Forty-five

A few days later...

Lena grabbed her coat from the hook on her door and put it on. She was about to grab her suitcase but then Jaeho took it before she could.

He smiled at her, "I got it, sweetie. I'll go put it in the car, alright?"

She nodded and thanked him and walked over into the living room, where Taekyung and Jaehyuk were sitting at the dining table, playing uno and laughing.

She cleared her throat to make her presence noticeable. Taekyung and Jaehyuk looked over at Lena as she pulled out a chair to sit with them.

She sighed sadly and played with Taekyung's hair, because he was sitting next to her. "I'm sorry that we can't take you guys with us. Jaehyuk has never met our family back in Korea."

Jaehyuk nodded not really interested in anything that Lena had to say. "Maybe next time."

Taekyung stared at Jaehyuk confused once he heard the sass in his voice.

Lena looked over at Taekyung and smacked both of her hands onto his face and squished his face, "I'm going to miss you, Taetae! Is there anything you want for Christmas that I can get you back in Korea?"

Taekyung giggled and removed his mom's hands from his face. "Not really. There's nothing I want that I can think of off the top of my head."

"Mmm." Lena replied thinking. "And... While we're over there... would you be okay if I went to meet up with Kirami?"

Taekyung's face expression changed instantly as soon as he heard the name. He forced a smile and looked up at his mom, "Yeah mom, just go have some fun while you're there."

Jaehyuk noticed this and stared at Taekyung concerned.

Lena hugged Taekyung from the side and kissed his head, "Thank you. Well then, I guess I'll get going now. Bye Taetae, love you."

Taekyung replied back with a blank expression, "Love you too, mom. Bye."

Jaeho came back into the house panting from stuffing the car with suitcases. He went over to Taekyung and Jaehyuk kissing both of the top of their heads and waved them goodbye.

"Bye bye, kids! I love you, be good!" He said sternly giving Jaehyuk a look.

They both nodded their heads trying their best to hold their laugh.

Lena and Jaeho walked out the door and bid their goodbyes to Jaehyuk and Taekyung.

Once the door was closed behind them, both boys rushed over to the couches where there was a window covered by curtains. They wanted to make sure that they were leaving leaving.

As soon as they saw that they had left, Jaehyuk pounced on Taekyung, crushing him with his huge muscular body.

"I'm so happy that we're together for Christmas. Not gonna lie, I was so scared that you're mom would decide to take you to Korea and we wouldn't get to be together for the holidays." Jaehyuk said stuffing his face in the crook of Taekyung's neck.

Taekyung could feel Jaehyuk's smile against his skin. He wrapped his arms around Jaehyuk's neck, "Well I'm here with you, Kookie."

Jaehyuk took his face out of Taekyung's neck and stared into his eyes, "Who's Kirami by the way?"

"Uhmm..." Taekyung looked uneasy. He made it very obvious that he didn't want to answer Jaehyuk.

Jaehyuk's face was completely stern, "Taekyung, don't do that thing. C'mon it's me."

Taekyung sighed and nodded his head, "Kirami is Yutaka's mother. Her and my mom were friends when I was in middle school."

Jaehyuk instantly shot up from being on top of Taekyung, "What?! Why the fuck-"

"She doesn't know! She doesn't know about what happened. The only thing I told her when I came back home was that we all got into a fight and never said anymore than that." He said stressed out.

Jaehyuk looked down ashamed in himself for making Taekyung revisit bad memories.

He pulled Taekyung in hugging him with a tight embrace. "Baby, I'm sorry. Why didn't you ever tell your mom?"

Taekyung huffed annoyed. He puffed up his cheeks trying to stop the tears that were filling his eyes.

Jaehyuk laughed at the sight while blushing because even though Taekyung looked funny he also looked adorable. "Tell me."

Taekyung got mad once he felt his eyes burning with tears, "Because! I don't want her to feel guilty about what happened. I would feel terrible if... she blamed herself for what happened to me, I know she wouldn't be able to cope with it."

Jaehyuk cupped Taekyung face and kissed the tip of his nose, "I love you so much for who you are."

Taekyung's eyes were still welled with tears and he made an angry face scrunching his nose, trying his best to hold in his tears.

Jaehyuk laughed at Taekyung. "Let's grab some snacks."

Taekyung instantly got up from the couch, "Yes!"

Jaehyuk back hugged him as they penguin-walked to the kitchen.

to be continued...