To my beloved, Terry

Chapter 9

“So you guys are going out now?” Asked Huening to his best friend Taehyun who was busy doing some fixing on a newly arrived car.

“He asked me to take him so yeah.” He replied, eyes fixated onto his work.

“So it's a date?” Huening asked once more with a clear teasing voice followed by series of giggles.

“No. I'm just taking him there.” Taehyun huffed clearly not liking the idea of them going out as—well, friends?

“Uh-huh convinced yourself Tyun.” The younger laughed. He isn't dumb to notice the sudden tone of his best friend. The boy was obviously attracted to the new the boy in town but was also trying to restrict himself.

“You know what, how 'bout you get out of my sight? Stop pestering me here when you have a cafe to attend to. Beomgyu's shift is ending soon.” Taehyun once again pushes him off but Huening, the playful little snowball ignores him and instead went to crunch down to peak at him.

“Seems like the lover boy in town is whipped. 'Imma tell Gyu hyung!” Huening teases just in time for Taehyun to get hold of his screwdriver, swinging it as an intent to hit his friend but then the latter was quick to move himself out of the way.

“Get out of my sight Kai before I st—”

“Bye Taehyunie!” Huening beamed before running off towards his car.

When no one else was in sight, Taehyun couldn't help but let out a sigh. Beomgyu had been bugging his mind more often than before. After the boy asked him to take him out, he isn't functioning well and worst thing is that he gets extremely shy whenever the boy is around. It was as if Beomgyu was purposely doing it on purpose because he was giving him frequent attention. It's not that Taehyun was complaining because a bigger part of him is tingling with happiness. It's just that he didn't expect the newfound approach the boy is treating him.

Tomorrow, he promised Beomgyu that he'll be taking him to whatever he wanted to visit. He'll even close the shop— he doesn't need to know that because his assistant won't be around weekends as well. He had been preparing himself for tomorrow to which he doesn't understand why was he overreacting when it might be just a friendly favor from him yet he couldn't help but be compose especially mentally and emotionally. Beomgyu looked even more exquisite these days.

The next thing happened, Taehyun was already standing in front of Yeonjun and Soobin's home mustering up the courage to knock. He woke up earlier than his usual clock, spending almost an hour choosing the perfect outfit that would draw Beomgyu's attention.

“You got this.” He whispered, at-last knocking. Couple of minutes had passed before he heard shuffling and then the door swing opened revealing the most alluring human being Taehyun had ever seen.

“Hi.” Beomgyu greeted with a shy smile.

“Hey, you ready?” Taehyun asked despite his panicking stance. How the hell is he this good-looking?  His only wearing a thick sweater. Am I too dress up? Taehyun asked himself.

“Yup, you had breakfast already?” Beomgyu asked, both are sharing the same expression yet nobody noticed because they have to deal it on their own.

Beomgyu was in no way different from anxiousness Taehyun felt. The boy was damned handsome that he felt like his throat is drying from that fierce look on Taehyun's demure. He knew from the very start how attractive this man is but the more he starts to open up, the more he realizes that Taehyun is way better than he had imagined. It's his looks that will scare you but other than that, Beomgyu finds him cute everytime the tip of his ears tints pink when he feels shy. Maybe it was Beomgyu's self mechanism trying to shoo this guy because he is definitely everyone's type.