[One-shot] Distance 20cm
Title: Distance 20cm
Author: Sylchunnie
Length: One-shot
Genre: Fluff
Pairing: Yunho X Jaejoong
Summary: 7 years old!Yunho falls in love with 17 years old!Jae. The End.
distance 20cm
“Yun honey! Go and open the door please!”
At her mother’s voice, Yunho quickly jump off his bed, kicking away the Gundam figures that he had been playing with all morning.
“Yes umma!” He sprung to the door only to turn back on his heel to grab his favorite plushy toy, Bambi first before making his way out of his bedroom. With Bambi in one hand, he runs down the stairs. Stopping at the last three steps, he jump off the stairs and landed on the hard wood floor with a loud thump!
Standing on his two small feet, he punched the air with a shout, “Action Kame!” copying a cartoon character, Shin Chan’s silly act. Feeling proud by himself, he grin widely and then let out a laugh as he run to the doorway with Bambi sticking under his armpit.
He pulls the door open and peek his head out only to see a stranger standing in front of their house. He let the door open wider before stepping forward, standing still between the door and the stranger. His eyes roamed up and down at the stranger and when their eyes met, the stranger flash a smile at him. Yunho want to reply the gesture but he was nervous so instead, he steps back a little and turns his head back into the house. “Umma, there’s a weird lady here!” he shouted. Yunho’s head snap back at the stranger when he heard the latter chuckle. He blinks his eyes, confused at the moment.
His mother appears suddenly behind him, pushing him to the side before greeting the stranger. “Oh Jae. Come in, come in. Forgive Yunho, he’s still a kid.”
Yunho almost snorted at his mother overly-warmth voice. Pssh, her voice never sounds like that when she talks to me, he thought. He clung to his mother dress and peek from behind her as the stranger enters their house. He tugs his mother dress to grab her attention before asking, “Who is she, umma?”
He got a smack to the back of his head as an answer. His lips instantly jutted out to a pout, feeling mistreated by his own mother.
“Don’t be rude, Yun. This is Jaejoong, I hired him to be Jihye’s tuition teacher. Now say sorry to hyung.” His mother pulls him forward to stand in front of Jaejoong, making Yunho stumble on his small feet.
Looking up at Jaejoong’s face, Yunho bowed at the older guy. “Sorry~”
Jaejoong smile at him. “It’s okay. Hi, Yunho. You’re very cute.” He reach out his hand to pat Yunho’s head but the kid duck his head away and run up the stairs. Jaejoong was left stunned and embarrassed.
“Aish, that kid. I’m sorry Jae. Why don’t you go upstairs first, Jihye’s room is the first room at the corner. She should be in her room now.”
“Yes, Mrs. Jung.”
Yunho quickly close the door of his room when he heard footsteps coming up the stairs. He strides across his room and climb back onto his bed. Little Yunho’s face look troubled as he get his naïve brain to work. He place Bambi on his chest and stare at the always-smiling face of the flush toy.
“Why umma want me to call her hyung, bambi? She’s obviously a girl. Umma is so weird.” Yunho keep muttering to himself, he pull Bambi by the neck to make her nod her head, as if agreeing with whatever Yunho said.
Filled with curiosity of a seven years old boy, he jumps off his bed, this time leaving Bambi laying there. He exit his room and tip-toed to the room next to his. Slowly, his small hand turn the doorknob of her older sister’s door room. Pushing the door with minimum noises made, he managed to peek into the room through the small gap. From his small position, he only manage to see Jaejoong, sitting on the floor with a few books scatter in front of him and he seems to be talking to someone which Yunho assume his sister. His small almond orbs watch as Jaejoong’s slender fingers gently tuck his shoulder-length raven locks behind his ear and Yunho wonder will his hair feel as soft as it looks.
Then Jaejoong turns his head toward the door. Noticing Yunho standing behind the wooden door, he beam a smile and mouthed ‘Hi’ at the boy.
Yunho gasped and he quickly slammed the door close, running downstairs to the kitchen and hide inside his mother’s long skirt.
“Yah!” Her mother nudge him away with her foot. “What are you doing, Yunho?”
“Umma,” Yunho appear from his hideout, stands by her mother side and clung to her waist. “Are you sure he’s not a girl?”
