•Jinyoung•

Jinyoung opened his eyes, staring at the ceiling. He felt comfortable and noticed that he was on a bed.

Oh God, my head hurts like shit. I am sick again. I swear to God Jackson you couldn't have been unhealthier.

Then he felt someone else's presence and he saw Jaebum sitting on the bed next to him, his back facing him.

"Jimin...?"

Jaebum looked at him and stared at him for a few moments before saying "What are you trying to do?"

"What...?", Jinyoung was confused.

"Didn't I say that the bet was off? There's no reason for you to be here."

Jinyoung sat up in the bed. "Do you... Mean that? Or are you just saying it because of Yugyeom? I don't know what happened between you two, but I know that you're doing this because of him."

"Even if that were true, I have no reason to tell you, and you have no reason to care.", Jaebum said, his voice was as cold as ice.

He stood up and went towards the door. "As soon as you feel better, leave.", he said, and went for a door knob, but Jinyoung's words stopped him.

"I care...!", Jinyoug tried to stop him as well as he could, not wanting to loose him again. "Even though I don't want to. I do. I've always been like this. Back then, I thought, you and I relied to each other and supported each other.", Jinyoung was finally reviling himself to Jaebum.

"That's why, when you disappeared like that, I felt betrayed. I... I thought I'd never abandon you. Things probably got harder for you because of that thing with your mother, but even so it hit me hard... And it took a long time for me to forget. But I think that I've done pretty well on my own."

Jinyoung could feel his eyes filling up with tears as he continued talking.

"But fuck, you never know what will happen. Even though I tried so hard to survive, I died. When I woke up, I wasn't Park Jinyoung, I was Jackson Wang. In a split second, my identity was gone. The things were confusing, but none more than the run-in with you.

You appeared out of nowhere and dug out the past I was trying so hard to forget. You never came looking for me when I was alive, but you recognized me immediately.

Do you know how," Jinyoung took a deep breath, " how much that...", he was sobbing at this point. Tears streaming down his face. "Damn it! What's with you!? You left without saying anything so why are you doing this to me now?!"

Jaebum walked over to him slowly. And Jinyoung continued. "You said. You said that if I had a question, you would answer me and it didn't matter what the question is, right?

So tell me

Jaebum

Tell me why?

Why did you leave?"

Jinyoung was trying his best not to completely fall apart. His name. His name sounded so well. He finally said it. He let it all go.

"Say it again.", Jaebum said, taking a step closer to him.

"What?"

Jaebum grabbed Jinyoung's chin and wiped his tears away. "My name. Say it. "

"That's not important right now!", Jinyoung said harshly, but trully he melted under the other's touch.

"It is. The only reason I lasted this long was because of that."

"What are you saying?"

"When we were together, I could only ever be weak", Jaebum caressed other's cheeks gently. "And I knew that I would lose you. So I accepted the offer from my father, my real father. His mistress was my mother."

Jaebum put his thumb on Jinyoung's bottom lip as he continued. "He told me to erase the name Im Jaebum and replace his real heir, Jimin, once he's dead. Jimin was very ill so he died not long after I came."

"It didn't matter to me that that bastard abandoned my mother, it only mattered that it would keep you safe next to me. Because, as long as you were safe, it didn't matter if I was by your side or not. I thought that you being with me was putting you in danger, so I left.", Jaebum finished and took his hand of off Jinyoung.

"Wh-What are you trying to say?", Jinyoung said and took Jaebum by his collar, pulling him closer. "Are you saying that you disappeared without a word just to protect me?! You little shit! Did you really think this was for my benefit?! What do you take me for?! I can take care of myself!!!"

"I didn't want you to do this for me... If you really did all that for me...", Jinyoung's voice and tone became softer, "I... I... Fuck! I resented you all this time-"

"It doesn't matter", Jaebum said. His hands were on the bed because of Jinyoung still pulling his collar.

