Dance Connection (Eunhyuk x Reader)

Chapter 2

Today...

'She is not feeling well. She is suffering all alone. I should go and take care of her.' Eunhyuk thought, standing at the gate of Jieun's society. He was apprehensive about visiting her after their fight - something about her call did not sit well with him. "Hyukaa, I am not feeling well. I know you are angry with me, but I am all alone. Getting up is also painful. Please come here. I promise I won't be a bother. I will only ask you for help when necessary. You can stay angry; I am not asking you to stop. But I really need you. I don't know who else to ask." Eunhyuk let go of his frustration with Jieun because his worry for her health was far greater. "Don't worry, just rest. I am on my way." Although he had agreed without hesitation, something in him was feeling weird.

The past few months had been nothing less than a roller-coaster ride for him, with all the speed and highs and the lows. Jieun had been jealous of all the attention Eunhyuk had received since the office party last year. The headset incident had only made it unnerving for Jieun - everyone had noticed him. Girls used to giggle or gawk as Eunhyuk walked past them, with or without Jieun. Everyone in the office knew that Jieun was Eunhyuk's girlfriend, but it made no difference. She felt that girls always surrounded Eunhyuk - be it his teammates or extended teammates or just someone he had to work with for a project. He wasn't noticing anything different around him, but Jieun was. She felt insecure every passing day, and she couldn't help it. They finally fought for the first time a few months ago on Rose Day when Eunhyuk received a lot of roses from anonymous senders, and he had what could essentially be a full giant bouquet of red roses. Eunhyuk had tried to calm Jieun down that day, constantly assuring her that she was his only one. But his words were not enough. The giant dive was when Eunhyuk had to kiss her in the office cafeteria, because Jieun was ready to create a scene. He did not say anything then, but they argued and did not talk for three days. He was not comfortable with the way Jieun was behaving, and she had not given him any reasons to be.

And here he was, standing in front of her apartment complex after the same three days because she was sick.

He punched in the code for the door and opened it. "Jieun? It's me." Eunhyuk looked for her around the living room. "I'm in bed, Hyukaa! " he heard a voice from the room. He stepped in and saw Jieun half sitting with a book in her hand. "Why are you sitting? You should be resting, sweetheart, not exerting yourself." He sat beside her at the bedside and thoughtfully put his hand on her forehead. "It seems that the fever is gone. Let me check the temperature, nonetheless." Jieun smiled warmly, "I am fine, Hyukaa. The fever is down; I have taken the meds the doctor prescribed. I am just fragile, and my throat hurts because of the infection. So, I am having chicken soup." "Did you..." "Relax, Hyukaa. I ordered it in." "Okay, then finish it now in front of me. Come on... Aaah!!!" He had picked up the bowl from the side table to hand it to her, but Jieun had reached out to the side table at the same time to keep her book. The hot soup had poured all over him. "I am so sorry! Go now; put water before it burns more." Eunhyuk awkwardly held his white t-shirt and went to the bathroom to clean it. 

He came out after a few minutes with his wet, washed t-shirt in his hand. Jieun kept staring at him, as he spread the t-shirt on a chair to dry. "What? It is not like you haven't seen me shirtless before." "I am well aware, thank you very much. You don't need to remind me." "But, there is something I need to remind you." He came and sat on the other side of the bed. "I love you, and only you. I am here for you. You don't need to be jealous." He cupped Jieun's face with his palms. Eunhyuk felt that their fight would cause Jieun more stress, so it was best to end the argument there. So, in an effort for love, there he was, sitting shirtless beside Jieun and holding her face affectionately. Jieun, however, kept on staring at him. 

