Chapter 13

Winning Hearts

 

 

Kyuhyun sighed, stirring his drink lazily. His eyes drifted across the private room balcony, lips parting ever so slowly…

“—Don’t.” Ryeowook barked, typing away at his laptop. A pair of glasses rested on the bridge of his nose, drooping slightly as he leaned forward to reread something in his half completed schedule.

Frowning, he went back to his drink. “But—”

“—I still have a solid five minutes,” he cut in, shooting Kyuhyun a dismissive glare.

Exhaling loudly, he pouted deeply and took a noisy sip from his straw. The ice crackled and clinked, liquid slipping off the sweating cubes.

“Fine…,” he muttered, shoulders hunched forward.

Ryeowook’s fingers moved faster and faster as he raced against time. It was already ten in the morning on the first day. Everything should’ve been rushed through on the plane, but Kyuhyun had decided that he wanted to talk and distract Ryeowook the entire time. During the incredibly long flight, he had managed to finish maybe a third of what needed to be done.

And now, as he worked on three hours of sleep, the schedule was barely halfway done. How was he supposed to finishing scheduling it in the next five minutes? Of course he wouldn’t. Ryeowook sighed, rubbing his forehead as it ached.

There was no way he would be able to complete it by the time vacation ended. Kyuhyun would refuse to let him anywhere near the laptop after this particular session and even if he attempted to work through the night instead of sleeping, Kyuhyun had already booked those hours too – figuratively, not literally. Ryeowook was crazed, but not that crazed. Scheduled was probably the most ludicrous thing he had ever heard of.

“One minute,” Kyuhyun noted rather gleefully. His lips were curled up in a smirk, eyes dark and victorious.

Ryeowook typed faster, praying that he would get even a little bit more done. Okay…and we’re done with January…February isn’t too long…but then there’s the holiday season…shoot! What are we doing for the holidays? Will Kyuhyun want all of his free days in this month? What about—

The laptop was suddenly pried out of his hands, forcing a yelp from Ryeowook. He looked up at the much too satisfied Kyuhyun.

“Time’s up, sweetheart,” he grinned, pushing the balcony door open and depositing the laptop on the table top.

“Wait, but Kyu—!”

He placed his hand over Ryeowook’s mouth, shaking his head. Setting the drink aside, Kyuhyun pushed his lover towards the bed, climbing on top of him as the slender male’s body hit the comforter.

“Don’t even try it,” he muttered, crushing their lips together.

Ryeowook relaxed into the kiss, fingers curling into the fabric of Kyuhyun’s shirt sleeves. There were colors blooming across the backs of his eyelids and currents of energy surging between their touching lips. Sliding his hands down, Ryeowook pushed the male’s shirt up, running fingers over the defined muscles and smooth skin.

“I knew you wanted it,” Kyuhyun teased, ripping open the loose button down Ryeowook had been wearing. He attacked the thin chest and stomach, tasting everything and anything he could. It wasn’t something that got old. “Wanna do it in the shower again?” Kyuhyun whispered, nibbling and at the base of Ryeowook’s neck.

The latter laughed, shaking his head vigorously.

“It was so fun though,” he whined, soothing circles into the slender male’s sides.

“But dangerous,” Ryeowook shot back, doing equal hickey damage to Kyuhyun’s throat, “I almost slipped on soap at least three times. And you kept hitting the showerhead.”

Kyuhyun snorted, popping the button on Ryeowook’s pants, “Technicalities. I bet bathroom is way easier in Hawaii.”

“What logic did you just use?” he mused, a breath catching at the teasing removal of his khakis.

“The one where vacation makes everything acceptable and magically perfect,” Kyuhyun responded without hesitation. He flashed a wide grin that was too cute for Ryeowook to ignore.

Sighing in defeat, he pushed Kyuhyun back, glancing at the bathroom. “You know…,” Ryeowook hooked his fingers into the man’s loose fitting sweats, carefully tugging them down until neither of them were clothed, “there are underwater jet streams built into the tub…”

“You’re driving me insane, Ryeowook,” Kyuhyun groaned, snatching the laughing male’s wrist and dragging him quickly to the waiting bathroom.

 

“Oh! I just remembered!” he gasped, wriggling around in his lover’s arms as they lied together in the filling tub. Warm water rose around them, encasing their bodies in a stress relieving liquid. Ryeowook leaned over Kyuhyun’s shoulder, peering out to the open door helplessly.

