Hello Chap. 17

[kumo_is_kumo]

Title: Hello

Pairing: Jongkey

Genre: Romance, Fluff, Smut, Drama, Semi-Angst

Length: Series

Summary: They were young when it all happened; the young love, the separation, the sadness, the fake hurting words. They are matured now when it all happens; the second meeting, the hesitation, the fear of getting hurt, and… the bit of remaining love inside.

Chapter 17



“What is it that I heard about you failing your exam?”

Jonghyun bent his head down, avoiding his father’s piercing gaze. He hated it when his father was angry. He couldn’t guess what his next punishment would be.

“I-I’m not the only one failed in it. Everyone in the class failed because it was really hard!” He tried to reason, he really tries. It was just that his father didn’t listen to his reason.

“You should have passed it, you stupid!”

Jonghyun gulped and muttered a soft apology to his father. After an hour of listening to the lecture about how he would be grounded from going out other than to school, Jonghyun deflated and went back to his bedroom.

Ah. He couldn’t have a date with Kibum now. What should he do? But wait. His father wouldn’t be home tomorrow so he wouldn’t know whether he followed his punishment or not right? Jonghyun grinned.

Speaking about Kibum… what would that cute boy do right now? Oh, Jonghyun missed his little boyfriend! He loved him so much and he couldn’t wait for tomorrow because school day meant meeting Kibum and sharing little kisses in the library.











“Hyung,” Kibum whined softly. Jonghyun ignored him and continued to peck his mouth again and again. Kibum huffed, pushing him away. His face was red in pink and Jonghyun was sure he liked it as well but he just didn’t want to admit it.

“People might see!” The younger boy reasoned. Jonghyun grinned.

“Let them see! I’m just kissing my own boyfriend because I love him! What’s so wrong with that?”

Kibum whimpered, both his palms held onto his burning cheeks, and Jonghyun giggled. His boyfriend was so cute!

“Kibum, do you want to come to my house today?”

“Didn’t you say you are grounded, hyung?”

“My father wouldn’t be home! He is too busy flying all around the world so no one would know except for Grandpa, of course!”

Kibum nodded his head hesitantly.











Luck was not on their side because as Jonghyun pushed the gate open and entered the house with Kibum trailing shyly behind him, he found his father standing in the hallway and looking so close in screaming.

“What do you think you are doing, Jonghyun?”

“F-Father,” Jonghyun stuttered, moving to hide Kibum behind his back. Kibum stood still on his feet.

“I thought I made myself clear that you are grounded. Why would you bring your friend here?”

“I… Father, you said I couldn’t go out but you didn’t say about me someone visiting me.” Jonghyun tried his luck. He was talking back and he was scared but he had to try.

“You brat!” The man shouted and Kibum squeezed his eyes closed, his hand clutching onto Jonghyun’s fingers.

The man saw the gesture and he went even angrier than this.

“Who’s that?”

“M-My friend, father.” Jonghyun stuttered.

“No friends holding hands. Let it go.” The man said coldly and Kibum released his hand almost immediately. Jonghyun kept a securing arm around his boyfriend.

“I need you to leave my house, boy.” The man said to Kibum and Jonghyun for once agreed with his father.

“Kibum, I will see you tomorrow at school, okay?” He whispered lowly and Kibum nodded. He gave Jonghyun’s waist a comforting squeeze before he ran out of the house.

“Who was that?”

Jonghyun bent his head down. “My… boyfriend.”

The man grabbed him by his arm and dragged him to the living room. “How dare you. I sent you to the school to study, not so you could play around with anyone!”

“I-I love him! He is my boyfriend! And I keep my study!”

“Shut up! I don’t want to see you with that boy again! I have all the plans intact and I don’t need you to ruin it.”

“Father!”

“Go to your room!”

Jonghyun clamped his mouth shut and dragged himself to his room.





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“Hyung! W-Wait!” Kibum whined, a hand clutching onto the strap of his backpack while the other one was clasped tightly into the other’s bigger palm. Jonghyun glanced at him, stopping for a few seconds.

“Kibummie? Are you okay?” He asked, warm palms cradling the other’s cheeks. Kibum huffed, trying to regain his breathing back and nodded.

