Seoul Traffic Love Story
Seoul Traffic Love Story
1st Stop, Faith and the Only Umbrella
Seoul. A Young man was transferred by his company to the big city. He was a usual young man which was working as employee in one of the biggest company in South Korea.
“Haaa~ so this is Seoul… I need to find the apartment first” mumbled the young man.
He was Jung Yunho.
Handsome. Smart. Muscled. Kind hearted. Charming. Caring. Gentle.
So that’s not weird if many of girls at the railway station stared him like they were staring an idol.
Yunho felt the stares toward him but he ignored them and called the cab.
After put his luggage to the baggage, Yunho gave the driver a piece of paper. The address of his new apartment was written on it.
20 minutes riding. It cost a lot, Yunho thought but he didn’t want to get lost in his first day so he just sighed.
Yunho walked to his apartment in the 5th floor, room 5032. After put his everything, Yunho rushed to the balcony which face the street.
“Huaaa… Seoul in the night. Beautiful… but there’s no star here…” Yunho took a deep breath from the city’s air.
He roaming the new view until he spot the bus stop, or the man who stood at the bus stop to be exact.
Yunho stared at him and more like couldn’t turn his stare away the beautiful man.
His white glowing skin was shining in the dim light.
His cherry and red lips were so clear to add his beauty.
His black hair was contrast with his white skin but perfectly framed his beautiful face.
His body was small but Yunho was sure he has muscles under his coat.
Yunho was really drowning to the man beauty. His eyes were enjoying looking over the beauty across the street.
Yunho didn’t know what time it is, but he knew it was the last bus which passed just now.
The beautiful man was hanged low his head lower and lower, from the height Yunho couldn’t see the man’s face but Yunho was 100% sure that the man was shedding his tears.
The man crossed the street and Yunho couldn’t see the man again. After took 5 minutes at the balcony to remember about the beautiful man, Yunho decided to sleep.
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20 minutes ago Yunho’s alarm was beeping and now he was at the bus stop, wishing that the beautiful man would show up this morning, but there’s no sign of him.
Yunho took the bus.
It’s not so crowded like his friends told him before, he could spot one empty seat, so he walked toward the seat.
He sat there and… “OH my!” Yunho gasped in his mind and tried to look normal.
Yunho sat beside the beautiful man.
When Yunho took a glance to him again, the man caught Yunho glance. They stared each other for a couple second before the beautiful man smiled at Yunho.
“HAH!” Yunho could not breathe when he saw the beautiful smile from the beautiful lips of the beautiful man.
The man turned to look at Yunho and he formed a smile. He smiled!
‘GOD, he’s so beautiful!!’ squealed Yunho inside his heart.
“Are you new here?” asked the beautiful man and Yunho grinned widely.
He had not only beautiful face, beautiful eyes, beautiful lips but also beautiful voice.
“Ehem… Y-yes… guess you are old man… eh, I mean… you’ve been here long time ago” Yunho stuttered.
‘God, you’re so lame, Yunho! Right, a stupid words of me’ Yunho slapped himself and shook his head lightly.
“Are you ok, sir?” the beautiful man extended his hand to reach Yunho’s forehead, to check if yunho is alright or not.
Yunho gasped when he felt a soft hand touch his forehead.
“haha, you’re so funny sir” the beautiful man chuckled.
“Eh?”
“You always gasp when I’m doing something, am I scary?” the beautiful man fake a pout cutely.
And Yunho gasped but then he shook his head and smiled to the beautiful man.
“Sorry” mumbled Yunho
“Kim Jaejoong” said the beautiful man.
Yunho blinked his eyes once, twice, thrice, and then he grinned ear to ear. “Jung Yunho”
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Because of Kim Jaejoong, the rest of Yunho’s day today was so perfect.
Yunho always smiled until he reached his apartment, and he also smiled when he was taking a bath or eat.
“Kim Jaejoong” Yunho whispered to himself, more like mumbled a squeal to himself.
“Wait a minute, what was Jaejoong doing yesterday?” Yunho thought and tapped his chin.
CTARRR!!
Suddenly, thunder roared and followed by heavy rain.
“Gosh, my clothes!”
Yunho rushed to the balcony to take his clothes. He washed his clothes by himself, because he didn’t want to waste his money to the laundry.
“Oh my oh my” Yunho grabbed his clothes fast, but after he took a few pieces of those, Yunho pause.
He saw the bus stop and once again he saw Kim Jaejoong.
The rain was become heavier, Yunho had to arrange his clothes all over the living room.
It still 8 p.m., Yunho wondered if Jaejoong still stood in the bus stop without an umbrella.
“The last bus will come at ten. Is Kim Jaejoong still there?” mumbled Yunho while he made a cup of hot chocolate.
He got out from the kitchen and took a sip of the hot chocolate. He walked to the window in front of the balcony.
“Oh my God! Kim Jaejoong?!”
Yunho put down the hot chocolate and run to the door, not forget to bring the umbrella.
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Jaejoong was still standing at the bus stop in the heavy rain. He felt the water running down his head to toe, but he didn’t care to move.
Suddenly he felt the water stop running down and he saw a man, taller than him was giving him a protection by his umbrella.
“Jung Yunho?”
The taller man, Yunho, just smiled warmly to Jaejoong and accompanied Jaejoong until the last bus passed.
They didn’t talk anything.
To be honest, Yunho was deadly curious to know why Jaejoong stand here every night until the last bus pass, but he hold it.
