They were now married for nearly five months and everything had continued the way it had been. Not much change in their daily lives but Jeonghan knew that deep inside his heart, he was not the same. His feelings was slowly changing towards Seungcheol and it made him so scared. Joshua was beginning to avoid him too. He was angry with him but Jeonghan couldn't help it. After a while, he found out to his chagrin he was going to be the one paying the two million dollars by the end of the year. 

Seungcheol's friends came by often. Jeonghan always retreated to the basement when ever they were around and it was working out well for them but sometimes it was annoying. They mostly always came with girls. Jeonghan knew that Seungcheol was bisexual so he found himself wondering if he was having sex with those girls. It left him feeling a little pang in his chest but he waved it off. He couldn't be jealous or was he?

One particular day, after a stressful day at work, he was strolling leisurely in the street and when he was almost at the house, he received a call from Seungcheol.

"My friends are here" He simply said. 

"Oh great, Now I'm tired and I have to sleep" Jeonghan complained.

"I'm sorry Jeonghan, I will discharge them as quickly as possible" He sounded really guilty.

"Alright!" Jeonghan said dryly and cut the call. He had to go round the house and enter through the back gate. When he did, he came to the basement, opened it and entered. Sometimes, he felt that Seungcheol was doing this on purpose to punish him. It was probably true because despite how things had changed a bit, he couldn't forget that he was still Choi Seungcheol, the arrogant playboy. 

Jeonghan removed his coat and placed them on the chair beside the spring bed. It was really cold so he laid down on the bed and covered his body with an old duvet. Slowly, he entered the dream world. 

Jeonghan woke in the middle of the night but he found out that he was no longer at the basement but was now lying on a soft bed in the warm embrace of someone. He looked up and saw Seungcheol. He gasped. His clothes had even been changed to a pair of pink comfy pyjamas. Pink pyjamas? Where did he even get it?

He was shocked feeling this was a dream. He tried to struggle out of his embrace but Seungcheol's hold on him was strong. 

"Don't move" He suddenly whispered with a smile on his lips, though his eyes were still closed. 

Jeonghan frowned harshly, his face burning "What are you doing Seungcheol ah! You! let me go now while I'm still being nice"

Seungcheol chuckled and his eyes opened. Jeonghan wanted to melt in those brown orbs as soon as his eyes met his. 

"Do you think I'm trying to do something funny?"

Jeonghan didn't say anything. Inwardly, he was hating how much he loved being in his arms. He was totally warm and he discovered to his chagrin that he wanted to be closer in everyway. He could feel their torsos almost touching and his mind was suddenly clouded with an immediate urge. He shook his head. He was just being starved of sex that was why he was allowing such lusty thoughts to overcome his mind. Besides, if he wanted sex, he could easily get it from Joshua but he didn't want to do that. He would be deceiving both himself and the American because deep down, he was attracted to Seungcheol especially since he saw him swimming in the pool,  his lean and muscular body stroking through the waters. He couldn't get it out of his mind. He was ashamed of his feelings but he also knew that the sexual tension had been there since the first time he set his eyes on him four years ago. Yes, four years ago. He had had a terrifyingly deep crush on Seungcheol.

That day, he had parked his car and stepped out to get a cheese burger. Before he could enter the shop, a group of people came out hurriedly and in their midst was Seungcheol wearing a bright smile.There was no way that he wouldn't notice him. His hair was dyed his black natural colour and he wore no shirt on his upper body as he exposed his lean and toned muscular chest with his five pacs abs. He was gorgeous. Jeonghan couldn't tear his eyes away from him. He was grinning holding a wine bottle in one hand. He looked the very picture of a bad boy. Their eyes suddenly met and when he winked at him. Jeonghan's heart beat faster. He saw the bevy of girls at his tail as he and his friends entered his car. Raising the volume of his music to the highest, they zoomed away. He couldn't stop thinking about him ever since that day and tried every means possible to get close to him but the friends he had made totally hated Seungcheol and was trying to turn Jeonghan against him. Their plans finally succeeded a year later at that party. Ever since then, he hated the boy he had once crushed on. He eventually met Joshua and they fell in love so he thought the feelings he had for Seungcheol had been pushed to the past but now they had resurfaced again with a vengeance.

" You were shaking in your sleep so I had to change you into warmer clothes" He heard Seungcheol say.

"You didn't have to" 

"You should have taken me to my room" Jeonghan grumbled. Seungcheol pouted his lips. 

"You're pretty heavy and my room was closer"

"Yeah right, you pervert. What are you doing here with me when you should be having a nice time. I'm sure you had a wonderful moment with some of those girls you came with tonight" Jeonghan suddenly blurted out the one thing that had been worrying him for while He was suddenly embarrassed. He didn't know when he said it. 

