idol | taegyu

selfish.

taehyun woke up, his head throbbing like crazy. he knew he would get a headache but that wouldn't stop him from drinking.

it was his only escape.

taehyun stumbled over random things on the floor searching for a pain killer. it was so hard to find anything in this big house.

while taehyun was searching for the pain killer, he heard the door bell ring. clutching his head, which was throbbing imensely, he went to open the door.

he opened the door to see yeonjun with a worried expression on his face.

"taehyun! you look terrible. move, let me come in." said yeonjun

taehyun immediately shook his head, indicating a "no". if yeonjun saw his house he would be screwed.

"taehyun, move."

"no."

yeonjun raised an eyebrow and immediately threw taehyun aside from where he was standing.

"fuck you." said taehyun. he was too weak because of all the drinks.

"no cursing. how many times do i need to tell you?"

taehyun followed behind yeonjun as he walked inside the house.

yeonjun halted in his steps.

"taehyun, what is this?" yeonjun asked, pointing to all the garbage on the floor.

taehyun looked away not giving yeonjun an answer.

"taehyun. this isn't good. and i'm not talking from an idol point of view. of course, if this gets known to the public, then your whole career will be ruined but as a human, this is unhealthy. living in such a place, drinking so much, i know you've been smoking too. i can smell it."

taehyun rolled his eyes. "done lecturing me? now go. i can take care of myself very well. i don't need your help."

"taehyun..."

"yeonjun, i know you're concerned about me but go. please. i don't want you here."

yeonjun opened his mouth to say something but instead sighed and walked out of the house.

taehyun attempted to sit on the ground only for his butt to be poked by an magazine. he angrily picked up the magazine and threw it across the living room.

taehyun put his head on his hands. he always pushed away those who cared about him. he was so selfish.

taehyun wanted to escape all this.
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beomgyu rummaged through his wallet. there had to be some money somewhere. he frantically checked his pocket. empty.

"i don't have any cash on me, right now. i'll pay you later." said beomgyu, shooting a smile at the young woman at the counter.

the woman at the counter blushed slightly and said, "well, it's just a two bottle of soda. i'll pay for you."

beomgyu's eyes widened. "no no, i'll pay you back."

"it's fine." and she paid for him.

beomgyu bowed to her and said his thanks and left the store, his heart heavy with guilt. it felt like he was robbing her of her money.

this wouldn't do.

beomgyu opened his phone and looked at his notes so see which time slots he didn't have work.

hmm, looks like friday 12am to 1am beomgyu didn't have any work. he could fine some work for that slot.

since it was weekday, his job at the café was only like 1pm in the afternoon. after that, he worked in bakery nearby.

beomgyu remembered to keep it in his mind to pay the kind woman back and went to work.

he opened the door to the bunny café and was immediately greeted by soobin. actually, beomgyu wouldn't call this a greeting.

"give me the bill."

beomgyu's mind went blank. "bill?"

"i gave you money yesterday right? i want to know what you did with it?"

oh. OH. beomgyu rumbled through his bag. he had kept the bill as memory. years down the line, he could show everyone this is the bill of the first album he bought.

beomgyu found the bill and handed the bill over to soobin, who scanned it thoroughly.

"i should've known you would buy an album. but i'm happy you spent for yourself."

beomgyu's eyes sparkled. "wanna know something. I GOT THE GREEN SWEATER TAEHYUN PC!"

customers in the café turned and looked at him. beomgyu immediately became bright red.

"you got the green sweater pc? lucky...i always wanted that. i bought like 15 copies and i didn't get it." said one of the customer.

"really?" asked beomgyu.

"yeah. it's one of the rarer of cards."

beomgyu grabbed a chair from nearby and sat at their table. "wanna know something?"

"yeah."

"i won the lucky card for the fan-sign tomorrow."

the girls eyes went huge. "really? what the hell, you're so lucky."

beomgyu gave her a sad smile. "i don't really think i'm the luckiest."

"BEOMGYU, GET TO WORK!" yelled soobin. soobin knew talking about taehyun made beomgyu happy so he let him but after all soobin was paying him to work.

"coming coming." said beomgyu. "sorry i need to go."

"no problem."

beomgyu walked back towards the counter.

"you didn't tell me that you won the fansign." said soobin.

"i was going to. it's during my shift here so i was going to ask for a leave for today."

"i'll stil pay you."

"no. i already owe you too much money. i can't just get money for free. that's...not fair. and you're just spoiling me."

soobin gave one of his bunny smiles and pulled beomgyu for a hug. "that's cos i love you."

beomgyu smiled. he was glad he leaned on soobin and didn't push him away because beomgyu knew soobin genuinely cares about him.

he was selfish. he knew that but he still continued to depend on others.

beomgyu knew trying to do everything independently will get him no-where. he had to depend on others just like his father depended on him.

that's how the world works, he learned it early on.
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[EDITED]

and that was today's update y'all.  next chapter taegyu will finally meet and ofc huening kai is part of the book, he'll just take some time for his grand appreance :))

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