𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐲'𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 ; johnten

╰► 34: conflict and resolving

ten wakes up with the kids still asleep in the same bed as him. his eyes hurt and his throat is scratchy when he swallows. he takes a swig from the water bottle on his nightstand, feeling some form of refreshed.

everything wasn't a dream, he realized, looking at his puffy face in the mirror. he sighs heavily, pushing all his hair into a pony tail and letting his bangs hand around. he slips on his prescription glasses and heads out for some coffee.

ten heads downstairs and finds everyone wide awake and doing chores. he spots the pillow and blanket that was neatly folded on the couch. that makes his gut churn.

"good morning ten— how are you feeling?" joy asks, handing him a cup of coffee. ten thanks her, taking a sip kf the bittersweet liquid. he shrugs, pursing his lips. "okay." he didn't know, to be honest. his mind was having an inner conflict about how he should feel; annoyed, disappointed, angry, sad or nothing.

joy frowns, her expression forming into pity.

"after the party, everyone left, you know." she says in a soft voice.

"okay. sorry for ruining the mood then," ten blatantly replies, bad memories of the party flashing into mind. him being insulted infront of multiple people to his face, johnny with some other girl, and his kids getting stood up and ignored. he watches joy's expression switch from confusion to regret, scurrying to apologize to ten for wording her sentence wrongly. he waves it off, walking away.

ten walks to the backyard and finds no one. great.

he sits on the swing set, admiring the vibrant sunflowers that made the entire garden more lively. the sun is bright and golden, highlighting the plants beautifully.

"ten?" said omega turns around to find johnny by the kitchen back door, hesitation evident on his face. ten doesn't respond, moving his gaze back on to the lavenders and poppies.

"ten, let's talk." johnny says, walking up to him. he smells like the mango scented body wash they had in the downstairs bathroom. johnny must've showered there then. johnny doesn't see any hostile reaction from ten so he sits on the swing set next to him.

"about last night, the girl," johnny glances at ten who's looking out, holding his cat mug with both paws, warming up his cold hands. "chanyeol hyung and the guys apparently had some bar girls over at the party and they gave me alot to drink. one of them kept trying to shoot her shot at me, but i kept rejecting her. i was too drunk to back her off until minho hyung pulled her off of me, and the hickey you saw was just cranberry sauce," johnny explains to him. ten doesn't want to buy it, still not forgiving johnny for what he did.

ten stands up before he ends up fuming with anger once again. it's too early to get mad. "okay. i understand." ten casually replies, not sparing a glance at the alpha.

"baby? where are you going?" he hears johnny ask, completely clueless. "to find a job." ten replies, walking inside the house. he takes one last sip of coffee before tossing it all down the drain, placing the cup in the sink after. "a-a job? why? is this about what sunny noona said last night?" johnny furrows his brows.

while ten dried off his hands, he suddenly paused, listening to the alpha. "because if it is, you don't need to. i can provide for the both of us, and it doesn't bother me–"

"but it bothers me!" ten snaps, ears going red in anger. his eyes show nothing but annoyance and embarrassment. "it doesn't matter if you can provide for everyone, johnny— but did you hear what she called me because i was jobless? huh? did you? or were you too embarrassed to speak out and defend me?" all ten can see is red by now.

johnny is quiet, speechless at the sudden outburst. ten is usually calm, composed, kind and patient. for the first time, he's finally seen ten snap, but never would he thought it would be because of him.