No time for re-editting, hope you don't mind.

Honestly, I can't find the right song for this chapter, so I will go with the song that is right for SeoJoohyun!! <3 No one else like you by Adam Levine

Wait!!! Warning : Grab some salt because there is a lot of sugar I poured in this chapter. HAHAHA

For your information, Jonghyun&Taeyeon play big part in this chapter. GongLee or ByunTae fans and other else, hope you don't mind.

I'm also a fan of GongLee but since GongLee came after I had paired Jonghyun and Taeyeon together, so what done is done!

I'm a fan of CNSD, whoever makes my blue boys and pink girls happy, I'm totally fine.

BTW YONGSEO is my OTP! FOREVER AND EVER!!

Enjoy!!

[Flashback]

“..Yonghwa, you know what, you are good at lying.”

“Thank you.”

“Liar!”

[Present]

“..A tranquilizer and your cold coffee are here.” The girl said as she was bringing coffee to Yonghwa in his bedroom this morning.

These day Joohyun became exellent in her duty because that was her way of living; if you gave a girl any tasks, she might struggle figuring her way around at first, but with enough time and with her limitless effort, she would lit the fire inside and burn blightly just like a shining star.

Yonghwa finished botton his shirt, he walked out from closet to find the girl and noticed some subtle change on her, she was wearing makeup – very light but he could tell.

“Since you wear makeup, do you have plan to go out?” He asked.

“Aniyoh, samchon. I just tried – unnie said I may start wearing natural tone at home.”

“I see. These days you spend so much time with YoonA. Seemed like you don’t need me anymore.”

“It’s kind of girl stuff, samchon. You don’t understand.” She said that with beaming smile he couldn’t push on the topic more.

“If your unnie is getting busy by time, do not ask me to take you to places.” He was fussy around and couldn’t help but wanted to stranggle or pinch her cheek.

How can anyone on earth looked so clueless and so pure like her. Somehow it made Yonghwa jeoulous of YoonA for she got to introduce the girl new things. Joohyun was kind of student that made you proud of being her teacher.

“SeoJoohyun come here, I’ll teach you how to wear necktie.” Yonghwa said.

She looked confused.”But I don’t wear suite, why do I wear necktie?”

That made Yonghwa laugh out lound. “I don’t mean wear it for yourself. I mean I will teach you learn to wear it for me.”

“Ahh is that so?!” the girl uttered while covered her flush cheeks with her hands, she couldn’t help but embarrassed by her cluelessness. And so she fanned her face with her hands.

Anyhow she tried to dismiss the embarrassment and walked to Yonghwa.

“How to do it, samchon?” She asked getting herself ready for the new lesson.

“Come closer.” Yonghwa told while observed her crimson cheeks. Was it about cosmetic or was it something that so attractive on her?

The girl did so, and now she was standing within reach in front of him.

“I will show you how to do it first, look closely, okay?”

She nodded attentively. “..but you gotta know watching and doing are completely different things. I can’t gurauntee how it will turn out when I try that myself.” She said the words adorabledly.

Yonghwa couldn’t help but this time he really pinched her cheeks. “You and your schew is nothing compared to your sweet mouth. How can anyone on earth resist you? I don’t think they do.”

Talking of , Yonghwa couldn’t help stared at her glossy cherry lips, and then he pulled himself back together, leting her cheeks go.

“Ahhhh bad samchon!” She whined in exaggeration. “My cheeks hurt!”

Yonghwa coughed and just ignored her, he started showing the how to. Joohyun watched him attentively.

And when it came to practicing what she had just learned, she did her best as what could expected from the Seojoohyun.

Standing close than ever, Yonghwa watched the girl tried to wear necktie on him, her face was one grab away, her cheeks still flush, her cute nose, the pair of long eyebrows and yes a pair of endlessly sparkled clear browned eyes, arranged on her face neatly and turned out to be nice to the eyes, and this time something about her lips was pulling him into her, he could only staring but then decided to look back to her eyes instead.

