By the time I finished shopping, the light outside had disappeared. I pouted to myself since I didn't like walking in the dark. I hated that it got dark so early.

I debated whether or not I should walk down the alley way since there was no lights but if I didn't, it would've taken longer to get home. Taking a deep breath in, I cut down the dark alley.

Luckily for me, nothing really happened.

Until I was just about to get out of the alley. I could hear footsteps and that scared me. I glanced behind me but I couldn't see anybody.

'I need to get out of here'

I fastened my pace, trying to get home as fast as possible. However by doing so, I ended up tripping on my own feet. "Ah, shit.." I muttered, gripping my leg. That really hurt..

But what worried me was that I could hear the footsteps getting faster and louder, the person coming closer to me.

My breath hitched when I saw a shadow of the figure nearing me. They picked up my bags that I dropped, walking towards me. "Are you okay?" Their tone of voice was soft, causing me to look up at them.

My eyes widened slightly as I saw Jaebum hyung towering over me.

I slowly stood up, blinking at him as he handed my bags to me. He's actually in front me after all these years.

Does he know who I am or am I just a stranger to him?

"You've always been a guy of few words.." I heard him mumble as he placed his hands in his pockets.

"J-Jaebum hyung.." I didn't know what else to say. He was slightly taken aback by that but soon a smirk appeared on his lips.

"So you remember me, huh? It's been a long time, Jaejae"

I blushed a little at that pet name he gave me years ago. It brought back a lot of memories.

But reality hit me and I remembered that I'm stood here talking to a criminal. "I-I should go.." I said, about to turn away when he grabbed my hand.

"It's been five years and we haven't even had a minute conversation yet" He said, causing me to sigh.

"Hyung, if my mum finds out that I saw you let alone talk to you then she'll kill me" I said, pulling my hand away.

Jaebum hyung simply chuckled. "You're 18, Youngjae. You can do what you like" He said. "I know. And I don't want to talk to you so I'm going" I said before leaving.

It took a lot of guts for me to say that. I missed him so much. But nothing will ever be the same again.

- - - -

"I'm back" I said as I entered the house, closing the door behind me. "That was long" Soohyun hyung commented as he walked up to me, taking some bags.

"Oh my god" He suddenly said, startling me. "What?" I asked. He pointed to my leg, causing me to look down. "You're bleeding, what happened?"

Since I was wearing shorts, I probably cut myself when I fell down.

"O-Oh.. I fell. It's no big deal, it's just a small cut" I said as I made my way to the kitchen. "You're bleeding, Jae. Come here, I'll clean your wound" After I put down the bags, I sat on a chair as he searched one of the drawers for the first aid kid.

He took out some disinfectant, poured some on a cotton wool and lightly dabbed my cut, causing me to wince in pain.

"How did you manage to hurt yourself when you were walking back from the shops?" Hyung questioned. I simply shrugged my shoulders. "I'm clumsy" He shook his head at me, clearly not impressed.

Once he cleaned my wounds, he put a plaster over it before standing up. "Done. I'll put the groceries away, you go rest or something" I smiled, nodding before walking to the living room.

I held my right hand up in front of me, simply staring at it for a while, the hand that Jaebum hyung held onto.

Why is this affecting me so much?

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"Let's go to the park"

It was a bright sunny day and Soohyun hyung wanted to get out of the house for a bit. "Okay! I'll go grab my jacket" I jumped up off the sofa and ran to my bedroom.

Usually I would reject the offer of leaving the house but since it was such a nice day and hyung was coming with me, I couldn't say no.

"Mama, we're just going out for a bit!" Hyung said.

"Okay. Be safe, come home soon!"

We exited the house and started walking down our street. We were talking about random things that we could think of, making our way to the park when my eyes fell upon a certain person on the other side of the street.

I paused mid sentence, hyung noticing this. He turned to me, probably realising I was staring at something because he also glanced across the street.

What was Jaebum doing in this area?

"Hyung, I thought you said he doesn't live in this area" I said, my eyes still on the auburn haired boy. "He doesn't. He's probably just walking around. It's been a long time since he's been back"

He spotted us, since it was a quiet street and we were basically the only ones on it. Unfortunately, he crossed the street and walked towards us. "Hey, hyung" He greeted, not looking at me.

He was smoking a cigarette, causing my nose to wrinkle in disapproval. I hated the smell of cigarette smoke.

"Hey Jaebum, what's up?"

"Nothing much. I'm just checking out the old neighbourhood. Not much has changed"

Since he was wearing just a T-shirt, I could see that he had a tattoo on his right arm, causing me to furrow my eyebrows.

Both of them then turned to face me and I guess they said something about me that I didn't hear because I wasn't paying attention.

"My Jaejae is all grown up now" Jaebum hyung said with a small smile. I just avoided eye contact, staring at the floor instead. I wasn't allowed to talk to him, I didnt want to talk to him.

He's not the same.

"Hyung, let's go" I mumbled, tugging on Soohyun hyung's sleeve. "I guess we should get going. I'll see you later, Jaebum." Hyung waved but I didn't even look at him.

We continued walking to the park and I had the urge to turn back to see Jaebum hyung but I didn't.

"Sorry about that, Jae"

I smiled slightly, shaking my head. "It's okay"

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a/N: the first 2jae interaction yay