Seungcheol grinned widely. "Am I detecting a note of jealousy?"

Jeonghan rolled his eyes trying to regain his composure but he was failing miserably. Seungcheol noticed and laughed.

"Are you falling for me Jeonghannie? "

"You wish Seungcheol!" He shouted finally removing himself from his grasp. He jumped on the bed. "I could care less who you sleep with just like you shouldn't care who I sleep around with"

As soon as he said that, he noticed the death glare in Seungcheol's eyes. 

"You mean Joshua?" He said through clenched teeth.

"Who else?" Jeonghan scoffed. He could see something dancing around in Seungcheol's eyes but he couldn't tell what it was. However, he could feel that he was angry. He was sitting down with an angry glare. 

"You've been letting him touch you?" He whispered. 

Jeonghan was enjoying seeing the jealous look in his eyes. It was so obvious.

"Of course. Have you forgotten our agreement? We can do whatever we both want and that includes sex"

Seungcheol said nothing so Jeonghan laughed. "So I'll be going to my room now, thanks for taking care of me"

As he turned to climb down from the bed, he felt Seungcheol's cold hands grab his wrists making him fall back to the bed on his knees. Seungcheol pushed his back onto the bed and climbed on top of him. Jeonghan was shocked. He hadn't expected this. Seungcheol was looking down at him with a seductive gleam in his eyes 

"What did you say? Did you say that to provoke me?" He whispered. 

Jeonghan said nothing as he looked into the eyes of the man that was slowly driving him crazy with desire. He watched as his lips hovered around his. 

"You have no idea what I can do to you Jeonghan. I can make you mine such that you will want no one else touching you"

He suddenly placed a soft kiss on his nose. His mouth went to his neck. He slowly kissed the area and Jeonghan had no idea when a soft moan escaped from his lips. His toes began to curl as the power of lust ran through out his body. He arched his back as Seungcheol suddenly began to run his hands around his stomach and hips almost cupping his buttocks. He stopped all of a sudden as he looked deep into his eyes. Jeonghan knew that he was sexually aroused for him and that Seungcheol could see it too. Their mouth suddenly joined and Jeonghan knew that nothing was sweeter. The butterflies in his stomach turned his body upside down and Jeonghan realized he had never felt this way before about anyone before not even with Joshua. He wound his arms around Seungcheol's neck and pulled him closer so that there was no space between them but Seungcheol broke the kiss first gasping for breath as he stared at Jeonghan, his eyes dark and dangerous.

"Remember this moment before you let Joshua or anyone else touch you again." He said and rolled off from him. Jeonghan lay there stunned. Had he done that on purpose to get back at him for teasing him? He had left him high and dry. Jeonghan felt ashamed but he would rather die than let Seungcheol see how he had ruined him so he got up straightening the pink pyjamas that had been rumpled due to their activity.

"Goodnight!" He whispered and rushed out of the room without waiting to hear his reply. As soon as he was in his own room, he jumped onto the bed. Gosh! They had almost had sex. He had almost had sex with Seungcheol. Despite him backing off, Jeonghan knew that Seungcheol had wanted it too just as much as he did. He had seen the lust in his eyes and could tell how difficult it had been for him to pull away. He had done it because he was jealous to hear that he had been sleeping with Joshua so he had given him a mark in his brain and boy did it work because he couldn't stop thinking about him now. He slapped his face hard and winced at the pain. 

"Get yourself together Jeonghan. You hate that guy remember" he said to himself but inside of him he had to admit that it was no longer true.

The next morning, Jeonghan sat at the dining table eating a breakfast of Oats. It was a weekend but he was going to work. He had already finished his school project so he was idle. In other not to be alone with Seungcheol, he begged his boss on the phone that morning to allow him work the morning shift and thankfully he agreed. He saw Seungcheol come out wearing a white vest with tight shorts. He had dyed his hair back to black and he looked breathtaking. Desire flooded Jeonghan's brain as he beheld him. 

"Are you going somewhere?" he asked.

"I'm going to work"

Seungcheol looked surprised "But it's a weekend and you don't work during weekends"

When he saw that jeonghan wasn't responding and was eating his food nervously, he suddenly understood. 

"Is it because of me? Are you trying to avoid me because of yesterday night?"

Jeonghan stood up from his seat and hurried to the dishwasher. He suddenly felt Seungcheol behind him 

" Are you going to see Joshua today?"

Jeonghan couldn't take it anymore. He had to redraw a line between them so he turned round only to meet his face nearly inches to his own. His eyes suddenly fell on those soft red lips. Those lips had kissed him thoroughly last night and had given him such pleasure. He shook his head. 

"You need to back up Seungcheol!"