His mother took out some a cake from the fridge, she slice the cake and put two slices on a separate plate each. “Jaejoong is a boy, Yunho.”
“But he have long hair and big eyes. He’s too pretty for a boy, umma.”
“Yes, he’s pretty but he’s still a boy.”
Yunho puffed his cheeks, “Are you sure?”
“Aish, enough. Take this to your sister’s room.” His mother shoves a tray with two glasses of orange juice and cake into Yunho’s hands. “Don’t spill it.”
“Yes, umma.” He nodded and carefully bring the tray up the stairs. Standing outside his sister’s room, he wanted to knock before entering but then he looks down at his occupied hands. “How am I going to knock?” he mumble by himself. He just stands there for another ten to twenty seconds before the door open by itself suddenly.
Jaejoong look down and saw Yunho by the door with a tray in his hands. He smiles. “Thought I heard someone behind the door. Is this for us, Yunho?”
Yunho doesn’t give any response at first and just stare at Jaejoong’s face but the he quickly nodded. It wasn’t really a nod but just a single short sway of his head and Jaejoong got the massage when the boy push the tray to him.
Taking the tray from Yunho’s hands, Jaejoong cooed, “Thank you, Yunho.” He reached his hand to pinch the boy’s chubby cheek but Yunho have a fast reflex and he quickly step back from the older guy before running into his room.
~
Yunho stays in his room the whole time for the whole week everytime Jaejoong came to tutors Jihye. He will only come out from his room after Jaejoong had left. His mother was mad at him for behaving that way because he is being rude as his mother say. Jihye keep teasing him, saying that he’s scared of Jaejoong but Yunho just stick his tongue at his sister because he know that he’s not scare of Jaejoong. He’s just nervous when the older guy is around. That’s it.
He stares at the clock on his bedroom wall. 5 o’clock. Jaejoong should already left. He took Bambi into his hand and went out of his room, feeling bored after spending two hours alone in his room. He pulls the door open and jump out of his room like a leaping frog because he is wearing a frog-like pajama that his father had bought him. Laughing the whole time, completely enjoying himself. Just then, the door of his sister’s room creak open and a raven exit the room.
Yunho is still in his crouching in his frog position on the floor when he lift his head and look up to only meet Jaejoong’s eyes. The older guy have a amuse grin on his face as he look down at Yunho.
“Are you a frog, Yunho?” Jaejoong let out a stifle of laughter, finding Yunho looking extremely adorable.
The boy doesn’t move and just stay quiet as he keeps staring at Jaejoong. His small eyes, blinking at the sight of sunshine radiating from Jaejoong’s face. The older guy bent his knees to Yunho’s level and touch Bambi that Yunho had put onto his back, making the deer toy riding him while he jumped around just now.
“She’s very cute,” Jaejoong said as he squeezes Bambi. He looks at Yunho and their eyes locked with each other, Jaejoong curve a smile. “Just like you.”
‘He called Bambi ‘she’. How does he know Bambi is a girl?’ Yunho thought.
Jaejoong’s hand was about to touch Yunho’s cheek but the boy quickly get on his feet and run away from him. Jaejoong always find himself feeling dejected and disappointed when Yunho avoided his touches but this time, he let out a laugh. Because he notice, the boy was blushing and a small smile tug on his lips before he flee.
~
The next day, Yunho took out a piece of paper from his bag pack. He stares at his drawing that had received an A+ and five stars from his Art teacher. Excitement shown on his face as he walk out from his room and went to his sister’s room. Without knocking, he enters his sister’s room. Jihye and Jaejoong is buried under a book and Yunho manage to catch words like fotosentisis, green, and foto plus coming from Jaejoong’s mouth. He wonders what those words mean.
Silently, he get behind Jaejoong and then tap the older guy on his shoulder. Jaejoong lift his head from the book and turn his head behind. His lips instantly curve into a smile when he sees Yunho.
“Hi, Yunho.” Jaejoong turn his body completely around so he was facing Yunho. “What do you want?”
Like always, Yunho never talk to him, instead the boy handed him a piece of drawing paper. Jaejoong took it, “You want me to see this?”
Yunho nodded.
Jaejoong look at the drawing and can’t help but smile at picture of Bambi, drawn with crayon in bright colors. “You draw Bambi. You did a great job, she’s very cute.”
Yunho smile.
