Masquerade | Johnyong

★ Fourteen

Chapter 14: Hand in hand

A/n — Please mentally prepare yourself for this chapter as there is suicide.

Chanyeol enters his house. He frowns, not feeling so good. He goes into the kitchen to see his wife washing dishes.

Amanda side eyes Chanyeol, visibly annoyed. "What happened to your shoulder?" She asks. "I just got shot, I'm ok. I got the bullet out and wrapped-"

"Hey, I didn't ask all that."  Amanda rudely cuts off Chanyeol. "Where's Nahyun? Chanyeol asks, changing the topic quickly.

"She's asleep — actually, you know our daughter was very upset since you-"

"My daughter." Chanyeol corrects her.

Amanda drops the plate in the sink and turns to Chanyeol. "You said you wanted me to be more like a mother to her but you won't even let me call her ours?"  She scoffs. Chanyeol doesn't say anything to that. Amanda grabs the towel to dry her hands. 

"Nahyun was upset since you were gone for two days without any notice. Try and get home every day on time. We can't have a babysitter over!" Amanda huffs as she throws the towel at Chanyeol before leaving the kitchen.

Chanyeol sighs with the towel on his head.
"Shit. . ."

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6:20AM
Taeyong sits against the headboard. He strokes Johnny's hair as he's sleeping. He didn't get any sleep this time so now here he was thinking.

There's a knock on the door then the door slightly opens. Haechan peaks his head in. "What is it, Haechan?"

"Nothing, I was just checking up on you."  Haechan comes into the room. "Oh wow, I never thought in my 21 years of living I'd see this." Johnny was resting his head in Taeyong's lap, his arms around Taeyong. 

"Yuta isn't too happy after. . . Well, he may have been watching from the security cameras and saw you two uh- kiss." Haechan says, followed by a nervous laughter. Taeyong furrows his eyebrows, "There are security cameras?" He questions.

"Yeah, there's a lot around but don't worry there's none in the bathrooms or anyone's room." Haechan says. Taeyong looks down at Johnny. He brushes his hair back. "I think Yuta is being a little bit jealous!" He sings.

Taeyong gulps, "Jealous? No, no. . . He's just worried about me. I know I'm being risky," He glances at Johnny to make sure he's still asleep. "I'm not playing it safe, especially since I really do have feelings for Johnny. . ." He mutters.

"I know you act based on your feelings." Chanyeol's words ring in Taeyong's head. Taeyong remembers Jaehyun telling him to stop letting his feelings get in the way. He lets out a deep sigh as his head rests against the headboard.

"I'm sure everything will be fine." Haechan says. "Thanks, Sunflower." Taeyong softly smiles.

"Anyways, I came to tell Johnny he should probably get his shit together because Karina just saw his dad heading towards here."  Haechan says, scratching his forearm.

"You don't look good. . . Is it a bad thing?" Taeyong asks.

"Maybe."

Maybe meant yes 75 percent of the time and no 25 percent. Well, it's actually the other way around but in this situation — Taeyong could conclude it was a yes.