Yunho thought it will make Jaejoong feel uncomfortable, so Yunho decided to keep silent until Jaejoong talk.
“I… I should go home” Jaejoong started to talk and walked away.
“Wait! I’ll take you home, it’s still raining, you don’t have an umbrella, and this is my only umbrella, it’s no way to lend you this… so I guess walk you home is the only option” Yunho said made Jaejoong blinked in amaze.
“Okay” Jaejoong whispered. His voice was trembling, he’s cold.
‘Yunho! You’re so stupid!’ Yunho slapped himself mentally and handed Jaejoong the umbrella. “Hold this a minute”
Yunho opened his jacket and wrapped it to Jaejoong.
Jaejoong gasped and shook.
“Hahaha… now you’re the funny one Kim Jaejoong-ssi”
“Eh?”
“You always gasp when I’m doing something” Yunho chuckled and he didn’t miss to see a slight pinkies creeping Jaejoong’s cheek.
They walked around 10 minutes.
“Here’s my house, thank you” Jaejoong bowed politely and left Yunho.
“Eh, Kim Jaejoong-ssi…” Yunho called right before Jaejoong enter the main gate of his house.
“Yes? Oh yeah of course I-“
“No, not the jacket, you can wear it, that’s not my only jacket you know. Hahaha. It’s… I.. hmmm…” Yunho stuttered again.
“What is it?”
“Tomorrow… can we go together again?”
“Eh?”
“I mean… we took the same bus today, so if you don’t mind can we take the same bus again tomorrow?” Yunho bit his lower lip and hoped that Jaejoong would say yes.
Jaejoong smiled warmly. He found that Yunho was cute made him wanted to pinch his cheek.
“Okay… I’ll wait you at 8 am. Don’t be late” said Jaejoong still with the warmly smile.
Yunho grinned ear to ear and nodded.
“See you tomorrow, Kim Jaejoong-ssi”
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“Hahaha I’m not late” Yunho smiled widely as he checked his watch every minute.
“Ah, Kim Jaejoong-ssi!” Yunho waved his hand and walked a little to approached Jaejoong.
Jaejoong smiled to Yunho, “Morning”
“Good morning Kim Jaejoong-ssi”
“Hahaha, no need to be so formal like that, you can call me Jaejoong” Jaejoong covered his mouth with the back of his palm as he laughed.
Yunho found it was so grace and beautiful.
“Jae…joong” Yunho said it oh so slowly made Jaejoong laughed more.
“Let’s get the bus” Jaejoong pulled Yunho get on the bus.
===***===
Yunho was a little late to go home today. He got extra task to do.
It was almost 3 weeks he and Jaejoong went work together although they didn’t get off in the same stop. And it was almost a month Yunho knew that Jaejoong always stood in the bus stop every night.
Jaejoong seemed like waiting someone, but the one who Jaejoong’s waiting for is not coming.
“Haa~ Jaejoong… hihihi… Jaejoong~~~” Yunho smiled as he repeated the same name, not to mention the squealed between it.
Yunho was squealing like a high school girl who gets the name of her crush, plus he was on the bus so many of the passengers looked at him weirdly.
“Yunho… Jaejoong… Yun… Jae… Yunjae~~~~” Yunho squealed again.
He was really absolutely exactly very clearly sure enough falling in love with Kim Jaejoong.
Yunho didn’t know or didn’t care more exactly what people think about him, he was just happy. He skipped getting out from the bus.
“Hahaha~ Yunjae~~ Yun- jaejoong?” Yunho stopped singing a childish tone of yunjae when he saw Jaejoong stood like a few days ago.
Yunho stared at Jaejoong in the same spot but it was like Jaejoong didn’t realize that Yunho was watching him, or maybe Jaejoong didn’t care to look around indeed.
Jaejoong lowered his head so low, but every time there was a bus stop there, Jaejoong will looked up and smiled then when the bus gone, the smile vanished and his head lowed again.
Yunho watched him sadly. He felt there were a thousand of daggers stabbed him right on his heart when he saw Jaejoong’s smile vanish and Jaejoong’s sad face.
When the last bus gone, Jaejoong’s tears streaming down from his eyes to his cheeks.
As Jaejoong wiped his tears, he turned and ready to go home.
“I walk you home” Yunho said and stopped Jaejoong.
Jaejoong startled by Yunho’s voice as he wiped his tears fast then he turned to look at Yunho. Jaejoong faked a smile.
“Yunho… You scared me” Jaejoong said as he faked a giggle too.
“Oh really? I’m sorry then” Yunho said coldly.
“Since when did you were there?”
“Long enough to see the tears”
Jaejoong bit his lower lip. “I… it’s just-“
“Let’s walk you home” Yunho cut Jaejoong and grabbed Jaejoong’s wrist.
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They remained silent.
No one tried to breaking the ice between them.
Even though it was an awkward situation, holding hands but didn’t talk, Jaejoong never let go Yunho’s hand, so did Yunho.
Yunho didn’t want to ask anything even though there were a hundred thousand questions in his mind. But he let Jaejoong to tell him by his own wish.
“Tomorrow is his birthday” Jaejoong finally spoke up.
Yunho was still silent. He let Jaejoong to go on.
“My fiancée, Cha Bong Goon. Tomorrow is his birthday”
Jaejoong felt the tightened grip on his palm when he said ‘fiancée’
“Tomorrow is the 999th day since he’s gone and the 1000th day since our engagement”
Jaejoong kept going to tell Yunho.
