoong was immediately rushed to the emergency ward where a doctor in white coat appeared immediately by his side and he barked orders to the nurses to bring ECG machine for an emergency reading.Cloths wear stripped off from Jaejoong’s body and Yunho gasped at how skinny he got.Jaejoong had been always pale,but now he looked chalky white,ribs jutting out! Yunho rubbed hands on his face.How long Jaejoong had been suffering from this.He always had been a light eater but for past some days he almost ate nothing.Yunho always nagged him about that but he always said that he is fine and no,he doesn’t feel like eating much.the doctor did an emergency ECG and read the reading on the paper.Yunho saw some uneven lines and didn’t get a single thing.the doctor’s face was grim and his heart dropped,understanding the gravity of the situation.
The doctor then ordered the nurses to give some medicine to the patient immediately and called Yuho outside,leaving the nurses to aid Jaejoong.when they got outside,the doctor turned to Yunho and said,’Yunho-shi,I am glad that you got Jaejoong-shi just in time to the hospital.Jaejoong-shi had a heart attack just now.we have given him medicines to ease hi pain and hopefully return some blood supply to his heart but we can’t get our hopes too high.he needs to be shifted in a specialized hospital as soon as possible because it pains me to say but this hospital isn’t equipped enough to aid such a critical patient like him.please arrange to take him to Seoul as soon as possible.’ After finishing saying all these,the doctor patted him on the shoulder and went to see how Jaejoong was doing.Yunho was dumbfounded! Jaejoong,having a heart attack?why on earth?he wasn’t in any stress,was he?He sat on the hospital issued plastic chairs by the ward door and stifled a cry.What he was going to do without Jaejoong?his lonely life solely evolved around Jaejoong.He was lost in thoughts when the doctor called him to come to his room.he went after the doctor and sat on the chair infront of the doctor’s desk.The doctor calmly said that for now Jaejoong was stable but they can’t guarantee anything about his well-being and he should be transferred to a big hospital as soon as possible.Yunho asked that why jaejoong had a heart attack and the Doctor asked if Jaejoong smoked or drank or had any family problem?Yunho said to the doctor that Jaejoong was a chain smoker for about 35 years but he stopped smoking for about a year ago because of his nagging.the doctor sighed and said that the smoking caused the arteries in the heart to get blocked and slowly his heart was receiving less and less blood supply day by day and it finally gave up pumping blood.only a year of abstinence from smoking wouldn’t lower the risk of coronary artery disease in any way.Yunho wanted to yell in frustration.he always said to Jaejoong that the cancer sticks will be the death of him.oh,how he wanted to be wrong right now! He got up with shaky legs,excused himself from the doctor and went outside to get some fresh air and clear his head.he walked around aimlessly to around the town and then he realized that he should have called Jaejoong’s son sooner.he quickly got his mobile out and dialed Jongsig’s number.Jongsig picked up with a cheery hello as they knew each other for a long time thanks to Jaejoong, ‘Yoboseyo?Uncle,how are you?’.Yunho got out a shaky breath and informed him about everything and Jongsig panicked and said he is right on his way! The man clearly loved his father.Yunho ended the call and went back to the hospital to wait for the son.
After 3 hours he heard hurrying steps and he found Jongsig and his wife rushing to him with panicked eyes. ‘How is Appa,uncle?he is ok right?’.Yunho calmed him down and told him everything the doctor said.he took them to Jaejoong and they gasped when they saw him.Yunho couldn’t look at their tears stained faces because his own heart was breaking.Jaejoong looked so still! Not the happy and laughing man he used to be.Jaejoong was a chatter box,how come he can be this silent for so long,yunho couldn’t fathom! The doctor came and introduced himself to Jongsig and his wife and explained everything that he earlier did to yunho.Yunho listened again and fear clasped his chest! ‘Please God,please return Jaejoong to me.we promised to die together’,he silently prayed.
3 days went by with panicked frenzy. Jongsig arranged to take his father immediately to Seoul medical hospital and naturally yunho went with them.he gave the keys to the kind woman of the pastry shop,Mrs. Han to take care of their houses after assuring the crying woman that he is going to bring jaejoong back,healthy and safe. After admitting Jaejoong in the hospital,cardiologists set off to work right away.attaching tubes to his body,monitoring his heart every minutes.but they also couldn’t give much hope.they said that they are trying to save Jaejoong as best as they could and told them to pray for miracles! Jongsig was devastated and Yunho was…he didn’t know what to think or how to function! He felt like a part of him is dying.He didn’t realize till the day that how much important Jaejoong was for him.He was his best friend,his parner,his other half,he couldn’t imagine his life without him!They were not at the age to have romantic relationship,but the companionship and friendship was more than enough.He always regretted that why he didn’t meet him sooner but now he felt like he didn’t live enough life with him.Jaejoong always jokingly said that as they were getting more old,they are gonna die together.Yunho always waved off the quote by saying that he wanted to live 20 more years with him,thank you very much!
