Beauteous Luhan

[VI] - Dawn (n.)

|A|t the age of eight, Sehun is already aware that his parents' marriage was done out of love, it was forced on them. Though Jonghun loves Sehee, Sehee doesn't love him.

Sehun have already witnessed many of his parents' countless fights, right before his supposed to be innocent eyes. It was then he realized that he must think like a big boy does when he first landed his gaze on his little brother's eyes. Those doe-eyes that are staring back at him, holding such fragility of its owner's soul. Sehun realized that if their parents can't take care of them, he will take care of Luhan and protect him against their madness, at all cost.

"Hi, baby, I'll be your daddy from now on."

At the age of thirteen, Sehun became ascertain that what he felt for his little brother was not just a simple brotherly affection. It was not just an urge to care and protect his brother, it was more powerful, a desire, an obsession, it was love. He became ascertain when he stared at his brother's face for the first time. His eyes first landed on the latter's small pink lips, then on the latter's button nose, and lastly, on the latter's sparkling doe-eyes that he learned to admire. Luhan was beyond beautiful, Sehun realized as his heart aches in a delightful manner.

Sehun's memories brought him back to the time when he first kissed Luhan.

"Daddy, when are they coming home?" Sehun remembered that Luhan doesn't call their parents "Mom" or "Dad" whenever the latter's speaking about them and is with him.

"I don't know, baby." Sehun replied, caressing Luhan's head that was lying on his chest. Their parents are out, while it's raining cats and dogs outside, and are surprisingly, dating. Maybe they're even checked-in in a hotel that moment. Sehun also remembered that Luhan greatly feared thunder and lightning that time. Though Sehun wonders if his baby is still scared of it until now.

"But the lightning might come inside, daddy and kill us!" Luhan exclaimed just as when a thunder boomed outside. Luhan started sobbing and clinging tightly onto Sehun like his life depends on the latter. Sehun stiffen his laugh with astonishment.

"Don't worry, baby, daddy got you." Sehun lifted Luhan's chin to wipe the latter's tearstained doe-eyes before peering at it.

"Your eyes are really dazzling, baby." Sehun complimented his little brother making the latter blushed a cherry redness. It was so stunning.

Sehun inched his face towards Luhan until their lips are almost touching, and there, they kissed.

Sehun didn't regret kissing Luhan, it's the most beauteous thing that happened in his life.

He just continued doing it on his baby instead.

At the age of seventeen, when Sehun thought that his family could be normal is when he found out how sick they really are. They can never be healed.

"Sehun's not my son." Jonghun slowly repeated what Sehee said, like he was contemplating the bitter taste of the truth.

"Yes, you're not his father, bastard! Why would I allow myself to have a son from an asshole like you!?"

Sehun silently listens on his parents' fight in the kitchen from his place in the living room. The room is dark, its light is turned off, making him unnoticeable as he's sitting on their couch.

"I'm going to kill him." Jonghun spat angrily.

"Go! Lay a finger on my son and I'll also kill your son from that slut!"

"What the fuck are you saying bitch!?"

"Ha! You're lucky that I didn't said anything, that I didn't complain about everything. Your whore just knock on our door and gave me her son. Your son! What do you think I'm going to feel about that, huh!?"

Sehun smirked, he's not as insane as his parents were after all. Luhan was not his twin brother but only his mere step-brother. It's not that maniacal now to love him.

But Sehun should have known earlier. He shouldn't have disregarded the signs, how he'd grown a young man faster than Luhan, how he's a seventeen year old guy and his brother still looks like ten, and how his mother treats his "twin" with hatred as she treats him with love. How come his "stepfather" didn't noticed it too?

His parents' fights then became severe just as how his yearning for Luhan became stronger each day. He doesn't mind tainting Luhan, the latter's innocence at bay. He's more advantageous that way.

Sehun believes that Luhan will feel the same way anyway. Eventually.

That unfaithful day also came sooner though, when his stepfather tried to kill him by stabbing him. But Sehun was thankful that Kai came to help him. Kai was a good friend.

Because of Kai, he learned to be stronger. Because of Kai, he learned to claim what's his.

"Wait for me, baby, I'll be back."

He was watching Luhan from afar since the time he regained his strength. He knew what his stepfather was doing on his precious baby and there was a time when he almost want to show up and attack his stepfather but he also knew that it's not the right time.

Not until now.

He alternate his gaze on the road and on the sleeping princess beside him. He smiled.

'Finally'

Sehun planned everything. From Minseok, until his stepfather's death, to Luhan's fake death and lastly, the call to Luhan's acquaintance.

He kidnapped Minseok, brought him to a plastic surgeon to change the latter's face into Luhan's. He send fake messages from her mother to his stepfather so that the latter will leave that hell-of-a-house where he used to live and he can be able to make love with Luhan while the latter's asleep. He killed Minseok beforehand and the plastic surgeon, brought Minseok's body to Luhan's house and the things happened earlier escalated from there. He then called that Baekhyun guy who's approaching his Luhan lately, that he also found out was an inspector, so that the guy will not follow Luhan anymore and he'll stop being a hindrance on Sehun's plan.

At the age of twenty-four, Sehun have set him and Luhan free. He had never been so happy until now.

He drove until he reached that place, his home.

And it's already dawn, this would surely be the better start of the day for him and for Luhan from now on.