Childhood friends

April's Fools

A/N: It's been way too long, and I'm sorry. I could explain why I haven't updated, but it'd be a bunch of excuses, which wouldn't do anything. One reason though is that the chapter I was working on, was taking a long time to finish, so I decided to split it in two, to keep you from waiting any longer, and to be honest, the chapter is way better this way. I will do better in the future, or at least update more. Thank you so much for your patience, I love you.

It was an awkward silence that had fallen between them, and Taeyong regretted agreeing to talk.

They were sitting on a bench a short walk away from their school, and Taeyong didn't know whether to ask or wait for Jeno to start talking.

He wasn't even sure why Jeno had reached out to him, despite knowing something had happened between Jeno and Jaehyun, and that he's also Doyoung's brother.

Was it about that? About what happened between him and Jaehyun?

He hesitantly glanced at Jeno, who was looking at the ground, deep in thought. Was it only Taeyong who felt awkward?

"So-" Taeyong cleared his throat

"-I.." Jeno spoke at the same time, and Taeyong fell quiet, ready to hear what Jeno had on his mind.

The younger let out a deep breath, before turning towards Taeyong.

He hadn't expected himself to reach out to Taeyong today, but when he saw him outside the school, he couldn't help it. He was one of the many students who had noticed how Jaehyun had changed and noticed Taeyong wasn't hanging around him anymore. 

It's not like he had played a part in the incident that had gone down, he wasn't even sure if it was because of his brother. Somehow he couldn't shake the thought, because it was Jaehyun and Taeyong. Especially because it's them.

"Listen, Jeno-" Taeyong started out as the younger hadn't said anything, but Jeno interrupted him again.

"-I'm here to apologize." He stared Taeyong in the eye but turned his gaze to the ground when he noticed how taken aback and confused Taeyong looked. Jeno's heart was pounding in his chest. What if he was wrong? What if it wasn't Doyoung's fault after all? What if the two just had a mutual falling out?

He couldn't shake it though. He needed to be sure.

"I don't know what happened," Jeno stated, "I don't know why Jaehyun is acting the way he is". He paused for a moment, glancing at Taeyong, who sat unmoving on the bench "I just can't help feeling my brother played a part in it" The younger ended and looked back at Taeyong. The older didn't answer. His eyes were focused on Jeno, but Taeyong was staring into nothing, completely lost in his own thoughts.

"He did, didn't he?" Jeno hesitantly pushed, looking for some kind of confirmation on Taeyong's face. He didn't move though, didn't change his expression but remained still.

After a moment, he looked away from Jeno, muttering a soft "Yeah", folding his hands in front of him. The younger cursed under his breath, and when Taeyong looked back up at him, the younger's face was filled with guilt. He didn't understand why.

It wasn't Jeno's fault after all

It's not Jeno's fault that Doyoung screwed everything up, right?

It's not his fault that he lost Jaehyun, and that Jaehyun is utterly depressed, right?

Right?

Something had happened between them, but it couldn't be that Jeno...

He wouldn't do such things, he's too kind.