"What?"

"If you hate me, resent me or if you don't understand why I'm doing this. It doesn't matter. So you shouldn't worry..."

"How can it not matter?! Even if it doesn't matter to you it matters to me!!!", Jinyoung was yelling in frustration.

Suddenly, Jaebum's lips formed a smrk. "Oh, really? Then how about now?", he said in a deep sexy voice. "Do you still resent me now?"

Jinyoung instantly let go of Jaebum's collar. "Why are you asking that all of the sudden?!?!"

Jaebum sat on the bed. "You said that it matters to you, so I'm listening."

Jinyoung kept silent for quite some time.

"F-fuck! I might as well! I'm only going to say this once, so you better listen."

Jaebum kept silent, waiting for his next words, but that's not what he got. He got something much better.

Jinyoung's lips crashed into his, and Jaebum's eyes widened in shock. Jinyoung pulled him closer by the neck and after he noticed that the other isn't responding to the kiss, he pulled away, taking a deep breath.

"Jaebum, it's true. I resented you, but if you hadn't recognized me back then I would've broken down by now. And I didn't really have a reason to resent you anymore.", Jinyoung said, his cheeks insanely red.

Jaebum answered with a smirk and he pushed him to the bed, getting on top of him. "Jin... Young...", he whispered.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

Jaebum started kissing his neck, one hand in his hair. Jinyoung liked it so much and he didn't want to stop the feeling of other's hot lips on his skin, but he needed to get all the answers.

So he pushed him away, so that he was still on top of him, just not too close.

"You still haven't told me what happened with Yugyeom.", Jinyoung said.

"I don't necessarily hate it, but it really annoys me how you ruin the mood like this. By bringing someone completely irrelevant in the conversation. Yugyeom is irrelevant."

"No, he's not. He is connected to you."

"No, he is irrelevant. I never gave him much thought."

"What?! Then what was all that for?! You leaving like that?! Wasn't it because Yugyeom!?"

"No. You were being frustrating, so I was just helping you out.", Jaebum said with a smirk.

"Are you saying you did this on purpose?!"

"Yup.", Jaebum said, and then leaned back closer to him, putting his hand under other's chin. At this point, he was whispering to other's lips. "I told you, haven't I? The more you leave me waiting, the worse it'll be for you. And it worked didn't it? Wouldn't it have been better if you just did this in the beginning?"

"You dummy...", Jinyoung said softly and then he melted under his lips. Jaebum kissed him differently this time, knowing that Jinyoung accepted him.

He kissed him gently, not wanting to hurt him in any way possible, so when Jinyoung grabbed his shirt on his back and pulled him closer harshly, it took him by surprise.

"Why... So... Gentle?", Jinyoung said inbetween kisses.

Jaebum took that as a sign, and he put one of his hands in Jinyoung's hair, and another on his back pulling him up.

He liked other's teeth, asking for entrance and for the first time, he got it. But then, Jaebum pulled away. And Jinyoung arched his back upwards, wanting more.

Jaebum put his hand on Jinyoung's cheek and his thumb in his mouth. "I knew it. You're burning up."

"Now that you mentioned it, everything is spinning."

Suddenly, Jaebum fell on his side and he pulled Jinyoung for a hug. Cuddling him in.

"What are y-?"

"Just shh...", Jaebum whispered to his hair.

"Why do we have to lay like this?", Jinyoung asked, but got no reply from his lover.

"Cmo-!", he started to wiggle around, but he stopped as soon as he heard Jaebum's heart beating.

"Hey, Jaebum. Does it bother you that I'm not in my real body?"

"That day, after the accident, I prayed even though I don't believe in God.", Jaebum said and kissed his head, "I'm just thankful that I can see you, even if it's like this."

And after that they were quiet. Jinyoung was breathing in the other's scent and feeling the other's presence

All until he fell asleep.

Finally peaceful.
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End of the chapter 💕