Wasurenaide Chapter 2

He jumped in surprise of his reaction, composed himself and his voice and replied- this time, softly.
“Arasso, I’d like that”
“Jeongmal? That’s great! I’ll pick you up by 7 then?” Jaejoong couldn’t help but feel the redness of his cheeks creep up on him on the sound of Yunho’s sudden cheerful tone.
“Jakkamanyo Yunho-ssi. Do you know where I live?”
“I’ve seen you walk by sometimes. It’s just near the coffee shop right?”
“Nae..”
“Okay. I’ll see you tomorrow then!”
Before Jaejoong could muster up a reply, Yunho had already put down the receiver. He couldn’t believe what had just happened and it managed to get him to stare at absolutely nothing and just kept smiling. He was awakened from his daydreaming when Junsu suddenly came in. Jaejoong clutched his phone in his hand and turned around rapidly.

“You’re still here Jaejoong-ah? Anyway, I’m just here to get my laptop. I left it earlier.” Jaejoong managed to nod still staring at utterly nothing. Just before Junsu was about to close the door behind him, Jaejoong called for him.
“Yah! Junsu-ssi!” The door swung open with a cute questioning face popping on the side.

“Can I take the night shift off just for tomorrow?” Junsu eyes him conspicuously examining the expression that Jaejoong had but failed since Jaejoong always knew how to keep a poker face.

“Arasso” then Junsu left and closed the door a little loudly. Jaejoong took a deep breath. Thank God he didn’t jump on me. He thought to himself. Those were the worst death glares ever. He finished the last of his inventory a few moments later, packed up his things and left.

With a body bag on the side, it wasn’t hard for Jaejoong to walk back to his apartment. Well, Yoochun’s apartment that is. Yoochun let Jaejoong stay there for a while or at least until he could get his memory back. Of course, Changmin would naturally abide since Yoochun was his hyung. He was playing with the keys to the apartment as he once again tried to decipher the dreams he has been having. Couple Ring. He remembered. He took out the one on his right ring finger and held it on his palm. It had a lot of scratches already. It definitely wasn’t recent.. He thought to himself. He took it by the other hand and examined it a little closer. As he was turning the ring, he noticed something engraved on the inside. Secret Love. Jaejoong looked at his feet as he tried to dig deep within his mind any memory he could but effortlessly failed. He stood by the apartment door when he put back the ring where it belonged and began to unlock the door. His cat, Jiji, automatically appeared and purred at the presence of Jaejoong. Mianhaeyo Jiji. I forgot to say I’d be home late. But guess what- He carried his cat up from the floor and hung him on midair right in front of his face. Yunho-ssi asked me out tonight! We’ll have a date tomorrow! He put down his cat on his arms, hugged him and kissed his forehead.

Jaejoong climbed up to his bed after changing and letting Jiji in his room. Tomorrow will certainly be amazing. He said to himself before he drifted to sleep.

He was standing before a two wooden door, all dressed up in a tux. The doors opened and the organ started playing. Before he even knew it, he was walking through the doors before an altar and countless benches filled up with people he knew and didn’t know. A man wearing a white tux was waiting for him and Jaejoong knew that man was where he belonged. He walked and walked through the carpeted aisle towards the man. This is taking too long. He said mentally. As he tried to walk faster, he felt something pull him back. What the hell?! The aisle started to get longer until he couldn’t make out the man’s figure anymore. Ahjussi! Jakkamanyo! Jakkamanyo! Jaejoong tried to run faster until everything went black. He stood still with a light spot right at him. Jaejoong-sama… Wasurenaide… Wasurenaide, Jaejoong-sama… He heard the voice call out, almost about to fade as the light was.

A sudden heavy thud sent him rolling on his bed from one side to the other. His forehead started to show wrinkles in an attempt to lower down and put his eyebrows together as a sign of severe annoyance then BAM! Another thud almost sent him to the floor.

“Hyung! HYUNG! Wake up!” He heard Changmin scream as he was fixing the pillow to give Jaejoong another hit.
“Go away Changmin! I’m sleeping!”
“Your phone is ringing hyung. It’s Yunho-ssi,. If you don’t wake up and get it, I’ll go talk to him and confess your love to him!!” Changmin started to the floor, his knees red from kneeling on Jaejoong’s bed. He slowly crept up to Jaejoong’s phone when a sudden head of hair appeared out of nowhere and snatched the phone away.
“yeoboseyo?”
“Jaejoong-ssi? Did I wake you? You sound like you just woke up.”
“Oh I did. But it wasn’t the call that woke me. Ehe..”
“Oh okay. I’ll pick you up tonight ‘kay? We’re going to this crab restaurant by the pier.”
“Kani! Sure thing! I’ll be ready when you come by. Ja ne!”

Jaejoong felt a little too bouncy until he saw Changmin, one eyebrow raised up, arms folded with fingers tapping clearly waiting for an explanation. He put his cellphone down, went down from his bed and stood right in front of Changmin.
“you are such a slut hyung! You didn’t even tell us! YOOCHUN HYUNG!! JAEJOONG IS GOING OUT WITH YUNHOT TONIGHT!!!” Jaejoong slapped his arm as hard as he could but found that the younger one had already taken a step away from him in an attempt to run to Yoochun. Changmin was practically hopping his way to the dining room as Jaejoong followed with his pillow in hand.
“SHIM CHANGMIN! If you don’t shut up I swear I will NEVER cook you any food!”
“YOOCHUN!! YOOCHUUUN!!” As soon as they reached the living room, they were both panting and sweaty.
“What the hell is wrong with you two! It’s 8 in the morning!”
“Jaejoong isn’t telling us something!!” when Jaejoong stood beside Changmin fronting a very cranky Yoochun, he smacked the younger’s head with his pillow.
“I was going to tell you! You two were asleep last night. Yunho-ssi called me up and asked me out on a date.”
“What?! Jaejoong! Sit down and spill!” Yoochun grabbed Jaejoong’s wrist and pulled him to sit on a couch as the three cuddled up as if in a private conversation in a public place and started to discuss about details concerning Yunho, the date and what to wear.

