chapter eight

assurance.

taeyong didn’t want to assume because first of all, why would he assume when jaehyun completely doesn't have any feelings for him?

but whenever selena popped out of nowhere when jaehyun and taeyong were together, the younger one made sure that taeyong would never feel left out.

and give him an assurance that he didn’t care about selena anymore and he had already moved on.

"hello, ruby!"

the dog immediately left her father just to go to taeyong, the older one giggled when the dog happily greets him. her tail was wiggling nonstop.

"so, ruby is the only reason why you visit my room?" jaehyun asked, raising his eyebrow.

"nah, you just can't accept the truth that ruby likes me more now." taeyong said and carried the dog.

"yeah, i think i should ban you in my room now." jaehyun said and stood up from his bed to close his windows.

"why are your windows still open? it's already late though, what if there's someone suddenly entering through your window?" taeyong asked.

"what if someone was standing—"

"don't you fucking dare." taeyong immediately cuts him off.

jaehyun let out a laugh and just shut his mouth. it was already late and the weather was not that good. it was already announced earlier that thunderstorms are expected tonight.

it's already a month has passed, taeyong is now comfortable with his surroundings. he found a new comfort whenever his fears came and that was ruby. whenever there are thunderstorms, he usually stays overnight at jaehyun's room.

or maybe ruby is just his excuse, he knew that jaehyun was his new comfort. that guy literally made him calm down and distracted him whenever the thunderstorms came.

which also made taeyong fall for him more.

"jae, can i just move here?" taeyong said as he played with ruby, he was sitting on the floor which jaehyun had already told him not because the floor is cold.

"move to the bed, yong, please?" jaehyun said.

"because i feel like i always disturb ten and johnny, those two literally making out in front of me." he complained as he moved to jaehyun's bed, carrying ruby.

"no, you can't." jaehyun said.

"tss," he hissed and rolled his eyes.

"but i will let you sleep here anytime you want,"

a smile flashed on his face and let out a giggle, he laid down the bed and put ruby beside him. he was not trembling anymore as long as jaehyun was there and ruby was on his side.

that sounds new but taeyong really found comfort when jaehyun was around.

"do you want to go fishing?"

taeyong just woke up, he was even staring out of nowhere. jaehyun was now fixing the food on his table inside his room. a food that he really brought here.

"why do you always bring food here? we can just even join them in dining." taeyong said as he took a seat.

"i just want to," jaehyun said. "they were so loud, i hate it."

"didn’t they always like that?" he frowned.

"open your mouth." jaehyun said.

which taeyong also did, jaehyun put a slice of spam inside his mouth which made taeyong roll his eyes and eat it.

"be quiet, okay?" and he proceeded to eat.

jaehyun was actually like this, whenever taeyong fell asleep inside his room, the next morning, he usually brought taeyong's breakfast meal and they would eat it inside jaehyun's room.

but when taeyong didn’t sleep in jaehyun's room, they would eat their breakfast in the dining area.

"by the way, about fishing. i can't go with you today, i'm lazy..." taeyong said as he sat on the floor again and played with ruby.

"yong, how many times do i have to tell you to not sit there?" jaehyun said.

"i'm just playing with ruby!" he whined.

"just play in my bed!" he shouted back.

"tss, daddy jaehyun is always mad." he said to ruby.

"and his dada is a pain in the ass."

and taeyong suddenly felt his cheeks heat up. as far as he can remember, he was just teasing jaehyun to be ruby's dada. but he actually did not expect that jaehyun would take it seriously.

lunch came and the others just came back from fishing. it looks like taeyong and jaehyun are the only ones who didn’t go fishing. taeyong was even confused why jaehyun didn’t go with them. he said that he was also lazy that's why.

"hey, tae. have you already heard about the party?" winwin asked.

"hmm, what's a party?" he frowned, sipping on his mango juice.

"just a normal open party, it will be two weeks from now." ten joined the conversation.

"eh?!" his eyes widened. "oh my god, it's been a long time since i went to a party!" he giggled.

"the party will be announced next week so better hear it," winwin said, smirking.

and while having a fun conversation about the upcoming party. jaehyun, who was fondly staring at taeyong, suddenly ruined when johnny blocked the view.

"let's talk, can we?" johnny asked seriously.

jaehyun also looked at mark, jeno and yuta. they were now standing in front of him and waiting for his answer. just looking at them without reading their thoughts, jaehyun already knew what they were going to say.

"jaehyun, i know you know that this is wrong."

that's the first sentence that johnny said when the five of them arrived at the conference room.

"we came here to save this island, we stayed here for five months because that was our mission." yuta continued. "but that doesn't mean you will forget your title, jaehyun."

"no one allowed to order you around, no one allowed to talk to you without any respect, you had your own room but you used to share it with others, you literally slept on the floor just for his sake." johnny said. "jaehyun, what the fuck is happening with you? what would your father say if he found this out?"

"you're doing this for what? we're gonna leave soon, we only have three weeks." yuta said.

"you fell in love, hyung. isn't it?" mark asked softly.

"no,"

"the biggest lie i've ever heard from you, your majesty!" johnny said. "jaehyun, what the fuck?! do you think you would still lie to us? you literally forget your title just to follow his want! just to do what that human being wants!"

"i didn’t." jaehyun said.

"yes, you are." jeno finally spoke. "hyung, don't blame us for being like this. we witnessed your situation back then and we're scared that it might happen again."

"we also hurt seeing you being like that, hyung." mark said.

"i'm sorry..." he lowered his head. "i really tried to stop... i'm sorry..."

"you loved him?" johnny asked.

and jaehyun could only nod.

he knew it, he knew that he really loved him. it feels like love at first sight for him. doing all the things that he should not, he knew was down bad. he forgot his title and lived the life together with him.

his biggest heartbreak, that was already years ago. jaehyun has already moved on and coped up. that thing has nothing to do now. jaehyun fell in love not because taeyong is also spoiled and brat just like selena.

jaehyun fell in love because it was taeyong.

it was him, no resemblance from his past or anything.

he loved him because he was taeyong.

"but what might happen if he found out everything?"

and that made jaehyun stop.

"that this was really not your home, that you were just here because of your mission?"

"that was actually not the thing i care for," jaehyun said. "the thing i'm scared about is when he comes back to his world and he never... come back."

"that might be the biggest heartbreak i might have, the more heartbreak."

playing with the butterflies, taeyong was having fun with it. he didn’t even realize the tall guy who was watching him fondly.

he just got distracted when he heard a bark.

"aaa! my baby ruby!" he cooed.

"you're loving my garden, aren't you?" he said calmly, smiling.

"your garden? tss, i'm the one who's now taking care of this place!" he hissed.

"it's still mine." jaehyun said, smirking.

"whatever," his eyes rolled. "oh, by the way. can we go to the sea again? with ruby!" he said softly.

remember what day today is, jaehyun cursed in his mind because it was a weekday. it means, there's a guard patrolling around the beach.

"this weekend, i guess? there's actually some guard every weekday." jaehyun said.

"ah..." he nodded. "i just feel so bored," he pouted.

"how about... baking?"