“That day was the happiest day in my life. We just held a little party, just family and some friends. He’s family isn’t so rich, he even didn’t bring me a ring of our engagement.” Jaejoong chuckled as he remembered the day.
“He said that ring is not important, the most important is faith. I don’t have a problem with that so does my family”
Jaejoong smiled warmly but it didn’t hide his sadness.
“My friend, Heechul came to us that night and he told us about a present. Heechul said ring isn’t important, but at least I can get a symbol from him that he love me.”
“The symbol isn’t just a ‘Love you’ words, but a proof, an action to prove the love. A sacrifice or something hard to get… I don’t really understand about he said. But you know the evidence of love… or something like that”
Yunho nodded. Finally he could respond.
“He was agree with Heechul while I got a bad feeling of it”
Yunho looked at Jaejoong.
Jaejoong smiled to assure Yunho that he was fine and he will keep going.
“The next morning, when I woke up, Bong Goon was packing. When I asked him, he just answer he will get me something eternal, like our love. It will be the symbol of our love”
Jaejoong’s eyes started watering and his voice was cracking.
“When he got out of the house, I got the feeling, I knew he wouldn’t come back. I knew it was the last time. I… I knew he would gone, I… hhh… hiks” Jaejoong couldn’t help to held his tears anymore, but he tried to continue. He really wanted to spill it out. To Yunho.
“But hey, I still keep the faith to our love, so that means he will come back. Someday” Jaejoong smiled as he wiped his tears then stopped in front of his gate.
Yunho didn’t know what to say, how to react about the faith, but he had the feeling that Bong Goon was really gone.
“So tomorrow is his birthday, right?” asked Yunho with a nervous smile.
“Yes,and because tomorrow is Sunday so I’m going to wait for him at the bus stop all day, then I can surprise him when he comes back”
Jaejoong said as if Bong Goon would really come tomorrow.
Yunho saw Jaejoong’s eyes were glimmering from the happiness. Maybe yes, Jaejoong was happy, maybe yes, Bong Goon would come tomorrow, but still Yunho felt something… something’s hurting his heart.
“I better get some sleep right now, so see you at Monday”
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Yunho couldn’t sleep that night. He was thinking about Jaejoong… and Bong Goon.
Yunho admitted that he had a broken heart and felt a little… well a lot curious about Cha Bong Goong. Why does Jaejoong love him so much?
Cha Bong Goon
Yunho typed it in the google search.
And he pressed Enter.
Not in a minute, a lot of article showed up in the screen.
Yunho read the title of the article but he didn’t pay much attention until the last article of the page.
Deadly Bus Accident
He clicked the link and started to read it.
February, 22 2006
At 8 a.m. this morning, Seoul was surprised by a big accident that happened between a Bus and a truck which was carrying the gasoline.
Yunho kept reading not too much attention until his eyes caught a name.
Cha Bong Goon, 22 was the hero today. He saved ten lives, including a little baby. But unfortunately, right after he handed a baby to the rescue team, he seemed lost something important so he came back to enter the bus.
‘It was so danger, very danger, he knew that the bus will explode, we tried to stop him but he insisted and run to the bus. I think he found it, the thing that he lost, but unlucky to him, I’m sorry for him, he didn’t make it to get back’ said Kim Jun Su, one of the rescuer team.
Cha Bong Goon became the one of the dead victims of the accident, even though he didn’t get on the bus.
Cha Bong Goon worked at one of the Biggest Company in the South Korea, Max Changmin corp, as the Senior Manager of the Human Resource. He was a good senior manager.
Cha Bong Goon left his family, Father, mother, and little sister, and also his fiancée, Kim Jaejoong, 21, which was the one of the evidences of this accident. Kim Jaejoong who saw his fiancée ran toward the burnt bus couldn’t help his cried when the doctor confirmed Cha Bong Goon’s death at the hospital.
Yunho widened his eyes and covered his mouth with his palm. He was shock.
Cha Bong Goon is dead. Then why does Jaejoong always wait for him? Jaejoong was there when Bong Goon… Does Jaejoong love Bong Goon so much like that?
“Jaejoong-ah…”
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It was 6 a.m. in the morning, Yunho stared at the sky from his bedroom’s window. It’s cloudy and windy.
Yunho walked toward the balcony and as he expected, Jaejoong was there. The first bus came at 6.30, it’s still early.
Yunho decided to let Jaejoong do whatever he wants. He needed to clean his apartment anyway.
CTAAARRRR!!!
Yunho didn’t realize how long it takes to clean his apartment, but when the thunder roared, Yunho looked at the sky, it’s raining, heavy raining now and it was already 3 p.m.
“No wonder I’m so hungry right now” mumbled Yunho as he made an instant ramen.
After eat the ramen, Yunho sat in the couch and turned on the tv. The rain was heavier and heavier.
‘Did I forget something?’ Yunho thought as he scratched his head.
Yunho’s finger kept pressing the remote but his eyes was on the sky, looked at the falling rain.
“Oh My God! Jaejoong!!”
Yunho run toward the door, grabbed his only one umbrella then rushed to the bus stop.
“JAEJOONG!!” Yunho called from across the bus stop. He ran toward Jaejoong then protect him from the rain.
It’s useless because Jaejoong was already soaked by the rain. He was really, really, really wet.
“Jaejoong…” Yunho whispered.
