🩹scared | taegyu

🩹eleven

one of those days

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taehyun sat up in bed. his head was pounding and he couldn't breathe. his spanish test was today, but he wanted to stay home. his alarm rang and he quickly turned it off. forcing himself out of bed and towards the bathroom.

he dragged his feet across the floorboards and sighed. rubbing his eyes as he pushed the bathroom door open. he quickly uses the toilet, but as he's washing his hands he looks at his own reflection.

his hair was greasy and he looked like a mess. slowly undressing and getting into the shower. the water was cold against his skin and sends shivers down his spine. his thoughts were in slow-motion as he tried to remember the things he and beomgyu had gone over last week. 

he couldn't think, nothing was making any sense. brain fog. taehyun hated brain fog. as he got out of the shower he took a painkiller to release the tension in his head. it took a long time before it worked. 

as he was brushing out his hair, he felt absolutely disgusting. it didn't lay flat the way it was supposed to. it wasn't drying in the right direction, it wasn't laying flat. it was getting on his nerves and he wanted to yell, kick around and cry. 

"this is one of those days." taehyun whispered to himself as he fought the urge to cry. 

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"remember, if you talk to each other or i see you searching things up on the internet, you'll automatically fail." eric says, sending a strict look in huening kai's direction. 

"eric, i don't know why you keep bringing that up-"

"huening kai, i watched you type the question into the search bar. anyways-" the teacher continued. 

taehyun lets out a shaky breath, his feet are restless and he can't lift his pencil without dropping it. everything is blurring together as eric hands out the test papers. taehyun can barely read the question, squinting at the words, suddenly they didn't make any sense anymore. 

he jumps on his leg as he tries to understand what's written on the paper. after a few deep breaths and stares from huening kai, he has calmed down a bit. his heart is still beating a hole in his chest, but the words are actually visible now. but a stomach ache was growing in the pit of his gut. 

he knows he's just guessing the answers fairly quickly into the test. at least he'd have a 10% chance of guessing right, or maybe less. his nerves were ruining the entire test for him and he couldn't breathe. closing his eyes, trying to calm the shaking in his hands and the urge to puke. 

the minutes feel like they are ticking in slow motion, nothing is making any sense anymore. taehyun tries to cam 

"pencils down." 

taehyun's eyes shot open. all colour drains from his face in a split second and he swears to god he's going to throw up. had an hour passed that quickly? looking down at his half-finished test, screaming on the inside. everything was going wrong. 

"yikes." huening kai says as he leans over to taehyun's side of the desk. 

"i think soobin should start helping you instead. beomgyu is doing a shit job." 

taehyun's eyes are on fire as eric collects the tests. he wants to scream. the tears threaten to fall at an alarming rate, but taehyun keeps it all in. at least until the bell rings. 

never before had taehyun sped the way he was right now. pushing away everyone in his way as he was making his way to the library. where he could bawl in peace. the library was empty and taehyun ran to the far end, throwing himself into the corner. 

crouched down, head in his hands, letting the tears pour out of his eyes. nothing was going his way today. absolutely nothing. 

"taehyun-hyung?" a voice asks, it isn't far away. fuck this, taehyun thinks to himself. now he can't even cry in peace. 

"are you alright?" he asks again, quietly sitting down next to the other. it's huening kai, taehyun can see it's him in-between the gaps of his arms, which are wrapped around his knees. 

the older flinches slightly as he feel huening kai put a hand reassuringly on his back. he pats him slowly, without saying another word. taehyun holds in his tears as much as possible. but once you've finally allowed the flood to come it's difficult stopping on command. 

"just cry it all out, hyung. i'll make sure to yell at beomgyu later today, don't worry." huening kai smiles, adjusting his sitting position. taehyun doesn't know why or how, but huening kai manages to soothe him very well. his tears have stopped pouring and his breathing is at an even pace. 

"i just... i just don't understand- how did i flunk the test?" taehyun whispered, his voice is hoarse and it hurts to talk. 

"you can ask to take it again, taehyun. eric will probably let you take it again. i could tell you were super anxious and if you tell him about it, he'll let you take it again. i swear." huening kai says and taehyun nods his head quietly. pouting as he wipes the tears off his face. 

the bell rings, but taehyun doesn't budge. huening kai doesn't either. they stay seated on the library floor for another few minutes, before huening kai suggests asking eric right away. that way taehyun's nerves will be calmed down quicker. 

the older of the two bites into his thumb as they walk the hallways. students send the tear stained boy odd looks as they pass them in the hallway. huening kai sends them a 'and what about it?' look, holding a secure grip around taehyun's shoulder. 

huening kai is an excellent speaker, which is why taehyun is allowed another week to prepare for the test. and he's allowed to take it in a non-test like environment , aka. at a table after school in the library. 

never before has taehyun felt as safe next to a boy his age. huening kai is really someone worth keeping around. and taehyun isn't planning on letting the younger go after today.

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