Title: Pool of Love (prequel of Pool of Lust)
Pairing/s: HaeMin (kid!HaeMin), bestfriends!HyukHae, cousins!HyukMin
Genre: Fluff, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Gender switch (girl!Min)
Summary: This is where it all started…
Pool of Lust Donghae sat on the pink bed, scanning the room that smelled like the exact vanilla scent from Sungmin. He hummed a song, drummed his fingers on his lap, and moved his body with the beat of the music downstairs.
He was thinking, why does he feel that he already knew Sungmin from before? Everything about her is familiar to him. Her doe eyes, her nose, her plump lips, and the way she says his name. Just when he’s at the peak of remembering, an irrelevant thought will pop out from his mind, losing his focus.
“Aish, why is she taking so long with Hyukkie?!” He hissed impatiently.
Then, a familiar orange thing, placed on top of the table, caught his eye. He walked towards it, widening his eyes as he recognized the fish plushy. It was his favorite stuffed toy which he gave to his ‘wifey’.
And that’s when things started rewinding on his mind.
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“HYUUUUUUKIIIEEEE~” 5-year old Donghae searched for his best friend, Hyukjae, inside the latter’s house. He wants to show him his new fish plushy that his father bought him yesterday. However, Hyukjae isn’t in his room, isn’t in the kitchen, isn’t in the living room, and he definitely isn’t at the bathroom. So, the last place he would search for his friend is at the play ground near the swimming pool.
He then saw a child, around their age, wearing a pink dress, sitting at the pool side, her feet dunked on the water. Since he doesn’t know her, he ran towards her, patting the girl on the shoulder, greeting her cheerfully, “Haaiiii~!!!” This surprised the girl that she almost fell to the pool. However, being the active boy here, Donghae was able to pull her up by wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her arm using his free hand. He kind of exerted too much effort in pulling her because…
…the girl’s body is now on top of his, their cute faces were very close to each other, their noses touching… and her soft, petite lips is pressed onto his. A deep blush crept on their cheeks, and as soon as they realized their positions, the girl hastily moved away from him, kneeling on the ground as she repeatedly bows and mutters, “GOMEN NASAI~! GOMEN NASAI~! GOMEN NASAI~! GOMEN NASAI~! (I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!)”
Not understanding what the girl said, he frowned, having the girl get the wrong idea, and cry hard. He panicked and grumbled to get up, also kneeling as he wiped her tears, trying to hush her, “Noooo~ I didn’t mean it that way~!” Since she didn’t understand him, she continued crying, making Donghae frantic. He only thought of one way to silence her… and that was what he did.
He gently removed her hands, which were covering her cute face, and quickly leaned on her to press his lips onto hers. The girl stopped sobbing and widened her eyes, gawking at her kisser, who had his eyes closed. After a few awkward seconds, he already felt her calm down, so he moved away, and stared at her round eyes deeply, shock written on both of their faces.
Suddenly, they heard a shriek, making them pull away from each other, “DID YOU JUST KISS HER, HAE?!” The two stood up and faced the enraged Hyukjae, who was hugging his monkey stuffed toy. Donghae waved his hands vigorously, “No~! I… I can explain, Hyukkiiieee~!!!” The single-eyelid boy threw his monkey and rushed towards the girl, holding her shoulders firmly and asked her in his Engrish, “You okay?” Donghae tilted his head, wondering why Hyukjae is speaking to her in English.
However, the girl had her eyes glued to the one who kissed her, her chubby cheeks getting as pink as her dress. Noticing it, Hyukjae shook her more, hissing, “Min-ah!! Genki desuka? (Are you okay?)” The other boy narrowed his eyes that his best friend is speaking an alien language.
This time, he caught the girl’s attention, her eyes gaping at him widely while nodding once. Then, Donghae asked, “Who is she, Hyukkie? Is she an alien? Why are you talking to her in a… uh… alien language??” Hyukjae shifted his gaze towards his naïve friend, still can’t believe that he just had his first innocent kiss. “She is my cousin, Hae. And no, she’s not an alien~ she… uh… came from… Japan…” The smaller boy squinted his eyes, “What is Japan? A planet?”
