HIS TOUCH || JAEYONG

Chapter 3 scent

The next day Jaehyun noticed that people were staring at him more than usual. Normally he could just walk through the crowd without drawing any attention as he was nobody at school. Why would they look at him like that?

He got to the cafeteria and sat beside his friends. "Why are people staring at me?"

He looked between the two that were sitting close to each other at the other side of the table and flirting with each other. They didn't even react when he sat down. Jaehyun got mad. "Hey I'm talking to you! Don't ignore me!"

Jungwoo turned to him first. "Oh you're here. And no one is staring at you." He said and turned back to his boyfriend. Feeling like a third wheel wasn't new to Jaehyun.

"Sure. Whatever." He sighed and turned to look else where. He scanned trough the room and noticed someone familiar. It was Taeyong and his friend from yesterday. How could he have not seen him last year even once. He really stands out just sitting there and staring at his book. Did he have the same blond hair last year?

"Jungwoo, do you know the guy named Taeyong?" He wondered if his friend would even answer him. To his surprise he got both of their attention immediately.

"Don't tell me that he is the one you're after." Jungwoo suddenly wore a serious face. What was so bad about it?

"What?! You're after Taeyong?" Lucas disturbed in the conversation.

"Dear, don't be so loud." Jungwoo hit the back of his boyfriend's head playfully.

"Is that a bad thing?" Jaehyun wasn't understanding why his friends were so shocked to hear about Taeyong. They knew something he clearly didn't.

"Of course it is. Everyone knows his name. But no one tries to talk to him even if they wanted to. Everyone is afraid of him. How come you don't know that about him?" Jaehyun had skipped school so much that he didn't even know a thing going in their school. So it was because of his weird encounter with Taeyong yesterday that people stared at him.

"Why would everyone fear him? He's not that scary." Jaehyun glanced at the direction Taeyong was.

"He is just so cold. I'm warning you: you're gonna break your heart." Jaehyun just shrugged his shoulders not really caring what Jungwoo was telling him.

"I'm not going to break anything if I just want to mess with him a little. I don't believe in love." He saw both of his friends rolling their eyes like always when they talked about this topic.

"Dude, you have no idea what you're missing." Lucas said and Jaehyun stood up ignoring him.

"Just watch." He took off and went towards the table on the other side of the room. He didn't bother to even ask but just sat down next to Taeyong. The blond haired boy stirred farther away from him when Jaehyun's knee brushed with his. He did that on purpose to see Taeyong's reaction. How could someone be so wary of any kind of touching? Jaehyun leaned on his hand studying the boy's side profile.

"Taeyong do you know about- hey what are you doing here?!" Taeyong's friend had just then noticed Jaehyun's presence when he turned to his attention away from his phone. Jaehyun didn't spare him a glance. He noticed that Taeyong's eyes weren't moving on the text. Was he affected by his presence that much or was the book just not good?

"What are you reading?" He tried to start a conversation and gave his most innocent smile.

"You, go away! He doesn't want you sitting there." Ten shouted at him from the other side of the table. Jaehyun turned to him annoyed.

"I have a name too, you know, and it's Jaehyun. As you can see I'm talking to Taeyong, not you so go away." He made a gesture with his hand to get Ten leave them alone and turned back to Taeyong.

Jaehyun examined him noticing his lips forming a thing line. His eyebrows were knitted together slightly making him look so tense. Jaehyun opened his mouth to say something but then the blond boy stood up abruptly. He then exited the room quickly. Jaehyun looked after him as long as possible.

"Why are you looking at him like that?" Taeyong's friend asked him with a frown.

"Like what?" He stood up to leave.

"You better stay away from him..."

"Or what?" Jaehyun didn't bother hiding the smirk on his lips. He didn't know where all of this courage came from. Ten looked taken aback.

"What are you smirking?"

"I asked the question first. What are you going to do? I'm not going to stay away from him. He seems...interesting," Jaehyun leaned closer to him over the table and Ten backed away cheeks flushing red from embarrassment.

"I-I don't know! J-Just stay away from him!" He stuttered and then left Jaehyun too.

***

What is he trying to do? Taeyong didn't understand why the boy apparently named Jaehyun would try to get that close to him. He didn't want to have anything to do with the him. He just made him irritated.

Taeyong was now in bathroom. He needed to escape from that awful feeling he had when the other had sat so close to him. He had felt so uncomfortable. He looked down at the water tap and moved his hand towards it. His hand was slightly shaking. He couldn't touch it. He wanted to but he could never do it and he had tried so many times already only to get more frustrated.

"What are you trying to prove?" Taeyong withdrew his hand immediately when the voice startled him. He lifted his gaze on the mirror and to his not surprise his eyes locked with Jaehyun's reflection. He was wearing again that smirk that didn't really suit him. Taeyong only stared at him as he approached him slowly without breaking the eye contact. When the other stood behind him, Taeyong  still didn't move away. He wasn't sure if he even breathed anymore.

"You're not gonna run away?" He could hear the amuse in Jaehyun's voice. The taller leaned closer to his neck suddenly and Taeyong closed his eyes to be prepared for whatever would be coming next. Why did he close his eyes instead of running away? His breath hitched when he felt the light breathing against his neck. The other's scent was everywhere and with every forced inhale he made he could smell it. The other's close presence made him feel so small and vulnerable and he wasn't sure if he liked it or not.

Jaehyun observed him through the mirror and he could see how tense he was. He was wearing an uncomfortable frown but there was something else too and it wasn't a negative emotion. Anticipation? He wanted nothing more than just ruin the smaller boy right then. Then what is stopping him from doing that? Like he even cared what the other felt. "Don't worry, I'm not gonna touch you...yet."

The warmth disappeared suddenly and Taeyong opened his eyes to see the room empty again. Had he imagined it all? He lifted his hand on his neck where he had felt the breath. He was really going crazy, wasn't he?