Drabbles #18-21
Title: Drabbles #18-20
Category: Super Junior
Genre: Supernatural
Rating: G
Characters: Hyukjae, Donghae, Sungmin, and Henry, with mentions of others.
Pairings: Kind of Haehyuk, minry
Well...I'm not dead?
Stories connected to each other based on one story plot I had but I knew I would never finish so it comes in drabbles. Deals with time-traveling and second-chances and whatnot.
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#18 Hyukjae | Donghae ⇒ The world is such a confusing place
The world is such a confusing place.
Hyukjae had always thought the world was something simple. Everyday it would almost always be the same as the day before. You work hard, you spend time with people, you eat, you sleep, and all else in between. He had always thought that was it and nothing more. It was due to his comfort zone and ignorance that Hyukjae never realized how complex and mysterious the world can be. That there was a lot he never knew about and probably won’t ever learn all of the mysteries in the world.
The man sitting right in front of him, smiling and chattering away, was the one who made Hyukjae break out of his little safe bubble. Not that he knows it, of course.
“Are you listening to me at all?” His friend, Donghae rolled his eyes and gave an exasperated huff. “You zoned out on me all day today. What’s up with that? Do I bore you or something?”
Hyukjae gave a short laugh and shook his head. “Why yes you do. I can’t believe I have to be sitting here, and listen to you rant about your dance instructor.”
Hyukjae yelped with he felt pain from his shin by Donghae’s sharp kick. “Dude, that was so not cool.”
“You’re so not cool, you big baby,” Hyukjae retorted back. “Now keep complaining about your dance instructor so I can go home already.”
Donghae gave him a look before resuming to how the dance instructor was from hell and was out to get him. Hyukjae nodded and hummed all at the right places.
How did this man make him break out of his little bubble? Especially when it seemed like there was nothing special about the healthy and happy young man? Well Hyukjae can swear on his life it was just yesterday that Donghae was five years older and dead. That today was a repetition of what already happened five years ago.
#19 Sungmin | Henry ⇒ Who am I missing?
“Henry,” Sungmin called the younger boy’s attention when he saw Henry looking confused with a frown. “Henry, what’s wrong?”
He saw how the younger boy frown deepened and wondered if Henry just wanted to be alone until the boy sighed heavily. “I don’t get it.” Henry said with so much frustration, making Sungmin wonder exactly what Henry doesn’t get to be like this.
“What don’t you get?” Sungmin asked as he sat down on the bench next to him.
“I don’t get it,” Henry repeated with his arms flailing around. “I tried, tried so many times to make everyone in Super Junior happy but it never works. I would always have to start from the beginning every time, even when everyone is happy! I don’t, don’t get it, what am I doing wrong? Is someone in unhappy? Did I miss someone? Is one of them pretending to be happy? I really thought everyone’s happy.”
Sungmin stared at Henry for a moment before a smile slowly forms before laughing.
“Don’t laugh!” Henry pouted, “I’m serious here! Isn’t everyone is Super Junior happy? What am I doing wrong? Why do I always have to start over?”
“Henry, Henry,” Sungmin said with amusement clear in his voice, “You’re doing nothing wrong, just about everyone is happy. I don’t know what you mean by always having to start over but you’re missing one person.”
“Who?” Henry quickly asked, “Who did I miss? I’m sure I counted everyone? Wait-is it Hankyung-hyung, is it him? He’s been looking a bit off. Or maybe it’s Kibum-hyung, I mean he hasn’t been able to spend time with us but I was sure he was happy with his acting career for now. Or maybe it’s Zhou Mi? He’s been looking sad lately and got paler. I think he got even skinnier.”
“Henry,” Sungmin put his hand on his shoulder, making the boy stop his rant. “Hankyung just looking off because of something he ate. I am pretty sure it was Yesung-hyung experimental cooking. Kibum’s happy with his acting career and he’s already making plans to come back to us soon. Zhou Mi’s just tired from composing new songs and writing lyrics. He would get better in no time once he rest up.”
