[fic] Of Secrets [Chapter 3: Part 2//EDITED]
Title: Of Secrets
Length: 4/?
Genre: AU/Drama
Pairing: eventually
Summary: Becoming a pianist cost Jaejoong his childhood, and what will happen when he loses this skill he worked so long for? Little did he know will lose a lot more by keeping this secret all to himself.
Character Profiles
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Part 1
//EDITED: I realized lots of little details were missing due to my browser malfunction (in which I lost half of the chapter). I've added things to make them clearer, hopefully it helped!
Previously: He slid out of the small plastic chair to move on to the next kid. Hopefully this one will be simpler...
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Chapter 3: Part 2
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There were only two and a half months more to go until the school's year end performance, which meant extra dance practices for Yunho.
"Come on! Let's try this last part again before we leave!"
"Okay leader-shi..." The exhausted members replied. Yunho really didn't want to push them this hard, but he didn't want them to look like fools either at the end of the year. He had a job to keep the dance club's pride intact.
"3... 2... 1...!" Yunho started the music. He then ran to the far side of the gym to check their formation. Everyone was in sync and coordinated, although a little weak from fatigue. Everything was going well...that is, until everyone started falling down.
There was a crash, a yelp, a scream, and then a shattering of a full length mirror on the stage.
"Whoa! What happened?!" Yunho ran to check on his members.
Leeteuk, the second in command, cleared his throat to explain. "Kangin turned the wrong way--"
"I did not!" Kangin retorted.
"And Heechul bumped into Boa--"
"Hey! I didn't bump into her!" A pout could be seen on Heechul's face.
"And then Siwon tried to catch her--"
"Don't touch me you pervert!" Boa pushed Siwon's lingering arms away.
"But knocked into Seulgi--"
"I knocked into her?"
At that, everyone turned to the girl on the ground. A bleeding girl on the ground.
"Seulgi! Are you okay?" The team members crowded around her.
"Kinda...nothing too bad, just a cut on my hand."
"Here let me see." Yunho grabbed her arm. The cut on her palm was long, but wasn't very deep. However, it didn't look like it was going to stop bleeding anytime soon. He yanked out a towel from his bag and wrapped it around the wound.
"Okay, I'm going to take Seulgi to the nurse's office. Heechul, you go get the janitor to clean the stage. The rest of you, don't hurt yourselves."
The members nodded unanimously at the leader's words.
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Twenty minutes later everyone was animatedly chatting and almost didn't notice Yunho and Seulgi coming back from the nurse's office.
"Seulgi! How's you hand?" They rushed to her at once.
"It still hurts, but it's fine! The nurse said it will heal on its own."
"Seulgi! It really was too bad you had to go to the nurse!" Boa showed a lot of concern on her face, but it was for totally different reasons from what Yunho was expecting. "You missed out on the eye-candy!" She excitedly grabbed Seulgi away from Yunho.
"Eye-candy? What eye-candy?" The interested Seulgi completely forgot about her pain. Yunho sighed at the gossiping girls. He moved over to his bag to prepare leave.
"The janitor who came in to clean the mess!"
At that, Yunho's interest sparked. "I thought you were into younger guys awhile back, now you are interested in middle-aged men?"
Boa stuck out her tongue. "He was so not middle-aged! He's young, hot, and way better looking than you! Ask Heechul!"
"Yea, I didn't even know he was the janitor. I thought he was a student or something!"
"And he was polite, and friendly, and those intense looking eyes--!"
"Aish!" The annoyed Yunho lifted his arms to rub his neck. He hated it when they fangirl over guys, which happened often. "If he was so good looking, why didn't you notice him before then?"
"He's new obviously. Such a ridiculously handsome guy could never escape from my eyes." Boa nodded her head with confidence, while Seulgi nodded in agreement.
She then tucked Boa's sleeve impatiently. "What were you saying about his eyes?"
"Oh right! His eyes look like they can see right into your heart! And his smile! That awkward and shy smile just makes your heart melt!"
Yunho groaned at the united squeal from the girls. He could only hope that they wouldn't stay up all night chatting about such a useless topic; Seulgi would need to rest so her wound would heal faster.
