Blooming Period {TAEPYO}

The Woods

"Minhyuk?" Ukwon called, biting into his breakfast burrito. "Are you there?"

"Not really." Then he came out from out of no where. "Now I am. Why?" He twirled his frozen pizza with one finger and smiled.

"How much do we have to walk?" Ukwon groaned, putting his arms around Minhyuk as saying so. Minhyuk blushed tomato red but shook it off quickly. I saw Jaehyo smiling.

"Walk where?" Jihoon asked. "I don't know if anyone noticed, but we've been walking like a million miles."

"Yeah, I'm really getting tired." Jiho complained, glancing over at me. "And where exactly are we going? Why can't Minhyuk flash us in?"

When Jihoon started to complain, Kyung looked like he was going to take charge and explain. But when Jiho stepped in, he looked pained, like something troubled him.

"Because," Kyung said. "We don't know exactly where we're going."

I stopped dead in my tracks. "I'm sorry, what?"

"What do you mean, we don't know where we're going?" Jaehyo declared. "You mean we've been just wandering around for three days??"

Kyung rolled his eyes. "No, I mean we don't have the exact destination. When we arrive at North Forest we have to wander around the woods until we meet a nymph or something. That's why Minhyuk couldn't flash us in."

I frowned. "The when do we arrive at North Forset?"

"Perfect timing." Minhyuk said, grinning.

"What?"

"We're here. North Forest."

***

You would think our day improved since then. It didn't. We had to wander around the whole forest, quiet as anything, and keep looking out for stuff. I sighed.

Me and Jiho were standing gaurd. Well at least Jiho was. I was sitting on Jaehyo's enormous bag and blinking.

"Hey." Jiho called softly. I flinched.

"Yeah..?"

"Listen....that day...at the move....I'm really sorry, I didn't mean anything.."

"Look, I should be the one saying I'm sorry." I closed my eyes. "I...didn't trust enough and thought of people my own way." I sighed. "I'm really sorry."

"...So we're cool?" He said softly. I nodded.

"Yeah." I said. "We're cool."

"Good." He said. "And speaking of which.....Jihoon..."

"Jihoon what?" I asked, having a bad feeling.

"...Does he have a boyfriend?"

My eyes widened. My brain stopped.

What?

What did he just say?

Jiho was looking right at me. I should've known better to let him into my thoughts but I couldn't think. My whole mind was blank, and I couldn't seem to get words out of my mouth.

I never thought this day would come.

I thought Jihoon would be mine forever.
He was my workmate.
He was my friend.
He was mine.

But now it seemed like I was going to lose him.

I couldn't let that happen.

"He's not gay."

Jiho blinked. "What?"

"Jihoon. He's not gay." I avoided his eyes so he couldn't listen into my thoughts. "He has a girlfriend."

Jiho looked doubtful, but he nodded very slowly. "Yeah..." He said. "Right, okay. Got it."

I looked away. Tears came to my eyes but I shook them off. I couldn't believe it. I felt so....bad.

But why?

"Uhm, Taeil-" Jiho started. But he never got to finish.

Minhyuk appeared out of no where and grabbed my hand. "Come on." He said, pulling me deeper into the woods.

"Wait where are we going?" I squealed, pulling away. Minhyuk stared into my eyes.

"The woods. We found a girl."