“So who is it that I’m missing?” Henry asked desperately, looking straight at Sungmin with such a forlorn and wearied expression that made Sungmin’s heart squeezed and twist, an expression he didn’t realize that he never wanted to see it on Henry. “Who?”
“You,” Sungmin simply said, his hands slipping from his shoulders to Henry’s gripping white knuckles to gently ease his grasp. Taking the boy’s hand, he held it tenderly, caressing the boy’s knuckle with his thumb without ever looking away from Henry. “It’s you. You may have made everyone in Super Junior happy but you’ve forgotten yourself. Aren’t you in Super Junior too?”
Sungmin watched Henry’s expression changed slowly to a realization and his eyes widen with a soundless gasp. Than slowly, Henry’s eyes gleamed with wetness and tilt his head while he gripped Sungmin’s hand tightly. Moving closer and closer to Sungmin until he was right there, Henry opened and closed his mouth before taking a deep breath.
In the most broken and desperate voice Sungmin ever heard in anybody, Henry asked, “Is that why? Is that why I had to keep trying? Is that why I have to start over? Over and over again?”
“I don’t know if that’s why,” Sungmin said, not understanding what Henry was referring to and just wanted to make everything all right for Henry. “But if you want everyone in Super Junior to be happy, you have to include yourself or it’s not everyone. So, please make sure you’re happy or we’ll all be sad.”
After that, Sungmin found himself with an armful of Henry sobbing his heart out, releasing whatever’s been holding him back. He doesn’t know why Henry was crying, why he seemed as if he finally found the answer to life, why it seemed like this wasn’t just about Henry trying to make Super Junior happy. All he could do was hug the boy, make sure Henry knows he was there to care for him. Make sure he felt safe in his arms, to comfort him until the boy was happy again.
After all, who wouldn’t want the person they loved to be happy?
“-love yo-”
“-ove Kyu-”
“-happy-”
A screech.
A crash.
“-No, no, nononono-”
“-Don’t leave-”
“-can’t die! -”
Heart-wrenching news.
Henry gasped for air as he shot up from the bed he was laid on and frantically looked around to see where and when he is. Looking around, it was his room back in Canada, looking just as it did during his teenage years. Then suddenly a familiar and ring tone started to play and Henry looked around for the source of the noise to see it lie on his desk next to him. Without looking to see who it was, he accepted the call.
“Dude,” The person said from the other line, “You awake yet? You’re going to be late for your audition, get your ass up and get dress.”
“Yeah,” Henry choked, “I’m awake, just need to get ready and something to eat.”
“Don’t take too long, good luck man.”
“Thanks,” Henry said before hanging up when he heard a click.
Henry sighed and ignored the wrench that settled in his heart. Then for the fifteenth time, he got ready for his audition. Maybe this time, this time he would get it right.
“It’s you. You may have made everyone in Super Junior happy but you’ve forgotten yourself. Aren’t you in Super Junior too?”
Shaking his head, he pushed the memory to the back of his mind, ignored the voice that always comforted him each time. He had to get ready for the audition and maybe this time, no one would have to leave or die.
It was his fifteenth time meeting with Super Junior after his half of year of training in Korea but he will always greet them the first time with stuttering Korean in a soft voice. He would never get over the heart pounding moment each time he meets with them, especially when he sees him.
He didn’t know when it started nor did he care but he was pretty sure it was after the fourth or fifth time. The first four times were just him trying to make him happy, to comfort him, to be a good friend, and to make sure he was happy. Than he started to fall in love but never letting him know it, afraid of the consequences because he was so, so sure he was meant to be with that person.
He planned, as he did all the times before, to never let him know, to never be selfish, but each time was harder than the last. Especially when the last time, he actually said ‘I love you’ to him. Although he never replied, not that he was able to.
“Hello!” The not a boy but hardly an adult greeted with a bright smile. He felt his heart squeezed painfully. “Nice to meet you Henli! I’m Lee Sungmin,” Than he took his hand into his in a warm greeting manner. “I can’t wait to hear you play the violin, I heard you were really good!”
