Of French Customs and Old Times. Part 11
Title: Of French Customs and Old Times.
Status: Part 11 of ?
Author: xxqod
Pairings: Jonghyun/Taemin/Minho, Jinki/Kibum
Rating: PG-15
A/N: For bopeep_achu who requested this, it takes place in France of the 18th Century. Incorrect use of the French language XD lol, I only had basic French. It's not historically correct and I used their Korean names, cause I can't bring myself to change them. (Don't bash me for it! >.< )
~There's a wordlist at the end of each part, stating the French words and their translation.~
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Jinki nudges Jonghyun in the side. The other has fallen asleep while Jinki was busy getting their luggage on the horses. He smiles devilishly when Jonghyun whines like a kid and turns around to sleep further. Jinki clears his throat and whispers an 'I love you' into Jonghyun's ear, doing his best to imitate Taemin's voice. He almost doubles over laughing when Jonghyun gets this stupid grin on his face and tries to wind his right arm around a boy that isn't there. A surprised sound escapes Jonghyun and Jinki snorts from laughter, startling the other awake.
"Bonté divine! You should've seen your own face!" Jinki rolls on the ground holding his stomach to still his spasms. Jonghyun lies back down and hides his face in one of the pillows resisting the urge to throw it at Jinki. It takes about ten minutes before Jonghyun is coherent enough to think about the reason why he's here on the couch, waiting to leave and he jumps up, pulls Jinki off the floor and drags him out the door.
"Jonghyun! Take it easy! We can't leave before your substitute is here." Jonghyun pouts and lets go off Jinki who is glad his arm isn't dislocated from his shoulder.
"Who is it?" He asks, widening his eyes for a cute effect, which doesn't affect Jinki at all. Jinki mock-squeals and flicks Jonghyun in the forehead.
"Your nephew." This time it's Jonghyun's turn to flick Jinki.
"You môme! Which nephew from the more than twenty I have?!" Jinki rubs the soar spot on his head and puffs his cheeks.
"The little one." Jonghyun groans, barely avoids slamming his own head against the wall in frustration at Jinki's 'teasing'. Jinki sniggers at Jonghyun.
"You don't mean DongHo, do you?!" Jonghyun is panicking and walks in circles, pacing, thinking what he should do if Jinki really asked DongHo to help him. The amusement is a great thing to Jinki, he gets rid of his nervousness of meeting Kibum again and spending the night there, probably in Kibum's bed.
"The one who's smaller than you, but older?" Jinki tries and Jonghyun purses his lips. Then it clicks, Jonghyun letting out an 'ah!' and gives Jinki a thumbs up.
"Jaebum is a good choice, he knows his responsibilities and makes sure my fief is safe." Jonghyun is contented, Jinki proved himself, not that Jonghyun ever doubted him, except for the times he tries to make jokes, like now. He hangs his arm around Jinki's neck, pulling him down to his level and smiles at him. Jinki gulps a bit but luckily loud knocking is heard and a lackey announces that Jaebum has arrived.
Jonghyun releases Jinki from his grip before he holds out his arms for Jaebum, hugging him like you do to a long-lost brother who you finally found again after ages.
"How have you been?" Jonghyun questions him with a wide smile adorning his face and Jaebum returns it, albeit a bit off. Jonghyun frowns, his brows furrowing, and Jaebum holds his hands up in defense, stating nothing is the matter, only a little 'trouble', personal reasons. Jonghyun just guesses his wife has trouble sleeping now they have two adorable sons, twins who keep them (his wife) awake the whole night.
"You look a bit tired." Jonghyun says and Jaebum pats him hard on the back in response.
"You know I love you boy, you’re my nephew, but don’t go saying things that aren't good for your health." Now it's Jonghyun's turn to gulp as he sees Jaebum's smirk and Jinki silently laughs in the corner of the room when Jaebum gives him a thumb up behind Jonghyun's back.
Jonghyun explains shortly what he usually does on the day and lets Jaebum see where he can find all the registration forms and the administration forms for the taxes, but he knows surely Jaebum would do a great job, his own fief is one of the best known in the country and Jonghyun simply can't compete with that. Not that he isn't 'un bon duc', but he clearly isn't calm when it comes to mathematics. That's why Jinki always helps him when certain calculations have to be done.
"Jonghyun, I know." Jaebum slaps Jonghyun's back again and almost pushes him out of his own castle.
"Don't worry, everything is safe here!" Jaebum yells when Jonghyun is led away by Jinki. Jonghyun waves at him, tiptoes to look taller than Jinki. He sees that Jaebum doubles over from laughter and he just in time holds his breath or else he would have yelled something hateful.
