Chapter 18

Your Choice

 

I'M SORRY I DIDN'T WRITE THE MYUNGEOL COFFEE VISIT. :D I hope this makes up for it~~

“Umma…Appa…what are you doing here?”

            “What? Oh, so all of a sudden we’re not allowed to visit our two sons?” Woohyun’s mom faked a hurt look, tears beginning to form in her eyes.

            “WHAT? NO. UMMA I MISSED YOU!” Woohyun ran and tackled his mom until they were both on the floor, laughing and giggling.

            “…You two…I can’t even…” Woohyun’s dad sighed, letting out a little smile. He was tired after carrying his wife’s limitless load of luggages.

            “APPA!”

            Before Woohyun could tackle him, too, he backed up and hid behind the couch. “No. NO. I just got this suit dry cleaned. I’m not letting you ruin it.”

            But with one look at his son’s sad face, his dad didn’t have a choice but to squish him to death.

            After a long pause, Woohyun’s mom finally asked, “Where’s L? Didn’t you guys come home together?”

            Shaking his head, Woohyun sat down. “Naw. We go home at different times now…these days, though, he’s been coming home later.”

            “Oh.”

            “No! Umma, don’t’ have that sad look!” Woohyun went over to cheer up his mom. “When I say he’s coming home later, I mean he’s with his friends!”

            All of a sudden, both of Woohyun’s parents dropped their sad looks, narrowed their eyes, and looked at Woohyun suspiciously. “Since when did L have any friends? I don’t think anybody could break through that shell of his.”

            Chuckling, Woohyun smiled. “You’d be surprised.”

 

Walking up to the front door, L searched around for his key. It was nearly 4 – damn Sungyeol for making him try every single coffee recipe that ever occurred on this planet. And for making him try new ones – he was just surprised that he wasn’t dead yet.

            Before he inserted the key into the hole, L couldn’t help but feel guilty. For the past week, Sungyeol had pulled him to hang out together, or hang out with Hoya, Dongwoo, and Sungjong. He said it was because Sunggyu had been acting like a depressed freak lately and wouldn’t talk to anybody or do anything.

            L knew why, of course. Woohyun had been the same. He was very well aware of his brother’s condition and problem, yet he still had the nerve to ditch him at home alone.

            Promising to stay with Woohyun for the next week, L opened the door and walked in, throwing his shoulder bag on the couch and locking the door.

            The house was quiet. Not that L wasn’t used to that, already. But there was a distinct sound…cries. Was Woohyun crying again? No. This was the last thing that L wanted to happen.           

            Dashing into the kitchen, L found the shock of his life.

            “L – L,” Woohyun sniffled, tears pouring out of his eyes. “U – Umma hit” *sniffle* “me with the” *sniffle* “cooking pan…”

            Woohyun turned, pointing to an abnormally large bruise on his head. “L! YELL AT UMMA FOR ME!”

            L looked up, finding his mom standing on a table. She pointed to the cooking pot that had caused Woohyun’s pain on the ground. Sighing, L knew what happened. Their family kept all the pot and pans hanging up on the ceiling and, obviously, his mom was about the worse housewife this world has ever laid eyes on, so she had no choice but to accidentally drop the one pan on her eldest son while trying to reach for one.

            “MOTHER. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NEVER TO DO THAT AGAIN? YOU’VE HURT – OH crap. Umma, where’s Father? Don’t tell me…he’s at the hospital again, isn’t he? What was it this time? An oversized spatula for Italy?”

            A guilty look swept over L’s mom’s face as she backed away from the kitchen utensils. “It was only a small pot. Gosh. He’s in his room, whining like a little baby.”

            “But” *sniffle* “what’re we gonna” *sniffle* “do about” *sniffle* “this?” Woohyun asked, still crying and pointing to his bruise.

            Before L could say anything, a familiar voice walking towards them said, “Is L home yet? He’s the only one that can deal with you.”

            Coming into the kitchen with a bag of frozen peas on his head, L’s father halted when he saw the people in the kitchen. “L! YOU’RE HOME! OHMYGOD SAVE US. YOUR MOTHER IS, HANDS DOWN, THE WORST HOUSEWIFE TO EVER WALK ON THIS PLANET. WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!”

            Stifling a laugh, L walked over to pat his dad on the back. “There, there…it’s okay…I myself don’t even know why you married her…”

            “HEY! Be quiet or I’m gonna purposely throw this pot on your head!”

            “APPA…” L’s father’s attention turned to Woohyun. “UMMA THREW A PAN ON MY HEAD.”

            Well. At least he stopped crying.

            Their father’s eyes widened, staring at Woohyun’s bump, then…burst out laughing. “HAHA. YOURS IS EVEN WORSE THAN MINES.”

            “APPA!”