“Hyung,” A smaller and petite man touched Sungmin’s shoulder. “I don’t think he can understand you, if you talk too fast. Manager-hyung said he’s just starting to learn Korean.”
“Oh,” Sungmin frowned, trying to think how to say it in English and failed to grasp any sentences.
Henry felt his heart fluttered, this time less painful but something still tugging his heart, as if saying it was okay.
“It’s nice to meet you too,” Henry said softly in Korean and purposefully accented his words. “If you don’t mind, I would like to play it for you someday.”
“Awesome!” Sungmin happily said and smiled brightly, hands still gripping Henry’s hand. He didn’t know why but he just didn’t want to let him go. Somewhere deep inside, he felt that if he did, Henry would slip away and disappear but that was ridiculous so he forced himself to let go. His arms drop to his side, clutching the hem of his oversized pink sweater. “When can you play it?”
“I practice the violin everyday,” Henry started with a soft smile that made Sungmin immediately thought of something but slipped away completely before he could even tried to grasp it. “So whenever you are free to visit the practice room, I can play it.”
“Oh!” The boy next to him bounced excitedly, “Can I come too? Can I?”
Henry nodded at the older man, “Of course you can Ryeowook-hyung. You two can come visit anytime if you want to.”
Henry smiled a bit hopefully, maybe this time he would succeed. Just maybe.
#20 Hyukjae | Donghae ⇒ You're doing this all wrong.
“You’re doing this all wrong,” Henry said as Eunhyuk was suddenly pulled by the younger man into his bedroom while closing the door lightly behind him, leaving a wide crack opened.
“Huh?” Eunhyuk frowned, looking confused as to why on earth the youngest would suddenly just drag him. “What do you mean?”
“I mean by dealing with Donghae-hyung and the second chance thingy,” Henry said with an exasperated sigh. “You got the second chance so you can do things over again, not really changing it, just preventing certain stuff from happening. You’re just pushing Donghae-hyung away and you’re just hurting him and yourself. And Donghae-hyung is only going to b-”
“Wait-wait!” Eunhyuk waved his arms frantically in front of him to stop Henry from ranting off even more. Henry gave him a look that said to hurry up. “You-you know about the second chance thing?”
“Well yeah,” Henry sighed and shook his head. “Or otherwise I wouldn’t even be here, cringing at all the mistakes you’ve been making. Not even I did that.”
“You?” Eunhyuk narrowed his eyes, “You got a second chance too?”
“Had,” Henry said in a clipped voice. “And when I find myself rewind at the point a couple months back unexpectedly when it wasn’t my fault this time, I see you doing things that are not smart.”
“What do you mean?” Eunhyuk frowned, getting frustrated, “I’m doing the best I can! If Donghae’s going to stay close to me and fall in love with me again, he’ll die! Just like last time! I need to keep him away so he can stay alive!”
Henry sighed before looking at Eunhyuk. “Like I said before, you’re only supposed to prevent certain things from happening, not everything. Believe it or not, when things are meant to happen, it will happen, like Donghae falling in love with you. Little things change when you are set on preventing things from happening. From the way I see it, by pushing Donghae-hyung away, you’re just making him falling in love with you faster.”
“What…what do you mean by that?” Eunhyuk asked, confused, “I made sure to get further away from him, made sure to occupy my time with Sungmin and the others while Donghae will have to spend his time with Kibum or the others. And besides, doesn’t Donghae and Kibum like each other now?”
“By pushing him away,” Henry started. “You’re making him more worried. By spending time with the others instead with him, you’re just making him obsess about you. Kibum-hyung is just annoyed that his time is taken away by a complaining Donghae-hyung who’s always talking about you. Truthfully, by spending your time with Sungmin and the others, Donghae-hyung sees that you are always with them, the more he will hate the others for taking your time away from his. He sees them as a threat or something. He’s jealous and he takes it out on us when you’re not here. Anyways, you better start spending more time with him and be nicer so he won’t snap and kill us all, okay?”
“But Donghae wouldn’t do that,” Eunhyuk frowns. “Besides how are you sure with everything? You could be wrong, I mean you only did the second chance once, right?”
