[FIC]Que les apparences soient belles car on ne juge que par elles
Title: Que les apparences soient belles car on ne juge que par elles
Satus: OS
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Yunjae
Summary : Jaejoong was not the one to show off, in fact he was the complete opposite.
“Que les apparences soient belles car on ne juge que par elles”
Roger Bussy-Rabutin 1618-1693
"Make the appearances beautiful since we judge based on them"
Jaejoong was not the one to show off; in fact he was the complete opposite. He was the one to prefer one soiree in his flat with his friends, some beers and pizza rather than a big drunken-orgy party in bars and clubs. He was the one to prefer a good book rather than video games. He was the one to prefer big large but comfortable hoodies rather than hugging-suffocating polos.
Yes Jaejoong was this kind of guy, you know those unpopular boys with big framed glasses, bangs too long and hiding their foreheads, ugly clothes and this IQ you knew that however many times you study you would not even reach half of their level. Jaejoong was one of them.
Jaejoong did not really like the people or more like crowded area. In his whole life he only had 2 friends: Yoochun and Changmin. He did not really know how he had ever been able to befriend them, Yoochun was a major Casanova partying whenever he could and Changmin a big pervert who spend his night in front of his computer watching movies (porno would be the best term) in other word the two were far away from his own quiet and shy personality.
So now Jaejoong was in his flat reading his new book bought the very same day. He was sitting on his couch in his inside-clothes (that don’t really change when he goes outside) his legs stretched out before him. On the table before him were setting 3 others books because he knew that in just one evening he could finish one big novel if it was good enough. And Jaejoong always choose good books.
“Jaejoong!” He looked up, surprised to see his two friends entering his flat looking as if they were going to some wedding or soirée mundane.
“See I’ve told you he would have forgotten!” Changmin pointed the clueless man on the couch to a bemused Yoochun, clearly the youngest of the three was annoyed at Jaejoong and yet the eldest did not know about.
“Hey, hey calm down, that’s why we are here.” Yoochun set the things he had been holding on the couch beside Jaejoong.
“What the two of you are doing?” Jaejoong did not have the time to mark his page that Yoochun had grabbed his wrists him to pull him up.
“Cool, you’ve already showered, that will be more easy!” he grabbed the hem of Jaejoong’s ugly hoodies and forced him out of it. Jaejoong shrieked and tried to hide his bare chest while glaring at his smirking friend.
“What are you doing” he cried in despair when he tripped as Changmin tugged his pants away leaving him in his brief.
“You completely forgot but tonight is the 5th gathering of our university, our generation!”
“I don’t want to go!” Jaejoong whined but Yoochun forced him to step in the pants and Changmin in the shirt.
“You don’t have any choice! You’ve missed the first 4 so now you’re coming with us!” Changmin almost choked him as he tied the necktie around the pale neck.
They took a step back admiring Jaejoong from head to toe.
“Ok he just needs a hair cut now” Changmin glanced at his watch impatiently “We will be late but: the best for the last right?” he grabbed his things and headed to the door. Yoochun pushed Jaejoong before him so both could exit the flat following Changmin to his car.
The stop to a hairdresser was short but Jaejoong left the tiny saloon more handsome with shorter hair messily combed and shining in the light, Changmin and Yoochun could not be gladder about it. And that was with a grumpy Jaejoong, who did not really appreciated the change, that they went to the party’s location with the tallest's brand new car. All along the way Jaejoong tried everything to have his friends let him, sadly for him they were completely serious about his presence to the gathering.
*
Yoochun and Changmin were proudly standing beside Jaejoong at the entrance of the hall, classical music was softly resounding in the large room where people were deposing coat and stuff to the dressing-room. Almost everyone looked their way and Jaejoong could not help but feel really tiny standing in the crowd of well dressed men and sophisticated women, all adorned with shiny earrings or necklace, expensive shoes or golden watches. He was not even aware of his own charisma, that he was outstanding among them all with his natural beauty.
They marched through the crowd of classy people making their way to the main hall where buffet, drinks and more people were already waiting for everyone to come in. the task proved to be quite easy as everyone parted on their way to let them access the table full of bubbling drinks. Changmin was leading the way smirking at every girls or guys his head high in superiority he knew he always had over those people, Yoochun was by his side slightly behind to let himself grab a girl’s hand to kiss it or wink at one cute boy while Jaejoong was completely behind head hung low trying to hide himself behind the large and tall body of his two friends. His necktie was suffocating him and discreetly he loosened it coughing in his fit. Some girls tried to stop him but he only redden and stutter nonsense to the point where Yoochun had to steal him away with a charming smiles as an apology.
“Jaejoong ! Try to be more- I don’t know be more confident!” Yoochun put him in between him and Changmin, dusting his suit and retightening his tie.
“I just can’t! Yoochun you know that!” Jaejoong glared at his friend and purposely loosened his tie once again before his friend’s desperate eyes.
Changmin tsked at the two successfully shutting them up. He took two glasses of alcohol from the table and handed one to Jaejoong and the other to Yoochun “behave” he whispered before taking one for himself.