Hyukjae ruffled his hair in frustration; first, he cannot explain it clearly, and second, Hae is being an alien again. “NOOO~! You know, where manga was drawn~!” Donghae snapped his fingers before pointing one at his best friend, “Aha! At the paper?” Hyukjae sighed while palming his forehead, muttering, “I surrender…” Donghae pouted and crossed his arms, “Pish. Hyukkie sooo meeann toooo Haeeee~” The older boy was about to say something, but a giggle from his cousin stopped him. Even Donghae looked at her curiously, making her blush again and look away while biting her lips.
Then, Donghae skipped towards the Lee cousins (he is also a Lee), placed his hands on his back, slightly bending forward, but his eyes are still locked on his friend’s cousin, “Heyy~ I’m Donghae~~~ sorry for what I did earlier~~” The girl bit her lips AGAIN, her doe eyes staring at him innocently. “Ow~ why you not talk to Haeee~~~?” Donghae said in disappointment when the girl didn’t reply.
“Hae, she can’t understand Korean. I told you, she grew up in Japan.” Hyukjae informed his friend. The younger narrowed his eyes, “Where is Japan again?” This made Hyukjae roll his eyes at his friend.
“Su…Sungmin…” The boys looked at the shy girl, making her continue speaking her best in Korean, “My name… Sungmin…” Donghae beamed and waved his hand, “Hi Sungminnie~! I’m Donghae~!!!”
(^w^)
Donghae entered the kitchen and there he saw Sungmin, sitting on a chair and looking at an unopened instant noodle cup. His heart beat wildly as he giddily ran towards the girl, settling at the empty space beside her, “Hai Minnie~~!” The girl smiled and replied in Korean, “Hi~~~” Donghae beamed when he heard her reply in his language, shaking her, “Wow! You can already speak in Korean!”
Then, she frowned, especially when her gaze darted on the noodle cup she was holding, pouting at the characters that she can’t understand. The boy looked at the scribbling as well, their cheeks almost touching, “Spicy noodles?” He looked at the girl curiously, “You like this or you want to know what this is?” Sungmin blinked her eyes and shrugged, sighing in surrender that she can’t understand a thing.
Donghae then fanned his opened mouth, darting his tongue out, while saying, “Hot~~ spicy~~ tongue will hurt~~” He stopped what he was doing when Sungmin laughed hard; it was the first time he heard her laugh like that and it was music in his ears… it sounds so good. He pouted, stopping Sungmin from laughing, “What’s funny with that?”
Sungmin grinned, her eyes almost closing, “Kawaii~” Donghae raised an eyebrow, “What?” The girl shook her head vigorously as she bit her lip before placing the noodle cup on the table and running away while giggling, leaving Donghae dumbfounded.
He poked his best friend’s shoulder, earning a glare from the older, “Monkeeeeyyyy~~ fishy has a problem~~~” Hyukjae rolled his eyes, fixing his gaze back to his brick game, “What is fishy’s problem now?”
“What is kawaii?” He asked while forcing his friend to face him. Hyukjae’s forehead scrunched, not liking the idea of Donghae holding his chin, “I think it’s cute. Why?” The smaller let go of Hyukjae’s chin and sat beside him, crossing his arm, and had his head bowed, trying to hide the blush the crept on his cheeks, “Well~ Minnie said that to me~~~”
Hyukjae’s small eyes got bigger, “Omo~ Minnie likes you? Maybe she wants to marry you, but she is shy to tell you~!” Now, it is Donghae’s face that got red, “What? Why?” The other paused to think, looking up at the ceiling then snapping his fingers and looking back at his friend, “Yes~! Maybe it’s because of the kiss~! How about you? Do you want to marry Minnie?” Donghae nodded many times, “I do~! I do~!”
Hyukjae placed his hands on top of Donghae’s shoulders, “Then marry her now before she goes back to Japan~!” The smaller nodded and rushed inside to find where the girl went. He knocked on the door of her room, saying, “Minnie~~~” When the door opened, a woman that looks like an older Sungmin appeared with a smile, making Donghae widened his eyes, “Sungminnie? Why you no wait for me to grow up?”
