The Way It Burns - BbangNyu

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"Good morning class, today we're going to be discussing..."

Blah, blah, blah, politics, blah, blah, blah, who cares? Hyunjae certainly didn't, he paid no attention the lecturers long, drawn out schpeel, about something to do with governing figures. Instead, his eyes were firmly fixed to the pretty angel that sat next to him, he'd studied every soft feature on the boys face, to the extent, that he could probably describe Jacob down to the very last detail. 

This had become some sort of regular thing for them, Hyunjae would sit in on Jacob's lectures, just to spend more time with the angel. It's not like he was actually attending the university, he had nothing better to do. 

"I'll give you thirty minutes to decide on your group, and what topic you will be doing. Then you can pitch your ideas to me."

After the lecturers announcement, the room was filled with noise, and movement again. Hyunjae didn't really know why, like I said before, he wasn't listening, but it did no harm to him, he'd get to speak to Jacob.

"Let's just keep it simple, topic 3 looks easy." Sangyeon said, receiving a nod from Jacob.

Unintentionally, Hyunjae scowled hearing the angels voice, he'd forgotten Sangyeon was there. Just as he always was. Wherever Jacob went, Sangyeon seemed to follow, and vice versa. Hyunjae understood that best friends can be like that, but it didn't mean he was very happy about it. The worst part was, that they shared all the same classes, meaning that Hyunjae didn't get a minute away from Sangyeon during the day.

It wasn't hard to tell that Hyunjae didn't like him, and his disrespectful looks were really getting on Sangyeon's nerves. If he spoke, laughed, smiled, or even breathed, Hyunjae had a problem with it. "Do you really have to come to all of our classes? Shouldn't you be studying, or attending your own?" Sangyeon remarked. 

If only Hyunjae was downtown, he'd make Sangyeon shut up real quick. He never liked sharing, what was his, was his, and he didn't want anyone getting in the way of that. It almost seemed like Sangyeon was getting in the way, if so, Hyunjae had no problems dealing with it. "I've been studying so hard lately, what's wrong with me rewarding myself with my precious Jacob?" Hyunjae replied, in his sweetest, most innocent, angel voice. 

Jacob blushed, shooting heart eyes at his boyfriend. "Jaehyun's no bother, I like having him around."

Rolling his eyes, Sangyeon couldn't contain his scoff. Being around two love birds, after his relationship had basically fallen apart, was torture. "Well that's good for you, maybe if you'd given me better advice, then I'd still have Chanhee around me." He grunted. 

"I told you to give him space, and be considerate, it's the best advice I could have given you. No one could have expected that he..." Jacob paused, realizing that Jaehyun didn't know about the cheating. Sangyeon wouldn't appreciate if he spilled his sensitive information to someone he clearly wasn't fond of. "No one could have expected what happened." 

Hyunjae couldn't contain his smirk, he did in fact know all about the cheating. He knew more than Jacob, he knew more than Sangyeon, it was hilarious to him. The one person he couldn't stand, getting cheated on, what more could he ask for? 

"You told him, didn't you?!" Sangyeon snapped, easily spotting the smug look plastered across Hyunjae's face. 

This.

"No, no, I didn't, I promise." Jacob insisted, waving his hands frantically. 

There was only one thing Hyunjae adored, probably equal to Jacob, and that was drama. He didn't have to say anything, he didn't evoke it, but now he could very much play. 

The flustered angel turned to Hyunjae, trying to signal for some help. "Oh I don't know what you're talking about, I haven't heard anything about cheating-"

Sangyeon's eyes widened, filling with rage and fury. His face flushed red, and he could feel his body heating up. "You didn't tell him, huh?" Sangyeon questioned, through gritted teeth.

As Jacob hopelessly tried to explain that he didn't know how 'the angel' found out, Hyunjae had never felt more electrified. This was what he craved, this was what he lived for. The mayhem, the chaos, he only wished he could go one step further.

"Jacob didn't tell me." 

Hyunjae took that step.

In the angels minds, Hyunjae didn't interact with, Kevin and Chanhee, nor did he know them that well. Obviously, that wasn't the case, and Hyunjae was excited to drop a few bombs today. 

"Ugh I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything, I need to protect Chan-" Hyunjae slapped his mouth, pretending like he revealed too much, when he was only just getting started.

Sangyeon's eyebrows angrily furrowed, as he stared confused at 'the angel'. "What do you know? Seriously, I've never seen you speak to Chanhee, and now you're protecting him. What the hell do you know?!" 

"I can't say, maybe you should ask someone closer to you." Hyunjae mumbled, pursing his lips innocently as he spoke. "Not that close though." He added, gesturing to Jacob.

"Who then?" Sangyeon asked, internally screaming when it clicked in his mind. "Kevin! Why am I not surprised that he knows something? Whatever, it's not like he'll tell me. So, Jaehyun, it looks like it's going to have to be you, speak up!" 

The tension was getting extremely thick, as Sangyeon's rage grew. Jacob just wanted to work on the group project, though, that would never be possible now. He needed to calm the tension, before Sangyeon lost control of all his emotions.

"I'm thirsty, Jaehyun will you come with me to get a drink?" Jacob asked, standing up from his seat. "Quickly, I don't want to get in trouble." He hurried, grabbing 'the angel's' wrist, and pulling him out of the classroom.

Jacob marched down the hallway, dragging the boy into one of the storage closets. Hyunjae kind of picked up that Jacob was mad, but he wasn't complaining about being alone with his favourite angel.

"Please explain, why were you trying to make Sangyeon angry? How do you know about the cheating? and when were you friends with Chanhee and Kevin?" Jacob questioned, brushing his hands through his blonde locks, eventually resting them on his hips.

These were the moments Hyunjae found the hardest, he loved to bask in the drama he'd cause, but he had no ability to do that here. He had to keep pretending, act like he was one of the angels, boring and naive.

"I wasn't trying to make him angry, I tried to cover up what I was saying, yet, it only made it worse." Hyunjae replied, gloomily looking to the ground. "I've been friends with them for a little while, since I wanted to get close to the people you love. A few days ago, I walked in on them talking about it, and I said I wouldn't tell anyone. Ugh I've messed up so badly Jacob, I'm the worst, you deserved a better boyfriend."

Perfect acting, couldn't have gone better.

Jacob felt a pang in his heart, looking at the sulky boy. He shouldn't have assumed negatively of him, without hearing Jaehyun out first. "You haven't messed up badly, we all trip over our words sometimes. Also, you're the best boyfriend I could ask for, don't say such silly things." Jacob giggled, playfully booping 'the angels' nose.

"Really?"

"Really, really, really!"

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I swear Sangyeon cannot catch a break💀
This mans always angry or hurt

I saw another musical today, everybody's talking about Jamie, would highly recommend, it's very good!

Hope everyone had a spectacular day🥰