Royal Temptations

Bonus Chapter 16

Look I know these parent chapters are taking over but I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS FOR THEIR LITTLE FAMILY I LOVE THEM TO BITS. I seriously love Jun amd Xing as parents, and DaeHyun and ChaoXing have been some of my favorite OCs ever.

We tend to hover around young ages so BIG age jump here. Brace yourselves.

No new current jams. Lots of Mayday. Lots of Thunder. Kihyun singing Believer and Natural too.

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Junmyeon's POV

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"Just go away dad!" Yixing and I exchanged a look. He quirked an eyebrow, but all I did was shrug. I had no idea what to do. Kids, especially fifteen year olds, didn't come with handy manuals that told you how to operate them. All I gathered was that DaeHyun came home from China visibly upset and stormed up to his room, slamming the door so hard the wall shook. ChaoXing wouldn't say anything, sworn to secrecy by some imaginary pact.

"It's dad and pa," I replied at last, gently knocking on the wood beside his keep out sign. "We just want to talk to you pumpkin. You're upset. We want to help you."

"Go away!" I sighed, turning to Yixing. His turn to shrug, frowning thoughtfully at the door like it would magically melt if we stood here long enough. "It's none of your business anyway." Some of the malice dropped away, giving sorrow its place instead. My heart ached. I hated seeing my children suffer, over anything. Finally Yixing tugged my arm and we left DaeHyun alone, heading up to our own room.

This had been building and building for months. As the kids got older, Yixing and I took them to more and more places. And both DaeHyun and ChaoXing both had been to China numerous times on their own. The last few solo trips DaeHyun left eager to go, only to come home mopey and uninterested, seemingly distracted. And sometimes angry. When we called the staff, or Luhan, or anyone, no one seemed to know what was going on. They all claimed he acted just fine when they were around. We'd gotten him together with Sungbin a few times, but he acted normal around him. Weimin and Weisheng also reported that he acted just fine around them. So we came to the only conclusion we could think of.

Li Jie.

Those two had become practically inseparable over the years. They always sought each other out at functions. Called each other most nights to talk and exchange news. Played games online together (a concept still kind of new to me as mother and father didn't really let me play many games). DaeHyun always made sure to include Jie in any list of guests he was making. Birthday presents. Christmas presents. You name it. They were practically like real brothers.

So what was happening?

"I don't get it," Yixing finally admitted to me when we both settled in our room. He stretched out sideways on the bed, his feet dangling over the edge. I sat at the vanity, staring into the mirror, praying it would reveal some kind of secret to me. "DaeHyun loves going to China and seeing everyone. What's gotten into him lately? It's like he doesn't enjoy it anymore." I frowned down to our guest, Jie the stuffed lamb. Salvaged from the garbage can in the kitchen and run through the wash for the first time in his life. Though he was worse for wear. DaeHyun took this toy with him everywhere until he was twelve. Then one day it just stopped going places with us.

"I don't know," I said, spinning around to face my husband. "It is strange, isn't it? Not much gets to that boy. But something is clearly bothering him about this last trip." He just wouldn't tell us what.

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DaeHyun's POV

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Stupid, stupid China boys.