Jiyong’s POV

“Sorry I kissed you last night” It was so embarrassing but he had to ask, he couldn’t stop thinking about the kiss. ‘Does Taeyang really like me’? ‘Why didn’t he push me away’?

“Kiss”? Taeyang’s shocked expression shocked him a little, he was almost regretting brining it up but he had to know; the last person he remembered seeing was Taeyang so it had to be him. “I was pretty drunk too so I don’t remember”.

“Oh” He was a little disappointed that his first real kiss that actually meant something was thrown away like it didn’t matter.

“Do you want to go back now, I need to get my phone from the lair” Taeyang said rising up; something was wrong with Taeyang and he could tell. ‘Was he offended that I kissed him’?

“Yeah sure”

The walk back to the lair was silent and a little awkward; Taeyang kept to him self the entire time, which made him feel uneasy. Taeyang had always been the talkative type, always the one trying to bring him out of his shell.

“Are you o…”? He was about to ask as Taeyang was opening the door but was cut when he heard Seunghyun’s voice, followed by Nickhun’s

“What”? Nickhun liked him? Bom always made jokes but he never thought of the possibility of it being true. “You like me”? He stepped closer to the kneeling Nickhun who looked so embarrassed.

“I’m sorry I got you drunk last night. I really didn’t mean to”

“Like hell you are”! Seunghyun yelled. “Stay away from him, I don’t want to ever see you less than six feet away from him”

“That is not your choice to make” He quickly stepped up for himself; it was almost as if Seunghyun owned him and could dictate what ever he wanted in his life. “Lets go” He pulled Nickhun up.

“You’re really going to keep talking to him. After all he did”! Seunghyun yelled behind them as he pulled Nickhun out of the room.

“You’re one to talk. Remember I’m staying in your house. You of all people” He spat and left; Seunghyun’s attitude pissed him off big time and that was when he realized that he’d be fooling himself thinking Seunghyun had changed a bit.

“I’m really sorry Jiyong” Nickhun whispered to him as they were on the stairs going down.

“Its fine, but don’t go out saying things like that okay. Don’t say things you don’t mean”

Taeyang’s POV

“What was that”? He asked moving closer to Seunghyun. He was originally going to push Seunghyun’s weirdness aside but e couldn’t help but wonder.

“What”?

“Now you’re choosing who he talks to or not”?

“Nickhun is a bad influence”

“Oh and you aren’t”?

“Whatever. Can we drop this, I’m tired”

“Fine” he gave up and walked to the pool table when he remembered what he had been thinking about before the earlier scene interrupted him. “Seunghyun, did Dongwook hyung stay with Jiyong after I left last night”?

“No, I stayed with him for a while then had a talk with hyung and he left back to school immediately after”

That was when he realized whom Jiyong had really kissed and it scared him even more than when he thought it had been Dongwook. It was even scarier that Seunghyun never mentioned it, meaning he was okay with it; the same Seunghyun who secretly saved himself for Bom, the same Seunghyun who was against hooking up with girls because it was wrong.

He didn’t see Jiyong for the rest of the day and when he tried calling, Jiyong said to leave without him. He thought about waiting with him regardless but he decided against it, he didn’t want to scare him.

(Seunghyun’s POV)

He was supposed to be trying to make up with Jiyong not push him father away, but Nickhun had to go and he wasn’t sorry for what happened. No one knew Nickhun like he did.

Seunghyun>>>JI

Hey… it’s Seunghyun. I got your number from Taeyang, hope that’s okay. What time will you be back? Can we start the piano lessons today?

He’d been home for over two hours and there was still no sign of Jiyong so had no choice than to send a text and hope that he would get a reply so when his phone vibrated, he almost screamed in joy.

Jiyong>>>Seunghyun

No that’s fine. I’m on my way back. Sorry.

Seunghyun>>>Jiyong

Where are you? I could come pick you up.

He held on to his keys incase Jiyong said yes to his offer.

Jiyong>>>Seunghyun

No that’s fine. I’m close anyway

He was a little disappointed till he remembered what happened earlier and the possibility of Jiyong still being angry with him. He waited in his room listening to his mysterious cd and replaying the kiss over and over like he’d done all day when his phone vibrated.

