Night Rider- Tyunning

Insecure meets stubborn

The next morning at the airport, Yeonjun spent the entire time on the phone with his parents. Hyuka's dad was on the phone with the company that shipped their belongings and the diplomat family whose house they were going to be living in. His mom was busy making calls to various legal branches in the Dominican Republic and the United States.

Hyuka used the opportunity to ignore everyone's texts and call Taehyun before he wouldnt be able to for a few years.

Taehyun called off of work just to talk to him.

Hyuka asked "you got that the birthday boy at the concert was you right? I thought I was being obvious but I wasnt sure."

"Yeah I did. Thank you Hyuka. I cant wait to see your present!"

"Wait dont you have work right now? I thought Beomgyu said youd be working your entire Christmas break."

Taehyun scratched the back of his head. "Um. I kind of called in sick so I could talk to you."

Hyuka was honored and amazed he didnt lie to him. "Wow. Really?"

"Well yeah! I wont be able to hear your voice for years after this! I dont regret it. Dont make me feel bad about it."

"Awe! Taehyunnie youre so cute!"

Taehyun felt the butterflies again. "Youre cute too. Ive never met anyone like you before."

"Me too. Is there really no chance you can visit me? I'll make time if you do!"

"Flights are expensive Hyuka. I also need to focus on school and I have work. Plus, be honest with me, how busy will you be until you move again?"

Hyuka mentally browsed through the list of things they had to do the first month they were there. He then remembered all of the things he planned with Yeonjun and the trips his parents also organized in between. Yeonjun's parents were expected to visit for a month after school ended which led to whatever plan Yeonjun had for his birthday which then led back to school then back to moving again. "I think I'll be free in July..."

Taehyun forced a small laugh. "Hyuka... thats like 7 months away. Im sure your parents or Yeonjun or even yourself will have things to do then. Let's face it. We wont get to see each other."

Hyuka got really sad. "Why are you pushing me away? I want to see you! I want to show you Im not leaving you!"

"Im not pushing you away! Im just being realistic!"

Hyuka was now mad. "Okay well, realistically Taehyun Kang, I fucking like you. Ive never liked anyone as much as I like you right now. So quit pretending like whatever we have is over because it isnt! I wont let it be!"

Every cell in Taehyun's body wanted to believe him. Every cell except the ones in his brain. His heart swelled up at Hyuka's sudden declaration. His body tensed at the thought of his crush fighting to be with him. But his brain told him it would end. Everyone in his life had left him. Beomgyu and Soobin would eventually leave him. They had to. Thats how his world worked. So Hyuka had to leave him too. He didnt say anything back. He couldnt.

Hyuka got even more upset. "Can you fucking hear me Taehyun?! I, Kai Kamal Huening, fucking LIKE YOU. OKAY?"

"We dont have anything between us though..." Taehyun instantly regretted saying that. He could almost hear both of their hearts break.

"Fine. We dont have anything. Does that make you feel better? Does that make it easier? Im not leaving you. You are leaving ME."

Silent tears fell out of Taehyun's eyes. He was so glad his room mates were at work right now. Words still failed to come out of his mouth. He couldnt speak without sobbing.

Hyuka's stubbornness really came out now. "Go on. Fucking hang up on me. Have THIS be the last memory of us talking. But just fucking know that Im not hanging up on you until a flight attendant tells me to. And I have almost 90 minutes until that happens."

Taehyun put the phone on speaker then mute. He let go of all the repressive cries he was holding back. Hyuka kept his word. The New Yorker didnt hang up the whole 15 minutes Taehyun spent loudly sobbing into his sleeve.

While he was waiting for Tae to respond, he took his anger out on zombies in a mobile game. This was not how their, whatever they had, was going to end. Hyuka wouldnt let that happen.

Taehyun finally responded. "...why do you like me? Im not worth it. Im no one. You can have anyone you want. Why me?"

"I dont want just anyone. I want you. A friend made me realize that whenever Im with you, Im actually happy. Youre being dumb as fuck right now, but Im still happy you didnt hang up."

It took everything in Taehyun not to tell him that he loves him. Instead, he only said "Im happy with you too. Really happy. Are you still sending me that birthday gift?"

"Are you still going to push me away?"

Taehyun had to ignore every instinct in his brain, telling him to push him away again. He was still very scared of losing the boy he loves. The logic was that you cant get attached if you dont let people attach onto you. Except Hyuka was a magnet he couldnt pull away from. "No..."

"Good. Now if Im being honest, I havent actually thought about what I was going to give you for your birthday but it's going to be special. Anything you want?"

"Something that reminds me of you. I dont need anything big or expensive. Something that's just for us."

Hyuka thought of the perfect gift. It would take Yeonjun's help though. The gift would be hard to accomplish by himself. He grinned at his own genius. "I got it. Youre going to love it. It's really amazing!'

They continued to talk until Hyuka absolutely had to hang up. He promised he would write to Taehyun and threatened him to write back. The older agreed as they hung up.

When they were an hour into their flight, Hyuka asked Yeonjun if he could help record the song he was working on.

Yeonjun asked "sure. Why?"

"I want it to be Taehyun's birthday present. Plus, you have an amazing singing voice!"

"We're talking about Dear Sputnik right? The one you wouldnt even let your band help you with?"

"Yeah... that one."

"I'll help you. He's going to love it."

Hyuka sat back in his seat and watched the clouds pass by below them. "I hope so."