Jaejoong pouted and Yoochun sulked but did not try to go against the tallest, who was paradoxically the youngest too.
“Look who is making his big entrance” Changmin smirked in his glass and both of Jaejoong and Yoochun had to stop their little staring contest to look at the same direction.
Everyone had started to gather around few guys who were arriving, cheering loudly chanting some cheering songs which Jaejoong had never heard anymore after his graduation. Those around the room who had not seen who was arriving, rushed to them after recognizing their fanchant they used to yelled over and over during their university years. They were around 15 all tall and build and their presence was hovering heavily in the whole room.
But Jaejoong’s eyes were glued on the tall brunet man in the center of the commotion. He was accompanied by the every guy who made this team whole back in the days: Jung Yunho. The man was smiling brightly and charmingly at everyone one arm thrown over his best friend, well the one who had been his best friend, Choi Siwon.
When they had arrived at the party hall Jaejoong had knew that everyone would have forgotten about him and that they had been approaching him only because they did not know who he was. He had felt hurt. On the other hand he could not really blame them as himself he did not make any effort to keep them in his memories. Yet he remembered him: Jung Yunho. Yunho had been the captain of the University’s American football team, he had led his team to the national in their last year of their master. Thus successfully making him the most famous man around the campus.
Everyone was congratulating him, or greeting him so proud to see their captain in the middle of their team once again. Yunho was responding each of them, friends or not, girls or guys and Jaejoong who was watching his every move felt somehow proud of the man’s behavior, his heart melting even more for the caring man. Suddenly charcoal almond eyes snapped his way to stare at him and making Jaejoong gasped that almost drop his glass.
“Still the same effect on you!” Both Yoochun and Changmin laughed at him and he flushed bright. He glanced up and to his dismay Yunho was still looking at him, worst the small crowd of footballers was making their way toward them. Yunho’s stare did not leave him even when they all gathered around the three. He was watching him with a curious and interested stare not even hiding that he was blatantly checking him out. Jaejoong saw from the corner of his eyes that the captain was asking some of his guys while pointing at his direction. Everyone’s answers were a shook of their head and a apologetic glance to their captain. Yet Yunho still did not dart his eyes away and Jaejoong could almost see his mind working to remember if they had already seen each other in the past.
They had been in the same class yet he could not blame the man for not remembering him because Jaejoong himself could not remember more than 10 people of their promo. They were 300 in their class and Jaejoong and Yunho were never in the same subgroup work.
*
Yes Jaejoong had a major crush on Yunho since their first step in the university. He had first seen him when Yunho had been recruited in the team. The former team had been waiting for the new comers of the year and had jumped on the potential guys at their first step in the hall. Lots of guys had been dragged to the first training, almost every of them, but only few had been integrated in the crew. Jaejoong had not even been spared a glance. They had by-passed him like a fly.
*
Two months later he had wanted to approach Yunho and maybe make friends if not better. He had called the man successfully not even stuttering, he could not be happier than at this instant when he had Yunho’s full attention. Taking a big breath under the curious stare of the tall man he was finally going to speak to him when the big star of their university came in the picture. She had grabbed Yunho and dragged him away assuring him that what she had to say was lots of more important than what the “nerd” had to say. Yunho had smiled at him apologetically and had turned away to follow the woman. For him Yunho had rejected him because he did not look good enough. That was his first and last try to speak to the guy.
*
He remembered how Yunho and Boa laughed sitting on the football field’s bleachers after the man’s training. Yunho still in his football suit, big reinforced shoulders, tight white pants tinted with mud and grass, and his helmet lying between him and Boa. She was feeding him some home-made backing and the man was happily opening his mouth, tongue darting out to catch the food. Boa was chuckling at his boyfriend’s behavior and she lovingly brushed some of his damped hair away.
They turned their head toward him when he passed by, tripping a little, his head hung low and clutching his works tightly against his chest. He heard him clearly and he heard how they spoke about him.
“What with him?”
“Don’t mind him Yunnie, he is not interesting”
*
“Yoochun man! It’s been so long” Siwon and the others shook Yoochun happily and the latter laughed warmly.
“Hey Siwon! Kangin! What’s up!”
“Changmin you’re even taller than me now!” Yunho punched Changmin’s shoulder in a manly manner and hugged him lightly, before turning around to look at the awkward standing Jaejoong once again. Jaejoong completely panicked when he understood that Yunho was going to speak to him. He sought some help from his two supposedly best friends but Yoochun was now far away and Changmin was looking at Yunho with great adoration lost in his own world.
“Hey” Yunho’s voice had not changed; still deep and velvet making Jaejoong painfully shiver.
“Hey” he looked from Yunho to Changmin who was now being dragged away by some others footballers. He prayed, but Changmin did not turn around to look back at him.
“You’re alone?” Yunho was seeking his gaze, he could tell yet he did not have the strength to look back at him. Slowly he could tell that his body was heating up from embarrassment he needed some fresh air or something so he opted for the drink he had in his hand.
