🩹scared | taegyu

🩹sixteen

a purple umbrella and a happy accident

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

taehyun sighs as he walks through the hallways. his backpack is slung over his shoulder as he's ready to skip PE class. his feet take him outside, to the bench were he met beomgyu for the first time. everything is peaceful outside, but taehyun's stomach is burning.

the trees are swaying happily as the april breeze flows through taehyun's hair. he bites his cheek, suddenly feeling restless in his uniform. taehyun pulls of his stupid vest and tosses it onto the picnic table. closing his eyes as he thinks about nothing. 

"taehyun!" a voice suddenly says. taehyun jumps in his seat and his eyes shoot open. his heartbeat is drumming in his chest as he tries to recover from the sudden scare. 

"i didn't mean to scare you, sorry." beomgyu says, dumping down next to him. taehyun tries to calm down, taking deep breaths. the older picks at the chipping wood on the table. 

"it's fine, i was lost in my thoughts." taehyun says, brushing it off like nothing happened when he has finally calmed down. 

"why are you out here?" beomgyu asks, twisting a purple umbrella in his hand. taehyun looks at it, raising his brows. 

"what's with the umbrella?" he asks, looking up at the sky. it's a pretty clear day, why does he have an umbrella?

"it's going to rain." 

"when?"

"soon.." beomgyu says, looking over at taehyun, "why are you out here?"

"i needed a break." taehyun says, "and you?"

"kicked out of class, per usual--"

"why do you always get kicked out? i thought you were a model student... seulgi says you are, are you hiding your tarnished record?" taehyun asks in all seriousness.

was this guy just some jock cheating his way through his school year? he seemed to be a rebel, but seulgi always disregarded it. 

"uuhm, no? she knows why i get kicked out, she says i can't help it."

"can't help what? what do you actually do to get kicked out? throw paper airplanes? put gum in people's hair?"

"uhm, well, no. not excactly." beomgyu says, nervously picking at his fingernails.

he doesn't say anything else and taehyun doesn't want to push it. they stay quiet and taehyun quietly breathes in the warm smell of spring. 

"sorry i left so early the other day. my dad called and needed me to come home quickly." beomgyu suddenly says. taehyun nods, it didn't really matter to him. family is family. 

"you seemed really scared of my mum.." he says and beomgyu's face turns pale. his eyes shift nervously around as he clears his throat. 

"yeah, about that... i get really nervous around new people." he chokes out and taehyun looks at him suspiciously. 

"you weren't nervous around me though. nor the students you beat up there other day." taehyun dead-pans, he was still super suspicious of beomgyu since he left in such a hurry the other day. 

"this is so embarrassing.." beomgyu whispers, but taehyun hears him clearly. the older plays with the hem of his shirt and taehyun can see his biting his cheek. 

"you don't have to say it if it's embarrassing."he consoles, honestly he didn't want to pressure the older into  saying something he isn't comfortable with.