“What?” he inquired none-too-happily.

“We have to meet everyone in our group later and do an activity, I think.”

“That’s what you’re thinking about? Really?” Kyuhyun deadpanned, ceasing all ministrations to the highly sensitive body.  

Ryeowook chuckled and pushed back down, kissing his lover’s cheek. “I guess we can think about that later too…” He paused, “but you know that they’ll be curious if we don’t go, right?”

“They—”

“—they’ll think something is wrong and come to check on us,” Ryeowook corrected before Kyuhyun could even finish his sentence, “And what do you think they’ll realize when we don’t answer?”

“They will realize that we’re both deathly ill and ignoring them,” he responded cheerfully, pinning Ryeowook back against the smooth edge of the bathtub, “or, more likely, that I made you sneak away to have some real fun.”

Ryeowook ran his fingers through the other male’s fluffy locks, “You’re right,” he resigned, smiling a little, “you are that devious.”

“Mm, you know it,” he tipped the beautiful face up, pressing their lips together again.

 

 

 

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Wow guys...haha thanks for reading, as always! I was truly surprised that this story hit over 100 subs! (by 1 xD..) Anyway, thank you for your readership! (again)

So, I hope this chapter explained what happened last time in the bathroom ;P Because some of you were curious? Haha

Also, I feel like this story is incredibly fluff-tastic... .___. I suppose that's not a terrible thing, hmm? Do tell me if I have permission to add some angst again. At this point it could go either way, so give me an opinion if you feel so inclined ^^

 

 

 

 

 

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Ryeonggu_01 #1
its been 11 years since the story was completed, im super late but i just wanna say THANK YOU. thank you for giving us this beautiful Kyuwook love story. although at some point in the story, i was secretly hoping they wouldn't end up together, as much as i love kyuwook with all my heart, i just felt like they've hurt each other enough that even love couldn't begin to fix what they had, but as I was nearing the end of the story, thank you for proving me wrong. 2 broken individuals, dealing with their own issues, the haunting past and uncertainties of the future, but somehow they managed to make things work and made LOVE be enough, not to pick up where they left off, but to START anew, as healed individuals, and persons who understood how genuine and sincere love could give life so much more meaning.
I love both stories to bits, however, i've got a few questions that im afraid will be left unaswered lol.

Firstly, did Kyuhyun ever find out that it was Ryeowook who saved him years ago? I feel like it played a very important role in the story, esp Kyu's life, but there was no other mention of it, only that Victoria found the journal. no further mention/referenced about it, so i guess Kyu didn't find out and neither Wookie. But in the journal, Kyu did say he wanted to fall in love with that person, i can only imagine the fluff had they found out it was them all along.
Secondly, i haven't fully grasped what kind of game Kyu & Siwon were playing, 'cept those little snippets of bets where they toyed around, but the intensity of the game wasn't revealed, nor how it came to be. Esp at a later part where Kyu seemed helpless and afraid of Siwon and the latter seemed to be claiming ownership over Kyu. Just how big was the game?
Thirdly, what ever happened to Kyuhyun's letter? Did it ever reach Ryeowook? but i doubt it, Ryeo would've gone crazy (in a good way) about it after Kyu's confession, esp since he was starting to realize just how much the man had meant to him. So im guessing Siwon found out about it and interfered making sure it didn't reach Ryeowook? hence, he forged a reply and gave that to Kyu instead.
Fourthly, still regarding Kyu's letter, when he went to Ryeowook's hometown and love confessions were exchanged, he did mention about the letter and the supposed reply, surely that raised questions in Ryeowook's head, but why didn't he ask about them? he only processed about how the CD got to Kyuhyun but failed to question about the letters.
Fifthly, why was Dae-jung in their care? It was mentioned of them as godparents, but what happened to his real parents, why was the kid under Kyuwook's care? Also, was little Hyungsik a surrogate baby, or was he adopted? Appa Kyu was just too cute :))
Sixthly, i got a little confused cause in the prequel, Hyungsik was in his senior high school year and Ryeo a freshman college, so i figured he was gone soon after school started, cause it was summertime when they decided to move in together, and were only together for a few months. BUT, in the sequel, why did it say it's only been 4 years since Hyungsik left? I mean if you counted Ryewook's college years, which i assumed was 4 years, then he started working right away after graduation, and it had been 3 years since he started working for Kyu, shouldn't that be at least 7 years since Hyungsik was gone?
Seventhly, If the bracelet that Ryeowook gave to Kyuhyun was the same one as the one Hyungsik gave, what significance did the writings "Do You See What I See" had on Kyuhyun? How did the engraving connect to their love story in some ways?
Lastly, as silly as it may seem, how did Ryeowook party with the girls that had his eyes filled with horror and disgust? :DDDDD HAHAH poor Wookie :D

