twentyseven
I Love You, Just Like This
Index:
(YJ) - Young Jae speaking
(WH) - Woohyun speaking
(DH) - Daehyun speaking
(SG) - Sunggyu speaking
(S) - Sungyeol speaking
(J) - Jessica speaking
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Warning: This chapter does contain slight cursing in it.
I apologize in advance if you feel uncomfortable or are offended by it.
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Today was the day. Daehyun dreaded it, but it had to be done. Young Jae didn’t seem all that happy about it either, but he still supported Daehyun. Both of them stood in his bedroom in front of the vanity mirror, staring at Daehyun’s reflection. He had showered and gotten dressed, but he hadn’t really put that much effort to his looks like he normally did whenever he went on a date with Young Jae. Daehyun let out a sigh before he turned to look at Young Jae, whom smiled a bit as he put the necklace of protection around Daehyun.
“Are.. are you sure about this? Y-You don’t have to do this.. if you don’t want to..” (YJ) In a way, this was Young Jae’s attempt to talk Daehyun out of doing this, but Daehyun only smiled before he pressed his lips against Young Jae’s. Daehyun wrapped his arms around Young Jae’s waist as he pulled him in softly, smiling a bit as he stared lovingly into Young Jae’s eyes.
“If this means that they’ll leave you alone.. then.. I’ll do anything for you. I told you, I don’t want to see you get hurt.” (DH) Young Jae smiled sheepishly as he nodded a bit before giving Daehyun a quick peck on the lips. Young Jae quickly looked at the alarm clock on the bedside table before quickly pulling away from Daehyun and pushing him towards the door.
“Go now! Y-You don’t have much time!” (YJ)
“Alright, alright! Stop pushing, I’m going to fall over!” (DH) Daehyun chuckled as he soon was moving on his own as Young Jae followed close behind. With the front door now open, Daehyun turned to look at Young Jae and gave him another quick peck before smiling. “I love you.” (DH)
“I-I love you too!” (YJ) Daehyun chuckled before he waved and began moving down the hallway. Young Jae watched before Daehyun turned the corner and let out a small sigh. He really hoped that things went well. Soon enough, Young Jae stepped back into the apartment and closed the door.
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“You have twenty seconds left before you were late.” (SG) Sunggyu had been leaning against the school gate for the past five minutes, waiting ever so patiently for Daehyun to show up. In fact, he had doubted that Daehyun would have showed up but much to his enjoyment, Daehyun really did show up. “But.. that doesn’t matter now.” (SG)
Sunggyu pushed himself away from the gate and gave a slight smirk, walking up to Daehyun and wrapping his arms around Daehyun’s waist. Daehyun was about to pull away before he jumped a bit, feeling Sunggyu groping his bottom. “Y-YAH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” (DH)
“It’s not like I’ll be able to do this often anyway. You’ll just have to live with it until exactly eight at night. Got that?” (SG) Daehyun tightened his grip on his crutches, but reluctantly stood there as Sunggyu got in a few more s before stepping away. “See? That wasn’t that bad. Now, let’s get moving. Enter the car behind you.” (SG)
Daehyun turned around to see that a car was now parked by the entrance. Had that been there the entire time? He was pretty sure it hasn’t, but he wasn’t going to bother questioning it. Getting into the backseat on one side, Sunggyu climbed into the backseat of the other side before looking at the driver through the rear view mirror. “You know where to go.” (SG)
The driver nodded swiftly before he began driving. Sunggyu looked over at Daehyun, whom was staring out of the window. Daehyun was actually trying to fight the urge to examine this car also and so far, he was starting to lose. Cars were just one of his biggest interests since he didn’t have a license himself, so he couldn’t help but want to look at it. However, he quickly jumped as he felt a hand on his thigh.