"You're bothered." Jinki says when Jonghyun sighs and turns his body so he can walk properly next to Jinki. Jonghyun just shakes his head and rakes a hand through his hair, hand lingering to finger some blond strands that hang in front of his eyes. He blows them up and they fall back in their place, much to Jinki's amusement and Jonghyun's irritation.
"You know…" Jinki's voice sounds all knowing and gleeful and Jonghyun looks up to see him grinning at him and Jinki tickles him in his side.
"You're going to see Taemin soon." Jinki finishes and looks on how a broad smile makes its way on Jonghyun's face, pink lips curling up into an adorable smile and his eyes becoming slight moons, so different from his normally large puppy eyes. Jinki smiles and he looks at the horses standing there in the stalls, saddled and packed.
Jonghyun skilfully mounts Tonnere, while Jinki takes Foudre and they take off, wind blowing around them in a nice cool breeze and the sun shining down on them. They joke about irrelevant stuff, how those grey wigs are really stupid and make them so old-looking.
"I bet Kibum is a very loving guy." Jonghyun says when Jinki makes a joke about dwarfs and elves (or little pixies?) and completely catches Jinki off guard. Jonghyun looks at him and Jinki feels his cheek heat up in embarrassment, blushing even more when he finds out he didn't bother with hiding his affection towards Kibum when others were around.
"I'm sure you two will live a wonderful life if you weren't our personal servants." Jinki knows what Jonghyun is trying to say and he couldn't agree less with his train of thoughts.
"No." Jinki sounds angry and Jonghyun is taken aback, not used to it. Jinki has the urge to slap Jonghyun in the face, to open up his eyes and let him know it's because of his love for Taemin that didn't falter he got to meet Kibum. Got to know this beautiful boy who makes his heart flutter when he just glances his way, whispers caring words of love in his ear and holds him close just because he wants to or Jinki is in need of it. 'Why can't Jonghyun see that?'
"Don't say that." He says in a small voice, totally the opposite of what he wants to say, wanted to say, because now he really can't do anything more than avoid Jonghyun's stare. He bites on his bottom lip and gives a sideway glance, getting caught by Jonghyun's eyes on him.
"I only want for you to meet under different circumstances. Ones were Taemin and I wouldn't be in the picture. Please don't misunderstand." Jonghyun can almost pierce himself on a sharp pole or something like that, because he just turned the mood sour with a mere sentence and Jinki doesn't answer him anymore, more likely ignores him the evil way.
"Come on Jinki! You know I want you to be happy with Kibum and I'll talk with Taemin about it, so you don't have to be personal servants anymore and can start a life of your own." Jonghyun reasons, but Jinki crosses his arms and ignores him harder.
"You just don't get it Jonghyun." A single tear escapes Jinki's eyes and he grips the reins, his knuckles turning white with the effort. A second later he takes off in gallop and Jonghyun shouts after him, but knows better than to follow.
"Jinki…"
"Kibum? You're sure my hair is good this way?" Taemin turns a full circle in front of Kibum who examines Taemin's handiwork.
"It looks great! Looks like watching me taught you something." Kibum smirks and winks at Taemin through the mirror image and the boy blushes a bit while his hands take hold of his loose braid. Kibum slaps his hands away.
"Don't ruin your hard work! You look stunning, don't freak out so much." Kibum pulls Taemin to him and whispers in his ear.
"Are you ready for tonight?" Effectively making Taemin blush a light pink and the younger boy shuffles from his grasp.
"We're not doing anything of that tonight." He doesn't look Kibum in the eye and the latter just laughs.
"I know. You are ready though." Taemin stares at him incredulous and Kibum waves his hands.
"Your appearance." He gestures widely and Taemin's face falls into a smile, he hugs Kibum and kisses his cheek. Then someone knocks on the door and an upset Jinki storms into the room only to halt when he sees Taemin hanging onto Kibum, the younger's mouth close to Kibum's and he runs out of the room again, a cry of displease following him. Hastily Kibum detaches Taemin and hurries after Jinki to explain the situation.
Taemin is left alone in his room, but he doesn't matter. He is nervous meeting Jonghyun anytime now, since Jinki is already here. He puts his hands into his lap and waits, but the person coming through the door is not Jonghyun, but Kibum.
"Taemin, Jonghyun and Jinki had a little fight on their way here, so Jonghyun will be here in half an hour according to Jinki. You're fine on your own?" Kibum is expectant and Taemin doesn't have the heart to hold Kibum away from Jinki. Not when the two of them are so lovely together. He nods and Kibum takes his leave with a small 'merci' hanging in the air.
