CHAPTER 26

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No edit sue  me. >,<

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It was indeed a race. The game started when all the husbands were gathered in a single place. The catch was to receive a worried text message or a call from their wives. The first to receive a message was Jaejoong, next was Lee Teuk and last was Jangwoo.

Kim Jaejoong and Park Sandara – 10 minutes and thirteen seconds.

Lee Teuk and Kang Sora – 30 minutes and 20 seconds.

Lee Jangwoo and Ham Eunjung – 1 hour and 10 minutes.

The event was held in WGM Village, serving a dual purpose of gathering the 3^rd Season couples together and unveiling the new village. The village turned out to be a luxurious one having three separate, different looking houses that had everything the couples would need. The couples were happy when it was announced especially WooJung couple who had been staying in a camp truck for quite some time already.

All the couples were gathered in one house for the shoot was put on hold due to heavy snowing outside. The couples sat silently, smiling curtly and gulping the water served in front of them. A few words were exchanged but then awkward silence would always follow after a few exchange of nods and yes and no due to lack of something in common to talk about.

The boys were more at ease with each other talking every now and then exchanging few information of how they had been. They were cool with each other especially Lee Teuk and Jaejoong since they previously belonged to the same company.

Dara was a bit fidgety; her thoughts were still pre-occupied by the face of the pretty female that called his husband a little while ago. She did not ask who it was, there was no point –she told herself. His husband wouldn’t cheat on her, would he? She wasn’t sure.

“Eo Dara-shi..Isn't it warm enough here? I can ask them to turn up the heater if you want to.” Eunjung suddenly said when she noticed that Dara was still wearing her fur coat even though they were inside a fairly warm house. The corner of Dara’s lips twitched as she replied with a meek smile.

“Uhmm..yeah…” she seemed out of words. Honestly she was sweating like crazy inside and she badly wanted to remove the coat, but the problem was –

“Yeoboo, are you okay?” Jaejoong suddenly spoke reaching out to wipe the sweat off her temple with the back of his hand.  Dara smiled at him as if asking permission.  Jaejoong seemed to understand and pouted.

Dara knew Jaejoong would have panic attack again the moment she removed her coat so she decided to just sacrifice herself and kept the coat on.

“Aish.. Kim Jaejoong you’re still like an overprotective father! You’re also like that to Yoojungie.” Lee Teuk exclaimed hitting the arm of the younger man. Dara turned her head towards the older man.

“Yoojungie?” the question escaped her lips before her brain could stop it. She then cursed herself for not having control of her tongue.

“Yah. Kim Jaejoong. You did not tell her about Yoojungie?” the older singer said eyes wide at Jaejoong. “She needs to know her.”

The younger just scratched the back of his head. “I uhm.. I was planning to introduce them to each other. I just wanted it to be special that’s why I haven’t told anything to her yet.”

Dara’s brows mashed together. She had been trying really hard to control herself –she wasn’t joking when she said she was the jealous type. But no, she was just a tad bit jealous –that’s what she wanted to believe, but her actions were telling otherwise. She glared at Jaejoong.

“So is Yoojungie your ex-girlfriend? You can tell me. I won’t be jealous considering you just received a call from her earlier calling her your angel. Sure, I wouldn’t be jealous. Why would I be?” Dara huffed, puffing her cheeks. She removed her coat in fury not caring anymore about Jaejoong.

Jaejoong gasped and tried to put on her coat again but she pushed his hands away.

“Yeoboo…” he cried.

“What?”

“Are you mad at me?”

“No!” she crossed her arms on her chest.

Hugh..You just freakin called your ex-girlfriend my angel in front of me!

You even dared calling me my angel before!

Hell yeah, I am not mad.

The other couples were staring at them when Lee Teuk started laughing.

“Jaejoong. You should explain this to her. We’ll leave you guys.” The man took his wife’s hand and beckoned the other’s to follow. The other couple was clueless to what was happening but followed nevertheless.

Jaejoong smiled at them then he turned to his wife.

“Yeoboo..” he uttered sweetly. But Dara didn’t look at her.

“Hey are you jealous?”

“No.” the reply came instantly.

“Really?”

“Yes.”

Jaejoong couldn’t help but smile. It was his first time seeing that side of his wife and he couldn’t help but be amused. Honestly he was very giddy, he felt like exploding out of happiness. His wife was jealous! He tried to muffle a chuckle but failed miserably.

Dara glared at her but that amused him more.

He wanted to prolong it more but they didn’t have the luxury of time so he decided it would be better to tell her the truth no matter how cute she looked at the moment.