Daehyun looked down at the hand that was slowly rubbing at his thigh before he finally moved it away. Sunggyu rose a single brow as Daehyun glared at him, causing Sunggyu to move all the more closer to Daehyun until he was practically pressed up against him. “Don’t forget. If you deny me, the deal is off.” (SG)
Daehyun closed his eyes shut and turned to look away as Sunggyu went back to rubbing the inside of Daehyun’s thigh. Daehyun’s whole body stiffened under Sunggyu’s touch. He didn’t like it, but what could he do? Something had to be done to pass the time, to.. take his mind off of Sunggyu’s hand. His eyes shot open though as he quickly moved Sunggyu’s hand away from his crotch. “I don’t care what kind of deal you want, but we are NOT going there.” (DH)
“Okay, whatever.” (SG) Sunggyu shrugged as he slide back to his seat. He didn’t really care if he didn’t do anything super naughty in the backseat of the car. He was perfectly content with just having this date with Daehyun. In fact, he just wanted to see how far Sunggyu could go before he completely pressed one of Daehyun’s buttons. And anyway, he only ever wanted to have such relations if Daehyun truly wanted to do it also.
“Stop here” (SG) About half an hour had passed and they were finally stopped in front of a building with flashing lights that clearly stated that it was an arcade. Sunggyu quickly got out of the car before making his way over to the other side of the car and opening the door for Daehyun. He held his hand out and helped Daehyun out, smirking a bit as he saw Daehyun’s annoyed face. “We’re going to play at the arcade. Does it sound fun?” (SG)
“I guess..” (DH) Daehyun didn’t want to have fun, but arcades were a little too tempting not to have fun. Making sure his crutches were comfortable, he followed Sunggyu into the building. Once inside, Daehyun’s eyes widened with wonder as he looked around. There were games of all kinds, from old style games to the newest ones. There was even a food court for everyone and in a way, this building looked like the mall.. except with games. “Woow..” (DH)
“You like it? We’ll have a lot of fun here.” (SG) Sunggyu slapped Daehyun’s bottom before smirking and walking away. Daehyun glared, reluctantly following after Sunggyu. He didn’t know what else to do. It just seemed like something Sunggyu was going to tell him to do anyway, so might as well just beat him to it.
The pair walked for a bit before they finally came to a coin machine that gave the game tokens. Daehyun looked as Sunggyu bought two full cups of coins before he turned to look at him. “You’ll be playing with me the entire time, so I’ll carry your cup, alright?” (SG)
Daehyun sighed before nodding. It’s not like he would have been able to carry it anyway since he had to keep his grip on his crutches. Hopefully he’ll have fun, but at the same time.. he kind of didn’t want to have fun. It just seemed.. wrong to have fun when Young Jae wasn’t.
“Yah.. over here.” (SG) Daehyun turned to look at Sunggyu, whom was currently standing by one of the Tekken machines. From what he could tell, it was Tekken Tag Tournament 2. It was the one Tekken game that he has yet to play so, he couldn’t help but feel a bit excited as he made his way over to the other machine that would face Sunggyu. Sunggyu quickly inserted the coins for both machines before they began picking their characters.
Daehyun bit his bottom lip, quickly scanning the character list. There were so many characters and some of them, he couldn’t really recognize until after he saw the image of them. After picking his two characters, the battle started. Sunggyu smirked as for the first round, he went easy on Daehyun. Yes, he did lose and it rose Daehyun’s morales, but Sunggyu soon completely demolished Daehyun for the next three rounds.
Once they pulled away, Daehyun let out a small sigh as Sunggyu slapped Daehyun’s bottom once again. Daehyun REALLY wished that Sunggyu would stop that, but he had to ignore it for now. As long as he didn’t touch anywhere else, then he was fine. “Lighten up Daehyun! There are still plenty of other games for me to beat you in.” (SG)
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Time passed and as Sunggyu said, he had beaten Daehyun at basically every single game there. He didn’t like it whatsoever, but he couldn’t do anything about it. Finally though, it was time to eat. They still had quite a lot of coins left, but Daehyun was starting to get hungry and Sunggyu didn’t exactly want to continue hearing Daehyun’s stomach grumbling once it started. Sitting at one of the tables in the food court, Daehyun waited patiently for the waiter to bring the food that they had ordered to come back already.
“So, Daehyun. What made you become so attracted to Young Jae?” (SG) Daehyun looked over at Sunggyu, whom was sitting quite comfortably in his seat. He was curious as to why Sunggyu wanted to know, but it did sort of make sense, considering that Sunggyu had been the one to want to go on a date with him.
