epilogue ↠ johnten

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"and?"

"and?!"

"what's wrong with that? i mean, it's either you really have a mistress or you want to live in your house." ten said, teasing the tall guy.

well, he was surprised after hearing it. he can't believe that soonyoung was now living with johnny, which is supposed to be him because they were engaged. wait, they still did?

"ten, besides you and jake. i don't have anyone that i want to live with me." he rolled his eyes.

"then bear with it, you chose to accept the child, right?" ten said, his tone suddenly changed. "instead of making a way to reveal the truth," he continued.

"ten—"

"you know what, johnny? if you really love me, why don't you make a way to have me back? why don't you make a way to spill the truth?" ten seriously asked that made the tall guy completely quiet.

ten was right, he can even make a way to fix the problem on his own. but how will he start? he was even scared to ask for other's help.

"your dad was happy after knowing about our break up, did he?" he continued. "did you think we could still be together?"

the silence filled the whole living room, ten secretly wiped the tears that suddenly fell on his cheeks. not until he felt a pair of arms on his waist, a chin that rested on his shoulder.

"if we can do it together before, why can't we now, right?" he said calmly and placed a peck of kiss on ten's neck. "little by little, honey. we will do this together, we will fight for us, okay?"

"what if i'm tired of fighting for us?" and ten finally faced him.

it hurts for johnny, his chest suddenly became heavy and feels like he was breaking inside. but instead of letting his feelings come out, he smiled and caressed his hair.

"then i will fight for us."

the circle of friends gathered at the club tonight. it was arranged by the one and only taeyong and jaehyun. ten was late since the babysitter of his child said that jake was already out of vitamins so he bought it first.

some of his friends, especially the bottoms, were already tipsy. he greeted the others before accepting the shot that taeyong handed to him.

"i thought johnny was here?" he asked jaehyun.

"oh, he already left minutes ago. he said that there's a pregnant woman who's waiting for him." jaehyun replied.

ten just gave him a nod before drinking another shot, whenever he came to their friend's party, that's the time when johnny already left.

he felt sad about it, he's gonna lie if he didn't say he wasn't jealous about it. johnny became focused on soonyoung. it's almost been a week since he and johnny promised to fight for both of them.

"he was always like that, ten. be used to it." followed by doyoung who also heard ten's questions.

"yeah, we don't even have a label anymore so why would i care?" ten respond, making the others quiet because they know, ten means something.