“I came with some friends”
“Park Yoochun and Shim Changmin” it was not really a question since Yunho had seen him with the two just before, so Jaejoong only nodded lightly not voicing his answer.
“And-“
“Hey Yunho!” a cheerful man interrupted them, Kim Junsu that was his name came and slapped Yunho in the back playfully. Junsu had been one of the guy that had been as famous as Yunho back in the days, though Junsu had been the captain of the university’s football team his popularity though was due to his infamous duckbutt that the girls had been screaming over whenever he was in a field.
“Oh Jaejoong!” his smile widening at Jaejoong’s sight. He grabbed his hand and shook it eagerly. Junsu had been one of the rare guys he had spoke to during his university year even if it was just about work that the captain had missed whenever he had been going to some matches.
“Jaejoong? Kim Jaejoong?”Yunho startled and looked at Jaejoong with big round eyes.
“Yes” Jaejoong frowned knowing that now may begun the realization of who he was and the humiliation coming along with it.
“Yunho!” Once again they were interrupted by a girl this time. She did not even spare a glance to the two Kim and stole Yunho away, dragging him god knew where. Junsu gaped at the retracting figures not registering that his best friend had been stolen away from him even before he had the time to ask him how he was doing. He sighed and turned fully toward Jaejoong taking a glass from the table beside them. He smiled brightly at the other man after having on taste of his glass.
“Jaejoong, how have you been, this is the first time I see you in a school gathering!”
“Yeah Yoochun and Changmin dragged me in”
“Oh Casanochun and Pornmin?”
“Yes” Jaejoong laughed whole heartily, he had never known that his two best friends had those nicknames.
*
“Sorry” Yunho came back one or two hours later. Jaejoong and Junsu had been chatting since his departure they had moved to the bar so they could sit and before them lay few empty glasses that they already drank. Jaejoong had always known that the man was bright and lively, but to the point where Jaejoong could himself laugh and feel so at ease with someone he barely knew, that was quite impressive he thought and surprisingly they were getting along pretty well. So the two had not seen the time going on and when the former captain of their university’s team came back Junsu greeted him like if he had just left. They were laughing when the taller man arrived and had to cough to make his presence known.
“Yunho how was Boa?” Junsu asked cynics dripping from his mouth but Yunho just brushed it off not really wanting to argue with his friend after this long time without seeing each other.
“She is doing fine, I guess”
“That’s a shame you both broke up!” Junsu got up and patted Yunho’s shoulder “Or maybe not!” he whispered loud enough for Jaejoong to hear too. He patted Yunho’s shoulder one more time and winked at Jaejoong before heading to the dance floor.
“Do you mind?” Yunho pointed at the sit Junsu had just left empty and Jaejoong shook his head a little too eagerly to his liking. The brunet sat and asked for a whisky on the rock while Jaejoong was quietly playing with his glass already regretting Junsu’s departure. After an awkward silence Yunho voice finally broke Jaejoong’s reverie.
“So you what are you doing now?”
“I’m working for C&B Company in the advertising department as manager.”
“Whoa that’s impressive!”
“Well not as much as you, building your own advertising company” if Yunho was surprised about his acknowledge of his life he did not say anything.
“Yes, I worked hard for this” he sipped his whisky slowly but Jaejoong did not touch his a bit.
“You’re not drinking” Yunho pointed out.
“I don’t really like drinking” Yet you’ve been drinking glasses after glasses while chatting with Junsu he thought. He took one big gulp from his Vodka-redbull as if it could make Yunho happy. And once again an awkward silence settled between them.
“I don’t remember seeing you in any party before” Yunho was trying really hard to make some cnversation between them, he thought. It was flattering that the man of his dream was finally giving some interest in him yet that was also embarrassing. How the conversation could flow easily when he was too shy to even speak face to face withe the tanned skin man?
“I was not invited” Jaejoong simply answered.
“Why?”
“I’m not the one people want to invite over”
“Well with Yoochun as friend it really surprise me”
“He tried to, but people tend to judge from appearance” Jaejoong sighed remembering few unpleasant situation when Yoochun had tried to persuade his friends to invite Jaejoong over.
“When we are young we tend to be stupid” Yunho was staring at him intently inching closer.
“Maybe”
“Will you give me this dance?” Yunho got up hurriedly at the first note of the next song that was being played and was now standing by his side one hand stretched out palm up in invitation. Jaejoong pondered while looking at the beautiful hand that was beckoning him to accept. With a shy nodded he put his hand on the large one which enclosed immediately and Jaejoong was dragged to the dance floor where a slow and soft music was now playing. Yunho turned toward him and pulled him to his chest. Jaejoong bit his lips as one arm slide around his waist and taller one began to move them slowly around.
Jaejoong was enjoying every seconds because he knew it was probably his only chance to be in Yunho’s arms.
“Is it me or your hand is dangerously southward?” he whispered against the tanned neck that was before his eyes. He blushed at his boldness and turned his head away from the sun kissed skin.
