Reunion - Part 2

Title: Reunion
Author: KC & Roshni
Pairing: Yunho/KC, Yoochun/Jouty, Jaejoong/Roshni, Junsu/Naina, Changmin/Salma
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,708
Disclaimer: I do not own DBSK . This is a work of fiction. This was written for fun. No profit is being made and no copyright infringement is intended.

“No chica! Enough is enough. It’s time to let go. You have to show them who you are, what you have achieved. They will be sad but proud of you.” Mina said. I looked around and the chatter has stopped.

Everyone was now looking at me and Mina with interest.

"I think it’s time to tell you all what has been going on before KC here loses her nerves. Mina looks at me and then at everyone else at the table. "It looks like Erin has been around a lot. She seems to have played both sides. KC here as you all know doesn't work in the shelter but owns it."

Everyone turns to look at me and my face I knew was turning red. I could feel it. "Well, I usually like to bake there. Yeah." I try to make an excuse for myself. Why exactly was I making an excuse and what for? I didn't know.

“Stop it” Rosh said quietly. “This is what you did 10 years ago. You made excuses for everyone else. Now you are making excuses for yourself. If you don’t want us to know, if you don’t want to continue this friendship say it now. So we can all stop wasting our time.”

“Rosh come-on give the girl a break” Jae said putting his hand around her.

“No Jaejoong, Rosh is right. KC needs to let go. Even now she is holding on to the past.” Mina said giving me a stern look that clearly said “If you don’t come through you and me are over.”

But even then I just couldn’t find the courage to tell them what had happened. I stood up. I had started to feel sick and dizzy again. I wanted to run but my legs felt like lead.

“If you leave now I will never forgive you” Yunho’s voice came from somewhere behind. Those dreaded words that he had said to me on that fateful day. Even now he held out hope that I would say something. I was the biggest coward in the world. I didn’t deserve friends like these.

“KC came to me 10 years ago. That time I owned a shelter for battered women. She was all black and blue and had just had a miscarriage.” Mina said quietly. “This is not my story to tell but I know how much she loves you all and how much she has missed you especially that first year. She was alone when she needed family and friends the most.”

“Baby?" Naina asked shocked. "Who was it? Who was responsible? Tell me so I can make that bastard pay." I look at Naina shocked at the vehemence in her voice. "It doesn't matter anymore." I tell her. "He's long gone from my life. It was Erin's brother if you must know."

“If that guy still lives let him count his days. When I get my hands on him…” Naina said pulling her sleeves up.

“It’s no use Naina. He died in a freak accident 2 days after everything went down. He is no longer here.” I said “besides I don’t like to think about him.”
“Ok so you went to the shelter, but why? Did you not know you could come to any one of us?” Rosh asked with a sad look on her face.

“Erin had me believe that none of you wanted anything to do with me. I remember going to Yunho and all he did was shout at me. I believed that he knew and believed Erin. At that point in time I started to believe the lies she was telling. It was my fault. Everything was my fault” I spoke not realizing I was back in the past I didn’t want to be in. Tears had started to flow from my eyes. I could taste their saltiness but my sub conscious was taking over.

"Why did you yell at me Yunho?" I looked at him curiously.

“I was yelling at you because Erin told me you were going to tell me you were leaving and spouting all that nonsense that I can’t even remember. The only thing I do remember was seeing you cry and I never forgave myself for that” Yunho replied the sorrow and grief in his eyes visible.

"It wasn't nonsense. It was the truth" I snapped at him.

“What was the truth? That you went to Bermuda. You didn’t because I saw your dad every day during that summer. You ran away. You couldn’t even face up to us.” he was already shouting by then. I could see from his eyes that all the frustration and anger was ready to come out.

“I never said that I went to Bermuda. You guys believed ERIN." I start to say but am cut off by Naina.

"No we didn't KC, we tried to talk to you and tell you how she really was. You however, wouldn't listen to us."

