Second Night

My Foster Guardian Lu Han
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Chapter 21: Second Night.

“Are you sure you’re okay now?” Jaera asked, observing Lu Han’s face with creased eyebrows. “I think you should rest. You’re probably tired.”

After throwing all of his used napkins, Lu Han checked his nose for the last time before heaving a heavy sigh. “Yeah, I’m just probably stressed… and tired.”

“Okay then…” Jaera mumbled, nodding her head while pressing her lips into a thin line. “Goodnight, ahjussi.”

Lu Han took one last glance at Jaera before nodding in response. He was about to walk back to his own room when it suddenly hit him—they are still handcuffed.

“Woah—ouch!” Lu Han quickly turned to his back at the sudden sound, only to see Jaera plopped down on the floor with her left wrist dangling in the air. Jaera sat up slowly as she stared at their handcuffs for a couple of seconds before slumping her shoulders with a sigh. “Well, that . How are we supposed to sleep now?”

“I don’t know,” Lu Han said sarcastically with a shrug. “Maybe lie down on a bed and close our eyes after—“

“Ugh, I’m trying to be serious here!” Jaera groaned, stomping her feet on the ground.

Seeing Jaera exasperated like that, Lu Han can’t help but chuckle inwardly. It’s during times like these that he gets reminded of the girl’s real age. Her outer appearance may not do her age some justice, the same way as how she works herself to death and how independent she is—but in the end, all of those are just facades.

Jaera as well, gets excited and annoyed even by the smallest of things—she’s still a child deep inside. She’s just seventeen.

With everything that the girl went through from when she was just still a child and up to now, Jaera still needs comfort. She still needs someone to help her, someone to accompany her, and that is Lu Han’s role—to be her foster guardian.

Lu Han may have always thought of Jaera as someone who just entertains him, but little by little, he’s slowly realizing that the girl was already growing on him.

Lu Han’s slowly beginning to care for her.

“Xiao tuzi, I’m just kidding.” Lu Han said, giving Jaera a small smile.

Lu Han then grabbed Jaera’s left hand with his right and helped her stand up on her feet. As soon as she tidied her clothes, Lu Han dragged her towards his room without letting go of her hand.

Being able to hold Lu Han’s hand was a first to Jaera. It wasn’t exactly one of her desires, but she has always been curious as to what it feels like to hold his hand. Sure, she’s been able to hold hands with Baekhyun and Chanyeol before, but obviously, it’s entirely different. She wanted to see if holding his hand would be able to give her comfort like how Baekhyun and Chanyeol’s hands do. His hands were big and muscular, but they didn’t look rough. They look so soft and warm like a baby’s .

And she wasn’t wrong—Lu Han’s hands are indeed a pleasure to hold.

It’s soft and warm and every second that passed by made Jaera feel like she was holding on to a cotton ball. She actually enjoyed holding his hand but for some reason, it also made her restless and nervous. Her heart was beating rapidly and her cheeks were getting warm.

But amidst of all the anxiety, she felt comfort. She felt warmth.

And she certainly, did not hate it.

“Just take the bed. I’ll just sleep on the floor.” Jaera was suddenly brought back to reality when she realized that she and Lu Han were already inside the latter’s room. Another sleeping mattress was laid on the floor beside his bed, as well as pillows and a duvet.

“W-what?” Jaera asked, raising both of her eyebrows at Lu Han as if she heard wrong.

“Didn’t you hear me?” Lu Han asked, squinting his eyes at Jaera as the latter just gave him a blank look. “I said, you sleep on my bed and I’ll sleep on the floor.”

As soon as Lu Han’s words finally sunk in her brain, Jaera’s eyes widened as she gasped. “W-we’re sleeping in one room?!”

“And so? Got a problem?” Lu Han asked, pursing his lips whilst raising an eyebrow. “It’s not like we haven’t slept together in one room.”

Hearing Lu Han’s justification, Jaera stopped and stared at him. Indeed, it’s not their first time to sleep in one room together and it’s not like something bad happened before. She trusts Lu Han and she knows that even though the guy is a complete narcissistic and slightly erted prince, he could still be a gentleman at times.

But what Jaera didn’t expect is for Lu Han to go as far as to let her sleep on his bed.

“Are you sure you want me to sleep on your bed?” Jaera asked hesitantly while biting on her bottom lip. “You know, I could just take the floor and—“

“Do I have to repeat myself over and over again?” Lu Han hissed, giving Jaera an annoyed stare, causing for the latter to hang her head low while shaking her head.

“No… it’s just…”

“Just what?” Lu Han spat out, slowly getting irritated with all the dilly-dallying happening. He was tired and he just really wants to sleep.

Taking a small peek towards Lu Han, Jaera shook her head once more before walking over to the bed, all the while pulling Lu Han with him. “Nothing. Just forget about it, let’s sleep. Goodnight.”

As soon as Jaera jumped on the bed, Lu Han immediately flashed her a scary look. She bowed at him in return as a sign of an apology as he just huffed before lying down on the mattress laid down on the floor. Jaera followed suit afterwards and plopped her head on the pillow as Lu Han finally turned the lights off.

