𝕃𝔼: 𝕃𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝟚 [BxM] 16+✔️

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few days later,
New Rochelle, NY
Liegth Mansion
foyer
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"Landon, your boyfriend's here!" Leah yelled up the stairs, holding the door open as Ryojin stood patiently outside.

Landon came running down the stairs and once he saw it was Ryojin, he lightly shoved Leah away for referring to Ryojin as his "boyfriend".

"H-hi, are you here for Ace or- do you wanna come in?" he offered nervously, inviting Ryojin towards his bedroom on the second floor.

Landon's room

Ryojin sat down beside Landon on the corner of his bed, "Are you free today?" the Korean asked casually.

Landon thought for a second before nodding, nervously playing with the threads at the bottom of his black jeans-turned-shorts, "Y-yes."

"I want to take you somewhere." Ryojin stated simply, it wasn't formed as a question but Landon could tell it was an offer.

The 20-year-old nodded, "Alright, where are we going?" he asked with a smile, softly bouncing in his seat.

Ryojin smiled lovingly at him, "It's a surprise. But change into something that covers your legs before we go, ok?" he pointed to Landon's shorts.

Landon had other questions but he knew Ryojin didn't like being disobeyed so he climbed off the bed and went over to his closet, grabbing a pair of dark blue jeans.

"Where's Daehyun?" he asked while casually changing his pants in front of Ryojin.

"With my sister. Are your parents fine with you being gone for a few hours?" Ryojin asked, standing up and heading towards the door since Landon was finished dressing.

Landon chuckled softly, "If it's with you, they're fine with me being gone for a month." he shrugged casually.

Ryojin stopped and turned to Landon, putting his hand under Landon's chin and lifting it slightly, "Cookie, just because we're no longer together doesn't mean I like you shrugging." he reminded Landon in a calm but strict voice.

A shiver ran down Landon's spine and something in him just wanted to go back to his room and spend the entire day tangled in the sheets with Ryojin.

No... you're taking this slow. I don't even know if I'm ready, I'm not about to lead him on, Landon reminded himself.

Landon nodded, "Right, it's just been so long. I forgot, I'm sorry sir." he answered, adding an instinctual 'sir' before he could stop himself.

Ryojin smirked before shaking his head, his loose wavy hair fell softly, "I forgive you, c'mon let's go."

a few hours later,
Albany, NY
In the forest
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"What are we in the woods?" Landon asked, almost tripping over a tree branch before Ryojin steadied him.

Ryojin chuckled softly, holding Landon's hand with one of his own and with the other, wrapping it around Landon's waist to guide him around a tree.

Landon was consensually blindfolded an hour ago in the car so he had no clue where he was, but he trusted Ryojin.

"Just keep going, there's nothing in your way this time." Ryojin said softly in Landon's ear, pulling Landon's body closer to his to make it easier to navigate.

Why exactly do I need to be blindfolded for this? Landon wondered as his heart raced. Nothing was scarier than him getting lost or falling in the forest.

Ryojin stopped walking eventually, pulling on Landon's waist to stop him from moving too, "We're here." Ryojin said.

Landon reached his hand up to the silk fabric on his eyes but paused, "C-can I remove it?" he waited for permission, a part of him was still submissive towards Ryojin.

"Go ahead." Ryojin answered, removing his hand from around Landon's waist by running it across the small of Landon's back; causing Landon to shiver slightly.

Landon pulled the blindfold off and was greeted first by the brightness of the outdoors after being in the dark for so long.

It took him a second to realize why this random spot in the middle of an Albany forest was so familiar, and then Landon remembered.

"This is where we met." he said softly, looking over at Ryojin with wide, loving eyes.

Ryojin nodded once before leaning over and pulling Landon closer by his nape, intimately kissing the young man.

"It's also the place I was planning to propose." Ryojin admitted in a low voice, as to not disturb the still sleep birds in the trees.

Landon froze, "Propose? Back then?" he asked surprised and partially scared. Landon wasn't sure he was ready for marriage either.

Shit, I forgot he knows Korean now, Ryojin shook his head, "No, not then, later. If we'd been together this whole time then I would've proposed around now." he quickly explained, noticing how Landon looked panicky.

"Oh. Ryojin, I'm not..." Landon turned to Ryojin, "I want to be with you, and I want to help you raise Daehyun. But I'm not a mom, Daehyun needs a mother."

Ryojin frowned, "You're turning me down because you're a male? You were raised with three fathers, what's the difference in Daehyun having two?" he pointed out, genuinely curious.

"It's different, I had a mom. She raised me until she died when I was 5, when I was young...I had a mom." Landon shook his head, "Boys need mothers."

"What can a woman do that you can't when it comes to raising a child?"
Landon sighed before answering Ryojin's question, "Moms teach empathy and...h-how to treat girls right. They teach their children how to cook and be respectful."

Ryojin's jaw tensed and he was visibly frustrated, "You can teach all that, I can teach that. You know how to cook, you're respectful, you have empathy." he stopped before shaking his head, "This isn't about Daehyun needing a mom, it's about you not wanting to be his mom."

Landon opened his mouth to say something but instead reached out and grabbed Ryojin's arm, "That's not it. I do want to raise him with you, of course I do."

"Then what's stopping you? I told you, I'm not going to force you to do something; which means I won't try to persuade you either." Ryojin said in a low voice before walking away, back towards the entrance to the hiking trails.

Fuck, I messed it all up.

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