“So…” Yoochun started, throwing a short glance at the man lying beside him. His eyes on the television. “Did you really mean what you said…in the club...the other night?"

Yoochun got to admit that what Junsu said the other night about liking/wanting Yunho IF they weren't together bothered him. It really shouldn't have but it is. He's really not making any sense, is he?

Junsu smiled to himself, cuddling closer to his lover. One arm wrapped around Yoochun's waist, his head lying on his chest. "Which one? I think I've said too many things that night

Knowing exactly what Yoochun's talking about, Junsu just wanted to tease his Chunnie. And he couldn't feel more triumphant when he heard the other sigh.

"Never mind...just forget that I asked...” Yoochun said as he moved away from Junsu, a little too far for Junsu's liking.

Sitting up straight, Junsu grinned at the sad looking Yoochun. "Chun-ah, how long have we been together again?" Junsu asked.

"Now you even forgot about those little things..."

"Just answer me..."

Yoochun finally answered. "Four."

Junsu looked up to the ceiling, inhaling the air surrounding their room, his arms spread on the back of the sofa. "Ah…four long wonderful years of my life with you...of being in love with only you..."

Yoochun felt guilty. How can he even let what Junsu said bother him. Junsu might've have said that Yunho's hot but that was not enough reason for him to doubt their love. He looked down on his hands, fidgeting with the hem of his shirt.

Junsu gave Yoochun a slight smack on the head. And then grinned when the other look up. "Aish! Paboo!".Junsu cupped Yoochun's face and leaned closer ‘til their noses meet. "I may not have eyes that's only for you because I know I'm very appreciative of other people's beauty" Yoochun pouted making Junsu want to those full red lips. "But my heart only belongs to you. Only to you, Park Yoochun."

Yoochun finally smiled, nodding at the brown haired boy before stealing a kiss from Junsu. "Saranghae, Junsu-yah"

"And I love you, too. Please, ALWAYS keep that in the empty head of yours". Junsu retorted.

"So much for loving me, huh..." Yoochun pulled Junsu. Letting the other lay on top of him as they are now lying on the sofa. "So, you weren't really serious about Yunho-hyung?"

Junsu shrugged his shoulder, sleep slowly tugging at his consciousness. "I am but then you're already here with me, I can't ask for anyone else. Unless you have any plans of leaving me then I'll have to get Yunho-hyung's attention away from Jaejoong-hyung".

"Ah, you noticed it too?" Yoochun met Junsu's eyes as the slightly shorter boy looked to look at him.

"How can I not? Yunho's eyes were on Jaejoong-hyung all through out that night. Too bad, hyung doesn't seem to enjoy the attention that much."

Yoochun nodded, running his fingers on Junsu's hair. "He's changed so much. It's like he'd shut people from his life. He almost shut us out before."

The memories of the time when Jaejoong was still with Junki came back. Up to this moment, they, HE couldn’t understand why Junki did what he did to their Jaejoong-hyung. They seemed to be the "perfect couple". Junki was a nice guy. They never thought he’d turn into an evil and turn his back from Jaejoong, leaving him heartbroken. Untrusting and scared.

Once again, Junsu lifted his head up from resting on Yoochun’s chest. “I don’t know why but I think…maybe… Yunho-hyung can help Jaejoong-hyung to come out of the shell he’s been hiding into.”

“We can only hope, Su-ah. But above anything else, I just want Jaejoong-hyung to be happy…”

***********

“Changmin-ah, aren’t you done yet? You know we’ll going to have to stand in long lines if you continue being slow like this.” Glancing at his wristwatch, Jaejoong turned to leave, calling for his brother for the least time. “I’ll be waiting for you in the car. Hurry up!”

Snatching the car keys on the coffee table, he closed the door behind him.

Getting in the car, he turned the car stereo on knowing Changmin might take another five or ten minutes inside. The enrollment in their university just started and decided that today will be a better day to enroll. People will be probably lesser than the first few days.

A few minutes with music on the background can make Jaejoong fall asleep and he was already feeling sleepy when the car door was pulled open and closed with a slamming sound.

“Jaejoong-hyung, Yunho-hyung’s going to enroll today too. And I told him that we can just give him a ride.” Changmin fixed his seatbelt before turning to face his hyung. “That’s okay, right?”

