Grow Up | Yeongyu

26

Chapter 26 :
"What do you mean he has changed?"
"He was so bold"
"Don't you love it hyung?"
"I do but-"
"But it gave you butterflies?"
Yeonjun looked at Taehyun with an eyebrow raise and flushed cheeks. Taehyun controlled his laugh and said, "Don't you want to talk to him? You would've held back a lot of stuff"
"It just feels..what if he will feel that I am intruding a lot and-"
"You won't know until you try, maybe he has a lot to tell you?"
"He should've-"
"We know Beomgyu is not the so called kidult now but he might not be someone who starts a conversation"
"He used to, though"
Yeonjun pouted and headed out of grandpa's room. Yeonjun went upstairs to Beomgyu's room and stood in front of the door. He cleared his throat and was about to knock when the door opened, Beomgyu was on a call, he nodded at Yeonjun, signalling him to come inside but Yeonjun shook his head and rushed downstairs. Beomgyu stood there, confused.

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Yeonjun sat at the dining table, parallel to beomgyu as everyone had lunch. It was Beomgyu's favourite stuff. Yeonjun zoned out for a good minute and grandpa noticed it, "hey, my excel kid, what is up with you today?"
Yeonjun zoned back in and shook his head, "n-nothing juniorpa, it might be because I didn't sleep for a few days"
"What? That's concerning. Why is that? Is it because of the café work?"
"Don't worry grandpa, I'll make it better"

"Grandpa, tell him to leave that stuff and rest for a while"
"Why should I tell him? Are you guys not talking?"
"I don't know, he probably doesn't like talking to me now?"

Taehyun choked on his food and controlled his laugh. He felt bad for Yeonjun, the boy wasn't able to word his feelings up. Yeonjun was the one who had changed throughout this time, throughout the longing period.

Yeonjun looked at Beomgyu who was smirking at him. His mischievous little smirk which looked a bit more serious than the earlier days. Yeonjun ate up his food.

Everyone got up, Taehyun said, "I'll tell the servants to set up your room-"
"I'll do it myself, I'll get Yeonjun hyung to help me"

"Me?"
"No? I'll do it myself then"
"No, I will help you. Ofcourse I will"
Beomgyu nodded. Grandpa chuckled, "We'll hold a welcome party tomorrow, settle down by then, Beomgyu"
"Yes, Grandpa"

"Taehyun, get me updated about the business after the party"
"Sure, I'll help you catch up with it"

Yeonjun observed Beomgyu throughout the conversations, he didn't stutter once, he sounded so confident yet so calm, he grew up, he really did.

Taehyun and Grandpa walked away, Beomgyu turned mischievously to glare at Yeonjun who was thinking about how Beomgyu has changed. Yeonjuj stepped back as he was startled by that, Beomgyu held his arm and chuckled, "hey, what is up with you?"
"N-nothing, I'm just observing you"
Beomgyu nodded and dragged Yeonjun upstairs.

Yeonjun cleared his throat, "have you been well?"
Beomgyu chuckled, "yes, ofcourse. How about you?"
the boys entered Beomgyu's room.

Yeonjun nodded, "yeah, me too"

Yeonjun sat on the bed. Beomgyu pulled out a chocolate from his pocket and handed it to Yeonjun. Yeonjun looked at him in confusion.

"I was thinking of giving it to someone I found cute and-"
Yeonjun chuckled. Beomgyu sat down on the ground, in front of Yeonjun. Yeonjun looked down at him as he opened the chocolate. Beomgyu looked at him with a smirk.

Yeonjun broke it into half and handed it to him. Beomgyu chuckled and ate the other half.

Beomgyu started setting his room up, and whenever Yeonjun tried to help, he told him to sit back on the bed. The boys didn't talk much. A little bit of awkwardness still existed between them.

Beomgyu was done, he laid down beside Yeonjun and pulled him down as well. After a few minutes of silence, Beomgyu found Yeonjun asleep. He went to freshen up.

Beomgyu came back to see Yeonjun sleeping, still. Beomgyu sat down on his bean bag and picked up a sketchbook.

Yeonjun woke up after an hour and saw Beomgyu standing near the window.

"Good morning, it's 8 pm"
"I'm sorry I-"
"Now you won't zone out a lot, you got a good nap", Beomgyu walked towards Yeonjun. Yeonjun sat up.

"The café is pretty"
"Thanks, I intended to make it that way"
"I didn't see you there though"
"I stay in the basement of that place"
"All the time?"
"Yeah, it's convenient"
"Your apartment?"
"I stay there at the weekends"
Beomgyu nodded and then looked at Yeonjun suddenly.

"You graduated recently, are you looking for a job?"
"Actually, I am working on my gaming company"
Beomgyu nodded.

"You changed your number and never contacted after last year"
"I sent you letters at your apartment"
"You did?"
"Apparently, you weren't there to receive them, and I didn't get any replies. I had some bad thoughts because of that"
"I am sorry beomgyu-"
"It's alright now"

"Hyung"
"Hm?"
"Did you find a girlfriend yet?"

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