"Yeonjun I don't need you to watch me go to the bathroom! Just wait outside the door!"
"I'm just doing my job!"
"You can do your job outside the door!" Kai waited to go until he heard the outside door close. He was done in two minutes. He refused to come out until around 20.
Yeonjun checked his watch in the hall of the theater. Kai was taking longer than he would have liked. His paranoia was starting to set in even though he knew nothing was wrong.
Kai's mom was the honorable Judge Huening. She had a very high profile case that involved several gang members. A couple were in jail already with more waiting to be prosecuted. The ones sent to jail promised to make her pay. Their lawyers, who obviously failed to defend them, were already killed.
Yeonjun was one of the best bodyguards in the business. He was a high ranking military officer before his platoon was blown up in an air raid. The injury to his left arm gave him an honorable discharge. After it healed, his left hand continued to have decreased motor skills. That still didn't stop him from becoming the best. Now, he was protecting someone who hated his existence. The money was starting to not become worth the trouble Kai was giving him. He checked his watch again then harshly knocked on the door. "You've been in there for 20 minutes! I'm about to check on you if you don't get out soon!"
Much to Kai's dismay, he walked out after straightening his navy blue tie. "There. I'm out. Happy?"
Yeonjun sarcastically replied "thrilled. The play starts in five minutes by the way."
Kai hated being constantly watched. He hated Yeonjun's sarcastic attitude. He especially hated all of the attention is bodyguard received when they were in public. People practically walked through him to talk to Yeonjun. He once took advantage of that and ran into a mall. It worked for an entire hour before his bodyguard found him again. That was the most serene hour he had in over two months. He continued to be watched on his way to the private balcony. To his annoyance, Yeonjun sat down next to him. "Aren't you supposed to be back there?" He pointed behind him to the doors.
"Nope. I get the absolute joy of sitting next to you. My coworker is waiting outside for your mother."
"Fan-fucking-tastic." Kai played games on his phone. He got a text message from his mom saying she couldn't make it. Now he was stuck watching Death of a Salesman with Yeonjun alone.
Yeonjun got the same text. They watched the entire play in absolute silence. The drive back to Kai's relocated condo was also in silence. He watched Kai walk to his bedroom. The door slammed in his face before he could scope the area. He grumbled "just doing my fucking job..." Once the alarms were set, Yeonjun realized how tired he was. He fell asleep within minutes of washing up.
Kai couldn't sleep at all. He stared at the ceiling, hoping for tiredness to set in. Alcohol didn't seem like a bad idea. He sat up then quietly walked into the kitchen in search of some soju. Yeonjun was fast asleep on the couch. Kai refused to use his cellphone light in fear of waking him up. After a couple of minutes, he finally found it. The bottle was being difficult to open. He quietly groaned to himself while attempting to get the top off. The damn thing wouldn't budge. Running water was supposed to help. He turned the sink on to a slow stream, to see if that worked.
Yeonjun woke up out of paranoia. He pointed his gun, with the attached flashlight, in Kai's direction while yelling "PUT YOUR HANDS UP OR I'LL SHOOT!"
Kai dropped the bottle on the floor as his hands raised in the air. "IT'S ME! SHIT YEONJUN!"
The bodyguard put his gun away then turned the lights on. "What the hell are you doing up?! You scared me!"
Kai took a step forward out of anger. He ended up stepping on a piece of broken glass. The sweetly smelling alcohol burned into his skin as his foot bled. "FUCK!"
Yeonjun rushed to put his boots on. He then picked Kai up and carried him to the couch. He warned "this is going to hurt."
"Just get it over with!"
Yeonjun grabbed some tweezers then carefully removed the glass from his heel. He cringed hearing Kai wince in pain. The bloody shard was carefully set into a bundle of tissues. He then worked to stop the bleeding.
Kai kept swearing to himself as pressure was applied to his wound. The stitches only made his cussing worse.
While Yeonjun was sewing the gash in Kai's foot, he decided to ask something he had been wondering for a while. "Why do you hate me so much? I'm just trying to protect you."
"I don't hate you. I envy you." The deepest part of the gash was sewn up. He winced in pain. "FUCK!"
"Sorry. I'm almost done." Yeonjun finished his work then began to clean up. "You envy me. Why?"
