Disclaimer: A fictional story using the members of Super Junior in whatever ways my crazy imagination decides. No ownership whatsoever.
Two Magnaes in Love
By WookieInspired
Chapter One
He could swear that every muscle in his body was sore. With much huffing and groaning, Ryeowook managed to peel his jacket off before collapsing onto the bed. Face down in the pillow he let out a tired but relieved sigh as his body released all of the tension it had been holding. The exhilaration of the concert was still coursing through his body, but he was simply too tired to bask in the afterglow. A part of him wanted to go to sleep, but another part him (his obsessive neat freak side) was urging him to go take a shower.
After a few more minutes of acting like a puddle, his obsessive need to be clean won out. With another groan, he forced his protesting muscles to work and got up off the bed. Giving one last forlorn look at the now rumpled sheets on his bed, he began the process of undressing.
His boxers were just about to slip down his waist when his hotel door crashed open with a sudden bang.
Ryeowook did the only thing he could do - he screamed like a little girl and made a dive for his bed.
Unfortunately, his sneakers decided that it was a good day to be an obstruction and proceeded to trip him. Even more unfortunately, his boxers slipped down of their own accord to reveal his ah… rump.
"Ryeowook why aren't you down celebrating with the oth-"Kyuhyun's words trailed off as his unbelieving eyes took in the delectable… cough… unexpected sight before him.
Ten seconds later he was rolling on the floor laughing uncontrollably. After all, who wouldn't laugh after seeing shy and modest Ryeowook faced down on the floor, rump fully in the air, with shoes and clothes strewn all about him?
"It's not funny!" Ryeowook screamed. With a harsh yank, he pulled his traitorous boxers back up and struggled to push himself off the floor.
"Ahh, thanks for the sight Ryeowook! It made this day even better!" Kyuhyun gasped out between breaths.
With a sniff, Ryeowook pulled himself off the floor and calmly (hastily) pulled the covers off the bed to cover himself.
After wiping away a few tears, Kyuhyun let his gaze rest on the frumpled form known as Kim Ryeowook. After many years spent getting to know him, Kyuhyun still thought that Ryeowook's most endearing trait was his innate shyness. Opposite to himself, Ryeowook was modest and quaint where he was brash and impatient. At first, he was sure that their personalities would clash, and surely the fact that Ryeowook had briefly resented him for the lost of his magnae status worsened matters. As it turned out however, out of all the members of Super Junior, it is Ryeowook that Kyuhyun is most comfortable with.
Opposites, as the saying goes, attract.
Ryeowook's humble and sincere personality played a large part in making him relax around the smallest member of Super Junior. Not a total stranger to the spotlight, he had quickly tired of the false facades and feelings that people in the entertainment world adopted.
Ryeowook was a breath of fresh air in a polluted crowd.
It helped also that Ryeowook had the uncanny ability to draw out sides of him he hadn't known he was capable of having. Feelings like protectiveness or worry had been limited to his family, but they now extended to a person named Kim Ryeowook.
Being the last one to join Super Junior, he knew that there would be moments where he would be left out of jokes or secrets that the other members had previously shared. Yet, what he hadn't expected was an eternal magnae with soulful eyes ready to fill him in. Even thinking on it now, Kyuhyun couldn't stop the soft smile from showing on his face.
That was new too.
Before Super Junior, he had been pretty much introverted. Yet, he could now acknowledge that joining Super Junior had helped lessen his reclusive tendencies and uncovered the devious, witty and yes, even caring person underneath.
Whether it was Ryeowook's shyness that provoked his protective side or his natural effervescent happiness that elicited smiles out of him, simply being near Ryeowook was enough to make him want to act like Heechul. And you know that's saying something.
The smile on Kyuhyun's face grew in response to his thoughts.
Seeing the smile, Ryeowook automatically responded with a smile of his own that only made the one on Kyuhyun's face grow wider if possible.
Blushing, Ryeowook averted his eyes and cleared his throat.
"I was just about to take a shower, so if there isn't anything that you need, I'll see you tomorrow." With that said Ryeowook made to beat a hasty retreat to his bathroom, blankets and all.
Kyuhyun could barely keep in the laughter as he watched Ryeowook run – no, more like shuffle madly towards the bathroom since his range of motion was restricted by the blanket. Remembering the reason why he had come to Ryeowook's room, he made a grab for a corner of the blanket.