            “Oh my…all of you guys are horrible…” L sighed, looking at his disoriented family. “AND MOTHER. GET OFF THE TABLE BEFORE YOU KILL ME, TOO.”

            “But…”

            “NO. NO. YOU’RE NOT COOKING TONIGHT. YOU’RE GOING TO BURN DOWN THE HOUSE IF YOU DO. I’m ordering pizza.”

 

Three pizzas and an eternity later, Woohyun came to a realization. “CRAP. I DIDN’T DO MY HOMEWORK.”

            Woohyun’s mom rolled her eyes and sat up on her chair. “Yeah. Like you’re actually going to school with that brain-looking-bump sticking out of your head.”

            “Really?” Woohyun’s eyes widened as he shot his fist in the air. “SCORE. NO SCHOOL.”

            Smiling, she turned to L. “Did you do your homework yet?”

            “Yeah,” L nodded, eyeing his overjoyed brother. He knew there was another reason that he didn’t want to go to school. “I finished it at my friend’s dorm.”

            “Doing homework while you’re with your friend?” L’s dad snorted. “That’s a waste. You see, boy, you just ditch homework while you’re with friends.”

            This was something he knew he would never say. But, seeing that L actually had somebody other than family for once in his life, he wanted L to know that it was fine for friends to come before education anytime. Besides, L was practically a genius.

            “I didn’t have a choice,” L shrugged. “It was either do homework or have to test out his new coffee inventions. Which, let me tell you, do not taste that good.”

            “Look at you, with strange friends!” L’s mom grinned, pinching her son’s cheeks. She was just too happy that he had friends to begin with.

            “Stop it, Umma,” L whined, pushing her hand away. “He’s only hanging out with me because his best friend’s all mopey because of somebody.”

            Woohyun squirmed in his seat as he watched his parents’ face fall from the reason. Was their son only a second choice? What was this?

            “L, can I talk to you?”

            The three of his family’s faces turned to him, looking at him weirdly. L hesitated for a second, but stood up, and said, “Yeah. Let’s go.”

            Pulling L out of their parent’s earshot, he looked at his brother carefully and said, “You know I can’t stand it. Being apart from Sunggyu.”

            “Obviously. You’re lucky Mother and Father didn’t notice.”

            “…So can I?”

            L stared at his brother, trying to figure him out. “Can you what?”

            “Tell him. L, I thought about it. Sunggyu’s either mad at me because I don’t trust him, or because I left him there. There’s really no other way then..to tell him what happened.”

            “I know,” L said quietly, looking at the ground.

            “What?”

            “I SAID I KNOW,” L shouted, looking at his brother. “You know…how much it hurts me to see you like this…because it was my fault that –“

            “STOP SAYING THAT. Seriously, all I asked was if I could tell Sunggyu hyung. You don’t need to go all pity, okay? And seriously, it’s not your fault.”

            “I get it, hyung,” L finally said after a period of silence. “Just…tell him. It’ll be a step forward for the both of us.”

            Woohyun gave L a small smile, knowing that his little brother would already say yes. L would do anything for Woohyun’s happiness.

            “You know, one day, you’re going to have to tell Sungyeol about it, too. He’s going to want to know…and it’s not going to come from either me or Sunggyu.”

            Thinking of his smiley-over-the-top-cheery friend, L couldn’t help but let out a little grin. “I know, hyung.”

            “He’s still going out with Sunggyu?”

            “I thought they broke up…”

            “I thought so, too. Maybe they got back together?”

            “Who’s Sungyeol?”

            “Wait….yeobo…are they talking about what happened that week three years ago?”

            “…That’s what I thought, too…”

            “I thought they were over it.”

            “I guess not…I’m so sorry –“

            “It wasn’t your fault either, don’t worry about it. It’s past us now. Now, we just gotta figure out who that Sungyeol is.”

            “Isn’t he L’s friend?”

            “If he’s L’s friend, why’d L get so smug at the mention of his name?”

            “Teenage boys. I’ll never understand them.”

            “I do. You know, I’m still a teenager at heart.”

            “Really? Not the conversation again. You’re not a teenager, yeobo. Physically, or at heart. You’re a freaking forty-year-old man, end of conversation.”

            “You’re mean.”

            “I said, end of conversation.”

            “You’re still mean.”

