skatin' ~~ taegyu [ON HOLD]

11: an unexpected phone call

it was a normal sunday evening for beomgyu. he was in his room, doing homework. he typically saved his school work for sunday nights; beomgyu had the habit of procrastinating.

he was having difficulties with a tough algebra 2 question; something about parabolas. as he was struggling to gather his thoughts, his phone started buzzing.

he picked it up. the contact name kang taehyun appeared.

why on earth is taehyun calling me at 8pm? beomgyu wondered, quickly tapping 'accept'.

"hello?" beomgyu spoke into the phone, looking back down at his algebra problem.

"h-hello?"

taehyun's voice sounded hoarse, like he'd been crying. he sounded lost.

"taehyun? what's up? are you okay?" beomgyu asked, slightly worried after hearing the boy's voice.

"u-um... could you m-meet me somewhere? i know it's l-late..." taehyun's voice trailed off.

"of course. where would you like to meet?"

"ghosting ice cream parlor. it's near my house...." taehyun answered, sniffling.

beomgyu quickly looked up the address. he found that it was a ten minute walk from his house. "okay. i'll be there in five."

taehyun hung up the call. beomgyu grabbed a coat and put on his shoes.

the raven-haired boy tied his hair into a messy ponytail, heading to taehyung's room. "tae hyung."

"yes?" taehyung looked up from his phone.

"i'm going to meet a friend at an ice cream parlor near our house. is that okay?" beomgyu asked, making sure taehyung was fine with it.

"which friend?"

"kang taehyun."

"okay, then that's fine. do you need me to drive you?"

"no, i'm good." beomgyu answered, smiling at his brother.

with that, beomgyu jogged downstairs, leaving the house. he started running down the sidewalk, following his phone's GPS app. beomgyu ran with worry. he was worried about taehyun. the hockey player didn't sound like himself in the call.

beomgyu continued running, soon seeing the parlor in view. he slowed his pace to a walk, stepping into the parlor with a light sweat and panting. he immediately spotted taehyun sitting at a table, face in his hands.

beomgyu sped walk to the table the boy was sitting at. he took a seat across from him. "taehyun?"

taehyun looked up, hearing beomgyu's voice. "b-beomgyu?"

"hey. what's wrong?" beomgyu saw tears on taehyun's cheeks. without thinking, beomgyu brought his hand up, using his thumb to wipe them off the boy's face.

"m-my parents..."

beomgyu raised a brow. could it be something bad? his parents seem so nice...

"how about let's get some ice cream, then talk about it, okay?"

taehyun nodded in agreement.

taehyun told beomgyu which flavor he wanted, then beomgyu went to the counter to buy it. he returned with cherry ice cream for taehyun, and vanilla for himself.

"here you go," beomgyu smiled as he handed it to the boy who asked to meet him.

the pair sat inside the cozy ice cream parlor which was protecting them from the dark cold outside. they didn't speak as they ate their ice cream. instead, they fell into a comfortable silence.