the tutor | choi beomgyu

chapter 5: date

5:50 PM, Tuesday, October 27th, 2021

It had been almost a month and things were going well between you and Beomgyu. You tried your best to hide your relationship, though you could tell he was having a harder time, you felt like a bad girlfriend. You wanted to tell him why you wanted it to be a secret, but you felt that the reason was dumb.

Beomgyu stood outside of a café, looking around. Where is she? he sighed. Suddenly, something jumped out in front of him.
"Boo!" you yelled.
"Gyaaaaa!" he flinched.
"That's payback." you smiled, holding your hands behind your back.
"Don't think you'll be let off easy." he folded his arms.
"Sorry I was late, shall we go in?" you pointed to the café door.
"Let's go." he pulled open the door for you.

You sat a table waiting for Beomgyu to finish ordering your food. You found yourself staring at him, his eyes were sparkling in the lights. He was always polite, opening doors for people at school, never forgetting to say please and thank you, and helping out with the cleanup crew after school when he didn't have basketball practice.

Then, the café door opened and you heard someone whistling walk in. The tune was a bit too familiar to you. You immediately turned your head to the door. The person was holding a skateboard, with a black backpack on his shoulders. Your body tensed up. Oh no. I have to hide now, you looked around urgently. Bathroom! you scrambled out of your seat and ran to the lady's room. You opened a stall door and sat down. That was a close one. But why is he even here?! you put your face in your palm. Why out of all places, he has to be in my area!! Is he stalking me?! Gosh, I hope not.

Five minutes passed. You got a text from Beomgyu.

beomgyu
6:11 PM

beomgyu: i got the food where did u go?

y/n: in the bathroom sorryyy

beomgyu: ohhh no worries lol

y/n: hey gyu

beomgyu: ya?

y/n: can you do me a favor and see if that guy with the skateboard is still here?

beomgyu: gotcha

beomgyu is typing...

beomgyu: nahh he left, was he bothering u?

y/n: nooo lol i just know him and yknow the whole secret thing.

beomgyu: oh yeah okay :)

Phew! That would have been ugly if I didn't hear that dumb whistle! you thought to yourself, walking out if the restroom.

"Sorry about that." you sat down to see two fruit tarts, two avocado and turkey egg sandwiches, and two cokes on the table. Your mouth watered.
"Oh yeah here's your money back." Beomgyu handed you the folded bills.
You paused, looking at them.
"Hey!" you looked at him, he was sipping his coke, looking away.
"I told you to split it equally!" you whined.
"It's okay, you should keep your money." he smiled.
"How much was it, give me the receipt," you demanded.
"Let's just eat!" he dismissed your demand, picking up his sandwich.
"Give me this," you picked up the receipt.
"It's fine!" he snatched it from you.
"I just need to know how much money to pay you back!" you said.
"I don't know what you're talking about." he stuffed the receipt into his mouth.
"Choi Beomgyu!" you were so startled.
"Take that out!" you couldn't help but burst out laughing.

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After forcing Beomgyu to spit out the receipt into the trash, you spent the rest of the evening eating and talking before walking home together.  The air was warm with a light breeze. Beomgyu was surprised to find that your house was close to his. You watched from your room window as he walked away, smiling to yourself.

Once he was out of your sight, you sunk down into your bed. Your mind couldn't help but go back to earlier when you ran to the bathroom. Why is he here? Does he have family here or something? I doubt he would come to visit family on a school night though. This is weird. you turned over on your side. I hope I don't have to run into him like that ever again.

a/n: MF THIS IS RJ FROM 2021 AND WOWWWW THIS CHAPTER TITLE OMGGG UR SO CLEVER BOTCH <33