Ch. [12]

After A Minute

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Having the next date in the morning after eating half a cake proved to be a bad idea.

 

Kyuhyun groaned as he walked to the entrance of Hyukjae’s building, pale and tired. “Cho Kyuhyun, Hyukjae is waiting for me, 10th floor, apartment 2,” he simply mumbled, walking to the elevator and resting against the wall of it carefully.

 

As soon as he came into Hyukjae’s apartment, he walked to the kitchen and grabbed a glass with water, walking back to Hyukjae’s room where he found the other sprawling on the bed, whining softly and with Duck resting by his side, as if taking care of him.

 

Kyuhyun sighed softly, sitting at the edge of the bed and gently ruffling Hyukjae’s hair. “Let’s never cook again,” he said and Hyukjae groaned, sitting up slowly.

 

“Never again,” Hyukjae said, looking at Kyuhyun.

 

Kyuhyun opened one of the bags, handing Hyukjae the glass with water before offering him a pill. “Take this, you’ll feel better.”

 

Hyukjae didn’t even reject the idea. The thought of feeling better was way more attractive than taking an unknown pill. As soon as he took it, he laid back against his pillows, closing his eyes.

 

Kyuhyun crawled up the bed as well, leaving the glass by Hyukjae’s bedside table and laying down comfortably, Duck resting in between their bodies.

 

“How was your date?” Hyukjae asked, turning his head slightly to look at Kyuhyun as his hand reached for Duck’s head, petting it gently.

 

“He was really cute,” Kyuhyun said, sighing deeply. “But I really don’t think he good a good impression of me,” he groaned.

 

Hyukjae couldn’t help but laugh softly. “I’m sorry about that.”

 

“It’s okay,” Kyuhyun chuckled and turned towards Hyukjae slightly. “I bought a suitcase for you, fill it with everything you need so we can go somewhere.”

 

“Somewhere?” Hyukjae asked, raising an eyebrow.

 

Kyuhyun shrugged. “Anywhere.”

 

Hyukjae smiled widely and nodded.

 

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“How do you feel?” Kyuhyun asked as he fixed Hyukjae’s and his suitcases in the trunk.

 

“As if nothing happened!” Hyukjae exclaimed happily, standing by the car’s side to look at Kyuhyun, the golden retriever sitting by his side.

 

Kyuhyun laughed and nodded, closing the trunk and walking to open the door for Hyukjae. “I think you’ll have fun today,” he said and Hyukjae smiled as he went into the car, quickly putting on his seatbelt as Kyuhyun opened the door of the back, the dog quickly jumping up.

 

As soon as Kyuhyun was into the car, he turned the engine on and grinned widely. “Do you like wine?”

 

“Wine?” Hyukjae asked and pouted, shaking his head slightly as Kyuhyun drove off. “I have never tasted it…”

 

Kyuhyun grinned widely. “I think you’ll love it.”

 

Hyukjae raised an eyebrow and didn’t ask further.

 

“Woah~,” Hyukjae smiled widely, looking at how beautiful the landscape looked. “It’s so cool…”

 

Kyuhyun grinned and stood by Hyukjae’s side, nodding as he looked around as well. “Just wait, it’ll get better,” he smiled and took Hyukjae’s hand, pulling him towards a small wood cabin, Duck following them carefully.

 

Kyuhyun took Hyukjae to a vineyard, and Hyukjae was impressed at how beautiful wine was at the end.

 

They went with a guy that took them along the vineyard to show them everything they did and Hyukjae was in awe, grinning widely when he was told he could pick up the grapes to make some for his own.

 

“Really?!” Hyukjae grinned widely, grabbing the basked he was given.

 

Hyukjae laughed as Kyuhyun placed a ridiculously big hat on his head, though he knew it was to protect him from the sun. Kyuhyun looked at Hyukjae and took his camera, quickly taking a picture of the excited male. “y,” he said and Hyukjae grinned, modeling the hat for Kyuhyun.