Jaejoong’s body was shaking and cold. Every time Jaejoong breathed, smoke will came out his mouth.
“Jaejoong, you-Jaejoong!!” Yunho shouted when he shook Jaejoong’s body then Jaejoong collapsed.
“Jaejoong!!!”
===***===
30 minutes later.
“mmmhhhm…” Jaejoong let out a moan.
“Jaejoong, you’re awake?”
“I…” Jaejoong stopped and he watched his surrounding. “Where am I?”
“My house..”
“Yunho?”
“How are you feeling?” Yunho asked as he helped Jaejoong sat.
“I… how long I’ve been here?”
“err… 30 minutes maybe… why?” Yunho frowned.
“Bong Goon… I need to pick up Bong Goon, he will come home today…” Jaejoong stood up with his limply leg.
Jaejoong rushed to the door after he crashed Yunho’s stuff.
“Jaejoong wait! You have a fever! Hey, Jaejoong! Aiiisshhh!!” Yunho cursed under his breath and run after Jaejoong, not forget to bring the only umbrella.
===***===
“Jaejoong, you can’t do this anymore! Stop hurting yourself!!” Yunho shouted at Jaejoong as he grabbed Jaejoong’s wrist to make Jaejoong pay attention to him.
“Stop lying to yourself!! You have to go home, you’re running a fever, Jae!!” Yunho shouted and shook Jaejoong’s body.
They stood in the rain and shouting each other. They didn’t care about the people around them. They also didn’t care about Yunho’s the only umbrella fell from Yunho’s hand. They’re wet now. No more umbrella protect them.
“NO! Bong Goon will come soon, I need to wait him here!” Jaejoong shouted back but his eyes roaming anywhere but Yunho’s.
“No Jae! He won’t go home! He won’t come back! You know that!”
“He will!! How dare you to say that?!!! He will come back!!”
“NO, he won’t, never!!! You know that exactly better than anyone!!”
“YES, he will! I know that exactly best!!”
“HE’S DEAD FOR GOD’S SAKE!!! HE’S DEAD!!!” Yunho hated himself to ever shout like that to Jaejoong.
Jaejoong stared Yunho’s eyes, Jaejoong was shock and tried to find an answer. Answer of everything, but what is that everything?
They kept silent for 5 minutes. They even didn’t bother to pick up Yunho’s only one umbrella.
“He’s dead, right?”
Jaejoong kept shutting his mouth. He remained quite.
“Answer me… He’s dead, am I right?”
Jaejoong nodded.
“Then why you still standing here like an idiot and… and like a fool… while you know exactly that HE WON’T COME BACK?!!!”
Yunho couldn’t held his anger, depression or more exactly… his broken hearted.
“I know exactly he will come back!” Jaejoong yelled at Yunho
“It’s no way to the dead people to come back… ALIVE?! Come on… there’s no way!”
“There is! And I know that!!”
“Uh?”
“Faith! I keep my faith to him, do you ever hear about the phrase ‘to make something real, you just need to believe it’ do you?”
“It was ‘real’ not ‘alive’!! and do you know what is faith exactly?”
Jaejoong shook his head but his tears were gathering in his eyes, ready to flow.
“Faith is just an excuse to not accept the truth, to not face the reality!!” Yunho shouted.
“NO! Bong Goon will come back!” Jaejoong broke his cried. He cried aloud.
“Jae, don’t hurt yourself! Move on!” Yunho shook Jaejoong’s shoulder and gripped it so tight.
Jaejoong shook his head as a ‘no’
“Jae!”
“No! Bong Goon will be hurt if I forget him!! Bong Goon wants me to wait for him”
Yunho bit his lower lip. “Jae! Stop thinking about the dead people! Think about the living people, about someone who loves you and still alive!”
Jaejoong kept shaking his head.
“Prove it!” Yunho demanded to Jaejoong as he grabbed his only umbrella from the ground.
Jaejoong looked at Yunho in confuse.
“Take this” Yunho handed his only umbrella to Jaejoong, and Jaejoong took it.
“I keep my faith to this umbrella. If your method about Faith is right, then this umbrella will bring me someone I love. This umbrella will be back with someone I love”
With that Yunho ran to his apartment, leaving Jaejoong with his only umbrella.
That evening was the last time Yunho seen Jaejoong.
Jaejoong was not at the bus stop anymore. Yunho didn’t meet him in the bus too.
He was just gone.
But not Yunho’s love for him.
Yunho kept waiting for him like usual. 8 a.m. at the bus stop, but Jaejoong never showed up.
Jaejoong never came no matter how long Yunho wait for him. He never came.
====****====
3 months and a half after that evening.
Yunho had been waiting at the bus stop for almost 45 minutes. He didn’t care if he came late for work, he just care about his faith to his umbrella and Jaejoong.
He kept waiting.
TESS TESS
The rain started to fall from the sky.
Yunho looked at the sky still blue but suddenly it grey. Something protected Yunho from the rain. Yunho looked at someone beside him.
“Am I late?” said that someone with a warmly smile and shining ayes.
The smiled came from the beautiful lips of the beautiful face of the beautiful man.
Yunho smiled back. “Not really, just 45 minutes plus 3 months and a half”
“Thank you” that someone hugged Yunho.
“You’re welcome, Jae”
When we lost one love, that means we deserve another better love, doesn’t it?