“This is how we dance” the low answer whispered directly in his ear had him shuddering violently only to make his blush reddened when he felt Yunho’s chest rumble as he chuckled.
“I would not know I’ve never danced” Jaejoong mumbled pouting. He spot Yoochun and Changmin looking at him while smirking and high fiving each other. Those two really! Later he will give them a piece of his mind.
“Then I’m you first?” Jaejoong frowned was it happiness he was hearing in Yunho’s tone? “It looks a lot like it” did Yunho just nip his ear?
Just when he was going to reply the action by one of his own, really he had drunk too many alcohol this night, the warm body was snatched away from his grasp. Boa was standing between them back to Jaejoong.
He did not even try to understand why the woman had separated them, he did not pay attention to what she was yelling while crying at the other man but he did saw that now everyone was looking at him with the realization of who he was. He saw as the football players were now gaping at their captain eyes going back on forth between him and the arguing couple. He saw how some of the girls who had hit on him gasped at him, he saw everything and he felt hurt, he did not know why this was affecting him so much, it’s not like he was really paying attention to them, but over all he did not know why Changmin and Yoochun had to forced him all along, so without another glance back he left the place hurriedly, not even caring about his stuff still in the dressing room.
*
“Hello Jaejoong! This is Yunho! You left quite early last time I looked for you but Yoochun told me you went back home! Would you mind if we go to drink a coffee or something?” Jaejoong starred at his phone not really believing what he was hearing. One week had passed and he had been sure that he would never had heard about Yunho anymore yet here the man had left one message on his phone asking him out.
Panicked he did the only thing he knew was wise.
“Changmin!”
“What?” replied the annoyed man, strangely whenever you were calling the youngest he always sounds annoyed.
“Yun- I, He-” Jaejoong was searching how to say it to the man but everything was a big mess in his mind.
“Jaejoong get to the point please I don’t have the whole day” the other sighed on the other line.
“He- he-, me- today-”
“That is I’m hanging up”
“HE asked me out!” A deafening silence met his outburst.
“Who?” Changmin’s tone was cautious.
“Yunho”
“I’m coming don’t move”
*
Jaejoong was spacing in his living room when someone ringed his door madly. He ran to open the door and Changmin followed by Yoochun burst in the room.
“Here I brought some clothes” Yoochun showed Jaejoong all his bags and the dressing time began.
“Wait did you call him back to tell him ok” Changmin suddenly stilled.
“huh? No”
The two friends face-palmed so Changmin quickly fished his phone out his pocket grumbling how it was even possible for him to have this stupid friend.
“Yunho? Yes I’m with Jaejoong, he doesn’t have your number and he is occupied right now so I’ll tell you that he’ll be waiting for you at JJcoffee at 3PM! Ok see you”
“Ok, he will be there”
*
“Jaejoong?” Jaejoong turned around to saw the man who had called him. Yunho was in a suit this day too and Jaejoong felt stupid in his tight black slacks and his fashionata jacket.
“H-hello”
“You look great today!” Yunho checked him out liked the week before at the gathering making Jaejoong squirm in place.
“Huh thank you?!”
They stood awkwardly staring at each other or more Yunho staring at Jaejoong when the latter’s eyes kept darting there and here. Suddenly Yunho stepped forward and grabbed his face with both hands. Jaejoong’s breath stopped and his heart missed one beat when he felt their close proximity.
“I’ve know you Kim Jaejoong, I’ve always did” Yunho whispered against his lips “and I still do”
Jaejoong closed his eyes not really knowing what to do. Yunho’s hands were warm against his cheeks and his breath was teasingly hitting his lips.
“You don’t need to be what you don’t want to be” Yunho moved closer hovering him with all his height and forcing Jaejoong to tilt his head back and part his mouth. Their lips brushed but still Yunho did not seal them. Jaejoong’s hand grabbed the brunet’s shirt to keep his balance but kept his eyes tight shut, he did not want to open them, he did not want to wake up from this dream.
“Que les apparences soient belles car on ne juge que par elles ! ” Jaejoong shivered as the french rolled on the taller’s tongue. It felt incredible in his mouth and the voice mixed with the accent was wonder to his ears. He drank every whisper from the brunet and he gasped when one hand on his face slide against his neck, his torso to finally rub his side. His eyes opened wide to meet the almond dark ones which were staring down at him “Tu n’as pas besoin de ça Jaejoong. Ton apparence me va comme elle est!” Jaejoong did not understand what Yunho was saying but he could not careless. His neck was hurting but he could not careless. He was too deep fallen in the rich pupils above him. His grip tightened and he slide against the man’s chest trying to move higher, he could feel the lips’ warm caressing his own, he wanted to close the small gap, however small it was, but could he do it? The arm wrapped itself around his waist and Jaejoong felt himself melt against the strong curves and hard body. He bit his lips to prevent any sound to pass them but Yunho’s thumb soothed the pink flesh out of the pearly teeth.
