closer ; a k-pop fanfic

Chapter Eight ﻬ

{ Kyle }

Chanyeol sighs before sliding his phone back into the pocket of his jacket; his mood completely different from before. When he answered the call, he looked happy and excited. But now, as he walks back towards us where we sit on the benches, he looks troubled.

When he's close enough, I ask him, "What's wrong?" I can't help but to be concerned. It's not that common to see Chanyeol with any mood other than bounce-off-the-walls happy.

He runs a hand threw his dark hair; frustrated. "Well, Taehyung called." Chanyeol sighs, receiving wide-eyed looks from Kai and Jiyeon. Seunghwan and I, along with the new 'I don't know what's going on here' member Minnie, are very confused; just like any other time when Taehyung is mentioned and a bad reaction follows. They've mentioned him quite a few times and the rest of us still don't know what's going on with him. The only thing I know about Taehyung is his name and the fact that someone named Jungkook is "always stuck up his ass", along with another choice words Kai had to say about him. I've only seen Taehyung in the flesh maybe once, but he was off to the side with someone I assumed was Jungkook and never had the chance to properly meet him.

"What did he say?" Jiyeon asks, urging Chanyeol to continue.

"First he called because he wanted to hang out, but then he suddenly backed out right as we were making plans." Chanyeol explains; his eyebrows furrowed together in confusion. I really need to ask someone to fill me in on whatever's going on with Taehyung because none of this is making sense.

I glance over at Kai and Jiyeon; both of their faces presenting a frown. I look away before I can worry too much about seeing Jiyeon frown. I told Seunghwan that we were just friends and I'm going to keep that promise, for real this time. No matter how badly I want to go over there and make her smile, I won't. I'm not going to be that friend.

"I bet it has something to do with that damn Jungkook kid." Kai fumes; crossing his arms over his chest. His frown is replaced with an angry look.

Chanyeol shrugs. "He told me he wasn't with him. I'm still worried though." He mumbles as he directs his gaze to the floor. I think there must be a lot more to this Taehyung thing than I originally thought. If they look so down in the dumps from the guy just saying he couldn't hang out, it must be pretty serious. "He said he'd meet us for dinner though."

"No offense, but what the fuck is going on right now?" Minnie speaks up before anyone else could say anything. "You guys mentioned it yesterday at the cafe, but no one ever told me what's going on."

Suddenly, everyone's attention turns to Minnie and they seem to remember that she's still there. "It's kinda a long story, Min..." Kai says, looking down at his shoes.

Minnie folds her arms over her chest. "Well, I want to know if it has you guys acting like little bitches." She says. "And I don't think our new friends know what's going on either." Minnie adds; referring to Seunghwan and I.

"Fine," Kai agrees with a soft sigh. "It started about a month ago when school started again and we got a bunch of new transfer students, one of them being this fucking shitstain named Jungkook. Taehyung, being the nice guy he always is, felt bad for him and went and sat with him since he was all alone. And ever since then, Jungkook has followed Taehyung around everywhere-even his job-and has pushed Taehyung away from us. So now we barely see Tae and if we do, that little fucker is with him."