Step Lovers-JAEYONG

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Waking up from the good smell of breakfast, Taeyong fluttered his eyes open as he hummed against the pillow. He slowly turned, to lay on his back, to see the space beside him empty. He then grabs his phone and saw it was only six in the morning. He yawned and took a few seconds before he sat up to start fully waking himself up.

He rubbed his eyes, placing the phone back beside the bedside table, as took his time to rest up a bit. Then the bedroom door clicked open and slowly opened to see Doyoung checking Taeyong who was already awake.

"Oh, did I wake you up? I'm sorry, I was really trying hard to keep quiet," Doyoung said, coming in to start collecting his clothing.

Taeyong was still new to seeing his boyfriend in his tank top and sweats. He wasn't against it, it's just because Doyoung was always formal and classic.

"No, it's fine. I was planning to wake early anyway," the boy answered.

"Let's eat breakfast then, I'll be taking my leave after."

Doyoung hands out his hand for Taeyong to hold on. Both of them went out of the bedroom and took a seat to eat breakfast. The man puts food on the boy's plate to accommodate him then went to get some coffee for the both of them. Then proceeds to grab his laptop and placed it beside him on the table to check emails and send some documents he made last night.

Taeyong frowned, "Hey, eat up first. Don't make the food wait."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm just checking on my co-workers," the man said, "By the way, how was Jaehyun as your stepbrother?"

The boy suddenly became timid, "Oh...nothing really special. We were just like normal brothers. He was a nice kid, very expressive, active, gullible. He's the kind of person who takes care of people very well, even to people who's older than him. He likes music and sports, very much an intelligent player. He mostly spent his time with me so I know him very well--B-But that was years ago."

Doyoung nodded, "Everything you said about him doesn't seem to be him."

"H-He did transfer to America, so we weren't able to get in touch very well," the boy said.

"Get in touch? What do you mean? You weren't able to talk to him?"

Taeyong suddenly thought that he shouldn't have said that, "Y-Yeah...You know, I was busy with my school and he was busy with his as well. A-Also, I wasn't able to have my phone and everything."

"In conclusion, people do change."

Taeyong felt his heart gone heavy. Jaehyun isn't the Jaehyun he met and loved. He missed him. He dearly misses everything about him. He wished that things just came back to the day they were. To the day Jaehyun's still the kid he knew.

"I guess."

"Well, I don't want to debunk your biography. It'll take all day. I'll go ahead," the man uttered as he stood from his chair with his laptop, grabbing all the things that was his, "I'll come back and pick you up, okay? No need to take taxis this time, Taeyong."

"Yep, okay, Mr. Kim. I'll wait for you."

Doyoung wore his boyfriend's cardigan before he walked towards the front door with Taeyong following behind. Before the man could go, he leaned to place a kiss on the boy's forehead. They smiled at each other, Taeyong giving Doyoung a small peck, before they separated.