checkmate ; xdinary heroes

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knees brought closer to his chest and hands wrapped around them, jooyeon watched with slightly frightened gaze how one of those boys who were there when they arrived doodled something on a piece of paper. 

he couldn't even recall his name. probably they mentioned it, but he couldn't remember. shortly after his name was called out by a very surprised jungsu, the eldest among them all told him to go to another room and also made one of their friends follow him and be with him so that he wouldn't run away. 

not like jooyeon would though. he was too much in pure shock to stand up and run away from that old abandoned building, he couldn't even think properly and realize what was actually going on with him. 

too much happened too soon and it was taking him time to process it all. mentally, he still was in the street, peeking in the corner where from he had heard some noises. 

that's what he got for being nosy and curious. 

❝jooyeon right?❞ the boy who was with him suddenly looked up, placing the pencil he was holding on the floor and sat up properly. 

it took jooyeon a good minute to snap back to reality from his pile of thoughts and avoiding an eye contact with the elder, he just nodded. ❝and you are?❞ he asked, more like whispered to himself, but it was still loud enough for the other to hear. just for the sake of being polite. 

flashing the younger his signature bright smile, which jooyeon failed to noticed, because he wasn't looking at him, ❝my name is gaon.❞ he tilted his head slightly to the side, smile still being displayed on his lips. 

jooyeon furrowed his eyebrows. gaon? while being in the room with others, he heard the names being thrown here and there, he couldn't remember all of them, but gaon was definitely not a name that he had heard there. 

assuming it probably was a nickname and the boy didn't really want to tell him his real name, jooyeon just nodded and played with his fingers awkwardly. he had never been in this kind of situation ever before. 

the two were in silence, until it was broken by gaon once again. ❝why are you so silent? talk to me about something.❞ he walked closer to the younger and sat right in front of him. which made jooyeon kind of uncomfortable. 

moving away a little bit, ❝eh?❞ jooyeon let out a small sound, not even knowing what to say. gaon sounded like he was talking to an old friend he hadn't seen for years. he was so casual about this whole thing and jooyeon couldn't understand it. he himself was slowly starting to freak out even more second by second, because of this situation he was being in right now and this guy in front of him asked him to talk about something, like it's just another normal day. 

❝okay if you don't want to, then i will talk.❞ gaon shrugged with a smile placed on his lips. jooyeon tilted his head slightly to the side watching the boy in front of him. he was being so nice and kind to him at that certain moment. he seemed like a really nice person and jooyeon thought he was one. well, he would think he was like that if he didn't meet him here, at a place like this and if he didn't know what possibly him and his friends were doing.