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A/N : just suddenly really want to write angst... but yeah, is that an angst? kkk~~
comment please! *puppy eyes*
SEOUL TRAFFIC LOVE STORY
1st Stop, Faith and the Only Umbrella
Seoul. A Young man was transferred by his company to the big city. He was a usual young man which was working as employee in one of the biggest company in South Korea.
“Haaa~ so this is Seoul… I need to find the apartment first” mumbled the young man.
He was Jung Yunho.
Handsome. Smart. Muscled. Kind hearted. Charming. Caring. Gentle.
So that’s not weird if many of girls at the railway station stared him like they were staring an idol.
Yunho felt the stares toward him but he ignored them and called the cab.
After put his luggage to the baggage, Yunho gave the driver a piece of paper. The address of his new apartment was written on it.
20 minutes riding. It cost a lot, Yunho thought but he didn’t want to get lost in his first day so he just sighed.
Yunho walked to his apartment in the 5th floor, room 5032. After put his everything, Yunho rushed to the balcony which face the street.
“Huaaa… Seoul in the night. Beautiful… but there’s no star here…” Yunho took a deep breath from the city’s air.
He roaming the new view until he spot the bus stop, or the man who stood at the bus stop to be exact.
Yunho stared at him and more like couldn’t turn his stare away the beautiful man.
His white glowing skin was shining in the dim light.
His cherry and red lips were so clear to add his beauty.
His black hair was contrast with his white skin but perfectly framed his beautiful face.
His body was small but Yunho was sure he has muscles under his coat.
Yunho was really drowning to the man beauty. His eyes were enjoying looking over the beauty across the street.
Yunho didn’t know what time it is, but he knew it was the last bus which passed just now.
The beautiful man was hanged low his head lower and lower, from the height Yunho couldn’t see the man’s face but Yunho was 100% sure that the man was shedding his tears.
The man crossed the street and Yunho couldn’t see the man again. After took 5 minutes at the balcony to remember about the beautiful man, Yunho decided to sleep.
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20 minutes ago Yunho’s alarm was beeping and now he was at the bus stop, wishing that the beautiful man would show up this morning, but there’s no sign of him.
Yunho took the bus.
It’s not so crowded like his friends told him before, he could spot one empty seat, so he walked toward the seat.
He sat there and… “OH my!” Yunho gasped in his mind and tried to look normal.
Yunho sat beside the beautiful man.
When Yunho took a glance to him again, the man caught Yunho glance. They stared each other for a couple second before the beautiful man smiled at Yunho.
“HAH!” Yunho could not breathe when he saw the beautiful smile from the beautiful lips of the beautiful man.
The man turned to look at Yunho and he formed a smile. He smiled!
‘GOD, he’s so beautiful!!’ squealed Yunho inside his heart.
“Are you new here?” asked the beautiful man and Yunho grinned widely.
He had not only beautiful face, beautiful eyes, beautiful lips but also beautiful voice.
“Ehem… Y-yes… guess you are old man… eh, I mean… you’ve been here long time ago” Yunho stuttered.
‘God, you’re so lame, Yunho! Right, a stupid words of me’ Yunho slapped himself and shook his head lightly.
“Are you ok, sir?” the beautiful man extended his hand to reach Yunho’s forehead, to check if yunho is alright or not.
Yunho gasped when he felt a soft hand touch his forehead.
“haha, you’re so funny sir” the beautiful man chuckled.
“Eh?”
“You always gasp when I’m doing something, am I scary?” the beautiful man fake a pout cutely.
And Yunho gasped but then he shook his head and smiled to the beautiful man.
“Sorry” mumbled Yunho
“Kim Jaejoong” said the beautiful man.
Yunho blinked his eyes once, twice, thrice, and then he grinned ear to ear. “Jung Yunho”
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Because of Kim Jaejoong, the rest of Yunho’s day today was so perfect.
Yunho always smiled until he reached his apartment, and he also smiled when he was taking a bath or eat.
“Kim Jaejoong” Yunho whispered to himself, more like mumbled a squeal to himself.
“Wait a minute, what was Jaejoong doing yesterday?” Yunho thought and tapped his chin.
CTARRR!!
Suddenly, thunder roared and followed by heavy rain.
“Gosh, my clothes!”
Yunho rushed to the balcony to take his clothes. He washed his clothes by himself, because he didn’t want to waste his money to the laundry.
“Oh my oh my” Yunho grabbed his clothes fast, but after he took a few pieces of those, Yunho pause.
He saw the bus stop and once again he saw Kim Jaejoong.
The rain was become heavier, Yunho had to arrange his clothes all over the living room.
It still 8 p.m., Yunho wondered if Jaejoong still stood in the bus stop without an umbrella.
“The last bus will come at ten. Is Kim Jaejoong still there?” mumbled Yunho while he made a cup of hot chocolate.
He got out from the kitchen and took a sip of the hot chocolate. He walked to the window in front of the balcony.
“Oh my God! Kim Jaejoong?!”
Yunho put down the hot chocolate and run to the door, not forget to bring the umbrella.
===***===
Jaejoong was still standing at the bus stop in the heavy rain. He felt the water running down his head to toe, but he didn’t care to move.
Suddenly he felt the water stop running down and he saw a man, taller than him was giving him a protection by his umbrella.
“Jung Yunho?”
The taller man, Yunho, just smiled warmly to Jaejoong and accompanied Jaejoong until the last bus passed.
They didn’t talk anything.
To be honest, Yunho was deadly curious to know why Jaejoong stand here every night until the last bus pass, but he hold it.