“And this is you, your dad, your mum and Jihye, right?” Jaejoong pointed his finger at the picture of people sitting on Bambi.
Yunho just nodded and grin, showing his crooked teeth. All in all adding more cuteness to his loveable face.
“Who is this?” He pointed at the person sitting behind Yunho in the picture. “Long black hair, big eyes, is it me?”
This time Yunho bit his lower lip and slowly nod his head.
Jaejoong’s eyes lit up, feeling touched at Yunho’s thought of drawing him along in his family picture. “Wow~ I look so pretty here. You did such a wonderful job in drawing me. Thank you, Yunho.”
Yunho grin wider, feeling proud at Jaejoong’s praise. He did pay extra detail when drawing Jaejoong compared to others. Making sure his eyes look bigger than anyone else because Yunho like his big eyes.
Jaejoong ruffled Yunho’s hair and the boy let him do so. Jihye said something about him showing-off his ugly drawing and Jaejoong was just being nice to him because he’s stupid but Yunho flipped her off. With a toothy grin, Yunho snatch back his drawing from Jaejoong and ran out of the room.
~
Jaejoong stayed for dinner when Yunho’s dad came home early from work with samgyupsal because Yunho’ mother ask him to. The older guy was helping Yunho’s mother prepare the table when Yunho came downstairs from his room. The boy went to sit at his usual spot at the end of the table but then he get up from his chair and run to Jaejoong. He grabs Jaejoong’s hand and pulls him to sit next to him. Jaejoong just follow the boy whilst chuckling.
Jaejoong talks a lot during dinner because Yunho’s mom and dad keep asking him question. Yunho understands something about going to college at Seoul after graduating from the long talk. Jihye put a piece of meat into Jaejoong’s bowl and the raven smile at her, saying thank you. Yunho frowns. He steal that meat from Jaejoong’s bowl and quickly shove it into his mouth, then he took another piece of newly grilled meat and put it into Jaejoong’s bowl. Jaejoong laugh, pinching his cheek and said thank you at him. Yunho grin triumphtly.
Jihye snorted.
~
“Yah! What are you doing?” Jihye scolded his brother when Yunho starts rummaging through her thing. “Stop touching my stuff, Yunho! Aishh.”
Yunho just stick his tongue out before hiding behind Jaejoong. Jaejoong just laugh at the sibling’s silly fight. Jihye keep nagging about Yunho disturbing her study session and keep trying to kick him out of her room but Yunho always win because Jaejoong will say that it’s okay for him to stay and Jihye said nothing more.
Yunho sit close next to Jaejoong as he watch Jaejoong teach Jihye to solve a math problem. When Jaejoong look too preoccupied on Jihye, Yunho will lean his head on Jaejoong’s side and Jaejoong will turn to look at him, smiling and ruffling his hair affectionately. When Jaejoong doesn’t say anything to him, Yunho poke him on his cheek and Jaejoong will turn his head toward him, smiling, saying, “yes Yunho?” and Yunho just shake his head with a silly grin. Jaejoong will chuckle and ruffle his hair again.
Jihye mock him saying that he is jealous of her and Jaejoong staying alone in the room that’s why he’s been hanging out in Jihye’s room a lot. Jaejoong just laugh at that but when he turns to look at Yunho, the boy have slight pink tinted on his cheeks. Standing on his two small feet, Yunho scurried out of the room. Leaving Jaejoong in deep thought.
~
Yunho walk home late from school because he had soccer practice. Holding tight to his bag pack, he walk along the silent pave walk to his house. Then, his small eyes spotted an ice-cream van by the road. His face instantly bright up with a smile and he run towards the van.
“Ahjusshi! Triple vanilla with chocolate chip pweesh~”
“Okay.” The ice-cream guy prepares his ice-cream and Yunho keep hopping in front of the van. Too excited to stand still at the thought of the sweet treat that he’s about to have.
“Here,” the ice-cream guy hold out his order. “$3.”
Yunho fished out his money from his pants pocket. He stares at a piece of one dollar note and a few coins on his hand. He realizes that he’s short of money when he counted the money that he have. “Ahjusshi, can I pay you later? I don’t have enough money~” Yunho showed the guy the money that he have and the ice-cream guy’s smile dies. He glares at Yunho.
“Yah, next times don’t eat if you don’t have enough money! Jashikk!” The guy scolded.
