Plush
Title: Plush
Length: Oneshot
Author: Meatarashii
Rating: G - PG13
Genre: Fluff + General
Pairing: YunJae (+ Family!OT5)
Summary: Sometimes hugging a plush is all you need to feel better…
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“Hyung?”
The lights had already been dimmed as Jaejoong entered their hotel room, making him jump slightly at the unexpected greeting.
“Chun?” he asked, glancing towards the beed near the window. “I thought you were asleep.”
“I was, but manager-hyung dropped something off,” Yoochun replied, gesturing towards Junsu.
Looking over at the sleeping singer, Jaejoong saw him curled around something…fluffy. Curiosity piqued, he neared the bed to get a better view.
“A sheep plushie?” he asked, amused.
A deep chuckle was his reply, and he turned just in time to catch something soft thrown at his head. Holding the item at arms length, a smile decorated his face as a plush lion stared cutely at him.
“I guess a fan knew we were here…there was no note though,” Yoochun sleepily slurred, wrapping his arms around his own plush rabbit, which Jaejoong failed to notice upon his entry to the room. “It was what manager-hyung left. Susu was a bit surprised it wasn’t a dolphin, but I think they got the sheep ‘cause of it’s butt.”
That left Jaejoong stifling nearly uncontrollable laughter, because one look at the sheep in Junsu’s arms proved Yoochun’s description to be completely true. Another yawn brought his attention back to the only other male left awake in the room. He was greeted with the sight of Yoochun making himself comfortable once again, arms wrapped tightly around his personal stuffed animal. Grabbing a blanket, he draped it on the younger male just as he drifted off to sleep.
Soon everything was silent, and Jaejoong retired himself on the vacant bed, holding on to the plush lion given to him. He petted its fur and ruffled its mane before hugging it tightly, allowing the comfort of hugging something distract him from the constant longing he felt in his heart.
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The plush toys turned out to be a good thing for the tree males. They brought them everywhere, but kept them out of public sights. Junsu cooed over his plush sheep constantly, Yoochun enjoyed throwing and catching the soft bunny, while Jaejoong treated his lion as if it was a real cat. Even after their return to Korea, they held the plush toys like they were the most precious things they had.
“Yah! Yoochun, Junsu, help me with these bags!” Jaejoong grunted, struggling with his luggage while cradling his plush in one arm as they made their way back to their apartment.
“Not our fault you have so much stuff, hyung!” Junsu called, laughing his signature laugh while waving his sheep in the air.
“Yea, Jae-hyung, you didn’t have…to…”
Both Junsu and Jaejoong looked up at Yoochun curiously as he trailed off. The youngest of the three bounded up next to the stunned male, following his gaze, which made him gasp and stare as well. Jaejoong huffed as he finally caught up with them, about to ask what was wrong, before he spotted what was unmistakably what shocked the two males into silence. There, just in front of their apartment door, sat two more plush animals: a tiger and a deer.
Before a moment could pass, Jaejoong made a run for the door, luggage forgotten, as he picked up the two animals and hugged them tightly. There was a slight sting in his eyes, but he repressed the urge to cry as he heard his two dongseangs come up behind him.
Yoochun was close to tears and Junsu looked at all the stuffed animals in their possession, hugging the ones in his arms tighter.
There was no note, but they knew what it meant.
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“Do you think they’ll know, hyung?”
Yunho looked up from his laptop at the younger male that deposited himself on their joined beds.
“I don’t think you give them enough credit, Changmin,” the leader chuckled. “They’ll know, definitely.”
“I just hope no one steals the plush animals before they get there.”
“Highly unlikely, Min,” Yunho laughed, shutting his laptop. “Now, get some sleep. It’s getting late, and you have another interview tomorrow.”
“Yes, appa,” Changmin mumbled, grabbing Bambi and snuggling under the covers.
Yunho smiled amusedly at the other, getting up to switch the lights off. Before he could get back to bed, though, a buzzing sound broke through the silence of their apartment. Making his way to the source of the sound, he saw an unknown number flashing on the screen of his phone. Checking the time, he was pretty sure who was on the other line.
“Yeoboseyo?” he answered out of habbit.
No answer, but he could hear a soft, rhythmic static that indicated someone breathing on the other line.
“Yeoboseyo?” he repeated, softer and gentler.
Once again, nothing, but it sounded like the person on the other line was breathing a bit quicker.
“You should get some rest,” Yunho whispered, sitting on the couch. “You must be tired from the flight.”
“…Pabo.”
“Yah, what did I do?” Yunho chuckled, not being able to stop the smile on his face at the familiar voice he had missed so dearly.
“You know what you did…You almost made me cry…Chunnie and Susu weren’t so lucky.”
“…we miss you.”
There was a gasp on the other line, then silence once again.
“Joongie?”
“Do you mean it?”
Yunho had a feeling it didn’t have to do with what he just said.
“That we miss you? Why would I not mean that?”
“Not that…”
They let another moment of peaceful silence pass before Yunho replied.
“Of course we meant it, Jae,” he assured the other, noting that the quick breathing has turned into sniffling. “No matter what, we’ll always wait for the time we can be five again.”
“Always?”
“Always.”
“Yun-ah?”
“Mm?”
“Saranghae.”
“Saranghae, Jaejoongie…saranghae.”
And after Yunho hung up, somewhere in Seoul, in another apartment, three men slept with their arms wrapped around soft, plush animals. Between two of the three, a plush deer was poking an overstuffed sheep’s behind with its antlers while sitting on a poor plush bunny’s head. And in the arms of the third man lay a plush tiger and lion cuddled together in the singer’s tight embrace.
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A/N: ANOTHER NINJA UPDATE! ON A ROLL!! XD XD XD
Quick update ‘cause I miss writing in real!verse, and I figure we all kinda need a comfort fic right now. :)
I seem to have a fascination with inanimate objects, don’t I? 8D
Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed. It’s not much, but I wanted a feel good fic. :)
Oh, and thanks to my manry-honey tatsunotoshi for the pic of the plushies. So cute! 8D