“Of course” Starting the car’s engine, Jaejoong started driving towards Yunho’s own little home, completely oblivious to the questioning look on Changmin’s face.

Driving his way around the familiar streets of Yunho’s neighborhood, Jaejoong stopped into a halt in front of an old building. Fortunately, since Yunho was informed, they didn’t have to wait because Yunho was already waiting for them. And all he needed to do was get in the car, taking the backseat.

Jaejoong gave Yunho a smile small through the mirror, acknowledging the other’s presence. Changmin glanced at Yunho then at Jaejoong before settling himself back on his seat.

“So, let me just get this straight, Jae-hyung or I’ll go crazy. You’re not angry at Yunho-hyung are you?” He just let the question out.

Jaejoong shook his head. “Of course not! What gave you that idea?”

“Well, there was you acting strange in the club in the other night.”

Jaejoong could feel the blush on his cheeks. He wasn’t expecting his brother to ask that in front of Yunho. “I…I just wasn’t feeling good. But Yunho and I are…friends.” He said in a final tone. A signal for his brother not to say anything else or he’ll be dead.

*********

“Here you go” Yunho offered Jaejoong a canned soda before sitting right across the beauty in front of him.

Yunho had learned that standing and waiting in a long line with the sun shining brightly above you makes Jaejoong dizzy. When he noticed Jaejoong’s lip looking pale than usual, he immediately took the other to one of the benches nearby. Changmin’s out of sight. He might have been in the middle of signing up for registration paper in the other building. Jaejoong and Yunho stand on the same line for they take the same course. He just wished they’ll be going to every single class, too.

“Are you feeling better now?” He asked. His voiced filled with worries.

Jaejoong nodded and smiled at him. “Yeah, I’m fine now…I think.”

“You think! I thought you’ll pass out on me back there” Yunho tried to joke. He took the medicine he was able to ask from the university nurse. “Take this, too. It’ll make you feel better”

Jaejoong made a sour face. “But…I don’t like taking medicines”

“Ah-ah, don’t tell me that. You NEED to drink this. Or I can just tell Changmin what happened”. Yunho threatened. Jaejoong had asked him not to tell his brother, knowing that his brother might make a big deal out of it.

“Now, you’re blackmailing me huh?” Jaejoong snorted but taking the small tablet from the other. Yunho watched as Jaejoong placed the medicine inside his mouth. Before he met Jaejoong he never thought that watching someone take a medicine could be so…fulfilling.

“Eww! That’s just nasty!” Jaejoong exclaimed.

“But it’ll help you”, Yunho replied. He took his notebook and started fanning Jaejoong, making the other blush.

“Ah, Yunho, you don’t need to do that…”

“But I want to do this…for you”

Jaejoong didn’t answer. What should he say? He didn’t know. Should he say anything?

“Hey, here comes Changmin”. Yunho’s voice reached his ears. Thanks God the other spoke or it would make things awkward for him.

“You guys are done already?” The younger man asked.

“Not yet. I just wanted to sit down first” Jaejoong answered. “Are you done?”

“Yeah… we can go home now but since you guys aren’t done yet I think I’ll be going first. I still have a date to prepare for” Changmin winked at the older men, waving his hand as he left them.

Yunho chuckled at Changmin’s retreating back.

“He can be such a pain in the sometimes” Jaejoong commented as the both of them shared a laugh…just like the last time. An easy, calming and comforting atmosphere surrounding them

Chapter 6

“Hyung, I think we need to go to the grocery. There’s barely any food left in the ref!” Changmin whined.

They’re in the Kim’s House. YooSu came over while Changmin completely dragged Yunho to come and hang out with them. He feels more comfortable now; he’s been in the Kim’s household for a couple of times already. The first time was after the enrolled in the university, he didn’t let Jaejoong go home by himself that day.

FLASHBACK***

Yunho’s POV
 

“This is our little home” Jae said as he pushed the door to the home he shares with Changmin open.

“This is what you call your “little home?” Yunho almost asked out loud. The Kim brother’s house is ten times bigger than where’s his staying at. Okay, maybe that’s too exaggerated but you do get my point, right?

Their home feels so warm, so welcoming, very much like the people who lives in the house. In hallway, from the door leading inside the house, you’ll see cabinets where their foot wears are kept, Jaejoong told me. They must have hundreds of shoes.