Yunho flinch at the guy’s loud voice. Frowns forming on his face and tears threatening to flows from his eyes.
“I’ll pay for that.”
Yunho lift his head to see Jaejoong standing next to him, smiling down at him while paying for his ice-cream. Jaejoong took the ice-cream and handed it to Yunho. “Here, Yunho. For you.”
Yunho just blink his eyes as his eyes flick from Jaejoong’s smiling face to the ice-cream in his hand. Yunho settle his eyes on Jaejoong’s face as his hands reach for the ice-cream in Jaejoong’s hand.
Jaejoong walk him home. When they reach the front of Yunho’s house and the ice-cream is long gone into Yunho’s tummy, Yunho tug on Jaejoong’s t-shirt. The older guy crouches down to Yunho’s eye level.
“Yes, Yunho?”
Yunho inhaled a deep breath. Swiftly, he pecks Jaejoong on the cheek before dashing away and hides himself in his house.
Jaejoong stay still in his position. Thinking what just happen. His hand touches the still warm spot on his cheek and he let out a laugh.
~
Jaejoong and Yunho is sitting on the couch, watching Gag Concert in Yunho’s living room. Jihye got a call from his friend and went out together while his mother and father went to their relative’s house for a wedding. Jaejoong offered himself to babysit Yunho.
They were watching one of the sketch in Gag Concert called Discoveries of Life where the girlfriend want to break up with his boyfriend while they were in a sauna when Yunho shifted on the couch and turn his body to face Jaejoong. Jaejoong sensed the movement and darted his gaze to Yunho.
“What’s wrong?”
“Jaejoong.” Yunho said timidly. “You have girlfriend?”
Jaejoong’s brows scrunched at the unexpected question coming from the seven years old. “No. Why?”
“I don’t have girlfriend too.” Yunho said, his head low, avoiding Jaejoong’s eyes.
“Why? I think you’re very handsome. The girls at your school must be blind for not liking you.” Jaejoong pat Yunho’s head gently but his movement halted when Yunho took his hand by his small one.
The boy look at Jaejoong’s eyes directly, “Do you want to be my girlfriend?”
Jaejoong was stunned. His eyes widen and his mouth gape in an attempt to say something but nothing comes out. He is definitely shock by the sudden confession.
“Yunho,” Jaejoong said breathily.
Yunho scooted closer to Jaejoong and ended up on the raven’s lap. He palmed Jaejoong’s face and claimed the older guy’s cherry lips. If Jaejoong was shocked by the confession then he is definitely surprised by the feel of Yunho’s small lips against his. The older guy stay still as Yunho’s lips attached to his. Yunho doesn’t seem to move at all, just letting their lips close in contact. What do you expect, that he’ll be Don Juan at the age of seven? Psshh.
Yunho only broke away when Jaejoong lean his head back. They stare at each other and Jaejoong’s arms went around Yunho’s petite frame. Then, Jaejoong let out a hearty laugh. He keeps laughing as Yunho just look at him with his cheeks flush.
The raven inhaled deeply when he finally stop laughing and realize that Yunho is pouting. He kisses the pout away and nuzzles their nose together. “I don’t know Yunho. I want my boyfriend to be taller than me. So how about if you grow up some more and when you think that you’re taller than me, than you can ask for me to be your girlfriend again. Okay?”
Yunho blink his eyes innocently while Jaejoong peck him again on his cheek. Out of the blue, Yunho jump off Jaejoong’s lap and run to the kitchen. Jaejoong was startled as he watches Yunho run. Oh no, did I broke his heart? Is he mad at me? At the thought of Yunho being upset, Jaejoong get up from the couch and went to the kitchen.
He caught a sight of Yunho, hidden inside the fridge, rummaging through it. Then, he appears with a carton of milk in his hand. Pouring the milk into a glass he gulp the white liquid in one-shot before pouring another one. Realizing what Yunho is doing, Jaejoong starts to giggle. He walks up to Yunho and hugs the boy from behind, lifting him off his feet. He place Yunho on the counter, facing him. The boy is grinning with traces of milk decorating his lips.
“I will grow fast.” He said and swallows another gulp of milk.
