The 7th Year | Kim SeokJin

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Rachel was secretly feeding the sugar glider it's (not allowed) second strawberry for the week, when the front door flew open. Rachel, out of surprise, ate said strawberry quickly and with worried eyes looked at the door.
The door slammed behind him, and his tired watery eyes met Rachel's. He had obviously been crying, his red puffy eyes unable to look towards the one person he wanted to see. He looked away and walked quickly to the back of the house.
"Jin!" She called after him, running to put the sugar gliders up and skidding into their bedroom with worry. "Jin, what happened?" She yelled once there was no answer from Jin in the bedroom. The restroom door was closed slammed shut, Rachel jumping at the loud noise and stopping in her steps. Something was majorly wrong. Rachel carefully walked to the door, resting her head against the door "Jinnie.." She kncoked quietly. "Please open the door."
He was vomiting in the restroom, and relentless door pounding started from Rachel.
"Jin, open the door!" She was angry, and now... worried. She wiggled the locked door knob over and over, pulling and pushing so much she hoped the handle would fall off.
"Jin whats going on?" She asked quietly trying the doorknob once more. "SeokJin!" She resumed the pounding after she heard the toilet flush but was met with silence.
The door latched clicked and she gasped, taking a step back. Her hand shook as it hovered over the knob, nervous of what was inside. She pressed on the door knob, the door clicking open quietly - Jin looking at anything except her.
"Are you sick?" She asked, kneeling down on the cold tile floor behind him.
"No." He finally grunted, gathering his composure to look at her. "Something happened today."
"What happened?" She smiled, laughing slightly - trying to make him happier. Jin stared at a spot on the wall in the restroom, his watery eyes finding hers.
"I had a meeting today." He rubbed his temples, and wiped a tear off with the back of his hand. "I didn't know what to do." He whispered with his eyes closed, his hands covering his face again. "I got sent home." He wasn't making much sense to Rachel,
"Jin..." Rachel urged, grabbing his hand trying to scoot closer to him. "What did they say?"
"They know about you." He explained. Rachel froze. "Everything was fine, I dont know." He laughed to himself. "They were going over the schedule and Jimin pointed out your name, and then they had a picture..." He paused to let a few tears fall, turning his head to sniffle. "They know everything."
"What happened?" Rachel asked, sitting closer. Jin rolled his eyes, sniffling again. "What picture? What are you talking about?"
"You wore my house shoes out, specially made by Si-Hyuk. Someone within the company took a picture of you with them, and they decided to investigate I guess." His worried panicked eyes met hers as he let out a small laugh. "They somehow found our marriage certificate." He sighed, clicking his jaw and he continued to explain. "So anyways, all contracts are back dated to the first one." Rachel slowly nodded, sort of understanding. "Since we were already married, my contract is void."
"What?" She asked dumbfounded.
"They sent me home." He shrugged. "I don't know. I'm in a lot of trouble." His wobbly head jolted to find the toilet, he decided on settling his head against the cool floor.
"I'm sorry for causing the trouble." She frowned, reaching out to hug him as he lay on the floor.
"No." He said sadly. "There is no reason..." He huffed to himself, turning his body slightly to look at her as she sat beside him. "I didn't tell you about the stupid shoes."
Rachel smiled, a simple smile - giving him what he wanted to see.
"Well, what are you going to do?" She asked, placing a hand on his back and rubbed. He groaned at the idea of having to think.
"Take my punishment." He said to the ground.
"What is the punishment?" Rachel asked. Jin shrugged. "Okay." She said slowly, looking around the large bathroom to figure it out. "You know Marcia reads contracts for a living." Rachel smiled sweetly, leaning forward onto her own legs as she poked him.
"She is NOT coming to Korea right now!" He bellowed from the floor.
"I know Jin." She responded. "I've been wanting to see her again, and this seems like a perfect opportunity for me to escape."
Jin rolled over on his back, Rachel having to scoot a bit from his movement.
"You shouldn't feel the need to escape." Jin flatly said as he stared at the ceiling. "You shouldn't have too."
"Jin, first of all, sit up and stop crying." She tugged on his arm trying to get him to sit up.
"I'm not crying!" He insisted and Rachel nodded with him.
"Okay, we aren't crying." She smirked over him, wiping a tear of his away.
"I'm not." He said again, slowly sitting up, dramatically pushing her away as he sat up.
"I'm not allowed to cry anymore, remember?" She poked him, but he caught her hand before it could poke him.
"I don't want you to leave." He said quietly, pulling her arm towards him; her head careening into his chest and he held on tight.
"Sometimes we have to wait SeokJin." She repeated words she had heard him tell her before. "Go and accept your fate and dont worry about me. Once we figure out what they want to do, we will figure out what we want to do. They can't divorce us."
Jin's watery eyes met hers again. "They will do everything in their power to try."
"Then make them rewrite the contract!" Rachel laughed. "Get the boys involved. They can't keep us apart forever. I've waited 7 years before, I can wait some more." She smiled.
"It's not that simple." His head fell on her shoulder.
"I know." She laughed, scratching the back of his neck. "But I tried." She laughed. He stayed quiet, head on her shoulder as he rested with his eyes closed.
"I'm sorry." He said quietly. "You shouldn't have to go through this."
"Neither should you. I'm not going anywhere though." She tilted her head to kiss his hair, giving it another kiss just because.
Jin lifted his head, rubbing his eyes with his fists.
"I do have a question for you." He asked with a lop sided grin. "While they were degrading me, and telling me you had no rights right now trying to make me feel like shit - it got me thinking." He paused. Rachel rose both her eyebrows in response to his words. "Why don't you stop taking your birth control?"
Rachel choked on her spit. Jin laughed, helping her gently patting her back. She laughed nervously, turning her head.
"Was that a question, or a request?" She laughed, making sure her throat was clear.
"Both." He shrugged.
"I can stop taking it." She said looking away coyly. "But I have one request if we are actually seriously going to talk about this."
"Request granted." He grinned, leaning in for a kiss. She blocked him with a hand to the chest, pushing him back.
"What was the request?" She asked. He tried to lean in again. "SeokJin." She said seriously, pressing his chest to get his full attention. "I want you to be there for the birth of our children. Once that can be done, I can stop taking it."
"Rachel." He sighed, pressing his forhead against hers. "How am I supposed to do that?"
She smiled.
"I'll do it." She grinned, leaning back. Jin rolled his eyes. "Find out your punishment. I need copies of your contracts." She kissed his nose standing up. "I'll call Marcia."
"You're really going to go?" He cried again from the floor. "Dammit!"
"Jin." She hovered over him on the floor. "Get up. We need to plan our future." She skipped out of the bathroom.