“Are you going to say something?” She asked when noticed there was something in the way he looked at her.

Yonghwa didn’t answer. Actually he barely heard what she said, his eyes travelled next to her forehead with pretty hairline as a frame. Before he could stop himself this time….he lost it. Joohyun stood still because of what he did.

He pecked her on the forehead!

…sweet and twenty!

A little touch was such a whole new thing in her twenty year old life.

“..what..what did you do, samchon?” She muttered in mere surprise whiled looked at him, confused.

She was confused by just a little kiss, and she didn’t understand what else it did to her further than a surprise.

She was unexperienced, and unprepared in every way.

What did he just do?

It came unexpected, and blurry to him more than her. He didn’t do it on purpose or such, it’s just he couldn’t resist the urge.

Because it shocked her and that it shocked him more, but he tried to composed himself.

He couldn’t let her see how wrong could it go from this.

“I kiss your forehead…to give my thanks to you.”

“Give your thanks…how? Why?” She asked, still confused.

“Because you have been helping me a lot and you are a good girl, I feel thankful to have you around.”

And that unleashed her from confusion. “Keudaeyoh? I’m doing good, majayoh?” She flashed her pamper smile in ageyoh.

She couldn’t help acting cute everytime around him [or some other people] but she didn’t pretend or want it to lead to anything, it was just the way she was. She was a natural born baby.

And that he knew he succeeded in disguise his blurry behavior.

Yonghwa let out a soft blow, he would have a serious talk to himself later, but now seeing her back to normal released him. And when he looked back to his tie…it was in werid shape!

“SeoJoohyun, what did you do?!” He shouted, both funny and defeated.

Joohyun filled the room with her laughter. “I’m sorry, samchon. Can you teach me one more time? Please.” She pleaded like a puppy.

The way she did that, no one on earth could resist her for sure!

Not even him‼

And looked at what he did, he just pecked her without articulate reason.

It couldn’t be because he wanted to thank her, couldn’t it?

Then why did I ki… peck her?

He asked himself.

But still didn’t find the answer.

.

.

.

.

.

“…Jonghyun, samchon!” The girl called out to her guest. She was more than delightful to have someone visit on her.

Jonghyun turned his face to the girl. “Ah Joohyun, watta.” He acknowledged.

And that moment, Joohyun just realized Jonghyun wasn’t alone in guest room , he was with the beautiful women and a little girl. She knew by heart who those female figures could be, and that made her joy intensified.

“It has been awhile not seeing you, I decided to drop by. Look, this time I bought you goguma that you so love.” He showed her the bag of steamed goguma.

Goguma helped adding to her happiness.”Thank you so much. I know Jonghyun samchon is the best.” but now Joohyun kept her eyes on the women and the little girl, not Jonghyun, not goguma. She somehow could be creepy, or that you might find her cute like that.

Jonghyun noticed.”Let me introduce, that is my wife, KimTaeyeon, and our daughter, LeeChaeyeon or the so called Princess ChaeChae.”

Joohyun bowed low to Teayeon. “Annyeonghaseyoh Teayeon-ssi, Annyeoong Princess ChaeChae.”

Taeyoen who tried to behave herself couldn’t suppress her laughter anymore because she found Joohyun got too work up. “Anyeong Joohyunnie. You don’t have to be too formal with me. And if you keep calling this kid Princess ChaeChae, she will stick to you to no end, right, Chaeyeonnie?”

“I like bein culled Ping-cess ChaeChae.” The little girl answered her mother, and then she turned to Joohyun. “Annyeonghaseyoo, yunnie unnie.” Said with shy smile, 4 year old Chaeyeon still struggled with some words.

“She wants to called you Hyunnie but it came out like yunnie, is that alright with you?” Jonghyun asked.

Joohyun found little Chaeyeon the cutest of all thing, she sat down on her foot in front of Chaeyeon. “I like that name, thank you Princess ChaeChae.”

Chaeyoen then beam to Joohyun.

“Seem like the two got along just great.” Taeyeon said to Jonghyun.

