Run, Cause You Have Nowhere To Go; Chapter 2
Title: Run, Cause You Have Nowhere To Go
Status: Chapter 2/?
Author: xxqod
Pairings: Broken! ?/Taemin, Jonghyun/Taemin
Rating: PG
Summary: Heartbroken he flees from his own house. Not knowing where to go, only knowing to get away as far as possible.
A/N: Muhaha! I feel evil, cause well yeah I'm not yet telling who's Taemin's boyfriend. xD
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The rest of the week Jonghyun is only nursing Taemin to health. He lend him a pajama to sleep in on the first night, but the boy didn't have any spare clothes with him, so he brought in his own clothes to dress the boy with. It didn't fit perfectly, but it was better than that tracksuit he was wearing. They were practically 24/7 together, Taemin getting to know a lot more about Jonghyun. So he found out Jonghyun likes a lot of things like singing and composing and his job is being a composer for famous artists like Super Junior. Likewise, Jonghyun got to know a lot about Taemin. He was still in going to school and he took dancing classes from 6 years old. His parents aren't in this world anymore, after an unfortunate accident. They shared their stories while eating and even in the middle of the night, vaguely concentrating on the drama airing on the television. The only thing aggravating Jonghyun was Taemin's crying when he should be asleep. The first night he listened with his ear pressed against the wooden door, hearing Taemin sob. The second night Jonghyun opened the door and silently made his way to the bed, sitting down in the chair next to it. Taemin was sleeping, but the tears streamed down his face. Jonghyun slowly stroked the boys hair, pressing a kiss to his forehead. That calmed him down and Jonghyun took that as the cue to go to his own bed and catching some sleep. In daytime Taemin wouldn't let anything show on his face, but Jonghyun couldn't help but feel pained when he watched Taemin's fake smile. The fourth night he went into Taemin's room, the boy was awake and clearly shocked at seeing Jonghyun. Ignoring the expression on the boy's face he did what he did all nights before. He stroked the boy's hair and pressed a kiss to his forehead, whispering a "Ssh…It will be alright." That night Jonghyun held the crying boy in his arms till he fell asleep. It continued for three more nights, but Jonghyun was too scared of what had happened to the boy to ask.
It is the start of the 7th day Taemin is in his house and Jonghyun finally mustered up his courage to ask him what had happened. Taemin enters the living room and Jonghyun fires away at the stunned boy.
"Taemin, you're here for a week now. I want you to tell me what's wrong. Or what went wrong. And don't say you don't know what I'm talking about. I hear and see you cry every night awake or asleep. You know it yourself. I'm there for you every time. Also your smile doesn't reach your eyes. Please tell me if something's hurting you. I want to make you feel better."
Taemin stands frozen in the door way. His eyes flickering from Jonghyun to the bedroom door and he makes a dash for it. Jonghyun sighs, "Don't you know it's hurting me too?" he whispers. He walks over to the guest room Taemin is staying in. "You know you can't avoid this question, Taemin-ah. You're in my house so you can't hide from me. I will catch you eventually and make you answer my question." Jonghyun tries the handle of the door, it is locked. He smiles, of course Taemin isn't as dumb as to forget something like that. "Don't forget you also have to eat~" he purrs against the door, certain Taemin is listening on the other side.
Taemin knows Jonghyun is concerned with him, so he listens to him talking against the closed door. It's kind of boring hearing things he knows too well, but the last sentence gets him stunned, not because of what is said, but more of how it's said. "Did Jonghyun just purr?" His face flushes red from embarrassment, even if he's not the one who should be feeling embarrassed and something else, a feeling he can't quite place. He hears Jonghyun walking away from his room with a "Well, we'll see how long you'll be there. Bye!"
That night Taemin peaks through the crack in the door. He hears nothing and sees nothing. "So far, so good." He tip-toes out of the room to find some food. He takes some fruit and cookies from the kitchen counter, not forgetting a bottle of water, before making his way back to his room. He closes the door behind him and locks it. "Thank you for handing me the key." Taemin is scared shitless. "Aah! Jonghyun!" The boy tries to calm down his rapidly beating heart. "Well, sorry for scaring you, but now you're going to tell me my answer." Jonghyun has this menacing look in his eyes. Taemin tries brushing past him, not liking the feeling of being trapped, but as his shoulder brushes the other one's, he is pushed back against the wall, two hands on either side of him to prevent him from running. "You're going to tell me now, or else it's done with me acting all friendly with you. Your choice."
Even though he says it like he has a choice, Taemin doesn’t feel like having one at all. "W-well, I-I ran a-away from h-home…" Taemin starts telling trying to hold his tears back. "Be-because my b-b-boyfriend ch-cheated on m-me." Now the tears come like a waterfall, no end to it. Jonghyun feels his heart painfully tighten by Taemin's confession and his broken form. He wraps the boy in his arms, stroking his hair. This calms Taemin down, enough for him to talk without gasping for breath. "I can't return there, Jonghyun. What am I going to do now?" "Doing what you have been doing for a week now, continue to live here with me." Taemin pushes away from Jonghyun's chest to look up at him with wide eyes. "But hyung! I can't stay here! I have to go to school and I have no use here, it's like taking care of a child!" He is embarrassed to say so, but it's the truth. "Besides, I don't have my own clothes to wear." Jonghyun grins, "I have a car, I'm sure you know how to vacuum clean the house and yes, you're like a child." Pouting Taemin flops down on his bed, Jonghyun sitting next to him, and begins poking Taemin's air-filled cheeks. "Yah, do you still want to go shopping with me tomorrow? I'm not going with a pouting preschooler like this." "I'm not a preschooler hyung! I look much older than that!" "I hope so, I don’t want you to pick only cartoon-related shirts when we're at the mall." Smirking Jonghyun flees from the room, dodging the pillow aimed for his head.
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A/N: The time jumps and such may not be correct, but it is fiction and else my poor brain can't comprehend it xD It's so short when I see it here...
Hope you'll like it :)