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Like Velvet Chapter 8
Title: Like Velvet
Pairing: Sihan, side pairings: Kyumin, Zhouchul
Genre: drama, romance, angst, (stripper!Geng) AU
Rating: R (for mature content and themes)
Summary: Hankyung knew no life other than that club where he had to do what he was told, bend over for whoever wanted it, do whatever his clients paid him to do and then one day he meets Siwon and he thinks he'll finally get out. But, Siwon never comes back even though he promised and Hankyung is left alone. Five years later he's out thanks to Heechul and then Siwon comes back..
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shihan_ai and daidetre because I refuse to let her live her life in fear of Sihan
[Chapter 1] [Chapter 2] [Chapter 3] [Chapter 4] [Chapter 5A] [Chapter 5B] [Chapter 6] [Chapter 7] [Chapter 8] [Chapter 9]
A/N: husdjfkjalsf *breathes a sigh of relief* I am okay with the Kyumin now. I know where they're going =) and sdhjfsfs I don't even know what this chapter is supposed to be. Annieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a mama now and we're twins okay? okay! And what was I going to tell you? *thinks* Oh! djhfslkdjfh *sobs* argh this chapter!! *glares at chapter* I guess I am still a bit riled =/ *goes to let go of some anger* Anyway, I hope this chapter wasn't as bad as I thought it was =/
Siwon looked at the paper in his hand. Printed copy. That meant that there was an original, somewhere, with someone, probably Heechul.
"I didn't ask him to stay," Siwon said looking at Sungmin. "I didn't because I had no right to. I have no right to, not yet."
"What are you going to do Siwon?" Sungmin asked.
Siwon looked back down at the paper in his hands. He looked at Hankyung, at that forever calm, forever peaceful look on his face. Hankyung so beautiful, so eternally fragile, so unreal and yet the only real thing he had.
"I'm going to talk to my parents."
He had to. He had to because he was not giving this man up, refused to do so, would not do it again. He had done it enough, had backed away too much, had not been brave.
Courage.
Courage. Courage was knowing that there was no way you could win, no way you could succeed and still doing what you needed to do anyway. Siwon knew he would not win, couldn't win, but he'd be damned if he let Hankyung go without a fight. Heechul, his parents, Kyuhyun, whoever it was, he wouldn't let them take away the one person he had loved for so long.
"You know what they're going to say." Sungmin told him.
Siwon looked up. "Sungmin, I love him. As irrational as it is, I love him. As much as I wish it were different, it isn't. I love him. It's him. It's always been him."
"He's the one then." Sungmin said. "The one who you left all those years ago. He's the stripper you never saw again? Han Geng?"
Siwon nodded.
Night time. Darkness. Cold.
All three had him then. It was night time and he should be with Hankyung in some pretty room, talking, loving, forgiving. It was dark, not outside with all the lights, but inside. It was dark where he needed light because Hankyung wasn't there to show him the way. Cold. Cold was what he felt because Hankyung was warmth. And cold let him think.
All those years. All that time wasted. Everything.
"I love you Sungmin." Siwon said hugging his friend. "I love you and that's why I'm telling you this. Don't do something stupid. Don't let go of what you love just because someone tells you too. It hurts to watch them walk away. Don't let them. Don't be like me."
"But, Siwon, where are you going?"
Siwon looked down at the paper in his hands. "I'm doing what I should have done the minute he came back to me."
Sungmin looked after Siwon. He watched that determined look in those dark eyes. Sungmin didn't like it. Whatever Siwon was going to do did not brood well.
"Sungmin."
Sungmin turned and looked at Kyuhyun. Siwon was right. Sunny didn't deserve what he was doing and neither did Kyuhyun.
"Kyuhyun-ah, can we talk?"
Kyuhyun nodded, motioned to the nearby chair.
They were sitting together looking at each other and Sungmin knew what he was going to say. Growing up. It happened when you least expected it, when you least wanted it. Siwon was right.
"I'm sorry." Sungmin said. "I don't know what I was thinking. Sunny doesn't deserve to be treated the way I'm treating her and neither do you."
