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!! was previously called love song !!
in which y/n and jaehyun meet under a strangers umbrella
coming soon...
not chenle being at the least compatible đ
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Pairing : jaemin x reader (mafia au)
Summary: whereas jaemin is tasked to kidnap the rival gang leader's daughter but ends up abducting the wrong girl
Warnings: mention of violence, blood, make out sesh? That's all I guess.
Preview:
"Wait so i'm supposed to abduct this girl from a club?" Questioned jaemin as taeyong nodded "shes not just some girl, and I want you to keep that in mind. She's the heir to the black rose and therefore very treasured by the boss so make sure it goes swiftly or you'll be dead meat at their hands".
And thats how
jaemin found himself sitting at the bar of one of Seoul's most exclusive clubs keeping an eye out for" the girl" he was supposed to abduct.
"How will I even know what she looks like? You didn't even give me a picture" he had grumbled which caused taeyong to rub his forehead already being done with the younger.
"Intel says she's going to be standing out due to her beauty and the dress she'll be wearing".
And soon enough the girl walked in wearing a red bodycon dress which caused jaemin's lips to curve up "voila" he whispered sipping his martini soon the girl was dancing with her friends swaying to the music and jaemin found himself being captivated by the sheer sexuality she was giving off.
Make me cry
Pairing : Yuta nakamoto x reader (exes to lovers, forced proximity, enemies to lovers)
Summary: whereas event planner reader gets her big solo project after years of working beneath her superiors, the only problem? It's her ex-boyfriend's wedding who also happens to be the father of her twin children.
Word count : 7528 words, kinda long but y'all will live
A/n: I was feeling angsty while writing this lol, even made a playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0K5bqgnpr1gKNITHBDeek3?si=7xSbPUlEQcuc6dmncVln0A&pt=8f0b8fd0de7b29d8e83096b4009ed6d5
"Mommy, wake up" an overly excited Seiji yelled jumping on top of his mother's bed "Huh?, What time is it" mumbled the 27-year-old as she rubbed her eyes "It's 10 Am Mommy" whispered shiho which caused Y/n's eyes to widen almost comically as she quickly got out of bed.
"Oh god, oh god" she yelled running around her bedroom, quickly grabbing whatever work outfit she could find throwing it on the bed and running out straight into the twin's room to grab their clothes.
Which luckily she had put together the day before, "Time for a bath you two" she mumbled filling up the bathtub as she quickly bathed the twins who happily obliged, "No time for duckies i'm afraid" she told them as Seiji pouted and shiho looked like she was about to burst into tears "but, mr quackles" she whined as y/n sighed grabbing the dumb looking duck and throwing it in the tub.
After 10 minutes they were done she quickly dressed them and showered herself while they ate cereal and watched Bluey on the TV.
After she was done she quickly did her makeup and got ready herself "OK babies, grab your overnight bags i'll be dropping you off at Granny's" she shouted putting on her flats.
Scrambling the twins put their cereal bowls in the sink and took their bags, locking the door she and the twins went downstairs and she quickly unlocked the car and strapped them in their baby seats.
Pulling up into her mother's driveway she rushed out and helped the twins out who as soon as they both were out of their seats ran straight towards the door, They adored their grandmother, and sometimes y/n joked they loved her mother more than her.
"There are my favourite grandbabies" Mrs. Kim Baby talked as the twins threw themselves at her, "Mom, they're your only grandbabies" She playfully rolled her eyes as she went into her childhood house and put down their bags.
"Now remember, don't trouble your grandmother too much, i'll be back tomorrow afternoon to pick you both up okay" She kissed their foreheads and hugged her mother goodbye.
After a 10-minute drive she practically ran towards her boss's office, "miss kim, just in time" smiled her boss, Mrs Martin, She was a woman in her mid-40s, who y/n greatly admired due to her work as an event planner.
"Since you've been working with us for almost 5 years it's time you get to plan your very own solo event" "You're not saying..." "Yes y/n, i'm assigning you a solo project" "Excuse me" she squealed due to how excited she got as Mrs Martin laughed. "I'll take that as you agreeing" "I've been waiting for a solo project for 2 years, of course, I agree. What is it," she asked sitting down.
"Well it's a wedding and not just any wedding, it's the wedding of the year apparently" she spoke as y/n gasped "Shut up" "No joke, it's the wedding of the CEO of Nakamoto corporations with his fiancè of 4 years" y/n's smile instantly dropped at the mention of the surname
"Is... Is something wrong?" Questioned Mrs Martin as y/n quickly put on a fake smile, "Nothing, I'd be more than happy to plan this wedding" she stated as her boss smiled "Lovely, here's the address of their house, they want it to take place on their property so you'll have to go there to check it out to plan and hear their suggestions" taking the binder she curtly smiled as she exited.
(T.w: mention of v@mit)
Walking into the restroom she felt bile go up her throat as she rushed into a cubicle, she threw up her entire breakfast until she was left dry and heaving until she felt someone gently grab her hair putting it aside.
"Feeling better?" Asked Sora as Y/n nodded getting up to wash her face and rinse her mouth "Here, take these mints" She thanked her as she put them in her mouth.
"Now are you going to tell me what happened? Are you sick?" She questioned sitting down beside her as she put down two coffees on the table.
"I got my first solo project" she stated, voice void of any emotion as Sora's eyebrows jumped up "That's something to be celebrating over, not throwing up over " she joked as y/n groaned slamming her head on the table.
"Oh, what am I going to do!!, Should I like quit? Yeah i'm gonna write a resignation letter" she rambled confusing her cousin even more who looked at her like she had gone crazy "And why the fuck would you need to do that?!" She questioned getting frustrated with her cousin/best friend who looked to be on the verge of a breakdown.
"They're getting married Sora..." She whispered trying to keep her emotions at bay as Sora sighed "Whose getting married hmm?" She asked rubbing her back as y/n's lips quivered "Yuta and Jieun, they're getting married "As soon as those words left her mouth she broke down and her cousin's expression softened as she tried to console her.
~~
Taking in a deep breath she rang the buzzer as the intercom beeped followed by a voice asking "Name and business with the Nakamoto's ?" "I'm kim y/n and i'm here from Eden Springs, to work on the wedding" she stated.
The huge gate opened revealing the huge manor as she tried not to gap at it "This way miss" stated a polite butler who gestured for her to follow him, which she gladly did, he sat in the driver's seat of the golf cart as she sighed in relief "thank god, I thought I would have had to walk to the front door" and in a matter of 3 minutes they stood in front of the huge dark oak door.
Gulping down her nervousness she prepared herself to face whatever was behind the door, "Ah you must be Miss. Kim, I've heard a lot about you from Mrs Martin, i'm the groom's father if you have any questions please feel free to ask me or mrs sim, who'll be in the kitchen I suppose" he smiled at her politely as she bowed.
"Is the wedding planner here? Oh good, come with me as I tell you about the theme my daughter wants" spoke Mrs. Sim in her snobby posh voice which irked y/n but put on her best people-pleasing smile she went out following the old woman towards the huge backyard.
"This is where the aisle is supposed to be" "I was thinking we make it longer you know, the bride can enter from the back door directly? As the music plays" Mrs Sim looked at her with a sickeningly sweet smile "Is this your wedding? No? Then keep your suggestions to yourself" she stated as y/n pursed her lips and nodded.
~~
"I'll come back tomorrow with my team to start working if you'll excuse me" She left the manor and went straight home. As soon as she did she broke down feeling broken and tired.
The next day she picked up the twins and called their nanny to look after them "Pumpkin, now I want you to behave with seolhyun ok, take your meds right after lunch " she told shiho who pouted "But they taste bitter" Y/n smiled as she kissed her forehead "I know they are baby, but please, for mommy?" "Okay, for you" She stuck her pinkie out which y/n linked with her own.
"Look after your sister," she told Seiji who nodded as she kissed his forehead. "Bye and the food is in the oven, I made lasagna" She waved them goodbye. Getting in the car she drove off.
When she got into the manor her team followed as she started ordering them to start working. An hour or so went by and they started working on the lighting arrangement.
When they were putting on the lights she noticed the servants of the house scrambling around due to god knows what she shrugged thinking it was none of her business until she was harshly spun around by someone.
"What the hell-" "What do you think you're doing here" he hissed standing there while having a tight grip on her shoulders which was hurting her as she tried to pry his hands off "My job, ow, Mr.Nakamoto can you let go that hurts" she whisper-yelled as his eyes softened for a second when he realised how tight his grip was letting go his scowl was unfaltering.
Dusting off her shoulders she glared at him "You can't just go around grabbing people, what manners!!" She hissed as he rolled his eyes "Oh please, manners are the last thing I want to talk to you about, I don't want to talk to you at all" he barked as she smiled at him, her work smile not the genuine one he used to get when they were together.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I need to work on your wedding" she hissed walking passed him, Meanwhile he rubbed his forehead already feeling a headache forming.
Y/n tried to avoid him at all costs at the manor, but seeing as he was everywhere she was it was impossible. But lucky for her he was resting in his room for the most bit due to the jet lag.
After hours it was 7 pm and she pulled up in her building's parking lot. When she got in she was greeted by her kids running up to her "Aww I missed you too" she cooed pecking their cheeks.
"Did you take your meds on time? Hmm." She asked as shiho nodded eagerly "That's my good girl" She smiled as she bid their nanny goodbye and quickly freshened up.
"Can we sleep with you tonight?" Asked Seiji looking down as she cooed picking him up "Of course, come on bedtime, tomorrow you have school okay". The twins rushed into their mother's room and lay in bed, keeping space for her.
"bedtime story!!" They yelled at the same time as y/n sighed, Despite the exhaustion she nodded as she started telling them a story, which in the middle of it she realised they had both nodded off, Seiji holding his bear plushie and shiho her racoon plushie.
When they were asleep she got out of bed to collect her thoughts, after all, he was the father of her kids and the man whom she once loved dearly.
Pouring herself a glass of wine she settled down by the window sill not being able to control her thoughts which were plagued by him, seeing the look of absolute disdain and disgust on his face made her heart feel like it was stuck in thorns.
The very same eyes that once used to look at her like she held the universe in her eyes.
(6 years ago).
They were both lying in bed cuddled up together while having talks about the future Despite being young they talked about marriage and kids of course y/n brought up the topic "How many kids do you want in the future?" She whispered, chin on his shoulder as he hummed.
"Well I was thinking two, a beautiful girl like her mother and a handsome young gentleman like me" he spoke while smiling as she too couldn't help but smile herself "That sounds perfect, ooh Can we name the boy Seiji? I love the name," she asked hopefully as yuta laughed softly. chest vibrating as she rested her head on it.
"Anything you want my love" he had stated and kissed her forehead, she had gotten up and kissed him, the innocent kiss turning more heated by yuta who just couldn't keep his hands to himself.
"What you say we start making one already" he had joked and she had hit his head "Dream on" she laughed trying to run away but had ended up getting trapped in his muscular arms "noo we're not done cuddling" he had then nuzzled his nose into her face, both ended up falling asleep holding each other.
~
(Present).
Sighing she washed the glass and got in bed with her kids "I wish he could have been there to see you guys grow up like this" she whispered kissing their tiny foreheads as she too let sleep consume her.
Days had gone by, and she had planned everything and made arrangements for the wedding and had done her best at trying to stay neutral around yuta who made her job harder than it was.
He had somehow found ways to sabotage everything she was arranging the flowers. He doesnt like them. the lights? Thinks they should be brighter, the alter? Should be placed in another direction.
She sighed as she held a bunch of fake peonies in her arms trying to get them to the decorators to put them near the back door. "You aren't good at this job, if I had known they'd be picking someone this... Incompetent I would have told them to change the wedding planner" he taunted as she rolled her eyes trying to go past the pool while he stood there with a smirk that made her want to slap him across the face.
"Can you move? I need to go past this way" she whispered as his smirk widened "Oh do you? i'm sorry here" he barely gave her any space as she grunted trying to move past him and the chairs as he rolled his eyes "Yeah well I don't like this either " she hissed as she pushed at his chest as a way of telling him to move which him being the hardass that he was he didn't.
She lost her footing and fell backwards right into the pool as he walked away.
"It's kinda funny how you're known for being on our high school's swim team while I don't know how to swim" she had said laughing as they both sat at the edge of the pool soaking their feet in, "well Why don't I teach you?" He had suggested while she hummed.
"Too slow" he had pushed her in and had jumped in straight after and held her up, keeping her afloat "You're such an ass" she whined hitting his chest as he laughed kissing her "i'm sorry".
His eyes widened when recalled that memory not missing another second he sprinted towards the pool while unbuttoning his coat jacket. Which he discarded while running and jumped straight in. She had stopped thrashing and was sinking to the end of the almost 8-foot-deep pool.
Grabbing her by her waist he swam up when he had gotten out he laid her down on the grass while she gurgled and coughed as she spat out water, she was beyond terrified, not because she wanted to live for herself, but rather for the two little kids that were at daycare at the moment, waiting for the time to be up so they could be picked up by their mother who'd take them to get ice cream.
It terrified her since she knew that she was the only parent they had ever known, and this caused her to feel horrible as a thousand thoughts ran through her mind while the water consumed her body whole, " I haven't even told him" she thought but when she felt him grab her shaking body she was forced out of the trance she was in while all these racing thoughts.
"Y/n!!, Are you okay?" He asked trying to get her attention She stared at his face calming down from her frenzy as she started tearing up, Looking around she saw all the servants and the decorative workers looking at her and she quickly got up.
She grabbed her bag and ran out of the house, She couldn't care less that her clothes were soaking the seats of her car as she drove back to her house, heart hammering she couldn't stop the sobs that raked her body and broke out like a terrible beat of unsteadily loud drums.
After all, it hadn't been like this for them, they were so in love If you had asked either of them about their future they both would have answered the same thing "Everything about my future, I can't picture without him" is what s/he would have said.
Not sure about that now she thought as she put her head against her steering wheel, She remembered that day so well like it was yesterday, she had repeated it over and over again in her head, not being able to forget the way he had looked at her then.
(6 years ago).
His mother had invited her over for dinner which was unexpected since the old woman made it clear that she didn't approve of their relationship.
Y/n sat in front of yuta's mother as she cut into her steak trying to keep her nerves at bay, after all, anxiety wasn't good for the child she was carrying that she wanted to tell her boyfriend about today.
"I'll cut to the case and tell you straight forward, I never really approved of this relationship, plus I can see that he's getting tired of your presence too" words thick with venom the older woman drank her wine as y/n gripped her fork and knife.
"I was a fool thinking that you called me here to apologise for treating me like shit for all these years but I guess some things never change huh, and for your information he loves me he is not tired of me" she seethed as Mrs Nakamoto smiled that devilish smile of hers that made her feel uneasy.
"Aw he loves you?, Are you sure about that? To me, it looks like he'd rather spend time with Jieun than with you" she spoke in a taunting voice as y/ns lips quivered, with both sadness and anger.
"You're lying!!" She yelled slamming the utensils on the table as the older woman wiped her mouth and pouted faking sympathy, Taking a tablet from her assistant she slid it over the table "Look for yourself" she stated as y/n hesitantly took the tablet in her hands.
And what she saw made her heart feel like it was squashed by a rock, for on the tablet were pictures of him with her, the pictures made them look like a couple "The last pic is of them at a jewellery shop" she fake gasped putting a hand up to her lips as y/n's grip on the tablet loosened "oh imagine if it's to get her a ring, I'd love to have her as my daughter in law" she stated.
Reeling back from her chair she stormed out of the house as she let anger cloud her mind and take over her actions, reaching their shared apartment she got in and was faced with a rather angry-looking yuta.
"Oh, you're back already?" He asked voice lacking any emotion She felt her heart fall as she realised the situation"I should be asking you that" she said accusatorily as she scoffed.
"I can't believe you " he yelled as she furrowed her brows "What do you mean?!" She asked calmly as she was practically fuming and she was trying not to lash out in her condition.
"Was I not fucking enough!!?, I gave you everything, my time my love heck I even stood with you when everyone told me you were just using me for money, guess I was a fucking fool" his words were like a slap to the face as she looked at him dumbfounded.
"What the fuck are you on about!?, You think I cheated on you or something!!" she yelled now getting angry How dare he accuse her of something he is the one guilty of
"Don't act dumb, My mother saw you, she saw you with the other guy you've been sneaking off to see" he unlocked his phone to show her the pictures which she looked at confused because they were of her with her cousin's husband, and heck she wasn't even alone with him sora was there with them just not in the pictures.
She wanted to explain that it wasn't what it looked like but all that came out was "What the fuck, she spied on us!!?" She scoffed as yuta looked at her as if she was crazy "You have no shame, does he know you're two-timing him? That youre such a slut opening your legs for every guy-" she cut him off with a harsh slap across the face which sent his face to the other side with the impact, red-faced he turned it around glaring at her with hatred.
Which she mirrored, while she felt more hurt than angry "How dare you ... I- can't believe it I should have known" Laughing incredulously she gripped her hair "You are just like your mother, the apple doesn't fall that far from the tree huh" "DON'T FUCKING TALK ABOUT MY MOTHER LIKE THAT!!" " fuck you" she yelled as hot tears poured down her face.
Storming into their shared room she quickly pulled out her suitcase and took out her clothes which she dumped into it and all her other useful belongings before leaving him.
Not forgetting to look him in the eye as she spoke "hope she makes you feel whole, since apparently, I failed to do so, goodbye yuta" Confused by her words he looked at her, not finding it in himself to call out to her, to beg for her to stay.
~
The whole pregnancy was a weird and lonely experience for the one she thought she'd be experiencing it with wasn't even aware she was carrying his child.
She remembers the way Sora had been there for her and so had jaehyun, her husband and their childhood best friend, the three had been inseparable since they were kids y/n thought of him as the older brother she never had and when he married Sora it was official.
And she was so thankful to them for putting up with her, she had refused to burden her mother by staying at her house, her being too old to stress about her daughter's condition.
Sora and jaehyun welcomed her with open arms and had been there for her throughout the 9 months every checkup she was accompanied by both of them.
And during her first checkup when she found out she was having twins she was beyond terrified taking care of one kid as a single mother was one thing, but taking care of two was beyond compare.
But now she could only laugh at the fact since she wouldn't trade either of them for anything, they were her world.
The day she went into labour was both funny and excruciatingly painful to remember, she had been quietly sitting in the living room, binging random romcoms as jaehyun walked in and sat down beside her.
"Watchu got there" he spoke licking his lips while eying the candy and popcorn on her side as she eyed him warily "Don't even think about it Jeong" she warned taking some popcorn and popping it in her mouth as jaehyun rolled his eyes "don't be such a hoarder, gimme some" "HOARDER?!? Mind your fat ass I'm eating for three, so fuck off and go bother your wife" she smacked him upside the head as he whined.
"Wait is that Sora holding muffins?" He whispered, loud enough for her to catch on as she whipped her head to look behind her which jaehyun took as an opportunity to grab a fistful of popcorn as she gasped.
"You did not.." She whispered staring at him as if he had just kicked a puppy "Oh yeah I did" he spoke with a mouth full of popcorn as she frowned deeply. Suddenly a painful contraction hit which caused her to grip his arm.
"Ow- fine, i'm sorry LET go- oh." His eyes shot up in worry when he heard her breathing pick up "Are. Are you okay?" He asked as she quickly got up.
"Fuck, this hurts" she cried out trying to walk to the nursery of her nephew where she knew Sora would be but halted when she felt liquid go down her legs.
"What's all the commotion about, jaehyun You better not have made her cry again- oh my god honey" Sora quickly rushed to her side as she cried out in pain.
"What the fuck are you looking at, go ready the car you dunce" she yelled at her husband who was standing there panicking "The car, yes!" He yelled rushing out.
As Sora quickly took the baby bag they had prepared for this moment and helped y/n into the car.
"Drop Chan at my mom's, and come to the hospital straight after," she told him as he nodded bidding her goodbye.
When Y/n was rushed inside she kept asking for yuta, god he was all she could think about at that very moment, "sora Please... Call him" she cried as Sora pursed her lips nodding.
"Pick up damn it" she hissed at her phone as the call went straight to voice mail "What is it is he not picking up?!" wailed out y/n as she looked at her cousin desperate.
"No, it keeps going to voicemail" "fucking hell, try his mother tell her to give him the phone" Sora quickly dialled the number and after a few tries she picked it up.
"What is it you, idiotic girl" came the shrill voice of the woman over the phone as Sora greeted her teeth "Where is yuta?!" She asked as the annoying voice laughed mockingly over the phone "At his engagement party, where else" she taunted as Sora yelled "Well tell him to come to the xxx hospital this instant it's y/n shes-" "Oh get over yourselves as if he'd like to see the face of that idiotic girl, don't ever call this number again or i'll have my lawyer on your good for nothing asses" she snarked hanging up on sora's face.
"Is he coming?" She asked staring at the older with a small bit of hope which disappeared seeing the look she received "Oh god!" She wept.
"Honey, I think it's time we take you to the operating room" came her doctor as she kept crying. Not being able to answer Sora nodded at the doctor "It's okay you can start now" and with that, she was wheeled away for the c-section.
When she had woken up the nurse brought in her son who had been crying She outstretched her arms as if on instinct to hold him and soothe his cries.
"Does he have a name yet?' Asked Sora as she looked at her sleeping nephew in her cousin's arms as y/n smiled tiredly yet tenderly "Seiji,.. Seiji Nakamoto" she whispered the baby stirred in her arms making a small noise that caused them to coo at the cuteness.