“Pshh,” Henry rolled his eyes. “Anything can happen. I bet when they gave you your mission, it was, ‘We’ll give you a second chance, to save Donghae’s life,’ or something like that. Mine was, ‘Make everybody in Super Junior happy’. Did you know how many times I had to-AND that’s why you should always use Canadian maple syrup if you’re going to eat pancakes or waffles, Eunhyuk-hyung.”
“What?” Eunhyuk blinked his eyes in confusion at the sudden change of topic. “Henry, weren’t we-”
“Donghae-hyung!” Henry exclaimed happily, looking over Eunhyuk’s shoulders. Eunhyuk noticed how the younger man tense smile became much more relieved after a second or two. “Did you want to talk to Eunhyuk? I was just telling him how Canadian maple syrup is the best when eating with pancakes and waffles. Anyways, I’ll leave you two alone, ‘kay, bye!”
Eunhyuk turned slightly to see Donghae with a smile at Henry and giving the Canadian a friendly punch on his arm while Henry played along with it by making a pained face. When Donghae turned to smile big at Eunhyuk, he closed the door slowly behind him. As the gap got smaller, Eunhyuk noticed how Henry who was walking, suddenly collapsed at a surprised Sungmin while clutching his arms as if he was in pain.
…Maybe Henry was telling the truth when members other than Donghae spends time with him, that the younger man does get jealous and takes it out on them.
“Hyukjae!” Donghae called out and smiled brightly albeit tensely at Eunhyuk, quickly sat on the bed opposite of where Eunhyuk was sitting, his hands clutching on the bed sheets, as if he was containing himself.
“What is it Donghae?” Eunhyuk smiled softly at Donghae and take the suggestion at treating nicer so he won’t see a dead body of Henry in the morning and doesn’t notice when the other man tightened his fist on the sheets.
“Do you,” Donghae started but trailed off nervously before asking again. “Do you want to go practice dancing with me tomorrow? Than go have lunch? We haven’t done it in a long time, since you were busy with the others but now that you seem to have more free time, I thought we could do it. If you can’t, that’s okay, I mean I know you’re busy with Sukira and the others.”
“Alright,” Eunhyuk simply said and he marvels how the tensed and nervous Donghae from before instantly brightened and seemed relieved at his answer. A small constricting tugged around his heart at the sight and thought he was so stupid and a jerk to push Donghae away so much to make the usually excited and joyful man with no constraints, so reserved around him, as if Donghae was afraid to make the wrong move and make him unhappy.
“Really?” Donghae asked excitedly but still stayed at his spot. “Awesome! I’m glad you can go!”
“Donghae,” Eunhyuk said, hoping he was going to make the right decision.
“What is it?” Donghae questioned evenly, obviously constraining himself, as if he was afraid any little movement will make Eunhyuk think otherwise.
“Why are you so far?” Eunhyuk asked as he pats the spot next to him. “Don’t you usually sit by my side?”
Donghae eyes widen before grinning so brightly and moved to Eunhyuk side in less than a moment.
#21 Hyukjae | Donghae ⇒ What is this?
“What is this?” Donghae asked curiously when he caughts sight of the dog tag Eunhyuk has been wearing underneath his clothing for the past month or so. “It’s cute.”
“Hmm?” Eunhyuk mumbled sleepily and barely glanced at what Donghae was looking at. “Oh…that. Something someone gave me.”
“Must be important since you always wear it,” Donghae chuckled, lightly tracing with his thumb over the dog tag engravings of a simple monkey holding a heart. “Who gave it to you?”
At this, Eunhyuk unconsciously smiled bright and dreamily, soft and lovely before mumbling in a joyful light airily tone that made Donghae gripped his hands into tight, white knuckled fists with narrowed eyes and a tightlipped frown.
“My love.”
Donghae slowly unwind his fist that clutched the dog tag tightly and let it drop onto Eunhyuk’s chest. And ironically, the area the dog tag landed was right on top of Eunhyuk’s area of where his heart should be.