This was basically an intro of the Lhyun family :) they're amazing, aren't they? LOL I had fun writing about them...and yeah, IDK if there's a pizza place you can call in Korea. Or, like in chapter 15, I don't think there's a SWAT team. I just added them in because it made sense ^^...sorry there was no Yadong or Hwajong or Fei...there's indirect Woogyu and Myungyeol though :3 [and if you guys couldn't figure out the last dialouge, it starts out with Appa speaking ^^)

COMMENT REPLIES. BECAUSE I LOVE REPLYING TO COMMENTS. SO I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL LIKE COMMENTING. :D

@TabiLee: LOLOL AREN'T THEY ADORABLE? but I'm sorry ._. JUST...WAIT A LITTLE LONGER...THEY'LL BE TOGETHER

@pripri: omg me too...when I first heard that Myungsoo's stage name was L, I was like 'wahhht? why didn't they just keep myungsoo?' but L's a pretty adorable name too :3 LOL it's spilled out of Sungyeol's mouth, like, three times already. :D but yeah, I get what you mean.

@B1A4Katie1: I DO...I MEAN...I hope they don't break up again...BUT SERIOUSLY, THEY HAVE TO TO MAKE IT FOLLOW CORRECT TV DRAMAS. And they will be perfect at the end, no worries...lolol HWAJONG AND MYUNGYEOL!! [they're not hiding their feelings. they're just too freaking stupid to see notice them. LOL that's actually just the same thing ;P]

@inspirit-kay: YAY ANOTHER UPDATE!!! I would ship Sungyeol and his coffee if Myungsoo wasn't there :3 LOLOL HOYAAAAA♥ dude don't even remind me about registration ._. I had to wake up early this morning to do my online, then I have my legit regestration later...kill me now *.*

@i_L: LOLOL IT'S OKAY. IT'S BECAUSE I UPDATE TOO MUCH XD LOLOL I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. okay. LOLOL YES, SUNGYEOL DOES CALL MYUNGSOO'S NAME IN HIS SLEEP. But you ever heard the theory that the people you dream about are thinking about you? myungsoo's thinking about Sungyeol -> Sungyeol dreams about Myungsoo. YAY. LOL well right now, Woohyun's got some balls. :DDDD LOLOL I fail at rock paper scissors ._. so don't even get me started...I always lose...i don't even think it's possible to be as good as myungsoo...and Yadong. Yes. They do. They really do.

@IAmMeMyself: AREN'T HWAFEI AWESOME? [my new random name for them lol] ikr ._. SHE SHOULD CONFESS BEFORE FEI GOES AND SCREAMS AT THEM LIKE SUNGJONG DID TO YADONG. LOL I can imagine Fei stealing arrows and shooting them. :D AND IKR. ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU SAID WITH WOOGYU, YADONG, AND MYUNGYEOL. ;DDDDDD

@eunhyuklover99: AWW HIII THEREEE. LOLOL THANK YOU SO MUCH ;3 that's sungyeol for you. :DD Hawfei are really awesome. Like...really. :) and...IT'S UPDATED! :))

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@federweiss: AWWW THANKYOU SOOO MUCHH♥ i'll try to stay good :)

@luvkpop: LOL I actually counted. Like, I took out a caluculator and added up the guys. :DD I'm pretty lame lol...yes, Sungyeol IS A COFFEE ADDICT. and I'm trying with the woogyu ._. :DDD

YAY! Ten comments :) LOL the little record I have is 11 comments :P but I update too frequently for anything...but...aww I'm starting to lose new subscribers each chapter :( I update too much, don't I? WELL THAT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE I LOVE UPDATING :D [I'm at 57 subscribers, if you wanted to know] WELL...I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER...I'M SORRY THAT THERE'S NO YADONG, HWAJONG, SUNGYEOL, SUNGGYU, OR FEI ._. I'll make it up somehow :)

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Baozideeroppa #1
Chapter 36: *Flips table* WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO ROOD GYURI
lobotn
#2
Chapter 50: Just finished it in one go,at a superhuman pace of 3 hrs. LOVED IT!!!Best myungyeol fic so far. You did a brilliant job.
pbpandaa
#3
Chapter 50: Ive finished this in one go hoho ilove the characters and i do hope youll write more chaptered fics!! Aja!!
Snow_land #4
Chapter 51: My reaction when I understood that it was finished was literally: nooooooooooo it's finished!!!!!!!
I really really liked reading this story ^^
MeCrazy96
#5
this will be like the 10th time I will be reading this. Its just a great story. I love it so much !! One of my favorites acutely. :)
yeoleka #6
Chapter 16: Best myungyeol ever!!addicted to this authornim!;)
SeobieLub
#7
This is like one of my favorite stories c':
I cried a lot T.T
THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL STORY <3 <3
Who's your ultimate bias?^^
Hwaiting~
asdfg5555 #8
Chapter 50: great story! love it <3
qwerty90 #9
Chapter 50: "Hwayoung looked at the baby again, then back at Sungjong. “Want…one.” The two men known as Myungyeol were the first to burst out laughing." somehow i do believe that myungyeol are kinda....like.....the most y among infinte ._. lol *muttering a sorry*
Hunteris5000
#10
Chapter 51: I'm socially impaired too, if that's any consolation. XD