"Where is my daughter?" She asked the nurse who looked at her sadly which caused her to furrow her brows. "Your daughter, she is in the NICU" Y/n looked at her confused "Why is she there?" She questioned handing a sleeping Seiji to Sora.
"Your daughter when she was born didn't cry so we were doing a series of tests and checkups on her, the doctor found that her heart seems to have a defect" she continued as y/n sucked in a breath feeling lightheaded.
"Wha-what do you mean, I- I was sure both of the babies were healthy, I made sure of it Why" Just then the doctor came in as the nurse explained to him what was happening.
"Ms.kim, you see your daughter has a defect called Coarctation of the aorta a critical congenital heart defect, it's when a part of the aorta is narrower than usual. The defect occurs when a babyâs aorta does not form correctly as the baby grows and develops during pregnancy."
All she could do was cry as she took in the information "Can I see her?" She asked as the doctor tilted his head as if in sympathy "Please?!" She begged as he sighed "Okay, prep her and take her to the NICU nurse Jang" The nurse nodded and helped her off the bed, she was still in recovery from the c-section after all.
When she went to the NICU looking at her baby attached to all these wires made her almost lose her balance as she sobbed at the sight of her "Mommy is sorry for not being able to make your heart properly" she whispered as the nurse looked at her in pity.
"Your name is shiho, and i'll make sure nothing breaks your heart" and with one final look, she went back to her room.
~~
It was the day of the wedding and y/n stood in the garden as it was filled with the chattering of guests as they arrived, greeting Yuta's father and him and congratulating him.
She felt overwhelmed and the fact that she stood here on the sidelines waiting for the wedding to start, to watch the man she still somehow loved swoop another in his arms and say vows to.
She couldn't take it, feeling nauseous She went inside, trying to find the restroom she wandered off, Opening random doors she stumbled into a bedroom, where sat his mother in a wheelchair, looking out the window straight at the altar where her son stood.
Hearing someone walk in she turned around and was faced with her standing there "I-I was just leaving" she stated turning around "No, wait, please" Hearing the pathetic tone of the woman whose voice used to make anyone cower caused her to halt.
"I want to talk" "Well I don't" She once again went ahead, almost out the door but stopped hearing the words that left the woman's mouth "i'm sorry" she cried out as Y/n stormed in, fuming as angry tears stung her eyes.
"You're sorry?!! For what? Huh, for treating me like shit for 4 fucking years, making me feel so fucking small just because I didn't have a father, or enough money to be deserving of your son?!, yeah well it's too late for that"I seethed as if the old frail woman in front of me pursed her lips.
"I didn't know about the kids, I swear whatever I did it was for the good of my son and his future " she cried out as y/n's lips trembled.
"Yeah well your actions caused my kids to grow up without a father, just like their mother, I hope you're fucking happy" Her voice was filled with all the pain she was feeling right now as the woman in front of her could only look down in shame.
After all, it was after 4 whole years did she showed up wanting to meet her grandkids, begging for her to hear her out but y/n's wounds were fresh and she wasn't going to let her rub salt all over them.
She had heard about her accident, and a small part of her thought she deserved it but the part of her raised by her mother that was taught nothing but love and empathy felt awful for thinking so.
Exiting the room she was faced with everyone running around the house "What happened?!" She asked one of the maids "The bride has run away, and we can't seem to find her " Worried she looked at yuta's father whose eyes found hers.
"You!" He bellowed as she looked around pointing to herself confused as he approached her "Please help me out here, and from the looks of her letter she isn't coming back, The garden is filled with guests, and this would be bad for my son's reputation as the new CEO".
"You can't be suggesting, what I think you are suggesting" She laughed incredulously but stopped when she saw the look on his face "Oh you're serious ..." Confused she looked at the older man who took her hands as a way of appealing to her as she pursed her lips.
"That is ridiculous, I can't just marry your son, I mean what if im already married!!" She screeched, her voice getting high-pitched and squeaky as the older looked down at her hands "Are you?" He quirked a brow as she looked away embarrassed.
"No" she answered as he sighed "So please, I- i'll give you anything you want, money, a house ANYTHING just please save my son a lifetime of embarrassment" She was going to decline straight away but the desperation in his eyes and the shake of his voice caused her to give in.
"Oh thank you dear," he gave her hands a thankful squeeze as the maids quickly rushed her into the room Jieun was supposed to be getting ready in.
When yuta looked at the back door of the house open he let out a sigh of relief seeing as the guests had started murmuring amongst themselves, which had caused him to get anxious.
But seeing as she was walking down the aisle beside his father confused him, after all, they weren't that close and the veil was rather heavy, shielding her entire face.
When her soft hand grasped his firm one he found out that the woman in front of him wasn't his fiancè but rather the woman who still owned his heart, his father quickly whispered something to the officiant who furrowed his brows but nodded nonetheless.
There weren't any heartfelt vows exchanged aside from the mandatory ones "Do you nakamoto yuta take Kim y/n as your rightfully wedded wife?" Yuta felt his heart jump hearing that as he felt a lump form in his throat until he felt his best man nudge him.
"I- I do" he managed to let out as the officiant looked at her "Do you kim y/n take Nakamoto Yuta as your rightfully wedded husband?" "I-" she paused staring at his face which was void of any emotion, feeling a whirlwind of emotions she contemplated if she did the shiho could have better treatments that she couldn't afford on her own.
Sucking in a deep breath" I do" she let out shakily as the officiant nodded "I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride" and she felt her heartbeat pick up abruptly.
She was about to make an excuse, anything to get out of this but stopped as her eyebrows jumped up feeling her veil being lifted as yuta's hollow eyes stared right into her shaky ones.
Gently he grabbed her chin and captured her lips in a direct kiss as her heartbeat slowed down, she didn't even realise that she was tearing up until she felt him wipe away the ones that escaped.
Everyone clapped and congratulated the newly married couple as they both thanked them all with fake smiles "When are you going on your honeymoon?" Questioned his friend's wife as she came to congratulate them y/n pursed her lips and looked at him as his grip tightened around her waist, his fingers digging into her flesh as she tried not to show the fact that it hurt.
"Oh, we already have our tickets to our flight to Milan, which is in 2 days" The woman cooed at how romantic that was as y/n nodded along, excusing herself as she went to sit down as his father approached her.
"I don't know how to thank you, really" she sighed looking at him "Well you can start by paying for my daughter's treatment" She gave him a tight-lipped smile as he looked dumbfounded "YOU HAVE A KID?!" He whispered yelling as she rolled her eyes "Yell it out to the whole world why don't you" she hissed as he smiled apologetically.
"I have two kids, twins a boy named Seiji and a girl named shiho" she added smiling softly remembering her kids "Damn, I indirectly got grandkids..." He whispered to himself but she caught it and felt her heart pinch Ohh only if you knew" she sadly smiled looking at her "husband" who was conversing with the guest, stiff as a board, "god doesn't know what to do with that boy, he acts like he's 50" grumbled the old man as he looked at his son.
Y/n snorted "he wasn't always like that" she stated but seeing him whip his head in her direction she widened her eyes " I KNEW IT!!" he yelled triumphantly as she looked at him horrified.
"You do know each other" he wiggled his eyebrows as she stumbled over her words "You're hallucinating-" "I have 55 years of experience on you girl, don't test me" he fixed her with a stare which meant "spill the beans willingly or I will get them spilt somehow, and it will be hella messy" rubbing her forehead she stared at the old man pouting "you guy's are so alike, it's kinda annoying" "oh and so I've been told" he gave her a shit-eating grin as she started telling him about everything, minus the fact that Seiji and shiho were yuta's kids of course.
"Wait, wait... So you're the ex-girlfriend that cheated on him?!?" He gasped out as she bit her lip to stop the exphrastated scream that was building up at the back of her throat.
"Yes?, But for your information, I didn't cheat, I left. he just assumed the worst" she scoffed as the old man looked at her confused "But... My wife told me that you guys broke up due to you cheating-" "Yeah well your wife also made me believe that your son was in love with Jieun and wanted to break up with me".
"That's not- oh oh my god what am I supposed to do with that woman" he sighed avoiding her eyes as she pursed her lips "im so sorry" he whispered as she could only give a strained smile "It's in the past now". " but you- you guys are married" "yeah well, I can already feel a storm coming from his direction, and i'll be waiting for the divorce papers that your son will be arranging to get rid of me" she half-joked as he sighed rubbing his forehead.
"Looks like it's time for the dance for the bride and groom" he whispered to her as she listened to the song playing, Make You Feel My Love by Adele, the very song they once danced to in their shared apartment on a long winter night, both clad in sweaters as they embraced each other, swaying softly.
The very night they shared unspoken promises about a future they weren't so sure of, too in love at the moment to care as they smiled feeling each other's warmth as they stole a few chaste kisses.
Her train of thoughts was interrupted by a hand being extended in front of her face, and she looked at the owner, "People are expecting us to dance" he whispered, in a tone that meant she didn't have much of a choice, looking at his father who gestured for her to take his hand she shakily grasped it.
His grip not being soft to calm her nerves down, unlike all those years ago the embrace wasn't warm, and the man in front of her wasn't whispering sweet nothings into her ear as he swayed her gently.
"What are you pulling hmm" he whispered against her ear, his hot breath fanning it as she felt shivers go down her spine, gulping she looked him in the eye "What are you thinking? For someone whose bride ran away, you sure are being a stubborn git" she gritted out as her arms around his neck tightened.
He smirked, not the slightest bit amused "How much is he paying you? im sure it must be a hefty sum for you to agree to be tied down like this, after all, you aren't the loyal type" he taunted as she felt her blood start to boil at his audacity.
"Hah!, So you do know how insufferable you are, of course, Your daddy dearest offered me a lot just for me to put on a show tonight" she purred bringing her face dangerously close to his as his smile faltered a little as he felt his neck get hot.
"Oh, would you look at that, the song is over, i'll get myself a drink now, later, husband~" Pecking his cheek she walked away straight towards a server holding the champagne glasses, as yuta stood there both turned on and angry as he watched her walk away from him.
"Yeah no wonder you never introduced your fiancè to us, she's so mother" whispered a tipsy Johnny as he swung his arm around yuta who fixed him with a glare which at the sight of him, he pinched his lips together and walked away.
"Kim, y/n you are treading dangerous waters" he mumbled, A smack at the back of his head caused him to hiss turning around to yell at the culprit, probably cussing them out to blow off the steam he was feeling on the inside.
"Oh spare the poor girl, she's just doing what I asked her to do, You should be grateful to her, not act like a barbarian. Interrogating her like that " he berated as yuta's stoic expression didn't falter, but hardened even more "You seriously trusted this girl enough to present her as my bride?!" he whispered and yelled as his father rolled his eyes rather sassily.
"Don't play with me boy, i'm not the one, I know of your history together. The past is in the past I feel like you both have a lot to talk about, maybe some truths to unveil, besides that don't act like you still don't have feelings for her, and from the looks of it, so does she" all yuta could do was listen as his father talked, after all, he respected his father a great deal.
It was later that evening when all the guests had left y/n had found herself standing in the middle of the huge manor, beneath the magnificent chandelier that looked like it could crush a dozen people in a heartbeat.
"Are you going to stand there looking like an idiot the whole night?" Came yuta's booming voice as he came down the stairs, now in a pair of sweats, most probably to get himself something to drink after a long day.
"Well you can't really expect me to prance around in this god-awful dress as if I know my way around" she hissed as he snorted obnoxiously "Ah right, I forgot you don't belong, here, don't worry you'll leave as soon as my attorney gets our divorce finalized " he spoke, words flowing out of his mouth as if he didn't really care if they did any damage, or maybe he was doing it to hurt her.
He did, the fact that he could barely stand the thought of having her as his wife felt like she had been stabbed and had bled out of all her worth, his words causing her heart to shut down as her mind went into protection mode.
"I need clothes," she told him as he finished his glass of scotch slamming it down on the counter he looked at her up and down, then swiftly turned around to go up the stairs, "Are you coming or not?!" He yelled over his shoulder as she ground her teeth from irritation.
Following him up the stairs she was faced with a long hallway at the end laid his room, stepping in he went straight towards his walk-in closet as she tried not to gape at the size of it "Here" he tossed her a random Tshirt and sweatpants, hitting her in the face.
"Real mature Nakamoto" She rolled her eyes as he gave her a shit-eating grin, similar to his father as she rolled her eyes "This dress has a really low zipper help me with it if you're gonna just stand there" without another word exchanged he approached her back.
Gliding his hand down her back, along her spine she sucked in a shaky breath causing him to smile slightly as he bought down the zipper torturously slow causing goosebumps along her body.
When the zipper was down she held her dress from the front in case it was going to fall off "What?! Turn around" she barked as she felt his eyes over her body, drilling holes "Awh, insecure?" He taunted as she seethed letting go of her dress as it pooled at her feet.
If he was surprised he didn't dare let it show as he gulped the building lump in his throat, quickly grabbing the sweatpants she wore, She turned around to pick up the shirt.
When she picked it up she started pulling it over her head "What is that!?" He yelled approaching her as she looked at him confused as she continued to wear the shirt until she felt him lift it to reveal her stomach.
"That scar, what the fuck is that and where did you get it!?" He questioned as she pushed him away "It's none of your business" she hissed as he scoffed "Right, I forgot you don't deserve people caring for you" Trying not to cry she bit her lip.
"Where am I supposed to sleep?" She asked trying to keep her voice from trembling as he looked at her figure clad in his clothes, which still seemed to affect him as he resisted the urge to grab her by the neck and kiss her hard until she was begging for him.
"The room beside mine" he mumbled waving her off as she didn't spare another second in his room, Walking out she went straight to the room beside his and sat down on the bed, just when her phone rang.
"Mommy!!" Yelled an excited seiji bringing a smile to y/ns face and replacing the sour expression on her face "What are you doing awake bub" she whispered as he pouted "shiho was annoying and wouldn't stop crying over every little thing" he whined pushing his face close to the camera as she cooed.
"Where is your sister now? "Asleep, she was having pain where her heart is" he spoke sadly, feeling his twin's pain as she felt herself go into panic "Chest pain? How bad was it? Give the phone to your grandma Bub" His tiny feet padding against the wooden floor of her mother's house could be heard from across the phone as she waited.
"Y/n, I heard the news ... Are you okay?" I'm okay ma, how is shiho, seiji told me she was in pain?" "She's better now I asked my neighbour Mrs Shin who's a doctor as you know, and she told me it was just because she was worrying herself so I gave her the pain meds you gave her and she's sound asleep now, Are you okay?" Giving her mother a small smile she nodded.
"Lemme talk to her granma" fussed Seiji causing the woman to chuckle as he took the phone "Mommy I made pizza with Aunt Sora today!" "Really? Did you save me some" he smiled sheepishly at the camera as Y/n fake pouted "Don't be sad Mommy i'll make a whole pizza just for you!" He spoke promisingly as she smiled softly.
A yawn broke out of his small mouth as she couldn't help but coo at him "Go to sleep bubs" he rubbed his eyes nodding "Goodnight Mommy, I love you" "I love you too" he ended the call as she waved.
"Wow didn't think the word love was in your vocabulary" came yuta's mocking voice as she pinched her eyebrows "It's too late for your bullshit, go sleep or drink to your fake ego' she hissed as he gritted his teeth.
" don't be such a priss" Gaping looked at him "Does he know how unloyal you are? That love doesn't mean shit to you" he barked "You don't know shit okay!" "Oh but I do know you, you're a materialistic bitch who's so selfish she'd choose money over love" "Take that back!!" She hissed as tears gathered in her eyes.
"The truth hurts doesn't it" "No wonder Jieun ran away heck any sane woman would, you're unbearably suffocating to be around" she laughed incredulously "HOW DARE YOU!!" He yelled "HOW DARE I?!!, no, HOW DARE YOU" she yelled as the tears she had been holding in started streaming down her reddening face "HOW DARE YOU, you- you act like you're such a perfect person when you can't even fight to keep the people you love in your life, you're just so unbelievably fake, it's pitiful, I feel bad for you. No wonder your mother felt like she had to set a path for you, heck she even chose the woman for you to marry, but you screwed it up too" she pouted faking sympathy as her frown deepened.
"You- you didn't even take one moment to consider that maybe it wasn't true, that I love you, gosh I wish you fought for me, for us, yuta All you had to do was ask!!" She broke down as his eyes softened, he tried to approach her but halted when she raised her hand signalling for him to stand there.
She picked up her ringing phone and brought it to her ear "Y/N honey!!, It's Shiho...GOD she- I went to put Seiji to sleep and to check up on her in case she was running a fever and she was barely breathing!!" "MOM!! what!?, Can you calm down and tell me what happened to shiho?" She whisper yelled trying to stay calm as her mother sobbed on the other line "i'm at the xxx hospital, they rushed her into the emergency room- please hurry Seiji won't stop crying" The call ended abruptly "Mom!?, MOM" she yelled.
"Oh god!!" Frantic she looked around the room, spotting her purse she took it and wore her shoes She tried to run out of the room but stopped as yuta grabbed her arm "Woah woah woah, where are you going in this state What happened!?" He asked in a softer tone than before seeing her panicked state.
"My- ... Our daughter she's at the hospital GOD yuta I have to go" she wailed as his grip on her arm loosened "Our... daughter?" He trailed off in question as she looked at him desperately.
Deciding to drop it he nodded "Let's go" Without question she let him take her to the hospital, The car ride was silent, she was silently crying the whole way while a thousand questions were running through yuta's mind.
When they reached the hospital she rushed in, going to the receptionist She asked "Nakamoto shiho, where is she-" "She's in room 503" replied the receptionist "And your relation to her?" "I'm her mother' With that she ran to get to her daughter.
Yuta stood there trying to process the bomb that had just been dropped on him "Nakamoto shiho...." He felt his heart squeeze painfully as he didn't know how to feel.
When y/n reached the floor she went towards the room stopping as she faced her mother who was trying to calm down a crying Seiji "MOMMY!" he yelled as he threw himself into his mother's arms sobbing uncontrollably.
Yuta finally got out of the elevator and was faced with the sight of Seiji crying in your arms as you were trying to calm him down "is shiho gonna die?" He asked while sniffling as his mother sobbed shaking her head as she kissed his forehead wiping his tears.
"No no, she's a strong girl you know, just like her brother, She'll be all better and we'll finally go on that trip you both wanted to go to" she promised as he stopped shaking.
Yuta felt his heart tug at the sight of the little boy who looked like a perfect mixture of him and you, Seiji pulled away to stand next to his grandmother as Y/n went to the approaching doctor to discuss her daughter's condition.
Seiji peeked from beside his grandmother at yuta who was already looking at him, slowly The young boy approached him "You're him" he stated looking up at the man towering over him.
Curious yuta bent down to be at eye level with Seiji "And who do you think I am?" He inquired softly while drinking in the sight of the smaller boy who was looking up at him with a deep frown etched onto his face.
"You're my dad, I know because every time I saw mommy cry she had your picture in her phone. She doesn't keep any man's photo" he stated as a matter of fact as yuta felt winded.
This little boy spoke like he was in his 20s, maybe he was more of a man than he was, standing up for the ones he loved, At least he got that from his mother.
"I am" he spoke, more to himself than to Seiji who looked at him angrily "Why did you not call my mommy, You made her sad" he spoke with such anger that he felt small under the little boy's gaze.
"I was an idiot, I took your mother for granted, but i'm willing to make up for the lost time," he spoke determinedly Seiji's frown dropped as he looked at his father with starry eyes.
"You will!?" He gushed "Even if it takes me a lifetime" he stated as Seiji threw his arms around yuta who held him securely, he felt all sorts of emotions all at once, peace, contentment, sadness and love.
Love for this little boy he had never met nor knew the existence of a few hours prior, oh he was confused yet delighted, walking with Seiji in his arms he approached a rather upset y/n who was close to lashing out at the doctor.
"What do you mean the catheter needs to be changed ?, She just got it changed 2 months ago, " "i'm sorry Ms.Kim but the catheter we installed isn't working well for her, Pay the amount so we can start the surgery".
Frustrated she gripped her hair as yuta approached her "What's wrong" he asked as she looked at him, red eyes filled with tears "They want to change the catheter even though they did it 2 months ago, I- saved up for that catheter god where am I supposed to get the money-" "what do you mean where" he asked confused as she looked at him baffled "hold him" handing Seiji over to her he stalked over to the doctor "i'll be paying for her treatment whatever she needs, make sure she's situated in the best room this hospital has to offer" "and who might you be?" Questioned the doctor eying him oddly.
"Nakamoto yuta, her father" The doctor visibly paled as he nodded ushering the residents and nurses along to rush the girl into surgery.
Y/n couldn't help but pace around in worry as yuta watched silently, Seiji had gone home with his grandmother when Sora had arrived, "You're gonna tire yourself out, quit pacing around" spoke Sora as she held the girl by her arm as she looked at her "you can't keep pacing around it's a 3-hour long surgery" she stated as y/n sighed nodding.
She sat down as yuta stood against the wall, Sora went to call jaehyun about their son, leaving a fidgety yuta and an angry y/n alone. yuta opened his mouth "SAVE IT!" she hissed as he pursed his lips looking at her eyes filled with guilt and worry "If you had just listened IF YOU HADN'T JUMPED TO CONCLUSIONS i- if you hadn't put me through so much pain throughout my entire pregnancy my daughter would have been healthy!" She hissed as he tried to calm her down.