“Don’t really know what made me attracted to Young Jae. I was.. confused about my feelings about him at first, but soon enough I.. I just ended up falling in love with him.” (DH) Sunggyu rose a single brow as he tried to process this. So, Daehyun was completely unsure about whether he even liked Young Jae, but he still ended up going out with him. So.. does that mean that, if Sunggyu had acted faster, he could have possibly been with Daehyun now instead of Daehyun being with Young Jae?
It didn’t matter now. He was going to get the most out of this date that they were having and that was that. He didn’t care. All he needed was just.. to spend some sort of time with Daehyun. It was adequate enough. “I see.” (SG)
They sat there in awkward silence, as Sunggyu continued to stare at Daehyun. Daehyun felt rather uneasy being stared at constantly, so he looked around, trying to keep his mind off of Sunggyu’s unnerving gaze. He quickly turned his attention back to Sunggyu though once the male began speaking once again. “Daehyun. I want a kiss.” (SG)
“W-What?! What do you mean you want a kiss?!” (DH)
“That’s what the male in the relationships are supposed to do, right? They’re supposed to initiate the first kiss. So.. go ahead.” (SG) Daehyun stared at Sunggyu as he scratched the side of his head. Sunggyu sighed as he rolled his eyes and got up from his seat, slowly making his way over to the other seat and looking at Daehyun. “Kiss me, now.” (SG)
“No, I’m not going to kiss you! What the heck are yo-” (DH) Sunggyu, quite losing his patience already, leaned in and pressed his lips against Daehyun’s. Daehyun stared with wide eyes, trying to back away, but Sunggyu just followed after him. Their lips never parted and it was near impossible the second Daehyun felt himself pressed up against the wall. He pushed Sunggyu away, glaring at Sunggyu. “W-What the heck?! I said no!” (DH)
“I don’t care.” (SG) Sunggyu turned to face the table as he leaned back in his seat and crossed his arms. He had gotten a kiss from Daehyun, but it wasn’t anywhere near satisfying. Daehyun had bothered to return the kiss, not even a little bit. It annoyed him, but it was better than nothing. “I want a good kiss from you Daehyun. If not, the deal is off.” (SG)
Daehyun scoffed as he looked around. Luckily, no one was staring at them, but he thought that he just saw a familiar brunette. No, that couldn’t be. Either way, he wasn’t going to do it, but.. he knew he had to. To protect Young Jae, does it matter if he had to kiss someone? This was all for Young Jae’s sake, not his. He let out a sigh as he finally felt himself defeated. “Just pretend I’m Young Jae. Closing your eyes if you have to, I don’t care. Just give me a good kiss. I also.. demand tongue.” (SG)
Daehyun felt his blood boiling, quite tempted to just shove Sunggyu out of the booth, but it couldn’t be helped. He had to comply to Sunggyu’s orders or else, Young Jae would be in trouble. Daehyun didn’t want that. With a sigh, he wrapped an arm around Sunggyu’s waist and pulled him in, completely catching Sunggyu off guard. In all actuality, Sunggyu had not thought that Daehyun would comply. In a way, this sparked a false sense of hope in him.
Daehyun closed his eyes shut, trying so hard not to think that he was kissing Sunggyu. The second his lips came into contact with Sunggyu’s, he instantly tried so hard to imagine that he was kissing Young Jae. However, it was difficult. The lips felt completely different, although both were quite soft. Daehyun even attempted to throw in his tongue, but instead of working with Sunggyu’s tongue, his tongue was fighting for dominance. Sunggyu, having practically no experience in kissing, was finding himself a bit overwhelmed by this, but he tried to keep his composure.
He had to savor this as much as possible.
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Woohyun grinned happily as he recorded the ‘couple’ making out. This was definitely the kind of thing he needed. It was just completely perfect. Sure, he was annoyed that it was Sunggyu making out with Daehyun and not him, but it didn’t matter. He could now use this footage to split Daehyun and Young Jae up and possibly even take away Young Jae. Once the two were finally parted from each other, Woohyun stopped the recording and quickly left the arcade before he was even noticed.
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Young Jae bit his bottom lip as he found himself once again at the store he had been at yesterday. In a way, he wanted to buy more charms, but he had already bought the charms that he wanted to get for Daehyun. Looking down, he held the charm that was currently around his neck as he smiled. It was supposed to help with his will power and hopefully, it really did work. That protection charm really worked, so maybe all the other charms would work too.
