"I didn't know you have a tattoo there."

Sungmin almost fall from the ladder when he heard Kyuhyun's voice from behind him. He didn't notice the younger man coming inside and
of all things he could have been busy with, the magnae is busy peeping under his shirt. . Why, of all people who would discover
his secret, does it have to be him?! He put his arm down, pulled his shirt and slowly went down avoiding the young man's eyes. He
cannot show that he is panicking about what Kyuhyun had discovered in him but the magnae has always been familiar with this kind of
move from Sungmin. The older failed to hide his panic. Sungmin looked to the side as he turned his back on Kyuhyun still thinking of
how to explain it or whether he should explain it at all. The younger crossed his arms on his chest as he watches Sungmin being
agitated. He misses this kind of expression. Sungmin has been busy with other stuffs not related to him at all. He should make
the most out of this time.

Muhahahahaha~

"So our Sungmin hyung isn't really that innocent, huh?" Kyuhyun asked from behind. Following Sungmin to where he is walking to. He
likes this scene. It seems like its been a long time since he's seen his hyung staying at home and being his domesticated self and him
entering in the scene and adding romance (slash that!) thrill in the older's life. He would usually stay in the practice room and
touch that Chaerin girl's legs and thighs which doesn't make Kyuhyun any happy. It's not like he's spying on the older, its just that
he should know whether his hyung is safe in the claws of that girl.

Furthermore, the thought of him being alone with Sungmin has been in the wait because his hyung is busy for the upcoming performance.
He should give him a week worth of bullying...or teasing...or kissing isn't a bad idea too...or... he wet his lips as he mentally
smirks. He likes the idea of bullying Sungmin in the attic. Oh what can he do to his little angel?! Muhahahahaha~!

"I bet Umma doesn't know that." he said teasing the older even more. Sungmin tried to ignore him as he took another cloth to wipe
the dusts in one cabinet. He knows the young man's eyes are on him. He can feel the weird, cold gaze from those dark eyes. He needs
to get away from this young man. He started walking again pretending to wipe the dust off of some vase but Kyuhyun suddenly grabbed
Sungmin's arm making the older gasp for breath. !

"Stop walking for awhile."

Even if he doesn't say it, Sungmin immediately froze right after the swift contact of their skin. He pause right where he is but his
eyes didn't meet Kyuhyun's. . Kyuhyun's eyes are cold but that swift contact lingered on his arm as if he was burned by it.
Kyuhyun kneels down with his hand having its own trip down Sungmin's clothed back. The older froze even more when he felt the
latter's warm palm travelling on his back downwards. Kyuhyun smiled when he got that reaction. He loves Sungmin's dumbfounded face,
he likes how his small adam's apple moves up and down as he swallows with anxiety but most of all, he likes the thought that Sungmin
never refuse to give in to him. Was it because Sungmin knows he cannot get away either or he's just too kind to always give in to the
younger? He doesn't know; either way, he likes it. He watches Sungmin as he lifted up the older's shirt until the inked skin is fully
revealed. He stared at the tattoo. His eyes pierced on it, but his smile was gentle. The tattoo is a wing with a seemingly skull at
the tip with wordings that the magnae doesn't understand. He eyed on Sungmin who just looked away upon seeing him. This part of
Sungmin exists- mysterious and rebellious...and y...and oh so un-innocent. He likes innocent Sungmin- scared and anxious with big
always questioning eyes and smile that always shows how kind and angelic he is, but this... this is probably something he wouldn't want to
miss. The artistic stain on Sungmin's skin shows that he's not at all innocent. He has a dark side too.

"W-what are you doing?" Sungmin asked pretending to be annoyed yet in fact he just want to get away from Kyuhyun's shadow. His face
is burning red, Kyuhyun is staring at the biggest secret he has. The younger has been taking away everything that he has. From his
own peaceful life to his first and second (and third, and fourth and fifth and sixth and so on...) kiss and now he took away his
life's biggest secret. He swears he should kill Kyuhyun soon. This man had taken everything he has.

Sungmin pulled his shirt down hoping his tattoo with disappear while the magne is around. He's not ashame of his tattoo its just
that... Nobody should see this anymore, its for him to keep. He held the hem of his shirt but Kyuhyun shooed his
hands off and intensely stared at the inked skin tracing every curve and line of the permanent drawing. Kyuhyun touched the tattoo
with the whole of his palm making Sungmin jerk a bit; the younger's palm is always burning his skin or so he thought. Kyuhyun liked
the reaction he gets. He always likes how Sungmin's body would react to him.

