It's Our Little Secret | JOHNYONG | NCT

12. That Night Pt. 2

Taeyong didn't know where he was going but one thing was on his mind.

He needed to find Johnny.

As he was dashing around the party to find Johnny, he passed by Taeil near the beer pong table. He wouldn't even have noticed his friend at first if Taeil hadn't grabbed and pulled him to gain his attention.

"Taeyong, hey!" Taeyong stopped at the call of his best friend. He turned to face a concerned looking Taeil with Doyoung Kim beside him. "Are you alright? I've been calling you out all this time. What's wrong?"

Taeil was quick to see his friend's confused expression. Taeyong couldn't keep it in anymore. He was so close to having a mental breakdown that he couldn't do anything but just hug Taeil tightly. This caught both Taeil and Doyoung by surprise.

"I think I'll go around the house for a while." Doyoung Kim suddenly announced. "This seems very important. I'll see you around, Moon." Doyoung placed a hand on Taeil's shoulder, giving him an understanding smile.

Taeil appreciated the gesture as he caressed Taeyong's head comfortingly. "Thanks." He mouthed to Doyoung before the other walked away.

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It took a bit of effort, but Taeil was able to pull Taeyong from their little hugging situation to them sitting on the sunbeds by the pool of the Jung household. Taeyong remained silent, knees close to his chest, head hung low and face buried in his fore arms. Taeil knew his best friend wasn't one to mope, especially in public, so it must have been really serious.

"Yong, are you okay-"

"I think Jaehyun Jung was going to confess to me."

Taeil's eyes widen at the sudden news. He certainly wasn't expecting that. "Wow! Congratulations!" Taeil was no stranger to Taeyong's feelings towards his Prince charming. "Did he ask you to go out with him?"

"No-no- it's nothing like that. I-" Taeyong shook his head furiously. "I stopped him."

Taeil stared at his friend confused. "Stopped him?"

"He was about to confess... But I stopped him before he could even say it." Taeyong whispered. "-And I don't know why I did that!"

Taeyong raised his head from his arms to face Taeil, confusion and frustration written all over his face. "I don't know why but I just couldn't- That's Jaehyun Jung for crying out loud! The love of my life for the entirety of my pubescent years. The only apple of my eye ever since I laid sights on him. Pure devotion and fantasies of him and him only!"

"Then we had a moment at the kitchen- God, how he was staring! How close we were, how affectionate he looked. That was supposed to be it, right? The moment! So why-"

"-why was I thinking of Johnny the entire time?"

Taeyong buried his face back into his arms as Taeil was left stunned after what the other just shared. It was a bit to process but Taeil thinks he gets it. There's only one logical explanation for it.

"Well, maybe because you're not in love with Jaehyun Jung..."