"Ugh. Why are we even talking about this?" Kai started to stand. He slowly tested his foot to see how much pressure he could put on it before it got unbearable. The answer was any at all. He fell back down on the couch defeated. "How much longer is your contract?"
Yeonjun slammed the lid of the trashcan down after throwing away the broken glass. At this point, he was over it. This spoiled brat was about to hear everything he had been keeping inside for the past four months. He harshly turned around then marched up to Kai. "Listen here you spoiled asshole! Your mother is paying me A LOT of money to keep YOU protected! SO KAI... I'M GOING TO BE HERE AS LONG AS SHE DAMN WELL PLEASES! GOT IT?!"
"I DON'T NEED YOUR PROTECTION! WHY DON'T YOU GO PROTECT THAT RED HEAD WHO YOU WERE TALKING TO EARLIER?!" For some reason, saying that made it all click in Kai's mind. He had been crazy about his bodyguard and never realized it. It felt weird. He didn't hear a word Yeonjun was yelling as his thoughts raced with this new feeling. It's like he had been asleep and he rebooted his own system.
Yeonjun kept ranting about the contractual obligations of his job. He noticed Kai wasn't paying attention at all. That pissed him off beyond belief. He started snapping his fingers in his face to get his attention. When Kai looked at him, Yeonjun couldn't tell what he was thinking. He looked oddly still. His attitude switched from frustrated to confused. "Are you okay?"
Kai was not okay. It was like he had run into a brick wall at full speed without realizing there was a wall to run into. Yeonjun was no longer his protector. He was someone he had very real feelings for. "You can have my bed. I'll sleep out here." Kai pulled the blanket over himself then turned to face the back of the couch.
Yeonjun struggled to understand what just happened. The silence reignited his anger. Apparently he wasn't even worth arguing with now. He ripped the blanket off then demanded "sit up!" Kai kept pretending to sleep. Yeonjun demanded he sit up again. "We're not done talking Huening!"
Kai harshly sat up. Jealousy was now pouring out of his mouth and he couldn't stop. "Go talk to that fucking red head and leave me alone! You don't want to be here! I'll be fine! You don't give a shit about me! NOTHING will happen so just GO!"
Yeonjun became amused by the insinuation. He smiled at the ground then faced Kai. "Why do you care so much about the girl at the theater?"
"I don't."
"Really? Second time you've mentioned her."
"Why are you still here?"
"Answer my question and I'll answer yours." That wasn't about to happen. Yeonjun smiled again when he saw Kai burry his head under the blanket. He had an assumption about Kai for a while now but was waiting for the confirmation. He decided to confess something himself. "I'm gay. I have literally no interest in the red head you keep bringing up."
Kai slowly sat up. He took a long look at the guy sitting on the other end of the couch. It was now past 1am according to the clock on the wall. He didn't say anything as he kept staring. Honestly, he just wanted this night to be over. The shock he had liked, maybe loved, Yeonjun was still processing in his mind.
The bodyguard kept smiling. He wanted to confess his feelings but that would amount to losing his job if he was wrong. The more Kai stared, the stronger his intuition became. Yeonjun inched closer to him until they were touching knees. "Red heads aren't even my type. I prefer black hair."
"Really?"
"Yes. Really." Yeonjun pretended there was a spec of dust on Kai's cheek. He gently brushed it away, barely touching Kai with his fingertips. "My contract ended a month ago. Your mom asked me if I wanted to renew it since the case was still going on. I said yes. My next contract doesn't end for another five months."
Kai placed his hand on Yeonjun's thigh. He pulled away out of fear. "Why did you extend it? I thought you hated me."
Yeonjun took Kai's hands in his. "I never did." He leaned in to kiss him. His heart raced from nervous excitement as he saw Kai close his eyes. He had been wanting this as soon as he saw who he was assigned to.
What should have been their first kiss, ended up being cut short, as a smoke bomb was thrown into the kitchen window. Yeonjun threw the blanket over Kai in an attempt to hide him. His gun was drawn. He moved to the other side of the couch towards the broken window. The smoke stung his eyes but he persisted forward. A crash was heard by the front. Gunshots competed with the sound of the alarm blaring through the condo. Yeonjun attempted to make his way back to the couch. By the time the smoke cleared, the front door was open and Kai was gone.