Show yourself
Title: Show yourself.
Author: Soneayeong
Genre: Romance, Drama, fluff.
Rating: PG
Length: One Shot
Word count 1.159
Beta: dolphinatorsusu
Pairing: ChunJae
Summary: JaeJoong lost everything after he had an accident. He had no hope of a happy ending until he met his new neighbor.
"JaeJoong, it will be nothing between us ... I'm sorry, it’s over..."
Show yourself.
JaeJoong stared at himself in the mirror and felt terrible. A scar from his hairline to his jaw ran over his face and stuck out sharply against his pale skin. His stomach had been burned and that was good to see. If he looked at himself he felt himself ugly, a freak! His friend did not want him anymore, not even two days after he was hospitalized. And JaeJoong knew why his friend had gone, he was ugly and his ex did not want to be seen next to him... He had left him with nothing, he had lost everything during the fire.
The hospital had him referred to a psychologist but here he was quickly stopped. He did not feel good to deal with a stranger to talk about his accident and no one about his problems, anger, sorrow and shame for his appearance.
Two long years passed and JaeJoong's self-esteem was gone. He had taken away all mirrors in the house, because he did not want to see himself and became depressed. He never came out and even his work he did at home. When he went outside he had hid his face under a hood or he let his hair hanging over his face.
JaeJoong had no hope that things were changing rapidly and he had no contact with the outside world.
When one day the bell rang JaeJoong doubted whether he wanted to open the door. JaeJoong looked through the window and saw that the man just stood at the door when he did not respond and just kept on calling. Reluctantly, he opened his door and stood in the shade. He let his hair hanging in his face for a weak attempt to hide his face.
"What can I do for you?" He asked reluctantly and looked up. The man before him was handsome, he had laughing eyes, semi long curly hair and JaeJoong had the suspicion that he was very muscular.
"I uh ..." The man stared at him, at his face and hit his gaze. "My name is Park YooChun and I am your new neighbor."
JaeJoong gulped and felt himself humiliated. Park YooChun, a man who did not know him thought he was too ugly to watch! "Kim JaeJoong, pleasant to meet you..." JaeJoong mumbled and prepared to close the door.
"Wait!" YooChun stopped JaeJoong when he wanted to close the door and then YooChun looked straight at him and smiled at him. "Why do not you just come to my house, then we drink a cup of coffee and can get to know each other better. We are neighbors after all...
JaeJoong felt his face turned red when he heard the words of YooChun. YooChun had really looked at him? Right in his face? YooChun had smiled at him, but why? "Uh, I do not know if I ..." "Please?" Begged YooChun with his smiling eyes and looked pleadingly at JaeJoong. "Okay ... I'll be right there." JaeJoong's heart pounded frantically and he wondered how he could best cover his face.
YooChun gave JaeJoong no time to think about his problem and went to his house, expecting that JaeJoong would follow him! JaeJoong gulped and walked just behind YooChun and followed him inside.
YooChun spoke cheerfully to him and looked at him just as if nothing was wrong with his face and after a while he felt relaxed. It was long since he had last laugh but now he laughed at YooChun's jokes and he himself began to talk more than he had done in times!
JaeJoong was startled when suddenly there was a knock on the door. "Ah, my friends have come!" YooChun stood up and opened the door. JaeJoong began to sweat when he heard that more people came in and quickly hung more hair before his face. JaeJoong heard a few people came in and there fell a silence. "JaeJoong?" JaeJoong slowly looked up and saw that the three friends of YooChun stared at him. "JaeJoong, these are JunSu, YunHo and ChangMin." YooChun pointed one by one to his friends.
"Sorry..." JaeJoong mumbled and jumped up. He saw YooChun's friends looked upon him to his face and he wanted to leave! JaeJoong ran outside and locked himself up in his house. His eyes were teary and he thought that YooChun only was nice to him Because he felt sorry for him!
