Chapter 2

Three weeks.

That's how long it had been since Changmin had seen Jaejoong last time. Three weeks since the first time Jaejoong had spoken to him. Three weeks since Jaejoong had touched his hand. Changmin couldn't get him out of his head. Everything he could think about was somehow related to Jaejoong. He felt like some kind of creepy ass stalker, but he couldn't help himself. There was something special about Jaejoong. Everything was special with him. But these past weeks he hadn't seen Jaejoong at school at all, and to be honest, he was a bit worried that something had happened to him. Sighing, Changmin opened the door to the school and stepped inside. It was a rainy day, and despite it being late summer, it was unusually cold outside. The past three weeks had just gone on like water under a bridge. Nothing special, in other words. He hadn't really made any friends, the only one approaching him was an annoying girl. Her name was Seohyun, and she kept following him around like a talkative shadow. Sure, she was cute and all, but looks weren't everything. Plus she acted like as if she owned him, when she clinged onto his arm all day long. Today was no exception. Seohyun came running the moment he stepped into the corridor, and she immediately took her place on his arm. He sighed deeply before he gave her a strained smile "Good morning, Seohyun-ssi."

"Oh, oppa, don't call me that..!" Seohyun protested with a pout "Just call me Seohyun, you know what I think!"

Changmin took a deep breath so he wouldn't lash out over the poor girl. It wasn't her fault he was sexually frustrated and wanted to see the guy he'd never get "I know what you think." He said instead and continued his walk towards his locker. The short walk there felt like a five mile marathon. Seohyun was blabbering on about a fashion show she had seen on TV the other day, and Changmin just hummed in the right places. She didn't even need real answers, as long as he just sounded interested enough, she'd keep talking. Standing by the locker, he finally turned to her.

"Seohyun-ah! Could you just… Please… Be quiet for a while?" he pleaded while giving her a tired look "Just for once, can you NOT be yourself?"

Seohyun gave him a hurt look "Oppa..! Ya, how can you be so insensitive?" she whined with tears in her big, brown eyes. Changmin looked slight panicked.

"Ya, Seohyun-ah, don't cry…" he tried, biting his lip. Shit. If she started crying, people would hate him even more. If that was possible, of course.

"Changmin-oppa, you're such an idiot!" Seohyun screamed before she ran off, pushing him hard on the way. The push made him stumble backwards a little before he regained his balance. Embarrassed he looked around, only to see the hateful glances from every person around him. Great!

He slammed his locker shut with a hard bang, starting to make his way out of the crowd. Nothing just went right this day. While keeping his head down, he kept on walking until he bumped into someone, almost knocking them both over.

"Ah, I'm so sorry!" Changmin quickly said, then taking a closer look. The person in front of him was no other than Jaejoong. Kim. Fucking. Jaejoong.

"Oh, Changmin-ah!" Jaejoong said with a smile "Don't worry about me." The older teenager watched Changmin quietly for a few seconds before he tilted his head to the side "How are you? You don't look happy."

Changmin mumbled quietly, looking down on his feet. Jaejoong would probably think he was a horrible person if he told him he had just made a girl cry.

Jaejoong smiled and took hold of his hand "Come with me." He said with a soft voice. Changmin was too stunned to even answer and willingly let himself be lead towards the roof. But instead of going all the way up, Jaejoong lead him inside an old classroom.

"What are we doing here?" Changmin managed to recover his ability to speak, looking at Jaejoong in slight confusion.

Jaejoong smiled "I wanted to talk to you alone. How are you?" one didn't have to be a psychologist to notice that Changmin wasn't really happy. Jaejoong had watched him from afar for a few weeks, too scared of Yunho to approach him. But last night Yunho had gone on a vacation with his family for two weeks.

"Huh? Me? I'm fine, thank you for asking…" Changmin mumbled an obvious lie. He put his hands in the pockets of his pants.

"Don't lie to me." Jaejoong sighed "Anyone can tell that you're unhappy. What's bothering you?"

"Aish, hyung…" Changmin shook his head "Everything is just fine, I promise."

"Changmin-ah…" Jaejoong started, but didn't say more when Changmin looked up at him.

"Fine. I don't like it here. Everyone hates me, and I just made it worse!" the young man looked down on his feet "I made Seohyun cry. And she made sure to tell everyone about it."

Jaejoong chuckled a little "Seohyun? In the senior middle school section? I've heard rumors about her hanging around here because she's already taking high school classes. So, you made her cry? Why do you care?"

Changmin glanced up at Jaejoong with shy eyes "Because she's popular amongst all the guys, and I'm the only guy she cares about. So if I make her cry, everyone else will hate me even more. Not that I care really. I do fine on my own, but it's getting a bit tiresome."

With warm eyes, Jaejoong walked over to Changmin and gave him a hug "Don't worry. They'll come around." He took a step back "And for your records, I don't hate you."

The younger man blushed over the hug, quickly looking away when Jaejoong took a step back, scared that he wouldn't be able to contain his emotions "Thanks Jaejoong-hyung." Changmin whispered. Jaejoong smiled before he looked at his clock "Ah, I gotta go to class! Sorry~..!" he looked at Changmin with pleading puppy eyes. Changmin smiled, a bit happier "It's alright. I need to go too. Ah, but Jaejoong-hyung… How come you're talking to me now?"

Jaejoong bit his bottom lip, making Changmin's crotch area ache. He must do that on purpose, because he knew how sexy he looked when doing it.

"Well… Yunho's out of town… I haven't talked to you because I've been scared that he'd hurt you if he saw us talking."

Changmin was quiet for a while "Then… Why don't you break up with him? If you can't even talk to other guys without him getting jealous… Well… I don't think he deserves you."

