The Devil Within (yujae)

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Jaehyun looks at Ten, "I can read his thoughts. That's the part you missed." Ten looks between the both of them, thinking. "Just his or everyone's?" Ten didn't want Jaehyun knowing what he was thinking. He could be beyond perverted sometimes. "Don't worry, it's only Yuta's because of our bond."

"About that, what kind of bond are we talking about. I'll admit with everything you've told me and show me I believe you, but I still don't understand." Yuta was telling the truth but his head was starting to hurt from all this new information he was having to process.

Jaehyung shifted in his chair, "I'll try to keep this as short as possible but I will have to start from the beginning, but first, how far back can you remember Yuta? How young were you in your first memory?" Yuta thought about it...My earliest memory...hmm...His mind was cloudy, like there was a thick fog that he couldn't get through. The only thing he could remember was being 13 and having his first nightmare. They were a nightly occurrence back then. The doctors had said they were night terrors to begin with until they calmed down a few years later. He still had them every night but they weren't as bad. Then they gradually started happening less and less until they were once a month maybe. That is, until recently.

Yuta grabbed Ten's hand and held it needing something to keep him grounded. He did not want to cry in front of Jaehyun. "The earliest thing I remember is my first nightmare when I was 13." Jaehyun shook his head and looked...sad but angry at the same time. Yuta furrowed his brows, "Jaehyun, what's wrong?"

"I can tell you why your have those nightmares and why you don't remember anything before them." Yuta's eyes grew wide, "You can? Really? How, what do you know?" He honestly couldn't believe he would finally have any kind of answers about his nightmares.

"You won't like what I have to say but....the truth is, it was my brothers doing. All of it. My brother, Doyoung, is the epitome of being a demon. If you are wanting a bad one anyway. He was in Japan when you were a child and.." He hesitated and put his hand across the table, asking for silent permission. Yuta stuck his hand out and put it in Jaehyuns. He ran his thumb across Yuta's knuckles as he continued, "Doyoung found you playing outside when you were very young and started to terrorize you. Scaring you. Nothing too crazy at first. But as you got older he would cause you physical harm and eventually...when you hit puberty...he would not only hurt you physically and mentally but he started sexually abusing you."

Yuta sat there staring at Jaehyun, taking in everything he just said. Ten was sitting there mouth agape. "So your brother did all this? Caused all this? And how does this tie into his nightmares?" Ten reached over and squeezed Yuta's shoulder waiting to comfort him.

Jaehyun nodded, "Yes Doyoung caused all this. Once he got bored of Yuta he left and that is when the nightmares started. Doyoung was a living nightmare so he didn't have them when he was still around. I believe your brain shut out everything before the trauma to try and protect you from the worst. I can't be sure but that is what I think."

Yuta nodded. Most of it made sense to him. "So where do you come into all this?" That is what Yuta really wanted to know. What was Jaehyuns part in this whole thing?

"When I found out what my brother had done I went looking for you. I didn't know who you were or where you were. I just had to search on my own. The things my brother did left a mark on you, spiritually. Inside. I am drawn to that because of my relation to my brother. The closer I go to you the harder the pull."

"So when we bumped into each other that was a coincidence?" Jaehyun smiled. "Yes it was. I was feeling such a hard pull..I knew you were close. And then you literally ran into me. I was so happy but I couldn't just come out and tell you all this without scaring you. So I waited."

Yuta was on the verge of a migraine at this point. He was happy that Jaehyun was being so open and honest but he didn't think he could take anymore right now.

"Jaehyun, thank you for coming back and telling me the truth, but I don't think I do anymore of this tonight. Can we meet up tomorrow at Ten's after I get off work and finish this?" He was exhausted mentally.

"Yes of course. I understand. Ten, if Yuta is okay with it, could you stay with him tonight? I don't want him being alone. I am going to keep my distance for now and I know what will cause his nightmares to possibly come back."

Ten smiled and looked at Yuta, "Of course. He can try and say no but I'll just latch on and not let go." Jaehyun got up and headed towards the door, "I will see you two tomorrow, thank you for hearing me out. And believing me." With that he left.

"Come on Hyung, let's go to bed."