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Title: Trust

Pairing(s): YunJae

Genre(s): Romance, angst, psychological

Length: Chaptered

Rating: PG-13 for language and ual implications

Summary: When Jaejoong received a handsome scholarship to study in the best art school in Korea, he was expecting a glamorous career involving concert halls, grand pianos, glorious competition prizes, and ecstatic audiences. He did not expect the extreme competitiveness, betrayal and distrust, and the critical reception all audiences gave to the performers. Most of all, he did not expect to fall in love with his own piano teacher.

Warning: It's a Boy x Boy fanfiction.

Credits: The plot is by me (it is based on a true story), while the poster is by Rainy Fae from Artsy Asian Crew (artsyasiancrew.co.nr/)

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Jaejoong's POV

In your mind, imagine two photographs laid side by side on a table made of oak. Look at the one on your left.

There is a young scrawny-looking boy with a pale feminine face and shiny black hair. He is smiling widely at the camera with his bright hazel eyes glistening in the sunlight. His second and third fingers form a 'V' in front of his face. He looks as if he is the happiest boy in the world.

Now look at the photograph on your right.

There is an older-looking boy with dark circles around his practically dead eyes. His eyelids look as if they weighed more than him. His cheeks are sunken and his black hair is tangled. He is very skinny, almost anorexic one would say, and his face is sickly pale. The ends of his fingers are bandaged, and they are pressing down onto the monochromatic keys of a brand new piano.

If I were to say that these two photographs were taken within a year and that they depict the same person, would you believe me?

If you don't, then good for you. You have faith in happy endings and sincerely believe that things will work out.

If you do, then would you believe me if I said that this innocent little boy went through a harshness that he never knew possible? Would you believe me if I said that he went through all the soul-breaking feelings that most people would only have the misfortune of experiencing when they become adults? Would you believe me if I said that this boy would never be the same ever again? Would you, God forbid, believe that this boy grew up before his time?

I was that little boy. My name is Kim Jaejoong, and when I was sixteen years old, I was granted the chance to study at the best conservatory in Korea. I never knew hardship before then; I never had a care in the world. I was gullible, and believed that everything that came my way meant no harm.

You may think that I am exaggerating when I say that I was scarred for life. I mean, it's not as if my life was any worse than others out there. I did not go through the blood and gore of war. I did not get diagnosed with a terminal disease that would leave me with only a few years left to live. I did not get or drugged or killed.

But I tell you what, it was very similar: I was killing myself from the inside. Softly, silently, unknowingly. I now know what human corruptness is, and I know what causes human corruptness. Heck, I even experienced firsthand human corruptness!

However, if it were not for the conservatory, I would not have experienced the beautiful aspects of life. It was there where I met Yunho, my compassionate piano professor, with whom I passionately fell in love for the first time in my life. It was there where I experienced true happiness. It was there where I ultimately knew what I wanted to do with my life.

Most of all, ironically, it was at the conservatory where I learned the true meaning of trust.

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My other stories include:
www.winglin.net/fanfic/ava_lava/ (G-Ri)
www.winglin.net/fanfic/ava_lava1/ (Yunjae oneshots)
www.winglin.net/fanfic/ava_lava3/ (DBSK and 5 fictional girls)
www.winglin.net/fanfic/ava_lava4/ (Yoon Doo Joon and Amber Liu)

You can also visit my personal blog of randomness at http://peezshutmouf.blogspot.com/