Hired to love you. Chapter 20
"Where do you wanna go first,Minnie?" Ryeowook and Sungmin had arrived at the mall and were standing at the mall's entrance, deciding where they should go to first. Sungmin looked at the mall in front of him, this mall was the mall that he had been to with Kyuhyun. This mall contained memories of his time with Kyuhyun. Sungmin sighed before he turned to Ryeowook. "Wookie! Let's go eat first" Nodding, Ryeowook took Sungmin's hands in his and dragged Sungmin to the cafe in the mall. As they sat down, the waitress stepped forward to take their orders for them. Sungmin ordered a sandwich while Ryeowook ordered a salad for himself. "Wookie, a salad isn't gonna be enough for you.." Sungmin pouted at his now boyfriend. Sungmin still found it hard to think of Ryeowook as his boyfriend, he still hadn't gotten rid of all thoughts about Kyuhyun. But he promised himself that he would get over Kyuhyun as soon as possible and love Ryeowook wholeheartedly. "It's enough for me.. I don't like eating a lot anyway." Ryeowook smiled at Sungmin and reaches out to flip Sungmin bangs out of his face. Sungmin flinched a little at the sudden contact. "Ah.. I'm sorry." Ryeowook felt Sungmin move and a part of him felt sad. Sungmin still wasn't used to his touches yet. Sungmin shook his and gently leaned over to Ryeowook's side to give him a small hug which Ryeowook gladly returned. As Sungmin pulled out from their hug, he noticed that a man wearing shades, dressed in a black suit was sitting at a table opposite theirs. The man seemed to be tailing them. He was carrying a newspaper which he pretended to read whenever Sungmin looked up at him. Sungmin grew a little worried, he was sure that he had never seen that man before, so why would that man be watching them. Sungmin turned to Ryeowook and whispered in his ear. "Wookie. That man Sitting opposite us keeps staring at us. I have a strange feeling that he's tailin us. He was there when we got off the cab just now too." Ryeowook looked up to meet the man's eyes. Ryeowook's eyes widened as he instantly recognized that man. He knew that face. Those lips, his eyebrows. Ryeowook knew it all too well. Ryeowook turned his gaze away from the man's unwavering Starr and leaned forward to whisper into Sungmin's ear. "Min, I know that guy. Whatever you do, don't turn around. Let's just pretend we don't know him." Sungmin nodded, noting the seriousness in Ryeowook's voice. Sungmin wondered who that guy was. Why was Ryeowook so afraid of that man? Whatever had he done? Sungmin decided that he'd wait till they got home before he asked Ryeowook about that man.
Their food arrived and as If they could read each other's minds, they both gobbled their food up quickly. They paid for their food and exited the cafe as fast as they could. Ryeowook looked over his shoulder and saw that the man was still hot on his trail. "Sungmin. We're gonna have to run. On the count of one, two, THREE!" Ryeowook grabbed Sungmin's hand tightly and the both of them ran as fast as they could. Running halfway, Sungmin tried to speak. "Wookie, I think we should split up! You'll run to the right and I'll go left! Call me when you've ditched him." Ryeowook shouted his agreement in response and they let go of each others hands.
Sungmin ran all the way to one end of the mall before he turned around and raised his hands up on surrender. "I give up! I give up!" Sungmin shouted at the man, until he noticed that the man wasn't even behind him. Blushing, he avoided the eyes of the bewildered passerbys. "Right... I feel dumb.." Sungmin muttered before he brisk walked back to the entrance of the mall. He wanted to call Ryeowook as soon as he possibly could but he realized that if the guy wasn't chasing him, it meant that Ryeowook was still running. There was no way Ryeowook was going to answer his call. Sighing, he decided to head over to the park while he waited for Ryeowook. He found his old spot that he usually sat at and dumped his bag on the grass before he sat down. He leaned against the tree trunk and closed his eyes. He had been here before. He came here with Kyuhyun. Once it was when they had snuck out of the mansion and another time was when He came here at night to look for Kyuhyun after Kyuhyun threw a tantrum. Memories, he hated them. All the memories in his head only made it more painful for him. He wished he could just die now instead of having to wait for another 3 months more. If he had died now, then all his pain would go away. He didn't have to care about anything at all. Suddenly realizing that it had been a while since he last turned his cellphone on, Sungmin dug for his phone in his bag. He had left his phone off because he knew that Sungjin would've tried to reach him despite knowing that he ran away for a reason. Kyuhyun would have called too and he dreaded seeing a missed call from Kyuhyun more than he dreaded a missed call from Sungjin. When his phone finally booted up, his phone vibrate many times. "67 missed calls from Sungjin and 83 missed calls from Kyuhyun" He sighed as he lay down on the grass. He must've made them worry a lot. He shouldn't have ran away like that. But it was for their own good. They had to learn how to live without him. Sungmin closed his eyes and forced himself to think of Ryeowook. Ryeowook was his happiness now, he couldn't think of Kyuhyun anymore. Thinking of Ryeowook, he suddenly wondered how Ryeowook was doing. He mumbled something about praying that Ryeowook was safe before he closed his eyes and dozzed off.