When you get to their living room, you’ll want to just sit down and relax. The house is painted entirely of a light shade of green. On the center of it is a single and double seated sofa. The large flat screen television is attached on the wall. Stacks of CDs are placed neatly above another cabinet where pictures of Jaejoong, Changmin and YooSu can be found. If you’ll look around the house, you’ll notice more of these pictures hanging on their wall. Shows just how close these four are, huh?

Then of course, there’s the kitchen and the bedrooms, three of them. The 3rd room saved for YooSu if they ever decide out of nowhere to crash in their house.

From the short time I’ve been friends with Changmin, and Junsu being the talkative him, I’ve learned that Jaejoong and Changmin lives alone. Both of their parents now have families of their own and are living abroad. Though Mr. and Mrs. Kim’s marriage didn’t last, they remained in good terms. Both agreeing that their separation shouldn’t be affect the relationship of their family as a whole.

“I’ll leave you for a while”, Jaejoong’s voice reached my ear, pulling my attention away from looking on the photos on the wall. “I’ll just go and change. Make yourself comfortable, you can make us some drinks and sandwich if you like…” I simply nodded at him as he disappeared from the hallway.

I looked around the room once more before I my heel and did just what Jae told me to, prepare ourselves some snack.

Once I was done, I made myself comfortable on the couch, took one thick photo album from under the table and started browsing on the pages. I couldn’t help the smile that curved on my lips at some of the pictures. A group picture of YooSu where Yoochun looked like he’s Junsu’s cheek, his left arm around the other’s neck and Junsu’s grin was very wide. Then I stopped turning the pages, finding myself staring at Jaejoong’s solo picture.

“I wonder if he’ll notice this picture missing if I took it”, I thought but disregarded the idea. Hearing the sound of a door being opened and then closed, I placed the album back to its place.

A few seconds later, Jaejoong reappeared from the hallway, changed into a set of clean clothes. He might only be wearing a simple pants and a light blue muscle shirt but he looks exquisitely beautiful in Yunho’s eyes that the slightly taller man couldn’t take his eyes off of Jaejoong.

“Yunho…?” Jaejoong called out softly. “Are you… okay?”

Yunho couldn’t help the rush of blood on his face and he couldn’t feel more embarrass that Jaejoong caught him spacing out.

“Ah, I’m… Uhh...” he stuttered. It’s been getting harder to hide the attraction he’s feeling for the other especially when the center of his attraction is in front of him. “Just looking at your photos.”

Jaejoong took the seat beside him. “Ah…” Jaejoong nodded, a small smile on his lips.

“Did you take some of these?” Yunho asked, knowing for a fact that Jaejoong is somehow interested in photography.

“Most of them…I did”, the raven haired boy answered shyly. “The silly, crazy looking ones though, we’re all taken by Yoochun. I don’t know how he does that though”.

**********END OF FLASH BACK

“Well, you still have enough food for you to survive you till tomorrow” Jaejoong replied.

“But hyung… I think I’ll be able to eat all of these. I’m pretty sure I’ll be up ‘til dawn since someone here will probably make a lot of noise later on…” Changmin eyes went to YooSu who acted like they didn’t hear any word he said.

Yoochun looked up from the television screen to Jaejoong. “Oh, please... Don’t tell me he’s in it again” he said rolling his eyes.

Though now a college junior, Changmin still has that time when he acts like a whiny 6 year old kid who wants his lollipop. And it’s at times like that that he gets to “manipulate” his hyungs to do whatever he asks of them too. Yunho doesn’t understand how Changmin can have that much “power” over his brother and the other two at first. One time, for some reason, Changmin was having a bad day, and then he understood. Changmin can get really scary when he wants to.

“What do you want? List them all down now as I’m planning to go down the grocery story later but I might as well do it now before you make everyone feel like hell, what do you think?” Jaejoong said sarcastically.

Changmin beamed in his seat quickly pulling out a pen and a piece of paper from his backpack. By how quick he wrote you’d think he only write a few items for Jae but if you’d look your eyes will probably pop out of your head. Hah!

Changmin handed the piece of paper to his brother, already thinking of all the food he’ll get BUT he have other plans that only he knows of.

Jaejoong didn’t mind looking at the least, knowing full well his brother will make him buy A LOT. “I’ll be back…” He muttered to the other as he headed towards the door.