"JaeJoong?" There was a loud knock at the door. JaeJoong stared through the window and saw YooChun before his door. "JaeJoong? Please do open! "JaeJoong reluctantly opened the door, knowing it was useless to evade YooChun now they were neighbors and he preparing himself for the worst. He expected that YooChun was going to insulting him, he would say he was no longer welcome at his home anymore...
But YooChun did nothing! "May I come in?" JaeJoong held the door open but said nothing and YooChun stepped inside. When YooChun looked around he saw what he suspected, there were no mirrors, there were no pictures in the house and everything was bare and empty, impersonal...
YooChun turned to JaeJoong and did something no one ever had done to him. He reached out and stroked JaeJoong's hair out from his face! JaeJoong audibly gasped for breath and took a quick step back, his face red with shame and fear.
JaeJoong's face become even redder than it already was, and soon he hit his gaze. "How can you say, I'm a freak!" JaeJoong felt YooChun's warm hand gently pushed his chin up and then he looked straight into YooChun's eyes. "The reason I was just speechless when I first saw your face was simple, I was speechless because you're so beautiful!"
JaeJoong did not know what to say, this was surely a joke? How could a handsome man like YooChun like him, a handsome monster?
YooChun pulled JaeJoong closer to him and kissed him first on his lips and then pressed small kisses on his scar. "You're beautiful, JaeJoong ... Don’t hide your face any longer." YooChun kissed JaeJoong on his lips again and this time JaeJoong responded. He opened his mouth and answered YooChun's kiss.
***
One month later.
****
JaeJoong and YooChun sat hand in hand with his new psychiatrist and discussed his problems with the man. He promised that he would hang mirrors in his house and make sure each morning he would look in here. YooChun helped JaeJoong with his new social contacts and took him outside. And when they walked together JaeJoong hid his face no longer for the outside world. He was getting less and less ashamed of his appearance. He did no longer care about the people on the street when they looked at him.
"Thank you, YooChun... Without you I would never have come this far by myself..." JaeJoong hugged YooChun and kissed him gratefully.
Author: Soneayeong
Genre: Romance, Drama, fluff.
Rating: PG
Length: One Shot
Word count 1.159
Beta: dolphinatorsusu
Pairing: ChunJae
Summary: JaeJoong lost everything after he had an accident. He had no hope of a happy ending until he met his new neighbor.
"JaeJoong, it will be nothing between us ... I'm sorry, it’s over..."
Show yourself.
JaeJoong stared at himself in the mirror and felt terrible. A scar from his hairline to his jaw ran over his face and stuck out sharply against his pale skin. His stomach had been burned and that was good to see. If he looked at himself he felt himself ugly, a freak! His friend did not want him anymore, not even two days after he was hospitalized. And JaeJoong knew why his friend had gone, he was ugly and his ex did not want to be seen next to him... He had left him with nothing, he had lost everything during the fire.
The hospital had him referred to a psychologist but here he was quickly stopped. He did not feel good to deal with a stranger to talk about his accident and no one about his problems, anger, sorrow and shame for his appearance.
Two long years passed and JaeJoong's self-esteem was gone. He had taken away all mirrors in the house, because he did not want to see himself and became depressed. He never came out and even his work he did at home. When he went outside he had hid his face under a hood or he let his hair hanging over his face.
JaeJoong had no hope that things were changing rapidly and he had no contact with the outside world.
When one day the bell rang JaeJoong doubted whether he wanted to open the door. JaeJoong looked through the window and saw that the man just stood at the door when he did not respond and just kept on calling. Reluctantly, he opened his door and stood in the shade. He let his hair hanging in his face for a weak attempt to hide his face.
"What can I do for you?" He asked reluctantly and looked up. The man before him was handsome, he had laughing eyes, semi long curly hair and JaeJoong had the suspicion that he was very muscular.
"I uh ..." The man stared at him, at his face and hit his gaze. "My name is Park YooChun and I am your new neighbor."
