Straykids One shot book

Pretending

Ship: 2min
Triggers/Warnings: none ig

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Kim Seungmin and Lee Minho were best friends, but after rumors were told about Seungmin, Minho turned away from Seungmin because he believed the lies that were told about his best friend. It's sad, sad that you have to watch your best friend turn away from you overnight just because he believes what is being said around, even though he knows you best of all the people. This hit Seungmin pretty hard because Minho was his only and best friend. He doesn't have the luxury like Minho that as soon as he enters school everyone likes him and wants to be friends with him. 

Seungmin knew that Minho had six other friends besides himself and the thought that they could replace him hurt. Every day he found himself alone, outside the school building and crying. He cried because what he was so proud of was taken away from him overnight. His best friend. He just couldn't bear to know that Minho believed all these rumors because of it says he would take advantage of others just to get money.

Minho knew... or at least should have known that his parents are CEOs of large companies and therefore he has no reason at all to beg for money. But what should you do? Whenever he tried to talk to Minho, one of the other four would always come and pull the older one away. And as much as he wanted to keep trying, Seungmin gave up after a year, tired of being the person who messes up while Minho doesn't even give him the chance to talk. And so he began to act as if none of this mattered to him, even though some days he found himself outside the school building crying again. 

Every time he walked past the school cafeteria, where he used to sit with Minho, his eyes now landed on the same table where only he and Minho sat, where Minho and his other six friends now sat. Over and over again he swallowed the lump in his throat and blinked away his tears as he walked away with his head held low. What he didn't know was that there were two people at that table who watched him over and over again as he swallowed hard and blinked rapidly. The two felt sorry for Seungmin, so they hatched a plan together to show Minho and the others how miserable the boy actually feels. Little did they know that at the same time another and newer rumor was going around about Seungmin, only after one of their friends took out his anger on Seungmin. 

It was another day when Minho and his six friends, Chan, Changbin, Hyunjin, Jisung, Felix and Jeongin were on their way to the cafeteria, none of them having any idea that someone could run into their arms at any moment, but then it happened, said person was the most shocked than everyone else. The Person who ran straight into Felix was none other than Seungmin. Panicked, he helped Felix up, knowing that he was also one of Minho's friends. "OMG! I'm so sorry! I wasn't paying attention, did you hurt yourself??!" It was terrible to see how scared Seungmin looked, just looking at his tear-stained face, shaking hands and all the other visible signs that something was wrong. 

Felix glanced slightly at Jeongin, who had the exact same horror in his eyes that Felix felt inside. But before he could even answer, Seungmin was pushed away from him. Minho.. his best friend.. or his former best friend shoved him to the ground and started screaming at him. "WHAT THE??? FOR FUCK SAKE WHAT IS YOUR GODDAMN PROBLEM HUH?? YOU CAN'T GET MONEY SO NOW YOU'RE TRYING IT WITH LOOKING FOR ATTENTION OR WHAT??? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU??" He was held back by his two friends Chan and Changbin. Seungmin continued to sit on the floor with his head down, he didn't cry, it just wasn't worth it, instead he stood up without a word, cleaned the dirt from his pants and walked away with one last look at Minho and the group. 

And during this brief eye contact with the others, they could see so much in Seungmin's eyes, the pain, the loss, the fear, the hate and worst of all, the betrayal. All six looked at each other with an uncertain and frightened look, not knowing what was actually going on, they knew about the rumors, but that didn't make any sense to them because Seungmin was a well-groomed and well-dressed boy, he had the best clothes on in that goddamn school, the latest shoes and so they just didn't understand the whole fuss.