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melodyprower11 ([personal profile] melodyprower11) wrote2011-03-24 05:19 am

Child At Heart

Title: Child at Heart Chapter 5
Rating: PG-13 for language
Length: 1296  words
Pairing: HanHae
Summary: Han Geng thinks that Donghae would make a good little brother, and denies that his affections could lay in any other direction. Unfortunately for him, he may just find that you should be careful what you ask for, Some wishes have a nasty habit of coming true.





Donghae makes it out the door and all the way down to the lobby of the of the building where their dorms are located before the first tear breaks through. But not long after that comes another, and another, until he’s sobbing as he breaks into a run.

Stupid.

Stupid, stupid, stupid, to get his hopes up like that.

He sniffles and lets his feet carry him along, not paying enough attention to do more than keep himself from tripping or running into to something.

Why though? Why was he wrong? Was he even wrong? Was it something about him? Was it Han Geng? Obviously Han Geng said he liked him. But only as a brother, and not how Donghae wanted.

Donghae slowed to a stop as he reached a small park not too far from the dorm, and doubles over to catch his breathe, angrily wiping tears from his eyes. The sound of running water in the distance catches his attention, and after a moment he walks across a small open area, and finally reaches a stream. Small, but big and fast enough to keep from freezing over this early in the winter.  Ah, he knows where he is.

 He scrambles through the trees at the edge of the clearing and over a few rocks, before reaching his secret spot.  By this time, the sun is starting to set, and it’s getting hard to see, but the fading light scatters through breaks in the trees to dance across the surface of a small  pool at the base of yet smaller waterfall, barely enough for the water to splash as it falls.

Donghae clears the snow off a boulder. His place. No one else knew this was here,  or at least he had never told anyone of his secret hide out,  discovered not long after they moved into the dorms.

In good times it served as a base of operations, for prank planning, for thinking, for writing music.

In bad times, times like this, he thinks bitterly,  it becomes his only true place to go, because privacy is a precious commodity when you live, even if not in the same dorm, even if you have your own room, with 14 other guys. 

Donghae sits cross-legged and stares blankly at the small stone in his hand, fingers absently turning it over and over.

Would he ever be able to have Han Geng hyung love him? Not like a brother, but for real love, love like you see in dramas, love like his parents, something he’d always wanted.

The kind of love that fifty years down the road, would still be strong? Could they have that?

Donghae admits to himself, that he could see himself, being there for Han Geng, even after super junior is over, living in korea, or even going to china with him.  Finishing learning mandarin, maybe adopting a kid, the two of them together.

But could Han Geng feel the same? Was he even gay? Donghae had known since he was little that he didn’t care about gender. His first crush had been the boy down the down street, Kwangsun, who had played soccer with him after school.

But his first love, his first date, first kiss had been shy Eun Mi, all braided pigtails and big eyes. Eventually she and he had broken up, as much as one can at thirteen, and but later they laughed about it, and had gone on as friends.

But was Han Geng the same? Or was he doomed to being in love with a straight man. And even if he was bi or gay, would Han Geng like him? Or did he already like someone else?

He feels cold, well colder than he already was at the thought.

Would he be able to watch Han Geng with someone who wasn’t him?

He doesn’t know.

His phones rings, breaking the silence.  He clutches his stone with one hand as he flips the phone open with the other. He glances down at the name.

Han Geng is calling….

Tears come to his eyes again, this time from anger. He press the end call button and holds it down.

Call ended…

And few seconds later, the screen fades to black as the phone powers down.

Damn it, why was he so STUPID. Putting so many years into someone who never showed any interest in him at all. Why?!

He clenches his hand, and in a fit of rage and self-loathing, flings the green-blue stone from him.

It bounces off a tree trunk and plops into to water at the base of the water fall, and immediately Donghae leaps to his feet, regret clawing at his stomach. No,no,nononononono.

He didn’t mean to!

The moon is out, but the sun has set, and under the trees its almost too dark to see anything, but Donghae splashes into the water, hissing at the cold, but refusing to stop as he sinks almost to his waist. He bends down and his hands flit across the bottom, pulling up every small stone he comes across.

Not it. No, not it. Not it either.

Where is it?