"Beautiful." Kyuhyun said. He looked up and saw Sungmin looking away so he leaned forward and pressed his lips lightly on the tattoo.
Sungmin secretly closed his eyes and stopped breathing upon the contact of Kyuhyun's lips to his tattoo. Kyuhyun's lips on his own
lips, Kyuhyun's lips on his forehead...now Kyuhyun's on his tattoo. Where else does Kyuhyun plans to plant his kisses? Sungmin needs
to get away from him. He knew staying here with Kyuhyun alone is dangerous, why did he even thought of staying today? Stupid Ming!

Kyuhyun pulled Sungmin's shirt down before standing up and looked at the tomato red face of the man before him. The older biting his
lower lip as if guilty of a crime that is letting Kyuhyun find out about this tattoo. "Since when did you have this?"

Sungmin looked at the magnae thinking whether he should tell the story about it or not. Kyuhyun doesn't sound like a nagging father.
He asked his question with amusement, as if needles being poked in the body is something amusing. He doesn't trust Kyuhyun. He shouldn't
trust him. He doesn't trust anyone with this. Nobody knows he have this. Nobody. And it must stay that way.
He looked away and tried to ignore the thought of Kyuhyun askkng him about it. He's not willing to say it. Not with Kyuhyun...

"Don't worry... I won't spill your secret." Kyuhyun said in almost a whispered voice.
 

He eyed on the younger who smiled at him gently. There he goes again. Why isn't he smirking? He's not smiling innocently, but
he's not smirking at all. Where is the sly and cunning Kyuhyun? Please, Ming, don't fall for it! He looked at Kyuhyun in the eyes and
he just drown on the sincerity those eyes offered him. It's just so confusing. Its like telling him that his secret is safe. Sungmin
looked away. He shouldn't fall for this. He has been falling for everything Kyuhyun does to him. His kisses, his embrace, his pranks,
...even his smirks. He shouldn't fall for this.

"You won't understand even if I tell you." Stay strong, Ming. Don't fall for it.

Kyuhyun shrugged his shoulder and crossed his arms on his chest.

"Try me."

Once again, Sungmin looked at him and a certain poisonous powder was blown to the older that he just felt like giving everything a
shot. He's going to tell Kyuhyun about it. He's falling for those eyes, that no-smirk lips and even those 2 words.
Should he do it? Should he not do it? Should he trust Kyuhyun? Should he not trust Kyuhyun? Thinking about it, he entrusted his song
to Kyuhyun before and the young man didn't fail him...he trusted Kyuhyun.

Try me~

He doesn't know why those words, those eyes and that smile made him mentally say 'Yes, I'll entrust this secret to you'. He sighed
deeply as he looked away...

"My dad died when I was 6." Sungmin started while looking down remembering the few glimpse of how his dad looks like and how young
he was that time. "We weren't well-off to begin with... and it just gotten worst when he died." he looked at Kyuhyun and saw the
same expression he has. The trust me kind of look. He mentally smile upon seeing it. He likes this feeling all of a sudden. He feels
that his secret is indeed safe. And again he wonders what makes him trust Kyuhyun this much.

"I remember Appa telling Umma to be happy and fall in love again. He said she looks most beautiful when she's in love" Sungmin was
smiling upon recalling that memory. "I was young and didn't understand why she has to listen to Appa... But because of that Umma has
always been on the look out for someone to love. She relied on those men who would always promise to make her life better. She always
tells me that its for me. But as I grow up I realise how much she just miss Appa." he looked down and felt sorry for his mom.
"Anyway..." he straightened up as he change the gloomy mood.

"She had a couple of relationships. Good and bad...they all end up the same. They left my mom because they just can't live up to
their promise. Umma is plain stupid to believe them." He shook his head and looked down sharply. "She'd always believe them but I
never did. I never like the fact that she's the receiving end when the relationship starts but will be the one giving everything
just for those bastards to keep her."

Kyuhyun likes the fire in Sungmin's eyes and how he unmindedly clenched his jaw. If there is something that they share in common; its
probably their love for their mothers. Sungmin is lucky to have Lee Umma as his mom, a mom who's willing to sacrifies everything
for her precious child but at the same time Lee Umma is lucky to have Sungmin as her son too, seeing how he tells their story, he
can see that Sungmin indeed loves Lee Umma more
than anyone in the world. How nice could it be to spend such long time with his own mom. He listens intently to the older as he
continues his story. It's not everyday when Sungmin would just share these kinds of story to anyone moreso to him.