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Hope you guys enjoy~ ^___^
Category: Super Junior
Genre: Supernatural
Rating: G
Characters: Hyukjae, Donghae, Sungmin, and Henry, with mentions of others.
Pairings: Kind of Haehyuk, minry
Well...I'm not dead?
Stories connected to each other based on one story plot I had but I knew I would never finish so it comes in drabbles. Deals with time-traveling and second-chances and whatnot.
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#18 Hyukjae | Donghae ⇒ The world is such a confusing place
The world is such a confusing place.
Hyukjae had always thought the world was something simple. Everyday it would almost always be the same as the day before. You work hard, you spend time with people, you eat, you sleep, and all else in between. He had always thought that was it and nothing more. It was due to his comfort zone and ignorance that Hyukjae never realized how complex and mysterious the world can be. That there was a lot he never knew about and probably won’t ever learn all of the mysteries in the world.
The man sitting right in front of him, smiling and chattering away, was the one who made Hyukjae break out of his little safe bubble. Not that he knows it, of course.
“Are you listening to me at all?” His friend, Donghae rolled his eyes and gave an exasperated huff. “You zoned out on me all day today. What’s up with that? Do I bore you or something?”
Hyukjae gave a short laugh and shook his head. “Why yes you do. I can’t believe I have to be sitting here, and listen to you rant about your dance instructor.”
Hyukjae yelped with he felt pain from his shin by Donghae’s sharp kick. “Dude, that was so not cool.”
“You’re so not cool, you big baby,” Hyukjae retorted back. “Now keep complaining about your dance instructor so I can go home already.”
Donghae gave him a look before resuming to how the dance instructor was from hell and was out to get him. Hyukjae nodded and hummed all at the right places.
How did this man make him break out of his little bubble? Especially when it seemed like there was nothing special about the healthy and happy young man? Well Hyukjae can swear on his life it was just yesterday that Donghae was five years older and dead. That today was a repetition of what already happened five years ago.
#19 Sungmin | Henry ⇒ Who am I missing?
“Henry,” Sungmin called the younger boy’s attention when he saw Henry looking confused with a frown. “Henry, what’s wrong?”
He saw how the younger boy frown deepened and wondered if Henry just wanted to be alone until the boy sighed heavily. “I don’t get it.” Henry said with so much frustration, making Sungmin wonder exactly what Henry doesn’t get to be like this.
“What don’t you get?” Sungmin asked as he sat down on the bench next to him.
“I don’t get it,” Henry repeated with his arms flailing around. “I tried, tried so many times to make everyone in Super Junior happy but it never works. I would always have to start from the beginning every time, even when everyone is happy! I don’t, don’t get it, what am I doing wrong? Is someone in unhappy? Did I miss someone? Is one of them pretending to be happy? I really thought everyone’s happy.”
Sungmin stared at Henry for a moment before a smile slowly forms before laughing.
“Don’t laugh!” Henry pouted, “I’m serious here! Isn’t everyone is Super Junior happy? What am I doing wrong? Why do I always have to start over?”
“Henry, Henry,” Sungmin said with amusement clear in his voice, “You’re doing nothing wrong, just about everyone is happy. I don’t know what you mean by always having to start over but you’re missing one person.”
“Who?” Henry quickly asked, “Who did I miss? I’m sure I counted everyone? Wait-is it Hankyung-hyung, is it him? He’s been looking a bit off. Or maybe it’s Kibum-hyung, I mean he hasn’t been able to spend time with us but I was sure he was happy with his acting career for now. Or maybe it’s Zhou Mi? He’s been looking sad lately and got paler. I think he got even skinnier.”
“Henry,” Sungmin put his hand on his shoulder, making the boy stop his rant. “Hankyung just looking off because of something he ate. I am pretty sure it was Yesung-hyung experimental cooking. Kibum’s happy with his acting career and he’s already making plans to come back to us soon. Zhou Mi’s just tired from composing new songs and writing lyrics. He would get better in no time once he rest up.”
