IN THE NAME OF LOVE | TAEGUK

thirteen.

all of his classes were finally over and jeongguk was so glad about that. his classmates were confronting him with one question after another one about baekhyun and what exactly happened at the party.

they won't just shut their mouths even though he told them that he wasn't in the mood to talk about it at all. but it just proved what a big impact his relationship with baekhyun on other people had. and that was the reason why it was so damn important for his father to fix it in front of those reporters. to show it to the media, to the people around him.

jeongguk knew that the fake relationship he had with baekhyun had a positive impact on his father's and mr. byun's company, but he never expected it was that big. but that still didn't justify the man's treatment towards him. it still didn't justify why did he care more about his company than his own son.

as jeongguk was walking through the hallway, people continued chasing after him, asking him the same questions again and again. but he just kept ignoring them. he only wanted to get out of that hell, away from those obtrusive people.

but as soon as he got out of the building the next dilemma was already greeting him. a bunch of reporters gathered around the campus was already waiting for his appearance.

his eyes widened at the sight of them and baekhyun who was standing right in the middle of the crowd, trying to talk to the cameras.

as soon as the said alpha spotted jeongguk, he smirked evilly before shouting. "there he is! my beloved boyfriend!" he yelled, pointing his hand towards the smaller boy, turning all the attention towards him.

and before jeongguk could do anything further, the crowd was already surrounding him, aiming their cameras and microphones in his direction. they shot one question after another one at him, trying to get some information out of him.

"do you deny the rumor that alpha baekhyun abuses you or is it true?" one of them asked.

"are you still in love with him?"

"what will happen to your father's and mr. byun's companies if your relationships breaks?"

jeongguk just looked at them, lost, totally overwhelmed with being crowded by so many people who attacked him with questions after questions. they didn't even care if he was just a seventeen-year-old kid and he might get affected by all those questions and cameras pointed towards his smaller being. they just continued pushing him around, not giving him any space at all.

but as he was trying to free himself from all those people, he felt someone holding his wrist, gently, pulling him and it made him panic even more until he saw who actually was holding him.

taehyung flashed him a small smile before pushing those reporters around him away, so they won't be able to confront the young omega anymore as he dragged the confused jeongguk to the limousine in safety.

the paparazzi were still trying to chase after him, even hitting the window of the car, making the younger boy flinch but taehyung quickly started the engine of the car before they could go further.

jeongguk still had his eyes opened wide as his heart was still pounding like crazy while he was breathing heavily. he looked at taehyung who was focused on driving. "thank you." he whispered as taehyung glanced at him, smiling.

"that's my job, right?" he spoke, causing a soft giggle to escape the omega's lips.

"i guess." jeongguk sighed before diverting his gaze back at the alpha. "but seriously, thank you. i thought they would've crushed me." 

and there it was again. the worried look on taehyung's face. "and? are you still okay?" he repeated those words which he told the younger in the morning.