Title: Scars
Author: qijae
Pairing: YunJae
Genre: Drama, angst, romance
Summary: Jaejoong’s journey through abusive father, friendship, betrayal, pain and love, is one to remember. Life is dangerous, especially for Jaejoong. When he met Yunho, his life turned around. But is it for the better or worse?
Ep. 11
Yunho groaned in his sleep when the light hit directly on his face. He had difficulties to open his eyes, he was sweating and his wet brown hair stuck on the forehead. His breathing was uneven and all of a sudden he snapped his eyes opened. He sat up properly, catching his breath and looked around.
What time is it?
He grabbed his phone on the table and swallowed nervously. It was 11 am. It was already morning and why did he fall sleep in his Study Room? What happened last night?
"J-Jaejoong,"
He walked out from the room and ran outside, toward the living room.
Jaejoong wasn’t here.
His heart was beating fast as he searched from room to room but Jaejoong wasn’t there. He wasn’t here, he wasn’t in his room, where was he? Did he leave again?
"Jaejoong-ah!"
Yunho searched every corner of the mansion and when he arrived at the Reading Room, he opened the door harshly, making a loud slammed sound and his eyes wide when he finally saw Jaejoong was there, tip toeing to reach the book placed on the top shelter.
It was him, right? That blonde yellowish hair, that beautiful fragile body, it was him. It was Jaejoong.
Yunho immediately ran toward Jaejoong and hugged him from the back, making the short man jolted in surprised with the sudden action. He wrapped his arms around the small body tightly and rested his chin on Jaejoong’s right shoulder.
“I thought you were leaving me again,”
Jaejoong could feel Yunho’s arms were trembling as he hugged him.
“Thank God… I found you… I found you,”
There was something wrong with Yunho’s voice. Jaejoong could feel a body that was hugging him was burning. He turned around to check on Yunho and stunned when he saw Yunho’s face was pale and he was sweating. His lips dry but he still managed to draw a beautiful smiled when he caught Jaejoong looked at him.
“Wait,”
He placed his palm on Yunho’s forehead and he knew Yunho had a fever.
"You're not well,"
“I’m okay,”
“No, you’re not,”
Yunho huffed faintly and cupped Jaejoong’s face.
“Look, about yesterday… I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to-”
“I’m taking you to the hospital,”
Yunho pulled his arm.
“Listen,”
“No! You listen to me! You have a fever, Yunho,”
“Promise me you won’t leave me again,”
“Yunho!”
“Promise me first,”
Yunho coughed. He looked like he could faint any seconds from now.
“Fine! I promise,”
Yunho smiled and fell on Jaejoong’s shoulder. He passed out, his breathing was uneven and his body was burning. Jaejoong didn’t know what to do, he tried to hold Yunho but it was impossible for him since Yunho was taller than him.
“Hang in there! Yunho? Yunho, answer me!”
“Hyung! What happen? I heard screamin- oh! Yunho-hyung!”
“Quick, Junsu,”
“What’s wrong…”
“… he fainted…. Fever…”
“… ver…”
And Yunho lost into the dark.
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A basin filled with cold water and a clean towel was placed beside the bed. He dipped the towel in the cold water and put it on Yunho’s forehead while staring at the man who breathed so uneven. He wiped the whole body with the wet towel and thinned his lips when he saw how unhealthy Yunho was.
He stared around the room; the gloomy room that made the environment here felt so stressful. Since when Yunho’s room was messed up like this? Papers and documents were everywhere, books and clothes hanging here and there.
Since when?
“Do you want me to take over now? You can rest,” Junsu smiled and Jaejoong shook his head. “It’s okay, I will take care of this,” he replied, while wiping the wet towel all over the Yunho’s body. “If you said so… then I will excuse myself, I need to meet a friend. Please call me if you need anything,”
Jaejoong nodded his head and Junsu walked out, closed the door gently.
He was wiping over and over again until he stopped and stared at the sleeping face. Yunho looked sick and unhealthy. He didn’t like to watch Yunho in this kind of state as a sense of guilty was lingering.
“Look at you…” he bit his lips. “You were my cure and I was your disease. You were saving me but I was killing you,”
He put the towel aside and when he was about to stand up, he could listen Yunho was muttering something. He turned his head to check and Yunho was squirming. “Uhm…” he opened his eyes slowly and found out that he was lying on the bed, in his bedroom. A minute when he woke up, that was when he remembered about Jaejoong once again.
“I’m here,”
He immediately turned his head on the left and exhaled in relieved when he saw Jaejoong.
“Are you hungry? Do you wanna eat something? Drink?”
“No,”
Yunho smiled, grabbing Jaejoong’s hand.
“I’m happy to see you,”
Jaejoong pulled back his hand and huffed.
