HIS TOUCH || JAEYONG

Chapter 5 unavoidable

"I'm not really hungry." Taeyong had just wanted to spend the weekend home but his mom had insisted that he'd go shopping with her. She wanted to spend more time with her only son because when he was home, he was either studying or reading books in his room and she hardly saw him anymore. She felt that Taeyong was trying to distance himself from her for some reason and that was what he wanted to talk about in some restaurant.

"Then at least let's go to that cafe." She was pointing at the coffee shop near by. Taeyong was tired after hours of shopping and wanted nothing more than just to go home. "Please?"

"Whatever." Taeyong gave up and started rushing towards the coffee shop. He didn't want to be more rude to his mom than he already was.

They chose a table where was a nice view on the street. Taeyong observed the passing people trying to ignore the noise in the cafe. Most of the people were walking with a group of friends and some of them were holding hands. He lifted his hand to look at it which reminded him of yesterday. The hand had been held by Jaehyun like that too. As he realised what he was thinking, he shook the thought away and turned to his coffee.

"I've missed this."

"What?" He lifted his gaze up to see his mom smiling happily at him and sipping his coffee.

"This. Just spending time with my son. We never do this anymore. I feel like you've been distancing yourself from me for some time and I don't know why. You know you can tell me anything, right?" Taeyong noticed the concern in her voice. Everything his mom was saying made him feel more terrible. He didn't want her to be miserable because of him but he didn't know what to do. She didn't know anything about his phobia or his social issues. She still thought he was the same talkative and sweet boy he had used to be.

"I know." Taeyong didn't want to worry her more so he thought some things were better left unsaid. He looked again out of the window and spotted a couple arguing about something on the other side of the street. The male had his hands full of shopping bags and the girl was probably complaining about something. The boy then crossed the road and that was when Taeyong knew why they had caught his attention. He quickly hid his face under the table when it looked like he was coming in the coffee shop.

What the hell was Jaehyun doing here? And why is he with some girl? They looked close. Why did he even care who Jaehyun was with? Taeyong heard the door open and he looked up a bit to see him going to order something. He was alone.

"Taeyong? Why are you hiding?" His mom had to talk just then when Jaehyun was in the hearing distance. Taeyong preyed that he wouldn't hear. His prayers were not heard. He noticed a pair of shoes in front of their table and sat up straight. Curses emerged in his mind when his eyes met with Jaehyun's smiling ones.

"What a coincidence seeing you here. What were you doing under the table?" Jaehyun pulled a chair for himself beside Taeyong and put his two coffees on the table.

"Who's this, Taeyong?" He had forgotten his mom who now looked between the two boys in confuse.

"Hi, I'm Jaehyun, Taeyong's...friend. We go to same college." Jaehyun glanced at the boy beside him who looked not so well.

"You are? Taeyong never tells me about his friends. It's really nice meeting you. I'm his mom." How dared Jaehyun lie to his mom that they were friends. They were far from that. Taeyong was just about to tell Jaehyun to go away but he noticed how exited his mom was. He didn't want to ruin her good mood. How come Jaehyun smiled like that his mom's presence but only smirked at him? And she was obviously charmed by him now.

Taeyong ignored the two who were getting comfortable with each other. He turned to look outside again to spotted the girl Jaehyun was with waiting with the shopping bags on the other side of the street. How could Jaehyun just let her wait there alone? He felt guilty for being the reason she had to wait.

Feeling a hand on his thigh made him jump a bit and turn to Jaehyun. He knew Jaehyun would smirk at him now but his mom was watching them so instead he just raised his eyebrow. Taeyong tried moving his leg and the chair away from him but he was trapped between the window and Jaehyun. "So what do you think, Taeyongie?"

Since when were they on the nick name basis? They weren't even friends to begin with. Jaehyun moved his fingers slowly on his thigh and Taeyong tried not to squirm. He had not been listening to their conversation and now he was suddenly asked something. "What?"

"Your mom asked me to come visit your house some day. Is that fine to you?" Of course it was not fine. Jaehyun moved his hand up slightly, moving his fingers on circle motion and Taeyong got the hint. He was making him say what he wanted. He wouldn't be satisfied with a negative answer. Jaehyun watched him as he tried to sit still.

"Y-yeah that's fine." Jaehyun removed his hand and turned back in the conversation with his mom. Taeyong left them alone and rushed to bathroom. He didn't want to spend another second near the other. He had enough of harassing.

"Taeyong?" The said boy sighed and turned around to see who else than Jaehyun standing at the doorway. The situation felt too familiar and Taeyong went for the door but the taller blocked it.

"Why can't you just leave me alone? Can't you see that I clearly don't want to have anything to do with you?! Why do you even keep bothering me?" He was now shouting but the other just seemed rather amused. Jaehyun took a step towards to him and leaned closer but the blond backed away immediately.

"If you keep still I'll tell you the reason." That made Taeyong stop and he let the other to walk closer. It was weird to actually let him get that close. Why couldn't he just speak from the distance like normal people did? Taeyong had to restrain himself from backing away again when Jaehyun suddenly leaned so close to his neck that he could feel his breathing on it. What he had not expected was that Jaehyun put both of his hands on his waist. His grip was firm but gentle at the same time and Taeyong thought that if he was to fall now those hands would keep him up easily. He shivered when Jaehyun spoke close to his ear. "Why wouldn't I want to have a pretty boy like you? Even your waist is tiny and pretty."

Taeyong's eyes widened at what he heard. He didn't know what he had expected but that wasn't it at all. He broke away from the grip and slapped Jaehyun on the face without doing further thinking. "You think it's fun to touch me inappropriately when you know how much I dislike it? Go find someone else to mess with, oh, you don't have to, your girlfriend is still waiting for you outside! You're disgusting and it's even more disgusting because I'm not gay!!"

Jaehyun looked at him in shock and held his cheek. He had not expected to get that kind of reaction from him. "Don't try to deny it, I know you like me touching you. Even if you're not gay. And I felt you shiver." He smirked at Taeyong who was burning red from anger and embarrasment but he could only think how cute he looked.

"T-That was of course because I disliked it. And I'm not sorry for hitting you."

"You even hit like a girl." Jaehyun snorted and the shorter stormed out of the room.

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As you can see, what Taeyong thinks and says are so conflicted.