Jaejoong lick the drop of milk from his chin and kiss him fully on the lips. “Yes you will.”
end
1st September 2011
Sylchunnie
Author: Sylchunnie
Length: One-shot
Genre: Fluff
Pairing: Yunho X Jaejoong
Summary: 7 years old!Yunho falls in love with 17 years old!Jae. The End.
distance 20cm
“Yun honey! Go and open the door please!”
At her mother’s voice, Yunho quickly jump off his bed, kicking away the Gundam figures that he had been playing with all morning.
“Yes umma!” He sprung to the door only to turn back on his heel to grab his favorite plushy toy, Bambi first before making his way out of his bedroom. With Bambi in one hand, he runs down the stairs. Stopping at the last three steps, he jump off the stairs and landed on the hard wood floor with a loud thump!
Standing on his two small feet, he punched the air with a shout, “Action Kame!” copying a cartoon character, Shin Chan’s silly act. Feeling proud by himself, he grin widely and then let out a laugh as he run to the doorway with Bambi sticking under his armpit.
He pulls the door open and peek his head out only to see a stranger standing in front of their house. He let the door open wider before stepping forward, standing still between the door and the stranger. His eyes roamed up and down at the stranger and when their eyes met, the stranger flash a smile at him. Yunho want to reply the gesture but he was nervous so instead, he steps back a little and turns his head back into the house. “Umma, there’s a weird lady here!” he shouted. Yunho’s head snap back at the stranger when he heard the latter chuckle. He blinks his eyes, confused at the moment.
His mother appears suddenly behind him, pushing him to the side before greeting the stranger. “Oh Jae. Come in, come in. Forgive Yunho, he’s still a kid.”
Yunho almost snorted at his mother overly-warmth voice. Pssh, her voice never sounds like that when she talks to me, he thought. He clung to his mother dress and peek from behind her as the stranger enters their house. He tugs his mother dress to grab her attention before asking, “Who is she, umma?”
He got a smack to the back of his head as an answer. His lips instantly jutted out to a pout, feeling mistreated by his own mother.
“Don’t be rude, Yun. This is Jaejoong, I hired him to be Jihye’s tuition teacher. Now say sorry to hyung.” His mother pulls him forward to stand in front of Jaejoong, making Yunho stumble on his small feet.
Looking up at Jaejoong’s face, Yunho bowed at the older guy. “Sorry~”
Jaejoong smile at him. “It’s okay. Hi, Yunho. You’re very cute.” He reach out his hand to pat Yunho’s head but the kid duck his head away and run up the stairs. Jaejoong was left stunned and embarrassed.
“Aish, that kid. I’m sorry Jae. Why don’t you go upstairs first, Jihye’s room is the first room at the corner. She should be in her room now.”
“Yes, Mrs. Jung.”
Yunho quickly close the door of his room when he heard footsteps coming up the stairs. He strides across his room and climb back onto his bed. Little Yunho’s face look troubled as he get his naïve brain to work. He place Bambi on his chest and stare at the always-smiling face of the flush toy.
“Why umma want me to call her hyung, bambi? She’s obviously a girl. Umma is so weird.” Yunho keep muttering to himself, he pull Bambi by the neck to make her nod her head, as if agreeing with whatever Yunho said.
Filled with curiosity of a seven years old boy, he jumps off his bed, this time leaving Bambi laying there. He exit his room and tip-toed to the room next to his. Slowly, his small hand turn the doorknob of her older sister’s door room. Pushing the door with minimum noises made, he managed to peek into the room through the small gap. From his small position, he only manage to see Jaejoong, sitting on the floor with a few books scatter in front of him and he seems to be talking to someone which Yunho assume his sister. His small almond orbs watch as Jaejoong’s slender fingers gently tuck his shoulder-length raven locks behind his ear and Yunho wonder will his hair feel as soft as it looks.
Then Jaejoong turns his head toward the door. Noticing Yunho standing behind the wooden door, he beam a smile and mouthed ‘Hi’ at the boy.
Yunho gasped and he quickly slammed the door close, running downstairs to the kitchen and hide inside his mother’s long skirt.
“Yah!” Her mother nudge him away with her foot. “What are you doing, Yunho?”
“Umma,” Yunho appear from his hideout, stands by her mother side and clung to her waist. “Are you sure he’s not a girl?”
His mother took out some a cake from the fridge, she slice the cake and put two slices on a separate plate each. “Jaejoong is a boy, Yunho.”
