astronomical › 2jae

⭐️; eighteen

The ever familiar and ever annoying sound of his alarm woke him up.

He shifted around in the sheets, groaning and rubbing his eyes. Squinting to see small red numbers glaring "7:00" at him.

Youngjae was never an early riser.

Although today? Today was definitely an exception.

Today was the day Jaebum would leave.

And Youngjae hated how that sounded so he refrained from putting it like that. In fact, he refrained from saying it, or even thinking about it at all.

Jaebum would have to take the train to the nearing city, and catch his flight from there. It was in the early afternoon so he had to leave home for the train station pretty early.

And of course, Youngjae had already stubbornly decided he was going with him to drop him off.

Jaebum's parents were also going along with him, but that was for a completely different reason. Jaebum was simply off for his tertiary education. His parents on the other hand, could've stayed back. But Youngjae had heard his boyfriend's parents saying something about moving to permanently stay in one of the big cities, now that their son was 'off their hands.'

Youngjae had his teeth clenched and his hand balled into a first when he heard them. It sounded horrible, but he couldn't utter a word. Jaebum previously told him his parents were like that, and although Youngjae wanted nothing more than to put them in their place and tell them to respect their child, Jaebum advised him not to. The younger boy didn't question it, knowing that the answer to his query might make him want to oppose Jaebum's words even more.

Youngjae was just glad his sweet boyfriend wouldn't have to deal with the likes of his own horrible parents anymore.

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Mr Choi was up early again, all ready for work and currently sipping a cup of steaming hot tea.

He knew his wife wouldn't be up for at least another hour, and his son?Probably about a year, maybe 10.

But the poor elder nearly fell out of his seat when he saw a completely styled up Youngjae rushing down the stairs with his bag slung over his shoulder, while he frantically tried to pack things within it.

"Y-Youngjae!?" His father gasped, eyes widening with confusion and surprise.

"Oh, dad! I'm just heading out for a while, J-Jaebum hyung's leaving today you know.." Youngjae exclaims, voice softening near the end of his speech.

His father relaxed slightly, leaning back into his chair.

"I'll let your mother know before I leave for work." The elder smiled, taking another sip of his early morning coffee.

And with that, Youngjae grabbed a slice of buttered toast from the dining table and rushed outside, stumbling into his old sneakers as he shut the front door behind him.

Youngjae, being the somewhat humble yet slightly stupid child he is, decided to run all the way to Jaebum's house. Part of why he woke up so early, even though Jaebum was only catching the train at around 9.