“So who is it that I’m missing?” Henry asked desperately, looking straight at Sungmin with such a forlorn and wearied expression that made Sungmin’s heart squeezed and twist, an expression he didn’t realize that he never wanted to see it on Henry. “Who?”
“You,” Sungmin simply said, his hands slipping from his shoulders to Henry’s gripping white knuckles to gently ease his grasp. Taking the boy’s hand, he held it tenderly, caressing the boy’s knuckle with his thumb without ever looking away from Henry. “It’s you. You may have made everyone in Super Junior happy but you’ve forgotten yourself. Aren’t you in Super Junior too?”
Sungmin watched Henry’s expression changed slowly to a realization and his eyes widen with a soundless gasp. Than slowly, Henry’s eyes gleamed with wetness and tilt his head while he gripped Sungmin’s hand tightly. Moving closer and closer to Sungmin until he was right there, Henry opened and closed his mouth before taking a deep breath.
In the most broken and desperate voice Sungmin ever heard in anybody, Henry asked, “Is that why? Is that why I had to keep trying? Is that why I have to start over? Over and over again?”
“I don’t know if that’s why,” Sungmin said, not understanding what Henry was referring to and just wanted to make everything all right for Henry. “But if you want everyone in Super Junior to be happy, you have to include yourself or it’s not everyone. So, please make sure you’re happy or we’ll all be sad.”
After that, Sungmin found himself with an armful of Henry sobbing his heart out, releasing whatever’s been holding him back. He doesn’t know why Henry was crying, why he seemed as if he finally found the answer to life, why it seemed like this wasn’t just about Henry trying to make Super Junior happy. All he could do was hug the boy, make sure Henry knows he was there to care for him. Make sure he felt safe in his arms, to comfort him until the boy was happy again.
After all, who wouldn’t want the person they loved to be happy?
“-love yo-”
“-ove Kyu-”
“-happy-”
A screech.
A crash.
“-No, no, nononono-”
“-Don’t leave-”
“-can’t die! -”
Heart-wrenching news.
Henry gasped for air as he shot up from the bed he was laid on and frantically looked around to see where and when he is. Looking around, it was his room back in Canada, looking just as it did during his teenage years. Then suddenly a familiar and ring tone started to play and Henry looked around for the source of the noise to see it lie on his desk next to him. Without looking to see who it was, he accepted the call.
“Dude,” The person said from the other line, “You awake yet? You’re going to be late for your audition, get your ass up and get dress.”
“Yeah,” Henry choked, “I’m awake, just need to get ready and something to eat.”
“Don’t take too long, good luck man.”
“Thanks,” Henry said before hanging up when he heard a click.
Henry sighed and ignored the wrench that settled in his heart. Then for the fifteenth time, he got ready for his audition. Maybe this time, this time he would get it right.
“It’s you. You may have made everyone in Super Junior happy but you’ve forgotten yourself. Aren’t you in Super Junior too?”
Shaking his head, he pushed the memory to the back of his mind, ignored the voice that always comforted him each time. He had to get ready for the audition and maybe this time, no one would have to leave or die.
It was his fifteenth time meeting with Super Junior after his half of year of training in Korea but he will always greet them the first time with stuttering Korean in a soft voice. He would never get over the heart pounding moment each time he meets with them, especially when he sees him.
He didn’t know when it started nor did he care but he was pretty sure it was after the fourth or fifth time. The first four times were just him trying to make him happy, to comfort him, to be a good friend, and to make sure he was happy. Than he started to fall in love but never letting him know it, afraid of the consequences because he was so, so sure he was meant to be with that person.
He planned, as he did all the times before, to never let him know, to never be selfish, but each time was harder than the last. Especially when the last time, he actually said ‘I love you’ to him. Although he never replied, not that he was able to.
“Hello!” The not a boy but hardly an adult greeted with a bright smile. He felt his heart squeezed painfully. “Nice to meet you Henli! I’m Lee Sungmin,” Than he took his hand into his in a warm greeting manner. “I can’t wait to hear you play the violin, I heard you were really good!”