The woman giggled at the boy’s cuteness and naivety. She kneeled to level her face with the boy and said sweetly, “Dear, I’m not Sungmin… I’m her mom… You must be Donghae~ Minnie can’t stop talking about you~” His face brightened and bounced on his heels, “Eomeoni~ I want to marry Minnie~!!! Can I?”
The middle-aged woman squealed, clasped her hands, and placed it under her chin. Then, a melodious voice was heard inside, “Okaasan~~~” Sungmin came out, holding an ear of a white bunny, pouting. As she recognized her friend’s presence, she blinked her doe eyes two times, muttering, “Oh, Hae~”
Donghae’s jaw almost shamelessly dropped on the floor when he saw Sungmin in her cute pink dress, her hair is pigtailed using bunny clips, and her rosy cheeks added to her image of being a human doll. The woman loved the sight of the kids and gestured her daughter to come closer to her. She then winked at the boy, “Take care of my daughter, son-in-law.” The young boy beamed and nodded many times, much to Sungmin’s disappointment for not knowing what is happening.
Sungmin’s mother stood up and went out of the room, leaving the kids. Donghae merrily pulled the girl inside and the two of them sat on the bed, facing each other. The boy pointed at his chest, “Hae…” Then, he made a heart using his small hands, “…love…” Finally, he pointed his finger on the girl’s chest, “…Minnie~!”
Sungmin smiled; she loves the sweet and cute gestures of Donghae. She winked, cutely saying, “Saranghae~” Donghae’s face brightened, held the girl’s hands, and excitedly asked, “Marry me?” She tilted her head, not understanding him again, but nodded anyways. “WIFEY~!!!” He hugged her tight, making her smile and cuddle back, that was when she finally got what the boy meant.
Since that day, they call each other as “wifey” and “hubby”. Their parents found it adorable though, especially Sungmin’s mother. Also, because of Donghae’s introduction of Sungmin to his family, they discovered that their mothers were seatmates during high school. So basically, their “relationship” is accepted by their families.
One day, Donghae saw Sungmin sitting at the pool side again, the same scene where he first saw her. He sat beside her to give her a peck on the cheeks, earning a blush from the girl. “Good morning, wifey~” He then saw her bite her lips, as if trying to hold something because she was breathing heavily. That was when he noticed Sungmin’s teary eyes, and it made him worry.
“Yah, what’s wrong?” He twisted Sungmin’s shoulders to face him, making her tears fall; just seeing her in this state made him have the want to cry as well. Sungmin hugged her ‘hubby’ and cried harder, muttering things that Donghae can’t comprehend.
She fished out a paper from her pocket and showed it to the boy, now wiping her tears. The liquid that was threatening to fall from the boy’s eyes gave up and went out, as he read what was written:
I’m going back to Japan tomorrow…
She asked her mother to write those, knowing that her mother is aware of her “feelings” for the boy. He looked at her, “Then I won’t see you again?” Instead of answering, her arms made its way around Donghae’s waist, and placed her chin on the boy’s shoulder, joining him in weeping.
Donghae moved for a bit, wiping his tears as he stood up and said before running, “Wait for me here.” After five minutes, Donghae went back, panting, now with a fish stuffed toy on his arms. Sungmin walked towards him, altering her gazes to her hubby’s face and the toy. Then, Donghae pushed the plushy to her with a sad smile, “Take this with you so that you won’t forget me. Hyukkie gave this to me because he said I look like a fish~”
She bit her lower lip, tears falling again as she embraced Donghae, mumbling, “Thank you~”
And that was the last day they saw each other; Sungmin and her mom went to the airport at dawn, so that Donghae is sleeping for it would be hard to separate the two once they see each other. Just when Donghae woke up and knew that Sungmin was already gone, it took them hours to make him stop crying… it was just a good thing that young Hyukjae knows how to calm this boy though he found it hard too.
“Hyukjae-ah, do you remember Sungmin, your cousin from Japan?”
“Ah! The cute one who visited us when we’re five? Why?”