"Not so fast Ryeowook! I came up here with every intention of dragging you down to the party with me. We're holding it in the hotel lobby downstairs, and since you missed the last one, I am definitely not letting you miss this one." Kyuhyun stated in a teasing voice that did nothing to hide the amusement he felt.
Twirling around, Ryeowook gave Kyuhyun a glare (something he needed to work on) and crossed his arms for good measure.
"I really don't feel like partying, Kyuhyun-ah. I just want to take a shower and go to bed. My body is aching all over and the last thing I want to do is get drunk and have to deal with a hangover tomorrow."
Kyuhyun let out a chuckle at the adorableness of Ryeowook's stance. Even though he knew Ryeowook was tired and frustrated, the only word that could describe how he looked was cranky – just like a little child.
Hands down, Ryeowook was the cutest member of Super Junior – in his opinion anyway.
Now Kyuhyun realized that such thoughts weren't exactly normal seeing as Ryeowook was a guy… a very effeminate guy and he was also a guy… a very masculine guy thank you very much, but gender specifics didn't seem to matter when it came to Ryeowook.
Any girl would be jealous of Ryeowook's flawless skin. Add high cheek bones and eyes as easy to read as a book, and you have yourself a veritable angel.
Simply put, Ryeowook was beautiful. It didn't matter that he was boy; there was just no other way to describe him.
He had been attracted to Ryeowook's personality from the very beginning, but now, he found himself attracted to Ryeowook physically as well. To be honest, he had been attracted to Ryeowook the moment he had laid his eyes on him in the meeting room all those years ago where it was announced that he would be joining Super Junior. Clear as crystal, he could remember the pout Ryeowook had directed at him, before he had had graciously clapped along with the rest of the members.
Even back then, that pout had stunned him.
The attraction increased ten folds once he heard Ryeowook sing. Needless to say, there wasn't anything that Kyuhyun didn't like about Ryeowook.
"Come on Ryeowook! Even Henry and Zhoumi are at the party and they have a 6 o'clock flight back to China tomorrow. You don't want to miss saying goodbye to them do you? How about I promise to take care of you tonight and make sure you don't drink too much?" Kyuhyun offered.
Giving a winning smile, he clasped his hands together in begging fashion and shot Ryeowook an imploring look. Kyuhyun knew Ryeowook would no longer be able to refuse him. Ryeowook could never refuse him anything for long, which made Kyuhyun feel all the more devious and happy.
Ryeowook couldn't stop the giggle at seeing Kyuhyun begging like a little puppy to be played with. Looking at his supposed 'dongsaeng', Ryeowook knew he had already caved to Kyuhyun's request.
Though nicknamed the evil magnae, Ryeowook knew Kyuhyun was a very deep and complicated person. Kyuhyun's perceptiveness made him seem years older than his true age, and somewhat explained his interactions with the other Super Junior members.
Ryeowook often times cursed that same perceptiveness as equally as he admired it. He cursed it, because he could never hide what he was thinking or feeling from Kyuhyun, but he admired it, because it was that same perceptiveness that Kyuhyun used to take care of him.
Oftentimes people would remark that Kyuhyun didn't treat his hyungs well. For example, Kyuhyun never cooked for the hyungs. It was true more often than not that Ryeowook cooked for all the members of Super Junior including Kyuhyun, but it was equally true that Kyuhyun often stayed behind to help him clean up. Ryeowook knew that Kyuhyun did indeed respect his hyungs but just liked to show it in his own way.
Being around Kyuhyun made him feel like a mother hen at times (mostly when the situation involved a prank). Yet even more so, being around Kyuhyun also gave him a peculiar feeling of familiarity and comfort.
He felt like he had known Kyuhyun all his life. It was amazing how fast one could grow close to a person.
Remembering back, his first impression of Kyuhyun was clouded by feelings of jealously at both the lost of his magnae status as well as Kyuhyun's height. All Ryeowook could think was – not another one! He had already felt like a midget next to Siwon, and here came Kyuhyun practically a head taller than him and his dongsaeng to boot!
Life wasn't fair at times.
Yet, funnily enough, it was Kyuhyun's height that helped to endear him to Ryeowook permanently.
Still uncomfortable with the fame that being a member of Super Junior brought, Ryeowook always made sure to be near someone he knew during events. With his height, Kyuhyun was the first person Ryeowook saw whenever he walked into a room, and so gradually, Kyuhyun became the person he sat near, walked closed to, and stood next to. It was a perfect setting for a bond to gradually form and strengthen.
