Title: Darkness Eyes
Pairings: JaeHo
Length: Prologue + 3/?
Author: heartoffire03
Rating: PG
Genre: AU, Drama, Romance, Angst
Summary: One man's sadness can bring him his ultimate happiness..
Disclaimer: I don't own them.


A/N: Woo~ Another update? YES! Anyways, enjoy! ^^ This chapter goes to foolishlovexo, my new found friend. We think we're long lost twins XDD! For kyuushin cos she worried for me like crazy and I love her. Aand chloe1910 cos I made her stay up until 1 AM (I think) talking about nonesense XDD I LOVE YOU ALL~♥

.:Prologue: Depressed, Deprived, Different:.
.:Chapter 1: I wished for you:.
.:Chapter 2: Second Chance or Punishment?:.

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"Friends that stick through your whole life don't timidly
walk in your life, they usually barge through it."
.:Chapter 3: Going Crazy?:.

Time was and never will be my companion. There was not a point in my life where I actually had posittive feelings towards it. To me, the word time meant rushing and cramping things together and all that sort of nonesense. I've lived in a fast paced life ever since graduating and I'm beyond sick of it. Every second, minute and hour of every single day meant something important and I've been taught to never waste my time on unecessary things and be always one step ahead in the game I call business. I despise time. I despise it because it's far too fast for me to catch up to, and it seems as if no matter how much I try, I'll never be ale to level out with it. It's probably one of the few things I, Jung Yunho, will never be able to take over. And for that reason, I curse it.

The moments following the realization of my new reality sinks in passed by me like a blur. I totally lost track of time and space as my exhausted and now-lifeless body just sat motionless on that hospital bed. It was as if the world had thrown me out and excluded me from the reality that I had lived in. I had barely noticed the seconds as they slowly ticked into hours and the hours sprinting into days and the days crawling into months. Day by day I would open my eyes, hoping to see even the slightest bit of light scissoring its way through the darkness that cloaked my sight. But it was all in vain as day by day they would get crushed over and over again; leaving me drained up of all hope and life.

As my stay in the hospital stretched and stretched, I had lost news about my company and its status in the marketing business. My dominating pessimistic side told me that the company I had built and carried to the top was either bankrupt or closed down for many months now. Despite this, my tiny optimistic side assured me that it was still doing well, although not as good as it would be if I was out there running it. These two sides of me continued to battle inside my head; I'd get wave after wave of headaches everytime their opinions and loud voices clashed together as they continously ring in my sensitive ears. Maybe I had finally lost it. Maybe the many months I've spent living in darkness finally took its toll. I've been hearing my inner voices for far too long now, maybe I really am going crazy -

A knock and mellow, muffled voice asked, "Hyung?"

Snapping out of my deep reverie, I blinked and tilted my head towards the door. Visitors? After many months of being alone in this room with nothing but darkness, somebody was visiting me? Oh no. Maybe the bank sent this person, coming here to inform me that my company is now down and is bankrupt. Shit, I wonder how much money I'll owe them. But then again, how dare this person call me hyung with such a warm familliar edge to it. Haven't these messengers hear the nurses and doctors here call me Sir? Honestly, where are the manners of this person?

"Hyung?" The same voice asked once again. "Can I come in?"

I cleared my throat and readied myself for the news. Manners and the rest of those things can surely wait at the end of this....meeting. I opened my mouth and replied, "Come in."

Is it just me or did my voice somehow hallowed out? It souded so breathy and weak; the change itself even took me aback. When was the last time I had talked to someone with such a low volume? No, better yet, when was the last time I actually talked to anyone?

The silent moan of the wooden door reached my ears, signalling that whoever it was had finally opened the door. Gentle footsteps followed, each one louder than the other as they neared me. I kept my head slightly beant, not wanting the other person to see me face-to-face and make faces behind about my physical state. Even though the hospital provided plenty of food, I had not eaten as much food as I would've months ago but still the nurses, and sometimes doctors, continue pressing me to eat, only to be ignored and be given a cold shoulder from me.

