if winter was a person | jaeyong.

the sixteenth.

<3:15pm>
<present>

During the day, Taeyong was basically followed around by Jaehyun. Not minding his attempts to gain the older's attention until the day ended. He specifically told him to not make their so called 'relationship' obvious.

Jungwoo and Taeil went ahead, as they both have jobs to go to. Leaving Taeyong while he waited for his driver to attend.

Taeyong sat on the benches that was near the basketball court and watched as students played that sport. The joy on their dirty faces and uniforms, and the loud noises they make just to get the ball to the other side, made the boy question if that's what you consider fun.

His consideration of fun was sitting outside, watching the sunset, with your phone or looking at the surrounding with nothing but silence, and enjoying just by yourself or with your best friends

For him, that was his 'basketball game'. People have called him boring for enjoying life at a slow pace, or finding joy in lying in bed, or being alone, or even just doing nothing. He was kind of hurt for being judge by how he lives his life. It feels like he was no different to teens that were always out and having sex and drugs.

He sat on the bench while hugging his knees, it was freezing. The cold wind blew violently into his direction. His phone vibrated and saw on his phone a message from his mother:

Mom
Chen won't be able to pick you up today, his wife was rushed in the hospital, just ask for Jungwoo or Taeil to walk you.

Sorry for the late message.

Taeyong kept his phone in his pocket and began walking as Jungwoo and Taeil already left. His mother wasn't able to pick him up as she was away to get some business done in another country.

He sighed before deciding to just start walking while the sun is still setting.

While walking to his house, he stumbled upon a cat. It was meowing like there was no tomorrow.

He ignored it and kept walking away but it feels like the meowing kept following him, when he turned around he saw the cat following him.

"What is it that you want?! Stupid cat" Taeyong blandly says before walking forward and suddenly bumping into some else.

"Oh sorry" Jaehyun held Taeyong's shoulders, not wanting him to fall.

"Oh it's you" Taeyong brushed the other's hands away from him.

"Cold"

"Funny meeting you here"

"Bye" Jaehyun grabbed Taeyong by his bag before he could go any further.

"Hey, let me walk you home" Taeyong nodded, he felt his heart flutter from this. It all brings him back.

Jaehyun kept talking while they walk, he was babbling about random stuff and how hard math was. Taeyong just walked beside him, not really saying anything. He was just silent the whole time, he was just tired from the whole day. He had to do a lot of school work and at the same time trying to keep Jaehyun from exposing them.

"Taeyong?" The older looked at the younger's face, with really no emotion written on his face.

"Do you want me to carry your bag?" Jaehyun asked.

Taeyong dropped his heavy bag on the floor, it was indeed heavy as he always carry a lot of books and notebooks. Usually, Johnny carries his bag, but for some reason he couldn't find him after school.

Jaehyun picked up the bag with ease as if it weight like a pouch of cotton balls. Taeyong stared deeply at the way Jaehyun's silhouette looked amazing beside the sunset while they walk.

"Hey, Taeyong, I have a question, do you ever smile?"

Taeyong never responded and just kept walking and sighed.

"I guess that's a no"

"You remember Sehun?" Jaehyun nodded at the question.

"He told me I should not smile often, he said I look dumb when I smile, I kind of agree with that" Taeyong's voice grew small but sadness never really flowed through his dialogue.

Jaehyun walked in front of Taeyong stopped. Taeyong bumped into Jaehyun's firm body.

"What he said is complete bullshit, if you already look handsome from not smiling, imagine how much more handsome you'll even look when you smile" Jaehyun cupped his boyfriend's cheeks, Taeyong tried to yank them away but the grip was just too strong.

"When I take you out, I want to see you smile at the end of the day, got that?" Jaehyun leaned forward and kissed him by the top of his head. It sent a warm feeling in Taeyong's cold heart.

Jaehyun stood beside him before wrapping his large hand around Taeyong's smaller one, and they walked together with a little hesitation erupting in the older.

The rest of the walk was a bunch of comfortable silences and occasional humming of classical music. Jaehyun stopped walking when he was met with a very unfamiliar neighborhood. A place of large houses, large lots, expensive cars and beautiful facades. But, it felt like a ghost town, no one was laughing outside or children playing around, just emptiness.

The area was far different from where he lives. It felt so cold being in here, no human presence was felt.

"T-This where you live?"

"Yeah"

"It's so quiet here"

"Am I even allowed to go in there?" He pointed the house that Taeyong was coming closer to.

"I live there, so you are allowed" Taeyong continued walking towards the mansion. He opened the gate with a press of a button.

Jaehyun lagged behind because he was nervous that some rich relative might be home, or worse, Taeyong's parents, he had to at least look presentable. He fixed himself and helped the older walk towards the door, while he carries his bag for him.

As Taeyong unlocked the door, it was dark, silent, depressing in a way. No one was home but his butler, Baekhyun, who was sleeping on the couch.

He turned around slowly, nervous about what he was going to do.

"I know this might sound weird but do you want to walk around for a while?"

"Like a date?"

"No—"

"A date it is" Jaehyun grabbed his hand and dragged him away from his house.

"We're going to have so much fun!"

"Wait! Put the bags inside the house first" Taeyong was incapable of catching up with the hasty walk that Jaehyun was doing, and especially he was behind him, he might trip the both of them.

"Oh right" Jaehyun stopped his fast footsteps and walked back towards the house and placed their bags inside and saw a glimpse of a sleeping male on the couch.

"Let's go!" Jaehyun shouted and grabbed Taeyong by the wrist and ran away towards somewhere where they can have the time of their lives, in their uniform.

For the first time in a long time, Taeyong felt happy with someone else other than his friends or family. He might almost smile.

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