Jiyong>>>Seunghyun

I’m here, in the piano room.

He didn’t have to read the message twice before racing downstairs to where his tutor will be.

“Hey” He greeted as he entered, scaring Jiyong a little.

“Oh.. hi” He watched as jiyong smiled a little ‘how could he still smile at me after being angry with me’

“I’m really sorry for what happened during lunch break”.

“Its fine, its all in the past. Sorry I was harsh”

“No you had the right to be but be careful of Nickhun, please”. What was wrong him, when did he start to care so much? Jiyong had changed him so much without even trying and it was scary.

“I will. Sit” Jiyong said and moved over for him, making him tense up a little. If he sat, they would be so close together because the stool was supposed to seat one person at a time. “Sit” Jiyong said again and he did but remained as far as possible that he had to use his foot to balance himself or he would be flat on the floor. “Okay, we’ll start by….”

He was having a hard time listening to anything Jiyong had to say; he was so amazed at how passionate Jiyong was, with the piano and how serene he looked while playing.

“You know you should be a professional pianist right”? He asked as the lesson ended; his tension had eased and he now enjoyed the warmth that emanated off Jiyong.

“Probably, if I hadn’t stopped playing a while ago” Jiyong said sadly.

“Why did you stop. You’re really good”’?

“My mom was the one I always played for so when she left…I guess my passion went with her”

He was glad Jiyong was opening up to him a little more; it meant he was doing something and he was going to continue no matter what.

“I know how you feel. My father built this room so he could teach me to play but when he left, I just never wanted to learn and I didn’t want anyone in here… until you” ‘Did I just tell him that’?

“I guess we have a little in common other than liking Bom right”? Jiyong said chuckling lightly and he couldn’t help but chuckle too; of course he would try to make a joke of their weird connection.  The more spoke to Jiyong, the more he realized why everyone in school always liked him; he was without prejudice. “I’m gonna go….” Jiyong said rising up making him miss the warmth of their closeness.

“Wait.”

“Yeah”?

“Uhhh…. I forgot to tell you earlier but I had them move your things upstairs. Its weird that you’re downstairs by yourself”

“Oh…I’m fine though”

“Yeah but I wanted to. I’ll show you to your new room”

“Okay. Thank you” Jiyong said and gestured for them to leave to the room but he wanted to spend time with Jiyong more.

“I..I… was wondering if you’d come with me” ‘please say yes, please say yes’

“Where”?

“There’s somewhere I always go every week. I’m sure you’d like it”

“Uhhh… okay I guess” ‘YES’! Jiyong agreed to leave with him.

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(Jiyong’s pov)

His day went pretty badly; from finding out that both his first and second kiss meant nothing to hearing Nickhun liked him. He had to leave to go home so he took the bus all the way to his house; he missed home so much, he missed his father, his neighborhood, everything. Everything was different now, and he needed clarity so he went home and stayed there for a while till he knew he had to return to his new house but not before he got hair dye; he was going to change his appearance. He needed it; it was what Bom always did whenever she was stressed and it always seemed to help her so he wished it would help a little. Teaching Seunghyun how to play the piano was the best part of his day because he got to play but something about the way Seunghyun kept looking at him made him miss a few keys. The worse part was when he opened up about his mother; he’d never talked about her to anyone before. Not even to Bom, there was just something about Seunghyun that made him want to open up which was why he was currently in an helicopter.

When Seunghyun asked him to go somewhere with him, he thought it was to run an errand, but here they were in a helicopter and it was mind-blowing how he could hop on one and go wherever he wanted.

“Where are we”? He asked as soon as they landed.

“Jeju”

“What”? He was shocked “Why are we here”?

“You’ll see” Seunghyun and walked past him to two men who were dressed in suits. He could barely hear what they were saying but as they spoke, four trucks drove towards them making him scared a little ‘is he going to kill me’?