“Answer my questions,” he narrowed his eyebrows and Yunho found it was cute when Jaejoong mad.
“Are you worried?”
“Yunho-ah,”
Yunho grabbed his hand once again.
“Thank you for not leaving… and thank you, for keeping your promise,”
Jaejoong stunned.
“It hurts when you have someone in your heart but you can’t have them in your arms,”
He pulled Jaejoong’s neck gently and dragged him closer.
“But now you are here…”
He smiled and kissed Jaejoong on the cheek.
“I have my life back, I found my other half and it feels so good,” he caressed the cheek with the warm thumb. Jaejoong remained silent as he slowly looked downward. He didn’t know what to say. There were many things that he would like to say to Yunho but he didn’t know how.
“Come back to the hotel and be my assistant again,”
“No,” he immediately refused.
“Then what do you want?” he asked and Jaejoong remained silent, words didn’t come out as he was thinking deeply. “Do you wanna go back to your college? Just tell me anything that you wanna do, I will find a way for it,” Yunho smiled but that wasn’t what Jaejoong really wanted.
“Would you stop?”
He took Yunho’s hand off from his neck and put it on the bed.
“I will let you know after I think about it, so… can we stop talking about depressing stuff? Anyway, I made you a chicken porridge, if you want… I will prepare it for you. Do you want it?”
Yunho nodded his head and Jaejoong walked out toward the kitchen to prepare a chicken porridge for Yunho. The sick man stared at his own hand and soon drew a smiled. It was real. It was Jaejoong. He touched him and it felt so good. So good to see someone he loved was here.
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The smell of the coffee lingered in the J Holic. A grande mug was served on the round table and Junsu took a sip of his favorite hot vanilla latte while waiting for his special guest. People were chatting, laughing, reading books and more.
When he turned his head on the left, the shine of the sun hit his face and it felt good.
“Sorry that I’m late,”
Yoochun greeted and sat in front of him. His pale face was blushing due to the coldness. He was wearing black trench coat, simple white tee and black skinny jeans.
“Coffee?”
“Oh, I almost forgot. Erm… can you wait for a few minutes? I’ll be back with my coffee,”
“Sure,”
Yoochun smiled before he stood up and walked toward the counter. He ordered his coffee and a slice of cake before returned back to his seat.
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When almost 20 minutes they were so into themselves, talking about life, education background and more, Yoochun put down his half cold coffee and looked at Junsu.
“So, would you mind telling me a little bit about your future shop?”
“Well…” Junsu put his mug down. “… I was thinking… you know, lately I’m so into vintage concept and plus it looked really cool, don’t you think? Flowers everywhere, arrange outside and inside and, yep, old looking bicycle as a decoration,” he couldn’t stop smiling while describing his future flower shop.
“Wow… I don’t have any idea you have such taste. I thought you were more into… you know… spaceships, galaxy… stuff... I’m sorry,” Yoochun scratched his hair sheepishly. “What?” Junsu couldn’t help but laughing when he heard that. It was just the opposite of him.
“Anyway, what makes you want to start this business? Don’t you think it’s a bit risky to open one in Korea?”
“I was asking myself a same question too, why? I don’t know either. Maybe because… I think flowers make people happy like people nowadays think gadgets are their happiness, right? Flowers, for me give scent that makes you happy. When people give flower to someone special, that blissful moment and that smile… are what I’ve been looking for,”
Yoochun’s heart skipped a beat.
It was such a very pure and honest answered coming from the mouth. He didn’t expect this kind of person still existed. But now that he saw with his own eyes, he had made a decision.
“I’m looking forward to work with you for this project,”
Junsu drew a huge smiled after they shake hands.
Yoochun took out his sketchbook and after that; they were drown into another deep discussion about the shop.
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Jaejoong went to the swimming pool located near the backyard of the mansion and rested his foot in the water. It felt cold and refreshing. He stared at the view in front of him and it was really breathtaking. He could see the entire Gangnam from here and it was insane.
He couldn’t run away. Yunho needed him, as well as himself. They needed each other’s. When the wind blowing gently, he closed his eyes and his hair dancing. When Yunho fainted, he never thought he would hurt so bad to see Yunho in that kind of condition because Yunho was Yunho. He always smiling and caring.
Should he go back to the hotel?
What was he going to do with his life after this?
He tried not to overthink too much but he couldn’t help it.
“You’re going to catch a cold if you stay here too long,”
Changmin said, walking closer.
“This is a really nice place,”
Changmin turned his head and looked at the view. He was right, it was a really nice place.
“Changmin-ah, do you know about Yunho’s parents?”
He suddenly asked, ripping the silent moment.
