Trouble in Paradise | Yeongyu

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Yeonjun looked around and walked over to him. "You two went out again?"

"We go out together every Thursday night for dinner."

Yeonjun scoffed. "Do you feel good about trying to take someone else's husband? You're pathetic going after him."

Taehyun gave him a closed mouth smile and shook his head. "You know I might've agreed with you if you said that when I first started working there. Beomgyu was...wow. Breathtaking to say the least. The hair, the eyes, the body-"

"Hey." Yeonjun said in a warning tone as he stepped forward. "Say that again and I'll punch you."

The male stared at him and stepped closer as well. "Why do you pretend to care? Why do you act as if you actually still love him? Why won't you just say it how it is?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Beomgyu is amazing!" He threw his hands up. "He's funny, he's smart, he's beautiful, he's so caring even to the people who hurt him. Anyone else would've left you a long time ago and he stays because he has so much faith in you when no one else does. Ryujin gave up, I gave up, our coworkers don't even ask about you anymore. Your name is like a curse in the office!"

And he wasn't exaggerating. They could visibly see how this marriage was effecting him so no one uttered his name out of fear of Beomgyu slipping away more.

"You ruined a good thing because from what Beomgyu has told me, you used to be worth something and no matter how hard I try...he will never look at me the way I look at him because he's too busy thinking about you." Taehyun swallowed and looked away from him. "And it's not fair."

Yeonjun didn't know what to say. His heart felt heavy and he looked back towards the house thinking about Beomgyu.

"But you're still going to leave." Taehyun said, he shook his head out of disappointment. "Knowing all of this I know you'll get in your car and not try and do anything about it tonight."

"...he locks the door, he doesn't want to talk to me."

"It's funny that you should say that because there's this thing called knocking." He grabbed at his hair, frustrated with the older man. "Like do you hear yourself? Beomgyu isn't deaf he's always listening even when he doesn't want to. Just talk to him!"

Yeonjun didn't speak again.

"Or maybe you really don't love him. Maybe you truly have given up, and maybe I should stop holding back and make him mine."

With that being said Yeonjun grabbed Taehyun him pushing him against the car.

"You listen to me and listen to me well. If you ever, try anything on him and I know about it I will fucking end you!" He pushed him off. "Of course I love him!" He yelled. "But I'm falling apart too and he shouldn't see that. I'm supposed to keep it together, I'm the one he's supposed to lean on he shouldn't worry about me!"

"Why is that for you to decide who he worries about? Isn't that what loving someone means?"

"NO! It's pressure!" He yelled back at him. "Because that's what happens. Taking your problems and throwing it one someone else all the time, it just wears them down. Why do you think my parents got a divorce huh?"

Yeonjun was angry, he was so angry at Taehyun for coming here. He was angry for him doing everything he was supposed to do and doing it better. He was angry at himself.

"They were like us you know and that made me happy because they were happy. My mother loved my dad like he put the stars in the sky to take away her fear of the dark. She was having such a hard time, she was going through things with her body, her mind, with work...it was too much and she confided in my dad almost every day. He did his best until he had enough and stopped listening, avoiding her so he didn't have to hear her complain. Then the cheating started and that happy marriage became a resentful one."

Taehyun stared at him as he spoke.

"If that were to happen to us...if my problems became too much for him I would never forgive myself."

It was quiet for a while and Taehyun turned and walked back to his car and opened the door. Before he got in he looked at Yeonjun.

"Tell him that." He got in and moments later drove away.

Yeonjun stood there and then walked to his car, he would tell him but not tonight. He wouldn't wake him up, he didn't want to so he decided waiting was better.

But the thing about waiting is sometimes you wait too long, and it's too late.

...

The next morning Yeonjun waited for Beomgyu to step out of his room and when he did, he didn't spare him a glance.

"I made you lunch."

"I'm eating with Taehyun."

"You may want a snack later."

Beomgyu sighed and walked over picking it up. "Thank you." He turned to leave and Yeonjun spoke up again.

"Wait!"

Beomgyu touched his head and turned to look at him.

"I...can we please talk tonight?"

"Yes." He relaxed and looked away from him. "I need to go."

He turned and left.

Yeonjun called out of work and went to get flowers, a bottle of wine, and he got him a gift. A very late anniversary gift but he knew he'd love it. He lit candles when he knew Beomgyu was probably on his way.

He paced back and forth until he heard the door knob giggle then open. He turned and Beomgyu walked inside taking off his shoes and when he saw the candles, the flowers, the wine, he had the opposite reaction of what Yeonjun thought he'd have.

He looked confused.

"What is this?"

"I'm saying sorry, for the millionth time but I...you deserve an explanation and I was so stupid and I don't deserve you." Beomgyu stared at him, eyebrows furrowed as he listened to him. "I forgot our anniversary and I've been distant and less affectionate and I was a horrible husband. I just want to do everything I can for you to-"

"Yeonjun."

He looked at him and Beomgyu reached into his bag taking out some papers. Yeonjun watched him stare at them before he walked closer and sat them on the table facing him. He looked at Beomgyu and then stepped closer to look at them.

His heart sank into his stomach as he read the bold letters at the top of the paper.

"I want a divorce."

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Let the wedding bells uhhhh just turn them off 😭