🩹scared | taegyu

🩹four

sorry about that

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

taehyun walks to the library to eat his lunch in peace. students say hello to him as he walks through the halls. he doesn't answer, he only looks at his shoes and trudges past them. his backpack is secured on his back and the straps were grasped in his hands. 

he enters quietly, it's nearly empty. taehyun sits down at a small table, to eat his lunch and read his book. as he's pulling out 'i wish you all the best' and his lunchbox out of his backpack, two boys sit down at a table close to him. 

it's huening kai and a blue haired boy. they're bickering at full volume about how toxic peter kavinsky is and how lara jean should have chosen john ambrose. because, well, it's obvious. 

taehyun tries to enjoy his meal and read as the two continue to bicker. he can't help but listen in on their conversation. without realizing he looks at them, engrossed in their conversation about how kitty was the best character in the 'to all the boys' movies. 

the blue haired boy seems to have caught on to taehyun listening in and lowers his volume. just as huening kai let's out a shriek of excitement, the door opens yet again.

the boy who yelled at the dog-petter earlier today, enters the library. he's huffing and puffing as he makes his way over to the pair. he has a laptop in his hands and is at the brink of tears.

"soobin? are you alright?" the blue haired boy asks and soobin crumbles together on the floor. taehyun tries not to pay attention, or, he tries to hide that he is in fact paying attention. he watches as soobin furiously wipes his tears as he points at his computer. the pair don't really seem to understand what he's referring to and he continues to hiccup. 

"look at the grade i got!" he weeps, pointing at the laptop again. huening kai furrows his eyebrows. 

"that isn't even that bad. what are you talking about?" and soobin seems furious. 

"it's utter garbage compared to how good i normally am!" he yells as the blue haired boy takes his laptop from hi hands. 

"you don't understand how much time i used writing that stupid short story!" huening kai bends down next to him to pat his back. soobin continues to weep. 

"but, soobin, this isn't the grade for your short story. this is something else." the blue haired boy says, pointing at something on the screen. 

"huh?" is all soobin let's out as he stands up. 

"dude, that's you fucking spanish presentation. are you dumb?" huening kai laughs, soobin grows embarrassed. taking the laptop from the blue haired boy and looks at it again.

his mouth forms an O and a red blush spreads across his face. he seems to contemplate life or death as he bites his lip. studying the computer screen with a red face. 

"wait, you're right. welp, then it isn't important." soobin says with a chuckle, "now i'm leaving because i'm super embarrassed." 

soobin quickly leaves, huening kai follows to bother him and the blue haired boy is left alone. taehyun bites his lip and pretends that he doesn't want to pat soobin's back and tell him it's fine.

he flips the pages of his book and opens his lunch box. the blue haired boy approaches him and he looks up.

"sorry about that." he says, taehyun only nods his head. reading the name tag og his uniform. 'choi yeonjun' and watches as yeonjun follows after his friends. 

   

   

the rest of the day goes by quickly. and before taehyun knows it, it's time to go home. seulgi sees them all off by the classroom door and taehyun is quick to leave as they say goodbye. 

he's practically running to the parking lot to see his mum. her car is parked as close to the school as she possibly could get and he waves at her as she looks up. taehyun walks quickly to the car and gets inside. 

"how was your day?" she asks, looking over at him in anticipation. 

"the class is really small and seulgi is really nice!" he beams at her, he's happy, but also very tired from the school day. 

"did you make any friends?" she asks, but he shakes his head. 

"not really, but it doesn't matter." 

taehyun's mum starts the car. and just as they're about to drive off school premises, the dog-petter, beomgyu, waves at taehyun. he has a big smile on his face, but taehyun doesn't recognise him quickly enough to wave back. 

"who was that?" his mum asks, curiosity noticable in her voice.

"i've got no idea." taehyun says, closing his eyes. and his mum let's out a small "oh."

"were there any pretty girls?" his mum asks again, taehyun looks over at her. 

"not really, i wasn't really looking for pretty girls." he says. 

"what about any pretty boys?" she asks again, beomgyu suddenly pops into taehyun's head. he shakes away the thought of the grey haired male, almost embarrassed. 

"not really." he says, yawning quietly. he's in desperate need of a power nap right about now. but his mind is racing with thoughts.

a stomach ache grows in the pit of his stomach. imagine all the things that could've gone wrong today. he could have had a panic attack, cried, embarrassed himself in front of the entire class! taehyun imagines all the things that could've gone wrong on the way home. 

a tension headache is building up inside his forehead. taehyun's eyebrows knit together and he bites his bottom lip. the anxiety is building up and it suddenly feels hard to breathe.

it makes him feel car sick, just as he thinks he's going to be sick, his mum parks in front of their house. he scrambles outside, preparing for the vomit, but nothing comes up. 

"are you okay, raindrop?" his mum asks, walking over to his side of the car. 

"yeah, it was just a scare. i'm fine, mommy." 

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