“Even if I know, I can’t tell you. I’m sorry,”
“Who is Woobin?” Jaejoong asked again, didn’t want to avoid this topic. “Yunho said… Woobin is his step brother. Did his father married again? What is exactly Yunho’s family looks like?” he turned and looked at Changmin, waiting for answers.
“Why don’t you ask him?”
“I can’t… with him in that kind of state,”
Jaejoong stated that strongly.
“I would love to tell you about my Master’s personal life but I can’t if he doesn’t let me to. I’m sorry, I can’t-”
“I will answer those questions for you,”
A tall guy with black leather jacket stepped inside and Changmin immediately bowed toward him politely.
“Young Master,”
“Yah, I told you to not call me that,”
“I’m sorry, Woo Bin-shii. Well, I will excuse myself now,” Changmin said, and then bowed toward Jaejoong before he soon left the place, leaving both Jaejoong and Woo Bin awkwardly. Jaejoong pulled out his legs from the swimming pool and stood up. He wrapped himself with his warm cardigan and walked toward tall guy.
“Why are you here?” he asked, staring at Woobin.
“Shouldn’t I be asking you that question? Why are you still here?” Woobin stared back, smirking.
“I’m here because your brother wanted me to stay here,”
Woobin narrowed his eyebrows.
“Who are you exactly? Why did he listen to you very well?”
Jaejoong sighed.
“I don’t remember Yunho has a friend like you. I caught you in this mansion for the first time and I already had a feeling that you’re not a good guy. What did you do to him? Did you threat him with something that I don’t know?”
“Are you here to interview me or you’re going to answer my questions?” he looked at those sharp eyes of Woobin’s and the young one held back his anger. “Don’t tell me, you are here because of money again?”
Woo Bin finally lose himself and gripped tightly on Jaejoong’s collar. He yanked him up.
“You really have a temper like your brother. Funny, I don’t surprise at all,”
“Let him go, Woo Bin-shii,”
Jong Suk said, crossing his arm.
Woo Bin cursed and pushed Jaejoong harshly after he saw Jong Suk was here, watching the scene.
“I’m sorry for his behavior just now, I’m Lee Jong Suk,” he bowed and Jaejoong fixed his collar.
“It’s okay since I'm used to this kind of thing… using violence-”
“Yah!”
“Woo Bin-shii, please shut your mouth for a while, hm?” Jong Suk warned as he didn’t please with the rudeness shown by the young guy just now. When he was about to say something, someone called his name with a hoarse voiced.
“Jong Suk-ah,”
Yunho greeted him from the back.
“Hyung! Are you okay?” Jong Suk ran toward Yunho. “You never had a fever before. What’s wrong? Can you walk? Aish, you shouldn’t move from your room, you should rest. Let me help you walk to your room,”
“I’m fine, you brat. It’s just a fever- woah! What is this? I smell ginseng. Did you bring this for me? Yah, isn’t this expensive?” he patted Jong Suk’s shoulder and then his eyes caught Woo Bin was there as well.
“It’s good to see you here, Woobin-ah,” Yunho smiled.
“Why are you so pale? Aren’t you the strongest man in our family? Don’t let father down, he won’t be happy if he heard you are sick. You know how cruel he can be sometimes,”
“He won’t know if you don’t tell him,”
When he wanted to take the ginseng pottery, Jong Suk refused to let Yunho carried it because it was heavy.
“How’s the company? Is everything alright?”
“Well-”
“Ah, this is boring! Can we not talk about the company for a day? My ears hurt because Jong Suk keep nagging at me,”
“I will take that as a great achievement for the company, right? Jong Suk-ah?”
Jongsuk nodded his head, smiling.
“He’s a hardworking and talented person. You shouldn’t be worried… he’s leading the company very well now,”
Woo Bin looked away, feeling shy.
“Guys, stay for coffee?”
“Um, I don’t think so. We should hurry back to the company,” Jong Suk said, feeling sorry. “We dropped by because we wanted to give you this ginseng,”
“Come on, having coffee together would be great, don’t you think, Jae?”
Jaejoong flinched when he heard his name being called.
“They’re busy, I don’t think-”
“No, we’re good,” Woo Bin cut off.
“No, we’re not good,” Jongsuk stared at Woobin.
“Have you forgotten that an important client is going to meet us one hour from now? We must not late,”
Woo Bin groaned in annoyed before he walked away. “I’m really sorry, maybe next time? Ahm, I will put this in the kitchen. Get well soon,” he bowed toward Yunho and Jaejoong before he walked away as well.
Jaejoong cleared his throat and entered inside after the sight of Jong Suk disappeared. He crossed his arms and looked at Yunho.
“Why are you not in your bed? You should rest,”
“I was looking for you,”
“How are you feeling?”
“Getting better, because of you,”
Jaejoong sighed. He wished Yunho would stop saying such things toward him.
