shinsen high school | yeonbin

fifteen

"taehyun?" asked beomgyu, surprised to see the love of his life at the restaurant.

taehyun blinked for a second, taken aback, and without waiting for a second, he ran away from beomgyu.

beomgyu sighed at taehyun's running figure. he really did hate beomgyu.

beomgyu shook his head, his mood getting dull, and made his way to the VIP room. to be honest, he was really confused cause his dad never called for him.

beomgyu was well-aware of how his father thought about him, no matter how much yeonjun tried to butter it over. he was the unwanted child. all his father wanted was yeonjun. 

to be honest, beomgyu thought that being the unwanted child was much better than being the wanted child. he'd rather be thrown out of the house than receive all that pressure like his brother. if beomgyu could run away with his brother he would've done so long ago. 

beomgyu knocked on the door, not wanting to upset his father for not using proper etiquette. 

"come in," said beomgyu's dad. 

opening the door, beomgyu walked in the room and bowing down to him, took a seat in front of him. 

"i have something i want you to." said his father, getting straight to the point.

beomgyu, nodded, ready to hear but scared at the same time. 

however, at that moment, the door opened, revealing taehyun. "i brought your wine, sir"

"oh taehyun, you're our waiter?" blurted out beomgyu, not thinking. a second later, he froze. 

taehyun's eyes widened. 

"you know each other?" asked beomgyu's dad.

taehyun panicked. he didn't want Mr.Choi's attention on him. no, please, no. 

beomgyu bit his bottom lip, unable to think of any lie. "he's in our school."

"oh is that so? why didn't you tell me?" smiled Mr.Choi. 

taehyun awkwardly smiled.  what if he finds out that taehyun was a survivor of the infamous arson? he's was going to kill taehyun. 

"why are you working here though?"

"he's from the normal quota." said beomgyu.

"aah, is that so? well since you're beomgyu's friend, i want you to stay here and listen to what i'm about to say."

taehyun gulped, nervous. 

"do you remember the arson incident couple of years ago?"

both beomgyu and taehyun visibly froze. taehyun's heart started beating like crazy. why was he bringing that up? did he find out that taehyun made it alive? was he going to blackmail taehyun?

"yes, father." said beomgyu.

"apparently one of them is alive." 

taehyun's hand started trembling like crazy. shit, shit, shit. his eyes darted towards the wine bottle. should he just smash the old man's head with it?

"i want beomgyu to go to the head office of the publication that published this news and take it down." said Mr.Choi, a gleam in his eyes. "and why not have taehyun accompany him? since you're from the normal quota isn't it better that you go with him and gain some experience?"

taehyun could figure out that this was not a choice. he had to go. 

but was it safe? going with quite literally the murderer and taking down an article about him...would things be alright?