"their real faces"

                                    

                                          
   The night had fallen upon the world like a blanket. The lights in the city below were lit up as if they were made of light. A beautiful backdrop for the quiet night of the sky, and the calmness of the forest beyond. A gentle breeze blew through the air, carrying with it sounds that would normally have been drowned out by city noise. But not this evening. Because tonight it was peaceful. 
   Taehyun sat on the edge of his bed with his sad and glossy eyes staring outside at the moonlight that shone through the window. His eyes were full of pain and grief that could never be truly described but he knew what the heartache looked like. It looked exactly like him right now and it scared him. He wanted to run away from it all. Run away from everything that happened to him lately and into the safety and peace he thought he was getting earlier when he was at the airport with Beomgyu a few hours ago. 
   Inhaling deeply, he let it all out. It didn't take long for him to get choked up again. He buried his head in his hands and cried softly, tears streaming down his cheeks. He tried so hard to keep them back, but every time he did nothing but cry harder. 
   Meanwhile, Beomgyu was in Yeonjun's and his room, crying against the older's chest. The latter had no idea why his younger husband was crying so much. He just held him close to his heart, hoping everything would be okay.
   After a while, Beomgyu looked up at Yeonjun's face with his bloodshot eyes, his face flushed and puffy. "I'm sorry", he cried out bitterly, clutching Yeonjun's shirt.
   The latter frowned at his words, and hugged him tighter. "For what? Don't apologize, please"
   But Beomgyu insisted on apologizing as he felt horrible as never before. He just wanted to die at the moment, to close his eyes and never open them again. "I'm sorry" 
   Yeonjun let out a sigh and pulled him impossibly closer as Beomgyu buried his face into his chest, letting his husband cry in his arms as hard as his heart could handle. He kissed the top of the younger's head lightly, trying his best to calm him down. Beomgyu only let out another sob. 
   "Hey, bud", Taehyun gently smiled through his tears when Lucas ran to his feet, waggling his tail and poking his leg with his nose aside asking why he looked so sad and devastated. Taehyun picked him up in his arms, stroking his little fur with his fingers, trying his hardest not to show how wistful he actually was.
   "I'm sorry that I was gonna leave you here", Taehyun apologized and carefully picked up the puppy, placing him in his lap as his tears fell down his cheeks uncontrollably, "You're very precious to me. So important. I'm sorry, bud" 
   Taehyun hung his head low and cried silently while holding the little puppy in his arms, not bothering to wipe his own tears. Lucas whined and snuggled into Taehyun's neck, resting his paws on his shoulders so he could look up at him better.
   Lucas pawed at Taehyun's hand and licked his tear-stained cheek. Taehyun laughed quietly, "You are comforting me, huh?", he asked as Lucas continued to paw at his cheek while whining again. "Thank you, little angel. I really need it" 
   Lucas let out another whine and then proceeded to lick Taehyun's cheek again. Taehyun chuckled and petted him behind the ears.
   "I was a fool to trust him, wasn't I?", he asked Lucas as if the latter would manage to give him the answer even though he knew damn well he wouldn't, "He doesn't love me strongly enough to give up everything else for me, but I was ready to leave you, my home, my whole family, my job, my health... Everything... He said he loved me. He showed me that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me, but his love isn't strong enough, bud, but I can't bring myself to be mad at him. I'm just... broken and hurt"