He moved back. "You and I have an agreement. We are supposed to stay away from each other's lives. But what happened yesterday was a mistake and should never happen again"

He gulped "We where okay before until you.... "

Seungcheol suddenly placed a hand on his waist, pulling him close and without warning, he gave him a soft short kiss. 

Jeonghan instinctively slapped him but it didn't stop Seungcheol. This time, he grabbed Jeonghan's hair and kissed him even more passionately. The blonde tried to resist at first but then he slowly gave in. He grew weak and started kissing him back with as much passion as he was. 

"You aren't going anywhere today Jeonghan" He whispered into his lips and jerked him up such that Jeonghan's legs was wrapped around his waist. He carried him to the living room and dropped him on the couch. Then he climbed on top of him and started to kiss him. Jeonghan was going crazy, he knew it. He tried to fight the urge to resist but he couldn't. He ran his hands through Seungcheol's hard back as he moaned through his kisses. 

"You are driving me crazy Jeonghan. When you told me that you still sleep with Joshua, I went crazy. I wanted to punish you. I still want to punish you. I want to make you all mine..." he muttered 

"I hate you Seungcheol!" Jeonghan whispered, his voice heavy with desire.

"I know!" Seungcheol said and kissed him deeply. He raised himself up and removed his vest throwing it on the floor and returned to Jeonghan who was shaking under him. He was just about to unzip his jeans when he head a phone ring. It was Jeonghan's.

"Don't pick!" He murmured kissing his face and neck but the ringing went on nonstop.

"I'm sorry, I have to take this" Jeonghan said. Seungcheol sighed and backed away. The moment was already ruined. It was Jeonghan's boss and the man was yelling at the top of his voice that even Seungcheol could hear. 

"I'm coming over sir! I'm so sorry" He said and cut the line. He stood up. Seungcheol also stood up. Jeonghan was too embarrassed to look him in the eye. 

"I'm going" He said and began to walk fastly to the door.

"Are you going to come back earlier tonight?" Seungcheol shouted after him but Jeonghan didn't respond and was out of the house as fast as lightening.

The hide and seek continued till the following week. Seungcheol couldn't understand what was going on with him. His whole mind was completely filled with Jeonghan. He wanted him physically and emotionally but the other was expertly hiding from him. He didn't give him another chance to get near. As time went on, Seungcheol realized he no longer gave a damn about the agreement they had. The former hatred he had felt for Jeonghan had completely disappeared and was replaced with a profound feeling that was keeping him on edge. He couldn't continue like this. He had to do something to bridge the gap between them or he was going to go crazy.

It was a Friday so he and his friends decided to go for a drive but Seungcheol had a crazy idea. 

"Let's go somewhere new today. I'm in the mood for a cappuccino" He said. 

"Really? You have a place?" Woozi said as he drove. 

"Yep, I do" Seungcheol said with a glint in his eyes as he directed Woozi to the place Jeonghan worked. He had never been there before but he had only heard about it. They parked their car and entered the shop. There were a lot of customers there already. They found their table and ordered drinks then Seungcheol used his eyes and searched for Jeonghan until he found him serving some group of men at a table. They were obviously checking him out. One of them said something that really irritated Jeonghan because he looked angry and red faced. Seungcheol boiled inside when one of them grabbed Jeonghan's hand. 

"Hey! Isn't that Jeonghan? Yoon Jeonghan?" Jun shouted. The rest of them turned to Jeonghan's direction.

"Yes it's him. That arrogant prick!" Woozi said with bitterness but he became shocked with the way Seungcheol stared him down. 

"Hey, man why are you looking at me like that?"

"Don't say that about him again"

Woozi glared back at him stubbornly. " Why not? We always talk this way about Jeonghan"

Seungcheol didn't respond and turned back to look at Jeonghan. Everyone looked at eachother confused at Seungcheol's behavior.

"Does he work here now?" Mingyu said. 

"It's obvious. Look at the apron he's wearing" Wonwoo said.

"Looks like the mighty has fallen. His family must have gone bankrupt" Jun teased. 

"Will you guys shut up? You're giving me a headache!" Seungcheol said loudly and irritably. They all kept quiet each wondering what was going on. Woozi sat leaning on his chair and staring at Seungcheol suspiciously. He had been acting weird for a long time now. He wasn't the Seungcheol he knew. He tried to cover what ever he was hiding but Woozi knew him better than anyone else. Lately, he had been distant. He stopped hanging out at clubs and would prefer to be home all day doing what he didn't know. Worst of all,  he had lost all interest in him. They no longer had their one night stands or group sex with women. This was worrying him but not as much as the look he was seeing in Seungcheol's eyes for Jeonghan right at this moment. He had done a little investigation and discovered that five months ago both Jeonghan and Seungcheol had been away from school for approximately three weeks and returned the same time. There was something fishy going on. 