“Yunho-hyung, why don’t you go with Jae-hyung?” Changmin suggested.

“Wh-what?”

Changmin shrugged his shoulder. “He might need help in carrying some stuff on his way back. And YooSu hyungs won’t be of help because they’ll surely found a place for themselves somewhere and let Jaejoong-hyung carry all the grocery bags.”

With a little more “pushing” from YooSuMin, Yunho and Jaejoong are both out the apartment and are headed to the grocery.

******

It was only a 10 minute walk to the grocery store. Pulling a cart, Yunho followed after Jaejoong. He can only watch as Jaejoong picked random things after another and checking the bottle of the top of the cereal’s box or the bottom of the fresh milks bottle for their expiration date.

Feeling as if someone’s watching him, Jaejoong look up, glancing towards his side where Yunho was standing. “What?” He asked consciously.

Blushing, Yunho turned away, pretending to look at some of the canned goods stack atop each other behind him, he muttered “nothing”.

“Hey! Since you’re staying for dinner, how about I cook bibimbap?”

Making a sudden turn of his head, Jaejoong saw how Yunho’s face lit up at the mention of his favorite food. “Cheongmal?”

Covering his mouth with his mouth, Jaejoong nodded at the taller man, laughing. "Neh."

His laughter was soon put into a stop when a familiar voice came from behind Jaejoong “Ah! Isn’t it the one and only Kim Jaejoong”.

Knowing full well what the owner of the voice wants, Jaejoong didn’t even bother to turn around and greet the other.

Yunho could only watch in confusion. Jaejoong had his fist clenched on his side as if ready to give a blow to the man standing in front of him.

“So… The beauty has found himself a new prince charming eh?”

No answer from Jaejoong but his face is flushed and you can see the anger on that pretty face of his. The man, Kim Heechul, placed one hand on Yunho’s shoulder, running a finger down to his arms. “May I know the name of this handsome man standing in front of me…”

Being the polite man that he is, Yunho held out his hand, ready to introduce himself to the other when Jaejoong suddenly spoke. “It’s not of your business, Heechul!”

Heechul only replied with a soft laugh. “Very protective of your man, aren’t you… Afraid I’ll take him again... hhhmm?” Heechul bent down a little, his face now near Jaejoong’s. Answering with a sharp look, Jaejoong grabbed at Yunho’s arm, pulling the other away from Heechul.

*******

“I’m sorry about that” Jaejoong finally spoke once he has managed to calm himself off from the unexpected and definitely unwanted “meeting” with Heechul. The man Junki cheated him with.

“No problem…” Yunho cast a glance down at Jaejoong. The raven haired man’s mood had completely changed after that little incident with Kim Heechul, whoever he is; Yunho doesn’t like him already. Wanting to cheer him up, Yunho stopped at the little coin operated machine he saw at a corner on their way back to the apartment.

Hugging one grocery bag against him and putting another down, Yunho looked through the stuff toy filled square shaped glass container. Choosing among the mini stuff toys inside, Yunho set himself on getting a Hamtaro stuff toy.

“What are you doing?” Jaejoong asked, watching Yunho’s face fill with determination, which he found amusing. The amusement was soon replaced with another feeling when Yunho finally succeeded in lifting the hamtaro, handing it out to him.

“Yunho-ah...?”

“It's is for you…” Yunho looked at the stuff toy on his hand. “Cute, isn’t it?”

Jaejoong nodded. “Thanks.”

Picking the grocery bag, Yunho smiled. As they walk back towards the apartment, both of them are quiet. Neither of them knew what to say. Yunho, no matter how much his curiosity about who Heechul is, didn’t bring the subject up. Jaejoong knew the other wanted to ask but felt thankful Yunho didn’t.

“We better hurry up. Changmin’s probably giving YooSu hell back there” Yunho was the first to speak.

“You’re right…” Jaejoong’s eyes glinted with mischievousness. “Maybe we can buy ourselves another ten minutes. Say, let’s get some ice cream first or drop by the video store and rent some DVDs.”

Understanding the look on Jaejoong’s face, Yunho couldn’t agree more, wanting to spend more time with Jaejoong… alone… more than anything else. “Great idea…”

Walking towards the direction of their apartment, JaeHo chatted animatedly on their way to the video store, not a bit feeling sorry for YooSu.