CHAPTER TWO

[Incheon International Airport]

    “Moshi mosh. Ah, Yamada-kun, hai. Watashi wa kuko de gozen. Mousugu sukimasu. Shinpaishinaide kudasai...”

    [English Translation: Hello. Ah, Yamada-kun, yes. I am at the airport. Yes, I will be there soon. Please don’t worry.]

    A soft murmur followed as Jaejoong made his way to the boarding line.

    Jaejoong caught on to a particular whisper.

    “Hey, who is that? Doesn’t he look like a model?”

    “No, I feel like I have seen him before.”

    “Wait, isn’t that Kim Jaejoong?”

    Jaejoong flinched but kept on moving as he conversed with Yamada.

    “What! No way. Why would that be Jaejoong oppa? He doesn’t have any overseas schedules. And Jaejoong oppa is always stylish, he...not so much.”

    “Ah, okay.”

    “Hai, imasu. Ie, soreha nandan. Watashi ga ikanakereba naranai. Ja mate ne. Kotchi mo issho, Yamada-kun.”

    [English Translation: Yes, I am here. No, it’s nothing. I have to go now. See you later. Same here, Yamada-kun.]

    Jaejoong hung up his phone and quickly made his way to check in. He could still feel other people’s gazes on him. He was eye catching after all.

    His blonde fringe stood out under his beanie and and big sunglasses. He was wearing a big woolen scarf with matching woolen overcoat. The woolen scarf was perfectly covering half of his lower face.

    “Hey, hey, doesn’t that guy look weird?” Another whisper came.

    “Shush! Don’t be rude. His backside looks very model like.”

    Jaejoong tried to tune out the background noises and gave in his passport and ticket.

    The lady raised her eyebrow as she scrutinized Jaejoong up and down.

    “You are Ki-”

    Jaejoong caught her off with a shush and shake of his head.

    “Get Mr. Cho for me,” he whispered softly after leaning in towards the lady.

    The lady recognized his voice and quickly flushed for being rude.

    “Y-yes. I-I will get him.”

    The lady left in a hurry and soon a man replaced her.

    The man smiled at Jaejoong and did his job.

    “I will be the one to personally take you to the plane. You don’t have to worry about having your identity revealed. I will let Ms. Lee know to not gossip about this.”

    Jaejoong gave Mr. Cho a nod and followed him. Mr. Cho quickly led Jaejoong to the plane which had just arrived and took him to the business class. There, he personally spoke with Mrs. Yang, the lead air hostess to take care of Jaejoong and not let anyone know of him.

    After all the secrecy and whatnot, Jaejoong finally settled down on his seat and fell asleep after a long night and early morning.

    Several hours passed and the air hostess personally woke up Jaejoong to tell him the plane has arrived at their destination. Jaejoong smiled at her and thanked her. To which, Mrs. Yang gave a courteous nod and a smile.

[Narita Airport]

    Once again soft murmurs followed Jaejoong but he didn’t pay much attention to it. He quickly pulled out his phone and dialed a number he knew by heart.

{I will stop doing Japanese to English translations. It takes too much time, hehe.}

    “Hello. Yamada-kun, I am here. Where are you?” Jaejoong asked as he searched the crowd.

    “Jejung-kun, you are still as eye catching as ever even with all that body covered up,” Yamada laughed subtly.

    Jaejoong flushed a little and his eyes searched the crowd frantically.

    Jaejoong let out a gasp when he felt a pair of strong arms wrap around his waist.

    “Kon’nichiwa, Jejung-kun. Looking great as ever,” Yamada said softly and pecked Jaejoong’s thoroughly hidden temple.

    Jaejoong laughed softly and pressed his back against Yamada’s firm chest.

    “Hello to you too, Yamada-kun. It seems like you have been working out,” Jaejoong teased.

    “Huh? Are you telling me I hadn’t been working out before?” Yamada asked as he let go of Jaejoong and turned him around.

    Jaejoong burst out laughing at Yamada’s expression.

    “Oh god, you should look at your face, Yamada-kun!”

    Yamada smiled mischievously and tickled Jaejoong as a payback.

    “Ah! Wait wait wait! Yamada-kun! Ie, matte! Yamada-kun!” Jaejoong whined as he tried to breakaway from the tickle attack.

    Yamada captured Jaejoong in his embrace again and started swaying side by side on his feet.

    Jaejoong was catching his breath from laughing too hard.

    “I missed you, Jejung-kun,” Yamada whispered as he pecked the top of Jaejoong’s beanie.

    Jaejoong wrapped his arms around Yamada’s back and settled all his weight on him and swayed along with Yamada.

    “Hmm,” Jaejoong hummed, “I missed you too, Yamada-kun.”

    “Jejung-kun, we should go now. People are looking at us.”

    They both let go of each other and looked around, and as Yamada said, people were looking at them. Some were gushing out, some were cooing, some were giving them dirty looks, some were looking at them amusedly, some were snapping pictures and some didn’t care much and just glanced at them and walked away.