In a splitsecond, she leaned forward and caught Eunhyuk's lips with hers. "Ji...eu...naa...," he tried to talk as she kept on kissing him. He was not sure if he wanted to be this close to her for now. His control started melting away as her fingers lightly touched his well-cut-out abs, sending chills through his body. Eunhyuk started losing himself as the kiss grew deeper and deeper; their fingers were intertwined in each other's hair. Suddenly, Jieun broke the kiss and shifted back. Eunhyuk was left with puckering lips and hands in mid-air where her face had previously been. He looked at her with confusion. She looked deep into his eyes and sat upright. Her gaze was fixed on his face, as she placed her palm right in the centre of his chest. Eunhyuk's heartbeat was rising, and she could feel it. Her eyes were pleading, and he finally gave in. He smashed his lips onto hers. They fell on the bed, and the kiss broke. Eunhyuk was on top of her. 'Damn, she is sick,' he tried to move away from her. He tried to get up, but Jieun put her arms around his neck and pulled him down on her, making him lose all his remaining inhibitions.

' Brrr, brrr...' Eunhyuk's phone viibrated. He opened his eyes and saw Jieun sleeping comfortably beside him, ... covered only by the blanket. He cursed under his breath and turned to pick up his phone. The screen was flashing the name of his teammate and friend, Donghae. "Yeah, bro," he said softly, trying not to wake Jieun. "Dude, where are you? Are you avoiding everyone? Why are you not at the office?" Eunhyuk sensed that Donghae was somewhat displeased. "Dude, hang on. Give me ten seconds." He softly got up from the bed, wore his boxers and stepped into the living room, silently closing the bedroom door behind him. "Now tell me, what's up? Why do you sound like that? And why will I avoid anyone??" "What? ..." Donghae fumbled, "dude, check your Instagram please and... wait, one sec..." Donghae talked to someone on the other end, "Sorry, I gotta go for a meeting, but check it soon, and please have a word with her. This, to me, is unacceptable. Sorry for prying, man. Will talk later. Bye." "Okay... Bye." 

Previously standing and confused, Eunhyuk was now sitting on the sofa, his eyes wide open, staring at the mobile screen. He could not believe what he was seeing. He was tagged in a picture post by Jieun, captioned - 'My man, entirely mine. Bitches, beware!' He was enraged, not so much by the caption, as much by the picture. It was a picture of him sleeping as Jieun held the blanket to get the 'view' of his bare chest. She was nowhere in the frame. What pulled the last straw was that there were hundreds of comments congratulating her or asking her for inappropriate details, which she had gladly obliged, but thankfully not a lot. He felt violated, and he wanted answers. Guessing from the last comment she had made, she had slept for only a few hours. But he didn't care.

He went into the bedroom and shook Jieun. "Jieun, wake up." Eunhyuk grew impatient. "Now, please." She sleepily woke up. Her eyes looked at Eunhyuk, and she smiled. "Oh, morning, baby." She started getting up to kiss a standing Eunhyuk, but he instead shoved his phone in her face. "May I know what this is?" Jieun rubbed her eyes, and looked at the screen. After a few seconds, she sat up, perfectly composed. "So?" she was looking at the screen. "You violated my privacy and revealed intimate details about our relationship without even asking me. Don't you feel anything wrong about it?" "Why should I? You are my man, and I just flaunted how good you are. Now, all the bitches will face reality and stay away from you." Eunhyuk was fuming now. "Are you for real? Did you even think about me before doing this?" "If you really love me, you shouldn't mind at all." Eunhyuk felt as if lightning had struck his brain. "Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable." He was pacing in the room. After a few seconds, he stopped and turned to face her. "Tell me, were you even sick, or did you pretend to be sick to get me to you?" Jieun hesitated for a second, and that was all Eunhyuk needed. 

He walked to the side of the bed and started dressing. "Hyukaa, please listen to me. It's not what you are thinking." Eunhyuk, finally dressed at an unbelievably fast pace, turned to Jieun. "Don't bother answering. I can't believe this. After all this, after all the efforts I have been putting for YOU..." he could not control his emotions anymore. "You know what? We are done. This has been happening for months now, and I can't do this anymore. I am done." He slammed the door behind him and left.