HIS TOUCH || JAEYONG

Chapter 25 doe eyes

The rest of the dinner was comfortable. Their mom had made Jaehyun's favorite dish and he hadn't realized how much he actually had missed homemade food. They talked about all kinds of things to catch up the past year Jaehyun had not lived home.

He stole glances at Taeyong from time to time but never caught the other's eyes again. He was totally being ignored. Ji-Eun and him didn't look like they were together or anything. They didn't even exchange odd looks to each other.

"So...tell us Jaehyun, are you in a relationship with anyone?" Both of his parents looked at him with expectant eyes. Were they seriously going to ruin the mood to talk about the topic Jaehyun knew they were very awkward with?

"Um...no," he answered after chewing his mouth empty.

"He actually really likes someone but he's too much of a coward to confess," Ji-Eun disturbed in the conversation. Jaehyun gave her a warning look but at the same time confusion was puzzling him. Why would she say that if the person she was referring to was supposedly his boyfriend?

"Oh really? Tell us about him," Jaehyun was trying his best to not to cringe. It was just too weird to hear his mom saying 'him'.

"Mom, can we just not talk about that?" How could he even tell them about the person that was sitting right in front of him? He lifted his eyes and to his surprise he was met by a pair of doe eyes gazing at him. Taeyong didn't even break the eye contact immediately. Why did he look angry?

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"Jaehyun we were wondering if you'd want to stay the night here? It's already so late," They were now done eating. Jaehyun turned to his mom. "Your room is still the same if you're wondering."

"I still don't know about the moving in yet but sure, I can stay for a night," Jaehyun glanced then at his sister and Taeyong that were discussing about something at the doorway. He would be leaving now and Jaehyun had not exchanged any words with him the whole time. He wanted to talk to him privately but he had no chance for that as everyone else was in the same room all the time.

He still couldn't believe the two of them would actually be together. He was almost sure about it being a lie because he had not seen neither of them touching each other in any way. He knew that he was the only one Taeyong was comfortable with, and he could not change that quickly. But even just seeing the two standing too close to each other made him feel so much jealousy.

"Taeyong you could stay the night too. I really don't want you catch a cold in the rain. Your girl wouldn't want that either, right Ji-Eun?" Their mother asked.

"Thanks but no thanks. I'll manage, no need to worry," Then Jaehyun remembered it. Taeyong hates rain. It was raining heavily and Taeyong's home was not so close. Was he really going to walk?

Jaehyun looked at him trying to see any sign of hesitation or nervousness. He then noticed how he was squeezing his hand in a fist trying to keep it from shaking. He suddenly had a huge urge to protect the boy.

"Mom, that's a great idea! Let's have a sleepover!" Jaehyun acted enthusiastically. Taeyong gave him a weird look.

"I'm fine-"

"Yeah it is a great idea. Why didn't I think of that?" Jaehyun was confused about his sister's response. Why did she look so enthusiastic about it? Did she want to sleep in a same bed with him or something? "Taeyong, Jaehyun will lend you clothes and you can sleep in his room."