Everything Happens For a Reason, Chapter 22b
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Chapter 22b
Yunho was tired, he’d been shooting non-stop for the past two weeks. He wanted to wrap up the shots as soon as possible so he could be home with his children. And maybe to see Jaejoong who’d been around almost everyday. Lately he’d been thinking a lot about that man and it really bothered him. He could sense that Jaejoong was still a little uncomfortable around him, especially when he initiated a physical contact like a hug. But he couldn’t help it. He’s still very much in love with the guy… the feeling when he saw him laughing or smiling; or even the way he speaks gently to his parents, the way he hold his children in his arms… They’re all bringing such sense of… familiarity?
There was so much that he wanted to do to show the guy how much he cares for him and not just because of his children. But he’s very inconfident about it… he very much understood that he had brought nothing but sadness and misery to the other’s life. And he didn’t want to give the impression that just because Jaejoong was so attached to his children then he had the right to wave his way back to him. He’s not good enough for the man. But the yearning to mend things back like the way they used to be was so strong… so strong that everytime he saw him he wanted to run away, afraid that he couldn’t restrain himself not to hold the man in his arms.
It was a torture to have him back in the vicinity of the mansion. It was always a torture to see someone that you long for everyday but you have no right to make him yours. Right now, he’s satisfied enough that his childen could be the ones that make Jaejoong happy. He couldn’t ask for anything more.
Kibum opened the door for him, everyone’s asleep already, the house was dark.
“Everything ok today, Kibum?” he asked the buttler as he entered the living room.
“Everything is fine, young master. Except that Moonbin came home crying after his visit to young master Changmin’s new house with Jaejoong-ssi.”
He raised his eyebrow at him, “Crying? When he was with Jaejoong?” that’s unusual. His son never cry when he was with Jaejoong.
“Actually he fell and scrapped his knees pretty badly. Jaejoong-ssi already told him not to run around in the construction but he’s too eager to see second floor and forgot that the stairs’ not carpeted yet like in the mansion. He ran into the wooden railing and fell onto his knees. What made him felt worse was that he was afraid that Jaejoong-ssi was angry at him because he already told him not to run.”
“Ah, the wound’s nothing compared to Jaejoong’s disappointment at him.” He chuckled. “But he’s better now?”
Kibum smiled, “Much better after Jaejoong-ssi told him that he’s disappointed but as long as he promise that he would always listen to everything he said, he stopped crying. It must be hurting though, it was obvious that he tried hard to keep his sniffling. He wouldn’t let Jaejoong-ssi go too untill he fell asleep after dinner time.”
“Oh, so Jaejoong left quiet late then.”
“He did, he also checked on Min Young too before he left.”
“Thanks Kibum. You should return to bed now, I’ve told you that you didn’t need to wake up for him, I have my keys.”
“No problem Sir. Do you need anything else before you sleep?”
“Nah, all’s good. I’ll just have a shower in my room after I check on my babies. Goodnight.”
And Yunho proceeded to the second floor to see his children. He opened the door to Min Young’s room and saw that his baby girl was sound asleep and so was her Nanny. He closed it and moved to Moonbin’s room at the end of the hallway. He walked to his son’s bed, his face scrunched up his sleep, his knees probably still hurt. He put his palm on the boy’s forehead, a little warm but no fever, so it should be okay.
He pulled the blanket that covered Binnie’s knees, the bandage was pretty wide on both knees! He must’ve felt like crap for hurting himself and made Jaejoong disappointed. Great, he’ll have an obedient boy for the next few days until the knees healed. His touch must’ve woken him up, the boy stirred and squinted his eyes, “Appa?” he whispered to him.
“Hey big guy… “ he put his palm back on the boy’s forehead and suddenly the boy started crying.
“I’m sorry that I didn’t listen to Jejussi, I’m sorry… my knees hurt so much Appa!”
Yunho picked up the boy and craddled him, “Ssshh, stop crying baby… it wasn’t nice of you but I hope you learned your lesson and will listen to what we, adults say next time. Okay?”
“Yes, Appa…” he’s still hiccuping and Yunho didn’t stop caressing the child’s hair.
“Does it still hurt?”
The boy nodded. Yunho laid him back to the bed and pulled the blanket to cover him up to his chin. “Sleep… it won’t hurt so much tomorrow if you sleep well tonight.”
“Appa…” his son tried to speak more, “Can’t you sleep with Binnie tonight? It doesn’t hurt much when Appa is holding me.”
Yunho was stunned. This would be the first time that his son asked him to sleep with him. “But Appa smells baby, Appa just got home and hasn’t had any shower.”
“Nooo, Appa doesn’t smell! Appa please… “ he cried again. Maybe the wound hurts more than he thought.
“Look, why don’t we sleep together in Appa’s room? So you can wait for me on the bed and I can clean up and change my clothes, mmm? What do you say?”
He nodded, already half asleep. And Yunho carried him to his room. After he changed his clothes, brushed his teeth and cleaned up, he laid down beside his boy who tried so hard to stay awake.
“Come on baby, go to sleep. Appa is here.”
“Okay… but Appa…” he asked him sleepily. “Why can’t Jejussi just move here and not make his own house?”
He chuckled, “Well, his house is just next door… what’s the difference with him being here, hm?”
“But if Min Young and I are sleeping there, can you still come and kiss us good night? Will you sleep with us there too?”
It was something that Yunho never thought that Moonbin would ever thought that far.
“I will, baby… I will… “ Looks like he’ll have to discuss with Jaejoong the possibility of sleeping over in the future.
“Good… then I will be able to sleep well cause Appa and Jejussi are with me… and Min Young…” he said as he drifted off to the dreamland. Leaving his father pondered over the probability of sleeping under the same roof with the love of his life.
Both boys fell asleep dreaming their own dreams of a happy and bright future in a house that belongs to the same man on their dreams, Kim Jaejoong.
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