“Hyung,” A smaller and petite man touched Sungmin’s shoulder. “I don’t think he can understand you, if you talk too fast. Manager-hyung said he’s just starting to learn Korean.”
“Oh,” Sungmin frowned, trying to think how to say it in English and failed to grasp any sentences.
Henry felt his heart fluttered, this time less painful but something still tugging his heart, as if saying it was okay.
“It’s nice to meet you too,” Henry said softly in Korean and purposefully accented his words. “If you don’t mind, I would like to play it for you someday.”
“Awesome!” Sungmin happily said and smiled brightly, hands still gripping Henry’s hand. He didn’t know why but he just didn’t want to let him go. Somewhere deep inside, he felt that if he did, Henry would slip away and disappear but that was ridiculous so he forced himself to let go. His arms drop to his side, clutching the hem of his oversized pink sweater. “When can you play it?”
“I practice the violin everyday,” Henry started with a soft smile that made Sungmin immediately thought of something but slipped away completely before he could even tried to grasp it. “So whenever you are free to visit the practice room, I can play it.”
“Oh!” The boy next to him bounced excitedly, “Can I come too? Can I?”
Henry nodded at the older man, “Of course you can Ryeowook-hyung. You two can come visit anytime if you want to.”
Henry smiled a bit hopefully, maybe this time he would succeed. Just maybe.
#20 Hyukjae | Donghae ⇒ You're doing this all wrong.
“You’re doing this all wrong,” Henry said as Eunhyuk was suddenly pulled by the younger man into his bedroom while closing the door lightly behind him, leaving a wide crack opened.
“Huh?” Eunhyuk frowned, looking confused as to why on earth the youngest would suddenly just drag him. “What do you mean?”
“I mean by dealing with Donghae-hyung and the second chance thingy,” Henry said with an exasperated sigh. “You got the second chance so you can do things over again, not really changing it, just preventing certain stuff from happening. You’re just pushing Donghae-hyung away and you’re just hurting him and yourself. And Donghae-hyung is only going to b-”
“Wait-wait!” Eunhyuk waved his arms frantically in front of him to stop Henry from ranting off even more. Henry gave him a look that said to hurry up. “You-you know about the second chance thing?”
“Well yeah,” Henry sighed and shook his head. “Or otherwise I wouldn’t even be here, cringing at all the mistakes you’ve been making. Not even I did that.”
“You?” Eunhyuk narrowed his eyes, “You got a second chance too?”
“Had,” Henry said in a clipped voice. “And when I find myself rewind at the point a couple months back unexpectedly when it wasn’t my fault this time, I see you doing things that are not smart.”
“What do you mean?” Eunhyuk frowned, getting frustrated, “I’m doing the best I can! If Donghae’s going to stay close to me and fall in love with me again, he’ll die! Just like last time! I need to keep him away so he can stay alive!”
Henry sighed before looking at Eunhyuk. “Like I said before, you’re only supposed to prevent certain things from happening, not everything. Believe it or not, when things are meant to happen, it will happen, like Donghae falling in love with you. Little things change when you are set on preventing things from happening. From the way I see it, by pushing Donghae-hyung away, you’re just making him falling in love with you faster.”
“What…what do you mean by that?” Eunhyuk asked, confused, “I made sure to get further away from him, made sure to occupy my time with Sungmin and the others while Donghae will have to spend his time with Kibum or the others. And besides, doesn’t Donghae and Kibum like each other now?”
“By pushing him away,” Henry started. “You’re making him more worried. By spending time with the others instead with him, you’re just making him obsess about you. Kibum-hyung is just annoyed that his time is taken away by a complaining Donghae-hyung who’s always talking about you. Truthfully, by spending your time with Sungmin and the others, Donghae-hyung sees that you are always with them, the more he will hate the others for taking your time away from his. He sees them as a threat or something. He’s jealous and he takes it out on us when you’re not here. Anyways, you better start spending more time with him and be nicer so he won’t snap and kill us all, okay?”
“But Donghae wouldn’t do that,” Eunhyuk frowns. “Besides how are you sure with everything? You could be wrong, I mean you only did the second chance once, right?”
