🩹scared | taegyu

🩹twenty-two

are you there?

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

soobin fiddles with his keys as he tries to unlock his front door. the three boys shuffle their feet, waiting patiently.

"wait in the hallway, i'll be quick." soobin says as he pushes the red door open.

they all walk inside, the boy with the glasses doesn't even take off his shoes before he runs up the stairs. taehyun holds the door open as they wait.

the house smells like cigarettes and there is a stale, musty smell lingering in the air. huening kai shuffles uncomfortably as the sound of soobin's parents arguing suddenly comes from across the hall.

they stand in the hallway, unintentionally listening in on soobin's parents arguing about things that don't matter. the minutes tick by. everything feels so uncomfortable and awkward all of a sudden.

taehyun looks over at yeonjun, a worried look playing at his face. yeonjun bites into his bottom lip, leaning closer to the front door. huening kai tugs at the blue-haired boy's uniform.

"hyung-" he says, tugging harder as the arguing grows louder.

"let's wait outside, on the veranda." yeonjun says, stepping outside. huening kai follows, holding onto the other's uniform. taehyun continues to hold the door open as they wait for soobin to return downstairs.

they're shuffling their feet and occasionally glancing at each other, it makes taehyun worry. children's laughter errupts in the other end of the hallway. a loud 'shut up!' echoes from a mother's mouth and the giggles quiet down immediately. taehyun nearly falls to the floor.

shut up? are you really telling your children to shut up? he swears to god steam is pouring out of his ears. and his blood is boiling like a kettle, as the girls continue to quietly giggle from a nearby bedroom.

"be quiet!" a man's voice booms and the girls grow silent. taehyun feels sick as quiet footsteps emerge from inside the home. what if it's soobin's parents?

a small girl comes out into the hallway. huening kai visibly jumps at the sudden appereance of a tiny girl. she doesn't notice and smiles shyly as she spots yeonjun. he smiles back, putting a finger over his mouth, signaling her to keep quiet. she nods as he squats down, giving her a hug.

"where's your sister?" he asks her, pinching her cheek.

"she's puzzling in her bedroom," she whispers, "why don't you come visit anymore?"

"your mum and dad don't like me that much." yeonjun pouts at her as she gently pats his blue hair. she grabs onto yeonjun's shirt as he carefully lifts her up onto his arm. she smiles as he pokes her braids.

"you're too cool for them anyway, yeonnie." she whispers and taehyun quietly aw-s to himself.

soobin sneaks downstairs again, handing a bag to huening kai, before taking his sister from yeonjun's arms. he hugs her and careully puts her down. signaling her to stay quiet as she walks back inside.

"i'll see you tomorrow, yeonhee. look after sohee, alright?" his sister nods, adjusting her dark-brown braids. before tip-toeing back into her sister's bedroom as soobin's parents continue to yell.

"let's get going." soobin says, closing the front door when his sister is out of sight.

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rocky happily wags his tail as they re-enter school premises. taehyun tightens his grip on the dog's leash, smiling to himself, huening kai had let him hold the leash.

yeonjun and soobin are glued to each other as if they aren't usually enemies. and huening kai munches on a cupcake.

when they went to pick up the shiba inu at the youngest's house, a round woman had opened the door. she was huening kai's mama and she had just baked what looked like a million cupcakes.

thinking about the woman from earlier makes taehyun smile to himself, before biting into the lovely cupcake she had handed him minutes earlier. the frosting is heavenly, and blue. it's blue!

"hyung. how many times do you think we've seen the same bird twice?" huening kai suddenly asks. everyone looks at him, wondering which hyung he called for.

"who are you-?" yeonjun asks.

"do i have to use the plural form? i'm talking to all of you for fucks sake."

"i have no idea." taehyun says, "probably a lot of times."

"yeah." huening kai says looking up, "all we see anyways are their tummies and buttholes."

"mhm." at this point taehyun is sure soobin has just muted huening kai. he's looking around, running his hand up and down yeonjun's arm. what an unusual sight.

the gymnasium isn't far away. they can see it from the school gates. rocky is eager to run around, but taehyun doesn't want the dog to run off, so he tries to calm him down. they stop next to the large, white building.

they patiently wait outside the gymnasium. watching as freshly showered boys and girls exit the changing rooms. taehyun keeps his eyes on the boys locker room door. but beomgyu doesn't walk out.

they wait for ten minutes, fifteen minutes, twenty minutes. where the hell is beomgyu? soobin offers to call him, the phone continues to beep without an answer. the dark-haired boy nervously pushes up his glasses.

"beomgyu isn't picking up. i've called a million times. where is that fucker?" soobin asks agitated.

"we've been waiting for twenty minutes." yeonjun says as a group of guys exit the locker rooms.

they're laughing loudly, looking back at the changing rooms as they continue bantering amongst themselves. taehyun's grip on the dog leash tightens. what's so funny?

"has beomgyu left already?" yeonjun asks one of the boys. his friends laugh in response, glancing suspiciously at each other.

"i haven't seen him today." the boy is clearly lying through his teeth, as his mates howl like hyenas.

"bullshit." taehyun mutters under his breath, handing the dog leash to yeonjun. hurrying towards the boys changing rooms, soobin at his heels.

"wait up-" huening kai squeaks. taehyun pushes the blue door open.

it's dark. and all the lights are off. sunlight from outside seeps into the room, but it isn't enough to light up the large room. everything is quiet for a second.

taehyun nervously walks inside, soobin is right behind him. the locker room is big. they can barely see the corners of the room.

but then taehyun hears a noise, it startles him. following the quiet noise, he sees a small, hunched figure on a bench by the wall.

someone is huddled together on a bench. head in their hands. weeping their eyes out in the dark. why is beomgyu crying?

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