torn • jb & yg

t w e n t y f o u r

The atmosphere on the house has been weird for the last hours. Yugyeom's older brother went out to buy some stuff with their mom. Ira was out for the day with GiYeom and Mark, since he offered to show my brother around the city and they were attending a skateboarding event. I stayed with Yugyeom the whole day since he's in bed, he's not feeling well. Immediately after he broke down to cry, he started feeling fever.

"Here. Drink this." I said to him as I entered to his room. He was lying on my bed. He sat down and grabbed the cup from my hands. I stood and went to the wardrobe to get a blanket for him. The weather changed drastically, this morning was the sun shining but now it's cold and grey outside.

I placed the blanket on his body and he looked at me in a tender way. I smiled and caressed his cheeks. "So... What do you want to do?" I asked and he shrugged.

"I don't know." He answered as he took a sip of the tea I made for him.

"Do you want to play some video games?" I asked but he shook his head. "I am not really in the mood." He said and I nodded.

I noticed he was still feeling sad about this afternoon's altercate. "What about a movie?" I asked. He hesitated a bit but then he agreed. I walked to the shelve that had a lot of DVD boxes and grabbed the first one.

"This one?" I asked.

"Sure. I love it." He said smiling. I set up the movie and climbed the bed, he brought me closer to him and pulled the blanket on top of us. I noticed how he laughed a few times as Toy Story was playing on the flat screen.

It made me feel warm inside, seeing him genuinely happy about an animated movie. I moved closer to him to kiss him on his cheek. He jumped in surprise when he felt my lips on his hot skin. I noticed he still had fever.

He turned around and looked at me with a mischievous look. "You're so cute." I said answering at his confusion. He smile widely and returned his eyes to the movie. I grabbed his hand and pulled it closer to my chest and hugged his arm. I felt so safe and happy being so close to him. This was probably my favorite place in the whole world.

***

"How are you feeling love?" Her mother asked in Korean. Yugyeom opened his eyes since he was taking a nap on the living room.

"I feel better now." He said sitting down straight. I smiled at him and brought him a glass of water.

"Dear, could you please get me some herbs from the garden?" She asked and I nodded.

"Right away." I said and stepped outside to look for the herbs. I walked towards the small fence and leaned on the rail. My eyes scanned the pots until I finally found the herbs so I tore a few branches. I heard someone clearing his throat behind me. I turned around and found YuHeom standing behind me. His eyes were fixed on the ground and his hands rested behind his back.

"Hazel-ssi... - He started without looking at me – I am deeply sorry for my behavior early. I not acted like a gentleman and gave you a unpleasant welcome to our house." He said swallowing hard.

I felt a little nervous since I looked behind him and saw the door closed so now I was alone with him outside. I nodded but of course he couldn't see me since his eyes were still on the floor.

"I feel ashamed of my behavior, I hope you can find forgiveness in your heart." He said now looking up to me.

I froze in my place as I saw his eyes were watery. It shocked me again how much he looked like Yugyeom without the idol look that Yugyeom has. His brother instead has plain dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. Now that he was standing in front of me, I realized he's not that old, he must twentyish.