"Y/n please, calm down you're going to pass out at this rate" he whispered trying to reach for her as she held up her hand "Don't act as if you care, for fucks sake when I was giving birth I still tried to call you, I wanted you to be in their lives even if we weren't together but you were too busy throwing a party after proposing to jieun!" She yelled enraged.
All he could do was listen as she talked, "I was the one who was there for my kids, not you! I was there when shiho was diagnosed, I was there for her monthly doctor's visits, and I was there when Seiji wanted to join an Academy for Soccor you told me YOU promised me that if we ever had kids you'd be there for me and them and YOU WERE NOT THERE" she wailed as he quickly hugged her cradling her head as she shook with violent sobs.
"I was so alone" she whispered against his chest as he couldn't stop the tears that escaped his eyes "I am so sorry, i'm so sorry my love, please don't cry, not over me please i'm not worth crying over, i'll do everything I can to make sure shiho is better okay, she'll be on the top priorities of the donor's list, i'll make sure you and the kids go on the trip whether it's with or without me just. Please don't cry" he hushed her as she stopped shaking.
After a while when he was sure she was better and Sora had come back, he excused himself to go back home for an urgent matter
Barging into his mother's room he found her sitting and reading a book, being a terrible insomniac caused her to stay awake for odd hours until she was too exhausted to keep her eyes open.
"Why did you do it" he calmly said as she took off her glasses and put her book aside, "What do you mean?, What happened" she asked confused as he gritted his teeth together.
"Why did you play such a cruel game with me and y/n I- I could have been there for her and my kids" he spoke hurt and guilty as his mother's eyes became teary seeing her son in so much pain.
"Why!! WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME MOM" he yelled hurt and betrayed as his mother sobbed "I'm so sorry" "My daughter is going through surgery right now, I could have been there for her from the start making sure she was the closest thing to being fully healthy there is!!" He sounded so defeated.
His mother looked away ashamed "I thought what I was doing was the best thing! I- you're my only child I was consumed by greed of having to shape everything about your life to the point I didn't realise I was ruining it for you instead! i'm so sorry" she cried out as he couldn't find it in himself to look at his mother.
"Yeah well you're right about ruining my life" he bitterly smiled as he left her room, bumping into his father who had heard it all, he looked at his father's worried gaze for a second before exiting.
When he went back to the hospital he didn't waste a second being by her side as she was alone due to Sora having to leave. Unknowingly she rested her head against his shoulder as he held her hand, rubbing reassuring circles on it.
20 or so minutes later the doctors came out as they both got up "How is she doc?" Questioned y/n, still holding his hand that tightened in hers. "She's a strong miracle girl, the surgery went well and we were able to successfully take out the catheter that was causing her discomfort and replace it with a new one, we're moving her to a private room now per her father's request" he smiled patting yuta's shoulder as he left.
She exhaled shakily as she tried not to collapse on the floor, Thankfully yuta was there to hug her close as she breathed in his scent, the same mixture of body wash and cologne he used back then due to them being gifts from her.
The next day when shiho woke up she was greeted by her mother's face which lit up at the sight of her small smile a rather excited Seiji barged into the room, "Dad and I bought shiho so many raccoon-themed things, and a wife for her raccoon plushie" he gushed as yuta walked in running behind him.
"Woah, goodness those short legs sure can run" he panted as y/n tried not to smile at the sight of the two, Seiji already being open to yuta was something she didn't bother trying to understand, "You're just old" teased Seiji as yuta huffed "oh i'll show you old!" He said as he swooped Seiji off his feet, "Noo" he giggled as Y/n laughed.
"Look who's awake Ji" Seiji's smile widened as he approached his sister, Putting her new raccoon plush beside her old one he softly kissed her cheek "That tickles" she giggled as he did it again "I love you Shi," he told her as she smiled wide "I love you to ji" and the parents couldn't help but coo at the soft display of affection.
"Can I talk to you for a moment?" He gestured for her to walk outside the door, following after him she stood in front of him as he fidgeted with his cufflinks, "I don't know where to start, I- know I messed up so much, I was blinded she's my mother you know. I always trusted her blindly maybe thats why I couldn't even find it in myself to even for a second think that she might have lied" Inhaling he looked at her emotionless face he continued.
"To be honest I was gonna propose, jieun had been helping me look for rings, and I wanted it to be perfect, I spent days looking for the perfect ring, and when I did Mom just dropped that bomb on me- I know me being anxious and insecure isn't an excuse but please if it takes me the rest of my life to make up for the lost time i'm more than willing i-" he got down on one knee as she looked at him both surprised and touched.
"I know we're already married, that our wedding wasn't filled with the passion it was originally supposed to have. Despite all that I want you to wear the ring I've kept all these years with the thought that if you came back I wouldn't care about what happened and was more than willing to spend the rest of my life with you one-sided or not I would have done it, that's how crazy I am about you, please my love give me a chance to be the father shiho and seiji deserve, and the husband you deserve" he finished off eyes glossy with tears, a small crowd of hospital staff had formed.
Y/n looked into his glossy eyes as hers welled up with tears "You're such an idiot" she whispered as he looked at her, they communicated through their eyes as he smiled taking her hand and sliding the ring onto her finger, it fit perfectly as said.
"Oh thank you" he whisper-shouted picking her up as the crowd clapped, "I love you so much" he stated as she smiled pecking his lips "I love you, I always have" She smiled "OHMYGOD, I DIDN'T JUST MISS MY CHANCE OF SEEING THE GREAT NAKAMOTO YUTA ON HIS KNEES?" came sora's loud voice as jaehyun and y/ns mother followed after her.
"Haha, very funny snotty" he stuck his tongue out at Sora who gave him a middle finger, they were well acquainted. "You must be jaehyun" he spoke bashfully as jaehyun smiled his usual dimpled smile "Yup, i'm the supposed man she cheated on you with," he said while smiling, but his tone carried a warning meaning "Do that shit again and i'll have your head" all yuta could do was smile and shake his hand that gripped his rather hard.
(2 years later)
Sora stood in the kitchen helping y/n make dinner "Genuine question, what happened to make him grovel you know" she asked gesturing towards her baby bump.
"The man has his ways, he can be very convincing" She grinned sleazily as Sora made a disgusted face "Gross, keep that information to yourself" she scoffed as y/n rolled her eyes at her dramatic ass.
"Do you all have a package deal with the kids or what, You're having twins, AGAIN" she inquired as y/n laughed "Is the booger monster bothering you, my queen?" Questioned Yuta as he came to stand beside her, instinctively putting his arms around her stomach as she couldn't help but smile.
"You!!, Out of the kitchen before I light you on fire like a firecracker" she hissed pointing the ladle in his face as he blew a raspberry "She's mean" he stated as Y/n laughed at their bickering, jaehyun came in dressed in a pink tutu and glittery eye makeup.
"What drag show do you perform at?" Asked y/n seriously trying not to laugh, but hearing yuta and Sora cackle like hyenas caused her to laugh too "Oh, that's a good one" Sora cried wiping her eyes as yuta held his stomach.
"WHY DOES HE GET TO BE THE KNIGHT, WHY AM I THE PRINCESS" whined jaehyun stomping his feet as Sora tried to catch her breath "Hush princess, go back to your tea party" stated Sora shooing him away "Princess Jaeya, knight yuyu" came the voice of shiho as jaehyun was dragged back inside by an overly enthusiastic yuta.
Y/n and Sora looked at each other and laughed "idiots" they snickered.
The end .
try again | j.jh
summary. jaehyun remembers the night he met you, and even after that one night he often thought of you and wished things would have been different, but by a weird twist of fate he gets to see you again, except this time... you're not alone.
or alternatively:
jaehyun gets to try again, for real this time.
pairing. idol!jaehyun x teacher!yn
words. 19.8k-ish
genre. somewhat of a second chance romance? lots of cute things going on, and it wouldn't be a gimmehyuck fic if i didn't have something angsty
warnings. there's not much to warn about tbh? jaehyun not believing in love at first sight but then essentially does, there's a one night stand (nothing explicit), and also a child (gasp i know), alcohol is mentioned as well as pineapple on pizza, a wild blue haired haechan makes an appearance, johnmark being the best, jaehyun is generally unhappy with being an idol at this stage of his life, idk but y'all can thank my friend ruby for this getting finished, she was on my ass about it... happy late birthday jaehyun lmao
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this was completely and utterly unlike himself, jaehyun thought over and over as he laid in your bed listening to you breathe. he wasnât a one-night stand kind of man, he was too busy to let himself fall into these kind of temptations. he was a man, he told himself, and yeah, he liked sex, but the middle of tour? he shook his head at himself as he stared at the ceiling.
his mouth spoke on his own when he saw you, your beauty catching him entirely off guard. dinner at 6 with johnny was only supposed to be a quick get-out-of-the-hotel-for-a-bit thing, forty-five minutes tops. but the second you walked up and asked if you could start them off with any waters, or if they preferred beer, he was enamored. forty-five minutes turned into double that and johnny could only smile at himself at the very obvious flirtatious exchanges and when you wrote your number on the receipt you had placed on the table with a scribbled note that said âi get off at 11, call me if you want :)â, johnny was more than supportive.
âman, just live a little.â johnny had told him in the taxi to the hotel, and jaehyun was still on the fence about it but when it was 10:53 and he still couldnât get your smiling face out of his head, his fingers moved entirely on their own. you responded to him at 11 exactly, and even though he had just ate and wasnât hungry, he agreed when you asked if heâd be up to get something to eat with you. twenty minutes later he found himself in your presence again, baseball hat tugged as far down as it would go and a mask tugged slightly down to rest on his chin and he couldnât help but listen to things about yourself and he realized he wanted to know more and more with each laugh you let out.
he wasnât a love at first sight kind of man, but he could understand that thought behind it because, damn, you were funny and kind and absolutely beautiful.
âsorry, iâve been going on too much about myself, havenât i?â you asked, face turning a little sheepish when you realized he hadnât said much of a word the last fifteen minutes but you noticed his smile never fell from his face. he shook his head in answer and picked up a fry from the shared pile on the table, âno, iâm enjoying hearing all about you.â
âwell, letâs change it up some, tell me about yourself. you from around here?â you asked, copying his movements and munching on a fry yourself.
âmmm,â he thought for a moment. he didnât want to be secretive, but he wasnât comfortable turning the conversation into a long winded one about his group and his fame and although he was thankful for all of that, he noticed it had slowly started to wear him down. no, he genuinely was enjoying just being himself with you, not having to be anyone else. âiâm from seoul, and i work⌠in entertainment.â he finally decided on.
not a lie, not exactly.
âoh, that sounds really exciting! do you get to meet a lot of famous people doing that?â you asked tilting your head slightly as you did so, genuine curiosity on your face.
his smile grew, oh if only you knew. âi have here and there, theyâre just people even if theyâre famous.â
you nodded in response to that and your lips twisted slightly in a frown, âi always feel a little bad for celebrities in that sense. i canât imagine worrying about how my next sentence will be dissected and twisted into something else.â
the more you spoke, the more you surprised him. no one really thought about them in that way, usually jumping directly to the misconstruing of his words or actions as something else entirely.
âyeah, i imagine thatâs pretty difficult.â he agreed with you knowingly, then asked, âso do you enjoy being a waitress?â
your smile faltered a little, and you sighed, âi mean, yeah. i like meeting new people but iâm only doing it for another semester and then iâve got my degree. it took me longer than iâd like to admit, since iâm almost twenty-four now but i had to work enough to make the money to pay for my tuition and well, yeah. so iâll have my bachelors in a few monthsâ time and then iâll be done with the restaurant.â
âoh?â jaehyun asked, reaching again for more fries. âwhat are you getting your degree in?â
âteaching!â you said with a brilliant smile on your face. âi want to teach, but lately iâve been leaning towards teaching english overseas and i think you were my sign to do just that. iâve been debating between korea and japan.â
jaehyun laughed a little at that, âwell not to be biased but i can vouch for korea. itâs a really beautiful place.â
and the conversation continued like that, asking questions back and forth. you answering him honestly and jaehyun answering you as honestly as he could without turning the conversation into the direction he didnât want it to go. the food was gone and the conversation was still going but you had invited him to your place which wasnât that far away and jaehyun thought heâd hesitate to say yes but his answer was so immediate it startled him a bit. the constant back and forth went on even still at your apartment and he felt like he had known you for a long time, much longer than just a few hours at least, he felt at ease and comfortable and it was a feeling he didnât realize he was missing. when you suddenly kissed him midsentence he froze, his entire face blank as his brain processed what had just happened, unsure how to exactly to proceed next and you blushed brightly at him, your confidence unwavering.
âsorry,â you giggled a little nervously at the way his face was in shock, âi donât have any expectations of tonight, but i wanted to kiss you at least once. youâre so cute, especially your dimples. iâm sorry if i made you uncomf â mmph!â his lips effectively silencing you in the same manner yours had him.
except he didnât pull away, and you wrapped your arms around him and the night carried on, each kiss leading into a touch, and then a gasp. you led him into your room and kicked the door shut with your foot, hands frantically removing clothing in a trail to the bed. small giggles were shared between gasping breaths within the breaks of kissing and the gasps slowly transformed into sounds of pleasure and while you fell asleep against him after, jaehyun couldnât turn his racing mind off.
he didnât regret anything, he didnât regret his actions. he didnât regret you.
he regretted that he couldnât stay.
and so when he knew you were fully asleep, when your breathing was the deepest, he got up from your bed and slowly replaced his clothes one by one, dragging out the moments he had in your presence. his hat was the last thing he found on the floor and he tugged it on, sighing softly to himself, pulling out his phone to read that it was 5:20 am, and with one last glance over his shoulder he left you there in the bed sound asleep. a deep guilt he couldnât shake making a home for itself in his chest.
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                             aug 9
9:33 am you: hey! everything ok?
9:35 am you: wanna go get breakfast? :)
12:42 pm dimples: iâm sorry, i just saw this. i had work things to take care of. how did you sleep?
3:30 pm you: thatâs ok! i slept alright :)
3:31 pm you: are you busy tonight? wanna get food?
4:45 pm dimples: if i get off in time, sure. iâll let you know.
7:02 pm you: you alright?
7:28 pm dimples: iâm sorry, again. work is kicking my ass, how did your day go?
7:32 pm you: it was fine! started working on an essay i had due, you know. the fun stuff, how about you? busy?
7:45 pm dimples: you have no idea haha
7:49 pm you: you can tell me about it if you want? believe it or not, iâm a great listener
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                         aug 13
2:43 pm you: sent attachment
2:43 pm you: saw this and remembered how you
2:43 pm you: sorry, thumb hit send lol. you mentioned you liked this band, and i thought of you
2:44 pm you: hope youâre ok
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                         aug 19
11:01 pm you: yâknow, iâm not mad at you or anything i did say i had no expectations lol. just kinda hoped this would have been different, you know? it kinda felt different to meâŚ
11:02 pm you: but thatâs alright lol i hope youâre ok
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                        aug 31
7:49 am you: jaehyun
7:50 am you: look, i need you to respond
7:50 am you: please
7:51 am you: iâm freaking out
7:51 am you: idk what to do, and iâm scared
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7:53 am you: what the fuck??
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7:55 am you: fuck. you. jaehyun.
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five years later.
although the years had passed for jaehyun, it was all so quick that the night with you still felt fresh to him. he often thought of you and how you were, often thought of if you graduated and were teaching. if you got to do everything you had confessed to him that night in the extended lengths of the conversations had.
he often thought if you were here in korea with him like you had planned and he just had no clue.
if you were, you hated him, he was sure.
his manager had caught him checking his phone that night with an unsaved number on it, had sneakily read your messages over his shoulder and absolutely lost it on him. he went on and on about his idol image, his career, his future and repeated âwhat if this got out? what if dispatch found it?â and jaehyun couldnât say anything back but âokayâ. the feeling he had when talking to you, the small feeling of being himself again, smothered in an instant.
when you had sent him a picture of a vinyl record of one of his favorite bands, he wanted so badly to respond to you. he had even typed out a response when he finally was able to read it, but he knew it wouldnât help anything at all if he did. he really did think it was better to let it lie, and so he turned off his read receipts.
the last message he saw from you, made him gnaw on his bottom lip, and the next day he left the country going back to korea and his number was changed.
he wanted to be different for you, he had barely met you but he knew you, it wasnât a coincidence to him. but what kind of life would a long-distance relationship be with someone who would be so busy some days or even weeks that he couldnât respond? he knew youâd always be worried, or hurt when communication was so small. he thought of it a lot. and he was thinking of all those things, when he was sure, he had ultimately decided, that you probably didnât actually want to be with him.
he would have just⌠liked it if you had.
maybe if he werenât famous he would have dated you.
maybe it would have been like one of the cheesy romance movies taeyong liked to watch, maybe he even would have fallen in love.
and maybe⌠maybe he would have even married you if his daydream let him get that far, if his life would have followed the clichÊ movie plot, but that was all a what if to him now. something he liked to sit and think about if only just to make sure the guilt never left him.
âjaehyun?â his name being called pulled him out of his memories and his head jerked up to look at who had called him. his manager was staring at him with drawn eyebrows, and at jaehyunâs confused expression he breathed deeply out of his nose.
âwhat do you think?â this time it was the PR manager asking, the person who had asked him, johnny, and mark to come to the conference room to go over their schedules for the next couple of days.
âabout what? sorry, i wasâŚâ jaehyun trailed off.
âhe thinks itâs a great idea.â mark answered for him, giving jaehyun a concerned look. âhe loves kids.â
âokay, then itâs set. the kids are unaware theyâre meeting you all, and they probably wonât really realize youâre famous but it will be filmed for content with permission from the schools principal already. Itâll be good for the groups image, everyone loved the last time you guys sat with kids.â and with that the meeting was done, it wasnât really to ask them if they wanted to participate but to tell them what they would be doing. jaehyun didnât mind this that much because it was true. he did love kids.
once the managers had left the room, johnny turned in his chair to give jaehyun a scrupulous look.
âdude, why were you spacing out so bad?â mark asked, slouching in his chair as his chin saw in his palm and his elbow rested on the table. to this date, johnny was the only other person who knew about you and his night he had spent with you. johnny nodded at the quick eye contact, understanding immediately.
âdunno, i think iâm just tired. i didnât sleep much last night.â jaehyun brushed off markâs question with a shrug and mark sighed at that.
âwell, you better get some rest tonight. those kids arenât going to chill out just because youâre tired.â mark said as he stood, his hands shoved into the pockets of his sweats, shooting one last look at jaehyun before leaving the room.
âyou know, itâs been a few years but maybe sheâs thinking of you too. why not try reaching out?â johnny whispered to him, and jaehyun gave johnny a not-quite-there smile that was really just a grimace.
ânah, itâs fine. sheâs probably changed her number since then, and besides, even if she didnât she definitely hates me now. i know i would.â johnny frowned then as his friend got up and left the room, the big glass door swinging closed softly behind him.
something had changed in jaehyun that night when he came back, it wasnât a huge, drastic change but johnny noticed it nonetheless. he wasnât always distracted by his guilty thoughts of you, but on several occasions jaehyun had gotten drunk with him and started talking about you and everything about you that he knew.
by this point johnny felt he knew you just as well as jaehyun had.
and about sixty percent of those occasions, johnny had to console him and reassure him that you probably didnât hate him but would probably just be upset at him, and that he was sure youâd forgive jaehyun if he explained the situation.
johnny was never confident in that though. five years is a long time to go on thinking about someone you spent one night with.
and, johnny often thought, five years was a long time to dwell on all the anger left from waking up alone from someone you spent one night with.
and although if it was only supposed to be just one night⌠even johnny knew it was more than that.
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mark was bouncing on the balls of his feet, his hands contained in his pockets but jaehyun couldnât help the smile that grew at the younger mans energy. there was always something about children that brought out the kid side of the younger members and that was always contagious and within minutes, jaehyun was smiling just as brightly as mark had been.
they were told to wait until given the signal to come out, as all the kids were now sitting in different circles in the room. the four-year-old class wasnât very large, and they had come to the SM building to take a tour.
in recent years SM had opened its doors to field trips for younger kids, usually it was elementary ages but after some strings were pulled, they allowed the class going in to kindergarten to be included if they would allow them to be part of the youtube series SM had going on of âidols with kidsâ.
this wasnât the groupâs first event with kids, the group was large at this time and they had rotated out and didnât have to do it often, but it was their turn and it was a nice break, jaehyun thought.
certainly better than another photoshoot.
johnny tapped jaehyun on the shoulder, the signal had been given and the three men entered the room full of energetic children. there were only about twelve of them total, and jaehyun noticed the teachers stood off to the side, two women leaning against the wall with their masks up and covering their face.
jaehyun paid them very little attention as he went to his assigned table to sit down with the kids. he took his place at the circle table and folded his legs underneath him, sitting as the kids were.
the kids grew quiet at the presence of the adult man at their table, and he noticed his table had two girls and two boys. the little girl that sat closest to him had big bright eyes and her little hands brushed her bangs away from her eyes.
he noticed her little pigtails had little fuzzy clips in them that matched her dress and his heart melted at how adorable she was. she seemed to be the boldest of the group as she was the only one to look him in the eyes.
âhi everyone, my name is jaehyun.â he said kindly, trying to make the kids feel at ease.
âhello, mister.â the cute girl with pigtails said and when she spoke, small dimples formed at the corners of her mouth and he was intrigued at how much they looked like his.
âhello, miss.â jaehyun nodded and replied easily and the little girls smile grew as did her dimples. and then a thought visibly appeared across her face and she turned to her other friends at the table.
