His father's back was facing him when Leetuek entered the room, "Father.". His father said nothing for a few moments before he turned. The anger in his eyes were unmistakable. "Is that the reason you won't marry? The rumours were true? You really do like gu... guys?" The questions were straightforward and to the point. Leeteuk did not shift his glance away from his father, instead, held his gaze. "I love him, father." Leeteuk watched as his father's face turned red with fury, his fingers were clenched in a tight fist. "You're both guys. You can't really think that any good could come out of this ab... abomination. "He spat out the words, "Listen to us and leave him. We'll set you up with a beautiful lady that is befitting of your status." Leeteuk tried to phrase his next sentence with care and sincerity, "Father, I'm incapable of loving anyone else but him. Please, like I said this morning, do not force me. I love him more than my life itself and he loves me too.". His father laughed, a horrible humorless laugh. "Love? Teuk, you have always been very clever since young. What does love between men means in this era, you should know it very well. You'll be ostracized by the society and every reputation that you had built up would be destroyed. " When his father saw his son shook his head, he strode forward and slapped him. Leeteuk's eyes widened in shock but he forced himself not to do or say anything as his father trembled in fury. "Are you so bend on destroying our family? Fine. Even if you think because you're the second son so you won't be affected much but Cho Kyuhyun is the first son of the Cho family, isn't he? What do you think would happen if the rumour goes out that he seduced you? His family would be shamed." Teukie's heart froze. "Are you threatening me right now, father?.Right now, no one knows of or relationship but if you do that then I would admitted out right that I'm the one who seduced him." His father laughed, "Oh. You didn't really believe that you'll be there when I accused him, would you? Besides, do you think I'll just stop at that? Imagine what would happen if the father was suspected of treason." Teukie gasped, "No one will believe you." His father smirked, "I have quite an amount of influence and say in court, son." Teukie paled at the possibility of Kyuhyun's family being destroy and ruined to tatters. It's true that his father had a lot of power and reputation, if he really spread those rumors, Even if Teukie came out and admitted that he was not seduced but a willing party, at worse, his father would cut off ties with him but for Kyuhyun's family, they won't even be able to defend themselves before they were sent to prison. His father smiled sadly, "I'll give you two days to consider, son. I have my faith in you that you'll make the right decision."

That night, Teukie tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep and when he saw the first ray of dawn, he changed and went out to the stable. He silently took his horse and rode out of the mansion. The market, when he rode past was silent and quiet. He quickly made his way into the forest besides it. The green foliage shielded him and it was almost as if he had went into another world. The leaves were damp with dew, the air around him was moist and cooling,as he breathed in the fresh air, he immediately felt the tension within his body loosened up and he relaxed. He slowed his horse into a trot and made his way through the huge forest. He had always been exploring the deep woods since young and knew it as well as his own house. As he neared the place that was his secret haven, his heart jumped just as a thought entered his mind. He knew then, what he had to do to solve the problem that had occupied his mind the entire night. He smiled a sad smile as he decided, knowing who he'll be hurting the most when he took the necessary actions. Next, he spend an hour or two thinking through what he had to do to make his plan work. When he left the place, the day had already brightened up considerably and the sun rays shone through the trees, lighting up the entire area. It was truly a magical sight and Leeteuk almost thought he could see small tree fairies dancing through the leaves as birds chirped merrily. When he made his way out of the forest, he made sure that no one saw him,in fact,no one,not even his close friends knew that he was familiar with the entire layout of the forest and it was this secret that was going to help him with what he planned. He went back to his house where he had breakfast and arranged some matters in secret. He knew that Kyuhyun would have been worried about how his talk with his father turned out last night but Leeteuk had certain