But really, I enjoyed the 2 stories, and once again THANK YOU for sharing their beautiful love story with us :)
eeunbyul9 #2
Chapter 32: your story is crazy, both my head and heart hurt
niaso18 #3
Chapter 52: It's a good story. I hope you are still writing because you are really good.
LongingForWeekend #4
Chapter 50: Thank you for writing this. I sincerely think that you’re a really good writer.
mykyunie #5
Chapter 51: I love it, is perfect
Mianjan #6
Hopefully this comment won't be too long like the other one.... btw, this will be my 10th comment so FINALLY I can upvote your stories!! You deserve it so fcking much! *spoilers ahead*
Um! Yeah. I. Loved. It. From beginning till the end. Like. I finished it in not even 6 hours. And had only 5 hours of sleep. And miraculously passed the driving exam. Hahahaha.... (you'll be hearing from me often from now on since I'm starting to get too addicted on KW :x oh, and be prepared for a lot of blabbering, my specialty). If you read the comment of mine in Across Time, there was this one point I wanted to talk about a lot. Not gonna spoil that story here so let's keep it in relation with this one. You know how often in TV dramas and books and fictions in general, whenever something baaaaaad happens to one of the two MCs, the other always somehow finds a way to reach them and save them? Well, that so does not happen in life all the time. Like, seriously. So, imagine my mild surprise when throughout the story, KyuWook went from ups and downs and were able to stand up again not only with each others' help, but mainly with the help of other people around them? I loved it so much when Changtoria helped Wook with dealing with Hyungsik's case as well as being there for him when he was at his lowest (while Kyu was still unaware so far away). And thank the flowers in all the world that Wook was quite stable when they met again... true, I would love it if Kyu was there to help Wook too, don't get me wrong... but being pulled up by other people, finding that support somewhere else is SO FRIGGING IMPORTANT I so can't stress that enough.
BUT! There was this one part that bugged me a little... and that was when Kyu was manipulated by Siwon and Wook didn't help him much (despite seeing his personality change)... actually, noone, not even Changmin helped Kyu back then. I was really worried about him, you know? TT.TT Changmin didn't even trust Kyu enough and try to reach him. And still, it actually was Ryeowook who saved Kyuhyun then, because Kyuhyun couldn't stop loving him, couldn't stop wishing to be with him. I'm not sure if Kyuhyun ever realized Wook is the same person who saved him, I thought he did hence he fell in love with him, but after reading the chapter about Kyu realizing his feelings, that thought kinda vanished (or did he realize it then that it was the same person?). Though maybe, they shared more things we didn't see (I mean, who wouldn't get curious about what their loved one was doing in the 4 months you didn't see them and was crazy about them?).
The last thing I'm gonna say.... I was expecting to read about Kyuhyun trying for Ryeowook since day one and then was pleasantly welcomed by them already living together xD the first ~~15 chapters were so damn fluffy I might need to screenshot them or something to read when I have too much time xD Thank you for writing this piece!
Woodenbox #7
Chapter 52: I can't believe I just read whole thing, 50 chapters, in a row, straight, with no break at all, in less than one day. And my national exam is next week. Ah fk, my eyes are burning now from staring at my phone for too long. I'm a mess and I'm suffering from all these feels you've given me through this story.

Thank you for writing this amazing story. I especially loved the beggining parts of the story. Secretary Ryeowook dealing with fussy Boss Kyuhyun was a great delight to read. Best concept ever.

The one part that i have a problem with was that Kyuhyun never found out that his past saviour with the initials "R" or "L" was Ryeowook. I was really looking forward to that part and wished we got some closure on that.
cmngcm #8
Very well written and this story make me love Kyuwook more!!!! Thanks and please continue to write more.
Faeries_and_Witches
#9
Chapter 50: Ohhh.. Another KyuWook Fanfic well written.. Bravo to you! I have a question though.. Is the baby Hyungsik adopted or through surrogate?
reokyu
#10
Chapter 52: Rereading~~ KyuWook's love is so so so precious!! <33333 I'm seriously in love with them in this fic and overall kkk:D