Lately however, Ryeowook began realizing that Kyuhyun's height wasn't the only reason that his eyes strayed to the magnae's form. Without knowledge of how it began, Ryeowook realized that he unconsciously searched for Kyuhyun's form automatically whenever they were to be in the same room.
No matter if it was three people in the room or four hundred, until he saw Kyuhyun, something in him was not satisfied. The first time he realized this had been during the group's many appearances on Sukira Radio.
He had trudged into the broadcasting room right behind Sungmin, casually talking to him about the latest phones that had just come out. Everyone was getting settled into the seats, and just as he was about to settle in next to Sungmin, he felt unsettled. He began to look around in hopes of finding a reason for his uneasiness, but found nothing. He faintly heard Sungmin asking him what was wrong, but that faded away as his eyes landed on Kyuhyun's form walking through the doorway.
Just like that, the feelings of discontent disappeared.
When had he become so attached?
The moment had unsettled him enough that something must have shown on his face as Sungmin worriedly pulled him down into a chair and asked if he was okay. Before he could respond, the sound of rustling clothes and the squeak of a chair registered through his brain and then the sound of Kyuhyun's voice asking him if he was okay fell on his ears.
Turning to look at his dongsaeng's face, Ryeowook couldn't help but remember how warm he felt to see the clear concern etched into those beautiful eyes. He responded with the typical 'I'm fine' and received a nod and a quirk of lips in return.
And really, Ryeowook thought, everything was fine after that because Kyuhyun was next to him and that was all that mattered.
Shaking his head in rueful embarrassment, Ryeowook shook himself from his memories and returned his gaze to Kyuhyun's form.
Ryeowook could only sigh in defeat.
There was no point in denying it now. He was in love with the evil magnae of Super Junior and he couldn't get it in himself to mind.
"Alright. I'll go, but you better keep your promise, Kyuhyun!" Ryeowook threatened. He was rewarded with a beaming smile that caused butterflies to erupt in his stomach.
"You won't regret it Wookie! I'll make sure you have fun tonight." Kyuhyun said with a strange glint in his eye.
Cursing internally, Ryeowook turned around quickly to head for the bathroom all the while hoping that Kyuhyun hadn't seen the blush heating his cheeks. Darn hormones!
This time, he made it to his bathroom without further delay and shut (and locked) the door quickly. Leaning against the closed door, Ryeowook closed his eyes and took in deep calming breaths.
Hearing the water turn on, Kyuhyun finally let the laughs he had been holding in free. His quick eyes had seen the blush that had stained Ryeowook's precious cheeks red and had felt very pleased with his self for being the reason behind it. Dropping himself onto Ryeowook's bed, he settled himself to wait for Ryeowook to finish. Grabbing Ryeowook's pillow, he buried his face into its softness and lightly breathed in the scent that lingered on it.
Letting out a groan, he realized that he was in deep. This wasn't simple attraction anymore and nor did he think it was a phase. He found himself thinking more and more about Ryeowook with each passing day without any real reason to justify it other than that he missed the little magnae more than he should.
A brief flash of Ryeowook's cute rump flickered through his mind, and nothing could stop the pleased chuckle that escaped his mouth. Yes, he was definitely attracted to Ryeowook physically. If the blush was anything to go by, Ryeowook was attracted to him as well. The thought pleased him to no end.
Turning his gaze up to the white ceiling, he mulled over what he should do next now that he had firmly established that he liked Ryeowook.
What do you do when you like another person? Ask them out on a date of course. But in this situation, such a thing would be highly impractical seeing as they were both so busy that they sometimes didn't even have time to sleep.
So what could he do?
The only chances he got to spend with Ryeowook were during scheduled appearances or during recording sessions. Dating wasn't exactly possible during those times.
Or was it? Already, he could feel a plan forming in his mind.
If time with his precious hyung was so hard to come by, he would have to make the most of the time they did spend together. He'd have to be sneaky, but that just made things all the more fun.
Tonight, he decided, would be the start of his plan to woo Kim Ryeowook. He hoped Ryeowook was ready for him, because he had no intention of giving up until he had his little hyung's heart.
Let the games begin.
AN: I love Kyuwook so much that I had to write something about them even though I haven't written in over five years. This is purely for enjoyment and not to be taken seriously. I hope to incorporate actual SJ events, but put a Kyuwook spin on them of course. Thank you for reading.