“Pshh,” Henry rolled his eyes. “Anything can happen. I bet when they gave you your mission, it was, ‘We’ll give you a second chance, to save Donghae’s life,’ or something like that. Mine was, ‘Make everybody in Super Junior happy’. Did you know how many times I had to-AND that’s why you should always use Canadian maple syrup if you’re going to eat pancakes or waffles, Eunhyuk-hyung.”
“What?” Eunhyuk blinked his eyes in confusion at the sudden change of topic. “Henry, weren’t we-”
“Donghae-hyung!” Henry exclaimed happily, looking over Eunhyuk’s shoulders. Eunhyuk noticed how the younger man tense smile became much more relieved after a second or two. “Did you want to talk to Eunhyuk? I was just telling him how Canadian maple syrup is the best when eating with pancakes and waffles. Anyways, I’ll leave you two alone, ‘kay, bye!”
Eunhyuk turned slightly to see Donghae with a smile at Henry and giving the Canadian a friendly punch on his arm while Henry played along with it by making a pained face. When Donghae turned to smile big at Eunhyuk, he closed the door slowly behind him. As the gap got smaller, Eunhyuk noticed how Henry who was walking, suddenly collapsed at a surprised Sungmin while clutching his arms as if he was in pain.
…Maybe Henry was telling the truth when members other than Donghae spends time with him, that the younger man does get jealous and takes it out on them.
“Hyukjae!” Donghae called out and smiled brightly albeit tensely at Eunhyuk, quickly sat on the bed opposite of where Eunhyuk was sitting, his hands clutching on the bed sheets, as if he was containing himself.
“What is it Donghae?” Eunhyuk smiled softly at Donghae and take the suggestion at treating nicer so he won’t see a dead body of Henry in the morning and doesn’t notice when the other man tightened his fist on the sheets.
“Do you,” Donghae started but trailed off nervously before asking again. “Do you want to go practice dancing with me tomorrow? Than go have lunch? We haven’t done it in a long time, since you were busy with the others but now that you seem to have more free time, I thought we could do it. If you can’t, that’s okay, I mean I know you’re busy with Sukira and the others.”
“Alright,” Eunhyuk simply said and he marvels how the tensed and nervous Donghae from before instantly brightened and seemed relieved at his answer. A small constricting tugged around his heart at the sight and thought he was so stupid and a jerk to push Donghae away so much to make the usually excited and joyful man with no constraints, so reserved around him, as if Donghae was afraid to make the wrong move and make him unhappy.
“Really?” Donghae asked excitedly but still stayed at his spot. “Awesome! I’m glad you can go!”
“Donghae,” Eunhyuk said, hoping he was going to make the right decision.
“What is it?” Donghae questioned evenly, obviously constraining himself, as if he was afraid any little movement will make Eunhyuk think otherwise.
“Why are you so far?” Eunhyuk asked as he pats the spot next to him. “Don’t you usually sit by my side?”
Donghae eyes widen before grinning so brightly and moved to Eunhyuk side in less than a moment.
#21 Hyukjae | Donghae ⇒ What is this?
“What is this?” Donghae asked curiously when he caughts sight of the dog tag Eunhyuk has been wearing underneath his clothing for the past month or so. “It’s cute.”
“Hmm?” Eunhyuk mumbled sleepily and barely glanced at what Donghae was looking at. “Oh…that. Something someone gave me.”
“Must be important since you always wear it,” Donghae chuckled, lightly tracing with his thumb over the dog tag engravings of a simple monkey holding a heart. “Who gave it to you?”
At this, Eunhyuk unconsciously smiled bright and dreamily, soft and lovely before mumbling in a joyful light airily tone that made Donghae gripped his hands into tight, white knuckled fists with narrowed eyes and a tightlipped frown.
“My love.”
Donghae slowly unwind his fist that clutched the dog tag tightly and let it drop onto Eunhyuk’s chest. And ironically, the area the dog tag landed was right on top of Eunhyuk’s area of where his heart should be.
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