Blue Orangeade | Taegyu

17: Sad Boy To Bad Boy

i just killed me with all that pain
i just don't care anymore
- good boy gone bad

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Taehyun arrived at his apartment door with a sigh. He refused to respond to Huening Kai's messages that he received from this morning. Taehyun knows he will get scolded by his best friend. But he's hungover and he would rather deal with it later.

Huening Kai can yell at him after a nap.

Taehyun unlocks the door to the apartment and sneaks in, quietly as possible. But unlucky for him because Huening Kai was waiting for him on the couch in their living room. Huening Kai stood up swiftly from where he was sitting before Taehyun could notice. After Taehyun closed the door, a stern voice startled him.

"Kang Taehyun."

Taehyun slightly flinched.

Shit. Taehyun mentally cursed then turned around. He was hoping his best friend would be asleep or maybe not home.

There is no way for Taehyun to avoid him now. He has no choice but to face his best friend that is noticeably upset. But Taehyun knows the reason is valid.

"You have a lot of explaining to do."

Taehyun sighs in defeat, "I know Hyuka, I know." Then walks into the kitchen to get himself a glass of water to ease his hangover.

Huening Kai follows and confronts his best friend, "You're an asshole Kang Taehyun. I can't believe what you did! I'm so mad at you for being a stupid jerk."

Huening Kai's words may have been harsh but Taehyun knew it wasn't to deliberately hurt him. Taehyun doesn't bother to defend himself. He tolerates all the insults his best friend is throwing at him, silently agreeing.

Taehyun gulps down the water, while Huening Kai continues to ramble with judgment, and then pours more water into the glass. His mouth felt dry from the dehydration and his head has been throbbing since he woke up. He really wants to sleep to get rid of the pain he's feeling from this damn hangover.

"Kai please my head hurts," Taehyun begged. "And I already feel terrible enough for what I did."

Huening Kai stared at Taehyun for a few moments, taking in consideration the state his friend is in, before he calmly says, "I deserve to know what happened Hyung. You promised that you would take Beomgyu Hyung home after the party. But I didn't see his text until this morning saying that you passed out and he had to figure out how to get himself home. You left him there alone and I have no idea how or if he got home safely because he hasn't responded to my messages."

After Huening Kai explained all that, Taehyun felt even worse.

"I messaged him but he hasn't responded yet either," Taehyun said inaudibly.

Actually, Beomgyu wasn't ignoring anybody. He was asleep considering it was around 10 in the morning. It was very late when he arrived safely at his apartment so of course he would still be sleeping.

Obviously, Taehyun and Huening Kai didn't know that.

Huening Kai sighs, "I just need to know that he's okay. I'm really worried."

So am I.

Taehyun says as he's putting the glass in the sink, "I'll try calling him after a nap."

He dismisses himself and heads to his bedroom.

Taehyun is laying in his bed. As he is resting his eyes to prepare himself for a nap, a notification from his phone alerted him that made his eyes shoot open. He hurriedly grabs his phone, that was charging on his bedside table, hoping that it's a response from a certain boy.