"Sungmin," Kyuhyun said his tone warning. "Don't tell me you're going to do something stupid like Siwon. Don't say what I think you're going to say."
Sungmin sighed. "Make this easy for me Kyuhyun. I'm not...I don't think you understand."
Kyuhyun put up his hand. "Sungmin, do you honestly think that I liked you just because, that I was just fooling around? I like you because I see the way you look after Sunny, saw the way you were always there, the way you try so hard to do the right thing. I love you because you never get anything right, because I want to be there to help you get it right."
"I can't, not yet. I need to talk to Sunny and I need time to think."
Kyuhyun laughed. "And here I almost went and did something stupid. I almost refused. But, you're right. Time. You have it if you want it."
Sungmin nodded. Time. They all needed some time.
***
Shindong was in the kitchen watching JinSook cooking, something with something. He wasn't paying attention. It was hard to pay attention to anything when JinSook was in the room.
The Choi family refuses to speak out on the matter...Choi Siwon only heir to the Choi millions denies nothing.
Shindong looked away from JinSook.
"Siwon?" Shindong said motioning for JinSook to put up the volume.
Choi Siwon was allegedly seen at the house of the American born Korean David, son of America's most influential exporter. It seems that Siwon attended the party. What is important about this story, however, is not the party itself but what happened there. A picture released by an anonymous source shows the once most sought out gentleman holding and kissing who is undoubtedly a male. The man's identity is unknown as the pictures have been edited. It is a reminder and a painful blow to the community. When the Kim's son Heechul...
Shindong turned off the volume. They had frozen the pictures on screen. The first two were of Siwon holding a man in his arms. Shindong would have denied that it was Siwon, could have denied that it was Siwon even if he knew it was. He could have if it weren't for the next picture. The next picture showed Siwon, without a doubt because there was that handsome face with that styled hair and a look that Shindong recognized.
"Well damn it all to the most remote parts of hell. He's in love."
"I told you." JinSook said. "You should have listened to me."
"Yes I love you. You're the best, but who did it?"
"Who do you think did it?" JinSook said coming to rest her arms on Shindong's shoulders.
Shindong looked at the screen, at Siwon. That look in those eyes, the way he held on to that man. He had to call Sungmin. JinSook was ahead of him. She had already dialed the number and handed the phone over.
"Hello?"
"Sungmin-ah?" Shindong said. "Are you watching this?"
"I am."
"Who the hell did this?"
Shindong heard the sigh. "It wasn't me, but I have an idea who it was."
Shindong listened. If it wasn't Sungmin then...
***
"Heechul." Zhou Mi called.
"What is it Mi?" Heechul answered coming in and flopping down on the couch half on top of Zhou Mi.
"Heechul. Siwon."
Heechul looked up at the TV. "Fucking hell. What did he do?"
"It was Siwon?" Zhou Mi asked, then. "Heechul, you didn't."
"I did." Heechul said getting up. "Where's Hankyung? Does he know about this?"
"I doubt it. Kyuhyun came over. I don't know what Sungmin told him but he was pretty upset. He came here, cried with us for a good half hour and then said he wanted to show Hankyung his book collection. They should be at Kui Xian's apartment right now."
"Okay Zhou Mi. I'll call Hankyung. See if you can find Siwon."
Heechul went for his phone, hit the second number and waited.
"Heechul-ah?" came the familiar accented voice.
"Hankyung, where are you?"
"I'm here at Kui Xian's apartment."
"How is he?" Heechul asked knowing he couldn't ask directly.
"He was pretty upset. I had to call Sungmin. They're talking right now. I think I can go back now."
"Of course you can." Heechul said catching himself on time. "But, Mi is already outside. He can pick you up before he goes to pick up Henry."
"If it's not too much trouble."
"Hankyung shut up."
"You know you love me Heechul."
"Of course you love me."
Of course. Now the only thing they had to do was make sure that Hankyung was home before they broke the news. If Siwon had been the one to do this Heechul needed to know why. If it had been his parents, though that seemed unlikely, then Hankyung wasn't safe alone out there.
"Zhou Mi!" Heechul called. "Forget Siwon. You need to go pick up Hankyung. I'll get Henry."