He heard the sound of the store’s bell ring, but he paid no mind to it. He wasn’t an employee here after all and it’s not like he was expecting anyone to meet him there anyway. Just as he was about to pick up a crystal ball to look at more closely, he suddenly felt arms wrap around his waist. “Hey y bottom.” (WH)
Young Jae’s eyes widened, instantly knowing whose voice that was. Young Jae quickly pulled Woohyun’s arms off of him before he quickly took a few steps away from Woohyun. He looked back at Woohyun, his eyebrows furrowing, causing Woohyun to chuckle. “Look, I’m not here looking for trouble. I told you, I wanted to start over a new leaf! Buut.. I guess I came here bringing bad news.” (WH)
Young Jae relaxed a bit, but he still had to keep up his guard. Woohyun quickly fumbled through his bag before pulling out the video recorder he had used about forty-five minutes ago. He turned the video recorder on and held it to Young Jae, whom took it reluctantly. “Just press play and watch.” (WH)
Young Jae bit his bottom lip. He could see Daehyun and Sunggyu standing next to each other, but that was about it. Should he really play it? They didn’t really look like they were having fun and it made Young Jae a bit curious. Pressing the play button, he watched as the video began playing. Here and there, he watched as Sunggyu and Daehyun went around playing different games. He could see that Daehyun was having fun and he couldn’t help but add more pressure to his poor bottom lip.
The video jumped here and there, only showing the parts where Daehyun was having fun. It made Young Jae happy to see that Daehyun was having fun, but.. it was also adding a sense of jealousy into him. His eyes widened though when suddenly, Daehyun and Sunggyu began practically making out. Tears started forming in his eyes as his hands began to slightly shake. Daehyun really looked like he was into the kiss, but with how far the camera was, it was a bit hard to tell.
Still.. he couldn’t take it.
Young Jae shoved the camera back into Woohyun’s hands before he bowed to Woohyun and walked past him. Woohyun rubbed the back of his head as he watched Young Jae leave the store. For some odd reason, he actually felt a bit bad. But, no matter. If it meant that he was one step closer to having Young Jae welcoming him into open arms, then it was all worth it.
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Time passed before the date finally ended. Nothing much had happened after that kiss. They ate, played more video games, ate more, than that was it. Time really had passed quite fast and Daehyun was glad to finally be out of there. Once Daehun was out of the car and had started making his way towards the apartment building, Sunggyu rolled down his window. “I will call you if I am able to tell my group to back off.” (SG)
“W-What?! You said that if I dated you, you would get your group to back off!” (DH)
“Heh.. I never said that it was a sure thing.” (SG) Daehyun was going to start yelling, but Sunggyu had already rolled the window up and the car had already started on its way. With a sigh, Daehyun turned back and made his way into the apartment complex.
Making his way to his floor, he smiled wearily as he unlocked the front door and opened it.. only to be met with Young Jae staring at him. He was sniffling a lot and he was trying his best to wipe away at the tears that just streamed down his face. Daehyun quickly made his way over to Young Jae, whom slowly began shaking his head. “Y-Young Jae.. what’s wrong? What happened?” (DH)
Daehyun held a hand out to put on Young Jae’s shoulder, but Young Jae quickly slapped it away, taking a few steps back as he continued to shake his head. Daehyun tried to move closer, but Young Jae shook his head. “NO! Please... Stay away! I-I.. I saw.. I saw it! You were.. were.. Y-You were kissing Sunggyu!” (YJ)
Daehyun was taken by surprise upon hearing Young Jae’s words. How could he have possibly known that? But even then... he only did it for Young Jae. He had kissed Sunggyu to protect Young Jae. He had to know that, right..? “Y-Young Jae.. that.. that was because he said to.. I didn’t have.. a choice..” (DH)
“No! I saw it! The entire time.. you.. you were happy during the date! I don’t.. I-I don’t know if I .. can handle this..” (YJ) Daehyun opened his mouth to say something, but Young Jae shook his head as he continued wiping away at his tears. “N-No! I.. I can’t trust you! You.. You were just using me, weren’t you?!” (YJ)
Daehyun lowered his hand, shaking his head slowly. He moved closer, but Young Jae took yet another step back. Daehyun was at a loss for words. How could Young Jae have known what was going on? He wasn’t even there to be see what happened! “Young Jae.. you.. you have to trust me. Please... listen to me. I’m not using you! I.. I really do love you Young Jae.” (DH)
“No! Y-You’re lying, aren’t you?! I trusted you Daehyun! I really did, but.. you don’t r-really love me.. do you..” (YJ) Daehyun’s eyebrows furrowed as he looked away. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Was Young Jae really doubting him? Was this really happening, or was he hallucinating? His grip tightened on his crutches, trying so very hard to figure out how to get Young Jae to trust him, to believe his words.