Ryeowook ran nonstop till he saw a toilet sign and ran inside into a cubicle before locking the door. He waited till he caught his breath till he opened a tiny crack, big enough to only peep through. He got a shock when he saw a black figure standing directly in front of his cubicle. The man had found tailed him all the way. Now that he locked himself up inside the cubicle, the only way out was through the cubicle door. But that guy was standing there, there was no escape for him. Ryeowook closed the lid on the toilet bowl and quietly stepped up on the lid. He prayed that nobody was in the neighboring cubicle as he peeped over. He lifted his left leg over the stall and held onto the edge of the side before he dares to swing his right leg over. After both his feet were over the other side of the cubicle, Ryeowook made a gentle thud on the cubicle floor. Ryeowook slowly opened the door and kept his head down, hopefully that man wouldn't recognize him. But then again, it was hard not to recognize Ryeowook, he had such a petite body, it was unique for a guy. When Ryeowook felt no one following him, he ran out of the toilet and started chuckling to himself. He felt like a genious. He had that guy fooled. Just then, a pair of arms wrapped themselves tightly against his waist and the smile that was originally on Ryeowook's face, instantly lost itself. "Stop running away from me would you?" Ryeowook shivered as the guy whispered in his ear. He dared not look up and kept his eyes fixed on the floor. He was afraid that if he looked up, he would lose himself in the man's unwavering stare. He knew that those pair of eyes had the power to make him grow weak and give in. "I'm sorry but I'm pretty sure that anyone in their right mind would run if some unknown person started tailing them." Ryeowoom said, finally daring to speak. "I'm not an unknown person to you, Wookie." Ryeowook tensed. "I'm sorry. Who?" Ryeowook tried to keep his composure, he couldn't let that man realize that he was secretly happy inside. "You know what I'm saying. Don't act like you don't know me." Ryeowook forced a smirk. "I'm extremely sorry. Pardon my forgetfulness but who in the world is Wookie and most of all, who the hell are you?" Ryeowook stiffened in his position as the man's grip around his waist tightened. "I'm Kim Youngwoon. But people call me Yesung. And wookie, is the nickname that I gave to my lover. And you my dear, you're wookie." Ryeowook rolled his eyes. How dare he, how dare he call him his lover. As far as Ryeowook was concerned, Yesung already had a wife. "I'm sorry, I really have no clue who Wookie is. My name is Junhyung. And I know no one by the name of Kim Ryeowook." Ryeowook said in one breath. He expected Yeaubg to sigh but instead, Yesung was smirking at him. "W..what?" Yesung leaned towards Ryeowook, their faces so close that Ryeowook could feel Yesung's hot breath on his face. "I believe all I mentioned was that you were wookie. But you said the name Kim Ryeowook. So, if you really wereb't Kim Ryeowook, then how on earth did you know that Wookie was Kim Ryeowook?" Ryeowoom sighed in defeat. He screwed it up. "Look, I admit, I'm Ryeowook. As If you didn't know that. But anyway, i have absolutely no intention of talking anymore with you. If you'll excuse me." Ryeowook pushed Yeaung away from him hard but Yesung managed to grab hold of Ryeowook's wrist again. Yesung pulled Ryeowook into the handicap toilet cubicle and shut the door, locking it with a loud click. He turned to face Ryeowook with sadness in his eyes. "Don't make this hard for us, please?" Ryeowook looked everywhere but into Yesung's eyes. He didn't dare to. He knew that one look and he would cave in. Yesung sighed loudly for Ryeowook to hear before he edged closer to Ryeowook. He used to palms to hold Ryeowook's cheeks before he lifted Ryeowook's head slowly. Yesung stared into Ryeowook's dark brown eyes. "I still love you.. I thought that I should at least tell you this much." Ryeowook's eyes welled up with tears. Yesung still loved him. He wanted so much to tell Yesung how much he missed him, he wanted to hug Yesung again like how they used to. "I..I. Don't love you anymore." An expression of pain and disappointment flashed past Yesung's face. "Have you.. Moved on?" Ryeowook forced himself to smile as he nodded. "Yeah. I have. My new boyfriend is a great guy. He's better than you. Way better. At least he isn't a cheat." Ryeowook managed to say with much more confidence than he expected. Ryeowook looked up, he wanted to see what kind of reaction Yesung would have, but instead of meeting a pair of eyes, Ryeowook's lips met with Yesung's lips. Yesung kissed Ryeowook hungrily. He never felt so urgent before. In fact, Yesung didn't have any intention of being so rough, not until Ryeowook mentioned another guy. At the mention of another guy, Yesung felt desperate. He missed Ryeowook so much and now that he had found Ryeowook again, he didn't want to let go. He couldn't let go. Ryeowook meant everything to him. Ryeowook was Yesung's world. The many months without Ryeowook was like months of pure torture for Yesung. He woke up in the morning and went to work, just because he had to. There was really no meaning to his life. Everyday was just another day. There was nothing special about those days. But when Ryeowook was still around, ordinary days weren't so ordinary. Ordinary days were days that Yesung wanted to remember forever. Now that he had found the person who brought meaning to his life again, was he really to let him go? He couldn't, and he didn't want to. Ryeowook found himself melting into the kiss. He missed the taste of Yesung's tongue. He missed the feel of his lips. He missed Yesung's hugs. Heck, he missed everything about Yesung. He really wanted for them to be able to start over again, but that wasn't possible was it? No, he couldn't, he already Sungmin. He needed to help Sungmin first before he could accept Yeaung again. Pulling away from the kiss, Ryeowook smiled gently at Yesung and stroked his cheek once. "Wait for me... Please?"