âitâs rude to not say hi,â her lips were in a pouty frown as she looked at them. she was a bossy little thing, he noticed but her friends immediately chimed in with quiet helloâs. that seemed to make her happy and she nodded dramatically. jaehyun knew the only thing they had to do while they were here was color with them, and talk to them for the cameraâs sake, and so he did just that.
the little girl next to him asked him which page he wanted to color first, and he reached forward to slide a piece of paper with the outline of a bunny holding a carrot and then she asked her friends which ones they wanted. he noticed she chose last and his heart melted even more at how utterly sweet the little exchange was.
âwhat are your names?â he asked the table as a whole, putting on his gentlest smile, which wasnât hard for him to find. the little boy to his left spoke up this time, starting to get comfortable with jaehyunâs presence.
âmy name in jiwon, and heâs seojun⌠sheâs heeyoung, and,â he said pointing out each person one by one dramatically as he finally landed on the little girl who sat beside him. âher name is yeoruem.â
âoh you all have pretty names,â jaehyun commented and the boys seemed to swell with a sense of pride by being told they had nice names from a stranger. he noticed the kids start talking a little bit, but they mostly focused on their coloring. yeoreum sat beside him, a crayon gripped tightly in her hand and her tongue stuck between her lips and she concentrated on her page, she had chosen a big teddy bear and she was coloring it purple.
she was getting a little frustrated he could tell with how she kept huffing and puffing and finally she put her crayon down and put her cheek in her tiny hand dramatically, and the cute pout made jaehyun chuckle softly.
âwhatâs the matter, yeoreum?â he cooed at her gently.
âi like to stay in the lines and i messed up.â
âwell letâs see if we can fix it, hmm?â and he picked up her crayon and offered it to her. she took it in her hand again and he proceeded to point at a small spot, his arms wrapping around her and helping her hand move just right and she took his direction with a grin. when she finally got it she pushed his hand away.
âthank you mister jaehyun, i want to try and do it now myself.â and jaehyun held up his hands in surrender.
âyouâre a very independent little girl, yeoreum.â jaehyun commented to her as he went back to coloring on his bunny, picking up an orange crayon to fill in the carrot.
âthank you!â she beamed, not taking her eyes off of her teddy bear. âmy mommy says the same thing.â
âyour mommy is a very smart lady,â jaehyun replied and she looked up then. her face twisting in an scowl that was too cute to be remotely threatening considering she was four.
âno,â she argued, greatly offended. âmy mommy is the smartest lady. and sheâs one of my teachers too, sheâs right over there.â
and it was in that moment that several things happened simultaneously.
yeoreum pointed at the wall to one of the women jaehyun had barely taken notice of when he walked in. his eyes looked up in the direction that her tiny hand pointed in and as he looked up, the woman turned her face away from him to say something to the other teacher so he couldnât see her face but at the same time one of the kids from johnnyâs table screamed dramatically.
âmiss y/n!â the little boy wailed, and jaehyun felt his heart leap to his throat, and his stomach plummeted as if he were on a rollercoaster while he watched as the same lady who had turned away rush forward to see what the little boy needed, but jaehyun couldnât even focus on that. he felt his world around him slow to a grinding halt, his eyes solely focused on you. on the small parts of your face he could visibly see due to the mask you wore.
but he was unsure how he had missed you when he walked in. yours was the face that he dreamt of, and he was sure his jaw was dropped. his eyes drifted slightly from your face to johnny whose expression probably matched his own, his eyes flickering between you and jaehyun.
jaehyun felt his mouth go dry in the next second as another realization hit him. he whipped his head to look down at the little girl next to him and she was intently focused on where her mom stood at the other table. jaehyun tried three times to swallow before he was successful.
âyeoreum?â he asked, voice shaking slightly.
she tore her eyes from you and looked up to make eye contact with jaehyun. âyes, mister jaehyun?â
âmiss y/n is your mother?â he asked, face searching this little girls who, the more he looked, the more he found himself staring back.
âno, sheâs my mommy.â she answered smartly.
âah, yes. sheâs your mommyâŚâ he trailed off, eyes flickering back up to see you standing back with the other woman and you were pointedly avoiding eye contact with him, instead staring at yeoreum who was still looking at him.
âand yeoreum, how â when is your birthday?â
âmay first,â she chirped and he dragged his eyes away from you to look down at the little girl and his face drained of all color entirely.
âum⌠mister jaehyun? you look like you donât feel so good.â she said worriedly, and he gulped again, trying to calm his nerves. his mental math couldnât be that wrong, could it? thereâs no way, was there? no, those dimples were undeniable evidence.
someone somewhere had pity on him, because right when he felt that he may pass out or throw up or do a combination of both, their manager came out and called the session with the idols to an end, the cameras folding up then and were put away and the other teacher called everyone to come stand with you and her.
yeoreum stood up and patted her dress, and she reached down and pulled on jaehyunâs hand to have him stand up with her.
âcâmon mister jaehyun, i want you to meet my mommy so you can see that sheâs the smartest lady in the whole world,â and as jaehyun slowly stood to his feet, yeoreum waved her hand to have him bend down to her level so she could whisper conspiratorially in his ear. âbut donât tell miss jisoo, she may get upset.â
jaehyun could only nod as she pulled him over to the other kids and you, and he braced himself for disaster.
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you had fought tooth and nail with the principal of your center about going to SM. you knew the chances of jaehyun being one of the idols to work with would be slim but you didnât want to take that chance. however when she had asked you the reason why you were so adamant against going to the entertainment companyâs headquarters, you couldnât very well give her the reason that your childâs clueless father works there. it would open up more questions and you had done well the past five years keeping it under wraps that no one knew who yeoreumâs father was, not even your mother.
you had realized after he had blocked your number of who he was when you did a google search of âjaehyun korea entertainmentâ to see page after page of his face, and you realized he was a common name in korea. it made a little more sense then as to why he suddenly started ignoring you.
you thought he may have been different based on the hours of conversations you both shared, but since he was a celebrity, you assumed you were just another person on his list of hookups throughout his tour stops.
and so when you saw him walk in with two of his other members, you felt your heart jump. and then when you saw he sat at your daughterâs table your heart immediately sank and you felt your body get hot, the same feeling you felt when you found out you were pregnant.
you stood at the back with your co-teacher, hiding in plain sight. you were thankful that you had made it to the end, the interaction between them going well even if he didnât know.
he seemed to almost have an instant attachment to her and you couldnât help the way your heart swooped when he bent around her to help her with her coloring. it was a few moments after that that she noticed yeoreum point her tiny finger in your direction and you almost cursed aloud.
you quickly turned your head to look at jisoo, trying to find any random question to ask her to start a conversation to avoid his eye contact but when you heard one of your students, a little boy named yunho, screaming for you across the room you only allowed yourself three seconds to panic before you crossed the room to see what was the matter.
you briefly made eye contact with the man, you had learned his name was johnny after researching jaehyunâs group, and he looked like a deer caught in the headlights. you ignored him after that, understanding that he must have known about you and that somehow both angered and embarrassed you.
âwhatâs wrong, yunho?â you asked as you crouched next to the crying boy.
âmin-minhee,â he hiccupped, big alligator tears falling down his face. âminhee took my crayon and i was still using it!â and you patted the young boyâs head affectionately.
âminheeâŚâ you started, voice slightly scolding and the other boy mentioned was purposefully looking away from you. âis that true?â
minhee turned his head further away from you and you couldnât help but laugh slightly, âminhee, you know that isnât nice.â after a few seconds, and another glance up at johnny who was now looking at the table behind you, eyes wide.
minhee finally turned around and gave yunho back his crayon and apologized after you prompted him to do so. crisis averted, you took a deep breath and stood up, purposefully avoiding the table your daughter sat at but when you reached the wall, you felt his eyes on you but instead you noticed how your daughter stared up at him, eyes already full of adoration.
the cameras were put away and jisoo called everyoneâs attention. you were focused on the other children gathering up, doing headcounts one by one until you heard a soft, âmommy?â from behind you.
âwhat is it, baby?â you asked turning around, expecting to see your daughter but instead came face to face with jaehyun who your daughter had in tow.
âthis is mister jaehyun, and i wanted him to meet you so i could show him how sma â show him my teacher.â she fumbled over her sentence and you furrowed your brows at her choice of words.
âhello miss y/n,â jaehyun choked out, and you noticed his face was very pale. you wanted to laugh and tell him that it served him right, but you wanted to pretend that you didnât know him, even though you clearly did.
âhello,â you greeted, overly formal as if to create distance between you two.
âyeoreum⌠yeoreum tells me her birthday is in may. is that true?â were the first words to tumble out of his mouth. you noticed jisoo had rounded up the kids and started to lead them out of the room.
âyeoreum, sweetheart, go stand with miss jisoo, okay? iâll be right there.â you said as you looked down, cupping your little girls cheek sweetly and she smiled up at you.
âokay mommy!â she said, running off to walk with the class who was leaving the room.
you felt the presence of two more people walking up and you glanced to see johnny and another man, mark you thought his name was, walk up to stand awkwardly a few feet away. johnny definitely seemed to know, but mark looked clueless as to why they were there.
âis that true?â jaehyun pressed again, and you turned your full attention to him now, ignoring the other two men in your vicinity.
âyes, her birthday is may first.â you replied, voice a little sharp and you saw jaehyun visibly wince at the tone.
jaehyun didnât even care that mark was here now, listening in. his mind was racing with so many questions and he just wanted to know the answers to them regardless of who was around.
âthatâs nine monthsâŚâ he trailed off then.
âyes, it is.â the same tone didnât falter.
âi⌠i⌠is she mine?â he finally asked then, heart bracing for the answer but then you laughed and it was a cold laugh, much different from the happy ones he recalled in his dreams, and he recoiled slightly.
âyouâre not on the birth certificate,â your lips were flat, turning pale from the pressure of keeping your anger at bay.
âthatâs not â no, please, y/n. is she mine?â he pressed, his hands ready to beg you for an answer.
âis she your daughter? yes.â you answered him in an angry whisper. âbut sheâs not yours, sheâs mine.â and jaehyun flinched again at how harsh your words were.
jaehyun was silent for a long moment and you scoffed, turning away from him then to go meet up with your class.
âhave you told anyone?â he asked, and he wasnât sure why he even asked that question because he knew if you had, it would have made headlines. you froze then, and he could have sworn you were visibly shaking. you turned and glared at him, such an angry look he didnât know it was possible to feel so small from just a single expression.
âno, jaehyun, i havenât.â you spat, your anger making your skin flush in how hard you tried to control your voice and your temper. âso donât worry, you can go back to living your golden life without any responsibilities. i wonât be asking you for money, i wonât be coming back here, and i wonât be going to the press. but not for your sake, oh no, i couldnât give a fuck. only for hers.â you turned and walked away, your hand stilling on the doorknob when you heard him call to you.
âno, wait! y/n thatâs â thatâs not what i meant, please. can â can i meet her? spend time with her?â you didnât turn around, your hand on the knob tightening its grip for a moment, you lifted your head to stare at the ceiling and you sighed, the anger draining from you and just leaving you exhausted.
âyou just did, and i think that was enough, donât you? i donât want you to decide the next morning that sheâs not worth your time.â
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the door closed behind you as you left and all three men were stunned into silence at what had transpired. jaehyun had known youâd hate him if you saw him again, he knew that, he really did. he would have never pushed you to spend time with him after the way everything went down but now it was different.
he was a father now, or well, he had been a father the past four years and had no clue but now he was aware and he couldnât just not try and be one. this had changed his world, how could he go about pretending that this hadnât happened?
âdude⌠i am so confused right now. what the actual hell just happened?â mark finally spoke up, eyes darting between the two men standing with him. johnny didnât look away from jaehyun to answer his question, nothing but extreme concern for his friend who looked like he had his whole world shaken up.
well, johnny thought almost comically, he did.
âi, umâŚâ jaehyun started, eyes still not drifting away from the door you had just left from. âwhen we were on tours four years ago, um⌠johnny and i went to dinner, i donât know if you remember? we had asked you if you wanted to go too, but you were already going with haechan and taeil.â jaehyun finally broke his trance he had on the door and turned to make eye contact with mark, who still sported the look of someone utterly bewildered. mark answered with a nod, not daring to open his mouth so he could listen to the rest of what jaehyun had to say.
âwell, we went. just us two. and she was our waitress and she was, she is, so beautiful and she was flirting with me and so when she put her number on our receipt, johnny told me to go for it and⌠and i did. we talked for hours, and â and one thing led to another, and fuck.â jaehyun breathed out and then let out a humorless laugh at his word choice. he ran his hand through his hair roughly, the newly dyed blonde locks, tugging on them as he did so. âi left. i mean, i couldnât have actually stayed with her, we had a show in another city and we had to leave and so i left. i tried to keep talking to her but⌠i stopped.â
mark blew out a hard breath at jaehyunâs explanation. âwell, did you let her know? that you had to leave and thatâs why?â
jaehyun shook his head, and johnny spoke up for him then. âour manager saw and lost it, he couldnât reply to her because he was scared since it had been so long and then we left and our manager had his number changed when we got back.â
âdid you still have her number though?â mark questioned, eyebrows coming together. jaehyun nodded hesitantly.
âdude, thatâs so fucked. you should have explained to her then, she would have understood.â jaehyun hung his head, he was used to johnny consoling him in the assumption that heâd never have to see you again. he wasnât used to his mistakes being so openly berated.
âpoor y/n,â mark said then, turning to look at the door you had left out of. âhaving to raise a baby on her own like that, i donât blame her for being as angry as she was. and then for you to ask â.â
âgod, mark, yes. i know. i know i fucked up. but i have a kid⌠i have a daughter. i donât want to be one of those dads, i donâtâŚâ he trailed off, the way he felt sick dissipating, slowly being replaced with the dread of having his daughter grow up and have to tell people her dad was just absent when he knew about her now.
âthen donât.â johnnyâs reply was simple. both jaehyun and mark turned to look at him. johnny shrugged as if it were easy.
âbut she doesnât â.â jaehyun went to say but johnny shook his head, the look he gave him shutting him up instantly.
âthen donât, jaehyun. youâre an adult. you made a mistake but itâs not eighteen years too late to try and fix it, just five. if chen can do this and end up just fine, you have just the same amount of chance that he does. you donât wanna be a deadbeat dad? then donât. easy as that. y/n isnât going to like it at first but, sheâll come around if. you. make. an. effort.â mark was smiling at johnnyâs answer, nodding along as he spoke and jaehyun stared open mouthed at him.
âyou think itâll work?â
âit doesnât hurt to try,â mark chimed in. âplus, i saw the way she was watching you earlier, i kinda thought for a second she was going to be one of those weird stalkers but this makes so much more sense now.â
âhow can i do this though? i donât have her number or anything,â jaehyun asked, and he wanted so badly to get to know yeoreum, and to get to know you again. he wanted to see if things were that different, or if it was the years of anger building up. he couldnât blame you at all for the things you said and for the way you reacted. he can imagine heâd do the same.
âam i gonna have to do everything myself?â johnny joked and jaehyun gave him a confused look.
âshe works at the school that was just here. we have the principals contact information. therefore, we have her information. and if nothing else, we know where she works. you show up, you make a genuine effort, and you keep making an effort until she knows youâre serious. and you keep trying because thatâs your daughter. you literally canât deny her, she looks exactly like you.â jaehyun nodded, absorbing all the information that johnny had readily available in his brain. he hoped it was because he was an outsider looking in in this situation and not that jaehyun was just that dumb. maybe it was a bit of both.
âguys? come on, we have another schedule to meet in forty-five minutes,â their manager called, his head momentarily visible from the doorway. the three men made their way to exit, jaehyunâs mind reeling with what he was going to do and how he was going to do.
he had a daughter.
he was a father.
that thought alone was enough to make a grin slowly grow on his face.
âalso,â mark spoke up suddenly, turning around to look at his friends. âdo i need to have a talk with everyone about the importance of condoms?â
johnny snorted out a laugh, and jaehyun groaned loudly.
âyeah⌠i think iâm gonna at least text the dreamies. maybe âwrap it before you tap itâ or something like that. god, can you imagine jisung with a child?â markâs face looked horrified, but his joke effectively broke the tense feeling jaehyun had held for the past twenty minutes and johnny laughed, clapping mark on the shoulder as he and jaehyun exited the door.
âjisung is an adult, mark. heâs a grown ass man. they donât need âthe talkâ.â
âyes they do, they can be forty and theyâre still going to be children to me!â mark yelled as he followed them out.
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jaehyun couldnât remember the last time he had butterflies this bad since maybe his debut. his heart hadnât stopped racing since johnny handed him a slip of paper discreetly at practice later that night, and when jaehyun unfolded the paper he saw an address and a phone number scrawled in small letters.
âmaybe go to her work, instead of calling first.â johnny had whispered to him rather conspicuously in the far corner of the room.
âwouldnât it be better to give her a heads up though? i donât want to ruin this before i even really get the chance to get to know yeoreum.â jaehyun said, the desperation for this to work out evident on his face. he wasnât sure when he had ever wanted something so badly, but his thoughts had been consumed by this little girl that he had no idea existed until twelve hours ago.
âsure, it might seem a little creepy but this way she can physically see youâre serious and wonât block you immediately out of spite,â johnny shrugged at his friend. âi know i'd block you.â
jaehyun gave him a deadpan look, âthatâs very comforting, thanks.â
a sudden pair of arms throwing themselves around jaehyunâs shoulders made his eyes grow wide but seeing johnny unconcerned made him relax a little.
âso who is blocking jaehyun hyung immediately?â haechan asked from over jaehyunâs shoulder.
jaehyun fished for a response, trying to think of an answer and johnny beat him to it with the most basic of answers.
âyour mom.â johnny said, a wide grin growing on his face at the offended look on haechanâs face that jaehyun couldnât see.
âyou better not be texting my mom!â haechan argued, voice rising an octave directly in jaehyunâs ear making the man wince sharply. âsheâs married and i donât want a step-dad this late in my life.â
johnny pushed away from the wall and jaehyun was thankful for johnnyâs distraction, because as he walked away haechan moved to follow him, arguing with the taller man even if it started out as a joke.
this gave jaehyun the time to stare down at the folded piece of paper that had been crumpled in his hand, he memorized the number on it like the paper would disintegrate if he didnât and as he moved on to the address he attempted to formulate a plan.
the plan may have been half-assed in hindsight, jaehyun realized as he stood out in front of the pre-school you worked at, staying out of sight of any passerby who may recognize him. he was sure he wouldnât be noticed that easily as his hood was up, mask secured over his nose but he was so nervous of someone saying something to ruin his one shot at getting you to listen to him.
he distracted himself with scrolling through his phone, flipping between different social medias while he waited, and his heart skipped a beat when he heard your voice calling a goodbye to your coworkers as you exited the building.
âmommy, can we go get some ice cream? i got a green smiley on my report today from miss jisoo, you know i was good today!â he heard yeoreum ask cutely, and you turned the corner to walk in his direction and he watched as you looked down at her. you held her hand and your smile was so gentle he couldnât help but get lost in it for a moment.
you were going to respond but you noticed his presence at that moment, looking up and staring harshly at him, he could see you bristle. you didnât immediately recognize him, jaehyun noticed with the way you tugged yeoreum to stand behind you and jaehyun raised his hands in surrender, tugging his mask down so you could see his face and you released a breath, relaxing instantly.
âmister jaehyun!â yeoreum cheered from behind you, bouncing forward with her hands holding on to the straps of her little yellow backpack. jaehyun crouched to be level with her, his elbows resting on his knees and his dimpled smile was an exact replica of hers.
âhi yeoreum, i heard you say you were good today in school. if your mommy is okay with it, do you think i get you that ice cream you wanted?â jaehyun asked the little girl, but his eyes were looking up at you and your mouth was pressed in a firm line. yeoreum whirled on the spot to look up at you.
âoh please, mommy? mister jaehyun will pay for it so itâs free!â yeoreum pleaded, adding information that wasnât exactly given yet and jaehyun couldnât help but laugh at that detail. you clearly debated on it for a moment, but the hopeful look on your daughters face was already giving you an answer.
âsure, sweetie.â you said softly, eyes cutting up to glance at jaehyun, trying to figure out what he was getting at. yeoreum pulled you by the hand, and then she boldly grabbed jaehyunâs hand as well, leading the way to the convenience store you often made stops to on the way home from school.
you didnât say a word as you walked, jaehyun keeping a conversation going with yeoreum, asking her about the things in school she liked and it went on like that for a few minutes until you entered the store and you greeted the elderly woman who ran it politely. yeoreum darted to the ice cream section and you finally had a moment without her present.
âwhat are you trying to do here, jaehyun?â you asked coldly, and his smile never wavered, his mood too high to allow it to come down.
âiâm trying to get to know my daughter that i didnât know existed until yesterday.â he answered you, his voice hushed as to keep the store owner from eavesdropping, but you didnât detect any obvious lies in his statement.
âi told you â.â you started, and he cut you off.
âi know what you said, believe me. i heard you loud and clear, but please y/n,â and your eyes widened at the sincerity in his voice, he was seconds away from begging dramatically. âplease just give me one chance. i want to be in her life, i want to be there for her.â
yeoreum skipped over, holding three ice cream bars in her arms.
âlook mommy, i got your favorite. and mister jaehyun, i got you my favorite. youâll like it because itâs the best!â she said with such confidence that jaehyun chuckled at her as she walked right up to the counter.