"Alright," Zhou Mi said tossing Heechul a pair of keys.
"You're taking the car." Heechul said.
Zhou Mi shook his head and laughed drily. "Happy anniversary."
Heechul looked at the keys then at Zhou Mi. "I'll give you a proper thank you tonight."
***
"What are we going to do?"
Siwon said nothing.
"Who was it? And why would they pick you. We have to find and make them talk. That is obviously a fake photograph.”
“It’s not fake.” Siwon said watching the surprise on his mother’s face.
“Siwon, you and I both know that is a fake photograph. We know that you would never kiss a man. You are going to marry SooYoung. You love SooYoung and she is going to be your wife. You will have two children and that is the end. And you are going to go out there immediately and deny all of this.”
Siwon looked at the woman who had given birth to him. She had heard what he said, had known for so long that Siwon loved Hankyung. He confessed to her and she had pulled him away from the person he loved the most. When he wanted something she took it away. When she needed something she asked him to get it.
His mother. A short brunette with pretty eyes and a usually cheerful smile, his mother who loved everyone but her own family.
“I’m not denying anything and that is not fake.”
The slap stung, burned his cheek both from humiliation and anger. She was his mother, the woman who was supposed to love him above everyone. She was supposed to understand. She was supposed to help.
“Where’s my father?” Siwon asked brushing back his hair and looking at his mother’s cold eyes.
“Your father is in America. And you are going to join him soon. If you don’t want to deny anything, then don’t. I will and you will go to America and stay there until you are married to SooYoung.”
“And what if I don’t?” Siwon asked.
“Listen to me very carefully Siwon.” His mother said looking up at him. “I didn’t pay all that money, all those years to have this little stripper of yours ruin everything. I didn’t have him locked up to have you ruin this. If I had to give up what I wanted for what my family needed then you will too. You are going to America and you are marrying SooYoung or I will not only find this Han Geng and make sure he never sees the light of day again, but I will also make him feel the pain that I felt when I found out I had lost my son.”
“You never lost you son.” Siwon said knowing that he had to do what his mother told him.
It was no surprise to him that it was her. His father was cold and distant, but his father was a father above all. His mother, the one woman who was supposed to never let him down, was doing just that. All his life he had been taught that family came first, that you gave everything for your family because only they would be with you until the very end. He has been taught to do what was right for them without regards to what he wanted. He had been molded, shaped every which way and he was done.
“I am going to go to America and you are not going to touch him.”
His mother smiled and nodded. “Go to America, Siwon.”
“I wish I could hate you.”
His mother smiled. “There are many people who do, but hate is necessary. I live with hate. I hate every day. I hate your father. I hate this life and I hate you because you are your father.”
Siwon looked at that woman. He had pictures of her in his room, pictures of her smiling and holding him, pictures of her in his father’s arms. Where was that woman? And who was this one?
“I wish I could hate you.” Siwon said getting up. “I wish I could, but I can’t.”
***
The knock on the door had Shindong off his chair in five seconds flat. He about fell over when he saw who it was.
“Siwon!”
Siwon looked worried, harried. He was shifting from foot to foot, looking both ways.
“Can you do me a favor Shindong?”
“Siwon, what’s wrong? What happened? Who’s the man in the pictures?”
“His name is Han Geng.” Siwon said handing over a plain white envelope. “His name is Han Geng and I love him. Please just give him this letter. Don’t tell him anything. I said what I wanted to say in that. Just…I have to go Shindong. She’s making me go to America.”
“Your mother?”
“Who else?”
“But, Siwon, what are you doing? What was the point of all that if you’re just going to leave?” Shindong said now looking around too.
Siwon had obviously snuck over here which meant he was being followed. Shindong had been there the last time Siwon’s mother had him on a leash like a dog. Siwon hadn’t been allowed to breathe without someone knowing about it. It had taken time, but Siwon’s mother had let go eventually.
Now, here they were again. Five years later, five years wiser and still as screwed.
“I am going to go because she wants to put him back in that place and I can’t let her.”
“What place?”