“I love you the way you are” he whispered one last time and finally Yunho’s lips crushed down against his own in a searing kiss.
Satus: OS
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Yunjae
Summary : Jaejoong was not the one to show off, in fact he was the complete opposite.
“Que les apparences soient belles car on ne juge que par elles”
Roger Bussy-Rabutin 1618-1693
"Make the appearances beautiful since we judge based on them"
Jaejoong was not the one to show off; in fact he was the complete opposite. He was the one to prefer one soiree in his flat with his friends, some beers and pizza rather than a big drunken-orgy party in bars and clubs. He was the one to prefer a good book rather than video games. He was the one to prefer big large but comfortable hoodies rather than hugging-suffocating polos.
Yes Jaejoong was this kind of guy, you know those unpopular boys with big framed glasses, bangs too long and hiding their foreheads, ugly clothes and this IQ you knew that however many times you study you would not even reach half of their level. Jaejoong was one of them.
Jaejoong did not really like the people or more like crowded area. In his whole life he only had 2 friends: Yoochun and Changmin. He did not really know how he had ever been able to befriend them, Yoochun was a major Casanova partying whenever he could and Changmin a big pervert who spend his night in front of his computer watching movies (porno would be the best term) in other word the two were far away from his own quiet and shy personality.
So now Jaejoong was in his flat reading his new book bought the very same day. He was sitting on his couch in his inside-clothes (that don’t really change when he goes outside) his legs stretched out before him. On the table before him were setting 3 others books because he knew that in just one evening he could finish one big novel if it was good enough. And Jaejoong always choose good books.
“Jaejoong!” He looked up, surprised to see his two friends entering his flat looking as if they were going to some wedding or soirée mundane.
“See I’ve told you he would have forgotten!” Changmin pointed the clueless man on the couch to a bemused Yoochun, clearly the youngest of the three was annoyed at Jaejoong and yet the eldest did not know about.
“Hey, hey calm down, that’s why we are here.” Yoochun set the things he had been holding on the couch beside Jaejoong.
“What the two of you are doing?” Jaejoong did not have the time to mark his page that Yoochun had grabbed his wrists him to pull him up.
“Cool, you’ve already showered, that will be more easy!” he grabbed the hem of Jaejoong’s ugly hoodies and forced him out of it. Jaejoong shrieked and tried to hide his bare chest while glaring at his smirking friend.
“What are you doing” he cried in despair when he tripped as Changmin tugged his pants away leaving him in his brief.
“You completely forgot but tonight is the 5th gathering of our university, our generation!”
“I don’t want to go!” Jaejoong whined but Yoochun forced him to step in the pants and Changmin in the shirt.
“You don’t have any choice! You’ve missed the first 4 so now you’re coming with us!” Changmin almost choked him as he tied the necktie around the pale neck.
They took a step back admiring Jaejoong from head to toe.
“Ok he just needs a hair cut now” Changmin glanced at his watch impatiently “We will be late but: the best for the last right?” he grabbed his things and headed to the door. Yoochun pushed Jaejoong before him so both could exit the flat following Changmin to his car.
The stop to a hairdresser was short but Jaejoong left the tiny saloon more handsome with shorter hair messily combed and shining in the light, Changmin and Yoochun could not be gladder about it. And that was with a grumpy Jaejoong, who did not really appreciated the change, that they went to the party’s location with the tallest's brand new car. All along the way Jaejoong tried everything to have his friends let him, sadly for him they were completely serious about his presence to the gathering.
*
Yoochun and Changmin were proudly standing beside Jaejoong at the entrance of the hall, classical music was softly resounding in the large room where people were deposing coat and stuff to the dressing-room. Almost everyone looked their way and Jaejoong could not help but feel really tiny standing in the crowd of well dressed men and sophisticated women, all adorned with shiny earrings or necklace, expensive shoes or golden watches. He was not even aware of his own charisma, that he was outstanding among them all with his natural beauty.
They marched through the crowd of classy people making their way to the main hall where buffet, drinks and more people were already waiting for everyone to come in. the task proved to be quite easy as everyone parted on their way to let them access the table full of bubbling drinks. Changmin was leading the way smirking at every girls or guys his head high in superiority he knew he always had over those people, Yoochun was by his side slightly behind to let himself grab a girl’s hand to kiss it or wink at one cute boy while Jaejoong was completely behind head hung low trying to hide himself behind the large and tall body of his two friends. His necktie was suffocating him and discreetly he loosened it coughing in his fit. Some girls tried to stop him but he only redden and stutter nonsense to the point where Yoochun had to steal him away with a charming smiles as an apology.
“Jaejoong ! Try to be more- I don’t know be more confident!” Yoochun put him in between him and Changmin, dusting his suit and retightening his tie.
“I just can’t! Yoochun you know that!” Jaejoong glared at his friend and purposely loosened his tie once again before his friend’s desperate eyes.
Changmin tsked at the two successfully shutting them up. He took two glasses of alcohol from the table and handed one to Jaejoong and the other to Yoochun “behave” he whispered before taking one for himself.