Yunho thought it will make Jaejoong feel uncomfortable, so Yunho decided to keep silent until Jaejoong talk.
“I… I should go home” Jaejoong started to talk and walked away.
“Wait! I’ll take you home, it’s still raining, you don’t have an umbrella, and this is my only umbrella, it’s no way to lend you this… so I guess walk you home is the only option” Yunho said made Jaejoong blinked in amaze.
“Okay” Jaejoong whispered. His voice was trembling, he’s cold.
‘Yunho! You’re so stupid!’ Yunho slapped himself mentally and handed Jaejoong the umbrella. “Hold this a minute”
Yunho opened his jacket and wrapped it to Jaejoong.
Jaejoong gasped and shook.
“Hahaha… now you’re the funny one Kim Jaejoong-ssi”
“Eh?”
“You always gasp when I’m doing something” Yunho chuckled and he didn’t miss to see a slight pinkies creeping Jaejoong’s cheek.
They walked around 10 minutes.
“Here’s my house, thank you” Jaejoong bowed politely and left Yunho.
“Eh, Kim Jaejoong-ssi…” Yunho called right before Jaejoong enter the main gate of his house.
“Yes? Oh yeah of course I-“
“No, not the jacket, you can wear it, that’s not my only jacket you know. Hahaha. It’s… I.. hmmm…” Yunho stuttered again.
“What is it?”
“Tomorrow… can we go together again?”
“Eh?”
“I mean… we took the same bus today, so if you don’t mind can we take the same bus again tomorrow?” Yunho bit his lower lip and hoped that Jaejoong would say yes.
Jaejoong smiled warmly. He found that Yunho was cute made him wanted to pinch his cheek.
“Okay… I’ll wait you at 8 am. Don’t be late” said Jaejoong still with the warmly smile.
Yunho grinned ear to ear and nodded.
“See you tomorrow, Kim Jaejoong-ssi”
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“Hahaha I’m not late” Yunho smiled widely as he checked his watch every minute.
“Ah, Kim Jaejoong-ssi!” Yunho waved his hand and walked a little to approached Jaejoong.
Jaejoong smiled to Yunho, “Morning”
“Good morning Kim Jaejoong-ssi”
“Hahaha, no need to be so formal like that, you can call me Jaejoong” Jaejoong covered his mouth with the back of his palm as he laughed.
Yunho found it was so grace and beautiful.
“Jae…joong” Yunho said it oh so slowly made Jaejoong laughed more.
“Let’s get the bus” Jaejoong pulled Yunho get on the bus.
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Yunho was a little late to go home today. He got extra task to do.
It was almost 3 weeks he and Jaejoong went work together although they didn’t get off in the same stop. And it was almost a month Yunho knew that Jaejoong always stood in the bus stop every night.
Jaejoong seemed like waiting someone, but the one who Jaejoong’s waiting for is not coming.
“Haa~ Jaejoong… hihihi… Jaejoong~~~” Yunho smiled as he repeated the same name, not to mention the squealed between it.
Yunho was squealing like a high school girl who gets the name of her crush, plus he was on the bus so many of the passengers looked at him weirdly.
“Yunho… Jaejoong… Yun… Jae… Yunjae~~~~” Yunho squealed again.
He was really absolutely exactly very clearly sure enough falling in love with Kim Jaejoong.
Yunho didn’t know or didn’t care more exactly what people think about him, he was just happy. He skipped getting out from the bus.
“Hahaha~ Yunjae~~ Yun- jaejoong?” Yunho stopped singing a childish tone of yunjae when he saw Jaejoong stood like a few days ago.
Yunho stared at Jaejoong in the same spot but it was like Jaejoong didn’t realize that Yunho was watching him, or maybe Jaejoong didn’t care to look around indeed.
Jaejoong lowered his head so low, but every time there was a bus stop there, Jaejoong will looked up and smiled then when the bus gone, the smile vanished and his head lowed again.
Yunho watched him sadly. He felt there were a thousand of daggers stabbed him right on his heart when he saw Jaejoong’s smile vanish and Jaejoong’s sad face.
When the last bus gone, Jaejoong’s tears streaming down from his eyes to his cheeks.
As Jaejoong wiped his tears, he turned and ready to go home.
“I walk you home” Yunho said and stopped Jaejoong.
Jaejoong startled by Yunho’s voice as he wiped his tears fast then he turned to look at Yunho. Jaejoong faked a smile.
“Yunho… You scared me” Jaejoong said as he faked a giggle too.
“Oh really? I’m sorry then” Yunho said coldly.
“Since when did you were there?”
“Long enough to see the tears”
Jaejoong bit his lower lip. “I… it’s just-“
“Let’s walk you home” Yunho cut Jaejoong and grabbed Jaejoong’s wrist.
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They remained silent.
No one tried to breaking the ice between them.
Even though it was an awkward situation, holding hands but didn’t talk, Jaejoong never let go Yunho’s hand, so did Yunho.
Yunho didn’t want to ask anything even though there were a hundred thousand questions in his mind. But he let Jaejoong to tell him by his own wish.
“Tomorrow is his birthday” Jaejoong finally spoke up.
Yunho was still silent. He let Jaejoong to go on.
“My fiancée, Cha Bong Goon. Tomorrow is his birthday”
Jaejoong felt the tightened grip on his palm when he said ‘fiancée’
“Tomorrow is the 999th day since he’s gone and the 1000th day since our engagement”
Jaejoong kept going to tell Yunho.