“But he have long hair and big eyes. He’s too pretty for a boy, umma.”
“Yes, he’s pretty but he’s still a boy.”
Yunho puffed his cheeks, “Are you sure?”
“Aish, enough. Take this to your sister’s room.” His mother shoves a tray with two glasses of orange juice and cake into Yunho’s hands. “Don’t spill it.”
“Yes, umma.” He nodded and carefully bring the tray up the stairs. Standing outside his sister’s room, he wanted to knock before entering but then he looks down at his occupied hands. “How am I going to knock?” he mumble by himself. He just stands there for another ten to twenty seconds before the door open by itself suddenly.
Jaejoong look down and saw Yunho by the door with a tray in his hands. He smiles. “Thought I heard someone behind the door. Is this for us, Yunho?”
Yunho doesn’t give any response at first and just stare at Jaejoong’s face but the he quickly nodded. It wasn’t really a nod but just a single short sway of his head and Jaejoong got the massage when the boy push the tray to him.
Taking the tray from Yunho’s hands, Jaejoong cooed, “Thank you, Yunho.” He reached his hand to pinch the boy’s chubby cheek but Yunho have a fast reflex and he quickly step back from the older guy before running into his room.
~
Yunho stays in his room the whole time for the whole week everytime Jaejoong came to tutors Jihye. He will only come out from his room after Jaejoong had left. His mother was mad at him for behaving that way because he is being rude as his mother say. Jihye keep teasing him, saying that he’s scared of Jaejoong but Yunho just stick his tongue at his sister because he know that he’s not scare of Jaejoong. He’s just nervous when the older guy is around. That’s it.
He stares at the clock on his bedroom wall. 5 o’clock. Jaejoong should already left. He took Bambi into his hand and went out of his room, feeling bored after spending two hours alone in his room. He pulls the door open and jump out of his room like a leaping frog because he is wearing a frog-like pajama that his father had bought him. Laughing the whole time, completely enjoying himself. Just then, the door of his sister’s room creak open and a raven exit the room.
Yunho is still in his crouching in his frog position on the floor when he lift his head and look up to only meet Jaejoong’s eyes. The older guy have a amuse grin on his face as he look down at Yunho.
“Are you a frog, Yunho?” Jaejoong let out a stifle of laughter, finding Yunho looking extremely adorable.
The boy doesn’t move and just stay quiet as he keeps staring at Jaejoong. His small eyes, blinking at the sight of sunshine radiating from Jaejoong’s face. The older guy bent his knees to Yunho’s level and touch Bambi that Yunho had put onto his back, making the deer toy riding him while he jumped around just now.
“She’s very cute,” Jaejoong said as he squeezes Bambi. He looks at Yunho and their eyes locked with each other, Jaejoong curve a smile. “Just like you.”
‘He called Bambi ‘she’. How does he know Bambi is a girl?’ Yunho thought.
Jaejoong’s hand was about to touch Yunho’s cheek but the boy quickly get on his feet and run away from him. Jaejoong always find himself feeling dejected and disappointed when Yunho avoided his touches but this time, he let out a laugh. Because he notice, the boy was blushing and a small smile tug on his lips before he flee.
~
The next day, Yunho took out a piece of paper from his bag pack. He stares at his drawing that had received an A+ and five stars from his Art teacher. Excitement shown on his face as he walk out from his room and went to his sister’s room. Without knocking, he enters his sister’s room. Jihye and Jaejoong is buried under a book and Yunho manage to catch words like fotosentisis, green, and foto plus coming from Jaejoong’s mouth. He wonders what those words mean.
Silently, he get behind Jaejoong and then tap the older guy on his shoulder. Jaejoong lift his head from the book and turn his head behind. His lips instantly curve into a smile when he sees Yunho.
“Hi, Yunho.” Jaejoong turn his body completely around so he was facing Yunho. “What do you want?”
Like always, Yunho never talk to him, instead the boy handed him a piece of drawing paper. Jaejoong took it, “You want me to see this?”
Yunho nodded.
Jaejoong look at the drawing and can’t help but smile at picture of Bambi, drawn with crayon in bright colors. “You draw Bambi. You did a great job, she’s very cute.”
Yunho smile.