His mother then pulled a beautiful blonde wearing the sweetest smile, “She is now that cute Sungmin… gorgeous, right? Min-ah, do you remember Hyukjae?” Sungmin nodded, “Of course, auntie.”
Hyukjae pointed his index finger at the lady, his eyes widened, “Wait! You already can speak in Korean?!” The girl chuckled, her finger touched her lips, “Yeah.”
“Hyukkie-ah… is Donghae… still… are you… are you still… friends?” Sungmin shyly asked.
“Of course! So, you still remember him, huh.” Hyukjae smirked.
“Y-yeah… Does… does he… remember me?”
“I… well… he does… but to be honest, he forgot your name. He just knows that he calls someone his ‘wifey’ whom he childishly asked for a marriage when he was five. He didn’t tell it to our friends because he can’t remember your name… unfortunately and I’m sorry for this but I also forgot your name.”
“Oh…”
“But he is waiting for you. Do you know that he never had a girlfriend? He may not know your name, but deep in his heart yearns for you to come back to him. He always tells me that… he misses his wifey.”
Sungmin snapped her head to her cousin, blushing and grinning, “Then, will you help me get my ‘hubby’ to remember me?” Hyukjae smirked, “My pleasure, couz. You came to the perfect person.”
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So, Sungmin is that Japanese girl who can’t understand him and the one he once thought an alien… his first kiss… his first crush… his so-called wifey… and was now his first experience. He feels bad; how could he forget that Hyukjae has a cousin?! He should have remembered that when Sungmin said that she is Hyukjae’s cousin earlier! Hell, when you’re horny, you can’t even think of that.
To his surprise, the door opened and Sungmin entered, a confused look on her face, “Hae?” He hid the plushy behind his back with one hand and approached the lady with a smirk, whispering, “Ready for second round, wifey? And why aren’t you calling me hubby?” She widened her eyes at the nickname, but she wasn’t able to utter a word when Donghae pulled and pinned her on the bed, trapping her under his body.
He raised the stuffed toy, “Mind explaining?” She parted her lips to answer, but again, the guy didn’t let her respond because he crashed his lips on her, tasting her unique sweetness, sucking out the air from her. He broke it, making Sungmin heave a deep breath due to loss of oxygen, a deep shade of blush is on her cheeks, and she is now biting her lips.
Donghae clicked his tongue, “Aish, do you really bite your lips a lot? You just make me want to kiss you.” He threw the plushy to the floor, his lips making its way to her neck while his left hand pulled the string of the girl’s pink bathrobe, untying it. He licked her earlobe, earning a long and soft moan from Sungmin. “Aishiteru.” He whispered oh-so-gently. Sungmin stared at him wide-eyed, not believing what he said.
“What? I thought you’re Japanese?” Donghae arched an eyebrow. Sungmin chuckled, saying after pecking the guy’s lips, “I’m not Japanese, dork. I’m full-Korean, I was just born in Japan. Did you know that I even learned Korean just for you?” The guy smiled, “Really? I’m the reason?”
She pouted, “But you forgot me~” Donghae made a sorry expression, “Nooo~ it’s just that your looks changed! Your name was familiar when you said it earlier~ and my mind is just too preoccupied with the thoughts of having sex with you so I didn’t think of it more~ sorry~~~” He sighed when the girl is still sulking. “Okay, how can I make it up to you?”
“Kiss me.” She seductively said. He scoffed, “That’s too easy.” She then wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer, “Okay, fuck me… harder than earlier… the hardest that you can… make me scream your name loud enough for Hyukjae to hear it.” The guy chuckled, “That is still easy, Min.”
“Oh, that is already challenging, babe. I will now control myself because my mom is just at the next door.” Donghae’s eyes widened at that, but the thought of having sex with the daughter of the man on the next room excites him. “Hah, but your mom likes me. Don’t blame me if you scream in pleasure because I will really make you shout my name as I slam on you…”
Donghae was about to kiss her, but she placed a finger on his lips, “By the way, aishiteru yo, my hubby~”
A/N: That’s the end! Sorry, I won’t be able to make a sequel out of this due to my busy schedule right now. I’ll only update my chaptered fics once a week because of it… Anyways, thank you very much for those who read!!! ^^