Every Human Love VII: 'Til Break of Day
Series: Every Human Love
Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI
Title: 'Til Break of Day
Character: Yunho
Rating: G
Summary: "There's something I should probably tell you."
Changmin pulls Yunho aside halfway through practice to ask if he and Junsu are free afterwards. "If you need us," Yunho replies, and wonders what it's about, why Changmin didn't just call and ask if there was something he wanted.
It becomes clear when Yoochun takes them up to his room, when they meet Jaejoong. Yunho surprises himself by accepting the whole strange story with very little effort, though the whispered conversation Changmin, Yoochun and Junsu have while Jaejoong stares at Yunho and says at length, "But why can you see me?" worries Yunho a little. But when Junsu comes back to stand next to him, not quite touching, and says, "Yunho, there's something I should probably tell you," Yunho tucks his arm across Junsu's shoulders and says, "You don't need to, I already know." Because he does; somewhere in his mind he's known all along what Junsu is, and it's never mattered. Junsu was his best friend when he needed one, the gift he left behind that came back to him. That's all he's ever needed to know, and it doesn't surprise him at all.
Changmin and Yoochun cross the room to stand on either side of Jaejoong, and Yunho wonders whether it's a conscious choice. He watches Yoochun catch at Jaejoong's hand, sees the barely-there brush of Changmin's hand to the small of Jaejoong's back before Changmin steps up next to him, sees Jaejoong lean into both the touches, thinks that maybe it is, or maybe it's just that they don't have to think about it any more.
"Can you help, Junsu?" Changmin asks, and his expression is carefully blank, trying his best not to expect anything. Yunho looks at the hope-worry-anticipation on Yoochun's face as he watches Junsu, and thinks that must be what Jaejoong's lowered head and Changmin's tightly folded hands are trying to hide.
"I don't know," Junsu replies, his eyes flicking around the loose circle they form, Yunho, Changmin, Jaejoong, Yoochun and back to Yunho. "I don't know, but I could try."
Looking at Yoochun, at Changmin, at Jaejoong between them, Yunho knows it's the right answer. He tightens his arm around Junsu and says the same thing to himself. No promises, except they'll all try their best at whatever they can do.
Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI
Title: 'Til Break of Day
Character: Yunho
Rating: G
Summary: "There's something I should probably tell you."
Changmin pulls Yunho aside halfway through practice to ask if he and Junsu are free afterwards. "If you need us," Yunho replies, and wonders what it's about, why Changmin didn't just call and ask if there was something he wanted.
It becomes clear when Yoochun takes them up to his room, when they meet Jaejoong. Yunho surprises himself by accepting the whole strange story with very little effort, though the whispered conversation Changmin, Yoochun and Junsu have while Jaejoong stares at Yunho and says at length, "But why can you see me?" worries Yunho a little. But when Junsu comes back to stand next to him, not quite touching, and says, "Yunho, there's something I should probably tell you," Yunho tucks his arm across Junsu's shoulders and says, "You don't need to, I already know." Because he does; somewhere in his mind he's known all along what Junsu is, and it's never mattered. Junsu was his best friend when he needed one, the gift he left behind that came back to him. That's all he's ever needed to know, and it doesn't surprise him at all.
Changmin and Yoochun cross the room to stand on either side of Jaejoong, and Yunho wonders whether it's a conscious choice. He watches Yoochun catch at Jaejoong's hand, sees the barely-there brush of Changmin's hand to the small of Jaejoong's back before Changmin steps up next to him, sees Jaejoong lean into both the touches, thinks that maybe it is, or maybe it's just that they don't have to think about it any more.
"Can you help, Junsu?" Changmin asks, and his expression is carefully blank, trying his best not to expect anything. Yunho looks at the hope-worry-anticipation on Yoochun's face as he watches Junsu, and thinks that must be what Jaejoong's lowered head and Changmin's tightly folded hands are trying to hide.
"I don't know," Junsu replies, his eyes flicking around the loose circle they form, Yunho, Changmin, Jaejoong, Yoochun and back to Yunho. "I don't know, but I could try."
Looking at Yoochun, at Changmin, at Jaejoong between them, Yunho knows it's the right answer. He tightens his arm around Junsu and says the same thing to himself. No promises, except they'll all try their best at whatever they can do.