“Just… don’t run too fast, Jonghyun hyung,” he pouted. Jonghyun smiled and nodded, before pecking his lips briefly. A smile bloomed on Kibum’s face and he watched when Jonghyun intertwined their fingers again.

There was something they had to do before the day ended.

It was their rushed plan, without thinking clearly, and it was their adrenaline, pushing their courage forward. It was risky but for them, it was worth it.

Kibum panted as he tried to catch up with Jonghyun’s eager footsteps. His hyung was so eager, really, really eager.

Arriving at the public office, Kibum stared up at the building, still feeling amazed that they were going to do this. Jonghyun tightened his hold on the other’s hand before entering the place with confident written all over his face. Kibum bit down his bottom lip and silently followed him from behind, heart pounding in anticipation.

The officers were working, the building was filled with people signing in papers, telephones ringing, and adults walking here and there.

Stopping in front of the officer who was working on his desk, Jonghyun greeted him silently.

“Excuse me, Sir. And good afternoon.” His voice was shaky and Kibum could tell that he was also nervous but his eagerness conquered everything.

“Can I help you, kid?” The officer looked up from his papers; forehead furrowing at the sight of two barely-adult boys standing in front of him.

Jonghyun smiled, nodding his head at the question. Kibum waited.

This was it.

“Yes. We would like to register our marriage.”

It came to a shock; both to Kibum and to the officer.

To Kibum, because even though this was their plan, he still couldn’t believe that they were acting so reckless.

To the officer, because even though this was not really rare, it was still surprised him.

“…marriage? You two?”

“Yes.” Jonghyun nodded, tightening his hold around Kibum’s hand.

“How old are you?” The officers judged, staring up and down. They were both kind of short-legged so it was hard for him to believe them.

“I’m nineteen. He is eighteen. We are legal.”

“Barely. But still, are you sure, kid? I mean, this is not a game, this is not something you could break tomorrow or whatsoever.”

“I know. We know. We wouldn’t be here if we were not so sure.”

Kibum was still amazed that Jonghyun could speak so confidently over thing this big. He could still feel himself shaking.

The officers told them to sit in front of him and he grabbed a few papers that they should fill and asked for their identity card. He took a lot at it and excused himself to go and make a few phone calls while the two boys filled the papers.

“Hyung?” Kibum tugged onto his sleeve. Jonghyun hummed questioningly while jotting down their names on the papers and so on.

“Are you… you won’t- won’t regret this, right?” He asked carefully, because this decision was made by impulse.

Jonghyun stared at him with a huge smile and muttered a no, before reassuring him with a gentle kiss over his head that no, he wouldn’t regret this.

The procedure went kind of smoothly, save for the officers who was looking at them from time to time.

They put their sign and any other things that would make it official, before they were handed a few papers for them to take and the officers saved the others into the official drawer.



They were married. Legally.







Jonghyun thanked the officers over and over again, before taking Kibum’s hand and pulled him outside. Kibum could only giggle at the way his boyfriend, no scratch that, his spouse looking like an overexcited puppy.

They stepped out of the building and walked down along the street, both silence with their own thinking.

It didn’t take them long to stay silent because out of nowhere, two cars stopped right in front of them.

Jonghyun became alerted and guarded when he realized the car plate numbers and true to his thought, climbing down from the car was his parents. He could see Kibum flinched and he quickly shielded his little spouse with his back.

“Kim Jonghyun! What have you done?” His father was fuming.

Kibum could see the other car was his dad’s and with a low whimper, he glued himself onto Jonghyun’s back.

“Kibum, son? What’s happening? Why did we get a call saying that you are… you are registering a marriage?!” His mom demanded for an explanation.

Jonghyun rummaged through his bag and pulled out the official papers, showing them to the adults confidently.

“We are married officially now and you can’t do anything about it!”

There, he announced it. The adults gaped at him and it took only a second before Jonghyun saw his father fuming and marching towards him. He hid the papers and took some steps back, keeping Kibum behind his back.

“You ungrateful child! I will end this right now!”

“Father, couldn’t you be happy for me at least once?” Jonghyun shouted, trying to look for a way to run. He saw another car driving closer and Jonghyun thought it was miracle for him.

