it was a week ago since that incident happened-a week, as in 7 days. yet, after all this time, taerae can't shake the incident out of his mind. is it because he was too shocked that it's still bothering him today? or is it because he's too embarrassed to the point that it's still hunting him until now?
or maybe...
before anything else could go further, taerae immediately jumped out of his bed. he has to stop his train of thoughts, distract himself, and let that incident leave the hell out of him before going to school.
"god, i can't keep going like this." he thought.
after a series of contemplation and reflection, he finally finished doing his usual morning routine. except this time, he spent like an hour to hide the dark circles under his eyes. well, at the end, he failed anyway.
it was already 8:00 in the morning. usually, he'd go to school at 9:20 (his class starts at 9:30). it isn't a problem for him since his school is just minutes away from his house. but this time, he woke up extra early-which is a rare occurrence.
"dude, you look horrible." park hanbin, one of his closest friends aside from jeonghyeon, said to him. "did you even sleep?" he added.
"you don't have to say it out loud." taerae rolled his eyes.
"no 'cause this is the first time i've seen you like this. do you have a problem? i mean, you can always talk to me." taerae really appreciates hanbin's kind gesture, but stating the reason why he looks like shit this morning is embarrassing.
"it's nothing, really. thanks tho." taerae simply answered.
hanbin wasn't satisfied with his answer, so he tried asking again and again like a broken recorder. taerae, on the other hand, keeps on denying and denying that nothing is wrong with him. it took him quite some time until hanbin gave up.
"hey, hey, hey! looks like we've got an early bird today."
taerae stopped on his track when he heard that distinctive voice. he knows where that voice is coming from.
"junhyeon? dude, you live in this street too?" hanbin asked the latter.
"nah. just went to wake gunwook up. i live across the street," junhyeon replied. "anyway, did you two already have your breakfast?" he added.
"not me. don't know about taerae tho." hanbin nudged taerae.
the two of them looked at taerae, waiting for his answer. "well, i haven't also." he finally spoke.
"then, wanna grab some breakfast? are you guys down?" junhyeon asked the two.
"your treat?" hanbin raised his eyebrows playfully.
"i'd rather let you starve." junhyeon retorted, chuckling.
at the end, the three of them decided to eat at the nearby convenience story for breakfast. hanbin and junhyeon bought some ramen, while taerae only grabbed some milk.
"only milk?" taerae almost jumped out of his seat when junhyeon sat beside him.
"i'm not that hungry." taerae uttered, looking down.
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