| Fan Fiction |
by Micah
“Yes, a lot. It is very interesting,” Yoochun replied with a smile, slightly distracted as he stretched his neck to peek out into the garden. While he and Yunho were sitting in Kibum’s large living room, Junsu and Jaejoong were running around in the garden doing…what were they doing anyway?
“Interesting enough to make you want to stay?” Yunho asked another question, his eyes following Yoochun’s eyes, except his eyes were on Jaejoong.
Yunho couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow when Jaejoong suddenly jumped onto Junsu’s back and forced the younger man to give him a piggyback ride. Junsu pretended to cringe at the weight, but still carried Jaejoong as he ran around the garden.
Yoochun’s eyes had stopped stalking and were now looking down at his own hands.
”Yoochun, is it worth it to give up a whole forest for one tree?” another question.
“It depends on the person. I am the type who will give up a whole forest for one tree. Why do you ask? Do you want to stay in this era?”
“I do not know,” Yunho murmured.
“Because of Jaejoong?” Yoochun had noticed Yunho’s eyes on the two childish men, but he wasn’t sure about which of the two.
“No…I...if I were to stay…it would be for…for Junsu…” Yunho stammered for the first time in a long time.
“Junsu? You’d stay for Junsu? Why?” Yoochun cut him off with wide threatening eyes. He had no idea why, but the thought of maybe Yunho was also staring at Junsu...annoyed Yoochun.
Yunho was shocked by his outburst as well. The older man felt the need to quickly explain, “I wanted to say: I’d stay for Junsu, for Changmin, for Kibum, as well as Jaejoong. They’ve become my good friends.”
Yunho had listed Junsu first and Jaejoong last…wanting to make it seem like Jaejoong didn’t matter the most.
Neither could understand why they felt what they were feeling. They were acting like they were…well, denying love. But that couldn’t be possible. A man could never fall in love with another man.
So what was this emotion that involved caring too much, so much that it created jealousy and possessiveness?
“True, they’ve become very good friends to us,” Yoochun agreed. ‘Friendship’, that was the answer.
“You agree, but you’re not one to give up love for friendship,” Yunho pointed out.
“No, I’m the idiot who would give up a whole forest for a single tree,” Yoochun smiled sadly.
“Then does this mean you will return to your home with me after Kibum has found a way?”
“Yunho, my home is your home,” Yoochun paused. “But that place you called my home is neither mine nor your home.”
“What do you mean it is not your home? Your family lives there. It can be simple, Yoochun. Return home, marry Yoona, and live happily ever after. Simple.”
Yoochun’s eyes were suspicious as he looked at Yunho. When had his friend begun to believe in ‘happily-ever-after’?
“It could be simple, but simplicity does not mean happiness, Yunho.”
“Listen to me, Yoochun. Marry her. You will be happy, your parents will be happy, her parents will be happy.”
“She will not be happy,” Yoochun’s eyes were sad, but Yunho did not look away.
“One person can sacrifice for the happiness of five.”
“No,” Yoochun sighed again. “If she is not happy, then I cannot be happy either. That is love.”
“Is it?” Yunho questioned.
“The difference between me and you is that you are not a hopeless romantic.”
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“Having fun, Mr. Shim?”
Changmin’s eyes widened when he heard Kim Kibum’s voice and turned around to see the shorter man’s smirk. Both were standing at the top of the stairs, looking down at the two conversing men in the downstairs living room. From there, they could also see Junsu and Jaejoong running around like children in the garden.
“Do you have fun sneaking up on people?” Changmin retorted.
“It is certainly not as heinous of a crime as eavesdropping.”
“Do you not have better things to do?” Changmin frowned.
“My meeting just ended and I was about to inform Yoochun and Yunho about my recent findings.”
“You found that they’re actually suffering a mental disease and are not really from the past?” the taller man tested.
“I never doubted their mental state in the first place. Why do you still refuse to believe?”
“It’s all against logic.”
“Logic is crap.”
Changmin was shocked that Kibum would use such an informal word. “Blunt and vulgar, that’s not like you.”
“You wouldn’t know,” Kibum replied, his expression cool and calm throughout the whole debate.
“Then you would know nothing of why I’m eavesdropping either,” Changmin countered.
“Jealousy.”
Changmin frowned even more. “You’re nosy.”