The other's words made Jaejoong's heart jump a little "Ah, it's hard to explain." Not really. "I can't just dump him. We've been a couple for three years."

"But are you happy with him?" Changmin stood up and walked past him "I don't think that… You should be with someone who doesn't make you happy." With a sad smile, Changmin left Jaejoong in the dark classroom.

Jaejoong stood there for a few minutes, his brain working hard to take in the words of the younger teenager. He was right, of course. Jaejoong should dump Yunho while he still had the chance. But then what? What if he'd be alone for the rest of his life? Jaejoong wasn't sure if he'd be able to live a life without someone to wake up next to every morning. Talk about abandoning issues.

Changmin walked down the stairs, but instead of heading to his classroom, he grabbed his bag from the locker and walked towards the exit. He didn't feel like staying. His heart pounded hard in his chest. He had just had a real conversation with Jaejoong. A conversation that he never could've imagined. Ah, how could he say that Jaejoong should ditch Yunho? That was almost the same as saying 'hey, I'm single and I want you so dump that idiot and let me fuck that tight ass of yours!'. Changmin wanted to slap himself in the face, but since he was out in public, he decided to hit the gym later instead. To work off the sexual frustration Jaejoong inflicted on him, he said to himself.

As he arrived at his house, he tapped his pockets for his keys. They weren't there. What the… He looked around, thinking that maybe he had dropped them while taking out his phone, but they were nowhere to be found. He swore loudly when he realized where they were. Locked up in the locker. Back at school. Together with the key that he needed to unlock the locker. Great. Now he'd be locked out until tomorrow, when his parents got back from their annual wedding day trip. Blankly he stared at the rain, not really comprehending that he was getting wet from the water. Not until almost ten minutes later, when he started to feel cold, he realized that standing in the rain wasn't a very good idea. He quickly hid underneath the nearest roof. Where could he go now? He had no friends here. Because they had just moved in, and he had started a new school, he really had nowhere to go. Or well. He did. But that would be so weird to just show up on his doorstep. Whose doorstep? Jaejoong's of course. He knew where Jaejoong lived, cause it was only a few blocks away. With a deep sigh, he realized he had nowhere else to go. He knew Jaejoong's schedule in his head, and knew that Jaejoong's first and only class for the day would be over in ten minutes. He estimated the time for Jaejoong to get home to about half an hour. Until then, he walked to the nearest shop and looked around. He was hungry, and needed something to strengthen his bravery before he dared to ring Jaejoong's doorbell. Well, either way he let half an hour pass as he walked around in the large store, curiously looking at everything that was eatable. He paid for the cake he had bought, then heading out in the cold rain again. Ten minutes later, he stopped outside Jaejoong's house. He could see him move around in the kitchen. Changmin swallowed nervously before he stepped in front of the door, pressing the doorbell with shaking hands.

Jaejoong looked up from his cooking when he heard the doorbell. Who could it be? He washed his hands quickly and grabbed the towel on the way towards the door. When he opened it, he stared at Changmin with obvious surprise.

"Changmin-ah? What are you doing here?"

Changmin looked a bit embarrassed "I uh… Locked myself out… And my parents won't be back until tomorrow, so… Uh… Could I stay here over night?"

Jaejoong looked at him, still surprised, but when hearing the reason why he had to laugh "You locked yourself out? Now, that was a bit unnecessary, wasn't it?"

"Y-yeah, it was…" Changmin stuttered out, still embarrassed "Hyung, it's REALLY cold outside… And I brought cake… I… I thought we could share..?"

The young male in the door smiled widely and stepped aside "Come on in. I've just made lunch, would you like some?"

Changmin brightened up as he heard the word 'lunch'. With a wide smile he nodded enthusiastically and walked inside "Yes, I'd love to have some lunch."

Jaejoong nodded and closed the door behind him. "Welcome inside then, Changmin-ah." He said with a warm smile.

Changmin took off his shoes and the wet uniform jacket. The white shirt underneath it was soaked too, showing a lot of what was under it.

"I'll get you some dry clothes, okay? You'll catch a cold if you stay in those wet clothes." Jaejoong said and walked upstairs. His heart fluttered a little at the thought of having Changmin there over the night. Without knowing it, he had grown fond of the young man. Maybe he had fallen a little for him even. Once he had found some dry clothes Changmin could borrow, he walked downstairs again, finding the other in the kitchen.

"Ah, hyung! It looks really good~…" Changmin said, completely enjoyed by the smell of the food cooking on the stove. It was kimchi stew, rice and fried chicken from what he could tell, and it smelled wonderful.

Jaejoong smiled and reached him the dry clothes "You're too sweet. Here, change into these, so you won't get sick."

Changmin smiled happily and nodded "Thank you so much. I really appreciate it!" he walked towards the bathroom, stepping inside and locked the door behind him. He couldn't believe his lucky star. Not only did Jaejoong invite him in, he was going to treat him with food too! With his head up in the blue, he hummed quietly while changing into the dry clothes. The pants were a bit too short, since he was pretty tall, so he rolled them up to his knees so it wouldn't look ridiculous. He checked his hair in the mirror, a bit relieved when he saw that it didn't look weird, despite the rain. Stepping out of the bathroom, he almost ran into Jaejoong.

"Ah, sorry!" Jaejoong smiled "I was just going to check up on you. Lunch is ready."

Changmin nodded and smiled back "Great! I'm starving!"

As he sat down by the table and started to eat, he thought about it once again. What a lucky star. He was all alone with Jaejoong for another few hours, and he was going to spend the night at his house. He couldn't have been more excited.

End of chapter two