Abscond || Taegyu

At the end of the world forever, together

"I have a question, Taehyun."

"Hmm?"

"Should we run away?"

The mere question caught him off guard as it was way too random and out of context. They were still sitting under the tree shade and their backs rested on the huge trunk. They agreed to kill time in the park as it was the most relaxing place Beomgyu knew.

They've been staying there for like half an hour? Hours? Taehyun doesn't know. He couldn't bother checking the time himself as he got way too comfortable with the older's presence and he didn't want to break the pleasing silence around them by just moving an inch.

Beomgyu just had to break it himself with a random pop question. And so, Taehyun asked with a raised eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

"Just answer me."

The younger was still as confused at the older's statement but nonetheless, he answered as he knew that questioning Beomgyu furthermore wouldn't really lead them somewhere. "Uhhh.... Yes?"

Beomgyu's grin grew bigger and pointed at the cart that went past their vision as he said, "You see that small cart that sells sikhye? You'll be paying for that drink if you don't run now Taehyun because if I catch you and you don't last for 8 minutes, it's on your tab. I'm giving you a 10-second head start."

"What?!" A game, suddenly?!?!

"Run now little animal or you'll be paying~" Beomgyu singsonged.

Adrenaline started to rush through Taehyun's body as he stood from his seat to run. No way he's gonna pay!

"10." As the count started, Taehyun ran fast away from Beomgyu while giggling.

As he heard the countdown going zero, he looked back and saw Beomgyu about to catch him with full speed. He ran faster while laughing, all his worries starting to fade bit by bit.

The two boys ran and tried to chase each other until they became breathless and tired. Smiles were imprinted on their faces and the park was filled with laughs and giggles from the two young boys. Beomgyu was able to catch Taehyun after 5 mins of chasing which is very surprising. Taehyun survived without being caught for that long, and as promised he's gonna pay for their drinks. They sat at the bench near the small cart stall as he paid for 2 cups of the said sweet drink.

"You just wanted a free sikhye." Taehyun scoffed.

"I did. But at least I gave you a chance to fight for your wallet."

Taehyun rolled his eyes and spouted his signature "Whatever" as he sipped again from his cup.

After gulping down half of his drink from the thirst, Taehyun spoke to Beomgyu while looking at him, "I thought you were really asking me to run away from our town."

Beomgyu stopped drinking, still breathing heavily from the hard running and chasing they did, "We did" he replied to the younger. Taehyun only gave him a confused look.

"You forgot about everything for a moment, right? We did ran away."

Beomgyu just received a chuckle from him as Taehyun knew he's right, they kind of did ran away for a moment.

There was a slight pause and all they heard was the birds singing on the nearby tree branch and their wings flapping to fly away. Fly, run, free, words that felt nice settling in his tongue. The only words his brain could register as he craves for the mere indication of those words.

"Running away... For some reason, that sounds quite nice. When I turn older... Maybe I can do that." Rather than a firm statement, it was more like a whisper in the wind. Like it was some kind of a monologue that he blurted out accidentally.