“That day was the happiest day in my life. We just held a little party, just family and some friends. He’s family isn’t so rich, he even didn’t bring me a ring of our engagement.” Jaejoong chuckled as he remembered the day.
“He said that ring is not important, the most important is faith. I don’t have a problem with that so does my family”
Jaejoong smiled warmly but it didn’t hide his sadness.
“My friend, Heechul came to us that night and he told us about a present. Heechul said ring isn’t important, but at least I can get a symbol from him that he love me.”
“The symbol isn’t just a ‘Love you’ words, but a proof, an action to prove the love. A sacrifice or something hard to get… I don’t really understand about he said. But you know the evidence of love… or something like that”
Yunho nodded. Finally he could respond.
“He was agree with Heechul while I got a bad feeling of it”
Yunho looked at Jaejoong.
Jaejoong smiled to assure Yunho that he was fine and he will keep going.
“The next morning, when I woke up, Bong Goon was packing. When I asked him, he just answer he will get me something eternal, like our love. It will be the symbol of our love”
Jaejoong’s eyes started watering and his voice was cracking.
“When he got out of the house, I got the feeling, I knew he wouldn’t come back. I knew it was the last time. I… I knew he would gone, I… hhh… hiks” Jaejoong couldn’t help to held his tears anymore, but he tried to continue. He really wanted to spill it out. To Yunho.
“But hey, I still keep the faith to our love, so that means he will come back. Someday” Jaejoong smiled as he wiped his tears then stopped in front of his gate.
Yunho didn’t know what to say, how to react about the faith, but he had the feeling that Bong Goon was really gone.
“So tomorrow is his birthday, right?” asked Yunho with a nervous smile.
“Yes,and because tomorrow is Sunday so I’m going to wait for him at the bus stop all day, then I can surprise him when he comes back”
Jaejoong said as if Bong Goon would really come tomorrow.
Yunho saw Jaejoong’s eyes were glimmering from the happiness. Maybe yes, Jaejoong was happy, maybe yes, Bong Goon would come tomorrow, but still Yunho felt something… something’s hurting his heart.
“I better get some sleep right now, so see you at Monday”
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Yunho couldn’t sleep that night. He was thinking about Jaejoong… and Bong Goon.
Yunho admitted that he had a broken heart and felt a little… well a lot curious about Cha Bong Goong. Why does Jaejoong love him so much?
Cha Bong Goon
Yunho typed it in the google search.
And he pressed Enter.
Not in a minute, a lot of article showed up in the screen.
Yunho read the title of the article but he didn’t pay much attention until the last article of the page.
Deadly Bus Accident
He clicked the link and started to read it.
February, 22 2006
At 8 a.m. this morning, Seoul was surprised by a big accident that happened between a Bus and a truck which was carrying the gasoline.
Yunho kept reading not too much attention until his eyes caught a name.
Cha Bong Goon, 22 was the hero today. He saved ten lives, including a little baby. But unfortunately, right after he handed a baby to the rescue team, he seemed lost something important so he came back to enter the bus.
‘It was so danger, very danger, he knew that the bus will explode, we tried to stop him but he insisted and run to the bus. I think he found it, the thing that he lost, but unlucky to him, I’m sorry for him, he didn’t make it to get back’ said Kim Jun Su, one of the rescuer team.
Cha Bong Goon became the one of the dead victims of the accident, even though he didn’t get on the bus.
Cha Bong Goon worked at one of the Biggest Company in the South Korea, Max Changmin corp, as the Senior Manager of the Human Resource. He was a good senior manager.
Cha Bong Goon left his family, Father, mother, and little sister, and also his fiancée, Kim Jaejoong, 21, which was the one of the evidences of this accident. Kim Jaejoong who saw his fiancée ran toward the burnt bus couldn’t help his cried when the doctor confirmed Cha Bong Goon’s death at the hospital.
Yunho widened his eyes and covered his mouth with his palm. He was shock.
Cha Bong Goon is dead. Then why does Jaejoong always wait for him? Jaejoong was there when Bong Goon… Does Jaejoong love Bong Goon so much like that?
“Jaejoong-ah…”
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It was 6 a.m. in the morning, Yunho stared at the sky from his bedroom’s window. It’s cloudy and windy.
Yunho walked toward the balcony and as he expected, Jaejoong was there. The first bus came at 6.30, it’s still early.
Yunho decided to let Jaejoong do whatever he wants. He needed to clean his apartment anyway.
CTAAARRRR!!!
Yunho didn’t realize how long it takes to clean his apartment, but when the thunder roared, Yunho looked at the sky, it’s raining, heavy raining now and it was already 3 p.m.
“No wonder I’m so hungry right now” mumbled Yunho as he made an instant ramen.
After eat the ramen, Yunho sat in the couch and turned on the tv. The rain was heavier and heavier.
‘Did I forget something?’ Yunho thought as he scratched his head.
Yunho’s finger kept pressing the remote but his eyes was on the sky, looked at the falling rain.
“Oh My God! Jaejoong!!”
Yunho run toward the door, grabbed his only one umbrella then rushed to the bus stop.
“JAEJOONG!!” Yunho called from across the bus stop. He ran toward Jaejoong then protect him from the rain.
It’s useless because Jaejoong was already soaked by the rain. He was really, really, really wet.
“Jaejoong…” Yunho whispered.