JaeJoong gulped and felt himself humiliated. Park YooChun, a man who did not know him thought he was too ugly to watch! "Kim JaeJoong, pleasant to meet you..." JaeJoong mumbled and prepared to close the door.
"Wait!" YooChun stopped JaeJoong when he wanted to close the door and then YooChun looked straight at him and smiled at him. "Why do not you just come to my house, then we drink a cup of coffee and can get to know each other better. We are neighbors after all...
JaeJoong felt his face turned red when he heard the words of YooChun. YooChun had really looked at him? Right in his face? YooChun had smiled at him, but why? "Uh, I do not know if I ..." "Please?" Begged YooChun with his smiling eyes and looked pleadingly at JaeJoong. "Okay ... I'll be right there." JaeJoong's heart pounded frantically and he wondered how he could best cover his face.
YooChun gave JaeJoong no time to think about his problem and went to his house, expecting that JaeJoong would follow him! JaeJoong gulped and walked just behind YooChun and followed him inside.
YooChun spoke cheerfully to him and looked at him just as if nothing was wrong with his face and after a while he felt relaxed. It was long since he had last laugh but now he laughed at YooChun's jokes and he himself began to talk more than he had done in times!
JaeJoong was startled when suddenly there was a knock on the door. "Ah, my friends have come!" YooChun stood up and opened the door. JaeJoong began to sweat when he heard that more people came in and quickly hung more hair before his face. JaeJoong heard a few people came in and there fell a silence. "JaeJoong?" JaeJoong slowly looked up and saw that the three friends of YooChun stared at him. "JaeJoong, these are JunSu, YunHo and ChangMin." YooChun pointed one by one to his friends.
"Sorry..." JaeJoong mumbled and jumped up. He saw YooChun's friends looked upon him to his face and he wanted to leave! JaeJoong ran outside and locked himself up in his house. His eyes were teary and he thought that YooChun only was nice to him Because he felt sorry for him!
"JaeJoong?" There was a loud knock at the door. JaeJoong stared through the window and saw YooChun before his door. "JaeJoong? Please do open! "JaeJoong reluctantly opened the door, knowing it was useless to evade YooChun now they were neighbors and he preparing himself for the worst. He expected that YooChun was going to insulting him, he would say he was no longer welcome at his home anymore...
But YooChun did nothing! "May I come in?" JaeJoong held the door open but said nothing and YooChun stepped inside. When YooChun looked around he saw what he suspected, there were no mirrors, there were no pictures in the house and everything was bare and empty, impersonal...
YooChun turned to JaeJoong and did something no one ever had done to him. He reached out and stroked JaeJoong's hair out from his face! JaeJoong audibly gasped for breath and took a quick step back, his face red with shame and fear.
JaeJoong's face become even redder than it already was, and soon he hit his gaze. "How can you say, I'm a freak!" JaeJoong felt YooChun's warm hand gently pushed his chin up and then he looked straight into YooChun's eyes. "The reason I was just speechless when I first saw your face was simple, I was speechless because you're so beautiful!"
JaeJoong did not know what to say, this was surely a joke? How could a handsome man like YooChun like him, a handsome monster?
YooChun pulled JaeJoong closer to him and kissed him first on his lips and then pressed small kisses on his scar. "You're beautiful, JaeJoong ... Don’t hide your face any longer." YooChun kissed JaeJoong on his lips again and this time JaeJoong responded. He opened his mouth and answered YooChun's kiss.
***
One month later.
****
JaeJoong and YooChun sat hand in hand with his new psychiatrist and discussed his problems with the man. He promised that he would hang mirrors in his house and make sure each morning he would look in here. YooChun helped JaeJoong with his new social contacts and took him outside. And when they walked together JaeJoong hid his face no longer for the outside world. He was getting less and less ashamed of his appearance. He did no longer care about the people on the street when they looked at him.
"Thank you, YooChun... Without you I would never have come this far by myself..." JaeJoong hugged YooChun and kissed him gratefully.