“But I’m not finish, there is someone I want to introduce to you.” Jonghyun told Joohyun.

The girl paid attention. “Who else, samchon?” She asked and looked around.

“In here.” Jonghyun said while put one of his hands on his wife’s tommy, it made sense to Joohyun now that she noticed Teayeon’s tummy poked out a little.

Joohyun was in glee realizing that, she opened to say something but couldn’t find the word, and somehow still wasn’t so sure. “..the baby in there?” She said each word like she tested it.

“Right, his name is JongIn, strong and smart just like his father, I gauruntee.” Jonghyun proudly presented and like that he got hit by his wife.

“Yah! Don’t flatter yourself so much, aren’t you embarrassed at all?”

 “Why should I be embarrased? This boy, here, I worked hard creating him, did I?” Jonghyun said his word with honesty and honor.

That got Taeyeon so embarrased, she hid her crimson face behind her husband’s back. “but I am embarrased here. Look, there are kids, you mishin‼ Enough!!” She hit Jonghyun repeatedly.

“Ahhh appa, omma, JongIn is sleek-ping, be qwui-et!” Chaeyeon uttered.

That got everyone to laugh out lound.

And then the maid walked in to serve some deserts, milk, and tea, so Lee family and Joohyun sat down for a good round of conversations.

“…You looked too young to be called imo. For a moment I thought Jonghyun samchon brought his niece to me.” Joohyun confessed to Taeyeon.

That made Taeyeon laughed to her satisfaction. “How sweet of you, but I’m older than Jonghyun, you know?”

“Just one year older.” Jonghyun said to get to his wife. “My wife, here, got me work up so hard to win her heart. But I’m the best, am I? For having a wife who looks forever young. Sometimes she looks like a friend to Chaeyeon.” And then Jonghyun laughed to his heart content, his dimples showed.

Jonghyun looked annoyingly over-happy that Teayeon felt like pinching him [and she did on his back], before she turned to  Chaeyeon who was now enjoying the cream cake.

“It taste good, right, kiddo?” Taeyeon asked her daugther while whiping the cream off a little mouth. Chaeyeon nodded and kept munching.

“Thank you, omma.” The girl said after swallowing her food.

Taeyeon then bended down to peck on her daughter’s cheek. Joohyun watched the scene with her sparkling eyes, she could feel it all around – some kind of bonds and love.

Joohyun admired Taeyeon so much as a mother, a wife, and someone who looked comfortable in her own skin.

“Can I call you unnie instead of imo?” She asked Taeyeon.

Taeyeon looked up. “It’s fine by me.” She gave her permission so quickly Jonghyun had to look at his wife again. “It’s werid for me too, to be called imo. I think I’m still not that old, am I?” And then she laughed.

 “Whatever I’ll go by samchon.” Jonghyun said to Joohyun and turned to his wife.  “Look at you, always love acting like kid, tsk, am I having two daughters, TaeTae?”

Teayeon just shrugged to her husband.

“Omma play as sis-tor. My teacher at schoon aked ‘is that u unnie?’ ChaeChae said yes, appa.” Chaeyeon joined the conversation while she was holding a spoon, ready to attack the cake anytime soon.

“Omo! ChaeChae, you did that, really?” Taeyeon asked her daughter with surprise.

“Princess ChaeChae, why did you lie? What did appa told you?” Jonghyun turned to his daughter who sat between him and his wife, and help wiping cream off the little girl one more time.

“Thank you, appa.” Cheayeon thanked her father for helping first before looked around to every face. “ChaeChae said yes becod Nana was there, Nana doesn’t have omma, so ChaeChae didn’t want Nana to be sad becod ChaeChae have omma.”

“Ahhhh wae keurae, kiddo.” Taeyeon pulled her daughter to her embrace, her eyes wear teary.

Jonghyun couldn’t deny this impression to his daughter, after Taeyeon released Chaeyeon he carried the girl to sit on his lab and kissed her cheek. “It shows you have a kind heart, but appa will not say that is a right thing to do. You can’t just give up your omma because of Nana, and you can’t make Nana happy by telling the lie. Sometimes the truth is hurt, but truth is still truth, ahrasseo?”