"Kangin! You have math class next to the janitor's room right? Take a picture for me!"
Kangin made a face. "What, why me?! Don't turn me into some gay stalker!"
"Fine! Siwon! You were the one who made Seulgi lost her chance at witnessing the eye-candy. You do it!"
"But none of my classes are even close to there!"
Yunho left as fast as he could before he gets trapped into her weird scheme.
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The next few days were extraordinarily busy for the students of Yeogang High. There were club meetings after school and project meetings at lunch, and for Yunho, he felt like he was particularly living on school grounds. So it really was a rare day that Yunho could be seen walking into the cafeteria for lunch.
"Yunho-hyung!"
Yunho spotted Changmin at the far left side of the cafeteria, waving and pointing at the seat next to him.
"Changmin!" Yunho placed his lunch tray next to his. "I thought you have lab meetings at lunch?"
"It whus coonshulled tuduh!"
"Changmin, I know food is important and all, but they kinda prevent you from communicating clearly to your hyung."
Swallowing hurriedly, Changmin tried again, "It was cancelled today."
"Then why are you eating your lunch in such a hurry?"
"Beechuze ai needo tulk tu--!" Changmin received a smack in the head.
"Swallow!"
Changmin complied. "Because I need to talk to you, hyung!"
"And you can't talk to me while we eat?"
Changmin's food-stuffed face turned to give Yunho a pointed look, waving his hand from his mouth to Yunho as to prove his point. Exasperated, Yunho gave up.
"Fine! Let's eat!"
And so they ate.
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"So now can you tell me the reason I had to speed-eat my lunch?" Yunho and Changmin walked out of the school building to chat on the lawn after their express lunch.
Changmin took a deep breath, taking the time to form his words. "You know Sungwoong's abeoji right?"
"Yea, I know him. Why?"
"Ummm...how does someone have two abeoji and one umeoni?"
"What?! What kind of question's that?" Yunho replied at the unexpected question.
"Just answer it alright?"
Yunho thought for a moment. "Well...I had two umeoni and one abeoji, so I guess it'll work the other way around too?"
"But Sungwoong doesn't know his umeoni and the other abeoji's faces."
There was a moment of intense silence as the two tried to put the pieces together.
"Ah!" Yunho yelled triumphantly, "It must be like this! The abeoji left the pregnant umeoni, and then umeoni married ajushi, but then died at childbirth--!"
"Hey! How did you know she died?" Changmin looked at Yunho suspiciously.
"Oh...umm...it was from a conversation I overheard..." Yunho shifted away from Changmin slightly, knowing that his wrath would come.
"And you didn't bother to tell me? I knew you didn't tell me everything from that day!"
"Aish! I didn't want to spread rumours okay? And how did you know that she died?" Pushing over the blame always works...
"Sungwoong told me."
"Oh." Darn, it didn't
Changmin nodded happily, glad that he had successfully put Yunho to shame. "Yup. And also, your theory won't work. The abeoji is dead too."
"It can so work too. It just starts differently!"
"I don't think the umeoni could get over the death of her husband so easily to marry ajushi so soon."
"Maybe they had an affair."
Changmin rose an eyebrow. " Or maybe Sungwoong is actually ajushi's son."
There was a moment of epiphany for Yunho. "Oh yea...why did we assume he wasn't in the first place?"
It was Yunho's turn to receive a smack. "Because of you hyung! Not everyone's in the same situation as you are!"
"Hey! You assumed too! Don't put all the blame on me!"
The two bickering voices didn't stop until the warning bell rung.
"Come on! We're gonna be late!"
"Hey! Don't change the subject just because you are losing the argument hyung!"
"I'm not losing anything!"
If the two boys weren't chasing each other to their classroom, they would've noticed a stony-faced Jaejoong watching them from across the lawn.
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End of Chapter 3
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A/N: Sorry for the slow post! Lost half of it due to browser malfunction, so had to rewrite most of it. >_< There's probably some confusing moments here because I didn't double check this post in detail, so if I confused you, please ask! Thank you for reading and commenting! <3
Length: 4/?