 

“I know, right?” Hyukjae joked, winking at Kyuhyun who simply snorted and took another picture.

 

“I was talking about myself.”

 

As soon as they went out, Hyukjae ran to the yards, Duck following him excitedly as Kyuhyun gasped, quickly running to catch up with them.

 

“Choose the bigger ones,” Kyuhyun said as he showed Hyukjae the ones he had to cut and Hyukjae nodded widely, squatting to cut the grapes he wanted.

 

“Open your mouth,” Hyukjae ordered and Kyuhyun grinned, opening his mouth to eat the grapes that Hyukjae was offering to him, smiling as he chewed and gave Hyukjae a thumb up.

 

It took them more them four hours to finally fill their baskets, mostly because they would feed each other all the ones they found and would never get some in their baskets. Duck liked to play and so did they, so they took short breaks to play with the dog instead of recollecting the grapes they were supposed to.

 

“Are you done?” Kyuhyun finally asked, looking down at Hyukjae’s basket.

 

Hyukjae nodded. “You?” He asked back and Kyuhyun nodded as well.

 

“Let’s take a picture before going back,” Kyuhyun said and took out his camera, posing himself by Hyukjae’s side, grinning widely and laughing when their hats collided with each other.

 

The first of the two pictures Kyuhyun took in that moment, was of them posing for the camera with a ‘v’ sign of his fingers, Duck also creeping from behind their hats, wanting to get included. The second picture was of Hyukjae feeding a really happy Kyuhyun with a grape, laughing loudly.

 

They came back to the guy who simply laughed at them, shaking his head as he saw how full they were from so many grapes they ate.

 

“The next step is to extract the aroma and the flavor from the grapes,” the man said and smiled softly for them.

 

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“THIS IS AMAZING!” Hyukjae screamed happily, stomping on the grapes happily, grinning widely for himself as he held himself firmly by taking Kyuhyun’s hand.

 

Kyuhyun laughed and hummed in agreement, also stomping on his own grapes. “I told you, you would like wine!”

 

Hyukjae grinned and looked down at his feet, filled with grape juice. “This isn’t wine yet, Kyuhyun,” he said and laughed softly.

 

“Doesn’t matter,” Kyuhyun chuckled, holding Hyukjae’s hand firmly, looking how their dog was just sitting there, tilting its head confused, as if thinking how ridiculous its owners were having fun while stomping on fruit.

 

The mere thought made Kyuhyun laugh. He took his camera up from hanging on his neck and took a picture of the dog before turning it up to take a picture of Hyukjae, who smiled at him and pointed at the grapes on his feet. The picture came out so colorful that Kyuhyun couldn’t help but smile at it.

 

“Give me,” Hyukjae asked and reached for Kyuhyun’s camera, also taking a picture of the taller male as he grinned and gave thumbs up.

 

Minutes passed and Hyukjae was exhausted, already panting because his grapes just couldn’t get completely smashed. “Kyuhyun…,” he pouted as he looked at how good Kyuhyun’s job looked.

 

“Huh?” Kyuhyun looked at Hyukjae, laughing as Hyukjae pointed down at his own grapes.

 

“Help me…,” Hyukjae pleaded, pouting as he pulled from Kyuhyun’s hand.

 

Kyuhyun laughed and nodded. “Hold me,” he said as he jumped to Hyukjae’s basket, almost loosing balance but regaining it immediately.

 

The space wasn’t as wide as they thought but Hyukjae didn’t care Kyuhyun hugging his body slightly to keep steady as they smashed the grapes together and he grinned widely because it didn’t take them too long to actually get the expected results. “Finally!” Hyukjae exclaimed, looking down at their work. “Thank you.”

 

Kyuhyun laughed and shook his head. “It’s ok, you’re so thin, I knew you wouldn’t finish it by yourself.”

