🩹scared | taegyu

🩹seven

thanks, i'll treat you to ice cream

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

huening kai was chewing his gum obnoxiously loud right next to taehyun. he was trying hard to concentrate, but his new class was really testing him. it had been a week or two, honestly taehyun couldn't remember anymore, all the days were blending together. and he had stayed home the majority of the time.

he looked over at his seatmate, who was busy gushing over some online fanfic he was reading in the middle of class. taehyun didn't want to get angry, but it was proving more difficult by the second. and just as he's about to snap at the other, a knock on the door distracts him.

everyone's gaze moves away from the spanish teacher, eric, and towards the door. it opens and seulgi sticks her head inside. taehyun knows she's there to talk to him, and as she finds him in the classroom, she nods at him. he stands up and leaves the class with her. bowing at eric as he leaves.

"were you in spanish class?" she asks as they walk in the hallway. today she's wearing a tie-dye shirt tucked into a pair of widelegged trousers. her shoes clack quietly against the floor as they walk. taehyun's shoes squeak against the flooring.

"yeah." he answers. not really knowing why she's bringing him outside. it's easy to sense that he's anxious, which is why seulgi notices immediately.

"i just wanted to have a chat with you about how you feel in your new class. so, nothing to be worried about." she continues, "have you made any friends yet? or is everyone boring?"

he chuckles a bit as they walk outside. the sun blinds them for a few seconds, it's hot today. they're quiet for a bit, not saying anything, a comfortable silence. taehyun doesn't really know what to say. students are yelling and running around on the football field not so far from where they're standing.

taehyun can't believe people actually like football, running after a ball and kicking it? what a waste of time. he would much rather puzzle and listen to podcasts about ted bundy, which made him sound like a total loser. but that didn't matter.

"i've found someone to tutor you, by the way. i don't know if you've met him yet." seulgi suddenly says, interrupting taehyun's thought. she starts walking towards the field of yellow-vested students. a football jock? taehyun doesn't like football, he doesn't want to talk to anyone who likes football. ew.

but as they get closer taehyun sees that it's just a normal class and not the school team. that's a little better. seulgi waves at some students who've run over to talk to her. she seems popular among the students, maybe because she's so nice?

taehyun freezes for a second, the grey-haired boy, beomgyu is on the field. he waves at seulgi and she waves him over? what?! taehyun feels his insides squeeze together, he's scared. the palms of his hands are sweating as beomgyu runs over to him. is beomgyu really his tutor?! the person who beat the shit out of older students?

taehyun nervously scratches the back of his neck. beomgyu comes closer and the bright smile on his face grows bigger and bigger. was he in love with seulgi or something? he's the only student wearing knee pads except the goal keepers, taehyun watches him run over to them with a slight limp.

"heyy!" he smiles, "is this taehyun?"

"yeaah." seulgu smiles, beomgyu bows at taehyun.

"taehyun this is beomgyu, the best student tutor at our school." seulgi says, patting beomgyu on the back. he smiles shyly, looking down at his feet. taehyun bows, smiling carefully.

"are your knees alright?" seulgi asks, pointing at the knee pads.

"same as always. we've still got no idea what it is." beomgyu looks down at his feet, moving around a bit on the same spot on the grass.

"swelling as well?" beomgyu nods.

"they still swell up. coach is sick and tired of hearing about my knees before competitions." seulgi laughs at his statement. taehyun has no idea what they're really talking about. but he doesn't really mind.

they exchange numbers so taehyun can text beomgyu the times he's off school because of "sickness". and taehyun gets seulgi's number as well, just in case he ever needs to contact her.

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taehyun knocks on the door to his classroom before opening it. the students are all looking at him and he feels small. eric smiles and continues explaining something about verbs in spanish. taehyun quickly finds his seat, huening kai looks at him.

but taehyun pretends that he hasn't noticed the younger's look. huening kai isn't reading the fanfiction anymore, but writing AND colour-coding his notes?! taehyun feels far behind and quickly copies off the notes on the blackboard. after a while he still hasn't understood what eric is talking about and it makes him worried. what if he fails the next test?

huening kai notices that taehyun isn't understanding what eric is talking about. so he rips out a piece of paper from his book and writes something on it. sending the note over to taehyun's side of the double desk.

taehyun looks at him, then read the note. i'll help you copy my notes after class. the older feels a tingle in his stomach, what a lifesaver! he flips the note and writes something on the back.

thanks, i'll treat you to ice cream.

☁️

number 1 thing i hate about writing. the characters can't immediately become friends. because that's unnatural as hell.

and i HATE writing their interactions before they're friends. because they can't be all chill with each other yet.

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