Dear Woonhak ✿ Jaehyun x Woonhak

15) Why?

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Woonhak's nerves finally started settling down as he continued watching some cliche action movie with Leehan and Taesan. Although he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable from the couple all cuddled up beside him, he still managed to relax and enjoy the movie.

But as the movie just started to get good and the action got more intense, he suddenly heard a knock at the door. "Oh, I think someone's at the door," Taesan whispered to his boyfriend.

Leehan sighed since he was really getting into the movie at this point and called out in annoyance. "Who is it?!"

"Umm, it's the boy next door..." The boy on the other side answered almost hesitantly.

Leehan sighed again before pausing the movie and getting up. "Well I need to use the bathroom anyways, so can one of you answer the door?"

"Sure," Taesan said while hopping up, willing to do anything for his boyfriend.

Woonhak then got up to refill his popcorn bowl while Taesan answered the door. He fully expected it to be some dude asking them to turn down the volume or asking if they have an extra roller of toilet paper like in the past. So he didn't pay the boy at the door any mind.

"Oh, hey Taesan, I didn't know you were my neighbour." The boy on the other side said which caught Woonhak's attention, not only because he knew Taesan but also because his voice was awfully familiar.

"Oh, no this isn't my dorm, it's my boyfriend's." Taesan smiled as he awkwardly scratched the back of his neck.

Woonhak then walked over to see who this familiar voice was, to which he was greeted with a sight he thought he'd never see again. "Jaehyun?..." The younger called out, almost appalled, thinking it must have been a dream, he must have fallen asleep while watching the movie because there is no chance in hell that Jaehyun, his Jaehyun, is standing right at his door.

"Woonhak?" Jaehyun's face turned pale and his eyes widened like he had seen a ghost. The last person he expected to see on the other side of that door was Woonhak. How could his Woonhak be standing right in front of him? What were the chances of his Woonhak being his next-door neighbour? How was his Woonhak going to greet him after all these years?

Well, Jaehyun got his answer pretty quickly once he saw Woonhak's shocked demeanour shift into a fierce stare. It gave the elder chills as he felt like he was being glued to the floor and subdued to this furious look he had never seen on the younger's face.

But without a word, Jaehyun was pulled out of his frozen prison once Woonhak walked past Taesan and grabbed Jaehyun's arm. The younger then dragged him all the way through the halls of their dorms and into the stairwell where he carefully yet firmly trapped him against the wall.

"How could you do this to me?!" Woonhak yelled as he slammed the wall next to Jaehyun's head.

"Woonhak- I-" Jaehyun stuttered in slight fear which Woonhak noticed.

The younger then took his arms off the wall and stepped away from Jaehyun. "How could you do this to me Jaehyun?" Woonhak asked again as he hung his head in sorrow.

Jaehyun looked the younger up and down and immediately noticed how much he had changed. He grew taller and stronger, he seemed wiser and angrier. Jaehyun was overwhelmed by the change, his little Woonhak wasn't the same.

But then he saw a singular tear run down the younger's face and he quickly realized the truth behind Woonhak's anger. The younger was simply just sad and hurt and didn't know how else to react.

"Woonhak..." Jaehyun whispered as he brought his hand up to cup the younger's face and wiped his tear away.

Woonhak then looked up from the ground into Jaehyun's eyes and even more tears began rolling down his cheeks. "Why did you leave me like that? Why would you tell me that you loved me in that letter and then ghost me? Why didn't you tell me you were coming back? Why Jaehyun? Why? He cried.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry Woonhak." Jaehyun apologized as he continued wiping each one of Woonhak's tears away. "I- I was scared, I thought you were going to reject me or hate me for it and I couldn't bear that thought." He explained.

"Hate you? I could- never- hate you." Woonhak hiccuped through his tears.

"What?" Jaehyun froze at the younger's words.

"Jaehyun I love you, I was in love with you," Woonhak confessed as he grabbed Jaehyun's hands that were still cupped around his face. "Don't you get it? Do you even know how much you hurt me?"

"You were in love with me?" Jaehyun asked, still not believing what he was hearing.

"Yes, you idiot." Woonhak cried as he let go of the elder's hands.

"I didn't know..." Jaehyun mumbled in disbelief.

"Yeah, well maybe if you saw my text you would have known," Woonhak said in a snarky tone as he wiped his last tear away.

Jaehyun saw the despair on Woonhak's face and wanted to fix it, he would give anything to see Woonhak's beautiful smile, to feel Woonhak's warm embrace, to kiss Woonhak...

But he restrained himself. "Woonhak I'm so sorry. I was an idiot, I was a coward, I thought you were straight and I thought you'd be disgusted by me. I shouldn't have done that and I shouldn't have continued doing it. The second I came back to Korea I should have found you and apologized. Whether you were going to reject me or not I should have just faced you."

Woonhak stared back into Jaehyun's eyes once again this time looking more tired as he sighed and hugged the elder, practically ignoring everything he said. "You don't know how much I missed you," Woonhak whispered as he buried his face into the elder's shoulder, taking in his scent and his warmth.

Jaehyun still had a heavy heart and didn't know how to process the situation but he could tell Woonhak was done fighting so he gave up on explaining himself or apologizing and just gave in to the younger's touch. "I've missed you too." He exhaled as he wrapped his arms around the younger's back and gripped the fabric of his sweater.

"I sure as hell hope you did, asshole." Woonhak joked as he pushed Jaehyun away from him and against the wall once again.

"Ow~" Jaehyun laughed through the slight pain.

But before Jaehyun could say anything witty in return Woonhak leaned in and kissed him. The kiss was fast and passionate and Jaehyun could feel the yearning of the younger yet at the same time it also had a hint of 'fuck you' in there which Jaehyun couldn't help but laugh at.

"Why are you laughing?" Woonhak asked once he had detached their lips for a moment.

"Because this feels like an angry kiss." Jaehyun smiled with endearment towards the younger's pout.

"Yeah I am angry, now stop laughing so I can kiss you." Woonhak snipped before grabbing the nape of Jaehyun's neck and pulling them back into their kiss.

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ac: AHHHHHH!!! OUR BABES ARE BACK!!

also happy late holidays everyone I hope you all had a good time 😘