→ Changed
→ YunJae | Slight YooSu | Slight 2Min
→ 4/27
→ PG13
→ Angst | Romance | humor | Fluff | Smut
→ Yunho came from London after four year with his degree. He was composed, serious and successful; the total opposite from his old playboy, reckless and wild self during high school. He met his only best friend from high school, who was the ultimate geek who worked hard to achieve his goals, in a club. He was shocked to see how his friend had turned into a prostitute. Yunho then realized how much his friend had changed and how their roles had been reversed.
→ Beta/Basic Plot ->
kkogiChapter 4: Their real reunion
The arm of the clock stroked noon. Yunho got out of his office and walked confidently towards his friend’s office. He answered the employees’ greetings and returned their bows. He smiled when he reached his destination. He pushed the door open without knocking.
“Hello dick.”
“What the hell?” Donghae retorted frowning his brows. Yunho only smirked and walked closer to Donghae desk and sat on its edge.
“What? You lost the bet remember?”
“What bet?”
“If my memory didn’t fool me, you specifically said ‘I’m gonna take you to the sexiest club in Seoul and if you don’t have fun and end up with a mouth around your cock, then call me a dick’.”
“Well it’s not my fault you chose to talk to your friend instead of fucking him”
A gasp echoed in the room and both turned their heads towards the source.
“Opps, sorry Souhee, I totally forgot that you were here.”
“I-its o-okay Donghae-shi. Mmm, excuse me” Donghae’s secretary covered her blushing face with the file she was holding and ran out of the office.
“What the hell Hae? Couldn’t you warn me that someone was here?”
“Yah, I’m not the one who barged in calling me a dick”
“Hahaha, man, this name just suits you so well. Dong-dick. Dick-hae. Hahaha, this is so much fun”
“Shut up, what do you want?”
“It’s lunch break”
“So?”
“So, I want to eat”
Donghae waved his hands in the air dismissing the idea. “Naaah, I’m on a diet”
“Since when?”
“Since I saw your new secretary”
“Yah, she has a boyfriend”
“So?”
“So you can’t approach her” Yunho stated.
“Whatever, I will try my luck”
“Asshole”
“I thought I was a dick”
“That too”
Yunho smirked before sitting on the sofa in Donghae office. He fished his phone and went through his emails.
“Just call your friend, I’m busy” Donghae suggested going back to reading the file in his hand.
“Why didn’t I think about it before?”
Yunho talked to himself and pressed the phone buttons dialing Jaejoong’s number.
“You think he is available?” Donghae asked leaving his work and sitting next to Yunho. Yunho just raised his hand in the air gesturing for Donghae to keep his mouth shut.
“Hello?”
“Jaejoongie, it’s me Yunho”
“I know, I saw the caller id. What’s up?”
“Nothing I’m at work now. How are you?”
“I’m good”
“Say Jaejoong, are you free now?”
“W-why?”
“Just wanted to take you out for lunch, you know so we could talk and recall old times”
Silence followed Yunho’s request and he thought the line was off.
“Hello? You still there?”
“Yeah, I’m here. Mmm, yeah sure, where should I meet you?”
“Anna Bini restaurant?”
“Italian?”
“You like it right?”
“Yeah, sure”
“Meet me there in an hour”
“I will. See you there”
“Bye”
Yunho grinned and fling his arms behind his head.
“What?” Donghae asked grinning.
“Oh nothing, I’m just going out with Jae” Yunho grinned sighing happily.
“You said you didn’t like him!” Donghae raised a single brow.
“I love Jae, but just as a friend. And this will be our first time meeting after I left Korea. Don’t blame me for being happy”
“Denial”
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Jaejoong hung up the phone. Yunho’s sudden call and lunch invitation shocked him. He sure wasn’t busy; he was just cleaning the house and washing his and Junsu’s clothes. But he didn’t think that Yunho would call him, not this soon. He ran to his room, looking through his wardrobe for some decent clothes. He thought about what he should wear. Should he wear something formal like a suit? Oh right, he didn’t have any formal suits. Maybe a casual style would do the job.
He pulled a dark blue jeans, simple gray shirt and a black jacket. He looked at his reflection in the mirror. His hair reached his shoulders and his bangs fell on his forehead. People often told him that his soft raven long hair was one of his best attractions, along with his slim waist and broad shoulders. He frowned at his thoughts and shook his head. He smiled when his reflection showed a normal person with casual clothes.
