-If Only- Jaeyong

Chapter 13: Reignited Flames

Jaehyun felt Taeyong fumble around as he let out soft groans.

"Do you feel better? Is it still very sore?" Jaehyun asked, kissing Taeyong's forehead. 

"It's feeling a bit better. I can walk around I guess"

" Are you hungry? Do you want me to order something?"

Taeyong shook his head quickly. "I don't want Yuta to get suspicious....."

Jaehyun furrowed his eyebrows at Taeyong's reply as a question made its way into his mind. It was a simple question. It shouldn't be hard but Jaehyun found himself hesitating to ask Taeyong. 

"Do you love Yuta?"

Taeyong's breath tensed up at the question. 

"I do"

"Do you really?" Jaehyun asked with a harsher tone to get the truth out of Taeyong. 

"Yes, I really do" 

"Then why are you doing this with me?"

The heavy silence hung in the air as Taeyong nibbled his bottom lip.  Taeyong himself hadn't figured it out yet too. He didn't know why.

"I'm not mad or anything. I just want to know if you still love Yuta or not" Jaehyun softened his voice when he saw Taeyong's sad expression. "We may be doing this but Yuta is still my son and I want the best for him."

" I do" Taeyong heartfeltly replied. "I actually love Yuta alot" 

"Then why-"

"But I also have this sentiment towards you" Taeyong voice dropped off as he sighed. "It's complicated"

Taeyong turned towards Jaehyun with his doe eyes and asked the same question back. 

"Why are you doing this with me too?"

It was Jaehyun's turn to be silent. He just stared at Taeyong's wide eyes and felt himself panic internally. 

"It's- it's complicated too" 

Jaehyun knew that it was a pathetic answer but right now, he could only decipher those words from his mind. 

"Jaehyun..." Taeyong softly brushed his cheeks. 

Jaehyun's breath halt at Taeyong's warm tone as his cold wall slowly started to melt. He wanted to say many things. He wanted to tell Taeyong how much he meant to him, how much he made him happy, how much he made him smile and how much he made him loved. But Jaehyun cut all the hassle as he summed all of his feelings into a sentence.

"You make me feel alive"

Taeyong felt the same butterflies flying again in him but this time, they flew slowly and fluttered in a huddle, creating a warm, fuzzy feeling in his stomach. The way Jaehyun said it just made Taeyong feel for him. 

Jaehyun wasn't feeling much better too, he had the same butterflies flying in him. He thought they had died along with his feelings years ago but Taeyong miraculously brought them back to life. 

And now they flutter in him whenever Taeyong was with him. 

Jaehyun stared at Taeyong as his heart ached in pure happiness and pleasure. 

Finally....someone

Someone that made him feel like what he felt years ago.

 Taeyong held that match that lit his heart on fire again. 

He reignited him.