Siwon sighed and pulled on his hair. “He’s a stripper who slept with men for a living. I love him Siwon and she wants to put him back in there where he wasn’t happy. And not only that, she said she can hurt him and I believe her. You know she has that kind of money and what is one lowly stripper to the world. I can’t let her hurt him. I have to find a way to get away, from her, from the company, from my family. Please just give him the letter. That is all I can do while I find a way to fix this.”
“How are you going to write to him? Your mother will have the letters burned.” Shindong said taking that letter and putting it in his pocket anyway. “Where do I find him?”
“Heechul. But, don’t give it to Heechul. Han Geng is always with Heechul. He’s the tall one with the beautiful skin and the long legs. He has this soft voice, accented Korean. He’s beautiful Shindong. You’ll know who he is.”
Shindong shook his head. Boys. As if he would be able to tell who Han Geng was with that description. Men all looked alike to him.
“I got it.” Shindong said just because Siwon needed to hear it.
“I’m going to give my letters to Kibum. You know how much my mother loves Kibum. Kibum will get the letters to me and mail mine out. It is the best I can do. And in the meantime I have to find my father. He’s the best I can do now.”
“He’s in America.” Shindong said.
“Yes, America, but how big is America Shindong? Where do we have our companies? How many states do we cover? My mother isn’t going to send me to my father. She knows he is going to side with me.”
Shindong took Siwon’s hands. “Good Luck.”
***
Choi Siwon was seen at the airport waiting to board a flight to America. His mother informed reporters that her son was going to America to marry their long time friend’s daughter, SooYoung…
Hankyung looked at Heechul.
Siwon was gone.
“Hankyung.” Heechul said coming over to put an arm around him.
Zhou Mi was next to him too, one hand around his waist to offer comfort. Hankyung didn’t know what they were expecting. He didn’t even know what he was supposed to feel. Siwon was gone.
Siwon was gone.
Again.
A/N: *hugs Siwon* Well, since he is going to America it is obvious that he will be crashing in my room. He is also sleeping on my bed and I'll be sure to send him back to Geng once I deem it time. *rambles* Okay anyway there that was that and yeah =)
Pairing: Sihan, side pairings: Kyumin, Zhouchul
Genre: drama, romance, angst, (stripper!Geng) AU
Rating: R (for mature content and themes)
Summary: Hankyung knew no life other than that club where he had to do what he was told, bend over for whoever wanted it, do whatever his clients paid him to do and then one day he meets Siwon and he thinks he'll finally get out. But, Siwon never comes back even though he promised and Hankyung is left alone. Five years later he's out thanks to Heechul and then Siwon comes back..
Note: For
shihan_ai and daidetre because I refuse to let her live her life in fear of Sihan[Chapter 1] [Chapter 2] [Chapter 3] [Chapter 4] [Chapter 5A] [Chapter 5B] [Chapter 6] [Chapter 7] [Chapter 8] [Chapter 9]
A/N: husdjfkjalsf *breathes a sigh of relief* I am okay with the Kyumin now. I know where they're going =) and sdhjfsfs I don't even know what this chapter is supposed to be. Annieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a mama now and we're twins okay? okay! And what was I going to tell you? *thinks* Oh! djhfslkdjfh *sobs* argh this chapter!! *glares at chapter* I guess I am still a bit riled =/ *goes to let go of some anger* Anyway, I hope this chapter wasn't as bad as I thought it was =/
Siwon looked at the paper in his hand. Printed copy. That meant that there was an original, somewhere, with someone, probably Heechul.
"I didn't ask him to stay," Siwon said looking at Sungmin. "I didn't because I had no right to. I have no right to, not yet."
"What are you going to do Siwon?" Sungmin asked.
Siwon looked back down at the paper in his hands. He looked at Hankyung, at that forever calm, forever peaceful look on his face. Hankyung so beautiful, so eternally fragile, so unreal and yet the only real thing he had.
"I'm going to talk to my parents."
He had to. He had to because he was not giving this man up, refused to do so, would not do it again. He had done it enough, had backed away too much, had not been brave.
Courage.