"Kibum, why doesn't he understand?" Jinki sits on Kibum's bed, legs hugged to his chest as Kibum sits behind him, arms folded around him as far as he can. Kibum strokes Jinki's hair and moves so they lie down, Jinki neatly tugged into the curves of Kibum's frame.
"It takes Taemin for him to understand it." Kibum is all cryptic and by the look of it Jinki is confused. Kibum sighs and tells him about the metaphor Taemin used with the roses to tell Jonghyun how their relationship was proceeding and Jinki lets out a small 'oh' in understanding.
"I'm still kind of sad he can't figure it out for himself, though." Jinki says matter-of-factly and Kibum laughs, the vibrations running through his frame and even through Jinki.
"You know he's a bit ignorant sometimes, you lived with him for so long." Kibum affectionately fingers some strands of Jinki's hair, before his hand slips down to Jinki's chin to lift his face up. He looks into Jinki's soft brown eyes and his stomach turns in excitement, just the idea of kissing him now a bit too much for him.
"Je t'aime." Kibum breathes it against Jinki's lips and he even wonders himself when he did move forwards closing the little space they had. Softly his lips brush with Jinki's and his eyes close when he feels Jinki press back to him. His hand slides around Jinki's neck and the other is locked in Jinki's hand. Kibum loses himself into the kiss and rolls onto his back taking Jinki with him because their legs are still tangled together. Jinki breaks the kiss now he's on top of Kibum and stares hard into the other his eyes.
"Shouldn't we go back to Taemin? Make sure Jonghyun knows where everyone is?" But Kibum just leans up to capture him again in a passionate lip lock. He brings Jinki to lie down and the pleasurable feel of their bodies against each other's makes him wish they could do some more. Jinki moves to lift himself up but Kibum doesn’t have any of it and holds Jinki down by his waist.
"They can take care of themselves." He says before he sensually kisses Jinki's neck, his hands working on the buttons of the vest Jinki is wearing. Reality however isn't that way when Jonghyun comes stumbling in through the door and flushes when he sees them in such a compromising pose on the bed.
"Uhm…" It's awkward really having to see them like this and Kibum pushes Jinki up and away, slides out of bed with a loud sigh and takes Jonghyun by the hand leading him to Taemin's room. Jinki is left behind with a half-undone vest and ravished lips.
"Don't go running into the wrong room next time you come here." It more of a statement than a warning but Jonghyun takes the advice with both hands. He can't really bare to see his best friend like that again. 'As long as I don't get nightmares from it.'
The door opens finally and Taemin turns his head and smiles when Jonghyun is literally pushed into his room by Kibum, who follows in after. Taemin slowly stands and watches Jonghyun who eyes him up and down, his mouth opening and closing at the loss of words and the light-headed feeling he's under.
Kibum cocks his head and watches Taemin with an amused expression before he slides up to Jonghyun and whispers things in his ear. Jonghyun's mouth still doesn't close itself, if not, he's almost drooling and now Taemin is a little scared of what Kibum is saying to him. Taemin strains his ears to hear something and at the last try he catches something, but he knows Kibum just raised his voice a bit. A suggestive sound to it. Taemin frowns when Kibum winks at him and unties Jonghyun's ribbon from around his neck, effectively making Jonghyun's mole show. Jonghyun doesn't even notice.
"C'est un régal pour les yeux." Kibum says and Jonghyun can't agree more. The blue dress that barely covers Taemin's shoulders is alluring and the black decorations along the rims and light silver patterns make Taemin's beauty stand out so much more than he can ever imagine. This time the dress has the strings on the back of the top, the front nicely fitting without a stomacher as extra layer. He also notices there can't be any panniers, because the dress isn't that wide, but Jonghyun likes it more. It has less layers than most of his dresses, so it should be more comforting. "Like he wants to seduce me."
"You're beautiful." Finally his mouth works and forms actual words instead of the shallow breathing he has been doing for almost ten minutes. Kibum silently shuffles away, back to Jinki, but leaves the ribbon hanging loosely around Jonghyun's neck.
There are no jewellery or extra additions, only the dress and Taemin, his feet are bare and his hair is made into a loose braid. Something that gives him that extra spark of innocence, which Jonghyun finds endearing, almost provocative. His breath catches in his throat when Taemin takes slow steps and brings out his arms to grab onto the ribbon. He smirks a bit, taking Jonghyun aback, before he pulls onto the ribbon, bringing Jonghyun forward so their lips connect.
"I'm happy you're here." Taemin says while he rest his forehead against Jonghyun's, noses touching. Jonghyun smiles and pecks shyly at Taemin's lips, earning himself a giggle and a real kiss. His bottom lip is caught between Taemin's teeth and Jonghyun groans at this sexy display Taemin provides him with. He has Taemin in his arms right after he opens his mouth to let Taemin play with him, because that is what he does best.
