Author's Note #1: Alright, first off- thanks to all of my subscribers, commenters, and everyone else who gives this story a chance. Uh, this is my second attempt at writing OnHo, and though it turned out better than I thought it would, I'm still having trouble here and there at portraying my characters' feelings. That's not all I was going to say, though. Alright, if any of you know me, I've already written another Onew ship, featuring Jonghyun and Onew. I want to know if any of you want to become a sort of beta reader, kind of like my current co-author admiror, while I write other Onew based stories (OnTae, OnKey, JooNew, LuNew, Onew/You/OC). If you're interested, send me a PM, because it would be great to have an opinion. You cannot however, be biased towards a single ship, and have to be open with all kinds of Onew ships. Other than that, well, just keep commenting and subscribing, yeah? ^_^

“Lee Jinki” Donghae’s voice was ice cold, and his eyes were dancing with mischief as he walked up to Jinki, circling around him like a predator would his prey.

“Yes?” Jinki couldn’t help but ask with his eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

“I’ve been hearing about some rumors including you and a certain soccer captain.” Donghae’s lips curved into a menacing grin that had Jinki’s skin crawling.

“They’re not true.” Jinki heard himself mutter, his heart constricting as he thought of the younger male, before he shook his head firmly, “There’s nothing going on between us.”

“Oh, I’m sure they aren’t, Jinki.” Donghae laughed, and Jinki’s ears twitched. “I mean… imagine what he would say once he found out the truth. No family meetings, why he could never come over for dinner…”

“Why would those things matter, anyway?” Jinki could feel the tears pool up in his eyes. The time closest to his parents’ anniversary was always the hardest for him to go through, and with Donghae’s sudden attitude, it became just that much harder for Jinki to control his inner turmoil from being released.

“You don’t think they matter, Jinki?” Donghae’s smile was taunting him now, “Do you know how wealthy Minho’s parents are? If they don’t accept him being with all the people he’s been with so far, do you think they’ll agree to letting him be with you?”

Don’t say it.

“Especially-”

Please don’t.

“As you’re-”

Don’t…

“An orphan?”

It was said. Jinki felt like throwing up the second those words were thrown into the air, and pleased with himself, Donghae whistled.

“And I guess it’