Courage. Courage was knowing that there was no way you could win, no way you could succeed and still doing what you needed to do anyway. Siwon knew he would not win, couldn't win, but he'd be damned if he let Hankyung go without a fight. Heechul, his parents, Kyuhyun, whoever it was, he wouldn't let them take away the one person he had loved for so long.
"You know what they're going to say." Sungmin told him.
Siwon looked up. "Sungmin, I love him. As irrational as it is, I love him. As much as I wish it were different, it isn't. I love him. It's him. It's always been him."
"He's the one then." Sungmin said. "The one who you left all those years ago. He's the stripper you never saw again? Han Geng?"
Siwon nodded.
Night time. Darkness. Cold.
All three had him then. It was night time and he should be with Hankyung in some pretty room, talking, loving, forgiving. It was dark, not outside with all the lights, but inside. It was dark where he needed light because Hankyung wasn't there to show him the way. Cold. Cold was what he felt because Hankyung was warmth. And cold let him think.
All those years. All that time wasted. Everything.
"I love you Sungmin." Siwon said hugging his friend. "I love you and that's why I'm telling you this. Don't do something stupid. Don't let go of what you love just because someone tells you too. It hurts to watch them walk away. Don't let them. Don't be like me."
"But, Siwon, where are you going?"
Siwon looked down at the paper in his hands. "I'm doing what I should have done the minute he came back to me."
Sungmin looked after Siwon. He watched that determined look in those dark eyes. Sungmin didn't like it. Whatever Siwon was going to do did not brood well.
"Sungmin."
Sungmin turned and looked at Kyuhyun. Siwon was right. Sunny didn't deserve what he was doing and neither did Kyuhyun.
"Kyuhyun-ah, can we talk?"
Kyuhyun nodded, motioned to the nearby chair.
They were sitting together looking at each other and Sungmin knew what he was going to say. Growing up. It happened when you least expected it, when you least wanted it. Siwon was right.
"I'm sorry." Sungmin said. "I don't know what I was thinking. Sunny doesn't deserve to be treated the way I'm treating her and neither do you."
"Sungmin," Kyuhyun said his tone warning. "Don't tell me you're going to do something stupid like Siwon. Don't say what I think you're going to say."
Sungmin sighed. "Make this easy for me Kyuhyun. I'm not...I don't think you understand."
Kyuhyun put up his hand. "Sungmin, do you honestly think that I liked you just because, that I was just fooling around? I like you because I see the way you look after Sunny, saw the way you were always there, the way you try so hard to do the right thing. I love you because you never get anything right, because I want to be there to help you get it right."
"I can't, not yet. I need to talk to Sunny and I need time to think."
Kyuhyun laughed. "And here I almost went and did something stupid. I almost refused. But, you're right. Time. You have it if you want it."
Sungmin nodded. Time. They all needed some time.
***
Shindong was in the kitchen watching JinSook cooking, something with something. He wasn't paying attention. It was hard to pay attention to anything when JinSook was in the room.
The Choi family refuses to speak out on the matter...Choi Siwon only heir to the Choi millions denies nothing.
Shindong looked away from JinSook.
"Siwon?" Shindong said motioning for JinSook to put up the volume.
Choi Siwon was allegedly seen at the house of the American born Korean David, son of America's most influential exporter. It seems that Siwon attended the party. What is important about this story, however, is not the party itself but what happened there. A picture released by an anonymous source shows the once most sought out gentleman holding and kissing who is undoubtedly a male. The man's identity is unknown as the pictures have been edited. It is a reminder and a painful blow to the community. When the Kim's son Heechul...
Shindong turned off the volume. They had frozen the pictures on screen. The first two were of Siwon holding a man in his arms. Shindong would have denied that it was Siwon, could have denied that it was Siwon even if he knew it was. He could have if it weren't for the next picture. The next picture showed Siwon, without a doubt because there was that handsome face with that styled hair and a look that Shindong recognized.
"Well damn it all to the most remote parts of hell. He's in love."
"I told you." JinSook said. "You should have listened to me."
"Yes I love you. You're the best, but who did it?"
"Who do you think did it?" JinSook said coming to rest her arms on Shindong's shoulders.