Chaeyeon listened but couldn’t understand all that.

“She was still little, attorney Lee. Just let her be for now.” Taeyeon told her husband.

“Alright. But now appa need a good girl’s kiss.” Jonghyun told his daughter.

And that Chaeyeon turned her face to kiss on Jonghyun’s cheek.

Joohyun observed all that, all the details, all feelings, something filled her heart just watching them. This was what family supposed to be, wasn’t it? She asked herself.

And so Joohyun thought about when Yonghwa kissed her forehead, it felt werid somehow but maybe that was because she didn’t have anyone kiss her for a long time. And actually it felt good, too – it was kind of fullfilling, she thought.

Joohyun concluded to herself, it was the best to be together no matter what.

Just be together and everything might be fine.

……

This house was like Jonghyun’s house, too. He grew up together with Yonghwa and spent most of his childhood here, so he familiar with everyone and everything around.

Jonghyun took his family to visit on the madam-nim already as a coutersy before he excused out to visit Joohyun.

 And Joohyun found joy in this company, and that she found it was a good chance to finally meet with Jonghyun.

“..Jonghyun samchon, can I ask you something? It’s about Yonghwa samchon” Joohyun asked when the conversations started to die down.

Jonghyun looked up from helping Chaeyeon to milk. He was silent then, before got to a decision. “Of course, but let’s talk outside.” He answered, then nonverbally passed Chaeyeon to his wife’s care.

Joohyun followed Jonghyun to the outside but they both still could see Taeyeon and Chaeyeon through the glass wall.

“So it’s clear that you two had fought, you and Yonghwa samchon.”

“Your samchon told you that?” Jonghyun asked.

“Aniyoh, it’s just my guess, when I asked Yonghwa samchon how you were doing, he said he hadn’t seen you for awhile, you transferred to another place and that he was too busy to visit on you. And the way your turned silent while I asked you to talk about him, that gave you away. I can tell you are still mad at him, aren’t you?”

“Ani, I’m not mad at him now, I used to but not now….It’s just, I’m sick and tired with him, so I gave up on him already.”

“No, you didn’t. You still care a lot about him, I know that.”

“Perhaps, but I’m useless, Joohyun. The man is too snug up, he can’t see what is wrong with him and he doesn’t want me to point that out”

“And what is wrong with him exactly?”

“it’s... Ani, I don’t want to talk about it.” Jonghyun thought about Yonghwa’s family issue and thought that he wasn’t in the position to tell that to anyone.

“Is it possible that he sees it all the time? That’s why he make himself snug up to it.”

Her words brought Jonghyun to a new light.

As a best friend, Jonghyun thought he knew Yonghwa a whole life, but actually he forgot he never was in Yonghwa’s shoes, so he would never understand how it felt to be Yonghwa.

It seemed like a girl knew a lot of a deal.

Why wouldn’t I be surprised this time? He thought.

He knew Joohyun was capable of something, something that made her got close to Yonghwa in a short period of time since the very beginning.

“You are not useless for him, samchon. Nobody is useless when it comes to loneliness because by sticking together, you save that person a whole lot of late night thoughts.”

Sticking together? save that person a whole lot of late night thoughts?

“You can’t fix or change him, you can only be there for him. That is what we do here – sticking together.”

..It hit Jonghyun hard, how he seemed to forget all that he had been through with Yonghwa. He was never good in consolidation but by staying together the two of them made it to this point.

“Yonghwa samchon seemed to trust you more than anyone, he didn’t tell me that but I know it by the way he told the story of you and him and another two friends who came in picture later. He told me about school, you four’s bravery, silliness, crazyness, honesty. He told me the four of you enrolled in army together and he always said it would be good to reunite, he will introduce me to you four and it will be fun.”

“yes, it will be but now is just not the right time. Eveyone has their own responsibilities and their own ways, only me and Yonghwa could work toge…” At this point Jonghyun couldn’t say it anymore.