âwell youâre in luck because that just so happens to be my favorite, too.â jaehyun offered and the girl beamed at him.
âmommy likes this flavor,â she pointed to the only one that was different as the elderly woman scanned the three items. she motioned for him to come to her level, and when he bent down she cupped her hands cutely to whisper in jaehyunâs ear. âand donât tell her but itâs really yucky.â
the more time jaehyun spent around this little girl the more he felt himself getting wrapped around her finger. he brought a finger to his lips conspiratorially and he turned to make eye contact with you and your eyebrows raised.
âhey, whatâs with the secrets?â you frowned in confusion, head tilting slightly and at the motion jaehyun felt his heart skip a beat. he recalled the same exact motion five years ago, and he had to swallow hard to pull himself out of the memory.
âoh, nothing. yeoreum just told me a funny joke.â he answered, giving yeoreum a wink and she giggled at the secret that they now had, her hand coming up to cover her mouth as she laughed.
âhmmm,â you responded, accepting the ice cream bars and thanking the woman as you exited. the park was only a short distance away and thatâs where you headed, sitting down on a bench as you opened yeoreumâs ice cream and she dove in immediately.
you allowed them to talk easily, and you felt your resolve slowly chipping away with every smile they shared with each other. you recalled one of the many conversations you had had with friends, one most recently being your coworker and friend jisoo. she had suggested for the umpteenth time that you should reach out to the father and give him the option to be in yeoreumâs life.
âi donât want him to get tired of her, it would be devastating for her, and me too.â you had argued then and jisooâs look was unamused.
âyou havenât even given him the chance, you have no clue if heâd even do that. you canât make that assumption, time changes people.â
you were realizing she was right as you watched her giggle over him dripping ice cream on his shoes, yeoreum commenting how itâs not that hard to not be messy and jaehyun laughed at her disappointed sigh.
you had made up your mind by then, the ice cream finished and you noticed the time was getting a little late, knowing youâd have to get her ready for bed.
âcome on, âreum. we gotta get ready for bed soon.â you said softly, interrupting their conversation and yeoreum nodded, hopping off of the bench she sat on with jaehyun. she walked over to stand beside you but she turned to jaehyun.
âmister jaehyun, will i see you again?â she asked and her voice was so hopeful that jaehyun looked to you for an answer.
âone chance,â you mouthed to him seriously, holding up one finger to emphasize your point over yeoreumâs head and jaehyunâs eyes shone with relief as he made eye contact with yeoreum.
âiâd love to, iâll come see you anytime.â jaehyun nodded and yeoreum clapped excitedly, turning to look at you as she did so and you couldnât help the answering smile that crossed your face. you took her small hand in yours and you began to walk in the direction of your home and she paused, turning around and waving enthusiastically goodbye to jaehyun who was still seated on the wooden park bench.
âsee you soon, mister jaehyun!â she called and then she was pulling you away; jaehyun watching you both leave and he felt at peace knowing this plan went so much better than he could have ever hoped it would.
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you had just put yeoruem to sleep in her little princess bed, she had talked nonstop the entire way home, all through dinner, and then during her bath until you finally got her to sleep, about mister jaehyun.
the idea of her getting to know him brought on two strong emotions and they teetered back and forth in your mind, an eerily well-balanced scale.
on one hand, you were excited for her to get to know her father, she deserved to have both parents who loved her.
on the other hand, you were terrified of how this would play out fully. would he leave once people found out? would he pretend she didnât exist?
your thoughts ran in circles over and over, and you didnât get anywhere productive. the only thing you had settled on was that until you knew for sure where this would go, you would make sure jaehyun wouldnât mention a word of being her dad.
you didnât want to have to pick up the pieces of her small heart if he shattered it.
your phone dinged and it pulled you out of your thoughts, you paused the show you had barely been paying attention to so you could focus.
9:31 pm unknown: hello⌠do you have plans tomorrow?
9:32 pm you: depends on whoâs asking...?
9:33 pm unknown: oh, yeah my bad. this is jaehyun, johnny got me your number from your boss
9:34 pm you: ok⌠thatâs not weird at all⌠but no. no plans besides work and yeoruem. why?
9:35 pm he who must not be named đ: Â how do you feel about coming over? i can cook for you both, or maybe order pizza. whatever yeoreum wants to eat haha
9:37 pm you: sheâs not picky, but i guess i wonât mind. will your members mind?
9:38 pm he who must not be named đ: ah, right. well, see iâm telling them tomorrow so they wonât really have a choice.
9:40 pm you: ⌠donât make this weird for us, jaehyun.
9:42 pm he who must not be named đ: iâm not! i wonât, iâll send someone for you tomorrow at 6?
9:47 pm you: we can get there, just give me the address and iâll see you then
9:48 pm he who must not be named đ: [current location]
you audibly sighed, staring at the phone showing the address, you clicked it to see that he didnât live too far from you and you just shook your head, you were going to leave it at that, but your thought from earlier hit you again and you typed a response.
9:55 pm you: i have a request for you
10:01 pm he who must not be named đ: ask
10:02 pm you: iâm not going to keep you from getting to know her, because it makes her happy and she deserves that. but i donât want you to mention anything to her about you being her dad
10:05 pm he who must not be named đ: and thatâs becauseâŚ?
10:06 pm you: i just wanna be sure. iâd rather you be some cool man she spent time with if you decide differently
10:07 pm he who must not be named đ: okay and when you see that iâm not gonna ghost my own daughter, is there a statute of limitations on this or what?
10:08 pm you: iâll let you know
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jaehyun paced back and forth in the living room, he hadnât heard from you since you assured him youâd be coming by at 6 like agreed. he had went a little overboard on the pizza, considering there were now five different boxes on the counter and he may have went on a shopping spree at a small childrenâs toy store.
now all eight of his members sat in different spots in the too large living room as he walked back and forth, stopping to check on his phone and then once he saw there wasnât a notification from you, he went back to his path he had made.
âyouâre gonna wear a hole through the floor,â johnny deadpanned and jaehyun ignored him.
âhyung?â it was haechan this time trying to get jaehyun to stop moving and jaehyun did, looking up to see what the youngest wanted.
âthis isnât your first time meeting her, right?â haechan seemed genuinely confused.
âno, this is the second, technically third time now.â he answered, forgetting about his phone in his pocket for a moment.
âokay, then why are you freaking out?â haechan asked, resting his chin in his palm.
âwellâŚâ jaehyun was at a brief loss for words. ây/n is unsure about me being around her already, so i guess iâm worried sheâs going to⌠stop.â
âstop what?â taeyong asked from the other side of the room and jaehyun turned on the spot to face him.
âstop letting me see her, stop responding to me, just, stop altogether.â jaehyun looked crestfallen as he waved his hands around but a snort from his left made him glare at yuta.
âwhat? like you did to her?â yuta smirked at the stressed man, and jaehyun threw his arms up, throwing his head back as he stared at the ceiling for a long moment.
he hadnât expected this kind of reaction at all when he called a group meeting in the living room hours earlier; he had told mark and johnny he planned to tell everyone because he had wanted you and yeoreum to come to the house and they had only nodded and helped him gather everyone. mark and johnny purposely sat on the couch in the corner of the room so they could watch it all unfold.
jaehyun had started the whole thing by clearing his throat three times before he even opened his mouth.
âi-,â he began but yuta narrowed his eyes at him and twisted his lips for a second.
âyou got some girl pregnant, didnât you?â his question was so blunt it took everyone off guard, mark almost falling out of his seat on the couch entirely. haechan, who sat on the arm of yutaâs chair, shoved his shoulder roughly. jaehyun, however, was stunned into silence, mouth agape and yuta laughed at his reaction.
âjaehyun, heâs joking. now why did you call us all here?â taeyong said, shooting a stern look at yuta before turning his full attention to the man who stood in the center of the room. keeping the peace like he always did, but jaehyun was so much more nervous now after yutaâs comment, regardless of how correct it was.
âokay, so,â jaehyun began and went through the entire story again. something he had kept to himself all these years, and he was finally letting everyone in on his tiny, but impactful, moment of freedom he had with you.
âand so when we filmed our content for the youtube segment, the one with kids, you know?â and when everyone nodded, all but three mouths were hanging in stunned silence. âthis little girl was at my table, and she was adorable and smart and highly independent but like, some kids are like that. until she pointed out her mother to me, and â.â
jungwoo gasped dramatically, leaning so far forward in his chair as he listened to jaehyun that he was practically on the floor. âno fucking way!â
âyes, way.â mark answered for him, and jaehyun continued.
ây/n, yeah. y/n was her mother, and yeoreum was born exactly nine months after, and yeah. i⌠i have a daughter that i had no clue existed but i want to be her dad, i havenât wanted something this bad since we debuted, and⌠yeah.â
âokay⌠okayâŚâ taeyong repeated, seemingly in shock as he processed everything that was just said.
âokay?â jaehyun asked, wanting someone to say something.
âokay.â taeyong replied, making eye contact with him. âwell, weâre not going to let you be a shitty father.â
âanymore.â haechan said under his breath and yuta snickered with him.
âi had no clue!â jaehyun argued in defense of himself.
âhow do you even know sheâs actually yours?â taeil asked, his posture was relaxed in his chair, recovering from the shock of the news more quickly than the others had.
âshe -.â he started but doyoung butted in then.
âhow do you know sheâs not using you as a way to get money? she could have slept with someone else.â doyoung seemed even less convinced than taeil was.
âoh no, wait til you see her,â mark said from his spot in the room. âhe canât deny her even if he tried.â
âwhat? i wonât believe it until i see the test results.â doyoung said, and taeil nodded.
âshe hasnât asked me for anything,â jaehyun argued, feeling a little defensive over you then.
âyet.â taeil murmured, and johnny chose then to speak up.
âyou werenât there in the room, neither of you. she didnât want anything to do with jaehyun, and she very, very clearly stated that she didnât even want him around her.â
âand she asked me to refrain from even mentioning that i was her dad.â jaehyun tacked on, and taeil didnât seem convinced nor did doyoung. silence stretched on for a moment.
âso when do we get to meet yeoreum?â haechan asked then, and jaehyun checked his watch.
âin about three hours,â he replied and everyone jumped as if they had been startled.
âwhat?!â came at him from all directions of the room.
ânothing in here is childproof!â taeyong exclaimed, jumping to his feet.
âsheâs five, not two, sheâs not going to go stick her finger in light sockets,â mark chuckled and taeyong relaxed slightly.
âsheâs four, but yeah, same thing applies,â johnny corrected him and then silence fell over the room again.
âi will say, i canât blame y/n,â yuta spoke up then, his eyes trained on the floor for a long moment. âif i were her, i wouldnât have even given you the option. sheâs a lot more forgiving than i would be if you knocked me up, ghosted me and then suddenly by a coincidence showed up again.â
âwell thatâs because youâre a scorpio,â jungwoo said. âand it feels kinda like fate to me.â
âthatâs exactly what i said!â mark laughed, pointing at jungwoo animatedly.
and the conversation carried on like that up until he started pacing, jaehyun had been grateful that they all, well almost all, took it in stride and were supportive. but the jabs from yuta were making him even more anxious, and no matter how many times taeyong glared at yuta and told him to shut up, he couldnât relax.
and then his phone buzzed in his hand.
6:15 pm pizza hut: um, sorry weâre a bit late, the train was delayed but uh⌠security guy wonât let us in
âshit,â jaehyun whispered, and he was halfway towards the door when your next text came through.
6:16 pm pizza hut: and itâs raining, so we can go home itâs not a big deal
his panic he felt while pacing came back full force and taeyong called to him.
âwhatâs going on?â
âsecurity guard wonât let her in,â jaehyun rambled quickly.
âthatâs all?â he replied, and taeyong pulled out his phone, pressed a few buttons on the screen and had his phone to his ear in seconds.
âhi, mr. choi? yes, can you please escort our guests to the elevators. yes, we were expecting her. no, donât leave them out in the rain any longer. yes⌠thank you. have a goodnight.â
taeyong hung up the phone, and gestured to the door, âsheâs in the elevator on their way up.â
jaehyun exhaled deeply, for the first time since he woke up that morning. and while he could breathe easily, the entire room held their breath at the sound of a gentle knock against the door.
jaehyun all but lunged at the door and opened it wide. the other eight men in the living room didnât move a muscle.
âmister jaehyun!â yeoreum squealed excitedly when she saw him filling the entrance and their smiles were exact replicas of each other and jaehyun gestured you both inside.
âyeoreum, shoes baby.â you said softly, and the members had yet to see any faces, but smiles broke out on their faces as they heard a quick, âright! sorry mommy!â
jaehyun led you both out of the foyer and into the living room and you froze when you saw eight men staring at you both when you entered the room. you had prepared for this, expecting it to be awkward but being this⌠intense wasnât exactly how you pictured it. Â
yeoreum stepped in between you and jaehyun and you looked down to see her bow to the room.
âhello, my name is yeoreum and iâm four years old.â and you peeked up to see the intense stares break out into wide grins.
yeoreum stood up straight and then tugged on your pants.
âmommy, you said itâs rude to not introduce yourself to people who you donât know.â she said it so seriously, but you and several others in the room chuckled at her respect for manners. at least she paid attention to you when you spoke.
you didnât bow as yeoreum had, simply dipping your head as you introduced yourself.
âhappy?â you said to yeoreum, poking her in the nose and she giggled in response. you heard faint gasps from deeper in the room but you ignored it as your daughter stared into the room and the men must have realized that her comment applied to them as well.
the first one to cross the room was a face you faintly recognized. he knelt down to be on her level and his smile was gentle.
âhi yeoreum, iâm mister jaehyunâs friend. my name is taeil.â and yeoreum nodded, and she smiled at every one who introduced themselves to her and you. she recognized johnny and even gave mark a high five. the last one was haechan, and he was the most energetic of all to meet her.
âhi!â he chirped to her, and she parroted back to him the same exact way, and he continued, his voice filled with a joking kind of pride. âmy name is haechan, and iâm the coolest one here.â
âis that why your hair is blue?â yeoreum asked, tilting her head to the side cutely.
âyep, only the coolest have blue hair.â he replied, shaking his head playfully and yeoreumâs laugh filled the room again.
âalso, do you wanna see all the cool stuff mister jaehyun got you?â haechan asked, and finally gestured to the couch that held different plushies and toys that the older lady at the shop had suggested for kids her age. yeoreum stared at all the toys then turned around to stare up at jaehyun.
âall of that is mine?â and even you were in shock and the sheer amount of toys piled on the couch.
âyep, all yours.â jaehyun replied, crouching down to be on the same level as yeoreum and haechan.
âbut thatâs⌠so much.â she whispered loudly, peeking again at all the toys.
âif you donât like them all thatâs okay, i just wanted to get you something,â his smile was gentle and reassuring. she looked at you for permission and when you nodded at her, she went to the couch and looked at all the plushies. she looked at them, and then at everyone in the room, then back at the toys staring intently.
and one by one, she pulled a different stuffed animal from the pile and handed it to each man in the room. she started by giving haechan a blue teddy bear, and continued on until every grown man was holding a small soft plushie, and she beamed with happiness.
you knew they couldnât say no and jaehyun could see their wariness melting with each toy she gave. and even though he knew he probably had no right to feel it, he felt a sense of pride in her generosity and he knew she could have only learned that from you. he was the last one to receive a toy and it was a fluffy orange cat.
âthank you, yeoreum. thatâs very sweet of you.â he told her sincerely and she blinked at him as if it werenât something out of the ordinary.
âthereâs a lot to share,â she replied and then she remembered something and it lit up her entire face, her voice raising in her excitement. âmommy said you got pizza!â
âyep,â he answered her question that wasnât a question. âi didnât know which kind you liked so you have a lot of choices.â
yeoreum picked the same pizza to eat that jaehyun had, which didnât go unnoticed by everyone in the room as he was the only one to actually like pineapple on pizza. she had made herself at home easily, not missing a beat to pull half of the men into the living room to play with her and the toys jaehyun had gotten for her.
you had been there for a total of thirty minutes before you had been made to feel somewhat welcome. you enjoyed watching the members spend time with yeoreum, as she didnât have many men in her life to really associate with, and the boys in her class didnât really count.
you had to bite back a smile at the conversation you had overhead moments before.
âyeoreum is a pretty name, itâs unique too.â mark said, sitting cross-legged where she had instructed him to sit.
âthank you, mommy said she did it so it would be easy because my english name is summer.â yeoreum replied somewhat distractedly in english, causing all eyes to blink slowly at the sudden change in language.
âbut she was born in may?â jaehyun looked at you, and you shrugged.
âi was on drugs and in pain, i at least had the right idea.â which caused a few laughs to echo around the room.
after that, you seemed to be fairly content with just observing. you leaned against the kitchen counter, chewing slowly on a piece of pizza as you watched her try to win a tickle fight with mark and succeeding with the way his laughter didnât come out as forced.
you didnât speak much with the other members, mostly enjoying being a presence in the room, that is until you felt a body move close to your side and you turned to face the new person, remembering his name was doyoung. when he didnât say anything to you, you turned away and went back to watching how the tickle fight was absolutely being lost by mark then.
âi have reservations about this,â doyoung said to you then, his voice hardly above a whisper.
you turned again to face him but he looked forward, eyes trained on the guys sitting around enjoying the little girls antics. realizing he wasnât going to face you for this conversation you went back to your previous position, this time bringing the pizza to your mouth again.
âand?â you asked him, voice matching his tone and doyoung shifted forward to rest his forearms against the counter. he waited until your mouth was full of pizza before he spoke again.
âand jaehyunâs so excited about this, he went on and on about it and he doesnât even know if sheâs actually his.â doyoungâs blunt words made you defensive, even though you had expected something like this, it still made you react, but doyoung continued before you could swallow.
âi think he needs to get a dna test before he gets too attached.â doyoung said, finally turning to face you and you narrowed your eyes at him as he did so.
âwhat? you think iâm lying?â you said through grit teeth, but doyoungâs stance didnât change.
âiâm not going to judge you, i donât know anything about you. iâm just trying to protect one of my best friends. especially if you decide to rip this whole âbeing a fatherâ thing out from under him.â
âexactly, you donât know anything about me.â you said shortly, your temperâs fuse quickly reaching its end. you pushed yourself away from the counter then before you continued. âand thereâs nothing to protect him from, i donât want anything from him. he tracked me down after i told him to leave me alone. he asked to see her, not me. we will be just as we were before he made his grand appearance, should he decide the father life isnât for him.â
doyoung searched your face while you spoke, but you abruptly changed the conversation when you asked him where the bathroom was. doyoung gestured down the hall and watched as you left, when the shadows in the hall swallowed you he turned his attention back to watch the scene unfold.
haechan and mark were getting to be children again as they played some sort of mock game of house with yeoreum, using the plushies she had gifted them.
jaehyun was sitting next to her, his back against the couch as she made him in charge of holding the rest of the plushies, doyoung heard her mention that he was the house and so he had to be really, really still.
âwhereâs your dad?â haechan asked, his voice exaggeratingly deep for his character his bear was playing.
âi donât have one,â yeoreum said, and she moved her plushie away from haechanâs but every man in the room froze. doyoungâs eyes darted to jaehyunâs face to judge his face, but he couldnât quite read it.
âwh-what do you mean, yeo?â mark asked using his little lion to carry on the game for her.
âmommy said daddy is a really busy man,â she said matter-of-factly, she didnât notice how all the eyes in the room were trained on her, and how the air seemed to still in preparation for her answer. âshe said heâs a busy business man who flies all over the world and she said that a lot of daddies and mommies do that and that itâs okay!â
she was still happy as she spoke, still involved in her game of house she had roped them into playing with her.
âit really is okay,â mark said softly, forgetting his role for a moment.
âyep! itâs super okay because my mommy is really strong and she got so strong so she could take care of me all by herself.â yeoreumâs tiny body puffed up in all the pride a four year old could muster.
âbut donât you miss your dad?â haechanâs bear asked yeoreumâs little white fluffy bear.
âwell yeah, all the other kids dads come and pick them up from school but mommy says that just because my daddy has a lot of stuff he has to do first, it doesnât mean he doesnât love me.â and then, for the first time, yeoreumâs voice became a bit quieter. âi donât know my daddy, but i hope mommyâs right.â Â
doyoungâs eyes had danced back and forth between her and jaehyun, noticing the more she spoke, the more jaehyunâs face seemed to fall and it wasnât long before doyoung though he saw the man tearing up.
âof course your mommyâs right, âreum,â jaehyun said softly behind her. she twisted around in her spot on the floor, looking up at him and she tilted her head at him when she saw his tears spill over, confused on why he was so sad. she shuffled forward to get closer to him and she frowned, bringing her arms to wrap around his neck tightly and jaehyun felt the tears hit him harder and he didnât even care that everyone else in the room was witnessing this. his arms wrapped tightly around her little body, and he used his palm to try and wipe away some of the tears from his cheek.
âmommy said itâs okay to cry, and that hugs are a good bandaid,â yeoreum said, voice taking a knowing tone.
jaehyun nodded against her head, his eyes drifting to the hallway where he could see you standing there. your expression was unreadable to him, but your lips were pursed tightly.
 âyour mommy is right,â he repeated again, pulling her small hands away from his face then. âabout the hugs and that your daddy was really busy but he definitely loves you.â
âdo you know him?â she asked, pulling away from his neck to look at him earnestly, and jaehyunâs eyes crinkled at the edges, pulling away from your form in the hallway to look at his daughter again.