His frantic searching continues for several minutes, but eventually he stops when he can no longer feel his fingers well enough to pull anything up off the bottom. For a moment he stands there, silent tears trickling down his face, sodden clothes clinging to him.

Its absolutely silent except for the  continuous sound of running water, before a snort breaks through, a laugh.  Donghae brings a stiff hand up to his face to brush the hair out of his eyes.

What a mess.

Maybe he’s better off, if this is the kinda crap he gets himself into being in love. Soaking wet in the middle of winter, snow on the ground, all for getting upset over a rock.

He smiles, and its not  bitter, but it isn’t a happy smile either, just a tiny rueful quirk of the lips, and drags himself self out of the water. He has a feeling he’s going to end up sick from this little stunt.

Brothers? If he’s honest, he’s not sure he can pull that off, but he can try if that’s what Han Geng wants. It would be easier if he couldn’t remember how much un-brotherly love he  felt for the man, but he could try.

He’d be the best little-brother ever, if that’s all he could get. Maybe one day, Han Geng would see him differently, and He hopes, prays, that will be sooner rather than later, but for now, He’ll deal as best he can.

He would be the little-brother Han Geng hyung had always wanted, Because he’s heard him talk about growing up as an only child, and knows he’d wished for it often, a brother or sister, seen the way that Han Geng gets soft when he looks at small children. If he could be that small he’d do it in a heartbeat for Han Geng hyung.

Dimly Donghae realizes he’s just burying his feelings under this new ambition, that it could easily comeback to get him, but this is something he can DO, that he’s sure of, and after that last debacle of hope and feelings, he’s going to go with what he knows Han Geng feels, and shoves the thought down with everything else he doesn’t want to think about.

After all, He’d do anything to get Han Geng to love him, anyway he could get it. Pathetic, but true.

Soon enough Donghae finds himself out of the park, and on the way back to the dorm.

If he’d stayed around a few moments longer, he might have seen  a spark of blue green light flare under the water of the pool he’d left behind.




Back to Donghae POV . Donghae reaction to the last few chapters, next up it'll be Geng for a while on out, so enjoy the donghae pov while you can hahaha~

[identity profile] moonlight-bat.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
uwaaaa.... poor donghae!!!
I really like this, please continue this, okay?????

[identity profile] melodyprower11.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
haha, Don't worry I'm planning on it~

Thanks for reading ^^

[identity profile] miracleshining.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
This is really turning into an amazing story! I really liked getting Donghae's view, it's so painful but real! (I can see the Fish loving like that.)

Now we're on to seeing the exciting new parts! Can't wait for the next update!

[identity profile] melodyprower11.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 09:43 am (UTC)(link)
Yep yep, this is the turning point form what was essentially set up, to the main part of the story haha.

hehehe, thank you <3

[identity profile] followurdestiny.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
oeehh oeehhh... wants the next chapter soon!
Poor Hae *hugs him tightly* things will work out eventually, it will just take time... HanGeng already loves you though - as a brother and something more, but he just needs to realise/accept it first XDDD... HanHae are just to precious *protects them from evil/sadness/pain* eventhough I know there's more on the way first ...

[identity profile] melodyprower11.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
haha, you'd be right, on all accounts haha~

Thanks for reading, and glad you liked it~

[identity profile] summer0smiles.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Seriously?!?! You did this to donghae??? You??? Did... this???? *flops*

Sigh.

But this was really heartfelt, it nearly brought tears to my eyes... my heart aches for Hae... don't worry, sweet fishy... hannie just needs more time to realise that he loves you more than just brotherly.*hugs hae tight*

If he could be that small he’d do it in a heartbeat for Han Geng hyung.
Aw, come here fishy, let me give you a super tight hug.

<3

[identity profile] melodyprower11.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
hahaha, what did you expect from me. bu take haeart~ I'm *planning* a happy ending hahaha, though no promise on whether or not I'll change my mind.

haha, silly hannie. yeah poor Hae-fishy >.<

.. I LOVE the fact that you pick out that PARTICULAR line, as its actually very very very important for the upcoming storyline, as i move out of set up and into teh main reason i wrote this fic haha. I'm not gonna tell you why, but maybe you'll figure it out before i get there ne?

or at least it will bug for the next few chapters. haha~

and yeah, we all wanna give donghae a hug whne he's sad hahaha~

<3 <3

[identity profile] summer0smiles.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
*takes in deep breath* okay, I'm really... like REALLY looking forward to see how things will progress from that line... XD

All right, I'll bear that in mind, watch your fic closely... well, basically, just stalk this LJ of yours. Hehe~

[identity profile] summer0smiles.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG...*looks at title of your fic*

Omg...*Hae wishing stone came to mind*

Omg...*think about that PARTICULAR LINE*

DON'T TELL ME...*flails* ugh. All that suspense!!

