Xdinary Heroes Boy x Boy Oneshots (On Hiatus)

Boca (GunHan)

🎧 Boca ★ Dreamcatcher

Ship: Gunil x Junhan

To say Hyeongjun was liked at school would be the farthest thing from the truth. Honestly speaking, he didn't have many friends. Not only due to being a total introvert, but also ever since he was accidentally outed as gay he's gotten bullied. Even worse than before.

He was often told to stand up for himself, but how could such a shy boy like him do it. He hated things like public speaking, this — standing up to his bullies — would just be impossible.

The only person who treated him normally, like a human was someone who he started growing a liking for. It was maybe because of that. He felt human, not like some kind of human.

Gunil always understood that Hyeongjun had an extremely hard time standing up for himself. It's why he would do it for him, at least whenever he noticed it, or was there in time.

Some people would taunt Gunil, calling him the younger boy's boyfriend due to the simple fact that he was being a respectful person.

But he didn't care about that, he just wanted to keep Hyeongjun safe. He knew how far they could go, and how much they could hurt the younger boy. He really didn't want the introvert to go through all that at such a young age.

Today was like any other day for Hyeongjun, he arrived at school, getting pointed and laughed at. That wasn't anything to him, he got so used to it that he didn't even notice. The real trouble was when he arrived at his locker.

Gunil would always lurk around his locker when Hyeongjun was at his school, to keep an eye on him. Most importantly, to keep him safe.

He watched Hyeongjun carefully place his bag on the floor as he opened the locker door. He ripped off the piece of paper taped on his locker, on it was written "fag". He looked around and stuffed it in his pocket, he would throw it away once he closed his locker. He knew what could happen if he was inattentive even for just five seconds.

That was sadly, exactly what happened. He was pushing around some things in his locker and that's when his bag was taken away from him. He quickly turned to see who it was, it was no use. His bag was already getting thrown around.

"Oh knock it off" Gunil called out, picking up the bag from the floor since one of the boys had missed his pass. "You're almost gonna be adults! You still act like you're straight out of the crib, you don't have to like him, but be respectful at least!" He turned to Hyeongjun who was completely flustered.

He thanked him multiple times, Gunil just closed the locker for him and led him to the classroom, he didn't want him to be alone.

"Thank you" Hyeongjun replied after a long silence. He looked down and noticed his and Gunil's hands interlocked. A small blush formed on his face, despite not liking touch, he liked it with the elder.

"No one can hurt you here" He said in a soft and comforting voice. It could be a voice Hyeongjun could listen to for his whole life. He shyly nodded, he liked being this close to his crush, even holding his hand.

"If they have nothing nice to say they should just shut up — or do anything mean to you" Gunil wanted to hug the younger boy, but he knew he would hate it, so he just tightly squeezed his hand.

"Besides, if they found out about me, then they'd find a way to hate me even more" He said with an awkward laugh, Hyeongjun didn't understand why he was saying that. He wanted to know what there was to find out about him. Gunil always seemed like someone who had nothing to hide.

"I'm gay as well" He spilled out, Hyeongjun felt a blush rise to his face. Mostly just add on to his already red face.

"I- this probably sounds weird, but you were the one that made me realise it" He said after realising that the silence between them was suffocating. The blushing just didn't stop with Hyeongjun, it seemed like he would be a tomato by the time the rang bell.

"Me..?" Hyeongjun finally spoke up, he hadn't said a word since in front of the lockers. Everything now seemed extremely surreal.

Gunil hummed while nodding, Hyeongjun took a deep breath, he was probably just getting his hopes up, as it could've been a while back.

"I still like you Hyeongjun, and if you don't like me back, then that's completely fine; the most important thing for me is your safety and happiness" Gunil said, Hyeongjun felt like his days were finally going to get better. After over a year of relentless bullying, he could possibly finally be happy.

"I like you too" He whispered back, the elder's eyes widened when hearing that. As if it was some kind of big surprise. Really, it didn't take a genius to realise that. After all, Gunil was the only one that treated him well.

"Oh wow, I wasn't expecting that" He said with a slight laugh. He was expecting to get rejected, and he was ready for that. Hyeongjun's answer came to him as a huge shock.

"You should've" Hyeongjun said, just as the bell rang, he went to the wall to wait for the teacher. Gunil went next to him. They decided that they would be discussing this during break. Things like these truly required time, if it was rushed it might ruin the potential relationship. That was something they most definitely didn't want to happen.

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A/n

I was half asleep writing this 😭😭 I literally could not sleep a single word right so please ignroe all the erros

-Jude out

03.07.24