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chapter 31

"edeeeeeeennnnnn~!"

taehyung's ears perked up at the familiar voice that came from out of the tent. although, he could tell something was off. rubbing his eyes and groggily stepping outside, he had to blink a couple of times before he realized that it was hyuna, wearing nothing but a black tank top and underwear. taehyung forced his eyes to stare at the floor and tried as hard as he could to not let his teenage hormones rage inside of him.

'what the fuck is she doing in the middle of the night?!' he asked himself, completely confused.

hyuna smiled as if she was in a daze and giggled softly, "eden! there you are!"

a hiccup.

taehyung's head snapped up at her action. that hiccup for sure wasn't just a normal hiccup. could it be?

'is she drunk?!'

taehyung took a step towards hyuna, worried that she was going to cause trouble. it was her first time ever getting drunk and everyone knows that the first time is always the rough one. but, what taehyung didn't understand was how she could've gotten drunk in the first place. she had nothing but cider. how could alcohol have gotten into her-

'it couldn't have been eden... right?' he suspected but was immediately distracted as he felt a warm pair of arms cling onto his shoulders.

taehyung looked down and gulped as he saw the most beautiful expression hyuna was making at that moment. the pink dusted on her cheeks, the dreamy gaze in her chocolate brown eyes, and the small gap between her parted lips. she was only a few centimeters apart from taehyung's face and just as she was about to lean in further, taehyung yanked her arms off and grabbed her firmly, not enough to hurt her, but enough to keep her at a distance. hyuna cocked her head to the side and her perfect curls followed, exposing her neck completely.

'this is getting dangerous. i have to return her back to yeonhui's tent.' taehyung quickly planned before initiating a conversation.

"hyuna? hey, why don't we get you back to yeonhui and-

"yeonhuiiii????? is she going to give me more of the blue thing? i don't like it. it hurts my throat," hyuna responds, opening her mouth wide for taehyung to see.

'blue thing? but the only blue drink we had was- what the actual fuck?' taehyung was both dumbfounded and furious at the same time.

yeonhui had given hyuna alcohol. her so-called best friend.

"okay, hyuna. scratch that. we're not going to go to yeonhui. we're going to get you home in a taxi instead. let me just call one for you," taehyung informed as he crouched down inside his tent, in search for his phone.

as he finally found it beneath his blanket, he felt a sudden heavy weight on his back.

"eden! let's play~"

'i can't believe she thinks i'm eden. just because we have the same hair color...' taehyung thought, expressing slight disappointment.

however, knowing that this wasn't right, taehyung tried to pull hyuna off of him once more but he lost his balance and they both landed on top of one another. in the strangest and most embarrassing position one could ever imagine. taehyung was trapped underneath hyuna's arms and his legs were interlocked with her tanned ones. he felt his chest squeeze at the sight and suppressed himself. this was painful for him. as seconds went on, hyuna made a few more hiccups before passing out, collapsing on top of him. this was even more painful.

"tae? are you okay? i keep hearing something from your-

taehyung froze. he knew who that was and he knew that everything was going to go downhill from that moment. because right when he met eyes with eden, a mixture of betrayal, pain, disappointment, and anger was evident.

- -

"did you hear?"

"what?"

"park hyuna's actually a slut!"

"what do you mean?"

"apparently, she fucked kim taehyung while she was dating lee eden two days ago. and eden caught them while they were in the middle of banging."

"seriously?! that's so gross... what the fuck? who knew park hyuna was actually like that?"

"i know right? she's such a goody two shoes anyways though. i knew something was up with her."

"so what happened? after lee eden found out?"

"what do you think? he broke up with her the next day and choi yeonhui started ignoring her right after."

"but they were best friends?! i mean it sort of makes sense, i would too. what about kim taehyung?"

"oh him? he-"

"hope you guys are done saying shit in front of my locker, because i'm going to be late for class."

the two girls startled at taehyung's sudden appearance and scurried away, whispering to one another. with a sigh, he opened up his locker to grab his books until he heard voices from the classroom to his left. a group of guys was sitting around a timid looking hyuna, their bodies pretty close to the terrified girl. 

"would you rather bang me or do my homework?"

"i heard you don't even ask for cash. you just do it."

"i've been feeling a little lonely anyways. want to come over?"

'this is fucking disgusting,' taehyung swore.

he shut his locker hard enough for the sudden noise to surprise the guys and made his way towards hyuna. grabbing her wrist, not too tightly, taehyung pulled her out of the class and into a nearby staircase. as soon as they stopped, hyuna pulled taehyung's hand off of her wrist and winced. right when she was about to hide her wrist behind her back, taehyung swiftly held her hand and forced her to show the face of her wrist.

there were cuts. not a lot but to make up for the amount, those few cuts were deep. taehyung sucked in a breath as he rose her wrist to examine them carefully. they weren't treated at all and if she didn't soon, an infection could occur.

"let's get you to a nurse and clean up those-"

hyuna successfully escaped taehyung's grasp and carressed her wrist with her other hand.

"no, i'm fine. i'm going to return back to class. i'm late."

right when she was about to pass taehyung, he stopped her.

"hyuna. we need to fix this situation. i can't continue seeing others spread false rumors about you. it's unacceptable. you know what happened that night was just an accident."

hyuna turned around and faced taehyung, tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

"and how are we going to do that? it's already too late. eden won't talk to me, yeonhui just straight up ignores or shit talks about me, and everyone in school thinks i'm a fucking slut."

taehyung's voice got stuck in his throat at her sudden words. and as hyuna saw no response from him, she started heading back to class.

"it's too late for me," was what taehyung heard before losing trace of her.