responsibility that he had to pass on to suitable people first if he were to carry out his plan and he might even destroy a friendship in process. With that thought in mind, he sighed and got on to work. He spent the entire afternoon, surprisingly undisturbed, tying up the loose ends. It seems that Kyuhyun was preoccupied by something, which was fortunate. He was just finishing the last of the pile of documents when he heard a knock on the back door that was just besides the small garden outside his room. Curiously, Teukie went to open it and immediately, a warm body flung into his arms. Leeteuk breathed in his lover's scent, wishing that he could bottle it up and keep it forever. "Kyu." Teukie wrapped his arms around Kyuhyun's back, his chin resting upon the younger man's shoulder since he was shorter. "Hyung. I kept waiting for you to come and find me this morning, but you didn't and I had to accompany my father to some ceremony for the entire afternoon. Are you alright? What did your father do to you? Did he punish you? Did he hurt you? If he did, I'm going to kill him." Leeteuk chuckled, "Kyu, you can't just go killing or hurting people because they hurt me. You're still young, only nineteen, don't do this kind of thing." Kyuhyun leaned back from the embrace, shaking his head, "I'll don't care. I can't stand it if you're hurt." Teukie smiled at the younger man, he had knew, from the beginning that although Kyuhyun was much younger that he could be quite ruthless when he wants to be. "It's alright, he didn't do anything to me. I've settled it all, stop saying that you're going to kill someone for me. Now, since you're here, do you want to go somewhere?". Kyuhyun looked at Leeteuk uncertainly, not knowing whether or not Teuk was lying about nothing had happened to Teuk with his father. However, not wanting to upset Leeteuk, he smirked and asked Teukie, his eyes shining with mischief. "Teuk..." he purred, "Should we go to a place where we can spend the night at?". Teukie growled as his eyes darkened with desire, "Did you bring your horse?" Kyuhyun nodded, "it's outside." Teukie laughed and nodded,"Wait for me by the next street, I'll go get my horse." With a smoldering look over his shoulders, Kyuhyun left the mansion silently with a small smile playing on his lips. Leeteuk quickly finished up the last document, sealed it and left for the stables. Ten minutes later, he was on the road with Kyuhyun to one of the villas owned by his family further at the border of the village. No one but a few servants would be in the house at the moment. They were famished by the time they reached the small villa and Leeteuk told the butler there to help prepare some food. By the time they finished up the food, it was already well into the night and Teukie was quick to dismiss the servants away, requesting the butler who had always been taking care of Teukie since he was a young boy to make the servants stay away from the area of the Villa where they were residing for the night until the next morning. The butler retreated with his eyes twinkling knowingly through his face remained expressionless as he bowed, "I hope you'll enjoy your night, Young Masters." Leeteuk laughed while Kyuhyun smirked. When they were sure that they were finally alone, Leeteuk reached for Kyuhyun and pulled him into a kiss. He grazed his tongue over his lush lips and the younger man parted them, allowing him entrance. Teukie explored the hot cavern, earning a few moans and whimpers from Kyuhyun whose hands had found its way through Teukie's clothes and were now exploring the heated skin beneath it. Kyuhyun undid the belt and pushed the silk robe away, exposing the muscled chest underneath. He quickly got rid of both of their clothes and pulled Teukie down onto the mattress. "Kyu, I want to make love to you for the entire night until you could not walk properly the next morning." Teukie whispered seductively into Kyuhyun's ear and bit it playfully, earning another sweet moan from the younger man. Teukie smiled and proceeded to make slow and sweet love to Kyuhyun the entire night, memorizing every moans and screams emitted from the younger man. They fell asleep in each other's arm, exhausted. When Teukie next opened his eyes, Kyuhyun was sleeping peacefully on his arm and it was still dark. He glanced at Kyuhyun sadly and carefully reached out a hand to trail over Kyu's delicate features. "I'm so sorry, Kyu. I won't be able to stay by your side anymore, but please, remember this night and know that regardless of what happens, I'll always love you and you only, Cho Kyuhyun." With tears streaming down his face, Leeteuk fell back to sleep with Kyuhyun's warm body smuggled against his. 

