HIDEOUT: LEE TAEYONG

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soyoung

i let my fingertips touch the swing chains, leisurely pushing it back and forth as the small creaks coming from the swing fastener sent shiver down my spine. i never knew the playground still looked new, as if they were never abandoned just like the greenhouse. i expected disaster and chaos, but there were none of them since the children must've ran away after seeing all those walkers.

"hey, you're zooming out soyoung." taeyong snapped. "i need you tell me what they told you, this is important and can be useful for their upcoming plans."

how could i focus after what jungwoo said? everytime i see him, the feelings grow bigger and the butterflies inside my stomach increases insanely fast. i know being confident about what jungwoo said is bad, i can't just believe him as fast as a snap but at the same time i should. why would jungwoo even lie about it, especially when it includes taeyong? i'm sure jungwoo would never give out fake informations about him. still, i don't want to believe it... it's just impossible to picture if it really is.

"soyoung focus-"

"was it true, what jungwoo said?" i blurted out, not pondering enough about it and after a split few seconds i immediately regretted it. oh my god, soyoung for fuck sake.

"what did jungwoo say now?" taeyong seemed disappointed, infuriated and apprehensive at the same time when he replied. i really didn't want to answer him, what if jungwoo did lie and he would be in a very dangerous position which i wouldn't approve.

i just guess there's no turning back anymore.

"that.... you, umm..." i couldn't spit it out, i somehow felt overly confident if i did so. that you lee taeyong like me, it's sounds pathetic right? especially when it's him, the goddess himself. if i did say this, it might change our relationship and i don't want that. i came this far to make him trust me, to make him like me as a friend.... i suppose, and to make him convince the others that letting me stay here is exactly the right choice.

"that i what?" his voice increased, turning a bit aggressive and by that i really had no confidence to say it anymore as i timidly looked away. "i... taeyong, it's nothing..." i muttered and gazed down.

"no? you can't just do that soyoung, now tell me." he stepped closer to me.

"it's seriously nothing taeyong, now let's talk about what happened earlier." i felt relieved after bringing up a topic that was more important that the other one, but it just doesn't work for lee taeyong.

"no, tell me what you were about to say right now soyoung." he demandly said.

"please stop, it's nothing-"

the next thing i remembered was getting cut off, not by taeyong's words but by his lips meeting mine.