“Yeoboo..Yoojungie is my younger half sister.”

Dara’s shoulder suddenly tensed she bit her lower lip before turning to look at him, her face all red.

“Sister?” she managed to utter.

“Yes.. my younger half sister.” He smiled.

“Oh my god…” she covered her face out of embarrassment. “This is so embarrassing!”

“Yes it is. You got jealous of my sister.” He prodded earning him a slap on the shoulder.

“I wasn’t jealous!” she exclaimed.

“Yeah right.”

“I really wasn’t.” she huffed leaving her husband and marching towards the other couple.

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The next game was a test of how the wives knew their husbands. They were seated across each other, the wives were holding white boards and markers while the husbands were chained on their seats. The wives had to answer a set of questions about their husbands. Once they got 10 correct answers they would run to the table behind their husbands to get the correct set of keys in a fish bowl filled with fake keys.

Dara looked at Jaejoong who smiled sweetly at her. He mouthed ‘fighting!’, Dara smiled forgetting the embarrassment awhile ago. She pumped her fist in the air and mouthed ‘we will win this!’ She removed her shoes so she wouldn’t slip. The other girls did the same thing too.

The game started with a few easy questions which Dara answered correctly with no sweat. The other girls were doing great too. The husbands were cheering their wives enthusiastically with Lee Teuk’s voice being the loudest.

The 8^th question was difficult to answer, the timer ‘dinged’ signaling that Dara weren’t able to answer therefore losing a turn and giving Eungjung the opportunity to answer. Eungjung answered the 8^th question about his husband correctly same went with Sora.

Dara felt bad but Jaejoong cheered. “That’s okay yeobooo!! My yeoboo is the prettiest.”

She glanced at her husband who was smiling widely at her. She gained confidence and was more determined to answer the questions and win the game.

She got her turn again and was able to answer the 9^th question but the other girls were doing so well in their questions that they were able to get 10 correct answers immediately. Eunjung was fast, out running Sora towards the table. Jangwoo cheered his wife.

Dara then turned and concentrated more on answering the questions. After the 14^th question she was able to get 10 points. She cursed herself for not knowing much about her husband. She mentally noted to search more about Kim Jaejoong.

She ran towards the table. Ham Eungjung was still unlocking the first lock while Sora was already unlocking the second lock. That frustrated Dara. She immediately grabbed one key from the bowl and tried to unlock the first lock.

It didn’t open.

She immediately took another key and tried to fit it in the three locks but it didn’t open too.

“Waa..that’s it!” Jangwoo suddenly screamed when Eungjung unlocked her first lock. Both wives were already on their second lock while Dara hadn’t opened a single lock.

Dara took a whole bunch of keys and settled it in front of her determined as ever as she tried to unlock the one on Jaejoong’s wrist, to her relief it opened. They both cheered.

“You can do it yeoboo.” Jaejoong cheered. Dara gave him a brief smile and went back on unlocking the other locks. Dara tried the lock on his ankles. She chose a new set of keys and tried inserting them one by one.

Jaejoong noticed that Dara kept on flipping her hair that was obstructing her view. He then gathered her hair and pulled it up to clear her view. Dara looked up at him and thanked him.

She was able to unlock the second one on Jaejoong’s ankle on the third try. She didn’t waste any time, she started unlocking the chain around his legs. The other girls seemed to be having a hard time unlocking the last lock. It gave Dara confidence that she can still win the game.

 It was a neck to neck battle. The girls were sweating as they inserted and reinserted the keys. The husbands were quiet as they watch the intense battle.

“I got it!!” someone cheered.

The other couples snapped their heads towards the couple that was jumping while hugging each other happily. They turned quiet.

The dimples couple jumped happily hugging each other. Just then Dara was able to unlock the last lock. She let out a sigh and slumped on the floor exhausted and feeling bad for losing the game. Jaejoong wiggled the chains off his legs and sat on the floor beside her. He patted her back.

“That’s okay.” He said comfortingly. Dara rested her forehead on his shoulder and groaned, frustration and annoyance washed over her.

“We will win the next game” he assured, Dara shook her head.

“I didn’t know your favorite color. I thought it was pink.. but…”

“Wasn’t it obvious I love black?”

“No. You were always wearing pink!”

Well you like pink, that’s why.

Jaejoong wanted to say but kept it to himself.  He just smiled.