“And this is you, your dad, your mum and Jihye, right?” Jaejoong pointed his finger at the picture of people sitting on Bambi.
Yunho just nodded and grin, showing his crooked teeth. All in all adding more cuteness to his loveable face.
“Who is this?” He pointed at the person sitting behind Yunho in the picture. “Long black hair, big eyes, is it me?”
This time Yunho bit his lower lip and slowly nod his head.
Jaejoong’s eyes lit up, feeling touched at Yunho’s thought of drawing him along in his family picture. “Wow~ I look so pretty here. You did such a wonderful job in drawing me. Thank you, Yunho.”
Yunho grin wider, feeling proud at Jaejoong’s praise. He did pay extra detail when drawing Jaejoong compared to others. Making sure his eyes look bigger than anyone else because Yunho like his big eyes.
Jaejoong ruffled Yunho’s hair and the boy let him do so. Jihye said something about him showing-off his ugly drawing and Jaejoong was just being nice to him because he’s stupid but Yunho flipped her off. With a toothy grin, Yunho snatch back his drawing from Jaejoong and ran out of the room.
~
Jaejoong stayed for dinner when Yunho’s dad came home early from work with samgyupsal because Yunho’ mother ask him to. The older guy was helping Yunho’s mother prepare the table when Yunho came downstairs from his room. The boy went to sit at his usual spot at the end of the table but then he get up from his chair and run to Jaejoong. He grabs Jaejoong’s hand and pulls him to sit next to him. Jaejoong just follow the boy whilst chuckling.
Jaejoong talks a lot during dinner because Yunho’s mom and dad keep asking him question. Yunho understands something about going to college at Seoul after graduating from the long talk. Jihye put a piece of meat into Jaejoong’s bowl and the raven smile at her, saying thank you. Yunho frowns. He steal that meat from Jaejoong’s bowl and quickly shove it into his mouth, then he took another piece of newly grilled meat and put it into Jaejoong’s bowl. Jaejoong laugh, pinching his cheek and said thank you at him. Yunho grin triumphtly.
Jihye snorted.
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“Yah! What are you doing?” Jihye scolded his brother when Yunho starts rummaging through her thing. “Stop touching my stuff, Yunho! Aishh.”
Yunho just stick his tongue out before hiding behind Jaejoong. Jaejoong just laugh at the sibling’s silly fight. Jihye keep nagging about Yunho disturbing her study session and keep trying to kick him out of her room but Yunho always win because Jaejoong will say that it’s okay for him to stay and Jihye said nothing more.
Yunho sit close next to Jaejoong as he watch Jaejoong teach Jihye to solve a math problem. When Jaejoong look too preoccupied on Jihye, Yunho will lean his head on Jaejoong’s side and Jaejoong will turn to look at him, smiling and ruffling his hair affectionately. When Jaejoong doesn’t say anything to him, Yunho poke him on his cheek and Jaejoong will turn his head toward him, smiling, saying, “yes Yunho?” and Yunho just shake his head with a silly grin. Jaejoong will chuckle and ruffle his hair again.
Jihye mock him saying that he is jealous of her and Jaejoong staying alone in the room that’s why he’s been hanging out in Jihye’s room a lot. Jaejoong just laugh at that but when he turns to look at Yunho, the boy have slight pink tinted on his cheeks. Standing on his two small feet, Yunho scurried out of the room. Leaving Jaejoong in deep thought.
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Yunho walk home late from school because he had soccer practice. Holding tight to his bag pack, he walk along the silent pave walk to his house. Then, his small eyes spotted an ice-cream van by the road. His face instantly bright up with a smile and he run towards the van.
“Ahjusshi! Triple vanilla with chocolate chip pweesh~”
“Okay.” The ice-cream guy prepares his ice-cream and Yunho keep hopping in front of the van. Too excited to stand still at the thought of the sweet treat that he’s about to have.
“Here,” the ice-cream guy hold out his order. “$3.”
Yunho fished out his money from his pants pocket. He stares at a piece of one dollar note and a few coins on his hand. He realizes that he’s short of money when he counted the money that he have. “Ahjusshi, can I pay you later? I don’t have enough money~” Yunho showed the guy the money that he have and the ice-cream guy’s smile dies. He glares at Yunho.
“Yah, next times don’t eat if you don’t have enough money! Jashikk!” The guy scolded.
