Not as Planned | HoMyeong✅

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I disinfected his cuts and blew on them whenever he hissed. I felt guilty for getting him involved. But thanks to him, I got to live to see another day. "Hoyoung?" "Yeah..." "What will you do now?" I let my arms rest on my thighs as I thought. Working was important to both of us as numerous things needed to be paid for. But I was a person with needs. Dongheon wasn't meeting them lately. Even after talking about it, I just had my hopes crushed to the point they were unrecognizable.

"Dongmyeong, thank you for all your work." "Hoyoung, are you...?" I nodded then gripped my ring. I slipped it off then threw it across the room. "I'm changing my mind." "Hoyoung, don't be rash. I'm sure things are rocky now, but they'll smooth out. I'm saying this a a friend." I looked at him as I fought back tears. "No, Dongmyeong. Things have always been rocky. I always turned a blind eye to it all, hoping that it'd all end and get better. Things just kept getting worse. I finally did something about it, but nothing was solved. He's long since stopped putting me up with his other priorities." I sniffled as I had given in and started crying.

I felt something soft touch my face and dry my tears. "Hoyoung..." "I'm sorry for unloading on you. That wasn't appropriate." He shook his head then smiled. "I don't mind. Why don't we find the ring? I'm sure you don't actually want to get rid of it." He was right. It wasn't much, but I loved the engraved designs on it. We searched the floor looking for the ring. "I found it!" I looked back and saw Dongmyeong holding it up.

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I woke up then felt arms holding me. Was it Dongheon? I looked up then froze. "Dongmyeong? I thought he went home..." Last night's events came back to me in fragments and I found myself hating my bad life choices. I sat up and shook his body. "5 more minutes." "Dongmyeong, you need to get out of here!" He sat up and rubbed his eyes. "Where am I?" "My bedroom!" His eyes snapped open. "Oh my god." We bustled around the room, cleaning up and finding his clothes.

"You get wild when drunk I see..." He looked away in embarrassment. "I apologize. This is why I tend to stay away from alcohol." I laughed then watched him off. Bits and pieces of last night started to come back to me. Each memory was funnier than the last. Surprisingly I had escaped a hangover, but I decided to call in sick and stay home.

I sat curled up in front of the TV watching dramas on Netflix. I eventually turned everything off as instead of a hangover, I was blessed with a dull and annoying back pain. I went back to the bedroom then flopped onto my stomach. I tried cracking my back and only made things worse. I messaged Taek in hopes that he could bring over some of my favorite food.

The bedroom door opened and Dongheon seemed surprised to see me in bed. "I thought you had gone to work." "Why did you look surprised to see me? Did you bring someone home?" "What? No." I frowned then looked away from him. I was still upset from yesterday. "I was surprised because you hardly take any days off." He wasn't wrong. I was always healthy and able bodied. I wasn't one to play hooky to go out and have fun. He lied down next to me then kissed the back of my neck. "Are you sick?" "I wasn't earlier. Now I have this annoying back pain."

His hands roamed my back and sent shivers down my spine. I hated that I liked it. "Hm, it's not serious. Just stay like this for the rest of the day and you should be okay. I'll get a few heat compresses." I couldn't understand how he could be so cruel but sweet at the same time. I soon felt heat on my back then felt the bed dip beside me. "I'll stay by your side. I won't go out." "Don't worry about me. I'm sure you have things you want to do." "I do. I wanna do you." I turned my head so he couldn't see my tinted face.

"If you need anything, just tell me." "Okay..." He draped his arm over my lower back and hid his face in my neck. I couldn't stop my heart from reacting. "H- Dongheon, could you...not touch me?" He rolled over without responding. "Sorry, Hobae." I started getting mixed feelings as now I wasn't sure if I wanted to break things off or not. "Dongheon." "Hm?" "Why didn't you decline then...?"

The silence was bothering me. "I'm not sure myself. I'm just making things harder for us and myself. But, I can't back out now." Maybe Dongmyeong was right. Maybe I was being rash last night. "Heonie..." "Yes?" "Hold me." He lightly chuckled then went back to his previous position. "You scared me yesterday, you know." "Really?" The image of him not being there came rushing back, ruining whatever was left of the good mood that arose. "Yeah. I felt as if time stopped."

I decided to bring it up. "You left though. You didn't even come to check on me." His silence made me feel worse. He really didn't care what happened did he? "Mr. Sohn seemed to have everything under control, so I left. I know that was wrong of me though." Even if he admitted his fault, it still left a scar on my heart. "Dongheon, let's sleep separately tonight." I slowly rose from the bed then headed for the guest room.