“If you are feeling better, can we talk?”
“Sure,”
“About your family,”
Yunho stunned and remained silent for a while.
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Yunho sat on the wooden chair, followed by Jaejoong.
They sat facing each other and the situation in the Reading Room was somehow intense.
“To be honest, my relationship with my parents isn’t that good and since I’m the only son in that family, my father trusts me to handle his hotel and the company. My step mother… well… I never call her mom since they got married. My relationship with my step mother isn’t that good. It’s not her fault but I just couldn’t accept the fact that my father was married other woman,” he stared at the blank paper.
“My mom passed away, you know about it too. I don’t think she was the only woman for my father because he was a cheater. He cheated and had many women around him… that’s why, I felt sad that Woo Bin’s mother was the next victim. I wish he would stop playing with someone’s heart… I had an issue with Woo Bin and we didn’t get along very well because of that, and … I don’t blame him. I wouldn’t want my mother married with a cheater as well. Still, he’s my step brother and I need to take care of him like a real brother, if you know what I mean. Woo Bin is wild, he obsessed with bikes, leather jackets and bad boy image,” Yunho chuckled.
“I don’t understand what is so interesting about bad boy image but since he was born that way, I can’t forbid him from doing what he loved. I decided to trust him and let him take over the company. They said my family is goals but I don’t get it… so, that's pretty much it," he looked at Jaejoong.
"Why did you want to know about my family all of a sudden?"
"Because... I think I dont know much about you,"
Yunho smiled.
"What about you?”
“What?”
“Your parents?”
Jaejoong looked away.
“Dead,”
A simple yet strong answered was given by Jaejoong.
“Dead? I thought your father-”
“Can we please not talk about my parents? Just yours… because it’s uncomfortable,”
“Did your father do something toward you again?
Jaejoong thinned his lips and he looked uneasy. He stood up from the chair all of sudden and Yunho blinked his eyes. Jaejoong didn’t want to remember anything about his father but out of the blue, the memory about his father attacked him in the apartment that night flashed in his mind.
“My son here… he loves dicks,”
“No…”
“Jaejoong-ah?”
Jaejoong was trembling. His eyes were suddenly wet and Yunho surprised when the pale guy closed his eyes and covered his ears with his hands.
“You’re young; you must be pretty aggressive on the bed, huh? Do you like it when you fucked his hole? Look, he’s already hard,”
Jaejoong collapsed on the floor, kneeling and his body was shaking pretty bad.
“No! Don’t touch me!
He yelled.
Yunho immediately went toward him and shook the body because it looked kinda serious. Jaejoong was out of control as he pushed Yunho and hugged himself tightly. “Don’t touch me!” he shouted.
That face, proved that Jaejoong was terrified.
Yunho stood up once again and pulled Jaejoong up but the other one kept resisting and struggling. Sobbing and tears filled the reading room.
“Jaejoong-ah!”
“Jaejoong-ah…”
“It’s me!”
Jaejoong shook his head and kept pushing him away.
“I’m sorry, did I hit you hard? Poor my baby, look at you. You’re bleeding,”
“Don’t! Don’t touch me!” he cried and shouted.
Changmin and Junsu entered the room when they heard the scream.
“Hyung!”
“No, stay away! I will handle this,”
He wrapped his arms around the fragile body and embraced him.
Jaejoong was crying and sobbing pretty bad as his body was soon trembling and face looking pale. He started sweating and his hands were shaking uncontrollably.
“Jaejoong-ah? Jaejoong-ah, calm down. Look at me, it’s me… Yunho,”
He cupped the face and Jaejoong barely could open his eyes because he was too scared. The images of his father couldn’t stop popping out.
“Y-Yunho…”
“Yes, yes it’s me,” Yunho sighed and caressed the cheek. “Open your eyes, it’s me, Jaejoong-ah,”
Jaejoong opened his eyes slowly and his eyes wet once again when he saw Yunho was in front of him. He bit his lip and immediately pulled Yunho for a hugged. He cried his heart out and sobbing while muttered Yunho’s name again and again.
Junsu couldn’t see more because it was too painful. He felt sad for Jaejoong.
The body was still trembling but Yunho didn’t let the arms go. He embraced the body gently and patted his back to calm him down.
“My father…” he gripped Yunho’s shirt. “He… raped me,”
Yunho’s eyes wide.
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- To be Continued -
Hey, guys. I decided to add few pictures in order to make it more interesting. All pictures are credit to my boyfriend, Mr. Google.
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Let us appreciate Woo Bin in leather jacket for a while.
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and Jaejoong's hair for this story
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To be honest I dont know how to describe the color of the hair. Is it blonde? Yellowish blonde? I'm obsess with his hair for WWW.
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