“Wait so now this is my fault. Erin was my best friend since I was a child. I didn’t know that the one person I trusted the most would do this to me. Besides if any of you were in my shoes you would have done the same” I replied coldly.

"Guys...we aren't getting anywhere like this." Jaejoong interrupted the awkward silence that had fallen over the group. "KC, how did you end up being married to Erin's brother?"

“Married… What makes you think she was married to him Jaejoong?” Mina asked

"I just assumed because you said battered women's shelter...if not then rape?" Jaejoong whispered.

“KC was raped… the night of the prom. Erin lied to her telling her Yunho was waiting for her near the football lockers.” Mina said as she came to stand next to me. She faced the crew while I had my back to them. Now they knew and I couldn’t even meet their gazes.

Silence fell over the group. A pin could be heard dropping. I started to walk away. "Don't you dare!" Roshni said in a tone I'd never heard from her. "It wasn't your fault and you have nothing to be ashamed of."

“I am not ashamed and I know it wasn’t my fault but now you know the truth. I guess this was what I always wanted. To tell you guys the truth.” I said my back still turned. “You still have the rest of the story to listen to.” I turned to look at them. I took all the courage and determination in me to turn. “Maybe we should all sit down and order some soft drinks.”

"Whatever it is, it doesn't change our opinion of you and who you are." Naina reassured me. For some reason, it felt good to hear that. Maybe I needed it.

After everyone had settled down with their drinks I thought about what to say. “I don’t even know where to start” I said nervously laughing a bit.

“Just start from the beginning” Changmin said encouragingly.

“Well after that night I went back home hoping to tell my parents but Erin had already got there telling my dad that I had gotten myself and her brother drunk then forced myself on him. Dad couldn’t see past his rage and threw me out.” I said “That night I spent in the shed behind the house but Dad found me in the morning and literally kicked me out. That’s when I came to school but y’all were so angry and cold I believed Erin’s lies. I wished I hadn’t but I did. Anyways that evening I had to look for a place and I walked and walked until I stopped outside the shelter. Mina took me in. That month was the most dangerous of my life. I would bleed to the point where I should have died but I didn’t. During my third month I bled so much that I miscarried and was unconscious for nearly 2 weeks. The doctor had given up hope but Mina here didn’t. She would shout at me, plead to me sometimes even use emotional blackmail and I think it worked because I woke up. After that I decided to help her out at the shelter and she put me through night school. I got my degree and took over her shelter making her a silent partner.” I smiled while revealing that piece of information. “She is very modest this friend… no this sister of mine. She hates having the spotlight on her. So I made changes and now I am a tycoon as you guys would say.”

“Wow a tycoon; you own the Kindy Care franchise?” Jaejoong asked in awe.

“Yes Jae, Mina and I own it.” I replied with a smile on my face. “I don’t want people like Erin and her brother to ever do that to vulnerable people like me. I was lucky I found Mina some people don’t even get that.”

“Wait so you didn’t come to me when you got kicked out? You thought I would turn you away?” Yunho asked anger emanating from his tone. I looked into his eyes and I saw this rage and hurt all swirled into one. I looked away not being able to bear the emotions in his eyes. Naina put her hand on his arm. “Relax Bro” she said softly.

“Relax, Naina tell me how am I supposed to relax. 10 years... 10 years I have looked and waited for her. 10 years of my life I wasted on someone who wasn’t even bothered about us about me. Tell me how I am supposed to relax.” Yunho said in a cold tone.

He walked over to me and lifted my chin. “10 years KC I watched my friends and colleagues find love. 10 years of being alone when you could have found me. How could you not know that no matter how angry I was with you I would never have turned you away?”

Roshni stood up and came to stand behind Yunho. “Yunho it’s in the past. Let it go now. You were the one who looked forward to this reunion the most and now you are ruining it.”

“Roshni you will never understand. I loved her damn it. I loved her so much every one of those days in the 10 years felt like a million years. I didn’t even know if she was alive or dead. I hurt so much that I learnt to live with it. I smiled even when I was hurting and look at her. She was making a life for herself.” Yunho said walking away.