    “Totemo kawaii!” Came out a shout from the crowd.

    “Awwwww! So cute!” Another shout came out.

    Jaejoong blushed furiously even though it wasn’t noticeable because of all the clothing pieces that was covering his face.

    Jaejoong hung his head low and Yamada chuckled at his cute demeanor.

    Yamada wrapped his arm around Jaejoong’s shoulder and walked away. He gave a few nods here and there and smiled sheepishly.

    “Ah! Who do you think they were!”

    “I know right! They were so cute! Dakara to!”

    “Aw, me too! I am so jealous! I wish my boyfriend was like that! He is so handsome and lovely! He treats his boyfriend so well!”

    “Ehhh! I don’t even have a boyfriend!”

    “The other one is cute too! Look at him! He is so shy! All covered up like that!”

    Jaejoong became even more shy and shrunk deeper into Yamada’s embrace.

    Yamada laughed at Jaejoong’s demeanor and hurried out of the airport.

    “Sorry, Jejung-kun. I didn’t think it will create so much scene. I just missed you so much that I couldn’t hold it in.”

    “No, it’s okay, Yamada-kun. At least they didn’t realize who I was.”

    “I guess so. You are good at this, Jejung-kun.”

    “Of course. I have done it before when I secretly went out with Yun-”

    Jaejoong stopped his words and looked up at Yamada.

    Yamada still had sweet smile on his lips and shook his head.

    “Don’t worry, Jejung-kun. It’s my fault for making a comment. It was just a slip of tongue on your part,” Yamada reassured Jaejoong by rubbing his shoulder.

    Jaejoong look down and smiled sadly.

    Do I even deserve you, Yamada-kun?

    As if Yamada heard Jaejoong’s inner thoughts, he stopped in his tracks and turned Jaejoong around to face him.

    “Jejung-kun, I know what you are thinking. Please don’t belittle yourself. You are more than perfect, Jejung-kun. It should be me who should worry about not being suitable enough for you.”

    Jaejoong teared up a little and jumped in to hug Yamada. He tightly wrapped his arms around Yamada’s neck and stood on his tippy toes.

    “Gomen’nasai, Yamada-kun! How can you be so nice? Past the five months we have been together, you have always been so supportive. You always forgive my mistakes and never find my fault at anything. Yamada-kun, you are the one who is more than perfect.”

    Jaejoong let go of Yamada and shook his head.

    “Yamada-kun, you have everything I lack. I am not even close to being perfect. I should be the one to worry about not being suitable for you-”

    Yamada stopped Jaejoong by covering his mouth under the scarf. He took off the scarf and kissed Jaejoong hard on the lips. Yamada then leaned back and smiled.

    “Now, let’s go home, okay? And promise me you won’t ever bring this up. Promise?” Yamada brought out his pinky finger.

    Jaejoong chuckled softly at the childish behavior but nonetheless hooked his pinky finger with Yamada’s pinky finger.

“There you go. Now, ikimashou. I miss Jejung-kun’s cooking. And one more thing. Don't use formal tone with me. It makes me feel like a stranger whenever we talk on the phone."

Jaejoong quickly covered his face again and pinched Yamada’s cheek.

“Hai hai, Yamada-kun. I won't do that anymore. Ikimashou ne.”

Both of them walked out the airport keeping small talks and laughing and smiling.

[Yamada’s Apartment]

    “Tadaima!” Jaejoong yelled happily as Yamada opened his apartment's door.

    “Okaeri!” Yamada yelled back as he went behind Jaejoong and back hugged him as they walked inside the cozy apartment.

    The apartment wasn’t as luxurious as Jaejoong’s own penthouse, but it had the homely feel Jaejoong’s house didn’t have because of all the huge space that was too big for a one man and a cat.

“Oh, you had some home decoration done,” Jaejoong said surprised at the new decorations.

“Eh, it’s nothing. Nee-chan was here and you know how she is. She called me boring and redid some things here and there,” Yamada said nonchalantly as he moved to the kitchen.

Jaejoong laughed as he started removing his scarf, sunglasses, beanie and woolen coat. He then went to  the kitchen and back hugged Yamada as he kept his forehead hidden on the crook of his neck.

“You aren’t boring, Yamada-kun. You live your life in simplicity and I envy you for that. Do you see how extravagant I am? It’s embarrassing,” Jaejoong clicked his tongue.

Yamada laughed as he opened the fridge and took a look inside.

“Ah!” Yamada yelled all of a sudden and quickly turned around, making Jaejoong tumble back a little, but luckily Yamada caught him on time by his waist.

“Sumimasen, Jejung-kun,” Yamada apologized and flashed an apologetic smile.

“Nah, it’s okay. What’s wrong, Yamada-kun?” Jaejoong asked as he tried to stand up straight. Yamada pulled him up and kept him steady.

Yamada sighed and let out a pout. Jaejoong chuckled at Yamada’s cute behavior and pinched his cheeks.

“I have no food left! I forgot that Nee-chan