âi do, yeah,â jaheyun answered, âand he missed you so much.â
âcan you tell him i miss him too? can you tell him that he can come pick me up from school?â she said excitedly and you chose that moment to interrupt. you couldnât be sure where the rest of the conversation was going, you didnât know if jaehyun would keep his word about not saying he was her dad and you could see her getting her hopes up too high, and you knew you had to be the bad guy.
âyeoruem, baby. itâs time we go home now, we have school in the morning.â you called softly, walking over to your little girl and she pouted up at you, but she didnât argue, she just slowly got to her feet, hugging her teddy bear tightly to her chest.
âsay thank you, they were very nice to play with you,â you nudged her softly and she did as she was told, genuinely happy to have been able to play with her new friends. you both started walking to the door and she turned suddenly, running to hug jaehyun once more before she left.
you saw she had whispered something to him as she pulled away and you saw jaehyun break out into a smile again.
âi will,â he said to her and with a happy nod yeoreum was back with you again.
with yeoreumâs shoes finally on, you both exited the door and were halfway to the elevator when you heard a door close and footsteps thumping towards you. you were both surprised and⌠not at all surprised to see jaehyun behind you, a new gleam in his eye as he tugged on his hood and put a mask into place over his nose.
âi would feel more comfortable if i took you home since itâs late.â he said nonchalantly. âi can drive us, if you want.â
âi donât have a car seat for yeoreum,â you replied and jaehyun shrugged easily. âwalking you home it is then.â
you were going to protest but yeoreum had already put her stuffed animal in your hand before grabbing your other one and one of jaehyunâs, tugging you both towards the elevator.
she had started chatting away about something you couldnât even pay attention to, too entirely focused on the way jaehyunâs hand enveloped hers, your eyes trailing from his hand to his face and you werenât sure what it was about it. maybe it was all the moments pulled together, primarily the past hour alone, but you felt an unmistakable skip of your heartbeat at the way he smiled down at your excited little girl.
you were too busy gazing up at jaehyun to even noticed the eight heads poking out of the doorway almost comically as they watched you three enter the elevator, being led by a headstrong four year old.
âthey make a cute little family,â jungwoo mentioned, only pulling his head inside once he heard the elevator doors close; the members immediately talking animatedly about the new niece they seemed to automatically claim as their own.
no one noticed doyoung walking to his room, the tiny cup that yeoreum had used in his hand.
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it took all of three minutes into the walk home for yeoreum to yawn loudly and rub her eyes sleepily.
âdid you get tired from playing with everyone?â you asked her and she nodded, all the cheerful excitement ebbing away from her slowly. you went to pick her up to carry her the rest of the way but jaehyun stopped you, eyes asking permission before he made a move and after a brief hesitation, you nodded to him with a smile.
âi got you, âreum, come here,â he said soothingly, picking her up and holding her close. she instantly laid her head down on his shoulder and you snorted at how quickly she closed her eyes. you cooed at how sweet she was, and jaehyun visibly glowed at how she seemed to relax with him instantly.
âyou know you donât have to do all of this,â you said to him after a few moments of yeoreumâs slow breathing. and jaehyun sighed deeply.
âlook i know you think iâm this really shitty person who just ditched you, and i know that thatâs how you must have felt but it wasnât my intention. my manager saw our messages, you know. and even though I was still an adult then, we didnât have nearly as much freedom as we do now. he yelled at me for an hour about being reckless with my career and all that. even though it doesnât change anything, i didnât do any of it on purpose or maliciously. and iâm sorry you had to do this alone.â he said, looking down at you the entire time he had been talking, wanting to see your face through his shortened explanation.
âit was really hard, at first, and iâve been angry for awhile.â you said, voice soft and vulnerable after you thought a moment before deciding to give him honesty. âi had no clue what to tell any of my friends, and when i googled you i almost threw up, but i think that was from the pregnancy and not the news of you being famous. it made sense then to me what all had happened, but i couldnât tell my parents the truth and so i had to say i didnât know who the dad was. mortifying, really. my parents still havenât spoken to me since then. and i love yeoreum more than anything, but i really⌠i think i hated you this whole time.â you donât make eye contact as you confess to him a snippet of what had happened, a glimpse into how you felt.
jaehyun was stunned at all he had learned about you, he knew you probably had hated him, and he was right on that. he was horrified to learn that you really, truly had been alone through all of this. he didnât know why but he had assumed, since he had learned of this at least, you would have had your parents to help support you, and it made his stomach turn knowing it was the opposite.
âbut i donât hate you now,â you admitted softly, looking ahead at the crosswalk sign, waiting for it to give you the okay to cross.
âoh? one day was all it took?â jaehyun asked a bit hopefully with a playful smile, his heart leaping in his chest at the statement, and he couldnât quite place his finger on why it made him so excited to hear those words. you didnât respond right away only rolling your eyes, and pulling a set of keys from your pocket and jaehyun realized you must be close to your place.
âbut donât get too excited, the statute has only been bumped up, not removed entirely,â you teased, and you unlocked the door that sat in the wall surrounding your house, entering the front yard that came with your house. it was small, but jaehyun noticed it was just enough for the two of you to live in and it seemed cozy.
you closed the door behind you, it automatically locking and you led the way to the front door of the house, unlocking it and kicking off your shoes. jaehyun shuffled nervously a bit, not knowing what he needed to do but toed off his shoes anyway just to be courteous.
âwould you like to tuck her in?â you asked him after switching on a light in the room, and jaehyun blinked as his eyes adjusted. âif you donât want to, thatâs okay, i can.â and you reached for yeoreum but jaehyun tightened his hold on the sleeping girl.
âi can do it,â he stressed and you grinned, holding up your hands in surrender.
âokay then, âmister jaehyunâ,â you joked, motioning for him to follow you down the hall into the room he could only assume was yeoreumâs if the little moon nightlight glowing and the soft peach paint on the wall were anything to go by.
he noticed she didnât have an overabundance of toys, maybe a handful of plushies on her bed but he realized it was because she had a little table in the corner stacked with coloring books, crayons and markers. he could see her wanting to be an artist when she grew up, she had told him that already. as he was taking in the room, you had already folded back her blankets and you were waiting for him expectantly.
he very gently tucked yeoreum in after taking off her shoes and gave her the plushie he had gifted her and she cuddled into it immediately. it caused his heart to ache looking at her, realizing he had missed so many things. jaehyun followed you out of her room and you closed her door until it was just a crack.
âumâŚâ jaehyun went to ask, not knowing how to really phrase the question he wanted.
âare you thirsty?â you asked him instead as you headed into your kitchen and he hovered in the entrance.
ânot really, thank you, but i was wondering, if youâd be okay with itâŚâ he trailed off, and your eyes darted to see him looking somewhat nervous.
âwith what?â
âdo you⌠maybe have pictures you could show me? or videos? i just know iâve missed a lot and if you were okay with it, iâd like to see the moments i wasnât there for.â your heart softened, as did your smile.
âyeah, i think i can do that for you.â
so jaehyun stayed with you until late that night, sitting at the kitchen table as you showed him pictures and videos of yeoreum. moments like her first steps, and her first words, which you were pouting when you told him wasnât âmamaâ, but instead was ânoâ. he got to experience your laughter as yeoreum had brought a frog inside the house, and her subsequent scream as it jumped out of her hand then chased her. he got to see pictures of her and he felt like he could have been there.
should have been there.
and as he flipped through picture after picture, he noticed that his heart picked up in speed each time he came across a picture of you in it. he watched as you spoke about each picture, the excitement in the nostalgia as you flipped through each one and you explained to him what was going on.
he felt like he was back in your apartment five years ago, he felt at peace with you here.
he missed all of this, and he was going to make sure he wouldnât miss anything else.
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@lovej43 replied to NCTsmtown_127
i canât with jaehyun smiling at that little girl like that :(
@127valentines replied to lovej43
right??? she looks a lot like him too, so cute
@markinmiami replied to NCTsmtown_127
mark accidentally breaking his crayon (yuyu) the kid gave him a mean look
@bananasoutforjohn replied to NCTsmtown_127
dude looked FLABBERGASTED when the kid started crying
@myloveforjae replied to @127valentines
no ur right tho, she resembles him a lot more than just the dimples đ¤¨
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you knew that sm would post the video to their youtube channel, but you didnât realize how anxious reading the comments would make you.
you werenât aware that the video had posted until jisoo showed you that yeoreum was trending on twitter because of her interactions with jaehyun, and then you went to youtube to read the comments there and every time you read one that mentioned their resemblance it made your stomach flip uncomfortably.
you had a little under a month to prepare for that moment and yet, it still surprised you. you were just pleased that the overall theme for reactions was how cute your daughter was and that made your heart rest just a bit easier.
while reading the comments on your phone, your eyes instantly darted to the text notification that popped up.
3:43 pm he who might be named đśâđŤď¸: did you see they posted the video? everyone is commenting about how cute âreum is
3:44 pm you: yeah, and theyâre also saying how much you look alikeâŚ
3:46 pm he who might be named đśâđŤď¸: well, sheâs my daughter so iâd hope so
3:47 pm you: i donât think you get what i mean
3:48 pm he who might be named đśâđŤď¸: you mean that she also gets her looks from you? i agree
your eyebrows rose at that comment, he had been mildly flirtatious for the past week but now it was becoming blatantly obvious.
3:50 pm you: i mean yes, but that wasnât what i meant
3:51 pm he who might be named đśâđŤď¸: if itâs not that, then enlighten me
3:52 pm you: arenât you concerned people will figure it out?
3:54 pm he who might be named đśâđŤď¸: i donât think theyâll be able to figure it out from just a twenty minute video on youtube
3:55 pm he who might be named đśâđŤď¸: besides, theyâd probably doubt it considering how beautiful you are
you simultaneously blushed at his very obvious flirting and sighed at his nonchalance. you were growing accustomed to jaehyunâs presence in your life, and you were finding yourself looking forward to seeing him and spending time with him. it made you feel as if you three were a family but the overwhelming dark cloud of the public finding out loomed over you and shadowed the fluttery feeling you felt in your chest when you talked to him.
you didnât want to let this get to you but it was turning into somewhat of a fear for you, and it wasnât really that people would find out.
it was the aftermath; the most negative version being the source of your fear.
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jaehyun stared at his phone waiting for a response from you a bit longer than he should have, but when he felt a shadow hovering to his left he quickly locked his phone. his shoulders instantly relaxed when he saw it was doyoung, but the look on doyoungâs face made jaehyun instantly concerned.
doyoung refused eye contact with him, shifting uncomfortably as he leaned against the mirrored wall of the practice room. everyone else was sat in various spots on around the room and although jaehyun didnât mind doyoung deciding to spend his break with him, his awkward behavior made jaehyun tense.
âiâve been putting off talking to you for a week now.â doyoung said to the ground, his arms crossing over his chest.
âwhat about?â
âiâŚâ doyoung started then stopped, he waited a few seconds then began again. âlook, just remember i did it to protect you, you know, just in case.â
he was purposefully being vague and jaehyun pushed off the wall, turning his body to really face doyoung. âwhat did you do?â
âitâs â i â when y/n came over the first time, even though you were convinced, i wasnât. so⌠i had a dna test done.â doyoungâs response made jaehyunâs skin grow hot, he wasnât why sure anger was the first emotion that bubbled up first but it came on strong enough to surprise even him.
âwhy would you do that?â he said from between gritted teeth. the idea that yeoreum might not be his never crossed his mind, he had been so sure from the moment he saw you near her.
he just knew.
âyou didnât know, you were just going off of y/nâs word alone. i wanted to give you proof.â
âno, you wanted to rub it in my face that she had lied. you wanted to be right.â jaehyun couldnât hear how his voice was raising, he could only hear the blood rushing in his ears.
âyou would have went your whole life possibly raising someone elseâs kid if i hadnât had the test done!â doyoung was defensive now, and he couldnât understand why jaehyun would have just blindly believed you like he did.
âi wouldnât have cared either way!â jaehyun hadnât realized he had gotten closer to doyoung until a hand came to push against his chest, pulling him back and away from him.
âkeep it down unless you want the whole building to know your business,â johnny said lowly to jaehyun, eyes darting to the choreographer across the room, who seemed to be mostly unaware of the situation since he had headphones on.
âhe went behind my back and had a dna test done, without asking me first!â jaehyun argued back, angry eyes not leaving the apologetic ones of doyoung.
âif it makes you feel better, sheâs yours.â doyoung said, guilt apparent in his face even if he was trying to maintain his stance that he had done nothing wrong.
âi knew that already!â jaehyun actually yelled that time, and he went to take a step forward â to do what he wasnât sure but johnnyâs palm held him firmly in place.
his phone choosing that moment to vibrate, pulling him away from the moment; he had an incoming call from you. he took a moment to shoot doyoung a seething glare, then took a calming breath before turning away to answer.
âhi,â he breathed, his anger slowly dissipating.
âhello,â you replied, but your voice was a bit strained and he picked up on it right away.
âeverything okay?â he questioned instantly.
âyeah,â you said and he heard you pull away to speak to someone else before coming back to the phone. âmy friend and coworker, jisoo? she was there that day with me, she got injured at work and iâm the only one able to take her to the hospital. will youâŚâ another quick word to someone else. âi need you to be there to pick up yeoreum from school, please.â
jaehyunâs mind was racing thinking of his schedule for the day, he had practice for another few hours, and he told you as such.
âi know youâre busy, but this is something that comes with being a parent. you make adjustments.â you said, and your voice was panicked as you heard someone call for you, and he heard you address the doctor.
âplease jae, she has a key on her backpack. you get to pick her up from school and be her dad. this is what you asked for⌠and what she has always wanted.â
âiâll be there.â he answered, his mind made up before you even had started to speak. âwhat time does she get out for school?â
â5, thank you so much, jae. i really appreciate it.â and when someone called your name again you sounded rushed once more. âcoming! bye jae, iâll see you later.â
you hung up the phone, and even though jaehyun was still feeling angry towards doyoung, he couldnât help the smile that grew on his face at the opportunity you gave him.
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jaehyun was thankful that the lady at the front counter seemed to be too old to stay in tune with media as she didnât even bat an eyelash when he gave his name to her and told her that he was there to pick up yeoreum. he refrained from saying the term âmy daughterâ aloud but your rules couldnât stop him from thinking it.
when the lady called over the system to tell the teacher that it was time for yeoreum to go home, jaehyun leaned casually against the wall while he waited.
he wasnât thinking about how he had lied to get out of the last few hours of practice. he wasnât thinking about the argument yet to be resolved with doyoung.
he wasnât thinking about the other parents coming in and seeing him, recognizing him.
all he could think about how long the minutes seemed too stretch on for yeoreum to be released from her class⌠and he wouldnât lie and say he wasnât also thinking about you. specifically, the last time he saw you, which was three days before.
you had invited him over on sunday night, stating that yeoreum had asked about him and if she could one day make cookies for mister jaehyun. you had told him it was so out of the blue for her to ask that and when you had questioned her on it, her simple response was âif cookies makes santa come, maybe it will work for mister jaehyun tooâ.
you didnât have the heart to tell her no, which led to the phone call. jaehyun was there in twenty minutes, knocking on the door to which you answered with flour splattered across your face, with a giggling four-year-old right behind you sporting flour in her hair. jaehyunâs grin was painful for his cheeks as he took in the scene, and he couldnât help but laugh with you both before even saying hello.
âare you supposed to be wearing the ingredients?â jaehyun asked as he stepped inside your house, following you both as you made your way into the kitchen.
âmommy started it!â and you feigned a gasp, a floured hand on your chest.
âi did not!â and she giggled once more, waving her tiny hands for jaehyun to bend down so she could whisper in his ear. jaehyunâs dimples were deep as he listened to her and your thoughts straying to how handsome he was running through your mind before you even registered. jaehyun turned his head to nod excitedly with yeoreum and you narrowed your eyes at them both.
âyou better have told him how you threw first,â you warned playfully.
âoh she did,â jaehyun agreed, moving slightly to the left and it didnât click that he was suspiciously close to the bag of flour. âshe also said we should be on a team.â
âwha â oh donât you dare!â but it was too late, as jaehyun had already pinched some flour and flicked it at you, and as you stood there with a shocked look on your face and flour now decorating your hair, jaehyun and yeoreum shared a giggly high five. you crossed your arms childishly and stomped your foot, turning away from them both dramatically, taking a page directly out of your daughterâs book.
âoh no, âreum⌠weâve made your mommy upset.â jaehyun theatrically whispered and you had to bite back a laugh.
âi know what will cheer her up!â yeoreum whispered back, and they were both suspiciously silent and then you heard feet shuffling behind you; yeoreum popping up in front of you suddenly, and then there were not one, but two sets of arms wrapping around you in a tight squeeze, yeoreumâs head resting on your stomach and you froze at the feeling of jaehyunâs cheek resting on top of your head.
you felt the heat rise up your neck and the butterflies were back; you couldnât tell if this was part of the joke or if he meant the hug the way it felt to you but you quickly pushed that train of thought to the side, giving yourself two more seconds in the embrace of them both before you broke the moment by clearing your throat.
âso, did we still want to make mister jaehyun cookies?â yeoreum blinked up at you cutely and nodded her head, you ran your hand through her hair gently, still very aware of jaehyun at your back and you tried to ignore it but failed.
jaehyun noticed it took only five minutes of trying to cook for yeoreum to get bored and ask if she can go color instead, so it left only you and him in the kitchen, and the first few minutes were spent trying to fill the awkward silence with comments and small laughter.
you had just started to mix up the ingredients when you heard him move, his feet shuffling just a bit.
jaehyun leaned a little closer into your space, feeling his body heat on your back; his hand braced against the counter to the left of your hip and you werenât sure if your heart raced or slowed, but all you knew was that you were hyper aware of his presence as you were minutes before when he had hugged you.
âdo you need help with that?â he asked lowly, his voice near your ear and you could almost feel his breath on your cheek. you turned your head and he was as close to you as you had thought he was, and it made you take a slight step away. you knew he could see the rising blush on your cheeks and a smirk made its way to his lips.
âno, i got it,â you said, but then realized that his close proximity allowed you to get a little revenge. âi am capable, thank you very much.â it was your turn to flick flour at his face, and he only blinked at you in shock, his expression comical and you wished you could take a picture of it.
a small gasp at the entrance of the kitchen made you jump away from each other as if you had been caught doing something wrong, and you both had quickly fumbled with an excuse, neither of which had made any sense but you had seemingly gotten away with it.
the memory brought a smile to his face and that look was the first thing yeoreum saw as she walked through the door to see him waiting for her.
âmister jaehyun!â she exclaimed, running up to him and hugging him around his legs and god, he loved this little girl. when she let go, he bent down and went in for a proper hug, picking her up in the process and they left the building.
yeoreum spoke to him animatedly, telling him about her favorite part of her day and then she asked him about his favorite part, his answer being an immediate, âgetting to see you, of course.â which only made her beam at him in a childlike sense of pride.
âwhat about mommy?â she asked innocently, and he blinked.
âwell, of course you and her both are my favorite part.â yeoreumâs loud giggle made him smile but she shook her head.
âno, i mean whereâs mommy?â and it dawned on him that he had told on himself to a very observant child.
âoh, she had to take her friend to the doctor. she isnât your teacher, too?â jaehyun asked, playing it off in a way he thought was smooth enough. the question sparking another conversation about how she gets to change classrooms like sheâs in real school but not a whole lot just sometimes and itâs definitely really fun, and jaehyun could only nod as she chattered away, finally arriving at the front gate to your home and yeoreum wiggled her way out of his arms so she could get her key.
âi wanna do it, mommy lets me!â and jaehyun nodded as he let her lead the way, really just letting himself enjoy being a parent solo, and after hours of dinner, bath, and then bed, he realized it was fairly exhausting and he told himself to remind you when you got home how impressive he thought you were.
jaehyun sat on the edge of her bed, she had requested him to tuck her in and he had but then she had started crying and he was on the verge of panicking.
ââreum, whatâs the matter baby?â he said, taking a tip he got from you and running his hand through her hair to try and soothe her, she wasnât hysterical but she clutched the plushie that he had gotten her tightly, big tears rolling down her cheeks as her bottom lip quivered.
âmommy always sings me a song and kisses me goodnight every night⌠when is she coming home?â she sniffed, and jaehyunâs eyebrows furrowed in concern. the last text update he had gotten was an hour ago when you had said that jisoo was going back for x-rays and that it shouldnât be too much longer.
âsheâll be here soon but i can do that, too.â he offered her gently and her eyes looked a little less sad at his offer. âwhat song does she sing?â
âi donât know the name,â her lip wobbled again and fresh tears sprung in her eyes.
âthatâs okay,â he assured her soothingly, âcan you hum it for me?â
yeoreum sniffed twice before humming the tune of a song jaehyun knew well, and it made a small smile tug at the corner of his mouth. as she hummed, he did the same right along with her until he started to sing softly to her, his hand continuing the motions from before, gently moving through her hair.
âso whenever you ask me again, how i feel⌠please rememberâŚâ and yeoreum wasnât humming anymore, her small voice drifting away as she watched jaehyun, completely entranced by his voice, her young mind in awe at how he knew the song her mommy would sing to her.