Jaejoong pouted and Yoochun sulked but did not try to go against the tallest, who was paradoxically the youngest too.
“Look who is making his big entrance” Changmin smirked in his glass and both of Jaejoong and Yoochun had to stop their little staring contest to look at the same direction.
Everyone had started to gather around few guys who were arriving, cheering loudly chanting some cheering songs which Jaejoong had never heard anymore after his graduation. Those around the room who had not seen who was arriving, rushed to them after recognizing their fanchant they used to yelled over and over during their university years. They were around 15 all tall and build and their presence was hovering heavily in the whole room.
But Jaejoong’s eyes were glued on the tall brunet man in the center of the commotion. He was accompanied by the every guy who made this team whole back in the days: Jung Yunho. The man was smiling brightly and charmingly at everyone one arm thrown over his best friend, well the one who had been his best friend, Choi Siwon.
When they had arrived at the party hall Jaejoong had knew that everyone would have forgotten about him and that they had been approaching him only because they did not know who he was. He had felt hurt. On the other hand he could not really blame them as himself he did not make any effort to keep them in his memories. Yet he remembered him: Jung Yunho. Yunho had been the captain of the University’s American football team, he had led his team to the national in their last year of their master. Thus successfully making him the most famous man around the campus.
Everyone was congratulating him, or greeting him so proud to see their captain in the middle of their team once again. Yunho was responding each of them, friends or not, girls or guys and Jaejoong who was watching his every move felt somehow proud of the man’s behavior, his heart melting even more for the caring man. Suddenly charcoal almond eyes snapped his way to stare at him and making Jaejoong gasped that almost drop his glass.
“Still the same effect on you!” Both Yoochun and Changmin laughed at him and he flushed bright. He glanced up and to his dismay Yunho was still looking at him, worst the small crowd of footballers was making their way toward them. Yunho’s stare did not leave him even when they all gathered around the three. He was watching him with a curious and interested stare not even hiding that he was blatantly checking him out. Jaejoong saw from the corner of his eyes that the captain was asking some of his guys while pointing at his direction. Everyone’s answers were a shook of their head and a apologetic glance to their captain. Yet Yunho still did not dart his eyes away and Jaejoong could almost see his mind working to remember if they had already seen each other in the past.
They had been in the same class yet he could not blame the man for not remembering him because Jaejoong himself could not remember more than 10 people of their promo. They were 300 in their class and Jaejoong and Yunho were never in the same subgroup work.
*
Yes Jaejoong had a major crush on Yunho since their first step in the university. He had first seen him when Yunho had been recruited in the team. The former team had been waiting for the new comers of the year and had jumped on the potential guys at their first step in the hall. Lots of guys had been dragged to the first training, almost every of them, but only few had been integrated in the crew. Jaejoong had not even been spared a glance. They had by-passed him like a fly.
*
Two months later he had wanted to approach Yunho and maybe make friends if not better. He had called the man successfully not even stuttering, he could not be happier than at this instant when he had Yunho’s full attention. Taking a big breath under the curious stare of the tall man he was finally going to speak to him when the big star of their university came in the picture. She had grabbed Yunho and dragged him away assuring him that what she had to say was lots of more important than what the “nerd” had to say. Yunho had smiled at him apologetically and had turned away to follow the woman. For him Yunho had rejected him because he did not look good enough. That was his first and last try to speak to the guy.
*
He remembered how Yunho and Boa laughed sitting on the football field’s bleachers after the man’s training. Yunho still in his football suit, big reinforced shoulders, tight white pants tinted with mud and grass, and his helmet lying between him and Boa. She was feeding him some home-made backing and the man was happily opening his mouth, tongue darting out to catch the food. Boa was chuckling at his boyfriend’s behavior and she lovingly brushed some of his damped hair away.
They turned their head toward him when he passed by, tripping a little, his head hung low and clutching his works tightly against his chest. He heard him clearly and he heard how they spoke about him.
“What with him?”
“Don’t mind him Yunnie, he is not interesting”
*
“Yoochun man! It’s been so long” Siwon and the others shook Yoochun happily and the latter laughed warmly.
“Hey Siwon! Kangin! What’s up!”
“Changmin you’re even taller than me now!” Yunho punched Changmin’s shoulder in a manly manner and hugged him lightly, before turning around to look at the awkward standing Jaejoong once again. Jaejoong completely panicked when he understood that Yunho was going to speak to him. He sought some help from his two supposedly best friends but Yoochun was now far away and Changmin was looking at Yunho with great adoration lost in his own world.
“Hey” Yunho’s voice had not changed; still deep and velvet making Jaejoong painfully shiver.
“Hey” he looked from Yunho to Changmin who was now being dragged away by some others footballers. He prayed, but Changmin did not turn around to look back at him.
“You’re alone?” Yunho was seeking his gaze, he could tell yet he did not have the strength to look back at him. Slowly he could tell that his body was heating up from embarrassment he needed some fresh air or something so he opted for the drink he had in his hand.
