Act of Benevolence

15

[a/n: seventeen is coming to my city!!! WOT WOT!!! & there's about 14 days left of schoolllllll woot woot!1!!1]

Hobak couldn't entirely sleep, she redundantly thought of Taeyong's scarred words; he was hurt too.

Swinging side to side on her bed, she frustratedly slam a few pillows on the ground.

"Hobak! Go to sleep! You're not going to school tomorrow." Her father says.

Hobak immediately got up to her door, "Why?"

"Well sweetie, it's your monthly checkup." The dad says casually, "Did you forget?" He says softly.

Hobak stood still as a statue, and her eyes wandered for answers, "But I was going to attend a fair or carnival thing." She responds.

Her dad scrunched his brows and frowned, "Hobak, I want you to have fun and stuff, but it's important that you see the doctor."

"Dad, please, just this once. We can go the next day." Hobak pleaded.

"Honey, you look like you didn't sleep." Her father says disappointedly.

"How about you sleep first, I'm thinking about it. Actually, when is this carnival?"

"It starts at 7 later." Hobak says yawning.

"Okay, I'll wake you up then."

Hobak smiled in happiness, "Can I wear a dress?" She says.

"Hobakie, wear whatever you want. As long as it's appropriate." Her dad says with a happy smile when she hugs him tightly.

"Thank you daddy."

-

After sleeping for a decent amount, her dad woke her up an hour before.

"What if I wanted to wear make-up? Or do my hair?" Hobak complains.

"I already let you wear a dress." The dad whines back.

"I'll just get my bruise covered, it won't take long, I hope." She stares at the mirror reflecting her neck.

"By the way, who are you going with?" The dad sneaks in.

"My friend Yoonoh." Hobak realizes she didn't text him.

"Ok, that's a boy, right?" Her dad adds,

"Yea dad." She smiles awkwardly and her dad only snorts.

Running to her phone she viewed a few messages:

Jaebae: hihi i can expect to see ya tonight right? i don't see ya @ school..
Jaebae: u ok? i don't see taeyong-hyung either.
sent at 7:35
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Eunhwak: wya ho
Eunhwak: hey. yo. r u still comin?
Eunhwak: HELLO
sent at 9:20 am
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Taeyong00: Are you still going to the carnival tonight?
sent now at 6:02 pm

watchyobak16gurl: yeah, I'm still going
read at 6:02 pm

Taeyong00: hope to see you there then
sent at 6:02 pm

Hobak smiled to herself, she looked outside her window and saw Taeyong's window was opened.

Whilst she rest her chin on her palm she watched from her window.

Hobak finally saw his figure he got up from his desk and smiled to himself, nervously biting his finger.

Taeyong was dancing around, waving his body, and spinning.

After what seem like 15 minutes, he took of his shirt and stood in front of his mirror.

"What should I wear?" He scavenges around and when he turned to close his window, he saw a startled Hobak.

"Like what you see?" He teases.

"What is this? A fanfic?" She yells and shuts her window quickly.

With soft laughter, he closed his window.

-

Hobak nicely covered her bruise, but the make up was the wrong color.

The bruise was gone though, and that made Hobak feel better.

She walked inside her closet, and finally looked at some of her old dresses.

"I never touched these since high school." Her hand brushes on it.

One caught her eye, a nice mid length dress, the color of mauve.

-

It was the same dress she wore to attend the talent show.

No one was there yet; it was empty.

Hobak was the first act to go as well.

Suddenly, as Hobak practiced, a figure came up to the front and sat down:
Taeyong
"W-What are you doing here?"  She stutters and stumbles on stage, and he only laughs at her.

"Calm down. You don't have to fangirl over me."

"Taeyong, could you please let me, have a normal day today? Please?" she walks off the stage and stands in front of him.

"Ehem, I'm actually here to support you." he coughs, "you look Beautiful by the way." he avoids contact.

Hobak was touched by his words, she actually felt no resent and she felt gorgeous.

"Good luck." He says and sits back down in front of the mic.

She nods and smiles when he flashed her a smile too.

-

Hobak and Jaehyun agreed to meet each other at the entrance.

When Hobak walked to the gate, it was exactly 7' o clock.

"Well, Ms. Jeon looks certainly Beautiful." Taeyong's voice is heard.

"Mr. Lee, nice to see you." Hobak says.

"Are you waiting for someone?" Taeyong asks.

Then a mic is tapped, "Hobak noona, I have something I want to sing for you."

Hobak and Taeyong turned to the bright stage of Jaehyun and a piano.