Cloaked Heart | Yeonbin

Chapter Twenty-Seven

All day, Soobin's words had left a trace on Taehyun's mind. How was he supposed to promise something like that when he was practically already head over heels the older? He couldn't just suddenly pretend that he didn't have feelings for Beomgyu. It wasn't right especially if there was a possibility that Beomgyu liked him back. 

He was snapped out of his thoughts as a fan kneeled down in front of him and placed their album on the table. Plastering on a bright smile, he greeted the fan and opened up the album whilst asking what her name was.

"Sooyoung," the fan answered, nervously tucking a strand of her brown hair behind her ear. 

"Sooyoung," Taehyun quietly repeated, nodding as he started signing the album with her name neatly written. 

"You and Beomgyu are cute together."

Taehyun stopped writing and slowly lifted his head up to stare at her. He could feel his heart pounding against his chest. What did she mean by that? Did she know something? Did she know about them? Was Taehyun too obvious?

Before Taehyun could ask her what she meant, their manager had forced the girl to move on to the next member who was Huening Kai—he must not have heard what she had said because he was happily conversing with another fan before saying his goodbyes.

"I need you to promise me that you won't fall in love with Beomgyu."

"Taehyun, look over here!"

The brown-haired boy slightly flinched at the sound of his name as his eyes searched for the person that he called him. He realized it was one of his fan sites as the girl was snapping pictures of him on her camera. He smiled, his nerves settling as he couldn't but think of the fan that had said that to him. 

"That was tiring," Yeonjun yawned whilst leaning his head back against the seat. The windows were rolled down mid-way. The warm breeze fanning Beomgyu's face as he sighed in contempt. His wrist hurt from all the signing he had to do. All he needed right now was his bed and some food then he would feel better. 

His gaze discreetly between Yeonjun and Soobin who sat far apart from each other. The tension was still uncomfortable and visible but they had stopped arguing. Beomgyu wanted Soobin and Yeonjun to talk again even if he had to lock them in the same room. 

Soobin had his earphones on whilst staring out the window and Yeonjun had fallen asleep. Ever since their argument and what had happened to Huening Kai, things weren't the same anymore. Everyone changed. The members all became paranoid especially Huening Kai who couldn't sleep without waking up in tears every night. It was hard on all them including the staff and managers who had to watch their friendship and group dynamic slowly fall apart.

"Do you think things are going to get better?" Beomgyu piped up after sitting in a long period of silence. Huening Kai and Taehyun—the only ones who could hear him stared at him.

"What do you mean?" Huening Kai questioned, blinking at Beomgyu who slightly shrugged whilst chewing on his bottom lip.

"Every single day is getting harder to deal with," Beomgyu muttered, fiddling with his fingers in his lap.

Taehyun sat opposite him as he slowly leaned forward and placed a comforting hand on Beomgyu's bouncing knee. "We're going to get through it day by day."

"How though? Soobin and Yeonjun aren't even talking? I can't get rid of these stupid nightmares that I keep having," Huening Kai whined, a small pout forming on his lips.

"Me and Yeonjun aren't talking because I've decided it's best that we put the group first."

Soobin's deep voice startled everyone as he pulled of one earphone out of his ear and spanned his attention over to the members. "Our relationship was just ruining things and it was making it harder for me to make decisions as a leader. I did what was best and Yeonjun wasn't happy with my choice. I'm sorry if-"

"So Yeonjun hyung didn't get to have a say whether or not he wanted to still be with you? You just didn't care about what he had to say?" Beomgyu grunted, narrowing his eyes at Soobin.

"I..It's..It's complicated Beomgyu," Soobin stammered, defeatedly sighing.

"What's complicated about telling someone how you feel? What's so complicated about being in love?" Beomgyu persisted causing Soobin to snap.

"What's complicated is that we're idols and if anyone found out about relationship even the staff it would jeopardize everything that we've trained years for. Don't you understand? I was putting the group first!"

 The car was silent as everyone averted Soobin's gaze, suddenly feeling guilty for pressuring the older and not understanding his point of view.

Yeonjun continued to keep his eyes shut as he fought back the urge to yell at Soobin. The members thought that he was asleep but he had been listening to their conversation the whole time. 

Yeonjun knew that being an idol and being in a relationship was a risky move but when it came to his love for Soobin, he didn't care. He just wanted to be with Soobin even if they had to keep sneaking around. He missed hugging, kissing and talking to the younger now all he ever got was blank and cold looks or simple words. It was difficult pretending that he was okay with Soobin to the fans especially when behind closed doors—it was a different story. 

"When you love someone, you don't care about all those things," Taehyun quietly said, gaining everyone's attention as his small voice filled the silence.

Taehyun could feel Soobin's questioning eyes on him but he chose to ignore it as he locked eyes with Beomgyu.

It was too late to not fall in love with Beomgyu when he was practically head over heels and he knew that he had promised Soobin but he couldn't stop. He couldn't stop the way he felt about Beomgyu. 

"What was that in the car?" Soobin asked, lingering back as he grabbed Taehyun's arm—letting the other members walk ahead.

Taehyun bit his lip, avoiding Soobin's eyes. "Nothing. Just a few words of wisdom, you know."

"No, that look you gave Beomgyu," Soobin said, letting go of Taehyun's arm and folding his arms. "There's something going on between you guys, isn't there?"

Taehyun rapidly shook his head. "Of course not, hyung! It was just a look. A normal and friendly look."

Soobin kept quiet as he breathed out a sigh. "I'm doing this for your own good, Taehyun. You having feelings for Beomgyu is going to come and bite you back just like it did with me and Yeonjun hyung. You understand right?"

"Yes, I understand hyung," Taehyun mumbled.

AN:

It's getting harder for Taehyun to control the way he feels about Beomgyu and Soobin notices the way Taehyun is around Beomgyu and is trying to stop it from escalating! 

GUYS I can't believe we're already on chapter twenty-seven like wowwowowow.

BTW Jennie and Sunwoo will be included in the next chapter! 

Anyways hope you guys enjoyedddd this chapter!

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