“Young Jae.. I told you.. I’m not using you. I.. I really do love you.. So.. please Young Jae..” (DH)
“NO! How do I know that I can trust you?! How do I know that I can really trust what you say?!” (YJ) Young Jae walked forward and pushed Daehyun. “Tell me! How do I know that I can really trust you?!” (YJ)
Young Jae continued pushing Daehyun, whom was struggling just to keep from falling over. Daehyun turned his head away, closing his eyes tightly as he tried to think. His own patience was wearing thin and he knew that he was going to snap soon. “Stop... just.. stop.. please..” (DH)
Daehyun opened his eyes as he glared at Young Jae. Young Jae stopped, but he continued to stare angrily back at Daehyun, tears still flowing down his cheeks. “I don’t know what to tell you. How am I supposed to know how to get you to trust me?! Relationships are built on trust, right? You’re supposed to trust me!” (DH)
“But I can’t, Daehyun! I just can’t! I can’t.. I-I.. just can’t..” (YJ) Daehyun’s face reddened as his own tears began falling. Emotions were swirling through him as Young Jae fell to his knees, crying out loud. All he could hear was Young Jae repeating the same line over and over, ‘I can’t, I can’t.’
“Yah. You can’t trust me? Really..? Then fine. Get out.” (DH) Young Jae froze as he heard Daehyun’s words. He was still sniffling as he looked up at Daehyun, slowly shaking his head. “YAH! YOU HEARD ME! GET OUT! WHAT THE HELL?! You SAY that you can’t trust me and yet you won’t leave?! GET THE HELL OUT! I DON’T WANT TO SEE YOUR ING FACE AROUND ME EVER AGAIN! GET OUT!” (DH)
Young Jae’s crying continued again as he shakily got to his feet and made his way to Daehyun’s bedroom. He still continued to shake his head, but his crying made it hard to understand whatever it was that he was saying. Young Jae pulled his bags as quickly as he could, bumping into walls and furniture because of his blurry vision. “D-Daehyun.. p-pleeeease... d-don’t..” (YJ)
“GET OUT! I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE ANYMORE!” (DH) Daehyun picked up one of his crutches and threw it in Young Jae’s general direction. However, it missed Young Jae and crashed into one of the various tables near the front door. Young Jae’s sobbing only became louder as he pulled his things out of the door. Once the door was closed, he leaned against the door and slowly slid down, burying his face into his arms.
Daehyun screamed as tears ran down his cheeks. He threw his other crutch, crashing into the television screen and knocking it over. Daehyun limped around, throwing things off tables or even flipping tables onto its sides. The noises he made were loud and terrible, but did he care? No. He just chased away his lover, but how was he going to love someone that didn’t trust him? He had done so much to protect him and yet.. Young Jae doubted him.
Young Jae covered his eyes, shaking his head as he continued to hear Daehyun’s screams and the constant sound of things crashing all over the place. It had to be his imagination, right? But.. it was all too much for him to bear. Getting to his feet, he pulled his things along, not caring whether it was being pulled the correct way.
How much time had passed? Seconds? Minutes? Maybe even hours? He didn’t know, and he didn’t care. Daehyun laid on the floor, staring up at the ceiling. He was out of breath, but he didn't care. Everywhere around him, things were broken and in shambles. He was pretty sure that the neighbors were going to call the cops or something, but he didn’t care. He just wanted to lay there. What happened? Why had Young Jae suddenly decided to doubt him? Why? Why...