"I was 17 when she had this Guy 8."

"Guy 8?"

Sungmin nodded. "I don't care who they are, I just know they'll come and go so..." he shrugged his shoulders.

"And my dad is..."

"Guy 12."

"Oh." Sungmin smiled upon seeing the slightly sarcastic reaction.

Kyuhyun nodded and looked at Sungmin again. He thought Lee Umma must have had a tough life before meeting his dad. To tell the truth,
he likes her goofy self, her warm caring presence...and loudness, her weirdness. How could any man not cherish this kind of woman?
He's glad Lee Umma has found his dad. If he didn't, he might have miss this opportunity to be in close encounter with Sungmin's family.

Soon enough they are both seated in one corner of the attic, comfortably chatting about the older's past. They were on the floor of
the attic with Sungmin eyeing on his cloth every now and then while Kyuhyun looks at him attentively and watches him play with the
rug. With his tattoo in the hide, innocent Sungmin is on again.

"This Guy 8 is the worst I've ever met. I never agree with my mom about dating or finding someone who can support us but she never
listens. This person, he beats the crap out of my mom for so many times and without any logical reasons. I was very angry I wanted to
shoo him out of our house. He's just the same as the other guys, another mouth to be fed and worst thing is he even beat the crap
out of my mom. But she would just tell me, 'Sungmin ah, I'm fine." he chuckled bitterly. "How can a beautiful woman at her age,
bruised and ill-treated say that she is fine. I wasn't that innocent."

He shook his head and looked at Kyuhyun and saw that the younger is very focused in listening to him. He likes the feeling of the
magnae beside him listening as if his story is the most interesting in the world. He showed a small smile. A smile of appreciation before
looking in front. His eyes changed from innocent and appreciating to bitter and angry.

"One night, when he came to our house and started beating my mom again. I couldn't stand it anymore so I stood in front and kick him
in the groin before wrecking my guitar on his leg."

Kyuhyun saw a smirk on Sungmin's lips as if he was a big bad boy after telling that part of the story. He's just so beautiful and
the young man couldn't dare take his eyes off of Sungmin. He likes this expression. Sungmin smirking doesn't happen everyday. He likes
every single thing he sees in Sungmin today.

"I didn't know who brought him to the doctor...but I know he can't use that leg to kick my mom anymore." Kyuhyun saw Sungmin's eyes
brightened as if what he did such a great thing. As if he did something heroic.

"He deserves it." the younger said nodding.

Sungmin looked down and smiled even more as he nodded his head. That head does deserve it. He looked down and crossed his eyebrows
shortly as if he felt a sting of pain.

"After that, I promised myself that I will protect my mom from anyone. I had this to remind myself that I should always be there to
protect her...from anybody who may cause her any harm." he looked down. "It was a drastic decision to have this tattoo at that time
because I was so mad at myself." Kyuhyun saw Sungmin's eyes losing its shine. He looked utterly sad... lonely and yet still damn
beautiful.

"At that time, I've decided to have this to feel the pain of being quiet and useless for a long time and just letting his mom be hurt like that."

Kyuhyun doesn't know how to make Sungmin feel better. Now he knows the reason behind the tattoo. Sungmin had it to repent for not
making actions earlier to protect his mom. Sungmin has a lonely side too... and he will always feel it everytime he sees the tattoo.
Now he knows why nobody knows the secret. Sungmin wouldn't want anybody to see it whenever he is hurting. His angel is hurting too,
and who knows how many times did he regret having that permanent ink in his skin?

Sungmin sighed and smile. "It looks cool though..." he eyed on Kyuhyun. "Now you know, you can't always bully me. I'm quite a tough
kid too."

"Tsch..." Kyuhyun smiled and thought of a better word to say but when he saw Sungmin looking at him waiting, he just chuckled and
smirk. "Don't worry, I'm quite sure Appa won't hurt your mom."

Sungmin freed a smile. He felt better after telling Kyuhyun about this. He doesn't know why but there is a tingling feeling seeing
the magnae sitting beside him right now. He likes this side of Kyuhyun, next to the innocent one he saw after the musical. He's been
seeing different sides of the younger these days, maybe not avoiding him shouldn't really be that bad.