âmy answer if you,â jaehyun continued to sing, his finger tapping on her nose gently which finally earned him a small laugh. a sound he missed, and while he was glad to be present for even the times she was upset, he preferred her happy and smiling.
yeoreum didnât say anything for a long second, and then in a small and unsure voice asked, âmister jaehyun?â
âyes, miss yeoreum?â
âif⌠if my daddy doesnât ever come back from his business trips, if heâs still too busy for meâŚâ jaehyunâs heart broke at the mention of that, his smile slowly disappearing from his face. âdo you think you could be my daddy instead?â
âoh yeoreumâŚâ he started and he saw a bit of panic welling up in her eyes, and she scrambled to sit up.
âiâm really good, i promise! mommy says so and santa does too, i get presents every year.â she pleaded, her eyebrows so furrowed they were nearly touching, and jaehyunâs eyes softened.
âyeoreum, sweetheart. i am y-.â
âââreum, iâm home.â jaehyun nearly jumped at the sound of your voice, his head whipping around to find you staring at him in the doorway. he couldnât quite place the emotion there; it wasnât necessarily anger but you didnât seem happy in the slightest.
âmommy!â yeoreum called, her tears forgotten at the sight of you in her room. you walked over to kneel at the edge of her bed, motioning for her to lay down again and pulling the blankets up to her chin.
âdid you have fun with mister jaehyun?â you asked her, brushing her hair back away from her face. you heard everything said, and the feeling that you were letting her down sat heavy on your chest.
âi did, we had lots of fun,â she replied, finally letting out a long overdue yawn â the worry of you not being home the main thing that kept her awake.
âtell him goodnight, okay?â
âgoodnight, mister jaehyun.â she murmured sleepily and you stood up then, motioning for jaehyun to follow you as you closed her door behind you. you moved away from the door, heading into the kitchen and jaehyun couldnât help the feeling that he was in trouble somehow.
âi thought we had a deal,â you finally said, turning to face him as you leaned against the kitchen counter.
âwhat?â jaehyun was a little confused, he was trying to figure out where this conversation was going before it even started.
âthe statute of limitations werenât up yet, i still donât want you to tell her youâre her father.â your voice was stiff, and you didnât make eye contact with him as you spoke.
âi wasnât going toâŚâ
âi heard everything, jae. she already loves you so much, and if you decide to walk out itâs going to wreck her and iâll be left to try and fix what you broke.â
jaehyun wasnât sure why, but he felt the telltale sign of his anger rising. he felt it on the back of his neck, and the way his teeth ground together.
âi thought i made myself clear that i wasnât going anywhere.â his voice wasnât curt, but you still heard the tone.
âyou did, but thatâs when things are relatively easy. whoâs to say-?â and he cut you off.
âsay about what? what could anyone possibly say to make me leave?â
âme, when i say i think itâs best you kept your distance for a little while. youâve made things complicated for me.â and to say jaehyun was shocked speechless would be an understatement.
âhow?â was his only response, he was biting on the inside of his cheek to keep from getting really upset.
âwe were fine,â you started, crossing your arms in front of your chest. âwe were fine on our own, and then you waltzed in our lives and shook everything up and now i donât know which way is up and which way is down. i think youâre confusing yeoreum⌠and me and⌠and i donât know how to feel about any of this.â
âthis was fate and you know it.â and your answering scoff only spurned him on. âi donât believe in coincidences and neither did you last i checked. you moved here so she could learn about her heritage, and of the millions of people in korea you still manage to run into me, she still found me.â
âyes⌠well we had our life just fine on our own â just me and yeoreum. what right-.â
âiâm her father!â his voice raised just enough to make you finally look at him, to see the hurt in his eyes as he spoke. âthatâs what right. youâve given me this⌠this incredible gift, something i didnât even know i needed until a month ago and i refuse to let you take it away from me. i thought you and i were getting closer, but if you want to continue to hate me thatâs fine, but i want to be in my daughterâs life and you canât keep me from doing that.â
his eyes were glassy, as if he was keeping himself from crying over the situation as a whole and his breathing was heavy. you broke the eye contact you held with him, instead focusing on the rise and fall of his chest.
his response was answer enough for you.
answer for this entire thing you had been fighting off for the past month while you got to know each other again, while you got to spend time together as a family. you saw yeoreum smiling and laughing, jaehyun usually the cause of it. their dimples coming out in the exact same manner, and it was like within the month you felt your heart warm up in a way it hadnât in years at the idea of it, the idea of him.
you realized you were happier around him too, and although you really were trying to protect yeoreum, you realized in that moment that you were also trying to protect yourself.
and that wasnât fair to yeoreum, jaehyun⌠or you.
âi donât.â you said softly, finally giving him a response he found cryptic.
âwhat?â
âi donât hate you.â you clarified for him and he inhaled deeply.
âthen why are you acting as if iâm an asshole when iâve done nothing but try and prove to you that iâm not⌠that i care about you both.â his hands were thrown out at his sides in exasperation, finally realizing that it wasnât anger he was feeling but fear.
âbecause it wonât just be her heart youâll break if you decide to leave.â you gnawed at your lip, unsure of how he was going to respond to this.
âwhat do youâŚâ he asked and his voice was softer now, taking a small step towards you.
âyouâll be breaking mine, too.â you said, and you finally made eye contact with him again and he could see it there.
the fear.
of rejection, of being hurt, of being left alone after becoming so quickly used to having another person be there with you. he understood then.
he closed the gap in a few steps, and he stood in front of you, his hands hesitating before he allowed them to rest on your arms.
âi know⌠i know this hasnât been easy for you. that youâve had terrible things said to you because i wasnât there, and i canât guarantee that when people find out, more things wonât be said. but the difference is that iâm here now. iâm here and iâm not going anywhere, andâŚâ he trailed off for a moment, eyes searching yours before he finally continued. âi know there were no expectations five years ago, but i have them now. i know you feel this too, i know you do. and if i have to convince you every day that iâm not going anywhere, then i will.â
you didnât realize you had started to cry until your tears started to burn your eyes and you wiped them away with a watery laugh.
âoh come on, i canât have both my girls crying in one night.â and jaehyun swore his heart stopped when you looked up at him like that.
âthen donât say sweet things to make me cry.â you said, tone a little pouty.
âwell if thatâs what it takes,â jaehyun shrugged easily.
âyeah but,â your sentence was then interrupted by jaehyunâs phone vibrating incessantly in his pocket. he dug it out, ready to ignore the phone call but the name that popped up made him hit accept instead. you didnât hear any of the other side of the conversation, only jaehyunâs.
âoh, really?â followed by a, âyes, thatâs true.â and then, ânot to be disrespectful, but i donât care.â his eyes then jumping back to yours when he said, âthen weâll figure it out, this is more important to me.â before saying, âokay, iâll see you tomorrow.â and finally hung up.
âwhat was that about?â you asked tilting your head to the side, your curiosity getting the better of you.
âthat⌠was everyone finding out.â he said easily and your eyebrows shot up over widened eyes, âand as you heard me say â i donât care. weâll figure it out one way or another, all i know is that you, yeoreum⌠this family is far more impor â mmph!â and you didnât give him the chance to finish his sentence because you threw your arms around his neck and kissed him.
the action familiar to you, recalling the way jaehyun had done the same all those years ago. jaehyun wasnât one to miss an opportunity and so he kissed you back, his arms wrapping around you tightly and pulling you closer to him. the moment was one he had been wanting for weeks now, ever since he sat with you at the table and you showed him all the pictures.
and he didnât waste a second, kissing you until you were both breathless and you finally pulled away.
âiâm sorry, i justâŚâ you trailed off, finally seeing that happiness in his eyes again.
âdonât be, because iâm about to do it again.â he said with a smirk before closing the distance once more, this kiss much sweeter than the first. his palm flat against the small of your back, his other hand resting on your hip and everything about that moment with him felt right.
his lips, his warmth, his smile that you felt against your lips that fully interrupted the kiss.
âwhat is it?â you huffed playfully, and his smile turned into a small laugh.
âi just remembered something.â he said, his dimples appearing then.
âand that isâŚ?â
âtry again, huh?â he joked before planting a quick kiss to your lips, muffling your groan.
âit was the only thing that would stop her from crying as a baby.â you defended weakly.
âthatâs my girl.â he said, nothing but pride in his voice, and you smacked him gently on the chest.
âour girl.â you corrected him easily, and the smile that lit up his face was breathtaking.
âour girl.â
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[b side: epilogue]
a year or so laterâŚ
a family outing is what jaehyun had called it when he woke up one morning asking if you wanted to go to the gardens that had a christmas lights display and you didnât even get the chance to decide because yeoreum overheard as she stood at your doorway and was immediately excited.
âthat settles that then,â you teased.
âas if you ever had a choice,â he said to you with a wink, calling a good morning to the sleepy girl who jumped into bed and cuddled with you both.
your little family had a lazy day in bed before you all finally rolled out of it to get ready for the lights, making sure that yeoreum â who was adamant that she didnât need help picking out clothes anymore â bundled herself up in her puffy jacket, you pocketing her gloves that she had forgotten. jaehyun purposefully matched jackets with her, and you sighed knowing you had to do the same.
âwe look like a little marshmallow family,â you commented as you walked through the gardens, the lights reflecting off of your face.
âyes but a cute one,â jaehyun retorted, teasing being his way of flirting and something you noticed never slacked off even after you had officially started dating him.
you hadnât realized you had walked ahead of them and then you noticed neither of them were right behind you, you turned around to see jaehyun smiling brightly as he kneeled to whisper suspiciously to yeoreum, something that had been their thing ever since the beginning.
âreally?!â yeoreum gasped aloud, eyes pleading with him to not be joking. you narrowed your eyes at them, desperately hoping jaehyun wasnât telling her they would get the hamster she had been begging for. when jaehyun nodded in answer to her question, her entire body radiated with excitement and then his eyes pointedly looked from her to you a few times and yeoreum giggled.
she turned on her heel and skipped over to you, motioning for you to bend down so she could whisper in your ear â letting you in on the secret. as she whispered, your eyes widened slightly, and they softened as they easily found his.
you could feel yours slowly starting to tear up and you held them at bay for as long as you could. instead of saying anything aloud, you kept with the spirit of their game, their thing they shared, you whispered to yeoreum. you figured sheâd skip back over to jaehyun to give him your response but instead she jumped up and down, turning to face jaehyun.
âshe said yes!â she exclaimed loudly with her hands cupping around her mouth, squealing with enthusiasm. looking at jaehyunâs soft smile, eyes full of love for you and for the little girl you shared, the answer was obvious.
as if you could have possibly said no.
Love Song (m)
đđđ˘đŤđ˘đ§đ : fiance! Jaehyun x reader
đđđ§đŤđ: fluff, angst, smut, established relationship au,Â
đđđđ˘đ§đ : R (18)
đđđŤđ§đ˘đ§đ đŹ: oral (f. receiving), unprotected sex, backshots, multiple orgasms honestly aint much going on in the smut dept lol
đđ¨đŤđđŹ: 3.3k
đđŽđŚđŚđđŤđ˛: Jaehyun whisks you away for a weekend getaway before you get married. But as you overhear a hushed conversation behind the bedroom door, it makes you question the man you are marrying.
đđ: This is the next installment of my series DJ Johnnyâs Station! I know this series is going alot slower than yall were expecting and I apologize for that. I hope to finish this series by the end of this year. Thank you to @kthpurplesyouâ and @wordycertyâ for looking for this for me. I lost inspiration on this for awhile but I got it back this week and was able to finally get it done <3
âHurry up, babe! Itâs pouring down out here!â Jaehyun fiddles with the keys in the lock, finally opening the door to your rented house for the next couple of days. He wanted to take you away on your last weekend as an engaged couple, as you will finally be husband and wife next week. The weather called for clear skies, but on your way here, you were met with unexpected thunderstorms with strong winds that shook your car. But Jaehyun has always been calm under pressure, your center in any storm (metaphorical or real) and not to mention a great driver, so you made it in one piece. âGeez, Iâm soaked,â you look into the mirror by the door.
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đđđđđđđđ đđđđ !! Rookie actor L/n Y/n rumoured to be cast in romance drama with industry darlings Jeong Jaehyun and Kim Mingyu.
According to insiders, rising star writing-directing duo Jeon Wonwoo and Kim Jungwoo are looking into actors for their newest drama: Our Last Summer, a story about three friends at a crossroads in their lives. The duo are reportedly considering L/n Y/n, Jeong Jaehyun, and Kim Mingyu as their leads. Letâs cross our fingers and hope those rumors are true!
suhnshinehaos presentsâŚ
love lines : an actor au    ⼠ nct 127 + svt smau
synopsis : yn struggles to read the blurring lines between fiction and reality when they are cast in a drama with their estranged childhood friend, mingyu, and their celebrity crush, jaehyun.Â
pairing : kim mingyu x gn!reader x jeong jaehyun
genre/s : actor au, smau, fluff, angst, my terrible attempts at humour
status :: completed !!
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through the years | j.jh
summary. in which you both have feelings for each other but are too blind (oblivious) to notice and johnny gets a little fed up.
pairing. jaehyun x reader, feat. johnny
genre. childhood friends to lovers, mostly fluff
word count. 3kish
warnings. none really? jaehyun almost is an ass but catches himself. a tiny bit of angst sprinkled in. johnny is a matchmaker.
a/n: originally posted on my previous blog, pocketfullofhaechan before i deactivated that one. minor edits.
eighteen years ago:
your family had just moved in to a new house, in a new town, forcing you to go to a new school. you were only seven but it still felt like it was the end of the world. you had just left your best friends, and your favorite teachers, and your grandmother that lived next door. it was the end of the world as far as you were concerned.
of course, it was the end of the world in the eyes of a seven-year-old.Â
your parents were worried for you on your first day at your new school. you had been so quiet since they had moved that they thought you would have a hard time adjusting, and⌠well, you already were having a hard time adjusting. they just hoped as they dropped you off at the front of the school, that you would be able to open up a little.
but you were absolutely sure it would be a terrible day, because it was halfway through the school year and you just knew that everyone already had their best friends picked out and what were you supposed to do then, huh?Â
your parents hugged you goodbye, as they left you with your teacher that morning. she knelt down to your height and told you how they were going to make sure you felt welcomed and that today was going to be a good day, and you just huffed inside because you werenât five anymore, you already knew it would be a bad day.Â
she had her hand placed on your back as she introduced you to the class, and assigned you your deskmate. you sat down next to a boy that smiled widely at you, his dimples deep. he reminded you of prince charming from cinderella, which was your favorite movie that month.Â
âhi,â he whispered loudly. âiâm jaehyun!â and as any seven-year-old should, he stuck his hand out for you to shake. it took a moment before you acquiesced and stuck yours out for him to shake too. âiâm y/n.âÂ
you got along well with the boy during class and recess, but it wasnât until lunch time that you decided you would be best friends.Â
âwhat do you mean youâre already in love?!â he asked, incredulous. âyouâre seven, y/n!â you just sniffed, turning up your nose at him and crossing your arms over your chest.Â
âbut i am in love, with prince charming from cinderella.â you argued your point avidly.Â
jaehyun looked confused, âbut he isnât real, heâs a cartoon.â the look of offense on your face was big and dramatic as you retorted, âyeah, well, neither are teenage mutant ninja turtles but you still wanted to be leonardo at recess.âÂ
âyeah but,â he started, holding up a small finger to begin his argument.
âbesides,â you said, completely interrupting his defense by suddenly putting your face close to his, making him lean away at the sudden intrusion to his personal space and it made you grin toothily. âyou kind of look like prince charming, maybe iâll marry you instead.â you stuck your tongue out at him before going back to eating your lunchable, entirely missing his ears turning red.Â
but, in that moment you had decided⌠the day wasnât so bad after all, you met jaehyun.
eight years ago:
you and jaehyun had been inseparable as best friends since then. and he couldnât help but think of that moment as he waited patiently for you at the bottom of the stairs. he fiddled awkwardly with the cuff links on his rented tux that his dad had to help him tie the tie, but he feels comfortable talking with your dad as the time passed.
it was prom night your senior year, and it made sense that you would go together. it had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that jaehyun had told all the guys in the locker room after practice that he had already asked you so they wouldnât dare attempt.Â
it took him another week after the fact to work up the courage to lamely say at lunch while pushing around his peas, âsince i guess no oneâs asked yet, would you mind being my date to prom?â when he didnât meet your eyes, you rolled yours, and smiled the sweet smile he loved so much.Â
âi actually did get asked though, by kun.â you responded, putting your chin in your palm as you sat across from jaehyun at lunch. you had a twinkle in your eye as you watched his ears turn red, and he sputtered for a moment trying to think of a way to respond and cover up his embarrassment.Â
âwell, i, umâŚâ he trailed off as he looked everywhere in the cafeteria besides at you. you noticed he found the blank wall especially interesting, and decided to stop playing with him. you kicked him gently under the table, making his eyes jump to yours quickly.Â
you grinned at his flushed cheeks, âhe had told me that you said we were going together, but he wanted to shoot his shot, to quote him exactly, to say that he did it.â you paused, watching his eyes grow wide.
âbut i turned him down.â you shrugged, moving your hand from your chin to rest on top of your other arm. you continued to watch as his face changed, the blush fading and his eyebrows coming together in confusion.Â
âyou turned him down? why?â he said, the overwhelming embarrassment forgotten about, momentarily. you leaned forward, invading his space just a little.
âbecause silly,â you paused, and it was your turn to blush slightly, your confidence only taking you so far in this conversation. âiâm going with you, duh. weâve had this planned for years, donât you remember?â you rushed to finish the sentence, and decided you wanted to end this conversation quickly to cover your face turning pink, stood up to head to class.Â
when you were at the door that led to the hallway for you to leave, you turned around and called to him, cupping a hand around your mouth to make sure your voice carried, catching the attention of the few students sitting in your area. âmy dress is red, make sure you match!âÂ
jaehyun was pulled out of his memory by your dadâs whistle as you stepped down the stairs. the red of the dress matching his tie perfectly, and the red of the corsage he had in his sweaty hands. he swore he had never felt this nervous before. not even before a big game. he gulped slightly, as he took in the beauty that was you.Â
you made it down the stairs to stand in front of him, your teeth on full display because of how widely you were smiling. jaehyun could hear your parents chuckling at his loss for words. after taking pictures and arriving at the dance, you both forgot about the flushed cheeks and had fun dancing all night with your friends. towards the end of the night, a slow song came on and everyone coupled up with their dates. jaehyun held out a hand to you, and you took it with a small smile, placing your hands on his shoulders, and slowly swayed back and forth with the rhythm of the song.Â
you leaned your head on his shoulder, enjoying the moment, heart happy and warm. you felt jaehyun put his head against yours gently. you felt his chest rumble as he spoke softly to you, âi donât think i mentioned it to you yet, but i think you look beautiful.â you raise your eyes, to look at his brown ones. they were your favorite color. âi think you look really handsome, too.â at your comment, his dimples made an appearance, and you have to admit, that he looked even more handsome when they did.Â
you caught him glancing at your lips, and his head moved slightly down, as if he was going to lean in to kiss you, but suddenly the music scratches and the vice principal comes over the speakers to announce the prom king and queen causing you to quickly jump apart, the vice principalâs voice so loud that neither of you catch the disappointed huff you both heave.
a month ago:
you hadnât spoken to jaehyun in a month, and it was tearing you apart. you donât even know what escalated the argument so quickly, well you do but you still donât understand the basis - the why of it all.
you were eating ice cream at his place, like you did every friday night.
you were going to watch a movie, like you did every friday night.
you were both talking about your weeks, like you did⌠every friday night.
jaehyun had seemed a little more quiet than usual, but you brushed it off to stress. he was taking on more responsibilities at his new job, trying to move his way up, and you figured it had to be that.Â
you were rambling about the most unimportant things of you day, just trying to fill the silence when he cut you off suddenly. he was playing with his spoon in his ice cream, when he stopped.
ây/n?â he said, his eyes looking into yours with emotion that you couldnât quite place. âmm?â you answered, the spoon shoved partially in your mouth as you continued to eat your ice cream.
âjohnny told me he had asked you out.â you tilted your head slightly, at the statement that almost sounded like a question. you nodded.Â
âand you said yes?â you brought your eyebrows together, where was this going?
âyes, i did.â you answered, putting the spoon down on the table.
âwhy?â he said, his voice lined with what you could only describe as anger. but jaehyun had never gotten angry with you before, ever.
âjae, what do you mean âwhyâ?â
âi mean just that, why? why did you say yes to him? heâs my best friend.â jaehyun couldnât stop the bitterness in his voice, his heart twinged a little when he saw the hurt flash in your eyes. but he had been in his head too long to just let it go now. why johnny? why his best friend?
why⌠why not him?
âi didnât realize johnny was off-limits.â you said sarcastically, rolling your eyes.
âyeah, well. he is. you canât date him.â date me, he wanted to say. me. me. me. you leaned back away from the counter you were standing at at the tone he took with you. you stared at him for a few seconds before scoffing.
âyou canât tell me who i can and canât be with, jae.â you watched as his jaw clenched tightly.
âi can when itâs my best friend. iâm telling you no. i didnât say anything when you dated ten, or taeyong, or even yuta. but iâm saying it now. you canât date him.â
âi thought i was your best friend?â you questioned because that was the first thought to pop in your head before you shrugged that one off and continued, âbesides you actually canât tell me who i can and canât date, my father doesnât even do that and especially when iâve never told you who you could or couldnât date. donât act like a child.â you said, voice raising in pitch a little. the constant back and forth making you feel defensive for reasons you werenât sure of.
