𝐓𝐁𝐙 𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒

45 - Younghoon & Haknyeon (Part 2)

1.29.18
genre: fluff
YOUNGHOON - (*･ω･)ﾉ
length: 2 part
P.O.V: 1st & reader insert
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I slapped him. I didn't know why, but I just realized what I had done after my hand connected to his face. I gasped in astonishment at my own behavior. I had lashed out at him without thinking, and his cheek was now an angry red. He wasn't too strong, and even one powerful slap could get him crumbled onto his knees. "Haknyeon! Ju Haknyeon! Are you ok?" I gripped his shoulders to steady and stabilize him. "I'm so sorry," I anxiously said, checking over the splotch of red sketched over his cheek. I winced at seeing it.

I immediately regretted what I did. He held his cheek with one hand, refusing to look me in the eye. "I'm fine," he quietly murmured. "It's all great. It's all okay! I'm really fine, Y/N," he shook my hands off and took several steps back. "Huh?" I sputtered. "I know your feelings about me now," he flashed me a radiant smile as if he hadn't been hit just a second ago. "No! You see..." I began, my voice fading as I racked my brain to find the right words. I couldn't lie and say I liked him the way he liked me, but I couldn't explain in a way that would hurt him emotionally, not that he wasn't already.

"Haknyeon. I've always seen you as my neighbor, and viewed you like a younger brother. And- And-" I couldn't stand to see him so crestfallen and heartbroken as he gazed solemnly at the ground, but I couldn't lie. But then I said something I didn't mean to blurt out. I told myself over and over not to lie to him and be truthful about my feelings towards him, but my mind suddenly switched to Younghoon leaning against the scarred tree. "I have a boyfriend!" I finished in a more terrified tone than before.

Haknyeon's eyes widened. I covered my mouth, my eyebrows knitting together. Why did I say that? Was I that desperate for Haknyeon to not misunderstand and to tell him to abandon his affection to me? I was being too cruel, and such a liar that I never thought I would be. "I... Never knew that. I'm sorry, Y/N 누나," he formally addressed me in a way that he never did before. He usually disregarded the rules of the house saying to respect the people older than you and always just called me by name and not adding any honorifics. I was about to say something, but I closed my mouth. I shouldn't make the wound deeper than it already was.

"Can you tell me who your boyfriend is? Show me a picture," he whispered. I didn't know why he was so curious all of a sudden, but I obeyed. I quickly searched through my phone's photo gallery. I couldn't show photos of idols, or he would definitely be able to recognize them because I obsessed over them nearly every day. I stopped at the picture of Younghoon I secretly took one day. It was the only photo I had of him, and I knew I couldn't erase it. Haknyeon most likely wouldn't know who he was... I clenched my teeth behind my sealed lips. "H-here," I stuttered as I showed him a high-resolution picture of Younghoon.

"Wait..." He froze up.

"Isn't that the kid you used to bully in 2nd grade?"

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yoooooo
this is a very short chapter.
i'll be making a bonus chapter! so don't be too disappointed at the ending...