He considered a lot of thing that seem to go wrong and got to a conclustion.

“However, I can’t just transfer back because Taeyeon is pregnant, so I want to stay close to her.”

“I understand, samchon.”

“But will you tell your samchon that I ask ‘how’s about going out for some drink and somgyeobsa as we used to’?” Jonghyun said.

“Of course, I will.” Joohyun beamed with smile.

Jonghyun smiled back, feeling awkward for he didn’t think it would turn out this way. So he might break the awkwardness by speak more. “You know what, it is always me who ask him out. It makes me look bad as a husband who enjoy hanging out with friends more than staying home.”

Jonghyun pasued for awhile.

”You know I’m always trying with him. He should put some effort on friendship, too. He can’t just spoile my family with his richness and expect me to be on his side no matter what. I need to have my standing point. That’s why I think I shouldn’t work for him, it’s getting complicated this way.”

“I don’t know that, samchon. I only know he trust you in all way.” Joohyun replied.”And I will tell him you ask him out for some drink, I’m sure he would love to share his hangover virus.”

“Hangover virus?”

“Yes, Yonghwa samchon’s way of decieving me how the whole situation affected him, and I believe it at first”

“Hahaha! He did? He is so good with it, you know, decieving people about his feelings.”

Even to Yonghwa himself sometimes, Jonghyun thought.

“You have to be careful, Joohyun. Your samchon is full of shades than you might think.” There was a seriousness in his tone

“What does that mean?”

“Nothing, just think as I never said that.” He just shrugged.

……………….

Before Lee family bid goodbye, Joohyun had a present for ChaeChae.

“..I’m not sure if you will like it, but unnie want to give it to ChaeChae because Unnie made it myself.” And that Joohyun showed her a wool hat with a pretty flower made of wool on it.

“Uwahh yeppeo!! ChaeChae love it, yunnie unnie. Can I ty put it on?” Chaeyeon said.

And that Taeyeon helped her daughter put on the hat. “Daebak‼ It’s beautiful, you are very talented, Joohyun.” Taeyeon praised.

“How did you learn to make it, huh, uri Joohyun?” Even Jonghyun impressed with it.

“I have no talent. It’s done with my hard work and the endless nags from madam-nim.” Joohyun resurrected the scene “I have made a lot from scarfs to gloves to hat, but madam said none was good enough, so I started again with the small ones like this hat, I think it might fit to ChaeChae, lucky it does.”

“It fits just fine. Thank you Hyunnie, now uri Chaeyeonnie has her pretty hat. Do you say thank you to unnie, kiddo?” Taeyeon asked her daughter.

“Thank you, yunnie unnie. ChaeChae will wee this to schoon to show eve-vey one.”

“Keurae?” That got Joohyun to smile and so she sat down on her feet infront of Chaeyeon for a kiss on little girl’s cheek. “But unnie never show it before for fear that it’s not beautiful.”

“It’s beautiful. ChaeChae love it reedy.” And that Chaeyeon kissed Joohyun back.

Jonghyun and Taeyeon smiled watching the sence.

“So you learned it from madam Jung. I see. I already visited her at her room and got complainted on my transfering. Thanks goodness, she was into Chaeyeon and JongIn then” Jonghyun said before got to sneaky gesture, he lowered his voice. “You know what, even your work is flawless, you won’t get to hear the praise from the madam.”

Joohyun thought sneaky Jonghyun was very funny.

“Just like your samchon, The Jung have perfectionist standard in their blood, so it’s hard to hear the praise from them. But Yonghwa is bearable for he never snatches your skin open with harsh words.”

And who did snatch people’s skin if not___[fill in the blank]

Joohyun just nodded in understanding, and she laughted a little seeing Jonghyun like that.

“Pabo, you deserved skin snatching if you can’t see pass her harsh words and find a loving auntie there…aigoo” Taeyeon said to her husband.

“Appa is talking bad beehi ganny’s back.” Chaeyoen commented.

