The Retriever-JAEYONG

13

"Wasn't he upset? You could've let him stay here," Johnny said.

Taeyong sighed, "The truth is, he isn't my boyfriend."

The man looked confused, "What? Why did he say he's your boyfriend?"

"Look, he's quite...new to things, alright? So, he's just very innocent to almost everything."

Johnny leaned back on the couch and raised an eyebrow, "So, what am I here? Except you and me catching up to things?"

Taeyong swallowed and cleared his throat, "I...want an advice."

"What kind of advice? Perhaps, a love advice?"

The boy blushed a bit, "Let's cut to the chase. Should I believe if someone likes me?"

Johnny hummed, "If he directly told you that he likes you, there's no doubt to that. Except he's trying to play a game with you."

"Then...should I like him back?" Taeyong asked timidly.

The man sighed and leaned, with his elbows on his thighs, "You shouldn't force yourself to like a person. I fucking swear, it'll turn out something you wouldn't want to happen."

Taeyong furrowed his eyebrows and sighed.

"Who is this anyway? Is it your "boyfriend"?"

The boy looked away, "Well...yeah. He's been living with me for weeks now, almost a month, and then he confessed to me that he likes me and he's my boyfriend. He's like every girl's dream."

"What did you say when he confessed?"

"I-I usually change the topic..."

Johnny sighed, "You're hopeless."

The boy pouted, "I know, that's why I'm trying to ask you."

"You know what, here's the trick. Ask yourself if you like him. Take all measures then you decide if you'll confess or not. Okay?"

Taeyong nodded, "Yeah..."

"You good? I can go now? I'll talk to you some other day. Ten's finding me already," Johnny said.

The boy nodded before the both of them stood and walked to the door. Taeyong looked around if Jaehyun's waiting or not. He suddenly got worried when he couldn't find the man.

"Call him," Johnny said, "It's already getting dark."

Taeyong took his phone out and tried calling Jaehyun. He was surprised when the call just ended and didn't even ring. He tried it again but to no avail. He felt his heart dropped.

"I-I can't--H-He's not answering...I-I think his phone is dead," Taeyong stuttered, getting all nervous all of a sudden.

"Oh...There might be a convenient store around? He might be there? Or anything he could stay while waiting?" Johnny asked, trying to help the boy.

"How? He doesn't know anything about this place. He just knows how to come back home from the university..." the boy said, trying to calm himself, "I-I think he got upset of me. What do you think happened to him? I'm sure h-he's scared right now...I should start looking--"