Shindong looked at the screen, at Siwon. That look in those eyes, the way he held on to that man. He had to call Sungmin. JinSook was ahead of him. She had already dialed the number and handed the phone over.
"Hello?"
"Sungmin-ah?" Shindong said. "Are you watching this?"
"I am."
"Who the hell did this?"
Shindong heard the sigh. "It wasn't me, but I have an idea who it was."
Shindong listened. If it wasn't Sungmin then...
***
"Heechul." Zhou Mi called.
"What is it Mi?" Heechul answered coming in and flopping down on the couch half on top of Zhou Mi.
"Heechul. Siwon."
Heechul looked up at the TV. "Fucking hell. What did he do?"
"It was Siwon?" Zhou Mi asked, then. "Heechul, you didn't."
"I did." Heechul said getting up. "Where's Hankyung? Does he know about this?"
"I doubt it. Kyuhyun came over. I don't know what Sungmin told him but he was pretty upset. He came here, cried with us for a good half hour and then said he wanted to show Hankyung his book collection. They should be at Kui Xian's apartment right now."
"Okay Zhou Mi. I'll call Hankyung. See if you can find Siwon."
Heechul went for his phone, hit the second number and waited.
"Heechul-ah?" came the familiar accented voice.
"Hankyung, where are you?"
"I'm here at Kui Xian's apartment."
"How is he?" Heechul asked knowing he couldn't ask directly.
"He was pretty upset. I had to call Sungmin. They're talking right now. I think I can go back now."
"Of course you can." Heechul said catching himself on time. "But, Mi is already outside. He can pick you up before he goes to pick up Henry."
"If it's not too much trouble."
"Hankyung shut up."
"You know you love me Heechul."
"Of course you love me."
Of course. Now the only thing they had to do was make sure that Hankyung was home before they broke the news. If Siwon had been the one to do this Heechul needed to know why. If it had been his parents, though that seemed unlikely, then Hankyung wasn't safe alone out there.
"Zhou Mi!" Heechul called. "Forget Siwon. You need to go pick up Hankyung. I'll get Henry."
"Alright," Zhou Mi said tossing Heechul a pair of keys.
"You're taking the car." Heechul said.
Zhou Mi shook his head and laughed drily. "Happy anniversary."
Heechul looked at the keys then at Zhou Mi. "I'll give you a proper thank you tonight."
***
"What are we going to do?"
Siwon said nothing.
"Who was it? And why would they pick you. We have to find and make them talk. That is obviously a fake photograph.”
“It’s not fake.” Siwon said watching the surprise on his mother’s face.
“Siwon, you and I both know that is a fake photograph. We know that you would never kiss a man. You are going to marry SooYoung. You love SooYoung and she is going to be your wife. You will have two children and that is the end. And you are going to go out there immediately and deny all of this.”
Siwon looked at the woman who had given birth to him. She had heard what he said, had known for so long that Siwon loved Hankyung. He confessed to her and she had pulled him away from the person he loved the most. When he wanted something she took it away. When she needed something she asked him to get it.
His mother. A short brunette with pretty eyes and a usually cheerful smile, his mother who loved everyone but her own family.
“I’m not denying anything and that is not fake.”
The slap stung, burned his cheek both from humiliation and anger. She was his mother, the woman who was supposed to love him above everyone. She was supposed to understand. She was supposed to help.
“Where’s my father?” Siwon asked brushing back his hair and looking at his mother’s cold eyes.
“Your father is in America. And you are going to join him soon. If you don’t want to deny anything, then don’t. I will and you will go to America and stay there until you are married to SooYoung.”
“And what if I don’t?” Siwon asked.
“Listen to me very carefully Siwon.” His mother said looking up at him. “I didn’t pay all that money, all those years to have this little stripper of yours ruin everything. I didn’t have him locked up to have you ruin this. If I had to give up what I wanted for what my family needed then you will too. You are going to America and you are marrying SooYoung or I will not only find this Han Geng and make sure he never sees the light of day again, but I will also make him feel the pain that I felt when I found out I had lost my son.”
“You never lost you son.” Siwon said knowing that he had to do what his mother told him.