A warm hand on my shoulder pulled me out of my thoughts once again. Somehow shocked and surprised, I violently pulled my shoulder back and threw a glare at the direction where I think the unknown person was standing. I growled at the person and barked out, "Who do you think you are!? Touching me like that..."

A low, sheepish chuckle escaped out of the others throat. Its melody somehow sounds familliar and warm to my ears.

"Well I guess that's a really bad way to say hello to you huh?"

I furrowed my eyebrows and continued to glare at the latter. I did not, however, reply back.

"You're still the same aren't you hyung?" The other continued. "Still hates physical contact.."

All train of thought floating around in my head stopped when those words came in contacts with my eardrums. 'Stil the same aren't you hyung?' Who was this person? What does he want with me? Surely he's not from the bank...

"W-What?" My voice came out too weak for my liking once again.

A grunt escaped the others throat, followed by a gasp. "Hyung! How can you forget me!?"

That was all it took to send my mind into a whirlwind of memories. Memories that I didn't know I still had. Memories that I had stored and pushed back to the deepest and unused parts of my mind. Thinking that they're nothing but useless things in life...

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One minute I was reading the nth book that day and the next thing I knew, darkness covered my eyes. I smiled and sighed. I faked a groan and closed the book, folding over a corner to mark where I had left off. No matter how many times I've told people that I hate getting touched, they still continue it...People these days...

"Who is it?" I nonchalantly asked.

"Guess! Guess!" Was the animated reply.

"Oh I don't know," I replied. "I don't anyone who would do this sort of thing..."

A gasp. I could almost picture my cousin's hurt face even behind the darkness.

"Hyuuung!!" An overly high whine. "How can you forget meee!?!?"

I laughed and peeled off my cousin's hands away from my eyes. I turned towards him and smiled cheekily at him. I couldn't stop laughing at his face, the picture in my head was spot on. His already small eyes squinted at me, his puffy cheeks a faint shade of pink and his small mouth morphed into a tiny pout that sticked out. I reached out for his head and ruffled the already messy black hair sitting atop it.

"I was just joking Yoochun-ah!" I said, smilling. "Hyung will never forget you, and that's a promise."

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"Y-Yoochun-ah?" I asked throatily.

I could feel him smilling next to me. Now I knew why the chuckle coming from him moments ago sounded eerily familliar to my ears.

"Good job hyung," He replied. "You kept your promise."

"I promise you didn't I?" I asked back. A felt a faint smile grazing across my stoic face. It felt weird to smile after so long. It was almost as if a smile was so alien to my whole being. I've been alone, cold and distant from the world for far too long.

"Hyung, are you feeling ok?" Yoochun asks.

I grunted and replied, "Yeah, I'm great. Just - "

"If you're worried about the company," The other gently cut in. "Everything's alright. You're still on top of the game."

I breathed out a big sigh of relief and smiled even more. I was happy that Yoochun was the one chosen by the elders to replace me in the company. I would've never wished for anybody else. But then again, he was now the president of the Jung Corporations. Sooner or later, it would probably change to Park Corporations and everything I had built on my own and the source of my pride will be gone and be under his control.

"Hyung, just so you know, even though I'm acting as the CEO of your company," Yoochun quietly says. "I'll never take it from you ok? The elders have asked me a billion times if I wanted to take over your company, rename, reform and change everything to my liking but I've turned them all down. I...I know Jung Corp. is your life and your pride, I've seen you from the beginning and I know how much effort and time you put in it; and seeing you climb to the top of the worldwide business, it challenges me to start from scratch that too and make my way up, just like you hyung. So don't ever think that I'll take over your company okay?"

I sighed and bowed my head down once again. The words that Yoochun spoke out sounded so sincere and reassuring. It made my frozen heart swell up in me that I swear that it'd burst out. For the first time in a long, long time I finally felt alive; I could hear my heartbeat and the rushing of blood drumming against my ears. There was actually someone who still cared for me even thought I was now blind. There was still someone...someone...

"T-Thank you Yoochun-ah.." I murmured out.

A warm comforting hand made its way on my shoulder once again and then a laugh.

"Besides, I won't be able to hold back you and that anger of yours if I do steal your company from you," Yoochun stated cheekily. "That'd just be pure hell for me..."