The room was dark and the atmosphere was so serene. It was the perfect time to get a good night’s sleep yet Jaera’s still far from falling into a deep slumber.

It was already 1:30 AM, 1 hour since they lay down on the bed. Jaera tried her best to fall asleep but her consciousness just won’t let her. Her eyes were shut closed all this time but her perception was still wandering off to various thoughts floating around inside her mind.

One of it was the fact that Lu Han let her use his bed.

Jaera hasn’t really seen it for herself but according to Sehun, Lu Han really dislikes it when someone uses or rests on his bed—dislike would actually be an understatement. More like, he hates it when someone other than himself uses his bed.

Come to think of it, it’s not really so hard to believe. Lu Han’s the type who doesn’t like anyone else other than him touching his things. He’s pretty sensitive in terms of his own personal belongings, much like his real cousin Sehun.

Although that’s the case, why did he still let Jaera use her bed?

Sure, Lu Han knows that Jaera’s tired and all but he’s tired as well. Both of them need a good rest yet he chose to sleep on the floor.

And sleeping on the floor is certainly not a narcissistic prince’s thing.

Is it because he cares for Jaera, or maybe he’s just a gentleman like that? Jaera thinks it’s because of the latter. Lu Han might be narcissistic and cocky, but he could really be a gentleman.

Jaera’s thankful for his kindness, nonetheless, but it would actually be nicer if his real reason for letting her use the bed was the former.

With the clouds covering the quarter moon now gone, the room slowly began to light up. Shifting her body to the left, Jaera’s nose brushed against the fabric of Lu Han’s pillowcase and breathed in its scent.

The whiff the pillow was giving off was a mixture of citrus, see breeze cotton and woodsy essence. It was a scent that Jaera liked. She had smelled this scent before as it also came off from one of Lu Han’s black coat[1]. It was a masculine scent, but it didn’t come off as strong. It was actually a soft fragrant smell, and Jaera swore that if she could, she would smell it forever.

Realizing what she just thought of, Jaera’s eyes shot open as she saw Lu Han’s sleeping figure. He was sleeping like a log with his left hand resting on his tummy and his right hand resting on the edge of the bed, right beside Jaera’s left hand.

For the first time, Jaera noticed how calm and serene Lu Han looks like while sleeping. Definitely, he looks like a gentle kid on the outside but once you get to know him, he’s actually a conceited man.

Albeit right now, Lu Han looks gentler than ever.

His small thin lips that was slightly parted, his high sharp nose that lets him breathe in and out, his long eyelashes protruding out from his eyelids and his pale skin that not really differs from a baby’s—everything about him is just so endearing.

Jaera was so caught up in scanning Lu Han’s face that she didn’t notice that she was already on the edge of the bed, threatening to fall off. Before she can even move back, her right foot suddenly slipped off from the foot of the bed, causing for her to fall off completely and land on top of Lu Han.

“Oomff!”

“Ouch—“ Jaera’s eyes widened upon hearing another voice apart from

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matokicookies
#1
Chapter 31: Came back to read this story after a YEARSSS. Reading this again, made me realized Luhan's a red flag and very not my type 😆😆😆 I fangirled him when I read this for the first time,,but now I'd prefer Kai or even Sehun hahahaha
shonwanigop
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🥰
JulyGoddess
#3
Chapter 39: okay but sehuuuunn babyyyy :"(
JulyGoddess
#4
Chapter 35: sehun :"(
LalaLola #5
Chapter 57: Aaaaaaaahw
BaconerSehunnie
#6
Chapter 60: This is my second time reading the ff (T▽T) author-nim you did a really good job ˊ▽ˋ i still love it even after years past. Reading this back reminds me a lot of past (〒︿〒) i miss the past so much the first time i read this when i was still in high school, still in my teens (not that im already old but yeah just entered twenties this year) anyway the story was great, honestly when you described jisoo i used to imagined her as sulli and i was shocked when you told us that you changed her name from sulli to jisoo bc tbh i think sulli fits the description more hahaha. Talk about jisoo, i like that girl yeah she might be annoying sometimes especially when it comes to her love for luhan but can i blame her when we all know that love is something we can't choose. It must also hurt her so much same as sehun.. I just want to hug and protect him so much (╥﹏╥) that boy really sacrificed so much for jaera and his luhan hyung lmao that show how big his heart. As for jaera and luhan...i love and ship both of them so much (ಥ_ಥ) both of them was definitely are destined for each other since from the start. They lost contacts from each other but years after that, they met again without knowing each other real identity but luhan..he still fell in love with jaera for the second time (ノ>ω<)ノ i like how he really cares for jaera (T_T) i even counted how much his nose bled over jaera in this ff..it was like five times before they are married and one time after they are married lmao that girl really did make him fell hard for her (^O^)/ . If only i can upvote this so many times, i would! ♡♡ thank you for the amazing ff author-nim hehehe ♡(◡‿◡✿)