Finding You Chapter 15
Title: Finding You
Chapters: 15/?
Pairing: EunHae
Disclaimer: I don’t own them, only the weird plot.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Hyukjae’s version of things.
Note: This is written from Hyukjae’s point of view.
I spent the entire week trying to come up with ideas for our date on Friday, it was a lot harder than I thought, whenever I got an idea I found reasons why it wouldn’t work. My first idea was to take him to a soccer game, but after explaining it to Yesung; he informed me it was the off season, date idea 1: Fail. After moping around for a few hours I got another idea, we both love dancing, so why not a dance club, which was quickly shot down by Leetuek “Isn’t he only 17?” “Yeah, so?” “You have to be 21 to get into clubs” date idea 2: Fail. This pattern went on for a while, whenever I’d suggest something, one of my roommates would find the flaw in my plan. I would hide it from Donghae whenever we were walking, and I secretly would ask him questions to get ideas for our date, what he liked to eat, places he’s been, his favorite activities, you know things that would help.
Unfortunately nothing was working; I just couldn’t come up with a date that fit. It was Thursday morning and I was starting to panic.
“I don’t know what to do?” I asked Sungmin as we were eating at the table.
“About what?” I just glared at him as a response, he knew what I was talking about, he was just teasing me.
“Alright, sorry” he said “how about you just take him to dinner and a movie”
“No, that’s so high school” I pout
“Duh, Hyukjae, he is in high school”
“I know, stop reminding me, I just wanted to do something special” I said trying to defend the reason I refused a movie for 3 days; it was the first suggestion from my roommates. I was in the middle of pouting when I got a shock
“I GOT IT!” Yesung yelled excitedly “why didn’t I think of it before?” he pouts “It’s perfect” he finishes with a satisfied smile.
“What is Sungie?” Sungmin asks with a giggle, I had to admit Yesung did look cute when he went through all those emotions in a matter of seconds.
“The aquarium” Yesung said happily.
“Ugh” Sungmin and I sighed in unison; I actually thought Yesung might’ve actually had a good idea, how foolish of me.
“Take him to the aquarium” Yesung restates “it’s a place of wonders” he says with a smile “trust me”
“Wha…” I tried to ask, but was cut off by Yesung
“I have to go pick up Ryeowook” he said as he headed to the door “trust me Hyukjae, take him to the aquarium” he said before he closed the door.
There was silence in the house after Yesung left, at least until Sungmin said “You should probably trust him”
“What?” I asked, was Sungmin telling me to trust Yesung?
“You should trust Yesung” he really was telling me to trust Yesung.
“What?” I just had to clarify, trust Yesung, the guy who was once convinced his turtle was speaking to him; Sungmin wanted me to trust that guy?
“He’s going through the same things you are, you should take his advice” I hadn’t thought of that before, Yesung was going out with Ryeowook, who was a high schooler, maybe I should listen to him.
“I didn’t think about that” I admitted, deep in thought.
Sungmin mumbled something, I couldn’t hear “What did you say?” I asked
“Nothing” Sungmin answered, he wasn’t smiling, which was weird, he usually smiles when we’re talking, and I was about to ask him what was wrong before Sungmin interrupted by saying “don’t you have to go pick up Donghae?”
“OH YEAH” I yelled “I have to go” I said as I ran to the door “BYE MIN” I yelled as I was shutting the door, I faintly heard the “bye Hyuk” Sungmin said.
I ran halfway to Donghae’s house but when I realized I would be out of breath by the time I reached his house, I slowed my pace to a walk. Once I started walking, I thought about what Sungmin said, Yesung was in the same boat as me, dating a high schooler with a significant age gap between us. I briefly thought about how I wished Donghae was 5 years older, than we’d be the same age and it’d be so much easier, but I quickly brushed that thought away, at least we’re together.
When I see Donghae’s house I realize I’m not smiling, and I don’t know why, I usually smile all the way to Donghae’s house. Even after I knocked on the door my smile wouldn’t appear, and I was starting to wonder if something was wrong with my face, because internally I was ecstatic. As soon as I heard the click of the lock turn, and the door creak faintly because it was being opened slowly, the corners of my mouth started to turn up, and when the door is halfway open and I see half his body my smile increases. By the time the door is open all the way my smile is genuine, a smile I haven’t smiled in a long time, a smile I’ve been told is the best one I have.