 

Hyukjae pouted and smacked Kyuhyun’s chest playfully. “I’ll gain weight,” he said and Kyuhyun simply hummed.

 

Kyuhyun went out from the small basket carefully, quickly turning to hold Hyukjae’s waist and carry him out of it, placing him on his feet gently.

 

They washed their feet with a hose, directing the stream of water to each other’s feet to take away the rests of the fruits they had smashed.

 

As soon as they were ready, they went to a small cabin where they got sugar and other ingredients they didn’t really cared for, even when they were explained to them.

 

Kyuhyun became a little worried, because Hyukjae was exhausted, so much that he had to hold him by the waist for the rest of the day since he couldn’t stand straight anymore. Though he would still laugh at the jokes and feed Kyuhyun with wine candies, he still looked pale for Kyuhyun.

 

Their wine was stored and they were told to come back in a few months when it was ready. Hyukjae grinned and nodded, looking up at Kyuhyun. “If I can’t come, you get your here, pick it up, and go to me to drink it together,” he said and Kyuhyun laughed, nodding as he held Hyukjae firmly.

 

The tour was about to be done, so they went to walk around the vineyard. “Are you alright?” Kyuhyun finally asked, holding Hyukjae by the waist and against his body.

 

Hyukjae nodded, leaning against Kyuhyun’s body slightly before looking up and offering Kyuhyun a wide smile. “Just a little tired,” he said. “But since tomorrow is your day off, I’ll sleep the whole day.”

 

Kyuhyun chuckled, nodding. “Alright, let’s just take one last picture and go home, okay?”

 

Hyukjae grinned widely and nodded as well.

 

The last picture of the day was of the two of them, the beautiful yards behind their backs. Hyukjae leaning against Kyuhyun but offering the camera a wide and happy smile as Kyuhyun grinned as well, taking the picture of the moment.

 

Before leaving, they made sure to buy wine and take some grapes with them, some candies and grape juice.

 

Kyuhyun dragged Hyukjae to the car and opened the door for him, helping Hyukjae in. “Let’s go have something to eat, you haven’t eaten anything,” Kyuhyun said as he opened the door for Duck and went to the driver’s seat.

 

“You haven’t eaten either,” Hyukjae said, chuckling softly. “What will we eat?”

 

Kyuhyun chuckled and started the car. “Anything you wish.”

 

Hyukjae grinned. “Cheese pizza!”

 

The trip wasn’t long, but it didn’t take three minutes for Hyukjae to fall asleep exhausted in the car and for Duck to also sleep in the back seat. Kyuhyun sighed and looked at Hyukjae worriedly. Was he being too much taking Hyukjae out so much?

 

He let go of a long sigh again, glancing at Hyukjae’s sleeping form from time to time. He didn’t even remember it was his day off and he thought they could go and walk around Seoul together, maybe visit the palaces in there and eat in the famous restaurants.

 

He would have to leave it for later.

 

Kyuhyun parked outside the pizzeria, going out being careful that Hyukjae didn’t wake up and warning Duck to take care of him as he went to order their pizza.

 

It took only twenty minutes for the pizza to be ready and Kyuhyun jumped into the car again, placing the pizza carefully on the back seat, glaring at the dog to not do anything with it before starting the car again.

 

As soon as they reached Hyukjae’s building, Kyuhyun opened both doors, for the dog to go out and for him to carry Hyukjae up as well.

 

“Kyuhyun?” Hyukjae called still sleepy, opening his eyes slightly. “Are we here already?”

 

Kyuhyun chuckled and nodded, handing Hyukjae the box of the pizza. “Hold this, alright? I’ll take you up,” he said softly and Hyukjae nodded, closing his eyes but holding the pizza firmly.

 

Kyuhyun slid his hands under Hyukjae’s knees and back, carrying him up and locking the door of the car close before locking it with the small control, walking to the entrance and simply glaring at the man who always stopped him.

