1,147 KM (Run To You) Jeongcheol AU

1147 KM

“Let’s break up.”

That’s the last text Seungcheol received, 14 hours ago when he was still in Japan. He is now in a cab, on his way to his shared apartment with his boyfriend, Jeonghan, in Seoul. He couldn’t contact Jeonghan and had to finish his board meeting in the morning before he caught a flight, flying back to Seoul. Jeonghan seems to block all his contact access and now Seungcheol prays that Jeonghan is at home, safe and sound.

Seungcheol and Jeonghan were high school sweethearts, and have been in a relationship for 10 years now. They even moved into an apartment together (although Seungcheol wanted a penthouse for them) 3 years ago. There’s been ups and downs in their relationship but never, they never ask for a breakup. Seungcheol kept on calling Jeonghan’s number, in hope that the latter would respond.

Seungcheol admits that, lately he’s been getting busy with his work, precisely after his father appointed him as the new CEO, replacing his own father’s position. He rarely spends time with Jeonghan, unless they were meeting each other at home, with Jeonghan cooking dinner, cuddling him to sleep while talking about their day together. Perfect, it's perfect for them. So, what went wrong ? Did Jeonghan get tired of being alone ? Did Jeonghan get tired of waiting for Seungcheol to be home ? Did he find someone new ? No, couldn't be. Right ?

Seungcheol rushed to the lift, even stopping the door while it’s about to close. He quickly pushed the 17th button on the elevator. His heart thumping fast, cannot wait to reach their apartment unit, hoping for his boyfriend is there, waiting for him too. If not, Seungcheol doesn’t know what will happen to him. Once he arrived at their apartment’s unit, Seunghceol took a deep breath, punched the security code and pushed the door open.

“I’m home ..”

Silence. Seungcheol walked inside, looking around the apartment. The unit is so quiet and tidy. He can see a bowl of cereal on the table. He exhaled, knowing that Jeonghan is still around.

“Sweetheart ? Jeonghan ? I’m home.”

“Baby—”

Seungcheol caught Jeonghan, sleeping soundly on their shared bed, curling under the blanket. Oh, he’s wearing Seungcheol’s shirt, his long bangs covered his eyes, his pink lips pout while sleeping and it’s the best view Seungcheol could have after a long sleepless night in Japan.

Seungcheol took a seat next to Jeonghan, caressing the latter's cheek. He missed him. He missed his angel, he missed talking to him, listening to his story and cuddling him to sleep. Jeonghan seems awakened by Seungchoel’s presence. Slowly he opened his eyes, and he saw his boyfriend looking at him with tired eyes but still managed to pull the sweetest smile for him.

“Hey–”

“Cheol ?”

Jeonghan sits up, throwing his body on his boyfriend, hugging him, and crying. Seungcheol was shocked but he still pulled Jeonghan into a tight hug, caressing his back, patting his head.

“What’s wrong ? Hmm ?”

“I’m sorry—”

“It’s okay baby. Don’t do that again. I almost had a heart attack.”

Seungcheol laughed. Jeonghan broke their hug and stared at his boyfriend’s face.

“You’re not mad ?”

“No. I was worried. You suddenly want to break up and block my number. I almost went crazy, you know ?”

Jeonghan caressed Seungcheol’s cheeks. He missed him. Seungcheol has been flying overseas these past weeks. He was in China for a week, then not so long after he’s back, he flew to Japan, leaving Jeonghan alone. While Jeonghan struggles to finish his works as editors, since the deadline is getting near. The peak was, he fell sick but he didn't want to tell Seungcheol. Yesterday, while cooking some pasta, he accidentally dropped the sauce on the floor and he cried hard. He suddenly became so sensitive, mad and that’s when he called Seungcheol, asking for a break up. Sounds crazy but yeah, it’s happened.