He ran with Kibum and hid behind the one who had just stepped down from the car.

“Grandpa,” Jonghyun called, asking for help while he hid behind the old man’s back.

The old man stared at the fuming male. “Keep it down. You are making a scene.”

Jonghyun’s father growled. “Father, don’t side with that kid!”

“Don’t say that. He is your son.” Grandpa said with a frown. He then turned to the two young boys. “Get inside the car, you two. It’s cold here.”

Jonghyun nodded and climbed into his Grandpa’s car, bringing Kibum with him.

“It’s okay now. We are okay. Grandpa is here.” He muttered, caressing Kibum’s head.











They got a small house as a gift from Grandpa and Jonghyun couldn’t be any happier than this. They got to enjoy their first night in the house, staining the bed with sweat, and spending the afterglow with laugh.

He had thought it was over. They were married, they were happy; but that was not the end.

Jonghyun had heard about how Kibum’s parents’ business was getting tight, they were on the edge of bankruptcy. He had never thought that his own father was the one behind that.











“You are my son, so I will get you back.”

“Why would you do this?” Jonghyun asked, teeth gritted and fists curled.

“You do not ruin what I have planned to you, Jonghyun. You could get married to whoever you like, have a ring on your finger, but you won’t escape your destiny.”

“Father, you couldn’t be serious in using Kibum’s parents to threaten me.”

“Oh but I do. I could just make a single call and they would end up being stray on the street. You don’t have your Grandpa here, Jonghyun. No one could save you this time. Your Grandpa is out to cure himself.”

Jonghyun felt tears pricked in his eyes.

“You are so cruel.”

“And you are so stupid. If you think you could escape from me, then you are wrong. It’s your choice, Jonghyun. You can choose what’s more important than this.”

A tear dropped down as Jonghyun made his decision.











“Kibum, let’s get a divorcement paper.”

He thought that he heard it wrong and Kibum glanced at his supposed to be spouse.

“Hyung? Today’s not an April’s Fools, right?”

“No, I’m serious. We really need to end this.” Jonghyun muttered.

Kibum felt himself trembled. “But why?”

“We… We can’t be together, Kibum. We were blinded by young love and we acted on impulse. Look where it got us now. I don’t want to trouble you more than this. I shouldn’t have asked you to marry me.”

Kibum felt his heart churned in pain. “Hyung, you can’t be serious telling me that.”

Jonghyun said nothing other than, “I’m sorry.”

“But you said that we would be together forever! We could face anything if we were together! Why would we divorce now? Why? Why?!” Kibum shouted.

“Because I’m scared!!” Jonghyun shouted back, his voice louder and Kibum was silenced.

“I’m scared, Kibum. There’s nothing I could do. I don’t have any power.” Jonghyun sobbed, his tears trailing down his cheeks. Kibum was no different from him as they cried.

“Hyung,”

“My stupid decision brought us here, all alone and scared and feeling threatened. I brought this misfortune to you and your family. All because I talked back against my father. I love you, Kibum, but we need to end this.”

Kibum choked on his tears. “You promised that we would face it together.”

“I’m sorry.” Jonghyun shook his head.

“But now you back away because you are scared of your father.”

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.” He chanted.

“You disappoint me.”

“I just want to keep you safe.”

Kibum chuckled bitterly. “Keeping me safe? A coward like you? You are kidding me.”

Jonghyun closed his eyes as the words hit him like a slap. Yeah, he was a coward. He couldn’t keep his love with him and he gave up as what his father expected him to. He was a coward who couldn’t even make his love stay.

“I’m sorry, Kibum. I love you so much, but I’m so sorry.”

Kibum turned his back to him, walking away. “I hate a coward like you.”

Jonghyun watched his back getting further away as the last words echoed in his head.

“Hate me so you could be happy. Hate this coward who couldn’t even hold your hand without being afraid.”



By the end of the day, the divorce papers were signed, rings were out of their fingers, and no more bound could tie them together.









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A/N: Flashback chapter! No more angst chapter! Well, a bit more but happy ending is coming soon! Three more chapters left!
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