“I came with some friends”
“Park Yoochun and Shim Changmin” it was not really a question since Yunho had seen him with the two just before, so Jaejoong only nodded lightly not voicing his answer.
“And-“
“Hey Yunho!” a cheerful man interrupted them, Kim Junsu that was his name came and slapped Yunho in the back playfully. Junsu had been one of the guy that had been as famous as Yunho back in the days, though Junsu had been the captain of the university’s football team his popularity though was due to his infamous duckbutt that the girls had been screaming over whenever he was in a field.
“Oh Jaejoong!” his smile widening at Jaejoong’s sight. He grabbed his hand and shook it eagerly. Junsu had been one of the rare guys he had spoke to during his university year even if it was just about work that the captain had missed whenever he had been going to some matches.
“Jaejoong? Kim Jaejoong?”Yunho startled and looked at Jaejoong with big round eyes.
“Yes” Jaejoong frowned knowing that now may begun the realization of who he was and the humiliation coming along with it.
“Yunho!” Once again they were interrupted by a girl this time. She did not even spare a glance to the two Kim and stole Yunho away, dragging him god knew where. Junsu gaped at the retracting figures not registering that his best friend had been stolen away from him even before he had the time to ask him how he was doing. He sighed and turned fully toward Jaejoong taking a glass from the table beside them. He smiled brightly at the other man after having on taste of his glass.
“Jaejoong, how have you been, this is the first time I see you in a school gathering!”
“Yeah Yoochun and Changmin dragged me in”
“Oh Casanochun and Pornmin?”
“Yes” Jaejoong laughed whole heartily, he had never known that his two best friends had those nicknames.
*
“Sorry” Yunho came back one or two hours later. Jaejoong and Junsu had been chatting since his departure they had moved to the bar so they could sit and before them lay few empty glasses that they already drank. Jaejoong had always known that the man was bright and lively, but to the point where Jaejoong could himself laugh and feel so at ease with someone he barely knew, that was quite impressive he thought and surprisingly they were getting along pretty well. So the two had not seen the time going on and when the former captain of their university’s team came back Junsu greeted him like if he had just left. They were laughing when the taller man arrived and had to cough to make his presence known.
“Yunho how was Boa?” Junsu asked cynics dripping from his mouth but Yunho just brushed it off not really wanting to argue with his friend after this long time without seeing each other.
“She is doing fine, I guess”
“That’s a shame you both broke up!” Junsu got up and patted Yunho’s shoulder “Or maybe not!” he whispered loud enough for Jaejoong to hear too. He patted Yunho’s shoulder one more time and winked at Jaejoong before heading to the dance floor.
“Do you mind?” Yunho pointed at the sit Junsu had just left empty and Jaejoong shook his head a little too eagerly to his liking. The brunet sat and asked for a whisky on the rock while Jaejoong was quietly playing with his glass already regretting Junsu’s departure. After an awkward silence Yunho voice finally broke Jaejoong’s reverie.
“So you what are you doing now?”
“I’m working for C&B Company in the advertising department as manager.”
“Whoa that’s impressive!”
“Well not as much as you, building your own advertising company” if Yunho was surprised about his acknowledge of his life he did not say anything.
“Yes, I worked hard for this” he sipped his whisky slowly but Jaejoong did not touch his a bit.
“You’re not drinking” Yunho pointed out.
“I don’t really like drinking” Yet you’ve been drinking glasses after glasses while chatting with Junsu he thought. He took one big gulp from his Vodka-redbull as if it could make Yunho happy. And once again an awkward silence settled between them.
“I don’t remember seeing you in any party before” Yunho was trying really hard to make some cnversation between them, he thought. It was flattering that the man of his dream was finally giving some interest in him yet that was also embarrassing. How the conversation could flow easily when he was too shy to even speak face to face withe the tanned skin man?
“I was not invited” Jaejoong simply answered.
“Why?”
“I’m not the one people want to invite over”
“Well with Yoochun as friend it really surprise me”
“He tried to, but people tend to judge from appearance” Jaejoong sighed remembering few unpleasant situation when Yoochun had tried to persuade his friends to invite Jaejoong over.
“When we are young we tend to be stupid” Yunho was staring at him intently inching closer.
“Maybe”
“Will you give me this dance?” Yunho got up hurriedly at the first note of the next song that was being played and was now standing by his side one hand stretched out palm up in invitation. Jaejoong pondered while looking at the beautiful hand that was beckoning him to accept. With a shy nodded he put his hand on the large one which enclosed immediately and Jaejoong was dragged to the dance floor where a slow and soft music was now playing. Yunho turned toward him and pulled him to his chest. Jaejoong bit his lips as one arm slide around his waist and taller one began to move them slowly around.
Jaejoong was enjoying every seconds because he knew it was probably his only chance to be in Yunho’s arms.
“Is it me or your hand is dangerously southward?” he whispered against the tanned neck that was before his eyes. He blushed at his boldness and turned his head away from the sun kissed skin.