Jaejoong took his wallet and cell-phone and went out of the house after writing a note to Junsu that he had made him something to eat in the fridge. He took a taxi and headed to the Italian restaurant where he would meet Yunho. He bit his thumb’s nails; a habit he had whenever he felt nervous, and now was not an exception. He was beyond nervous. He would meet Yunho after four years of separation. He closed his eyes and tried to even his breath. His heart didn’t cooperate and kept thumbing in his chest.
The taxi pulled off and Jaejoong paid him with shaky hands. He stood in front of the restaurant looking at the door in hesitation. He was ten minutes early. He wondered if he should go in or just call and apologize for not being able to come. He closed his eyes and turned his heels ready to leave after a few moments of hesitation.
“Ouch”
Jaejoong bumped to someone when he turned around and fell on his butt.
“I’m sorry sir- Jaejoong? Is that you?”
Jaejoong winced a little but froze when he heard the voice. ’Great’ he thought.
“Yunho! Ahahaha, good to see you” He laughed nervously. Yunho beamed him a shiny smile and helped him to stand on his feet.
“You’re as clumsy as ever. Good to see that you haven’t changed that much” Yunho joked pinching Jaejoong’s cheeks; a habit he had when they were friends in high school. Jaejoong didn’t miss the affectionate move and his cheeks betrayed him and blushed.
“Yeah, should we go in?” Jaejoong tried to sound normal and he managed to blurt out the words without shaking.
“Come on, I’m starving”
Yunho took Jaejoong’s hand in his and walked through the door of the restaurant. Jaejoong’s heart started pounding again. He wanted to clench his hand on his chest and hit his heart in order to stop it. But it kept beating loudly in his chest like never before. ‘Stop beating so fast dammit’ he cursed in his head.
The waiter greeted them when they entered and guided them to a table near the largest window of the restaurant. The sun was bright and they could see the people walking in the street. Yunho finally let go of Jaejoong’s hand much to the latter’s relief. They sat across from each other. Yunho beamed Jaejoong a smile and Jaejoong couldn’t help but smiled back at him.
“So, how have you been Jae?”
“I’m good, you?”
“I’m great. I’m actually really happy that we finally met again” Yunho said grinning nonstop. Jaejoong shifted in his seat and smiled shyly. He was happy too. Yunho was the same old friend he knew. Maybe he should just relax and forget about everything and just enjoy his reunion with his best friend. Jaejoong agreed to his own thoughts and raised his head and smiled brightly to Yunho.
“It’s been a long time and gosh you are taller than before. How tall are you now?”
Yunho laughed
“I’m one eighty six now”
“Holy crap, what did your mother feed you?” Jaejoong exclaimed shocked.
“Hey! You’re pretty much tall yourself. How tall are you? One eighty?”
“I wish, just one seventy eight”
“Almost one eighty”
“Giant” Jaejoong teased feeling more relaxed with Yunho.
“That means you’re the dwarf”
“Hey, I’m not that short”
Yunho snickered and shook his head.
“As cute as ever” He said between giggles. Jaejoong blushed and his heart thumped in his chest.
“I’m a man, don’t call me cute” Jaejoong pouted, trying to show the best of his hidden personality. He wanted to be himself and act normally again, even if just for a little period of time.
“Look at your pout! You can’t be anything but cute”
“You’re the only one who calls me cute” Jaejoong whispered, but Yunho heard him.
“But I got to admit, you blew me away in that club, you were really sexy”
Jaejoong’s smile dropped and his shoulders flinched.
“Mmmm, yeah well… sometimes you… Ehm, you know…”
Yunho noticed the sudden transformation in attitude and frowned. He didn’t know why Jaejoong was suddenly nervous. ‘Maybe he is shy!’ Yunho thought to himself.
“Ahhh, don’ be embarrassed. You totally pulled it off. I thought you were really good” He tried to lit up the atmosphere thinking that Jaejoong was shy because he saw him dancing like that.
“Yo-you think so?” Jaejoong stuttered.
“Yeah totally. And I like your hair by the way”
Jaejoong touched his hair and smiled reluctantly. ‘They like it long’ he told himself.
“Are you ready to order?” Yunho interrupted his thoughts.
“Yeah, I want Lasagna”
“You came here before?” Yunho asked scanning the menu.
“Yeah I came here with Changmin once” Jaejoong said smiling to himself at the mention of Changmin.
“Changmin?”
“Oh, he is my friend”
“Oh. I think I will go for the typical spaghetti”
Yunho waved and the waiter came and took their orders. They kept chatting; mostly remembering their school days and laughing whenever they remembered a funny adventure of theirs.
“And do you remember Lona?”
“The one who dyed her hair blond?”
“Yeah that one, she actually had a crush on you. But she thought you were with me” Yunho chuckled.
“Yeah, everyone thought that we were together. Funny huh?” Jaejoong tried to act cheerful at that memory.
