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chapter twelve





a week has passed and every day that past is just memorable for taeyong. jaehyun always spends time with him, together with ruby, their daughter.


taeyong doesn't want to think that the reason why jaehyun was doing this is because taeyong might already be near to go home.


there's no day that he won't see the portal, but when he was with jaehyun, the portal wasn't there. but the portal is just useless if taeyong himself doesn't want to go home.


"jae, have you already visited our world?" taeyong asked as he looked up at the younger one, the two of them were currently cuddling inside jaehyun's room.


"yes, baby." he nodded, eyes closed. "we used to spend our time there back then."


"love, if ever i come back home..." taeyong said, which made jaehyun open his eyes. "do you think we could still meet?" he asked.


"that's so random, love." jaehyun said and looked at him.


"jae, we know that i don't actually live here. that i came here accidentally." taeyong said calmly.


"i know," jaehyun said. "and thinking about it made me hurt, love."


"why?" he frowned.


because it might take a long time to see you again.


"nothing, i'm just overacting sometimes." he smiled, taeyong immediately glared at him, pouting.


jaehyun let out a giggles and leaned a kiss on his forehead, taeyong hugged him tighter. it's already late and both of them were already sleepy.


"thank you for letting me feel those things, love..." taeyong whispered.


the younger one didn’t respond anymore and just hugged him, and didn't want to let him go. jaehyun knows that taeyong will finally come back home two weeks from now. that's why he doesn't want to waste all the time he only had to be with taeyong.


while taeyong, even his eyes were already closed. his mind is still awake. the question inside his mind is, "why didn't he take the chance to come back home?" is still bothering him. how his parents now? how are doyoung and haechan? are they doing fine? his bakery?


many questions are still inside his head but the only thing he did is he chose to stay here, he chose to be with jaehyun. with the guy he made him feel the freedom, the love, and everything.


but he knows that in the end, the decision of not going back home is the decision he needs to make in the end.


and these thoughts were heard by jaehyun.



***


the next morning, taeyong woke up with jaehyun's gone beside him. jaehyun might have already left since he said last night that they were going to go somewhere.


"hi, baby ruby." he greeted when he saw the dog inside the kitchen.


"tae, want to visit the beach today?" ten asked.


"can we?" his eyes widened.


"of course, duh." his eyes rolled. "the others were already getting some clothes to wear, do the same too." he smiled.


"yey! finally!" he said happily and ran out of the kitchen.


ten couldn't help not to smile as he watched taeyong running, he just shook his head and continued preparing the foods that they will bring later.


"enjoying the remaining time to be with that human, huh?"


ten suddenly looked up when he heard her voice, he immediately rolled his eyes and ignored her.


"two more weeks, ten." she continued. "that human will finally come back to his world, sad to say that you will lose your new friend." she smirked.


"you know what, selena? what does it feel like being ignored?" ten said as he can't hold it anymore. "what does it feel like trying so hard to be a queen in the near future when jaehyun is completely into taeyong?" he asked.


"jaehyun is just distracting him," selena said. "and i know that taeyong would leave him if he found out the truth." she hissed.


"and? does that change the fact that you will finally get jaehyun back? that he will love you again?" his eyebrow raised.


"talking to you is just a waste of time." selena said.


"because i'm speaking facts." he smirked.


selena walked out of the room which made ten smile in success, later on, winwin and jaemin also arrived inside the kitchen, having their own tote bag with them where their things are.


"selena is actually right," ten said. "we were just enjoying the remaining time to be with him. tss, why would he come here in the first place though. i hate it." he hissed.


"you hate the fact that you will surely miss him," winwin said. "because he became a close friend of ours."


"i hope when everything is fine and donghyuck visits us again, i hope taeyong hyung will be with him." jaemin said.


later on, all of them are now making their way at the beach. surprisingly, there's also other people there. ten told him that it's weekdays, that's why people who live here on the island were freely going here and having fun.


"their abs were shining..." taeyong said as he watched the group of guys meters away from them.


"oops, i heard it." chenle said, giggling. "i will tell this to jaehyun hyung."


"n-no! that was not what i meant!" taeyong immediately said, freaking out.


"nah-uh!" chenle shook his head, laughing while running away from taeyong who is now chasing him.


"chenle!" taeyong called.


and the two of them ended up splashing water. ten and winwin, who are peacefully swimming, got included when taeyong and chenle decided to do it to them.


"hi, baby."


jaemin who is peacefully eating under the tree together with renjun suddenly flinched when someone hugged him from the back.


they immediately looked back and there they saw the tall guys who had just arrived. renjun suddenly smiled when he saw his boyfriend, yangyang.

"where are they?" johnny asked.


"at the shore." jaemin said and pointed at them.


meanwhile, taeyong was already tired, that's why he went to the shore and sat there. the others also did the same since they got tired.


"this place is beautiful..." taeyong said. "it made me wanna stay here more... but i know i can't..." he smiled.


this is not my home.


"you can still come back here though," ten said. "with donghyuck."


"can i?" his eyes widened.


"yeah? but not in this place anymore," he smiled. "our universe is huge, i know you will love that place more than this." he finished off.


taeyong just smiled, he was excited about it. not knowing that it will happen after a long time. jaehyun and the others who are doing their mission might get punished for hiding a human here on the island.


the east kingdom might use him against them, if a human accidentally came here, why didn't they tell it? why did they choose to hide it? because the east was mad to humans, simple as that. they just hope that the punishment would not happen, they hope that they can fix it immediately so no one will get punished.


"ten!"


he was the only one who called but four of them looked back, there they saw their man standing under the tree, not wanting to be exposed to the sun.


taeyong suddenly had his eyes widened and didn’t waste the time anymore to go closer with him, taeyong was greeted by a warm hug by jaehyun.


"i actually did not expect you here..." taeyong said and pouted.


"i told you that we might not take long," jaehyun said and brushed his hair.


"oh, wait. i'm wet," taeyong said and immediately let go of the hug.


"you're wet?" jaehyun asked teasingly.


"yes—" but he stopped when he realized that it sounded different.


he immediately glared at jaehyun who was laughing loudly, he hit his arm because of annoyance and walked away from him.


"okay, baby. i'm sorry," jaehyun pulled him back. "i actually have something to say that's why i went here." and he wrapped his arm around taeyong's waist.


"what is it?" taeyong asked, raising his eyebrow.


"i'm gone for a week, i may come back on the same day of the party." jaehyun said.


"what?" he frowned.


"johnny and yuta are going with me, we need to fix something... far away."


taeyong is silent for a couple of minutes, he was gone for a week? taeyong can't even imagine that there's no jaehyun on his side.


"you will be back, okay?" taeyong finally spoke.


"of course, honey." and he hugged him.


jaehyun knows it would also be hard for him, he can't even imagine not seeing taeyong on his side. what would even happen if taeyong finally came back home?


"i will be back... for you..."

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