And then Joohyun watched Jonghyun tried to explain himself to his daughter.

It was kind of funny story.

But Joohyun knew the best, the Jung had a ton of perfectionist standard and a spoon full of soft spot. And she remembered her samchon praised her sometimes.

Like when he pecked her forehead thanking her for helping him and for being a good girl.

Did she really know it best?

Or did Yonghwa really meant it that way?

[[[Writer’s note : Spoiler alert, this story will be darker than the original version I meant it to be :P]]]]

.

.

.

.

That night.

“..Today Jonghyun took Taeyeon unnie, Princess ChaeChae, and JongIn to visit me.” Joohyun broke the news when she brought coffee to Yonghwa’s home office.

“..Taeyeon unnie, Princess ChaeChae and who?” Yonghwa asked still scribling down something.

“It’s JongIn, he isn’t born yet but Jonghyun samchon said JongIn is strong and smart like his father.”

That got Yonghwa to stop and looked up, then bursted out to laughter when he understood what Joohyun was conveying.

So Jonghyun is going to have a son as he want it to be, huh?

But that flattery is way too much!

“Jonghyun samchon also told me you should ask him out for some drink and samgyeobsa, do not just wait and make him the only one who ask, it made him look bad for a husband. I thought he meant that you two should take turn.”

“Keudae? He did tell you that?” Yonghwa asked in amazement.

“Yes, he also said that you spoiled his family with your richness but you couldn’t expect him to be on your side for no matter what. He needed his standing point, that why he didn’t want to work close to you for things only get complicated this way.”

That sounded like Jonghyun who always had pride.

He remembered back then when he and Jonghyun had some issue, it was solved by bloody fighting while Minhyuk and Jungshin tried to stop them, and after the fight things were good.

Jonghyun wasn’t someone who hold a grugde on anyone and if you pushed the right button by letting a man speak up manly and straightforwardly, he would be good and things could be settled.

It was Yonghwa, this time, who couldn’t do the speak up.

“But I reckon he still cares a lot about you. He is always your friend, anyway, anyhow.” Joohyun gave her oppinion.

Yonghwa wasn’t sure. He was not a really good friend, he knew that.

“He said he is always trying with you, but now he will need to spend time with his family and with Jongin’s coming, he wouldn’t transfer back.”

“Ahreasseo.” Yonghwa just said that like he didn’t care it very much, but deep down he knew some heavy burden was lifted up from his chest and that had to thank to Joohyun.

She always knew how to turn his broken puzzle upside down and put the pieace right back together while he only left things to calm down in the hand of time, sometimes it worked, sometimes it not.

So many things happened and he let it rolled on its way..

Until now…

Until he found her and everything seemed to go right for the first time.

“And Jonghyun samchon also gossipped about you, he said the Jungs had perfectionist standard in their blood, so it was hard to hear any praise.”

“Hard to hear me praise?” Yonghwa wondered.”Ani, I think I gave my praise a lot, did I?”

“Yes, you did every now and then. I remembered you praised me sometimes, but all in all it’s okay, I can praise myself better. You do good, Joohyun! Well done! Otta girl” Like that Joohyun showed praising herself.

Yonghwa adored her one million time more.

Why you gotta be so cute, Joohyun?

“Then just let’s me praise you now. SeoJoohyun, you are smart and very hard working. You know how to put people at ease, that’s why everyone love to be around you. You… you are different from everyone, that makes you very special. And you are very caring, y-“

Yonghwa’s words  cut short because she stopped him…

By kissing on his cheek and that took away his breath.

One little kiss..

sweet and tender..

filled his mind with absolute white, he couldn’t think right.

“What is it about, Joohyun?” He uttered softly.

She smiled. “..Because you praised me big time.”

She didn’t really think about it, she just did and then turned out somehow it made her heart skip a beat for a moment, but she didn’t think it was a problem.

“I gave you my thanks, samchon.”

Give thanks

[A/N] Comment pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee >___<

See you next week!

More sweet scene to come XD