“This is how we dance” the low answer whispered directly in his ear had him shuddering violently only to make his blush reddened when he felt Yunho’s chest rumble as he chuckled.
“I would not know I’ve never danced” Jaejoong mumbled pouting. He spot Yoochun and Changmin looking at him while smirking and high fiving each other. Those two really! Later he will give them a piece of his mind.
“Then I’m you first?” Jaejoong frowned was it happiness he was hearing in Yunho’s tone? “It looks a lot like it” did Yunho just nip his ear?
Just when he was going to reply the action by one of his own, really he had drunk too many alcohol this night, the warm body was snatched away from his grasp. Boa was standing between them back to Jaejoong.
He did not even try to understand why the woman had separated them, he did not pay attention to what she was yelling while crying at the other man but he did saw that now everyone was looking at him with the realization of who he was. He saw as the football players were now gaping at their captain eyes going back on forth between him and the arguing couple. He saw how some of the girls who had hit on him gasped at him, he saw everything and he felt hurt, he did not know why this was affecting him so much, it’s not like he was really paying attention to them, but over all he did not know why Changmin and Yoochun had to forced him all along, so without another glance back he left the place hurriedly, not even caring about his stuff still in the dressing room.
*
“Hello Jaejoong! This is Yunho! You left quite early last time I looked for you but Yoochun told me you went back home! Would you mind if we go to drink a coffee or something?” Jaejoong starred at his phone not really believing what he was hearing. One week had passed and he had been sure that he would never had heard about Yunho anymore yet here the man had left one message on his phone asking him out.
Panicked he did the only thing he knew was wise.
“Changmin!”
“What?” replied the annoyed man, strangely whenever you were calling the youngest he always sounds annoyed.
“Yun- I, He-” Jaejoong was searching how to say it to the man but everything was a big mess in his mind.
“Jaejoong get to the point please I don’t have the whole day” the other sighed on the other line.
“He- he-, me- today-”
“That is I’m hanging up”
“HE asked me out!” A deafening silence met his outburst.
“Who?” Changmin’s tone was cautious.
“Yunho”
“I’m coming don’t move”
*
Jaejoong was spacing in his living room when someone ringed his door madly. He ran to open the door and Changmin followed by Yoochun burst in the room.
“Here I brought some clothes” Yoochun showed Jaejoong all his bags and the dressing time began.
“Wait did you call him back to tell him ok” Changmin suddenly stilled.
“huh? No”
The two friends face-palmed so Changmin quickly fished his phone out his pocket grumbling how it was even possible for him to have this stupid friend.
“Yunho? Yes I’m with Jaejoong, he doesn’t have your number and he is occupied right now so I’ll tell you that he’ll be waiting for you at JJcoffee at 3PM! Ok see you”
“Ok, he will be there”
*
“Jaejoong?” Jaejoong turned around to saw the man who had called him. Yunho was in a suit this day too and Jaejoong felt stupid in his tight black slacks and his fashionata jacket.
“H-hello”
“You look great today!” Yunho checked him out liked the week before at the gathering making Jaejoong squirm in place.
“Huh thank you?!”
They stood awkwardly staring at each other or more Yunho staring at Jaejoong when the latter’s eyes kept darting there and here. Suddenly Yunho stepped forward and grabbed his face with both hands. Jaejoong’s breath stopped and his heart missed one beat when he felt their close proximity.
“I’ve know you Kim Jaejoong, I’ve always did” Yunho whispered against his lips “and I still do”
Jaejoong closed his eyes not really knowing what to do. Yunho’s hands were warm against his cheeks and his breath was teasingly hitting his lips.
“You don’t need to be what you don’t want to be” Yunho moved closer hovering him with all his height and forcing Jaejoong to tilt his head back and part his mouth. Their lips brushed but still Yunho did not seal them. Jaejoong’s hand grabbed the brunet’s shirt to keep his balance but kept his eyes tight shut, he did not want to open them, he did not want to wake up from this dream.
“Que les apparences soient belles car on ne juge que par elles ! ” Jaejoong shivered as the french rolled on the taller’s tongue. It felt incredible in his mouth and the voice mixed with the accent was wonder to his ears. He drank every whisper from the brunet and he gasped when one hand on his face slide against his neck, his torso to finally rub his side. His eyes opened wide to meet the almond dark ones which were staring down at him “Tu n’as pas besoin de ça Jaejoong. Ton apparence me va comme elle est!” Jaejoong did not understand what Yunho was saying but he could not careless. His neck was hurting but he could not careless. He was too deep fallen in the rich pupils above him. His grip tightened and he slide against the man’s chest trying to move higher, he could feel the lips’ warm caressing his own, he wanted to close the small gap, however small it was, but could he do it? The arm wrapped itself around his waist and Jaejoong felt himself melt against the strong curves and hard body. He bit his lips to prevent any sound to pass them but Yunho’s thumb soothed the pink flesh out of the pearly teeth.
“I love you the way you are” he whispered one last time and finally Yunho’s lips crushed down against his own in a searing kiss.