I look straight into Donghae’s eyes, and I hear him say “hello Hyukjae” and I’m not sure if I imagined it but I hear in my head the lingering words meant to be said “my Hyukjae” so I reply “Hello Hae” hoping he’ll feel it too “my Hae.”
He comments about how I’m early, I know he’s joking, but I couldn’t help but tease him by asking “should I come later?” and I’m pleased when he yells out “NO” and tries to make up for yelling by apologizing, he just too cute, and I can’t help myself from smiling smugly. Which causes him to pout, and I can’t control it, he’s being too cute, I might die. So I grin harder and he tells me to “shut up” and then he grabs my hand and says we should get going. I think about how I like him more like this, so forceful, and demanding, he’s starting to show me his true self, and I love it, love him more for it. So I say “so forceful” just to let him know I love it. We hold hands all the way to school, and I can’t help but think how much more I enjoy this school when it’s only the two of us, alone under this tree.
I tell him about my strawberry milk addiction, and he bursts into laughter, and after a good few minutes of laughing he asks about the English tutoring, and I agree, saying I’ll meet him at his house, but he yells a “No” at me, and I was shocked for half a second. He says he’ll pick me up, and I protest, saying I didn’t want him to wait, but in the end I agree to letting him wait, mostly because of the look he gave me, like I’d better not argue with him, unless I wanted to die.
As people start to show up to class, I notice Donghae pout, and I wonder if it’s because I didn’t want him to wait, so I ask, but he says it’s because he wants to spend time with me. I can’t help it when I ruffle his hair and tell him he’s cute, which makes him pout, which makes him cuter, and I HAVE to ruffle his hair some more.
He continues to pout, so I tell him not to, and I get an idea, I lean in and kiss him on the cheek. He stutters a reply and I can’t help but tease him some more. But he runs to class, after saying he’ll see me later, and with that I head to school.
I was shocked to find school wasn’t that bad, I didn’t feel nervous or anything like that, I just felt happy. So when class ended so quickly, I was starting to wonder if they cut the class in half, don’t get me wrong, I was happy class was over, because now I could go to Donghae.
I found Donghae, lying under the tree we usually met under, and when I got closer I realized he was asleep. I smiled to myself, I told him not to wait for me, but he insisted and now he was asleep, he really should start listening to me.
I didn’t want to shake him awake, I had an idea, it was risky if he’d even wake up, but I wanted to try. So I lay down next to him, real close. I was just staring at his face for a few minutes, he was so beautiful when he slept, and I wished I could wake up next to him every day, which I quickly pushed said dirty thoughts out of my mind, he was only in high school, if he was older… STOP IT HYUKJAE, I scolded myself. I reached down and grabbed his hand, and when I felt him stir, I looked up to the sky, I didn’t want to get caught admiring the boy when he was asleep, he might think that was creepy. He started to stir and I feel his gaze on me when he says “h…hey” voice cracking from sleep, and I smile bigger up at the sky. “I told you I could’ve met you at your house, that way you didn’t have to fall asleep waiting for me” I say, still looking up at the sky, I don’t trust what I’d do if I saw that barely awake face on you. You pout and say that you weren’t asleep, and I had to control myself from laughing, so I say “yeah right” turning my head to finally face you. We stared into each other’s eyes for a long time, until you sat up abruptly and said “we should get going” and I couldn’t help but tease you. Except this time you tease back, making me blush, I think I’ve met my match. He smiles in victory and grabs my hand as we walk towards his house.
When we arrive I can sense the tension coming off of Donghae, and it makes me nervous, maybe he didn’t want to be alone with me. I’m a little shocked when I hear him say “come on in” and I can’t stop the stutter that come out when I say “o…okay.”
As he’s leading me up to his room, the air is swirling with tension, and a tiny bit of desire, so when we reach his room I’m not surprised when I hear him let out a breath I’m sure he’s been holding in since we got into his house.
When we enter his room it dawns on me that he’s not looked at me since we were outside, and I smile, he must be very nervous, and I’m about to tell him to relax and that nothing would happen, he tries to break the tension by pointing out his comfy bed. I tried hard, I really did, but his nervous laugh and the way he refuses to look at me-not to mention that awkward comment-I just can’t contain it, and I burst into laughter, falling to the floor.
I know I must look like a freak rolling on his floor, but I just can’t help it, Donghae is just too cute. I hear his laughter coming from somewhere above me, and I have to ask what’s wrong with him between giggles. I look up at him trying to pout, but unable to do so, and I have to hold my stomach because I’m 100% convinced my stomach is about to rupture, and I hear him ask through his giggles “Me?...What’s wrong…with…you?”
