Serendipity

Finding something lovely without looking for it...

"Go straight inside and wait till I come back" said Luca, when they arrived at the manor. Hyukjae seemed lost in his own world to actually hear what Luca had said, but when Donghae started walking towards the main door, Jake came behind him.

"Come with me" said Hyukjae quietly and Donghae followed him into his room. Hyukjae walked up to the table and turned towards Donghae,

"Sit" he said, tapping the table and Donghae gave him a surprised look.

"You want me to sit? There?"

"Else how the fuck are you supposed to take out those shardes of glass? I can't believe how you stayed till the last munite"

Donghae wordlessly came and sat down on top of the table and gazed up at Jake,

The door opened and Luca came in holding a first aid kit, and Hyukjae turned to look at him,

"Keep it here Luca and and close the door when you go"

"But boss I-"

"Do it" said Jake with a final look and Luca bowed.

"As you wish sir" he said and left; clicking the door shut softly behind him

Donghae stared at Jake's weird behaviour, he shouldn't be doing this, he could've let Luca do the job; why-

"Incase if you're wondering, I do have a training in first aid, it's essential for us to learn it"

"Oh" said Donghae; unable to find anything else to say, "you should've let Luca do it, why do you bother yourself?"

"Because I wanted to have a talk with you...alone" said Hyukjae; his voice deep and steady with his blue gray eyes looking almost lost.

"About what?"

Hyukjae took a few moments to respond, and he looked into Donghae's eyes,

"First of all" he said, "Thank you for protecting me back there"

"You're welcome" said Donghae and smiled, although he winced after that. "Though I hardly deserve it, it was my job to protect you"

"Hmm" said Jake and continued to open the medical kit, but to Donghae's amazement, he saw Jake's hands shaking.

"Hey" said Donghae gently "Jake, if you're not sure about this, then you can let Luca-"

"You are the only person who calls me that do you know?" said Jake softly.

Donghae stared at him, his heart beating fast for a reason he didn't quite understand.

"Call you what?" asked Donghae hasitatingly.

"My name" said Hyukjae, "no one ever called me that, unless they're close to me"

"Well, if you don't want me to-"

"No!" he said and Donghae winced, he couldn't understand what was going on,

Hyukjae sighed and and placed his hands on the first button of his shirt,and suddenly an unknown longing gripped Donghae's heart, he became aware of everything, the silence of the room, the darkning sky outside and Jake's own breathing, the warmth of his body in front of him...so very close to him..

Jake's long fingers defly freed the button from its button hole and Donghae moved his eyes away from what he was doing, his face growing warm as Jake popped the bottons of his shirt on by one and gently removed his shirt.

Hyukjae looked down at Donghae's waist and grimaced, little glass pieces were trapped on his skin were they still bled.

He took out a pair of tweezers and started to clean the wound,

Hyukjae knew that he was litterally doing something that he wouldn't have done for anyone else, ever, but as he concentrated on the wound, his eyes travelled to Donghae's defined abs, his strong arms and broad chest and he shivered,

"Do you think that I did the right thing by killing Alvarez?" he asked and felt Donghae gasping as he took out a considerably large glass shard,

"Do you?" asked Donghae, wincing.

Hyukjae thought back into what the man had said,

'you are too young to know about life, give up this search, let the family live'

"I don't know" he said softly "a part of me wants to stop everything and forgive them and the other part tells me to fight back and avenge my parents"

Donghae placed a hand on Hyukjae's shoulder and looked at him. At that moment he wanted to spill out everything to Jake, knowing that he'd probably get killed; but he couldn't, something held him from spitting out the truth.

"I was little when I lost my father" said Donghae and Jake looked down at him.

"How did he die?" he asked and Donghae looked striaght into his eyes.

"One of his friends had betrayed him, when he didn't come home that night, I got so scared"

Hyukjae looked at him, his eyes growing warm, he could very well imagine a little Donghae being scared

"I'm sorry" he said but Donghae kept a finger on his lips, silencing him.

"Don't be" he said softly "we are all living in different forms of the same truth Jake, till sometime ago, I hated the man who killed my father, but now he's dead, and I simply gave up living in past memories, and by hating some guy for killing my father; doesn't bring him back to me in the end, it's something they did to eachother a long time ago, and it's my responsibility to live a life avoiding stuff like that, that way; I can repay him by being someone good without being a cold blooded killer"

Jake carfully went on looking at him, and he bit his lip, thinking how good Donghae was at taking strong decisions. As he looked at Donghae, he saw his soft brown eyes and his beautiful thin lips, illuminated by the glow of the lights in the room. So beautiful...

"So are you telling me to forgive them?" he asked and Donghae sighed; looking out the window

"No" he said "I understand the frustration and pain you must have gone through...and I want you to think it through on your own, its not my place to tell you what to do Jake but I know you are strong, and inside you, I see kindness"

"I-" said Hyukjae completely at loss "thankyou"

"Don't thank me" said Donghae "sometimes I think that you should have let me die that day"

"Did you want to?" asked Jake, taking the surgical sprit and dousing it on cotton

"Somehow I think it would've saved you from a lot of trouble" sighed Donghae.

"You don't know me Donghae" said Jake "I've done only a handful of things in my life I have never regretted... and saving you was one of them"

"Jake" whispered Donghae "you knew you didn't have to save me"

"I did, but- I didn't want you to die, the way you screamed-" said Hyukjae quietly,

By now they were only inches apart with their legs pressed against each other and Jake's heart began to hammer against his ribs.

"I want you" said Jake, hoping against hope that Donghae might realize what he really meant.

Donghae nodded, but inside his heart was nearly exploding, those words...in what way did he mean them?

As they stared at each other, the tension became unbearable for Donghae, he wanted to slide his arms around Jake and gently press his lips on him, but he stopped right there, there was no future for those kinds of thoughts, in Jake's point of view,he was the traitor's son...

Donghae glanced down and cleared his throat "that sprit is gonna evaporate if you hold it like that"

Hyukjae gave a violent start almost knocking over the first aid box "it'll hurt Donghae"

"I'm not afraid... Jake"

"You never were" said Hyukjae and pressed piece of cotton on the wound making Donghae wince loudly; as he stared to clean the blood.

"Another part of me wants something" said Jake unexpectedly and Donghae raised his eyes to look at him

"What is it?"

"I'll never tell you" said Hyukjae smilling while he wrapped a bandage around Donghae's waist

'I'll never tell how a large part of me feels that I've already fallen in love with you...'

"I think that it's time for you to officially join the Falcon Circle" said Jake.