Sungmin stood up to continue what he's doing, he climbed the ladder again and started dusting the fan off while Kyuhyun watches him.
The younger looked down, his initial plan is to tease his hyung but after hearing what he shared just now, Kyuhyun just want to watch
the older do his thing and sit there like a child behaving well. He likes the thought that Sungmin and him are now sharing a secret.
He smiled with the thought that Sungmin entrusted him with a secret. Sungmin trusts him.

"Yah." Sungmin said as he looked back at Kyuhyun. He saw the younger looking down and smiling innocently to himself before changing to
his regular expression. "Don't you want to help me?"

Kyuhyun looked up and shook his head with a pout. Trusting him doesn't mean making the older's life easier. Sungmin blew air in his
cheeks before pouting disappointedly. Evil, still evil! He shouldn't have shared that secret!

Kyuhyun smirked as he stood up and walked towards him. "The song that you're performing is the song you're singing a while ago,
isn't?"

"Oh. It's all in english and I'll be recording it soon." he said as he climbed down the ladder. He's more comfortable with Kyuhyun's
presence now. "I don't want to disappoint Chaerin noona." he said as he dust off the old cabinet this time and turning his back on
the younger.

Kyuhyun nodded and looked at him. "And you've been practicing the dance with her?"

"Of course, I have to learn both at the same time because I want to have enough time to polish everything. Chaerin noona depends on
me. I depend on her too. She'll give me an evaluation card so I can pass my subject easily."

Kyuhyun nodded again as he walked quietly behind Sungmin.

The older suddenly jolted when Kyuhyun wrapped his arms around his waist and slowly placed his chin on Sungmin's shoulder.

"Y-yah..." he turned to his side and met Kyuhyun's eyes.

Sungmin wondered why he feels awkwardly comfortable with Kyuhyun embracing him like this. Have they really become closer that he can
comfortably stand with Kyuhyun's chest against his back and face this close? He can breathe in the air that Kyuhyun breathes out. He
remember his last close encounter with Siwon. He remembered how he tried struggling to get away from his embrace. Its probably the
same distance he have with Kyuhyun now...but why isn't he repelling? Was it because the situation is different? Was it because...

'Hyung do you like Kyuhyun?' he heard Donghae in his mind. 'You had a change of heart and I just can't accept that it is because of
Kyuhyun.' just then he heard Siwon. His heart races with those words in his mind.

"I bet you and that noona is always this close." Kyuhyun whispered in his ears as he tightened his embrace. Sungmin jumped out of
his thoughts when he felt the arms around him tightening. He turned to him and saw Kyuhyun glaring at him with that familiar naughty
smile. Why is he smirking now? Since when did that smirk become so breath taking? Why does Kyuhyun know when and where to wear that
smirk of his?

"As long as she's just doing her business, I wouldn't care. But just so you know, I don't really like it when other people touches
you."

"W-what are you talking about?" Sungmin asked as he tried freeing himself from Kyuhyun's arms.

"You're mine, Lee Sungmin. Never ever forget that."

Sungmin paused, looking at the man in front of him. Since when did he stop being angry when the magnae says those words to
him? Since when did he stop being annoyed when the magnae gets this close to him? Since when did he start being this confused about
his future brother? When did he start being confused with his feelings for Kyuhyun? . Feelings. Kyuhyun. Confused. Sungmin wants
kick himself because of those words.

"Kyuhyun ah..."

"I'll turn a blind eye for now. But don't even think of getting too close to that girl or she'll get it."

Kyuhyun kissed Sungmin shortly on the cheeks before moving out of the attic. The older just follow him with a sight. Kyuhyun has
kissed his lips, his forehead, his waist an hour ago and now his cheek. Since when did he like Kyuhyun's lips being pressed on him?
Since when did he like that kind of contact with Kyuhyun? Since when did he-

His eyes widened and mouth agape and mentally pulls his hair upon realization.

Aaaahhhhhh!!! Lee Sungmin,

You most definitely are not falling for Cho Kyuhyun!!!!!

*Author's note: the only thing i can say about
this chapter is I want to do everything that Kyuhyun
did to that tattoo!!! I mean please... if i can't kiss
Sungmin in his lips...at least let me see that tattoo
upclose and personal @.@ I'm so sorry for you dear readers for
encountering a erted author >.<

PS: I didn't know that we can view those people who have
upvoted the stories hahaha. thanks for those
people who are voting my stories, now I know who you
are, I really appreciate it! :)
 

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