We continue our fit of laughter for a good five minutes, and I suggest we start studying. I’ve never been that good at English, but compared to Donghae I’m pretty good. I continue to tutor Donghae, holding in my laughter hearing him butcher the language, when he suddenly calls my name, and I respond with at “yeah” and he says “will you be my tutor?” I’m taken aback
“You really want me to tutor you? I’m not even that good at it” I say truthfully, if I was to tutor him I’m not really sure he’d pass. I’m a little shocked when I hear him yell “WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT” and then he apologizes saying I’m better than him, and I try not to laugh because he really sucks at English, and I can’t help but tease him “Just because I’m better than you, which isn’t that hard to do, because you suck at English” I can’t help but tease “HEY” he interrupts, which I ignore and continue “hardly makes me qualified to be your tutor. You should find someone else”
I see him pout as he whispers “But I want you” and I smile as I tell him not to pout. He doesn’t listen, but he does add puppy eyes and I tell him to stop, but he doesn’t, and to make matters worse he butchers “Pwitty Pwease” in English “FINE” I yell, as long as he stops doing that, he’s going to make my heart stop beating. My heart gets a jumpstart when Donghae jumps on me yelling “THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU” and I thank god for my strong heart, or else this kid would have killed me long ago.
I tell him I should get going, because it’s getting late, and he hesitantly agrees with a pout on his face, and I try to make him feel better by saying “Hey, I’ll see you tomorrow morning, and we have out date, remember?” he smiles and says of course he remembers, and we walk to the door.
“Goodbye Hyukkie” he says with his arms open wide, offering a hug, and I just can’t turn it down “Goodbye Hae” I whisper into his ear when we’re hugging, and after that I left.
As I walk home, I can’t get this goofy smile off my face. Tomorrow would be our date and nothing was going to go wrong, we’re going to have our first official date as a couple.
When I reached the door to my shared apartment I was a little startled to hear loud arguing voices coming from inside, we rarely, if ever argued so I opened the door to see what all the commotion was about.
When I stepped into the apartment and asked what was going on, I saw Leetuek, Sungmin, and Yesung standing around the table. They all turned to me when they realized they were not alone.
“How long have you been standing there?” Sungmin asked in a very accusing tone, like I had walked in on something I wasn’t supposed to.
I was a little taken aback by his comment; he never talked to me like that, so I stuttered a reply “I…I just got here”
Yesung made a sigh of relief that had me questioning what was going on, so I asked “what are you guys yelling about?”
“It’s none of your business” Sungmin practically shouted at me, he’s acting weird, come to think of it ever since this morning Sungmin has been a little off, not his happy, cute self, even at school today, he was oddly quiet. So I asked “Sungmin what’s wrong?” maybe something happened between him and Kyuhyun.
He sighed out of frustration and said “Nothing…I’m going to bed” turning to walk towards his room.
When I heard his door slam shut I turned to Leetuek and Yesung and asked “what’s wrong with Min? He’s been acting weird all day, did something happen between him and Kyuhyun?”
“No, nothing happened between him and Kyuhyun, he’s just upset, he found out something, and it’s really bothering him” Leetuek tried to comfort my worries, except his word’s really didn’t help, that and the fact that Yesung looked like he wanted to run after Sungmin, he was just staring at his door.
I was really worried about Min, and I could tell the others were also worried about him to. I was pulled from my thoughts when I heard Yesung announce “ I’m going to check on Min” and walked to his room without confirmation from us.
I watched as Yesung knocked on Sungmin’s door and ask if he could enter, slowly opening the door, probably after getting permission. When I saw the door shut I turned to Leetuek and asked “seriously, what’s going on?”
He just stared at me for a moment, uncertainty playing on his face, before he gave me a half smile and said “Don’t worry about it, he’ll be fine in the morning” and he patted my shoulder.
I believed him; we all have bad days, including happy little bunnies.
“Okay” I say, and he smiles for real now, pulling me into a hug.
“How is Donghae?” he asks, and we spend the next hour talking about our days.
When it gets late, I almost forget about the Sungmin situation, almost. I’m only reminded because Yesung hasn’t come out of his room yet. But I push it aside; whatever is wrong with Sungmin, I’m sure Yesung is helping him work it out, so I head to my room to try to fall asleep.
A/N: I am sooooooo sorry this took so long to post, my computer broke, and it took forever to fix :(
But its okay now, so i can post :) YAY!