XD

[identity profile] melodyprower11.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
*giggles*

....


*giggles some more*

dammit i'm in class, i have to be quiet >.<

I dunno, you seem to have put together several clues... have you got it? we'll have to see, hehehe~

I just, ahhhh >.< i love your reaction hahaha, too cuuuute *hugs*

[identity profile] summer0smiles.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
In class??? *whispers* we have to keep it low or you'll get into trouble! XD

I THINK I'm nearly getting it. I think... lol. Hm... that's really interesting. Huhu~ all right, I'll wait patiently for updates ne? Mm, definitely... even though it's killing me inside.

Awww, saranghae~ *hugs*
Hwaiting in school! Lol, though i dont really know what kinda encouragement that was. XD

[identity profile] melodyprower11.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
*whispers back* we do, i dont wanna get called on. O.O

*smirk* hehehehe~

keke, saranghae

I dunno either o.O lol but thanks anyway ^^

[identity profile] gunhaeree.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god
God this is so sad ;;__;;
This is so sadddd huwaaaaa...
I want to hug Haeeee
Poor my baby Hae *cries*
Hannie!!!!!!!

I am waiting for the next chapter bb,
Thank u for this.. hUwaaaaa *run and glomps at Hae*

[identity profile] melodyprower11.livejournal.com 2011-03-26 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Hae needs teh hug right now haha <3 I

Thanks for reading <3

[identity profile] rinda-sjfishy.livejournal.com 2011-03-24 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaayy an update from you onn.. >.<
omooooooooooo..this is soooooooooo sad..i wanna hug hae badly..he's surely needs some hugs especially from hannieeeeeeeee *sobs *cries with hae together T______T
just wondering what happen next!kekekekekeke ^,~
please dont make hannie and hae suffer a lot moooreeeeeeee *pleading eyes hihihihihi
thank you soooooooo much for this onnieeeeeeeeeeee *tackles hugs you ^^
update soon onnieeeeeeeee..ill be waiting!! <33333

[identity profile] melodyprower11.livejournal.com 2011-03-26 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
I knooooow. I feel bad for poor Donghae TT.TT

hehe, you'll have to check back in to find out kekeke~

hehe, thanks for reading <3

[identity profile] shihan-ai.livejournal.com 2011-03-25 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
gahhh hae's POV always kills me because it's so raw and painful and something about him running and crying makes me T_____T

his love for geng is so intense and pure and i just want them to get together asap, but then again we wouldn't have the epicness that i'm sure will follow in the coming chapters /conflicted

Would he be able to watch Han Geng with someone who wasn’t him?
ouchies, i really hope he won't have to even if the angstwhore in me rejoices

i love the fact that hae is willing to try and push down his own feelings and just be what (he thinks) geng wants, even if it will hurt...

he’d do it in a heartbeat for Han Geng hyung.
<33333333333333333333

and ohhh element of the supernatural coming into play? curiouser and curiouser ;P

[identity profile] melodyprower11.livejournal.com 2011-03-26 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
Everybody wants poor hae fishy to have his Geng, but its true, there is defintely more to be written... although I'm not sure how much it will effect Donghae. This is, after all, a Geng fic at its core.

hahaha, Hannie with someone else? I dunno.

yeah, poor hae though. its hard to try and change yourself like that....or maybe not in this case. *smirks*

hehe, the second half of that line again.

yep yep. Actually, we're now moving into the main point of the fic, up to now... while important, was essentially set up haha~

[identity profile] ashley dillon (from livejournal.com) 2011-03-25 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
so sad, poor donghae,*sighs tragically

[identity profile] melodyprower11.livejournal.com 2011-03-26 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
lol. its me. did you expect any less? if it makes up for, i'm planning not killing him at least. thats a definite step up haha~