He sat by the bed side and held Jaejoong’s hand.He was unconscious,but still he managed to look beautiful.Yunho knew that when he was younger he had been beautiful,Jongsig was splitting image of his.Age had taken its toll on him,his thinning hair,sunken eye and loose skin were proving enough but still he was the most beautiful person Yunho had ever laid his eyes upon.
Yunho didn’t leave his side for a moment,only when he went to the washroom.Jongsig nagged him to come with them.to eat and maybe shower but yunho refused,told them that Jaejoong might wake up anytime soon and someone needs to be there with him.he knew it was a lame excuse but he didn’t want to leave Jaejoong’s side.Jongsig stayed most of the time but he too had to go to his house for food and shower and bring food for yunho.his wife,Hana,a lovely woman came every day afternoon after taking care of their kids and stayed till late hours.Yunho had to force them to go to their home at nights because they had their kids in the house.then Yunho would take the couch in the room and drift to fitful sleep.
On the 4th day,in the middle of the night,Yunho heard a gasp and he got up quickly to go to Jaejoong’s side and saw that Jaejoong has opened his eyes.He exclaimed with joy and went to call the nurse when Jaejoong called him in feeble voice and told him not to call anyone.Yunho protested that he needs to call someone to check upon him.he ignored the protests and called the nurse.the nurse rushed back and checked Jaejoong vitals and rushed to call the doctor.the resident doctor came and checked Jaejoong an declared that Jaejoong’s heart looks stable than before and assured Yunho.Jaejoong merely smiled.when the doctor and the nurse left Yunho cried happy tears,holding his hands and saying over and over again that Jaejoong had to live with him for 20 more years and he can’t leave him alone in this world.Jaejoong smiled and told him that he is stupid and he has to live even he isn’t there with him anymore,’Pabo-ya,I am always here for you.you can’t get rid of a cranky old man that easily.we promised to die together,remember?please don’t cry.you don’t look handsome when you cry.please promise me you won’t cry.you have to stay handsome for me and it won’t help much to have more wrinkles by crying,now will it?’
Yunho cried hard all night and near dawn,he was exhausted and laid his head down beside jaejoong’s hand and drifted off.he woke up with a jolt when he felt that Jaejoong had been trembling and was gasping loudly holding his left chest.Yunho panicked and cried out for the doctor.the medical staffs rushed hurriedly into the room and when they saw Jaejoong they immediately set off into action,but to everyone’s horror,Jaejoong’s heart beat was dropping and the machine that was monitoring his heart was showing that jaejoong’s heart was slowing down.the doctors tried everything they could,but they couldn’t revive the dying heart.
Kim Jaejoong died that day at 9 am,leaving behind a broken son,crying his heart out and yelling that he hadn’t been with his father in his last moments and Yunho,who didn’t shed a single tear.He was frozen.He couldn’t believe his eyes that Jaejoong’s body doesn’t have a beating heart anymore.
After the funeral,Jongsig begged him to stay with them for some days,telling that as now he lost his father,he needs to have a father figure in his life.Yunho stayed with them to support the boy,but he was restless.Without Jaejoong,life was dull,empty. After a week,he left for his home.when he returned to the town and went to Mrs. Han for his keys,she asked where is Jaejoong and when Yunho said everything to her,the poor woman cried very hard.Yunho couldn’t take it and quickly returned to his house and finally the situation hit him hard.Jaejoong isn’t here anymore with him.He is alone,once again,in this whole damn world! He let out an anguished cry and collapsed on the floor,crying his heart out and calling for Jaejoong over and over again.even though knowing that Jaejoong will not hear him ever again!
After the day of his break down,he didn’t shed a single tear anymore.since then,everyday he woke up,did his morning rituals,went to the pastry shop with Mrs Han sadly giving him his pastry with an extra bagel.he then went to Jaejoong’s house,ate his breakfast there and then moved around to clean the house.he changed the bed sheet everyday,did the laundry.cooked for himself,even though he didn’t know much about cooking,not like Jaejoong,just some basic dishes to fill his stomach.The days passed,seasons came and passed by..Yunho dragged his life,a Jaejoong-less life.sometime Jongsig came over to see him,called him every other day,but that doesn’t fills the empty space that Jaejoong has taken with him.Mrs Han comes to check on him every day as he gave him an extra key for his house.everything went by monotonously…
After a year,the day Jaejoong died,Jung Yunho left the world quietly on Jaejoong’s bed to follow his Jaejoong that day...
The End
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