 

“You have to eat, Hyukjae,” Kyuhyun said as they were already in the elevator.

 

Hyukjae hummed, smelling the cheese from the box. “I will,” he said, even when he wasn’t hungry.

 

He only ate one slice of pizza, but seeing how tired and sleepy he was, Kyuhyun couldn’t be more satisfied.

 

“I’ll take Duck with me,” Kyuhyun said as he covered Hyukjae’s figure with the blanket. “We’ll see you on Monday.”

 

Hyukjae nodded, slowly snuggling against his blankets. “Take care, Kyu…,” he mumbled, breathing in and out deeply.

 

Kyuhyun smiled gently, humming as he caressed Hyukjae’s hair. “You too,” he chuckled and stood up, motioning Duck to follow him out as he closed the door.

 

Kyuhyun wasn’t sure of what he would do with so much free time the next day.

 

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HelenDamnation #1
Chapter 8: I really loved this story.
sekyuflwr #2
Chapter 43: you don’t know how much I just cried. thank you for this beautiful story.
yvette0912
#3
Chapter 43: Nearly half an year I was reading this masterpiece again. How I miss this gentle Kyu and soft Hyuk, no matter how many times I follow their trips by these words, I always feel so touched and feel like crying even it is a warm moment.
I have so much wanna say but nothing else can say, beautiful story, hope there're more people can come to read.
yvette0912
#4
Chapter 43: Oh my, this is the best Kyuhyuk fic I've ever read . I'm stunned.
This was so sweet and sour in the same time, I just loved how slow, smooth, sweet, beautiful they were. Hyuk was so lovable when he had so much suffer but try to keep smiling to the world, and Kyu was so amazing when he treated Hyuk so gently. Every moment they have just perfect. They're perfect.
I appreciate your sharing. That's really touching.
Kyured #5
Chapter 43: Thank you for making Hyukjae wait longer authornim, thank you for making Kyu catch him before my heart shattered ^^ beautiful story, thanKyu so much for sharing it!
Elizabeth19 #6
Chapter 43: XD!!! Me encanto la historia ya me encontraba llorando pensando que Kyuhyun había muerto después de todo lo que pasaron juntos. Le felicitó x su trabajo!!!!
Korarin #7
Chapter 43: I thought you were going to pull a Fault in Our Stars on me here. I was literally crying so much, I was actually watching my scroll bar too as I was reading and was like there's no way it's going to have a happy ending.

THERE'S NO WAY (since the scroll was so close to its end during kyuhyun's letter). NO FCUKING WAI AND I'LL HAVE TO BE DEPRESSED FOR A WHOLE MONTH. But praise jesus hallelujah there's Kyuhyun. ALIVE. And I cried even harder afterwards. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN THAT I'M JUST DHAKAKKSKA.

I feel like for finding this wonderful story so late. But your story man. It was definately an adventure. I swear to god I thought Hyukjae was going to be one at the verge of dying, but Kyuhyun's illness really gave me a shock. LIKE WOAH THERE. HOW. WHAT. WHY. HELLO?? DID I MISS SOMETHING. /BREATHES HEAVILY/

I'm just so glad it ended how it is. ;A; (wonder what happen to the security guy LOL) I cannot thank you enough for this story! I enjoyed it! Now I'm probably going to binge on your other stories now lol.
JewelSapphire13 #8
Chapter 43: Thanks for the beautiful fic ♥
Wafflesareyummy88
#9
Chapter 43: Omggg! Omg omg he is alive! Thank god he's alive ! i nearly had a panic attack! I mean killing kyu! Oh god the relief !
btw Amazing story ...sweet funny sad ! A perfect combo of everything !
kyuwonfan #10
Chapter 43: u make me laugh at beginning and make me cry at the end....congrats bcoz make me cry in the office....anyway great story...maybe u can make extra shot regarding kyu during surgery and also one shot kyu n hyuk together...pleaseee