“No, just blunt,” Kibum smirked. It seemed that the taller man wasn’t in the best state to debate today. As much as Kibum wanted to continue, he had to remember that there were more important tasks on hand.
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“Where are we?” Junsu inquired as his eyes wandered the large field. It was close to ten at night and the six of them were gathered in the middle of an empty field.
“Will we get shot for trespassing?” Changmin observed.
“Is it hunting season?” Jaejoong gasped. Changmin and Junsu rolled their eyes.
“Don’t worry, my company owns this land. It has been isolated specifically for my experiments,” Kibum explained. Yoochun and Yunho were silent as they followed behind.
“Why are we here at this time of the night, especially when the clouds warn of a storm?” Changmin, ever so logical, questioned. His eyes stared up at the dark sky; stars were barely visible (if visible at all).
“I checked the weather. There will be a storm tonight and plenty of lightning,” Kibum informed.
“Lightning?” Junsu and Jaejoong gulped, zipping up their jackets all the way to their chin. Then Junsu reached over to zip up Yoochun’s jacket while Jaejoong zipped up Yunho’s jacket. Changmin and Kibum were wearing jackets with buttons.
“Only the shock of lightning is powerful enough to run the machine,” Kibum simplified.
“Machine?” Junsu wondered out loud as his eyes searched. His eyes found.
Not too far away was a huge machine, too technical to understand, but just as awesome to stare at. “Wow, I thought these only existed in movies!” Jaejoong gasped again.
“You look like a tourist,” Changmin frowned.
“Are you trying to pick a fight again?” Jaejoong glared.
“This machine will bring us back?” Yoochun spoke to interrupt the fight. Junsu stared at the machine and felt the urge to destroy it.
“There are still many tests to be done, but I promised to keep you informed throughout the experiment. So with this perfect weather, I decided to show you a test drive of the machine,” Kibum answered.
“‘Test drive’?” Yunho inquired.
“Yes, I will be testing this machine on a subject. There will be cameras attached to it and if it returns safely with pictures of the correct time period then we will know that the machine is safe. The cameras are programmed to capture pictures between certain intervals of time.”
Kibum went ahead to explain details about the machine, but they could only understand half of what he said. He spoke logically, but Changmin still refused to believe, standing a safe distance away. Jaejoong had grabbed onto Junsu with one arm and Yunho with the other, tugging them close to his sides to keep himself warm. Yoochun stood closest to Kibum, trying his best to understand half of what the younger man was saying.
Eventually, Kibum finished with, “Any questions?”
Junsu raised his hand, tugging away from Jaejoong (who was left to cling onto Yunho) to step forward. He now stood next to Yoochun.
“Yes, Junsu?”
“What will you be testing it on? And where are your helpers?”
“There is no need for them. I am capable of controlling the machine on my own,” Kibum assured. The others didn’t doubt that since he was a kid genius, but Changmin was suspicious. Why were there no other people around?
“And the subject?” Yoochun asked.
“It will be a robotic rabbit I created many years ago,” Kibum revealed. “All of my technology is waterproof so there is no need to worry about possible rain.”
“‘Robotic’?”
“It means that the rabbit is not real. It’s made up of technology stuff, but can function in similar ways to a normal rabbit,” Junsu voluntarily explained.
Yoochun smiled to thank him and Junsu automatically smiled back. Changmin noticed and frowned. Kibum noticed and smirked.
The six of them stepped closer to the machine and spent a minute or two examining it (except Changmin, of course). Kibum walked over to him with a mocking smile.
“Not liking what you see?” the shorter man challenged.
“Not at all,” Changmin’s voice was sarcastic. The only reason he was here in the first place was because he wanted to stick to Junsu.
Kibum continued to smirk as he walked away. Changmin was sure that the shorter man was not talking about the machine. His question was definitely directed to Changmin’s ability to see the abnormal interaction between Junsu and Yoochun.
No, Changmin did not like what he was seeing…at all.
A minute later, everything was set and the robotic rabbit was in place. The five stood back while Kibum stood inside a safe compartment near the machine that would allow him to control the buttons.
“Wait, wait!” Jaejoong suddenly shouted.
“What?” Junsu and Changmin chorused while the others just turned their eyes to the blond man.
“Can I name it?” Jaejoong smiled pleadingly at Kibum.