Jaejoong happily worked at the shop, entertaining customers with such a big smile and an unusually cheerful mood. He walked around as if a robot programmed to grin and bear it. Yoochun and Changmin were happy about Jaejoong’s sudden happiness. Their morning and afternoon shifts seemed like a swish of a hand since Jaejoong offered to do pretty much everything. Maybe we should tell Yunho to keep taking Jaejoong out on a date. Changmin whispered to Yoochun as they were sitting behind the cash register amused by the multi-tasking Jaejoong.

Yunho didn’t come by this time and Yoochun was shocked to find Jaejoong still happily strolling around, willingly abiding by customers orders’. At the strike of 5 pm, Jaejoong packed up and left the shop.
“Good luck Jae! Don’t faint!”
“Don’t jump on him hyung!” Yoochung and Changmin shouted to him as he was leaving and laughed simultaneously.

Hair? Check. Face? Check. Teeth? Check. Outfit? Jaejoong turned as he looked at himself at the mirror for the nth time. As perfect as he already was, Jaejoong’s vanity always took its advantage. Gray knitted long sleeves with a v-neck, dark blue denim jeans, black leather shoes (shined just a few minutes ago) and the ring of which he knew nothing about. The doorbell rang and Jaejoong skipped his way towards it.

Yunho didn’t know what he was getting himself into and he didn’t really care. For the longest time, he kept his distance and he just couldn’t take it anymore. He was nervous and rubbing his hands against each other as he stood out waiting for someone to answer the doorbell. The door swung open and Yunho swore he could have just experienced a real life slow motion. The head of jet black hair, bowed down still in motion to look up, looked exceptionally shiny and soft. His lips were a little too red for his liking and his scent overflowing with vanilla and strawberries. His clothes were simple but he looked just so damn fine with the knitted top accentuating every detail of muscle in Jaejoong’s body. He snapped back into reality before Jaejoong could notice that Yunho was eyeing him a little too slowly.
“Ready?”
“Ready.”

The drive was a little too silent. Yunho had several attempts to talk to Jaejoong. Instead, he’d end up opening his mouth a little, think about what he was going to say, forget about it and kept quiet. The silence worsened when Yunho was reaching for a CD by the hand break and accidentally touched Jaejoong’s hand. He jerked his hand away slowly and didn’t try to move until they got to the restaurant.

As they arrived, valet parking got Yunho talking. A waiter showed them to their seats. A table for two, lit up by a candle on a open garden restaurant pier side. Oh my gosh. He picked the best restaurant in Seoul.. Jaejoong panicked hoping his fan girl side won’t take the best of him tonight. The menus were given momentarily.
“Choose whatever you like, Jae. Okay?”
“Are you sure? These restaurants are quite expensive.”
“Don’t look at the prices Jae. I’ll worry about them” Jaejoong let out a small pout and his puppy dog eyes. Damn. I hope he’ll stop doing that. He’s killing me.
Yunho said to himself. Yunho smiled at Jaejoong and let out a small laugh as he bowed down. Jaejoong was definitely killing him. After giving their orders, Jaejoong observed the people and Yunho stared at him. Jaejoong noticed the eyes that were planted on him and said, “what?”
“you look beautiful Jae”
“thank you. You’re looking good too Yunnie.”
“Yunnie??”
“It seems too formal to call you Yunho-ssi or Yunho-ah.. So I’m calling you Yunnie.” Yunho didn’t know what to do. He found himself dumbstruck at the angelic beauty looking at him straight in the eye. Jaejoong found it a little awkward. For as long as he could remember, Yunho was this smart, successful businessman that came into the coffee shop always looking to calm and collected. Now he just looked retarded and lovestruck. Jaejoong looked at him almost a little too examining.
“What do you do exactly Yunnie?”
“I own an outsourcing company. It’s where you hire people but they get to work from where they are.”
“that sounds interesting. How long have you been at it?”
“A few years. It’s a family business. Have you always worked at the coffee shop?” The conversation started to get more casual. Momentarily, their food came and light talks became more comfortable. Jaejoong told Yunho about his lost memory and how he’s trying to dig up what he can. Halfway through their meal, Jaejoong had a little sauce on the side of his lips. Yunho kept staring at it, itching to take it off.
“is there something wrong Yunnie?” Yunho extended his hand, thumb raised, ready to wipe the sauce away from Jaejoong’s luscious lips. The touch of Yunho sent chills to Jaejoong. It felt a little too familiar and suddenly, he felt as if he knew the place by heart as well. As soon as they were done, Yunho took the bill and paid it with his credit card.

“would you like to come to my house Jae? We can have coffee there.” Jae pouted, trying to look as if he didn’t want to but deep inside he really wanted to.
“arasso”

They entered Yunho’s house and started towards the living room.
“this looks so familiar. I feel like I’ve been here before. I… I feel… weird.” Jaejoong mumbled to himself. Yunho went up to his room for a while to put his things down leaving Jaejoong to explore the living room to himself. He saw a small black box with red linings by the fireplace and opened it. Inside was a ring. It looked like something he knew too well. My ring.