Pretend | Taegyu

●'Cause All I Want Is You●

Beomgyu doesn't know why he was here, standing in the kitchen of an obnoxiously huge mansion, just taking a few sips of the drink that he had in his red cup. He hated parties, what was he doing?

Oh right, today was Kai's birthday. How could he forget?

So here he was, awkwardly standing in the kitchen with his cup half-full of Scotch as he watched everyone dancing and conversing with each other, which also included his dear husband. 

Oh, and where did all of his friends disappear off to?

Soobin was in the living room, playing beer pong on the table with a few other of his friends, seeming extremely tipsy. Kai was on the couch, half passed out. Beomgyu chuckled, the birthday boy himself was passed out already and the night has barely started. Yeonjun is on the floor..? 

Oh, was he going through a heart attack- never mind, he was just trying to twerk while laying flat on the floor. 

Beomgyu shook his head and took a sip of his drink, roaming his eyes around the surroundings when he saw Taehyun conversing with.. Jake?

Beomgyu frowned. What could be the funny topic that they were talking about that made Taehyun wipe the tears out of his eyes?

Jake also seemed to be having a good time with Taehyun. Hell, he almost choked on his drink when Taehyun said something, the older wiping the liquid from Jake's chin as he laughed. 

Beomgyu rolled his eyes, feeling a bit uneasy just by looking at the two. He diverted his attention from them and noticed Sunghoon and Heeseung looking towards Jake and Taehyun, who were still laughing about something. 

Beomgyu smiled, but it didn't reach the eyes. "They got it more complicated." He muttered to himself, drowning all of the drink in that cup.

Okay, now he felt a bit light-headed.

Maybe he should not have drowned that drink in one go...

God, is the old age really catching up to him now? He misses the times where he used to drink five bottles in one night and still would not wake up with a hangover the very next day.

But now? He just had one drink in one go and he can already sense the headache kicking his ass tomorrow morning. 

Once again, his eyes were betraying him as they shifted back to Taehyun and Jake's figures. 

The two are now sitting on the couch as Jake has his head on Taehyun's shoulder, seemingly rambling about something when Taehyun is just patting Jake's hair, occasionally throwing some comments and then laughing about something. 

See, Beomgyu always thought that it was cute how Taehyun's doe eyes scrunched up when he laughed, but he decides, that it's not when it's not him whom Taehyun is laughing with. 

Why couldn't things go back to how it was a few months ago before their reunion? Beomgyu was miserable, but at least he didn't had to come terms with his feelings about Taehyun.

He was lost in his own world when all of a sudden, he felt an arm grabbing him, dragging him to some corner of the house. A few seconds later, he realized that it was now a sober-looking Soobin who was dragging him.

"Hyung?" Beomgyu was confused as the older made him sit besides a very flushed Taehyun. Beomgyu ignored him and saw an empty bottle of Soju in the middle of the circle which they formed by sitting together.

Oh no. An empty alcohol bottle in the middle of a circle at a party is never a good idea.

"Welcome guys," A voice chirped and Beomgyu was shocked to see the owner of the voice. Is that Jay? Didn't he shift to America right after their graduation from middle school?