Destined | 예정되지 않은 Series

Fifth Chapter

The sunlight hit the inside of the room through the slightly opened windows and the wavy curtains, waking up the short petite man as he sleepily yawned and caressed the side next to him, searching for a sunkissed figure only to find empty space and messy sheets.

He sat up slowly searching around the room for the said figure but it was just a mess, and him. He pouted while sighing and standing up from the bed. He then started cleaning up his room and found a Rolex watch under the blankets which belonged to, “Hyuck-ah… I told him to remove it before getting to the bed but he never listens to me. Guess I gotta keep it securely for now.”

He kept the object inside his wardrobe's locker and after a one final look, he decided to leave once everything looked fine. He exited his room, making his way downstairs to the living room.

He saw his father was already awake and thought it was not really early in the morning. He must have woken up late. He took a breath and walked to his father's direction, joining him on the table.

“Good morning, Papa.”

“It's almost afternoon, Taeil.” Jongdae corrected his son while offering a smile and the latter smiled back sheepishly in embarrassment.

“Yeah… I guess I woke up late today.” Taeil said nervously. Even though Jongdae was smiling at him he felt nervous. He felt something was about to come and it was just a calmness before the tsunami.

Jongdae nodded and asked, “Did you stay awake till late? I mean you don't usually wake up late so I wondered.”

“Ahh… I did stay awake for one or two hours late but then I fell asleep. Maybe it's just because I was pretty tired.” Taeil answered, his voice trembling a little. Why was he feeling so freaking nervous? He didn't do anything wrong then why he felt his heart skipping in his chest in fear.

“Well, that's understandable as anyone will get tired after riding a dick all night, no?”

Now Taeil actually gulped in horror. “W-what? Papa?”

Jongdae just chuckled and continued. “It's obvious that you still didn't ask if I have seen Donghyuck or not. Didn't you wonder where he went when you woke up and didn't find him around?”

“I did think for a second but then I just thought it could be his classes or something… So I just let it slide instead of bothering you.”

“Awhh… Look at my little boy, how much he grew up.”

Taeil couldn't figure if Jongdae's compliment was actually intended to compliment him or not. But since his smile seemed tender, he also decided to smile back and they both smiled at each in silence.

SLAP!

“P-Papa?”

“Don't you fucking dare to call me that, Byun Taeil!” Jongdae yelled and Taeil felt tears spilling into his eyes as he caressed his stinging, reddened cheek.

“What did you think? Or what have you been thinking all this time or should I ask, what have you been doing all this time?”

“What are you saying, Papa? I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't do anything.”

Jongdae laughed humorlessly while shaking his head. “So you haven't only become a bad person but you also became a bad liar.”

Taeil was about to chim in again but a thud interrupted him. He saw that Jongdae had thrown his pregnancy reports on the table and he gasped in intense horror after realization hit him.