He bit his bottom lip as tears began falling down his face once more. He shook his head as he placed an arm over his eyes. This couldn’t be happening, right? This was just a dream! A really bad dream! This CAN’T be happening, it just couldn’t! “Young Jae... Young Jae... Young.. Jae...” (DH)
Daehyun laid there, muttering Young Jae’s name over and over while he cried. Why did this happen..?
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Sungyeol came back to the apartment complex happily before he heard crying. Crying? Here? Out in the lobby? Not on his watch! Just as he turned the corner to the elevators, his eyes widened as he saw that the source of that crying was.. none other than his younger brother. Young Jae seemed to be struggling to pull the bags out of the elevator. Sungyeol quickly made his way over to him, pulling all of the bags out before placing his hands on Young Jae.
“Yah, Young Jae! What’s wrong?! Why are you crying so much?!” (S) Young Jae looked up at Sungyeol, but his tears only fell even more as Young Jae soon fell to his knees and continued to wail Daehyun’s name, apologies blending in with that name. Sungyeol wrapped his arms around Young Jae as he stared at the elevator. “What did that Daehyun do to you... my poor baby brother..” (S)
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It took a while, but Young Jae had finally been able to calm down to explain everything to Sungyeol. By then, he had began breaking down again and Sungyeol almost couldn’t understand the later half of the story. Either way, he could only curse at Daehyun before he brought Young Jae and all of their things home.
Just as those two had passed, Jessica had finally arrived back home after a long day of work. Riding up the elevator, she waited patiently before the elevator finally came to a stop. With a weary smile, she made her way down the hallways before finally stopping in front of the door, where policemen were about to knock on the door. “U-Umm.. excuse me! What’s the problem?” (J)
“Do you live here ma’am?”
“Yes, I do.” (J)
“We just had some complaints about a ruckus up in here. We were going to check what it was about.”
“A-Ah..! Um, let me handle it. If there’s any problems, I’ll call you. Is that alright?” (J)
“Well.. if you say so. We will be sure to check up on you later.” With a bow, the policemen left before Jessica turned to stare at the door angrily. Opening the door, her eyes widened at what she saw. She took a few steps in, closing the door behind her as she continued to gape at everything. Her eyes widened as she spotted her crying brother on the floor. Quickly, she made her way over to him and sat next to him, placing a hand on his chest.
“Y-Yah! D-Daehyun! What happened?! What’s wrong?!” (J)
“He.. he left..” (DH)
“Who left?!” (J) Jessica had assumed that it was a burglar of some sort and that he had been fighting with Daehyun, but.. if they had been fighting, there would have been injuries on Daehyun’s face most likely. All she could see for now was that there were a few cuts here and there on Daehyun’s clothes and his hands.
“Young Jae... he.. he.... he doesn’t..” (DH) Daehyun’s crying intensified as he soon became unable to say anything without having to take in a breath. Jessica moved herself before pulling Daehyun up and resting his head on her lap. She began running a hand through his hair, frowning as she looked down at her little brother.
“Shh.. shh.. it’s alright... rest now little one... rest..” (J) This was something that she used to do when they were younger. Every time Daehyun came running to her, she would lay Daehyun down and rest his head on her lap. Jessica would then continue to say the same thing over and over as she ran a hand through Daehyun’s hair, letting him crying out as much as he needed until he would fall asleep. Usually, he would feel much better after he woke up, but.. she almost doubted that it would be the case this time.
Time passed and Daehyun was finally asleep. Jessica wiped away at her poor brother’s tears as she looked out to the window. The blinds were currently open and the moon’s light was shining in. She let out a small sigh before she gently slid Daehyun’s head off of her lap and got up. Making her way over to the bathroom, she quickly pulled out the first aid kit from the medical cabinet before making her way back to her brother. Kneeling down next to him, she sat down and picked up Daehyun’s hands.
She began to tear up as she began to treat Daehyun’s injuries. “My poor brother.. what happened between you and Young Jae..?” (J)
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[[ My Own Thoughts:
-/cough-..
Friend gave me the idea.
SO DON'T KILL ME YET ;;
I'M SORRY...
DON'T CHASE ME DOWN YET ;;
-/flees ]]
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