DAMAGED •• YunJae•• DB5K

Chapter Ten

Yunho was sitting up in his recliner trying to will away his headache, when Jae flew into the room like a bat out of hell.  “Yunho, I couldn’t find you anywhere.  What happened?  Why did you leave?”

“I had to pee.”  Yunho said smiling as he picked up the remote and turned on the television.

“Oh, good.”  Jae said letting out a breath and coming and taking a seat in the chair beside him.  Jae stared at Yunho confused, “Why did you change clothes?”

“So what was so important?  What was your meeting aboouut?”  Yunho asked, ignoring Jae’s question by distracting him with his own.

Jae twisted and popped his neck and told him, “Nothing for you to worry about.  They just sent somebody down to try and convince me to leave.  It got ugly but I won’t leave.”

Yunho frowned slightly, “I can imagine how hard it could be for a group if one of the members is never there.”

“I know.”  Jae said as he took both of his hands and rubbed his face clearly still distressed by the earlier confrontation. 

“But I am grateful.”  Yunho admitted causing Jae to look up and smile at him.  “I want you here with me.”  Yunho said without any difficulty.  He didn’t know if he said it to ease Jae’s mind or prove Yoochun wrong…he just knew it was true.

A huge smile broke out on Jae’s face as he looked at Yunho happily, “Why…I don’t know what I did to deserve such a confession but I’m loving it.”

“It’s not a confession…not at all it’s just a simple little truuth.  I mean…we are friends that uused to be more, buut not now…not ever again… buut it doesn’t mean that I don’t want yoouu here with me duuring this hell.”  Yunho said backtracking instantly.

Jae’s smile fell instantly off his face.  “I think I have heard that before…like a million times even with your screwed up speech I get the drift.  Not cool to keep rubbing it in.”

“I don’t mean to ruub it in.  I just don’t want yoouu here…losing so muuch time and opportuunities uunder false pretenses.  I love…I love yoouu, buut I’m not in love with yoouu,”  Yunho somehow managed to get out as he squirmed in his seat.  He couldn’t help but feel torn as the selfish part of him and the honorable part of him collided with each other.

Jae just shook his head and leaned back against the chair and tilted his head up to look at the ceiling not saying anything.

“I will never forget what yoouu have done for me.  I owe yoouu so muuch and I love yoouu for it…more then I love anybody.  Just not in the way yoouu want me to,”  Yunho explained, apologizing because that part of him that used to explode at Jae’s touch just didn’t exist anymore.

Yunho watched and waited as several moments passed and Jae continued to lean against the back of the chair saying nothing.  When Jae tilted his head to face Yunho it was with barely suppressed rage. “Your father must have magical powers over you because…because nobody could ever order for me to stop being in love with you, ever.”