“Lets go” Seunghyun said to him and everyone got into different cars with he and Seunghyun in a separate car that Seunghyun was driving. The drive was short but when the car stopped, it was swarmed with a bunch of children of different ages with most of them yelling ‘seunghyun hyung’ or ‘seunghyun oppa’ and he was flat out confused.

He stood on the side and watched some other guys off loaded the trucks from earlier and there were clothes, shoes, toiletries, games and so many other things.

“Aigoo Aigoo..” An old lady screamed running out of the house and into Seunghyuns open arms “Our Seunghyun’s here” she hugged him tightly.

“Halmonieeee” Seunghyun sang cutely as he hugged her back. He could do nothing but watch the scene before him with his mouth hanging open.

Seunghyun introduced him later as his friend from school and he was showered with hugs the same way Seunghyun had been. After speaking with one of the truck drivers for a while, he learned that the place was an orphanage that Seunghyun frequently visited and brought things for and spent time with the kids. He helped Seunghyun share their dinner and watching how Seunghyun interacted with the kids moved something within him and he realized that although Seunghyun wasn’t his angel to him, he was angel to all the kids of the orphanage and when it was time to leave some cried while others hugged him and told him to visit more frequently.

“I’m sorry. You must have been so creeped out when we were coming here”

“Yeah I thought you wanted to kill me” he said and laughed a little.

“I’d never hurt you again Jiyong” Something about how he said it made his heart lurch again. ‘I blame his deep voice’

The rest of the journey was quiet, but he had so many questions for Seunghyun like, how long he’d been going there and why he always tried to be the enemy when he was good.

“So..uhmm, this is your new room” Seunghyun said opening a door upstairs as they arrived at the house. This room was almost twice the one downstairs.

“woah, its pretty. Thank you”

“I don’t know if you’re hungry. I could…”

“Oh no, we ate I’m Jeju. I’m okay”

“uhmm okay… I’ll leave then” Seunghyun said and turned to leave; he wanted to stop him, he wanted to talk to Seunghyun more but he wasn’t sure how to or what to say. “Thanks for coming with me”

“Oh no. I liked it, thank you for taking me”

“You’re welcome. Goodnight Jiyong”

He collapsed on his bed as soon as Seunghyun left as he reminisced about his day and how Seunghyun looked with the kids from the orphanage. He lay there for a while till he remembered that he had to dye his hair. It was 10 pm so he had to get to it.

3AM

He bolted up quickly as he heard sounds. At first he thought it was a dream but after several minutes he knew the sounds were indeed real and it wasn’t stopping. He was tempted to call Seunghyun but didn’t want to seem like a wimp so he decided to try to check it out. He slipped out of bed and opened his room door, the sound became louder and more audible; it was as if someone was screaming in pain. He followed it quickly till he was in front of the familiar room, Seunghyun’s room. He knocked a little but it was clear that Seunghyun wasn’t hearing him so he tried his luck and the door was opened so he opened it and saw the most heart wrenching view; Seunghyun’s body was half tangled in his sheets as he was twisting and turning like he was trying to get away from something and he yelled in the midst in his screams, something that sounded like ‘don’t shoot me’.

He rushed to Seunghyun bed only to see that he was crying too. He was wasn’t sure what to do, he didn’t want to startle him more but he had no choice as he sat by the side of the bed and used all his strength to shake the screaming boy. Seunghyun’s eyes snapped open almost immediately, looking at him like he was looking a ghost but with tears still pouring out.

“Seunghyun, its me. Jiyong” he said slowly with both his hands still on Seunghyun’s shoulder.

“Ji..ji…yong”? Seunghyun asked with shaky voice.

“Yes, me” He watched as Seunghyun began to recognize him and then pulled him into a hug.

He stayed in that position with Seunghyun’s arm still wound tightly around his waist for a while till Seunghyun’s breath evened out and he knew he’d drifted back into sleep. He got into a more comfortable position with his back against the headboard and Seunghyun’s head on his chest and arms still around him like he didn’t want him to leave.

He looked down to see a peaceful looking Seunghyun and his heart almost broke when he remembered what he’d just seen.

“What did you go through to make you be like that”? He whispered to Seunghyun as he his cheeks.