Genre: AU/Drama
Pairing: eventually
Summary: Becoming a pianist cost Jaejoong his childhood, and what will happen when he loses this skill he worked so long for? Little did he know will lose a lot more by keeping this secret all to himself.
Character Profiles
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Part 1
//EDITED: I realized lots of little details were missing due to my browser malfunction (in which I lost half of the chapter). I've added things to make them clearer, hopefully it helped!
Previously: He slid out of the small plastic chair to move on to the next kid. Hopefully this one will be simpler...
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Chapter 3: Part 2
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There were only two and a half months more to go until the school's year end performance, which meant extra dance practices for Yunho.
"Come on! Let's try this last part again before we leave!"
"Okay leader-shi..." The exhausted members replied. Yunho really didn't want to push them this hard, but he didn't want them to look like fools either at the end of the year. He had a job to keep the dance club's pride intact.
"3... 2... 1...!" Yunho started the music. He then ran to the far side of the gym to check their formation. Everyone was in sync and coordinated, although a little weak from fatigue. Everything was going well...that is, until everyone started falling down.
There was a crash, a yelp, a scream, and then a shattering of a full length mirror on the stage.
"Whoa! What happened?!" Yunho ran to check on his members.
Leeteuk, the second in command, cleared his throat to explain. "Kangin turned the wrong way--"
"I did not!" Kangin retorted.
"And Heechul bumped into Boa--"
"Hey! I didn't bump into her!" A pout could be seen on Heechul's face.
"And then Siwon tried to catch her--"
"Don't touch me you pervert!" Boa pushed Siwon's lingering arms away.
"But knocked into Seulgi--"
"I knocked into her?"
At that, everyone turned to the girl on the ground. A bleeding girl on the ground.
"Seulgi! Are you okay?" The team members crowded around her.
"Kinda...nothing too bad, just a cut on my hand."
"Here let me see." Yunho grabbed her arm. The cut on her palm was long, but wasn't very deep. However, it didn't look like it was going to stop bleeding anytime soon. He yanked out a towel from his bag and wrapped it around the wound.
"Okay, I'm going to take Seulgi to the nurse's office. Heechul, you go get the janitor to clean the stage. The rest of you, don't hurt yourselves."
The members nodded unanimously at the leader's words.
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Twenty minutes later everyone was animatedly chatting and almost didn't notice Yunho and Seulgi coming back from the nurse's office.
"Seulgi! How's you hand?" They rushed to her at once.
"It still hurts, but it's fine! The nurse said it will heal on its own."
"Seulgi! It really was too bad you had to go to the nurse!" Boa showed a lot of concern on her face, but it was for totally different reasons from what Yunho was expecting. "You missed out on the eye-candy!" She excitedly grabbed Seulgi away from Yunho.
"Eye-candy? What eye-candy?" The interested Seulgi completely forgot about her pain. Yunho sighed at the gossiping girls. He moved over to his bag to prepare leave.
"The janitor who came in to clean the mess!"
At that, Yunho's interest sparked. "I thought you were into younger guys awhile back, now you are interested in middle-aged men?"
Boa stuck out her tongue. "He was so not middle-aged! He's young, hot, and way better looking than you! Ask Heechul!"
"Yea, I didn't even know he was the janitor. I thought he was a student or something!"
"And he was polite, and friendly, and those intense looking eyes--!"
"Aish!" The annoyed Yunho lifted his arms to rub his neck. He hated it when they fangirl over guys, which happened often. "If he was so good looking, why didn't you notice him before then?"
"He's new obviously. Such a ridiculously handsome guy could never escape from my eyes." Boa nodded her head with confidence, while Seulgi nodded in agreement.
She then tucked Boa's sleeve impatiently. "What were you saying about his eyes?"
"Oh right! His eyes look like they can see right into your heart! And his smile! That awkward and shy smile just makes your heart melt!"
Yunho groaned at the united squeal from the girls. He could only hope that they wouldn't stay up all night chatting about such a useless topic; Seulgi would need to rest so her wound would heal faster.
