He's in the Rain

chapter twenty-two

[ notice : the song used here is tomorrow x together's (txt) original track from minisode 1: blue hour. it is used in a fictional manner in this story. english translations of the song will be in the comments. thank you. ]

"that was nerve-wrecking you assholes!" yeonjun exclaimed. they were now sitting on the rattan sofa that was placed near the pool at the backyard of soobin's house. turns out that their "accident" was just a surprise for yeonjun's birthday. that was also the reason why yeonjun didn't see soobin again after their small moment inside the library. he already went home to prepare after that.

"and you were funny as hell!" beomgyu, who pretended to be dead, said. "i felt your shaking hands!" beomgyu took a moment to just fill the backyard with his laughs, and was joined by the remaining men except for yeonjun. he was still upset over the fact that he got tricked on something like this, but overall, he was grateful for something like this prepared by his friends.

he really didn't expect this surprise for him. he thought the surprise was already done earlier, the breakfast cooked by the younger ones. that's hella surprising if you would ask yeonjun, even those three. they never really cook unless it's instant food.

they spent at least five hours and a half at soobin's backyard. they all agreed to sleep here at soobin's residence. actually, soobin offered them to sleep here. even though he knew the others' houses were just a few walks away, he said it'll be better to stay here instead so it wouldn't be bothersome. besides, they already jumped in the pool the moment they finished cleaning up after eating dinner. they pushed yeonjun in, and the others followed. until now, they were still not done swimming.

they have clothes prepared especially for this occasion. when beomgyu went inside yeonjun's room earlier this morning, he went to yeonjun's closet to find something for him to wear during the night and for work tomorrow. yeonjun didn't know what kind of outfit did beomgyu pick for him, he just hoped it was appropriate enough for work.

"alright, i'm cold," taehyun said out of a sudden, swimming towards the pool stairs. he finally got out of the pool and grabbed his prepared towel placed on the sofa from a while ago and wiped his face first.

"i'm not," huening kai said and continued to swim like a dog on the sides of the pool, near the pool stairs where soobin was sitting.

"i'm hot," beomgyu said proudly. the others, including taehyun who was a bit far from the rest, looked at beomgyu. of course, they disagree.

"hell nah," yeonjun opposes. beomgyu just slightly glared at yeonjun then proceeded with swimming towards the other end of the pool.

for half an hour more, they continued swimming until they all felt cold because of the night and went out of the pool. they each grabbed one towel and then headed towards every bathroom available inside soobin's own house. taehyun used the bathroom in the backyard earlier. yeonjun used the bathroom upstairs, beside the guest room where he will sleep tonight, huening kai used the other bathroom for another guest room, beomgyu used the downstairs' bathroom and soobin used the one inside his own room. this house has everyone's needs, even when soobin is the only one living here except for his maids whom he calls 'aunts'.

"are you going to sleep?" yeonjun asked beomgyu when he saw him entering the guest room where he will stay in after taking a bath. this day is almost coming to an end.

"just gonna lay down until i fall asleep," beomgyu answered. yeonjun nodded and watched beomgyu enter his room and heard it being locked. he then enters his room as well for he's the only person who's still outside their rooms. taehyun and huening kai were also inside their rooms already. soobin didn't come out of his room when he entered it after a swim. maybe he's already laying down, but not sleeping.