“Well I don’t blame them. We were always together. Besides, I liked teasing you a lot”
“Yeah, too much teasing. Heck, even Ms. Park warned me from you”
Yunho coughed choking with his juice.
“What? She warned you from me?” Yunho coughed again and wiped his mouth with some tissues. Jaejoong just laughed.
“Yeah, she said ‘be careful of Yunho’ and something under the line of, make sure to put a distance and don’t cross the line or make him use you”
“Me? Using you? Hey, I was just teasing, I didn’t even kiss you”
“You did once” Jaejoong whispered.
“Hah?” Yunho glared at Jaejoong shocked. “I kissed you?”
Jaejoong nodded blushing.
“When?”
“Y-you were drunk and I helped walking you home and well…”
“What? I kissed you then?”
“Kinda just a peck. You were drunk. It wasn’t a big deal”
“I can’t believe that I don’t remember” Yunho exclaimed.
“It’s okay you were drunk” Jaejoong said softly.
“No, I mean. I remember everything. Why can’t I remember this kiss? You know me right? I don’t’ forget anything”
“You were drunk, that’s an exception”
Yunho let out the breath he didn’t know he was holding. Something about Jaejoong’s words rang a bill in his system. He felt a little bit disappointed. He really wanted to know how Jaejoong’s lips felt like. Even when he was just teasing, he knew that part of him liked Jaejoong and all his teasing was part of what he wanted but couldn’t get, or didn’t want to get. Jaejoong was his friend, nothing more and nothing less. He wanted to keep this forever. He wanted to be Jaejoong’s friend all the time without breaking any friendships rules or crossing any lines.
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“Stupid Yunho drinking when he can’t even hold himself”
“Hmmm, Joongie”
“Don’t move too much. You are so heavy” Jaejoong whined pulling Yunho’s legs and pushing him up so he could carry him easily.
“You smell good” Yunho nuzzled Jaejoong’s neck and giggled.
“Stop doing that, it tickles” Jaejoong laughed and pushed Yunho’s body further up.
“You’re so cute Joongie. Hmmm” He dropped his head on Jaejoong’s shoulder and closed his eyes. Jaejoong smiled to himself and walked down the road to Yunho’s home.
They reached his house and Jaejoong dropped Yunho when they were in front of the door. Yunho stumbled and Jaejoong helped him stand on his wobbling feet.
“Don’t ever drink again, you’re a bad drinker. What the heck?-”
Jaejoong cursed under his breath when he felt Yunho pinning him against the door and pressing their bodies closer.
“Yunho?” Jaejoong whispered, his heart thumping wildly.
“Can I kiss you?”
“Huh?”
Yunho closed the gap between them and pressed his lips to Jaejoong’s. Jaejoong’s breath caught and his heartbeats raced faster. Yunho pressed his lips harder. He cupped Jaejoong’s cheeks and licked Jaejoong’s lips. Jaejoong was shaking; he couldn’t believe what was happening. Yunho was kissing him and he was kissing him back.
He immediately circled his arms around Yunho’s neck and brought him closer, kissing him like he did in his dreams. Yunho didn’t disappoint him and pressed their bodies closer and deepened the kiss. Jaejoong moaned when their tongues were clashing.
When they broke away from each other, Yunho smiled. He closed his eyes and his body fell on top of Jaejoong. Jaejoong caught him before he fell on the floor.
“Yunho?”
Yunho didn’t answer and he was in a deep sleep. Jaejoong dug his hand in Yunho’s pocket and got his house key. He opened the door and carried him to his room.
He went with Yunho to the club again just because Yunho had begged him. His parents were out of town and Yunho wanted to take that opportunity to have fun. He danced all night long and slept with a girl from school. He got drunk and Jaejoong was the only one willing to carry a drunken person home.
When Jaejoong made sure that Yunho was in his bed, He took off to his house. The next day he was embarrassed but happy because of the kiss. He thought that Yunho liked him the same way he did. His happiness was crushed when he saw Yunho kissing a girl near his locker. And when he saw Jaejoong he asked him if he was the one who took him home.
Yunho had totally forgotten about the kiss they had shared.
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“I think I was really drunk” Yunho said trying to hide his bitterness.
“That night my mom scolded me for being late and Junsu laughed at me because I was grounded”
“Oh, how are Aunt and Junsu?”
Jaejoong’s fork fell from his hand; a shiver ran down his body.
“Jaejoong? Are you okay?” Yunho covered his hand over Jaejoong’s. Jaejoong just shook his head and wiped a tear that rolled on his cheek.
“My Mom passed away”
“Eh?”
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