Cafe - Hwitae

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{potentially important stuff at the beginning of the author's note}

     Hwiyoung was sitting in his chair, his head buried in his arms. Chani was next to him playing some game on his phone. Seolhee walked in and bounded her way over to the pair.

     "Oppa! How did everything go?" She smiled at Hwiyoung but he didn't lift his head.

     "You never call me oppa." Chani said looking up at her. She laughed in response.

     "That's because I'm older than you. Call me noona." Chani scoffed and went back to his game. Seolhee looked back at Hwiyoung who hadn't moved. She pushed his arm slightly. "Hwiyoung?"

     He lifted his head and smiled at her. She could tell how fake it was. He adjusted his posture to sit up straight and looked at her. She raised a brow at him but he ignored it.

     "Oh, he got sick. I told him just to go home. Health is more important, ya know?" He said before resting his head in his hands. She nodded even though she could tell something was off.

     "I'm sorry to hear that. Well let me know if you ever want me to do your makeup again." She teased. He grimaced but laughed. This only made her frown. Everything he was doing was so forced. She walked off and to the back of the class. 

     "I didn't know you two had plans last night or that Taeyang hyung was sick." Chani said, slipping his phone in his pocket and sliding closer to the table.

     "Yeah." That was all Hwiyoung said until lunch.

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Rowoonieee
How is Taeyang doing?

Chaniii
hes being a little bitch

Rowoonieee
Anything out of the ordinary?

Chaniii
not really why

Rowoonieee
I guess he had plans with Hwi but he got sick

Chaniii
seems fine to me

Rowoonieee
Well okay. How have you been?

Chaniii
living

Rowoonieee
What's wrong?

Chaniii
what do you mean

Rowoonieee
Usually you'd never miss a chance to talk about your day

Chaniii
its been like 4 hours

Rowoonieee
Still it's unlike you

Chaniii
im fine i promise

Rowoonieee
I love you

Chaniii
i love you too

Chaniii
more than you could ever know

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     Everyone at the lunch table was looking at Hwiyoung. He was sitting there and staring off into space. Occasionally he would take heavy breaths or bite his lip, but for the most part he hardly moved at all. The rest of the boys were thrown off by his weird demeanor. Dawon had finally had enough of everyone's ignorance to the boy.

     "Hwi, are you alive? Hwi?" He raised his voice trying to get his attention. The boy remained looking straight ahead. "Oh my fuckin god she fuckin dead."

     "Kyun-ah?" Taeyang reached for the boy's hands. As soon as he made contact, Hwiyoung snapped back to reality and jumped. "Shrimp Cakes, are you alright?"

     Hwiyoung looked down at their hands and nodded. He felt cold. His whole body was cold. He could feel the buzz in his head again and he knew it was just going to get worse.

     "What's wrong?" Taeyang asked, his face painted with worry. Hwiyoung was acting strange. No one had seen him like this before.

     Tell him. Tell him you saw.

     "I'm fine. I'm just... tired." He sighed, pulling one hand away and resting his head on it. His mind began swarming with thoughts.

     "Are you hungry? I could get you something." The older offered. Hwiyoung just shook his head and rested it on the table.

     Compensation. To make you feel better. This is nothing.

     "Taeyang hyung, are you feeling better?" Chani asked from down the table. Taeyang looked over at him, confused.

     "What do you mean? I'm fine." Hwiyoung's head began to ache more and more. His breathing sped up.

     "Hwi told me you weren't feeling well yesterday so you didn't go out." 

     Everything hit Taeyang in that moment. It wasn't just his wallet he had forgotten. He forgot his boyfriend as well. After all of the work they had put in, he had forgotten one of the most important things. He turned to look at Hwi, to apologize for being so stupid. Before he could say anything, the younger was up and walking out of the cafeteria. 

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word count: 671

so if you couldn't tell, hwiyoung is going to go through some stuff. it's not going to be too bad. nothing too potentially triggering. it's going to be a lot of self doubt and negative thoughts and i know that could be bad for some people so i want to let you all know before anything get's too serious. i don't plan on it getting very bad or potentially dangerous, but it will be there.

i wrote this while eating hot cheetos and blasting declan mckenna

a double update?? i want to make up for the lack of updates the last month. i've been feeling better lately. sorry they're both kind of short.

~~Peachy~~