The next morning, they woke up smiling to each other. After having a hot bath and breakfast together, they went back to their own house. Before they separated, Kyu reminded Teukie, "Hyung, don't be late again this time. Minnie hyung hated it." Leeteuk laughed, "Fine, I won't be late again this time." With that, Kyuhyun smiled and left for his house. Teukie glanced sorrowfully at his back before heaving a deep sigh and made his way back home. That afternoon, Teukie arrived at Kyuhyun's mansion on time at 4 pm but Sungmin still reached first. "Hyung!", Sungmin called out in delight and walked towards Leeteuk, "You're finally punctual for once." Teukie laughed and pulled Minnie in for a hug, "But you're still earlier.". They were broken apart by Kyuhyun who pulled Minnie away and shot him a look. "Min, He's mine!". Sungmin looked at him in shock for a moment before recovering and laughed. The three of them went into one of the huge palors. For the next two hours, they chatted and joked, enjoying each other's company just like every other time. As dusk was approaching, Sungmin mentioned about the time and said, "I have to go soon. Wookie has fallen sick again, I'm going to go and see him.". Kyuhyun nodded and spoke, "I'm going with you too. Wait for a moment, I bought something for him. I'll go get it in my room." Teukie and Minnie sat in silence for a moment, then, suddenly, Teukie moved towards Sungmin who was sitting opposite him, a table between them. Sungmin looked up, "Hyung?". Teukie looked at him intently before reaching over and grabbed Sungmin, pulling him out of his seat. Minnie fell into his lap and struggled to get out of it but Teukie's tight grip forced him in place. "I'm sorry, Min." Leeteuk apologized as he wrapped an arm around Sungmin's waist and with the other arm, he reached for the younger man's head and kissed him. Sungmin's eyes widened in shock as Teukie's lips meet his. He struggled against the older man's lover-like embrace, pushing against his muscled chest, he could not understand why Teuk hyung was doing this to him, but if Kyuhyun saw this, he's going to literally kill Sungmin. When the sound of sliding door and the startled gasp from Kyuhyun was heard, Sungmin hurriedly pushed harder at Leeteuk and the older man finally released him. Sungmin shot a angry look at Leeteuk who was acting nonchalantly and turned towards Kyuhyun who was trembling uncontrollably in anger. Sungmin took a step towards him, "Kyu. It's... It's not what you think..." As the words left his mouth, Minnie knew that it was a mistake when Kyuhyun's black eyes darkened even more. It only served to add on to what Kyuhyun was speculating which by Sungmin's guess was that Sungmin had seduced Leeteuk and attempted to steal him away from Kyuhyun. Sungmin continued weakly, "He was the one who kissed me...", just as he finished his sentence, a burning pain flashed across his check as Kyuhyun slapped him. "How could you do this to me, hyung?! " Sungmin raised a shaking hand to his burning cheek and looked at Kyuhyun in shock. The younger man stormed towards his lover and hit him on the chest, "Teuk! Tell me that he was the one who seduced you! You did not just betray me!" Kyuhyun screamed, tears were streaming uncontrollably down his face. Teukie grabbed both of Kyuhyun's hands, stopping his hurting actions and flung him onto the floor. Sungmin's eyes widened even more. He was so stunned by Leeteuk's action that when the older man stepped towards him, he did not react. Minnie was baffled by what had just happened. It was too overwhelming.  Minnie felt a familiar hand grabbed his wrist and pulled him. Sungmin looked up to Leeteuk's impassive face and was able to ask for an explanation when the older man just pulled him along and strode out of the room, leaving the sobbing Kyuhyun without a single word or explanation. "Hyung....". Sungmin protested as Leeteuk dragged him all the way to the stable, he shook off Leeteuk's hand, "Hyung! What were you thinking? Kyu....". Sungmin's sentence trailed off when he caught the sight of the tears flowing down Teukie's face. "Hyung... What's going on here? Why... Why are you crying?".  Teukie brushed off the tears and mounted his horse and once again, without any word, he rode out of the Cho Mansion. Sungmin, torn between two of his best friends, mounted his horse and rode after Leeteuk. He will explain to Kyuhyun later. The look in Teukie's eyes.... were not one of guilt, it was raw, pain. However, what worried Sungmin even more was the emptiness that was slowly settling into the older man's irises before he turned away and left. 

Slightly longer chapter, hope it's not too confusing. This is just two-third about what really happened. There's still the last part left, so sorry for dragging this. Thank you for subscribing and commenting, do give me feedbacks! I value them a lot! :)