Winter Falls // Taegyu

06 | Long For, Yet Dread To See

I sit on the school rooftop with the others, this being our usual spot to be before school starts. Yeonjun hyung and I are sitting on the ledge while the other two are on the floor, us talking about random things when the topic of Taehyun comes up.

"So.. Taehyun has been heavy on my mind lately.. And I'm just wondering.. should we try to talk to him?" Soobin hyung asks while fiddling with his fingers. I can tell that this has been bothering him for a while, due to the tone of his voice.

"I-I've been thinking the same.. it almost hurts how he's so close yet so far," I agree after a moment of hesitation.

"And I have first period with him. I could talk to him then."

Yeonjun hyung nods his head at my words then his expression suddenly molds into one of slight confusion.

He then turns his head to Huening's direction, "Wait, Huening, wouldn't you and him have classes together since you're both in the same year?"

Huening looks up with a startled expression, presumably not expecting the question, which soon turns into a nonchalant one, "Huh? Oh, yeah. We have like, three classes together."

"And you didn't bother to tell anybody?"

"Well, it's only the second day, and Beomgyu hyung's thing happened yesterday in first period and I didn't even see him until third."

"I mean.. you still could've shot a text or something.." Soobin hyung says with a small pout playing at his lips, looking off to the side.

"I knoww~. Hueningie is sowwy," Huening says in a cute voice, a pout playing at his lips as well. He wraps his arms around Soobin hyung's torso from the side and gives him a tight hug, simultaneously rubbing his clothed stomach.

Soobin hyung cracks a wide grin and eagerly returns the hug, "Aww, I can't stay upset with you Hyuka~"

"What if I jumped off this roof right now?" I said in reaction to the two's exchange.

Soobin hyung shrugs, "Do a flip, I guess."

I roll my eyes at his words before pulling my phone out, wanting to scroll aimlessly on social media to pass the time until class starts. But when I pull out my phone, I see that class begins in five minutes.

"Oh shit, class is about to start."

"Oh, I guess we gotta go now. And Beomgyu, don't forget to talk to Taehyun. If you can't or you forget to, just text Huening," Soobin hyung says as we all gather our things, getting ready to walk back down to go to class.

"I'll try.."

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I walk into class, heading straight for my desk in the back, just like yesterday. When I sit down, I put a single air pod in my ear and decide to listen to music as I wait for the teacher. I hold my head in my hands and my eyes are closed as I softly hum along to the chosen song sounding through the small device. My eyes then shoot open at the sound of the door opening. The teacher then walks in, causing me to lower the volume on my phone by a bit.

"Goodmorning class, I hope all is well so far."

The class chirped a surprisingly cheery sounding "Goodmorning" in reply to the teacher. I don't know how people can be so energetic this early in the morning.

"So class, today we will be doing a project that will last for this entire semester."

Sounds of confusion resonated throughout the classroom. And I'll admit, I'm confused as well. Soobin hyung had this class last year and he told me there would be a project on the second day. But he never said that it'd go on this long.