It's Our Little Secret | JOHNYONG | NCT

3. The Unexpected

Taeyong doesn't know what was happening right now.

He was currently on the passenger seat of Johnny Seo's Range Rover after the jock had picked him up from his house. Johnny Seo, his blackmailer. Blackmailman? Blackmailperson? Whatever you called the guy who was blackmailing him was using his dear and lovely Jaehyun Jung against him.

"Why did you pick me up from my house?" Taeyong asked, voluming up his voice over the loud sounds of Dua Lipa playing on Johnny's car stereos. "This wasn't part of the deal!"

"Think of it as perks of working for me." Johnny signalled a right turn. "so you wouldn't think I'm a complete asshole."

"Aren't you concerned with what kids at school would think if they saw me, a loser, get off the car with you?" Taeyong asked, genuinely concerned. He didn't know why though.

Johnny simply scoffed. "I could care less about what those dickheads think. I can just punch them all on the face so hard they wouldn't have to think anymore."

"Always the usage of brawns, Johnny Seo." He smirked up at a driving Johnny. "No wonder you needed my help."

"Your help?" Johnny grinned evilly. "You do remember me blackmailing you for all of this? You know, I'll expose your little whipped ass for Jung if you don't get me that football scholarship. Remember?"

"Yes." Taeyong sighed. He turned his head to the car window, watching with solemnity as they fast approach the campus. "I remember, unfortunately."

 

Taeyong was busy taking out his books from his locker for 2nd period when Yuta and Taeil appeared next to him.

"Care to explain why we just saw you get off Johnny Seo's car this morning?" It was Yuta who had his arms crossed, eyebrow raised, asking Taeyong. And it was just so like Yuta to be straightforward.

Of course his friends would have noticed, what with Johnny's obnoxiously large car and his obnoxiously loud popularity, and of course Taeyong had to think of a not so obnoxious answer to convince his friends that Johnny wasn't threatening him to reveal his deepest darkest secret to the entire campus.

"I was just walking to school when Johnny Seo passed by and asked me if I wanted a ride." Taeyong tried sounding like it was no big deal. He wasn't completely lying though.

"Your sister couldn't bring you to school today?" It was Taeil's turn to ask.

"Uh... No..." Taeyong tried fishing for fast answers. "Her, uh, car broke down last night. Donghae hyung had to help her bring the car to a repair shop this morning. So, I had to walk to school. Even Taemin-hyung rode the bus to uni."