Can't You See Me? ➳ Taegyu ✔

3. What Happened?

Date: September 17th

Taehyun sighed while getting into the back of Mia's car with Beomgyu sitting in the front seat. They had taken the bus together on Friday, but Taehyun didn't want to take the bus alone, so Beomgyu asked Mia if he could go with them.

Needless to say, they did not like each other.

"You wanna go get breakfast?" Beomgyu asked and Mia shook her head.

"We're careful with what we eat. I already ate at home. I'll give you a list, alright?"

Beomgyu nodded.

When they got to school, the two of them met up with their friend group and Taehyun stuffed his hands in his pockets. He walked up the sidewalk by the front door, having to wait until they opened it from the inside.

"Taehyun!" A booming voice yelled, and he looked up just in time for his face to be crushed against Kai's shoulder. "I missed you over the weekend!"

Taehyun giggled and fixed his glasses after the giant finally pulled away. "I did too. I was really bored."

"What about your friend?"

A frown formed on Taehyun's face and Yeonjun scoffed while walking over. "Seems like his friend has made it to the barbie house."

"No," Kai said in disbelief, turning to see Beomgyu sitting down on a bench while the members of that group did his makeup and hair. "Oh, Taehyun..."

The boy sighed and looked down, but Yeonjun wasn't having any of it.

"Y'know what Taehyun? Fuck him. Fuck him. Fuck Song Mia. Fuck that prissy Hyunwoo. Fuck Choi Soobin. And fuck that entire group for being a bunch of fucking idiotic bullies."

Taehyun gasped at that last part and Kai panickedly shook his head. "No, no. Soobin isn't bad. He doesn't talk to people because if they become friends with him then they'll join that group. He doesn't like when new students join their group."

"Why-"

"It does make sense," Yeonjun said. "He didn't want to talk to Beomgyu, but Beomgyu persisted. Now look at him." They all looked at Beomgyu who's arm was linked with Mia's as they walked through the now open school doors. "Princess fucking Beomgyu."

"Do you have to keep saying that word?" Taehyun asked.

Yeonjun nodded. "When you realize the kind of shit that they do, you'll want to say that word too."

"Princess fucking Beomgyu," Kai huffed, also irritated now.

"Yeah..." Taehyun mumbled.

He did kind of want to say it. After the weekend he had been put through, saying Beomgyu's name in such a harsh manner seemed like it would be relieving.

But he wasn't mad at him enough yet to say it.

So he just entered the building with them, smiling as they were once again bickering over Yeonjun's sexuality.

***

Taehyun didn't see Beomgyu at lunch. He assumed it was maybe because they went out to get healthier food or whatever. The thought of it made Taehyun roll his eyes. Beomgyu always ate junkfood, and he was cute while doing it. But now he wasn't.

When they got home, Beomgyu immediately left again to go out with his friends and Taehyun sighed. And for the next few weeks, it was like that. It got progressively worse, as Beomgyu started wearing makeup and skimpy clothes.

He never wore either of those things until recently.

And he came home most nights drunk, going to school the next day with bags under his eyes. It made Taehyun sad that he was like this.

What happened to Beomgyu?