Love In Hatred // Yeongyu ✔️

As If Fate [4]

Beomgyu heard a knock. He wiped his tears and opened the door.

"Sir, I told you I don't have the money-"

"What's wrong..?"

Wait, Yeonjun? Beomgyu finally laid his eyes on the person in front of him.

"W-What are you doing here..?" Beomgyu asked, his voice and teary eyes giving away the fact that he was crying.

"You forgot your phone. The two didn't want to leave each other, so they made me come here and give it to you." Yeonjun handed him the phone. "Why are you crying?"

"No reason. It's not like you care anyway.." Beomgyu mumbled the last sentence, but the older heard it.

"Beomgyu.."

"What? Are you gonna laugh at me now? For crying? Go on, laugh, and make fun of me. I know you like my misery."

Yeonjun couldn't speak nor move his eyes off the younger. Beomgyu stared at him blank? Sadly? Madly? He couldn't figure it out.

Yeonjun pulled Beomgyu into an awkward hug. "I may hate you, but that doesn't mean I don't care about you."

Even if it was his damn enemy who was comforting him, Beomgyu felt better. The younger didn't hug back but burst into tears, His tears staining Yeonjun's shirt. Yeonjun pulled out of the awkward hug.

"I'll be off now. Don't cry so much. You look ugly like this, kid." Yeonjun said as he wiped off the tears from Beomgyu's face. Then, he left.

Beomgyu stared at what, the stairs? Well, nothing. He was dumbfounded and confused.

"What just happened.."

"Bro, what!?"

"Sunoo, you're so loud!" Soobin said as he covered his ears along with Beomgyu.

"Okay, sorry. But really? He did that!?" Sunoo asked in shock.

"Yeah, he did."

"So let me get this straight, you were crying and out of all people, Yeonjun comforted you?" Soobin said.

The three were now on a face call. Beomgyu told them about what had happened yesterday Saturday. To no one's surprise, the two were shocked, but one in particular felt another emotion...

"How am I gonna face him at school now? This is so embarrassing!" Beomgyu said.

"It's him who comforted you, right? It's him who has to be embarrassed!" Sunoo said.

"But still, he saw my flushed, tear stained, ugly face.." Beomgyu said.

"I'm sure you still looked pretty like that, Gyu-ah." Soobin reassured.

"He said I looked ugly, that idiot, that fossil ass!" Beomgyu said.

"His eyes probably don't work. How can you be ugly, Gyu hyung?" Sunoo spoke.

Beomgyu whined. "That bitch from the stone age.. Why did he have to comfort me!? Dammit. Why couldn't he just act like I was all smiles and was completely fine and just leave!?"

"Because you weren't..?" Soobin said.

"Stop worrying about it, hyung! It'll be fine."

Except it wasn't.

Usually, Beomgyu's morning would start with the annoying, blood boiling tease of Yeonjun, and he would give back a few feisty replies, but it wasn't like that today. Yeah, Yeonjun did tease him, but Beomgyu, as Beomgyu, he didn't reply and just walked off. He felt the embarrassment increase every time he faced the older. The embarrassing and painful to remember memory replayed in his head every time he met eyes with Yeonjun.

'It's him who comforted you, so he's the one who has to be embarrassed!' My ass.

Yeonjun was teasing Beomgyu as usual, and Beomgyu tried to ignore him by, well, walking away as if Yeonjun was invisible. This time, Yeonjun followed him and blocked his path.

"Why are you ignoring me? Are you perhaps embarrassed about yesterday?" Yeonjun asked, no wait, teased. It was obvious.

"Yes. I don't get how you're not!"

"Never thought you'd be that embarrassed. Where'd the easy-going kid go?"

"Go away, Yeonjun." Beomgyu said as he pushed Yeonjun lightly out of the way.

"No more 'old man'?"

Beomgyu didn't reply and just walked away. His feet lead him to the bathroom. He was placed in front of the sink.

'What am I doing here? You stupid dumb feet, why did you bring me here?! That old bitch. Why do you have to pop up in front of me all the damn time?! Isn't he embarrassed when he comforted his literal enemy? ARGH! can you keyboard smash in your mind? Okay, whatever. Akhenejiwkoaj'

He calmed himself down. But that didn't really last long. He let out a frustrated groan as he covered his face with his hands. He wanted to cry, scream, shout, die. He felt mad, embarrassed, frustrated, and stupid. And the whole reason for that?

Choi Yeonjun.

"So this is where the contest will be held on?"

"Yes, now, go and submit your name!" Sunoo spoke to Beomgyu as he pushed him as if he was a shopping cart from behind.

The trio was now standing outside some kind of music program place where they'll be holding a singing contest. Whoever wins will get the grand prize of a thousand dollars.

Beomgyu chuckled at Sunoo as he walked his way to the submission counter.

"Ha- Sunoo, stop pushing me-"

He stopped short when he saw the one and only...

Choi fucking Yeonjun.

He stopped his track as he stared in shock.

'What the heck is it doing here? AGRH, you stupid, stupid yeonjun. Is he stalking me? Why is he always appearing out of thin air? First, at the cafe and now... Okay, I'm not entering the contest. But the money- I'm probably not gonna win anyway! Fuck, no, I can't. NOOO-'

"Hyung, why did you stop?"

Sunoo voice shook him out of his thought, bringing him back to reality.

"Am I hallucinating shits or do you also see a walking ancient statue?" Beomgyu whispered to the two.

"What, you see what-" Soobin stopped short when he saw Yeonjun.

"You're seriously not getting second thoughts on participating in the contest because of him, aren't you?" Sunoo asked.

"I am! I actually am, and it's driving me insane!" Beomgyu stated.

Sunoo shook him by his shoulders in a way of shaking him out of his overthinking thoughts. "C'mon, hyung! It's a once in a lifetime chance. Besides, um, he probably won't bother you..?" The uncertainty was clear in his voice.

"But, Sunoo, you have to sing with a partner. What if Gyu gets paired up with, um, him..?" Soobin whispered, trying to be as quiet as possible so that Beomgyu won't hear him. Unfortunately, he did.

"What!? You didn't tell me you had to be paired up-"

"You'll probably be paired up with someone else, Gyu hyung!" Sunoo cut him off mid sentence.

Except, the literal opposite of what he said happened. There Beomgyu was standing next to, UARURGRURH, Yeonjun as their, no one really knows, manager explained them the line distribution of the song they were going to perform TOGETHER.

'Fuck, just give us a song where I can just curse out at this, ew, dude beside me. Why him? Why me? why us!? Ew, 'us' as in me and, ew, Yeonjun sounds gross. Why him? why me? why me and this thing? This bitch is gonna bother me every time we practice! Can I punch him? I hate my life. Why is the world always against meeee-'

"Beomgyu ssi, are you listening?" The manager's voice pulled him out of his thoughts.

"Um, yes, I am."