It was no surprise to him that it was her. His father was cold and distant, but his father was a father above all. His mother, the one woman who was supposed to never let him down, was doing just that. All his life he had been taught that family came first, that you gave everything for your family because only they would be with you until the very end. He has been taught to do what was right for them without regards to what he wanted. He had been molded, shaped every which way and he was done.
“I am going to go to America and you are not going to touch him.”
His mother smiled and nodded. “Go to America, Siwon.”
“I wish I could hate you.”
His mother smiled. “There are many people who do, but hate is necessary. I live with hate. I hate every day. I hate your father. I hate this life and I hate you because you are your father.”
Siwon looked at that woman. He had pictures of her in his room, pictures of her smiling and holding him, pictures of her in his father’s arms. Where was that woman? And who was this one?
“I wish I could hate you.” Siwon said getting up. “I wish I could, but I can’t.”
***
The knock on the door had Shindong off his chair in five seconds flat. He about fell over when he saw who it was.
“Siwon!”
Siwon looked worried, harried. He was shifting from foot to foot, looking both ways.
“Can you do me a favor Shindong?”
“Siwon, what’s wrong? What happened? Who’s the man in the pictures?”
“His name is Han Geng.” Siwon said handing over a plain white envelope. “His name is Han Geng and I love him. Please just give him this letter. Don’t tell him anything. I said what I wanted to say in that. Just…I have to go Shindong. She’s making me go to America.”
“Your mother?”
“Who else?”
“But, Siwon, what are you doing? What was the point of all that if you’re just going to leave?” Shindong said now looking around too.
Siwon had obviously snuck over here which meant he was being followed. Shindong had been there the last time Siwon’s mother had him on a leash like a dog. Siwon hadn’t been allowed to breathe without someone knowing about it. It had taken time, but Siwon’s mother had let go eventually.
Now, here they were again. Five years later, five years wiser and still as screwed.
“I am going to go because she wants to put him back in that place and I can’t let her.”
“What place?”
Siwon sighed and pulled on his hair. “He’s a stripper who slept with men for a living. I love him Siwon and she wants to put him back in there where he wasn’t happy. And not only that, she said she can hurt him and I believe her. You know she has that kind of money and what is one lowly stripper to the world. I can’t let her hurt him. I have to find a way to get away, from her, from the company, from my family. Please just give him the letter. That is all I can do while I find a way to fix this.”
“How are you going to write to him? Your mother will have the letters burned.” Shindong said taking that letter and putting it in his pocket anyway. “Where do I find him?”
“Heechul. But, don’t give it to Heechul. Han Geng is always with Heechul. He’s the tall one with the beautiful skin and the long legs. He has this soft voice, accented Korean. He’s beautiful Shindong. You’ll know who he is.”
Shindong shook his head. Boys. As if he would be able to tell who Han Geng was with that description. Men all looked alike to him.
“I got it.” Shindong said just because Siwon needed to hear it.
“I’m going to give my letters to Kibum. You know how much my mother loves Kibum. Kibum will get the letters to me and mail mine out. It is the best I can do. And in the meantime I have to find my father. He’s the best I can do now.”
“He’s in America.” Shindong said.
“Yes, America, but how big is America Shindong? Where do we have our companies? How many states do we cover? My mother isn’t going to send me to my father. She knows he is going to side with me.”
Shindong took Siwon’s hands. “Good Luck.”
***
Choi Siwon was seen at the airport waiting to board a flight to America. His mother informed reporters that her son was going to America to marry their long time friend’s daughter, SooYoung…
Hankyung looked at Heechul.
Siwon was gone.
“Hankyung.” Heechul said coming over to put an arm around him.
Zhou Mi was next to him too, one hand around his waist to offer comfort. Hankyung didn’t know what they were expecting. He didn’t even know what he was supposed to feel. Siwon was gone.
Siwon was gone.
Again.
A/N: *hugs Siwon* Well, since he is going to America it is obvious that he will be crashing in my room. He is also sleeping on my bed and I'll be sure to send him back to Geng once I deem it time. *rambles* Okay anyway there that was that and yeah =)