But the tight squeeze that he gave my shoulders as he said that told me that he was only joking and that he really would never do such a thing to me. Sincerity and reassurance never felt so good before...

"You know hyung, you look bad," Yoochun says out of the blue, worry obvious in his tone of voice. "You're thinning and you look pale. Are you sure they give you enough medication and food here?"

"I'm perfectly fine Chun," I laughed at my answer. "As fine as any blind person can get..."

"Hyung..."

"No really, I'm alright. It's better this way, I don't get to see my horrible self and the faces people make whenever they see me."

"Don't talk like that hyung -"

"I've gotten used to it anyway." I smiled sadly. "How many months has it been? I've lost track."

A pause.

"I'm sorry I came to visit you after so long," Yoochun mumured out. "I rushed to the hospital the minute I heard the news but my nerves failed me and I couldn't will myself to come in. Since then, I dropped by the hospital at least once a day to check up on you but it was always outside the door, never coming in. You slept for the most part of the day, and even if you were up, you wouldn't talk to anyone and you'd often just sit on the bed unmoving and stare at nothing. I...I couldn't bear to see you like that so I couldn't come in. I...I'm sorry hyung...I should've been stronger - "

"It's alright," I replied quietly. "At least you were there."

"But hyung -"

"I said it's alright," I strained my voice to emphasize my point. "Besides, don't you have to go to work today?"
"I took a leave from work," He replied. "I needed a break. I haven't stopped working ever since your accident. I was scared that if I don't take things seriously, Jung Corporations will crash down and that's the last thing I want to happen. I don't want news like that to reach your ears, especially after...after this...."

I could only hum in response. Words were never my strong point.

"But you should've taken a break a long time ago. Don't strain yourself too much with all the work," I said. "If only I can help.."

Another period of silence that seemed to stretch out between them.

"Hyung.."

"Hmm? What is it?"

"I...I've brought someone with me..."

My eyebrows raised, "Oh? Who is it? Your girlfriend?"

"I...No hyung, no..."

"Then who is it?"

I heard some shuffling, Yoochun's footsteps grew quieter quieter, then the gentle moan of the door broke out, another pair of footsteps followed and a new strance presence filled the room. Their footsteps increased in volume once again as Yoochun and the stranger made their way closer to me.

"Hyung?"

"Yes?" I asked back, somewhat nervous yet full of anticipation. But nonetheless, never dropping the arrogance in my voice that I use whenever I talk to other people.

"I want you to meet -"

"Jaejoong. Kim Jaejoong." A warm and melodic voice said, followed by a warm, smooth hand encasing my rigid ones and shaking it animatedly. "Nice to meet you Yunho. Let's make good memories from now on alright?"

That was it. I've gone crazy, mad, mental, fucked up, whatever you want to call it. First I hear voices in my head that fight each other now I'm hearing angelic voices that says my name with such fammiliarity one would use with a friend. To add on to that, this unknown stranger did the two most irritating things that would surely boil me over. Physical contact and using my real name?! Shouldn't I be overly angry with this stranger!? If so, how come I'm actually intrigued by this person? Why am I not pushing his hand off of mine? And WHY am I feeling butterflies in my stomach and a smile on my face?

Remind me where I am again; hell...or heaven?

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A/N: How was it? I think this is the longest chapter in the story so far right? Ahhh~ I love writing this although It took like 5 hours to finish ><;; Ehhh~ My head is aching like crazy, I really shouldn't stare at the computer for 5 hours straight whenever I'm sick >< Well then, I better need to lie back down before the doctors come in again and start spazzing out on me..

Thank you for the comments last chapter! I'll feel better soon don't worry! Comments please?? ♥ Cheer up the poor sick girl! T.T

Aaaannnnnd~ PIIICHA TIIMEE!!

JUNG YUNHO


The sad&blind!Yunho T.T Smilling&happy!Yunho (:
Introducing, our new characters:

PARK YOOCHUN (Yunho's cousin)


The serious!Yoochun *drools* The happy&smilling!Yoochun ^^

KIM JAEJOONG (...mystery man!!)


Since we don't know him that well,
I think this pic will do for now =D
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