"Kangin! You have math class next to the janitor's room right? Take a picture for me!"
Kangin made a face. "What, why me?! Don't turn me into some gay stalker!"
"Fine! Siwon! You were the one who made Seulgi lost her chance at witnessing the eye-candy. You do it!"
"But none of my classes are even close to there!"
Yunho left as fast as he could before he gets trapped into her weird scheme.
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The next few days were extraordinarily busy for the students of Yeogang High. There were club meetings after school and project meetings at lunch, and for Yunho, he felt like he was particularly living on school grounds. So it really was a rare day that Yunho could be seen walking into the cafeteria for lunch.
"Yunho-hyung!"
Yunho spotted Changmin at the far left side of the cafeteria, waving and pointing at the seat next to him.
"Changmin!" Yunho placed his lunch tray next to his. "I thought you have lab meetings at lunch?"
"It whus coonshulled tuduh!"
"Changmin, I know food is important and all, but they kinda prevent you from communicating clearly to your hyung."
Swallowing hurriedly, Changmin tried again, "It was cancelled today."
"Then why are you eating your lunch in such a hurry?"
"Beechuze ai needo tulk tu--!" Changmin received a smack in the head.
"Swallow!"
Changmin complied. "Because I need to talk to you, hyung!"
"And you can't talk to me while we eat?"
Changmin's food-stuffed face turned to give Yunho a pointed look, waving his hand from his mouth to Yunho as to prove his point. Exasperated, Yunho gave up.
"Fine! Let's eat!"
And so they ate.
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"So now can you tell me the reason I had to speed-eat my lunch?" Yunho and Changmin walked out of the school building to chat on the lawn after their express lunch.
Changmin took a deep breath, taking the time to form his words. "You know Sungwoong's abeoji right?"
"Yea, I know him. Why?"
"Ummm...how does someone have two abeoji and one umeoni?"
"What?! What kind of question's that?" Yunho replied at the unexpected question.
"Just answer it alright?"
Yunho thought for a moment. "Well...I had two umeoni and one abeoji, so I guess it'll work the other way around too?"
"But Sungwoong doesn't know his umeoni and the other abeoji's faces."
There was a moment of intense silence as the two tried to put the pieces together.
"Ah!" Yunho yelled triumphantly, "It must be like this! The abeoji left the pregnant umeoni, and then umeoni married ajushi, but then died at childbirth--!"
"Hey! How did you know she died?" Changmin looked at Yunho suspiciously.
"Oh...umm...it was from a conversation I overheard..." Yunho shifted away from Changmin slightly, knowing that his wrath would come.
"And you didn't bother to tell me? I knew you didn't tell me everything from that day!"
"Aish! I didn't want to spread rumours okay? And how did you know that she died?" Pushing over the blame always works...
"Sungwoong told me."
"Oh." Darn, it didn't
Changmin nodded happily, glad that he had successfully put Yunho to shame. "Yup. And also, your theory won't work. The abeoji is dead too."
"It can so work too. It just starts differently!"
"I don't think the umeoni could get over the death of her husband so easily to marry ajushi so soon."
"Maybe they had an affair."
Changmin rose an eyebrow. " Or maybe Sungwoong is actually ajushi's son."
There was a moment of epiphany for Yunho. "Oh yea...why did we assume he wasn't in the first place?"
It was Yunho's turn to receive a smack. "Because of you hyung! Not everyone's in the same situation as you are!"
"Hey! You assumed too! Don't put all the blame on me!"
The two bickering voices didn't stop until the warning bell rung.
"Come on! We're gonna be late!"
"Hey! Don't change the subject just because you are losing the argument hyung!"
"I'm not losing anything!"
If the two boys weren't chasing each other to their classroom, they would've noticed a stony-faced Jaejoong watching them from across the lawn.
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End of Chapter 3
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A/N: Sorry for the slow post! Lost half of it due to browser malfunction, so had to rewrite most of it. >_< There's probably some confusing moments here because I didn't double check this post in detail, so if I confused you, please ask! Thank you for reading and commenting! <3