"Let go of me" Jeonghan finally yelled and the man holding him stood up and slapped him hard on the chin. Woozi didn't know how Seungcheol had got up from his seat, rushed to the man and gave him a full punch in the mouth. 

"Seungcheol!" Jeonghan gasped. The man's friends got up to rush Seungcheol but Woozi and the others had run to them and a full blown out fight began. Seungcheol rained heavy blows on the man who had slapped Jeonghan until he nearly fainted. 

"Don't you ever touch him again! He's mine" Woozi heard Seungcheol whisper to the man. He even saw Jeonghan clutching onto Seungcheol's arm tightly.

Woozi's suspicion had been confirmed. These two had something going on between them. The owner of the shop called the police. Thankfully, the witnesses were on their side. They all said that it was the other men who started it. They were well known street gangsters so the police had no problem arresting them while the injured one was taken to the hospital with an ambulance. Seungcheol gave the owner money to compensate for the damages and begged him not to fire Jeonghan. 

"What's going on between them?" Mingyu whispered looking at the direction of the two huddled in one corner.

"I knew he wasn't over him yet" Jun said chuckling. 

The others nodded. "Let's go" Seungcheol whispered and they all left without saying anything to Jeonghan. There was silence in the car but Seungcheol didn't care. He didn't owe anyone any explanation. They could think whatever they wanted. As far as he was concerned, he was protecting his husband. They dropped him at home and drove away. He saw a parcel in front of the gate and picked it up. There was a note attached to it. It wrote. 

To my son in-law from your mother in law Mrs Choi. I hope this brings you both closer

He smiled to himself and took the parcel inside the house. He sat down comfortably and removed it. It was an old photo album. He opened the first page and chuckled to himself when he saw a picture of baby Jeonghan all cradled up in his mother's arms. He looked so adorable. He turned the pages and kept seeing more and more of his childhood pictures There was even one where he played naked as a child. He had grown up really well. He couldn't help but admit it. He finished the album after laughing his head off at some of the hilarious pictures. He saw a note attached to the back of the album and read it. 

I hope that this brings you both closer.

He nodded and kept the album on top of the table and went to take a much needed bath. It was night when he heard a knock on the door. He opened the door. It was Jeonghan.

"You're home" He said smiling from ear to ear. Jeonghan entered. 

"Yeah..." He muttered. "I'm really thankful for what you did today"

"You already thanked me" Seungcheol said and ran his hands on his hair. "I think you should stop working there. I hated what happened to you at that cafe. I'm sure this  isn't the first time. Stop working  there. I'm more than capable of taking care of all your needs"

"I can't have this conversation with you. You know I can't do that and besides it goes against our agreement" 

"ugh! That damned agreement" Seungcheol breathed out in frustration. Jeonghan ignored him and turned his eyes when he spotted the album resting peacefully on the table 

"What is that doing here?" He demanded. 

"Oh that, your mother sent it over" Seungcheol said trying to sound nonchalant. Jeonghan gulped. 

"Have you seen it?" Jeonghan said and his husband nodded. 

"Eish! Is she trying to to embarrass me?" He whispered and made to run towards it but Seungcheol was faster. He snatched the album hiding it behind him

" you! Give it to me!"

"Why?"

"Aish, this is so embarrassing. Just give it to me! "  He yelled. 

"Shiro! (No I won't) Seungcheol said and started to run around the room with Jeonghan at his tail. He laughed. This was so much fun, seeing Jeonghan's pouty face. He stopped and stood on his tiptoes raising the album up in the air. Jeonghan was just in front of him, one of his hands against his chest as one hand tried to grab the album. But in the tussle, Seungcheol lost his balance and fell backwards causing Jeonghan to fall on top of him. The album skittered to the floor but they didn't care about it. It was just the fact that they were so close to each other now. Eye to eye, chest to chest, their lips just inches away from eachother. A lock of hair escaped to cross over Jeonghan's eye so Seungcheol swept the lock away as he wore a sweet smile on his face gazing into the blonde's eyes. 

"What are you doing to me Jeonghan?" He whispered. Jeonghan didn't care what he was thinking. All he wanted was to feel his lips on his, to feel his body close to his. 

"Kiss me" He whispered. He didn't know how he said those words but they had come out from his mouth. 

"With pleasure Hannie" Seungcheol said as he wound his hand around his soft hair ready to go for the kiss when he heard a loud sound of a bottle smashing to pieces on the ground. They both turned and saw Woozi standing at the door, his eyes widening in shock as shards of the glass of wine he had brought with him scattered all around them.

"I knew it!" He said. 

To be continued... I really hope you like this chapter. Thanks for reading, Bye!