Jaejoong’s body was shaking and cold. Every time Jaejoong breathed, smoke will came out his mouth.
“Jaejoong, you-Jaejoong!!” Yunho shouted when he shook Jaejoong’s body then Jaejoong collapsed.
“Jaejoong!!!”
===***===
30 minutes later.
“mmmhhhm…” Jaejoong let out a moan.
“Jaejoong, you’re awake?”
“I…” Jaejoong stopped and he watched his surrounding. “Where am I?”
“My house..”
“Yunho?”
“How are you feeling?” Yunho asked as he helped Jaejoong sat.
“I… how long I’ve been here?”
“err… 30 minutes maybe… why?” Yunho frowned.
“Bong Goon… I need to pick up Bong Goon, he will come home today…” Jaejoong stood up with his limply leg.
Jaejoong rushed to the door after he crashed Yunho’s stuff.
“Jaejoong wait! You have a fever! Hey, Jaejoong! Aiiisshhh!!” Yunho cursed under his breath and run after Jaejoong, not forget to bring the only umbrella.
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“Jaejoong, you can’t do this anymore! Stop hurting yourself!!” Yunho shouted at Jaejoong as he grabbed Jaejoong’s wrist to make Jaejoong pay attention to him.
“Stop lying to yourself!! You have to go home, you’re running a fever, Jae!!” Yunho shouted and shook Jaejoong’s body.
They stood in the rain and shouting each other. They didn’t care about the people around them. They also didn’t care about Yunho’s the only umbrella fell from Yunho’s hand. They’re wet now. No more umbrella protect them.
“NO! Bong Goon will come soon, I need to wait him here!” Jaejoong shouted back but his eyes roaming anywhere but Yunho’s.
“No Jae! He won’t go home! He won’t come back! You know that!”
“He will!! How dare you to say that?!!! He will come back!!”
“NO, he won’t, never!!! You know that exactly better than anyone!!”
“YES, he will! I know that exactly best!!”
“HE’S DEAD FOR GOD’S SAKE!!! HE’S DEAD!!!” Yunho hated himself to ever shout like that to Jaejoong.
Jaejoong stared Yunho’s eyes, Jaejoong was shock and tried to find an answer. Answer of everything, but what is that everything?
They kept silent for 5 minutes. They even didn’t bother to pick up Yunho’s only one umbrella.
“He’s dead, right?”
Jaejoong kept shutting his mouth. He remained quite.
“Answer me… He’s dead, am I right?”
Jaejoong nodded.
“Then why you still standing here like an idiot and… and like a fool… while you know exactly that HE WON’T COME BACK?!!!”
Yunho couldn’t held his anger, depression or more exactly… his broken hearted.
“I know exactly he will come back!” Jaejoong yelled at Yunho
“It’s no way to the dead people to come back… ALIVE?! Come on… there’s no way!”
“There is! And I know that!!”
“Uh?”
“Faith! I keep my faith to him, do you ever hear about the phrase ‘to make something real, you just need to believe it’ do you?”
“It was ‘real’ not ‘alive’!! and do you know what is faith exactly?”
Jaejoong shook his head but his tears were gathering in his eyes, ready to flow.
“Faith is just an excuse to not accept the truth, to not face the reality!!” Yunho shouted.
“NO! Bong Goon will come back!” Jaejoong broke his cried. He cried aloud.
“Jae, don’t hurt yourself! Move on!” Yunho shook Jaejoong’s shoulder and gripped it so tight.
Jaejoong shook his head as a ‘no’
“Jae!”
“No! Bong Goon will be hurt if I forget him!! Bong Goon wants me to wait for him”
Yunho bit his lower lip. “Jae! Stop thinking about the dead people! Think about the living people, about someone who loves you and still alive!”
Jaejoong kept shaking his head.
“Prove it!” Yunho demanded to Jaejoong as he grabbed his only umbrella from the ground.
Jaejoong looked at Yunho in confuse.
“Take this” Yunho handed his only umbrella to Jaejoong, and Jaejoong took it.
“I keep my faith to this umbrella. If your method about Faith is right, then this umbrella will bring me someone I love. This umbrella will be back with someone I love”
With that Yunho ran to his apartment, leaving Jaejoong with his only umbrella.
That evening was the last time Yunho seen Jaejoong.
Jaejoong was not at the bus stop anymore. Yunho didn’t meet him in the bus too.
He was just gone.
But not Yunho’s love for him.
Yunho kept waiting for him like usual. 8 a.m. at the bus stop, but Jaejoong never showed up.
Jaejoong never came no matter how long Yunho wait for him. He never came.
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3 months and a half after that evening.
Yunho had been waiting at the bus stop for almost 45 minutes. He didn’t care if he came late for work, he just care about his faith to his umbrella and Jaejoong.
He kept waiting.
TESS TESS
The rain started to fall from the sky.
Yunho looked at the sky still blue but suddenly it grey. Something protected Yunho from the rain. Yunho looked at someone beside him.
“Am I late?” said that someone with a warmly smile and shining ayes.
The smiled came from the beautiful lips of the beautiful face of the beautiful man.
Yunho smiled back. “Not really, just 45 minutes plus 3 months and a half”
“Thank you” that someone hugged Yunho.
“You’re welcome, Jae”
When we lost one love, that means we deserve another better love, doesn’t it?
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A/N : just suddenly really want to write angst... but yeah, is that an angst? kkk~~
comment please! *puppy eyes*
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