“I don’t even know Jiji’s birthday. Your favorite food, favorite sport, favorite movie…” she continued to rant, face still buried on his shoulders and hands clutching the front of his shirt. He must admit he was quite disappointed that she didn’t know much about him (he researched everything about her by the way). But he had better idea of how to take advantage of the situation. He grinned to himself.

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The next game was no way near easy. They had to run outside, search for envelopes and do tasks. The freezing weather outside didn’t help thus adding up to the burden. But Jaejoong showed his wit. He was good in riddles and puzzles giving them advantage. The game ended with them winning the last game.

‘Now before we end our Christmas Special.’ the emcee announced as they were seated inside one of the houses again. “We will announce the winner of a poll we secretly did while you were doing your tasks.  We asked all WGM staffs who they think was sweetest couple off the cam.”

“We compiled a few stolen clips today and from other recordings.” The female emcee said signaling one of the staffs to play the video. Their eyes focused on the large screen in front of them.

The video showed the first couple Eunjung and Jangwoo who were unconsciously playing with each other’s hand while waiting for filming to start. A few other clips were shown proving how the two were so comfortable with skinship composed of some back hugging and cuddling.

Next was Sora and Teuk couple. The two seemed awkward but the clips showed how warm their relationship was. Teuk was a very caring man attending to the needs of his wife while Sora was a fine woman who looked at his husband with sparkling eyes.

Last were Jaejoong and Dara. The scene from the game earlier where Dara lost, slumped on the floor and face buried on Jaejoong’s shoulder was shown. Dara was obviously sulking hands clenching her husband’s shirt. Jaejoong on the other hand was quietly patting her back. While whispering something they couldn’t hear.

 Other behind-the-scene clips were shown and the two was surprised to see how close they had been. They weren’t even conscious of the gestures they did, how Jaejoong would tuck Dara’s hair behind her ears while they were talking, to Dara’s unconscious habit of holding Jaejoong’s arm while waiting for the director call them.

Tiny bits of things they did unconsciously, the warm gestures and sweet smiles. Their relationship was blossoming to something warm, something more solid, something closer to reality. It was so obvious yet they didn’t notice it.

They leaned closer to each other too engrossed in watching themselves, not noticing how wide their smiles were. The other couples chuckled watching them. Unconsciously Jaejoong’s hand found Dara’s. He clasped her hand interlacing their fingers and locking it. Dara didn’t flinch, surprisingly, but leaned more to the touch.

The clips ended with giggles coming from the staffs. The couples felt embarrassed, face all red from watching themselves. Honestly they weren’t aware of those things they did off cam, all this time they thought they were doing it for the enjoyment of the viewers but they were wrong. They enjoyed it the most.

“Who do you think is the winner?” The emcee asked smiling brightly at the couples.

The other couples turned their head to the Vampire couple and smiled.

“Us??” Jaejoong said pointing himself with his free hand whilst his other hand was still holding Dara’s.

“What do you think?” the female emcee asked lips stretched in a smile.

Jaejoong smirked before answering “Of course it’s us!!”

The female laughed in amusement. “Yes, of course. Congratulations.”

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The filming ended with both of them dead tired. It was past ten in the evening when Dara reached YG building. Jaejoong insisted on driving her back, though it was the manager who drove while the two of them slept at the back of the car.

“Thanks.” Dara said turning to her husband.

“No problem. Go ahead and get in.. it’s cold out here.” he answered.

“Eung..” Dara hummed in response. She then took one step closer to her husband, hesitated for a moment but wrapped her arms eventually on the younger’s waist causing the male to freeze in her arms. Jaejoong was surprised at the sudden action.

She hugged him.

He froze at the touch.

Dara squished him a little, solidifying the moment. She untangled her arms around him, leaned back a little before tiptoeing to plant a light kiss on his cheeks.

“I promise to search more about you. That’s my homework. I’m really sorry for not knowing those important things. I know I . But, I’ll make it up to you. Good night yeobo.” She waved at him before turning back and running towards the elevator where her manager was waiting.

Jaejoong stood frozen beside his car, totally forgetting it was 3 degrees celcius outside. The world felt like it stopped spinning. The sound of his heartbeat was piercing his ears while the blood in his body surged rapidly through his veins.

Lub dub.. lub dub…

There went his heart, loud and clear banging hard against his chest.

Lub dub… lub dub….

What does this mean?

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End of Chapter 26

A/N: So, I kept my promise but do not expect another fast one (I need to update A NEW DAWN coz Donghae's itching to introduce himself in the story.) DARAGON babies, Jiyong's next, please look forward to that. Post that C O M M E N T down there and please U P V O T E (im begging lol)