âwell donât act like a â,â he said in anger, or what was actually insane jealousy, before he realized what he had almost said and pursed his lips to silence himself. your face fell instantly, knowing what was almost said. you werenât the type to let words hurt your feelings or make you cry, but since they were coming from jaehyunâs mouth, they hit differently. âwhat were you going to say, huh? going to call me a what?â real anger lacing your words now.
ây/n, i didnât mean that. you know i didnât mean that, itâs just -,â it was your turn to cut him off.
âsave it, jaehyun.â you said, your bottom lip quivering slightly. you quickly wiped away the tears that escaped, and pushed your ice cream away towards him. you paused wanting to say more, but nothing came to mind. you couldnât tell if you were more angry or sad, but it didnât matter now. you left his apartment that night and didnât pause as you let the door slam behind you.Â
that was month ago, and you hadnât spoken to him since. you had started and stopped many texts since then, and have caught the small bubble in your chat that let you know he had also been typing and deleting messages as well. but you werenât going to apologize.Â
which led you to sitting in the restaurant with johnny as you play with the food on your plate. johnny watches you push the food back and forth for five minutes before he sighs and places his hand over yours to get you to put the fork down to finally leave the food in peace. this was your second date you had gone on, and the second date where you had been a little not yourself.
âyou look miserable,â he says, and johnny knew exactly what was the cause but hadnât said anything until now. your eyes look so sad and he couldnât bear it any longer.
âiâm not, i promise iâm having a great time!â you say, forcing a smile on your face. johnny studies your face for a moment before continuing.
ây/n, i like you. youâre funny, and kind, and beautiful.â you groan and then slump in your chair, knowing where this was going, where this always went. âno, let me finish.â he says, a small smile flashing across his face. âi asked you out because yes, i do think youâre beautiful, but i have to be honest, actually. i had an ulterior motive for asking you out,â and at the distressing look crossing your face, he quickly continues, waving his hands slightly.Â
âi actually asked you out with intentions to try and make jaehyun realize you wouldnât wait around forever for him to make a move, but iâm starting to think it will have to be you.â
âi donâtâŚâ you say, your brain trying hard to catch up with what was being said. johnny, realizing you were struggling to follow his train of thought, sighs deeply and brings a hand to rub at the bridge of his nose. âyou both are absolutely hopeless, i canât believe this. you both are so in love with each other that everyone else sees it but you two? is that even possible? i thought this only happened in movies.â
your thoughts came to a screeching halt. yes, you were painfully aware of your feelings for your best friend, but knew that regardless of what happened, that he just didnât feel the same way, especially after prom night senior year, and him dating other women which prompted you to date other men. âi mean, i always thought there may have been feelings for me but itâs been at least, like, nine years since i realized, and he just what? didnât think to tell me? heâs had ample opportunity!â your eyes are wide, frantically trying to get your brain into gear to make this make sense to you.
âoh, no. heâs wanted to tell you for at least⌠three years now. look, he really should be the one to explain, and iâm sorry for taking that from him but you guys are ridiculous.â your heart was breaking and swelling all at the same time. your knee starts bouncing as your thoughts race a mile a minute.
ây/n?â your eyes jump to his, the feeling of anxiousness spreading throughout your body. âheâs at home, probably wallowing in self-pity.â johnnyâs eyes flicker to the door and then back to you, nodding his head, telling you to go. it took less than a second for you to decide.Â
you stand up and lean across the table and kiss johnny on the cheek before bolting from the restaurant. you drive on autopilot to jaehyunâs apartment, only for you to sit in your car for what felt like an hour before actually getting out and walking up to his door. before you could talk yourself out of it, you knock on the door.Â
almost instantly, jaehyun opens the door and you release a breath you didnât realize you were holding.
ây/n, wha-,â his face a look of shock, hand still grasping the handle of the door.
âare you in love with me, yes or no?â you ask, cutting to the chase. the need to know that johnny was telling the truth the only thing driving your bravery. jaehyunâs mouth opens and closes a few times, and in that time while he figured out what to respond, you take in his appearance. he still looks flawless, as always, even if his hair looks tousled and his shirt a little wrinkled.Â
it took a few seconds before he finally responded with a, âwha â what?âÂ
âyes or no, jae.â you press, and he gazes at your face, taking in the way your eyes told him to be sincere in his answer.Â
he lets his gaze fall to the ground, before mumbling a small, âyes.â
âyes?â you question, taking a small step inside his apartment.
fuck it, he thought. heâs already ruined the friendship with the stupid argument, might as well lay it all out there.
he steels himself before looking back at you, who he hadnât realized was so close to him now.
âyes, iâm in love with you. iâve been in love with you for years. since, like, middle school, i guess. and, y/n, let me just say that iâm so sorry for what i insinuated when you were here last time, i was just insanely jealous that you were choosing my best friend over me, and thatâs no excuse but â mmph!â you had gotten really good at cutting him off, had years of experience with it since the first day you met him, except this time you cut him off by throwing your arms around his neck and kissing him fully.
it takes a moment for him to register whatâs happening before he releases the door handle and wraps his arms around your waist to pull you closer, the door shutting behind you with a click. jaehyun walks you backwards until you were leaning against it.Â
after minutes, you break apart, breathless and eyes glinting with an unspeakable happiness. jaehyun searches your face for any regrets only to find none. begging for this to actually be real this time and not just a dream. he smiles when you smile though, and it heals everything in his heart that he was sure would have stayed broken.
âjohnny was right, we really are hopeless.â you giggle as you hide your face in his chest, suddenly turning red from your brash behavior catching up to you at once.Â
you feel jaehyunâs laugh, âwe got here in the end, at least.â and you smile at that, nodding into his chest as you grip his shirt in your hands.
âyeah,â you breathe. âonly took a few years.âÂ
and of course, at that moment, both of your phones buzz and you both pull them out to read the text sent.
johnny (9:58pm): youâre welcome, btw ;)
you make eye contact with him before grinning at each other.
and when jaehyun leans in again, you close your eyes happily.
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every lie you type - johnny suh or jeong jaehyun
⤡ synopsis. y/n is a first year psychology student who is a helpless romantic, johnny is a second year photography student who has a messed up view on love after a toxic relationship and nasty breakup with his ex. when the two meet they instantly click and their future together is looking bright until someone from the past comes back and tears them apart. now everything is messed up and johnny has to work to fix his mistakes before it becomes to late.
Âť paring. y/n x johnny , jaehyun x y/n
Âť genre. semi slow burn, angst, heartbreak, fluff, semi nsfw, comfort, college au, smau.
Âť warnings. drinking, smoking, sexual/suggestive themes, themes of anxiety and self consciousness, reckless behavior, toxic relationship, mentions of cheating/active cheating, ANGST & HEARTBREAK, therapy session, mentions of abuse and manipulation, mention of a parents death, etc.
Âť note. even though this is âreader insertâ i am treating it as more of an oc that you get to name ( because i suck at names ) - pronouns for y/n are going to be she/her.
Âť note 2. JAEHYUN IS ENDGAME!!
#every lie you type â random update info / q&a
#every typo you type â behind the scenes // bonusâ // extras
01. extras
02. Jaehyunâs Past
03. playlists
04. hospital scene ( this accompanies chapter 51 !! )
05. johnnys reaction(s)
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y/nâs group
johnnyâs group
01. spilled coffee
02. a date?
03. second date
04. time to follow y/n
05. new friendships?
06. insert jaehyun
07. the interview
08. arcade time
09. a little mischief
10. park hangout
11. do you want to get high?
12. high time shenanigans
13. donât leave me please
14. leave her in the past
15. late night facetimes
16. the baddest bitch
17. letâs get ready to partyyy
18. let the prank wars commence
19. johnny whatâre you doing?
20. whoâs rica?
21. new job who dis?
22. did you really johnny?
23. trash panda
24. making moves
24. clearing my head
25. i guess it didnât go as well
26. fresh ink
27. the squad is back
28. birthday present?
29. heâs lying
30. welcome to the shit show
31. planning y/nâs birthday
32. the plan
33. the end of the prank war
34. youâre pretty
35. one bad day after another
36. funeral
37. pity party
38. we need to talk
39. motorcycle gang
40. i have to put me first
41. making people jealous?
42. what is this feeling?
43. game night without jaehyun
44. lovely arguments
45. mirror pics
46. are you doing this on purpose?
47. getting under each others skin
48. definitely on purpose
49. therapy
50. fuck bro code
51. jealousy, jealousy
52. the silent treatment
53. iâm sorry
54. morning coffee
55. light headed
56. date!
57. donât know what to wear
58. soon to be girlfriend
59. confession
60. it was about time
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FEELINGS | JAEHYUN
SUMMARY. After many failed first dates, Jaehyun decides to take matters into his own hands and teach you how they work and what you should do to guarantee yourself a second date. But of course, this is just a plan thatâs set up for failure.
â or, alternatively: Jaehyun is just trying to help you meet new people and fall in love, but he didnât quite think too far when he finds himself falling in love with you.
GENRE. fluff | slight angst | f2l!au | fake dating!au
WORD COUNT. 11.6k+ words
authorâs note. sorry for the long wait! happy reading~
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back-up valentine
â i may or may not have asked groot to help me surprise you for valentineâs day by getting an alien species to help serenade you. â
PAIRING ⸠spider-man!jeong jaehyun x fem!reader (ft. mark lee)
GENRES ⸠fluff, crack, spider-man au, best friends to lovers
WARNINGS ⸠profanity, mild descriptions of violence, mutual pining, jaehyun is spider-man bc he doesnât have the ass to be captain america sorry, mark lee is very confused, avengers: endgame spoilers ahead !!
SUMMARY ⸠you donât have any unrealistic expectations for valentineâs day considering your love life has never flourished, but the least your best friend couldâve done was not summon an intergalactic army of an alien species during your first blind date ever.
or, jeong jaehyun is not very good with romantic gestures.
PLAYLIST ⸠sunflower - spider-man: into the spider-verse by post malone, swae lee ⢠paper rings by taylor swiftÂ
WORD COUNT ⸠2908 words
TAG LIST ⸠@leeknowsredeyeliner @wownajaemin @geniejunn @huangberryyy @halbae @sehunniepot @jjaeyoonoh @subhyuck @itskkung @lilacbobaâ @channiedaniâ @jaemboi64â @n0hyuckâ @hyuckinxâ @domhyuckieâÂ
AUTHORâS NOTE ⸠this little drabble is a little overdue but itâs for jaehyun day and valentineâs day !! ⥠i know jaehyun + spider-man isnât the vision most of yall have but ?? i kinda see it ??? anyways i hope u guys like this !!Â
YOU DIDNâT THINK VALENTINEâS DAY COULD GO SO WRONG.
Considering the fact that you didnât even have a special someone, there wasnât much room for disappointment to begin with. However, taking into account the fact that your best friend was a grade A superhero, you often experienced more disappointments than surprises, anyway.
To be honest, you were looking forward to Valentineâs Day this year. Your best friend, Yoo Jimin, had set you up on a blind date with the bookish-cute computer science major in your programming club, Mark Lee. You two were just testing the waters, seeing where small talk would get you.
Mark was a sweetheart, really. He was sort of like a puppy for the entirety of your date, and you couldnât really imagine yourself being in a relationship with him, but he was fun to hang out with. It was endearing when he tried his best to impress you, but then he ended up getting all flustered when you had a cool reaction. You came to a quick conclusion that nothing would come out of this blind date, but at least Jimin helped you meet someone you could get along with.
Half-way into your discussion about Markâs Arduino project, though, you both jolted at the sound of an explosion in the distance.
A cloud of dust billowed over the New York City skyscrapers upon the descension of a giant spacecraft, so you asked Mark, âYouâre seeing the alien spaceship too, right?â
âOh, good,â Mark replied, voice a little distant as his gaze fixed on the scene ahead, âI was hoping it wasnât just me.â
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hello again, my sunshine - jjh
SUMMARY. thereâs no more running away when youâre thriving in the fashion industry, yet itâs exactly what you want to do when you encounter your first love after a decade in your high school reunion.
PAIRING. jaehyun x fem!reader
WORD COUNT. 8.5k
GENRE. romance, angst, fluff | high school reunion!au, business lawyer!jaehyun, fashion designer!reader, high school best friends to strangers to lovers!au
WARNINGS. detailed engagement in vices (smoking and drinking), profanities, petty attitudes bc of high school grudges
⤠authorâs note: waaaah this took me the whole week to write (also not proofread), and itâs definitely a challenge when i tested positive for c0vid and got my period after ughhhh but anyways, iâm really happy w this story!! in advance, i wish jaehyun my peak favorite boy in the world a happy birthday and wishing him the absolute best in the world!! and as for those reading, enjoy!!
⤠disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. i donât own the people/characters written, but the plot is mine. translations or copying my work is not allowed.
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OH, SEOUL.
A DECADE HAS PASSED SINCE YOUâVE RETURNED TO YOUR HOMELAND AFTER MIGRATING TO NEW YORK FOR LEISURE AND WORK. YET FOR A BUSINESS VENTURE, YOUâVE MADE A VISIT TO FURTHER DEVELOP IT.
3 MONTHS, THATâS THE LENGTH OF YOUR STAY BEFORE NEW YORK FASHION WEEK PREPARATIONS BEGIN AND YOU NEED FULL CREATIVE DIRECTION TO BRING YOUR NEXT COLLECTION TO LIFE.
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the apple of my eye | j.jh | teaser
SYNOPSIS. As a young and handsome kindergarten teacher of two years, Jeong Jaehyun was used to receiving presents during Teacherâs Appreciation Week. This, however, was the first year Jaehyun wanted to give a present of appreciation to someone elseâhis new and ever-so-lovable teacherâs assistant.
PAIRING. kindergarten teacher!jaehyun x (f) teacherâs assistant!reader GENRE. school!au, teacher!au, comedy, fluff WARNINGS. language WORD COUNT. est. 10k (teaser: 852 words)
RELEASE DATE. july 22, 2021
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ainât shit | lee taeyong
wc|Â Â 3k genre|Â mfia au, fluff, crack synopis|Â your husband is getting arested. you two were aranged marriage, so you donât really care about him, or he doesnât care about you. but money he made was gone, he took everything, when you need them. his friend come home with request from his boss aka. your husband. who knew trip to monks in japan made you realize how much your husband cared for you? warnings|Â cursing part of popping out casket fresh, looking like a fashion show.
âare you for real kun?â you dropped all things you have been in your hands. âdid he leave me some money or?â
âno sorry.â kun bowed. âboss sent me here to take you to prison when he actualy is. he says something about money for you that you will have to get. i donât think itâs just going to someone to get money, but rather travel a little, knowing our boss.â
 you could only stare at your husbandâs friend. it must be a joke. you didnât care at all if your husband was arrested but not having money is what makes you care. known boss of mafia got arrested few days ago. it was funny to you, because you didnât like him at all, and now you could be free. also, taeyong could only brag about how danegrous he is, and how rich he is. you gueesed it was trauma for his actions.Â
âi will kill him. as god as my witness, iâll rip his head out.â you get your things. âtake me to this dickheadâ
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warnings: mental illness implied, hallucinations, meds, aggressive jaehyun, implied sexual relations.
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Lies.
That's what Jaehyun hated the most in the world, lies.
He hated the way you'd smile at him during class, only to pretend he wasn't even there as soon as you exited the room. It wasn't fair. He wanted to confront you, wanted to ask for an explanation for your uninterested attitude, but anytime he'd try, words got stuck in his throat, choking him uncomfortably.
Jaehyun wasn't sure when his interest in you began growing. He was never one to have secret crushes, so then, why you? What made you special enough for him to like you?
The answer came one lucky day when the professor paired you up together for a project. While people usually whined when being put in the same team with someone other than their friends, you seemed all but annoyed, smiling with your white, pearly teeth and waving at him as if he were your very best friend.
âGuess youâre stuck with me.â It was his first time speaking to you, beads of sweat collecting on his upper lip. âJaehyun, right?â
He hated small talk almost as much as lies. Almost. But when it came to you, he could do it all day long if it meant listening to your delightful voice. All of his pent-up frustrations scattered as you started planning your schedule to work on the project. Heâd only hum in approval, still too shy to speak to you.
âSo tomorrow's okay with you?â Your head was tilted to the side, the tender skin of your neck looking awfully tempting. He pictured himself kissing it, having you struggle under his weight while he kissed it for hours on end. âJae?â He was pulled out of the scenario his mind was working through by a gentle hand on his wrist.
There were no mirrors nearby, but the tips of his ears were surely tinted red by now. But most importantly, his pants were becoming uncomfortably tight in his crotch area. A touch from you was all his body needed to go insane.
âSure.â You smiled, removing your hand from its previous spot. His skin itched for more contact, but he was too shy to initiate anything. âI need to go to the restroom.â
He rushed out of the classroom with his hands in the pockets of his jeans, pushing the fabric forward to conceal his growing boner. He relieved himself inside the small cubicle, his own heavy breathing muffled under the sound of a couple doing less than appropriate things inside the following stall. Would that be you and him one day? Probably, but not quite yet.
Your kindness had no limits. That's what Jaehyun thought when you sat down to have lunch with him, the guy who no one ever liked enough to hang out with.
âWhy?â He asked on the second occasion you sit with him.
âBecause I like you.â
You started hanging out more often not long after that. Even after you handed in your work, you were keen on staying by his side, and he had nothing to complain about. It was as if the universe was finally smiling at him, all the times you'd ignored him after class now long forgotten. He was happier, brighter than usual. He told his roommate, the closest friend he had, about you. He was happy for Jaehyun, of course, but a feeling in his gut told him something was off.
The night before your spring break started, you invited him to a frat party. Heâd never been to one, he didn't like them. But you were so insisting that he had no other choice but to oblige. The entire house smelled like sweat, alcohol, and drugs, disgusting, he thought. However, it was all worth it when he finally got to see you, tucked inside a tight dress that showed the figure you'd so thoroughly hide in baggy shirts. He approached you, wanting to greet you, but one of your friends dragged you away. He didn't mind it, the night was still young and he'd have plenty of time to be with you.
Not even five minutes later, you reappeared by his side, giving him one of your signature eye smiles.
âHaving fun, pretty boy?â A light blush crept up his face, settling at the tip of his ears. âLetâs dance.â
His hands were firmly gripping your hips as you rubbed your body on his, causing a more than an obvious problem in his pants. Before his brain could register the current events happening, your lips were on his. It all felt too sudden, yet, he enjoyed the way you'd nip at his lower lip. It sent him to frenzy.
âIâm so wet, Jae.â You mumbled seductively against his fleshy pillows. âWant you to make me feel good.â
You dragged him to the closest room, increasing under his adoring gaze. You were so beautiful, and all his. The promise of your union was sealed that night, as you fell asleep between his arms after three intense rounds of pure bliss.
âJaehyun?â He felt someone shaking his shoulder, it was a male voice. His arms instinctively closed tighter around your naked body to hide it from whoever was calling him, only to realize it wasn't you who was between them, but a mere pillow. âDude, get up.â It was his roommate Johnny, picking him up after he got a call from one of the frat members. âYou got so wasted yesterday, let's go, I'll take you for food.â
Wasted? He hadn't drunk anything the previous night. Nonetheless, he left the house after dressing up. He tried calling you as they waited for their waffles to no avail.
âJaehyun, I saw your pills today in the trash bin. Have you stopped taking them?â Johnny seemed truly concerned.
âIâm better now, John. For real.â The sincerity in his words put his roommateâs heart at ease. âI found someone, I like her a lot and it seems like she does as well.â
âDude, that's awesome. We should hang out soon, I'll invite my girlfriend.â A double date, it felt like you and Jaehyun were finally official. But the question remained, why had you left the house early in the morning?
âSure.â
Because you wouldn't pick up any of his calls, he had to wait until Monday to confront you. During breakfast, Johnny had crushed some of his pills and sneaked them into his eggs, you can never be too safe, he thought. And, oh boy was he right.
You were picking up your belongings from your locker, getting ready to go back home during the break.
âHey.â He leaned against the closest wall, flashing you a dimpled smile.
âOh, hey...Jay, right?â Was that a joke?
âSure, whatever you want. So, my roommate wants to meet you, just let me know whenever you have time and I'll tell him. By the way...â He leaned in, lips brushing against the shell of your ears. Some curious eyes were looking at you, eager to know what was happening. âI really enjoyed that night, but it would've been better if I'd woken up with you between my arms.â
âExcuse me?â You backed away abruptly, escaping his proximity. âI think you're taking me for someone else.â
âWhat do you mean?â
Realization hit him like a truck. You were ignoring him yet again, but he wasn't gonna take it this time. He hated lies.
âCome with me.â He gripped your forearm, easily dragging you all the way to the janitor's closet. âYou don't get to play dumb with me anymore. Stop fucking lying.â You looked like a scared little mouse about to be eaten by a cat.
âI-Iâm sorry, but I'm not lying, the only time I've spoken to you was when we worked together. We haven't been in touch ever since.â Even in a situation like this, you still pretended to be kind.
âLies.â His hands closed against your neck, slightly choking you. âI don't like them, so you better be good and tell me the truth before I do something we'll both regret.â Your eyes welled with tears as you begged for your life, his grip getting tighter with every second. âCome on, angel.â
âIâm sorry, I'm a liar!â Your air supply was running short and your only option was to say what he wanted to hear, even if it was just a lie. âPlease!â
âThatâs a good doll.â He let go of your bruised neck, letting you fall on your knees as you coughed. âNow, you better stop lying for your own good, are we clear?â
âYes!â You choked out, unsure of what was happening at the moment.
âIâll call you later, have your phone by your side.â
You had walked into a trap without even knowing it.