yeonjun groaned and leaned against the chair he's sitting on. yeonjun, soobin and taehyun are currently hanging out in a cafe near their school, talking about how possessive beomgyu has been for the past couple of days.
the couple had witnessed beomgyu being possessive. beomgyu still allowed taehyun to hang out with the three boys, but anyone other than that, beomgyu forbade. either taehyun doesn't go, or beomgyu goes with him.
taehyun was sick of it. he was sick of having the feeling that he's being controlled by beomgyu. that feeling sucked. he felt that once when his stepfather decided to control who he befriends with by calling soobin and yeonjun the f slur and grounding taehyun from going to see his friends. that was ages ago, however, and taehyun never thought he'd have to feel that ever again.
"why is he like this?" soobin questioned, his left hand propping up his chin as he drank his iced java chip frap. "why is he so possessive all of a sudden?"
"didn't he say? he's scared of losing tae, apparently." yeonjun replied with sarcasm laced in his tone. taehyun sighed, pinching the area between his eyebrows rather hardly and wincing at the pain afterwards.
"i don't know." taehyun muttered to himself, "why is he like that?"
soobin smiled pitifully at the state of taehyun. taehyun had been staying up for nights just wondering what triggered beomgyu to act so possessively all over again. soobin knew it because taehyun would call soobin every night just to let out his thoughts.
soobin didn't mind it. in fact, soobin is more than happy to stay up until 4 am just for taehyun to talk to someone. of course, that meant that his sleeping schedule was being disturbed and that he couldn't focus fully during lessons, but he's more concerned about his best friend's love life than his studies.
"hey," soobin put a reassuring hand on taehyun's shoulder, "we're going to find out why, alright? we'll find it together."
taehyun sighed, "hopefully."
yeonjun was sure that taehyun was hopeless. beomgyu never opened up to anyone, unless that person is taehyun, of course. but if beomgyu doesn't open up to taehyun, then it's case closed. yeonjun was doubtful that they'll ever find the reason why beomgyu is like this, nor will they be happy if they ever find out why.
—
beomgyu was terrified.
he was terrified of losing taehyun, even just losing taehyun in a crowd scares the shit out of him. he has a rough idea of when it started, probably when he lost his dad to cancer, making him realise how easy it is to lose those that you love with no prior warnings whatsoever.
and beomgyu isn't ready to lose taehyun, not now, not ever. so he protects taehyun at all cost. he protects taehyun to a certain extent where taehyun feels uncomfortable about it, but beomgyu doesn't know that. beomgyu just wants to protect taehyun from any danger that's possible to taehyun at any second.
"get away from him!" beomgyu yelled, attracting attention from everyone in the hallway. everyone lowered down their voices to nothing and glanced over at the shouting boy, some pointing fingers and some questioning eyes.
taehyun looked at the source of the voice and sighed, looking at jinsung apologetically. jinsung snickered and waved at him as he left the other, "i'll see you after school, bye~"
beomgyu walked over after jinsung left and looked at taehyun with anger in his eyes, "what did i tell you about seeing people without me, hyun?"
taehyun ignored him and walked past him, heading towards the exit of the school. beomgyu rolled his eyes and ran towards taehyun, grabbing his arm to turn him around to face him. taehyun frowned at how tight beomgyu is gripping his hand, "beom, it's painful..."
"i don't fucking care! now tell me, what did i tell you about seeing people without me?" beomgyu said under his breath, his eyes widening in anger and his face red from how mad he is.
at this point, taehyun really believes that beomgyu is insane. he never once thought that throughout the two months beomgyu was like this, but this was just outrageous. it hit taehyun's last line, it really did. i'm not going to continue listening to him rambling about how i am his, taehyun told himself.
"shut up!" taehyun yelled, yanking his arm away from beomgyu's grip, which surprised the taller, "shut up! shut up! i am not your fucking property, choi beomgyu, i'm so, so, so done with you!"
and then he left. taehyun left the school building, one strap of his backpack on his right shoulder and the other hand just wiping the tears that's swarming down his cheeks. why am i crying? he asks himself.
he sat down on one of the benches in the park the five of them often hang out in. he took a deep breath and sighed out. i'm so fucked up, he's so fucked up, we're so fucked up, he kept on repeating and repeating inside his head.
shut up, he told the voice in his head. the voice snickered, you just can't get him out of your head, can't you?
taehyun gripped his head and groaned, letting his head fall onto his hands. he didn't mind the confused stares that were directed at him and parents gripping their children's shoulder to pull them in; his life is fucking falling apart, he wouldn't care how people judge him right now.
"hey, are you alright?"
taehyun lift his head and was surprised to see a person that looks awfully familiar to him, he just can't wrap his mind around it. the boy in front of him was pretty, to say the least. he has half his hair dyed red and the other half dyed black, reminding him a lot of that one anime guy huening kai always talks about. the only difference was the black hair, the anime guy has half his hair white, taehyun reminded himself.
he snaps back to reality when the stranger, well he couldn't really be a stranger if taehyun recognises him, right? anyways, the boy knelt in front of him and smiled at taehyun, eyes turning into crescent moons as little dimples appeared on both sides of his cheeks, "i'll treat you to ice-cream if you say no."
taehyun wanted to giggle, he really wanted to. but something in this guy's eyes told taehyun he was genuine and not some weird-ass boy looking for people to kidnap. taehyun nodded, and the boy's smile widened. he really is beautiful.
"come on. i swear i'm not going to kidnap you if that's what you're thinking. i'm youngjae, kim youngjae. i think i'm two years older than you, but i'm definitely in your school. you can ask someone right now if there's someone if you really don't trust me." the boy giggled, which made taehyun even more mesmerised with his looks. he is a fucking angel, does he know that?
so taehyun did so. taehyun fished out his phone from his back pocket and texted soobin, asking if he had a kim youngjae in his year. soobin, surprisingly, replied immediately and said yes, describing the boy in front of him accurately. also asking taehyun why he asked but the younger decided to ignore that message.
"okay, i got confirmation. now let's go get the ice-cream i deserve."
—
youngjae is such a beautiful name tf