“Yunho stop” Mina called. Yunho stopped and looked at Mina. “You just know the surface story. Do you know whose name she called out when she first woke up at the hospital? Do you know whose name she screamed when she was losing her baby? Tell me after KC disappeared you had a series of prank calls. Even till today you still have them right?”

“How do you know that?” Yunho asked surprised.

“If you knew who was on the other side you wouldn’t be standing here making these stupid accusations.” Mina answered.

“I called every night after I went to the shelter. Just to hear your voice.” I said softly. I knew it all had to come out. I now didn’t care if the whole world heard me. I just wanted to be free of this burden. “Even when I was in the hospital the first couple of times, I would pick up the phone and call you. Some nights I would call you more than once. Then you had your phone tapped so I couldn’t call you anymore. That month I miscarried and all I could think about was not being able to see you and tell you that I loved you. I cried after I woke up because I wanted yours to be the first face I saw but you didn’t even know where I was. I celebrated your birthday for 10 years with you without you knowing. Sometimes I wondered whether you had forgotten me or not.” I looked at him and smiled.

“You celebrated my birthday with me? Every year? How is that?” Yunho asked curiously.

“Every year you received black forest gateaux in your office at exactly 10 am in the morning. A dozen red roses at midday and a gift at 3pm. Oh and you always had a strong black coffee and your favourite jam donut from ARJ’s waiting for you when you came in and in the evening these guys had a surprise party for you at you place and even though you knew you always acted surprised. Last year Rosh and Jae gave you a pen with your name engraved on it. Correct?” I said to him watching the different emotions flick over his face like a silent movie.

“How did you know?” Jae asked from somewhere behind
“I was there. You guys just didn’t know. I came back so many times even Mina didn’t know. I just needed to see that you guys were ok.” I said calmly. I knew everyone was shocked and if I turned to look at them I would see hurt so I just focused on Yunho. I knew if his anger melted all of the crew would forgive me for telling them I was there.

“You came to my house and you didn’t even tell me. Were you still so scared?” Yunho asked gently while walking towards me.

“Yeah I was scared as well as happy. I was scared that you guys would kick me out so I just made sure you didn’t recognize me, but I was happy to be able to see you. All these 10 years I have lived my life by following my rules.” I finished speaking.

“Kindy Care sponsors most of our businesses right?” Yoochun asked.

“Yes it does Yoochun” I replied. “I always wanted to help out the people who had looked out for me.”

“These issues can wait. Right now what’s important is that this misunderstanding between Yunho and KC be cleared” Junsu said. “I know how it feels when there is a misunderstanding between you and the person you love” He looks at Naina loving lovingly.

“He’s right” Mina agreed. “KC you have missed out so much time with Yunho why do you want to waste more time by arguing?”

“What if I don’t want her in my life anymore?” Yunho said.

Everyone looked up. Eyes wide open with shock written on their faces.

“I didn’t come here with the intention of getting to back with you guys. I just came to see you.” I replied as coldly as I could.

“Liar!” Yunho said.

That was the one word she never wanted to hear applied to her. How could he say that to her? Bastard! After all she was telling them did he not understand that her worst fear was people close to her not believing her and calling her a liar.

I got up from the table in anger and started to walk away. I had just taken a few steps when I felt his arms come around me pulling me into his strong embrace making me feel safe. I didn’t ever want to move from here.

“Do you really think I am going to let you walk out of my life for the second time?” Yunho whispered in my ear. “I have loved you for the past 14 years. I’ve got you in my arms. I am not letting go easily. And I don’t really think any of your girls are going to let you go anywhere anytime soon.” Yunho continued glancing over his shoulder.

I turned to look at the girls too and could see them whispering and planning. I just knew we were going to have a sleep over. It looked like some things never changed. I hated Erin for making me so vulnerable and not allowing me to see my true friends. I also couldn’t believe Mina was fitting right in. As I looked around I saw my family grow in front of my eyes. I turned back into Yunho’s embrace just to memorize this moment for my memories.