Yunho flinch at the guy’s loud voice. Frowns forming on his face and tears threatening to flows from his eyes.
“I’ll pay for that.”
Yunho lift his head to see Jaejoong standing next to him, smiling down at him while paying for his ice-cream. Jaejoong took the ice-cream and handed it to Yunho. “Here, Yunho. For you.”
Yunho just blink his eyes as his eyes flick from Jaejoong’s smiling face to the ice-cream in his hand. Yunho settle his eyes on Jaejoong’s face as his hands reach for the ice-cream in Jaejoong’s hand.
Jaejoong walk him home. When they reach the front of Yunho’s house and the ice-cream is long gone into Yunho’s tummy, Yunho tug on Jaejoong’s t-shirt. The older guy crouches down to Yunho’s eye level.
“Yes, Yunho?”
Yunho inhaled a deep breath. Swiftly, he pecks Jaejoong on the cheek before dashing away and hides himself in his house.
Jaejoong stay still in his position. Thinking what just happen. His hand touches the still warm spot on his cheek and he let out a laugh.
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Jaejoong and Yunho is sitting on the couch, watching Gag Concert in Yunho’s living room. Jihye got a call from his friend and went out together while his mother and father went to their relative’s house for a wedding. Jaejoong offered himself to babysit Yunho.
They were watching one of the sketch in Gag Concert called Discoveries of Life where the girlfriend want to break up with his boyfriend while they were in a sauna when Yunho shifted on the couch and turn his body to face Jaejoong. Jaejoong sensed the movement and darted his gaze to Yunho.
“What’s wrong?”
“Jaejoong.” Yunho said timidly. “You have girlfriend?”
Jaejoong’s brows scrunched at the unexpected question coming from the seven years old. “No. Why?”
“I don’t have girlfriend too.” Yunho said, his head low, avoiding Jaejoong’s eyes.
“Why? I think you’re very handsome. The girls at your school must be blind for not liking you.” Jaejoong pat Yunho’s head gently but his movement halted when Yunho took his hand by his small one.
The boy look at Jaejoong’s eyes directly, “Do you want to be my girlfriend?”
Jaejoong was stunned. His eyes widen and his mouth gape in an attempt to say something but nothing comes out. He is definitely shock by the sudden confession.
“Yunho,” Jaejoong said breathily.
Yunho scooted closer to Jaejoong and ended up on the raven’s lap. He palmed Jaejoong’s face and claimed the older guy’s cherry lips. If Jaejoong was shocked by the confession then he is definitely surprised by the feel of Yunho’s small lips against his. The older guy stay still as Yunho’s lips attached to his. Yunho doesn’t seem to move at all, just letting their lips close in contact. What do you expect, that he’ll be Don Juan at the age of seven? Psshh.
Yunho only broke away when Jaejoong lean his head back. They stare at each other and Jaejoong’s arms went around Yunho’s petite frame. Then, Jaejoong let out a hearty laugh. He keeps laughing as Yunho just look at him with his cheeks flush.
The raven inhaled deeply when he finally stop laughing and realize that Yunho is pouting. He kisses the pout away and nuzzles their nose together. “I don’t know Yunho. I want my boyfriend to be taller than me. So how about if you grow up some more and when you think that you’re taller than me, than you can ask for me to be your girlfriend again. Okay?”
Yunho blink his eyes innocently while Jaejoong peck him again on his cheek. Out of the blue, Yunho jump off Jaejoong’s lap and run to the kitchen. Jaejoong was startled as he watches Yunho run. Oh no, did I broke his heart? Is he mad at me? At the thought of Yunho being upset, Jaejoong get up from the couch and went to the kitchen.
He caught a sight of Yunho, hidden inside the fridge, rummaging through it. Then, he appears with a carton of milk in his hand. Pouring the milk into a glass he gulp the white liquid in one-shot before pouring another one. Realizing what Yunho is doing, Jaejoong starts to giggle. He walks up to Yunho and hugs the boy from behind, lifting him off his feet. He place Yunho on the counter, facing him. The boy is grinning with traces of milk decorating his lips.
“I will grow fast.” He said and swallows another gulp of milk.
Jaejoong lick the drop of milk from his chin and kiss him fully on the lips. “Yes you will.”
end
1st September 2011
Sylchunnie