Night Rider- Tyunning

The Spoiled Rebellion

7 days later, the package from Beomgyu arrived. Mr. Huening recieved a phone call from the post office in Ohio, asking if they knew a Beomgyu Choi from Minnesota. Apparently Beomgyu miswrote the address so they were calling to confirm before they officially sent it over.

Hyuka didnt bother reading any of the letters. He threw them in the recycling bin and dug for the photo. The letters were nothing new to him. At first, they were fun to keep and look back on. Later on, he had so many from years of saving, that he couldnt even remember who most of the people were. Ever since that realization, they always went straight into the trash.

"Oh thank god" Hyuka said as he found the photo. Same as he remembered. Yeonjun and Kai with their arms wrapped around each other with the edges crinkled from years of wear. The back had both of their signatures on it with a couple of drops of blood to signify the blood oath they took to never lose touch. They kept their word to each other.

Hyuka said goodbye to his dad as he left the house to hang out with his new friends. The photo went into his guitar case for safe keeping. He had only been to school for a week and already found 'his people'. They went to something different every night when homework wasnt a priority. Live poetry readings, karaoke, sneaking into movies and Hyuka's favorite being playing his electric guitar in times square with his friends as other parts of the band.

He lived as wildly as he could in every place he went. The idea was, if he was going to leave that place soon, then he sure as hell was going to make memories in it.

The case opened to reveal a shiny black electric base guitar with an off center silver stripe. Hyuka set up the mics and the speakers with his friends. Seungmin took lead vocals. Jake took drums and Vernon took lead guitar. Hyuka couldve been a one man band but what fun is that?

Their set started off with "We will rock you" by Queen. It drew a large crowd and got them $10 in tips. They followed with "Teeth" by 5SOS. Seungmin thanked their crowd for their 'donations' to the performance and asked if the audience was ready for more. The crowd screamed "YES!" and the group started their next song, "Move Along" by The All-American Rejects.

Hyuka looked to the side and noticed the police starting to make their way through the crowd. It's illegal to play in Times Square without a permit. Something the teenagers did not get and didn't care to. Hyuka caught Jake's attention with his eyes and tilted his head towards the direction of the police.

Seungmin stopped mid-song to thank the audience. "Thank you! Youve been so great tonight! Unfortunately we need to cut our concert short because some people..." he pointed to the police coming their way, "have a problem with a few teenage boys entertaining the masses! We are The Spoiled Rebellion and thank you again!"

He looked over once more and then took off with his mic and the bucket full of money. The rest of the group grabbed various pieces of equipment and the chase started. Booing was heard throughout the crowd towards the police for cutting their concert short. They split up in different directions and made their way to the rendezvous point.

Hyuka snuck into an alley and threw his hoodie over his head. The train station was nearby. He could make it if he didnt look suspicious. Hyuka looked around and saw no one followed him. He headed towards the street and started walking with the rest of the pedestrians to blend in. New Yorkers walked quickly which he used to his advantage.

Just like last time, he sucessfully made it to the station. And also like last time, Jake, Seungmin and Vernon were all on the same car. They high fived and laughed about what they did. The money was split 4 ways which earned them $8 each. They got off by their condos and told each other they'd see each other in class tomorrow.

Yeonjun called Hyuka just as he got home and asked what crazy thing he did this time. They talked as Kai walked towards his bedroom. The photo laid against the guitar safe and sound. He picked it up and placed it safely in his backpack. Yeonjun was going on and on about how boring his life was in Korea compared to Hyukas'. His life actually wasnt boring at all but compared to what his best friend does every night, it certainly felt that way.

"Yeonjun just think of how much fun we're going to have in the Dominican Republic! Think we will swim with the string rays? Ive always wanted to do that!"

"And we will! I still cant believe my mom is letting me go!"

Hyuka put Yeonjun on speaker as he spread his homework out on his bed. "Im not complaining at all but why is your mom letting you?"

"My mom apparently is going to be hopping around countries in Africa the next few years. She didnt want me spending my last years of high school there. She actually told me your mom and her are planning on retiring in Minnesota."

"WHAT?"

"Kai come on, you know your mom was going to end up there. My mom wants to be with her."

Hyuka scribbled a few numbers onto his math homework. He paused to finish the first page then went back to talking. "Ugh, we finally are going to move somewhere permanently warm and she takes us back to one of the coldest places on earth. That blizzard literally made it the coldest place on earth!"

"I know but at least we will finally be with each other right? Im so tired of living away from you."

"Me too. Youre right. Im sorry. For college were picking somewhere warm though. Im not settling in that place for the rest of my life."

"Beomgyu will be so crushed."

"Beomgyu has Soobin. He will be just fine."

"And-" Yeonjun paused. Hyuka could faintly hear his mom talking to him from a distance. "Shit. Im sorry. I need to go. Stay out of trouble okay? I'll call you soon."

"Awe whats the fun in that?"

"Bye Kai."

"Bye Yeonjun!"

Hyuka spent the rest of night in a four way call with his band mates while finishing up his homework. By the end of the night, the spoiled rebellion promised to go to top golf after school. The loser had to pay the bill at the end.

They hung up and Hyuka prepared to go to bed. He looked out of his large bedroom window and saw snow starting to fall. The curtains snapped shut in annoyance and Hyuka went to sleep.