The strings of the corset part of the dress fall teasingly against his hands and Jonghyun winds them around his fingers, the urge to pull and undo them larger than his self-control. He hasn't moved that much when his mind screams bloody murder at him for going so fast too fast. His hand presses flatly against Taemin's back while the other rests lower and Taemin gains a nice red on his cheeks when he feels it. Jonghyun smirks into the kiss before he breaks away and takes Taemin's hand in his own. The way Taemin looks up to him with large eyes makes it hard on him, but he's controlling himself pretty well.
"Let's go to the gardens?" Jonghyun opts and Taemin nods shyly, maybe even disappointed Jonghyun didn't go further. They walk through the hallways together and when they pass Kibum's room, they both turn beet-red at the sounds coming from inside. They quicken their steps till they can't hear anything anymore and Jonghyun coughs a bit, trying to lift the quiet atmosphere between them.
"So what did you plan to do these three weeks we have?" Jonghyun asks while Taemin turns to look at him, before diverting his eyes, looking at the walls instead.
"I don't know, just spend it with you I guess?" Taemin halts when he feels the cold floor under his feet where there aren't any carpets.
"I forgot my shoes." Taemin deadpans. And Jonghyun looks down at his bare feet and laughs at the cuteness from it all. Before Taemin can turn back to get them, Jonghyun has him already lifted in his arms and walks onto the green grass, when they reach the bench he sits Taemin down, making sure the dress doesn't get crumpled. Jonghyun sits down next to him and Taemin takes the time to examine his clothes.
They aren't much different from his own, even the patterns are in most places the same and the colours match a little too good for it to be coincident. Taemin actually wonders how much Jinki and Kibum, but mostly Kibum he thinks, have planned for these three weeks.
"Like what you see?" Taemin snorts, before looking embarrassed for making such sounds, but Jonghyun just kisses his cheek to let him know it’s okay. Taemin is mostly just glad Jonghyun is back to his playful self.
"You wish." Taemin nudges him in his side, but Jonghyun just takes it before he rebuts.
"You were staring, so you're liking it." He's curious as to what Taemin would answer.
"Maybe you should make me like it." Jonghyun blinks two times and grins.
"Oh I will." A smirk and it takes only a few moments for him to trap Taemin underneath him and between his legs, his knees resting on either side of Taemin's hips. His hands hold onto Taemin's wrists while his mouth moves over a pale collarbone.
"Jonghyun!" Taemin squirms when he feels hot breath on his skin. The warmth driving him crazy and his vision blurs when Jonghyun sucks on his neck. His mouth opens in an airless pant, his back arched into the feeling and Jonghyun's lips hovering above his own a moment after.
"You asked for it." Jonghyun whispers, his eyes hazed over with lust and want, passion and love. His left hand tugs at the braid, brining Taemin's head back so Jonghyun can kiss him passionately. This time his mind doesn't scream for him to stop when his fingers work on the strings and push the material down frail shoulders.
Taemin makes a sound, but not at all protesting, more like he encourages Jonghyun to do more of those intoxicating things like trailing his hands over his skin and kiss his lips and neck, sucking in certain places. His hands are by long released and Taemin has them in Jonghyun's hair, gripping the strands to Jonghyun's limit of pain. The latter growls ferocious, animal like and Taemin mewls in response, bringing Jonghyun back to his lips.
"Tu es attrayant." Jonghyun whispers in his ear, before pecking his lips one last time and he ties the corset again, maybe not as nice, but acceptable. Taemin is in too much of a haze to understand Jonghyun just stopped them from going any further, but when Jonghyun lifts him again Taemin is happy they didn’t.
"Let's go back." And Jonghyun begins walking while Taemin throws his arms around his neck and rests his head against Jonghyun's shoulder.
"I think Jinki and Kibum should be done by now." He adds when he puts Taemin down on the front step and the younger one laughs heartily, the sounds of it filling the space they're standing in.
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A/N: ROFL. There were some cameos from other boy bands, but I'm too lazy to think of nice French names XD I hope you don't find it disturbing? :) And please don't be too offended by the use of Jaebum's name? >_>
List of French words with translation:
- Bonté divine! - good grace!
- môme - brat
- un bon duc - a good duke
- Tonnerre - Thunder
- Foudre - Lightning
- merci - thank you
- je t'aime - I love you
- C'est un régal pour les yeux - lit. It's a pleasure for the eyes / It's pleasing to the eyes
- Tu es attrayant - you are attractive